 For a memorable stunt of 1945, Linkletter announced that $1,000 would go to the first person to find one of 12 plastic balls floating off California.Two years later, an Ennylageban Island native claimed the prize.As the popularity of the program escalated, a movie musical titled "People Are Funny" was released in 1946, offering a fictional version of the show's origin in a tale of rival radio producers.