. Agri-news. Agriculture. October 20, 1980 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CANDID CAMERA'S ALLAN FUNT VISITS ALBERTA Allan Funt, creator, host and producer of Candid Camera, recently surprised shoppers in a northeast Edmonton Safeway store with his familiar "Smile, you're on Candid Camera" line. The well-known entertainer and his candid camera were in Edmonton at the request of Alberta Agriculture who wanted to find out the reactions of Edmonton shoppers to food prices which consumers in Japan and many Euro- pean countries normally pay. How would you react to steak at $35 per pound, cheese at
. Agri-news. Agriculture. October 20, 1980 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CANDID CAMERA'S ALLAN FUNT VISITS ALBERTA Allan Funt, creator, host and producer of Candid Camera, recently surprised shoppers in a northeast Edmonton Safeway store with his familiar "Smile, you're on Candid Camera" line. The well-known entertainer and his candid camera were in Edmonton at the request of Alberta Agriculture who wanted to find out the reactions of Edmonton shoppers to food prices which consumers in Japan and many Euro- pean countries normally pay. How would you react to steak at $35 per pound, cheese at $ 7, or broccoli on special for $ per pound? The reactions of Edmonton shoppers varied all the way from an outrageous "That's a rip-off," to the man who shrugged and readily acknowledged that, indeed, "cheese is ; All this was done as part of a televisio special Alberta Agriculture has produced to be televised during Agriculture Week, October 27-31. The special is designed to show consumers that it's because of Alberta's solid agricul- tural base that our food prices are among the lowest in the world. As a result of these low food prices, we are able to afford the many luxuries we enjoy and frequently take for granted. "Food, Facts & Funt", designed both to entertain and inform, will be aired on the CBC Alberta network on Tuesday, October 28 at The program will look at the question "Food Prices Too High? Compared to What?" /dlberra AGRICULTURE >hone (4031427-2127 Communications Division. Candid Camera's Allan Funt will co-host "Food, Facts & Funt", a television program which answers the question "Food Prices Too High? Compared to What?", to be aired on the CBC Alberta network, Tuesday, October 28 at Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations
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