Art Linkletter came from humble beginnings. He was abandoned at birth in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; his adoptive parents moved to San Diego when he was 5 and Art got into local radio there. He landed a gig in L.A. hosting “People Are Funny” where contestants won prizes for goofy stunts; it ran for 18 years on radio and TV. Linkletter turned down his friend Walt Disney’s offer to be an original investor in Disneyland, but he did make a ton of money on hula hoop knockoffs - its inventors didn’t secure a patent! His daughter Diane died at 20, jumping from a sixth floor window. Art claimed it was due to LSD, but toxicology said otherwise. He made this spoken word record on strained parent-child relationships before her passing.
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