Funt, Peter: - Peter Funt's passions are journalism, television and making people smile. His opinion columns appear regularly in major newspapers. Since taking over for his dad, Allen Funt, Peter has produced and hosted over 250 episodes of the landmark TV series "Candid Camera."His adventures in media are recounted in the 2021 book "Self-Amused: A Tell-Some Memoir." Friend and colleague, TV actress Mayim Bialik, has described it as "insightful, hilarious and just plain fun." Peter first wrote about actors portraying U.S. presidents in a 2008 Washington Post article about the fictional character Matt Santos, played by Jimmy Smits on "The West Wing." During the 2020 campaign he wrote in USA Today about a controversy caused by Jim Carrey's impersonation of Joe Biden on "Saturday Night Live." In 2023 he described in a Wall Street Journal essay how comics and impressionists were struggling with Biden portrayals. New research has led to this book and its wealth of fascinating tales.