A television and radio personality for more than 60 years, Art Linkletter has performed in two of the longest running shows in broadcast history... House Party which ran on CBS TV and Radio for 25 years, and People Are Funny which ran on NBC TV and Radio for 19 years.

He won two EMMY Awards and received 4 EMMY nominations; received a GRAMMY Award; 10 honorary doctorate degrees; and has also received other awards, honors and recognitions too numerous to list. It should be noted that, among those honors is one in which he takes particular pride - Grandfather of the Year.

 "Kids Say The Darndest Things" - one of the top 14 best sellers in American publishing history - and #1 for two consecutive years - is one of 23 books Art Linkletter has written. His most recent national best seller is "Old Age Is Not For Sissies".

Art has served on President Nixon's National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention; on the Presidential Commission to Improve Reading in the U.S., on President Reagan's Commission on Fitness and Physical Education; was Ambassador to Australia and named Commissioner General to the 150th Australian Anniversary Celebration.

Equally well known as a businessman, Art has served on many Boards of Directors including MGM, Western Airlines, Kaiser Hospitals, and the French Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease... to name but a few. As Chairman of  the Board of Linkletter Enterprises, Art oversees enterprises involved in the building and management of public store houses, office buildings, cow-calf operations, real estate development, cattle and sheep stations in Australia, and various oil enterprises around the world.