Arthur Gordon "Art" Linkletter (July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian (Canada)-born radio (Radio personality) and television personality and the host of two long-running United States television shows: House Party (Art Linkletters House Party), which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, on NBC radio-TV for 19 years. Linkletter was famous for interviewing children on House Party and Kids Say the Darndest Things, which led to a successful series of books quoting children. A native of Canada, he became a naturalized United States citizen in 1942.