Talk:America's Funniest Home Videos

Kimmi Gibbler Reference
Can anybody validate the statement regarding the theme song and Kimmi Gibbler? I somehow doubt that a family show would make a reference to sex with a character on another family show. FireSpike 19:47, 11 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I'd expect that from Saget on his stand-up act.

WAVY 10 01:34, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Information
Some things I wonder about that aren't in the article... First, Ernie Anderson (a.k.a. ghoulardi and the announcer from Love Boat) announced for part of the Bob Saget years (up until his death I believe). That ought to be mentioned if anyone knows exactly when he was on the show. Also, does anyone know the name of the woman that sang the theme song? And lastly, around 2000, when Fuentes and Fugelsang left and before Bergeron came in, there were a handful of AFV special, some of which were hosted by D. L. Hugely. JeremyMcCracken 16:08, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

just a thought
have you noticed that when they get down to the 3 finalists, the cutest video wins and not the funniest one? i think the votes are rigged.--Jon Revelle 08:04, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

If the top three videos contain one video with a baby or toddler in it, it is almost guaranteed the first prize. Although some videos happen to be cute AND funny (the "play golf like your daddy" video is a good example), very often it seems that more deserving videos are shot down in lieu of the baby ones. Syckls

yes, i have noticed that, and its really annoying. Supmyman7 17:44, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I really want to know who picks the finalists beacause they're never any good. A 100,000$ winner was a guy dancing outside his front door. WTH? What are they smoking? 24.76.92.224

Just recently, a lady and her five infant children won because of giggling and other prompts. WTH?! That's not funny. That particular show had quite a few deserving videos, but small babies being prompted to laugh simultaneously is not funny for most of the show's viewers, it's rather irritating to watch. Jedo1507r 21:43, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Somebody should send them a really mean letter.--24.66.94.140 16:56, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Audience
Is it just me or does the audience seem like they were paid to be there. After any clip, funny or not, everyone (especially the ones on camera) they have HUGE smiles on and are laughing as hard as they can. 24.76.92.224 00:06, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


 * This is the case on most television shows, as the staff encourages the audience to look like they are having a good time; it would look bad to the home viewers if no one looked like they enjoyed being there. Usually the audience is not paid, but simply allowed in for free. Look at shows like The Price is Right or Total Request Live, for example. Michael Baptista 09:23, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

More criticism.
One problem with the show was lack of "funny" home videos and forced humor, not just by staging but by awful and horrid voice overs. Quite often a good video was ruined by the voice over. Or the very fact that it was placed along side 30 other short videos that were almost the exact same thing. --Kinglink 09:25, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Avery Williams carried the Magic Tent with Hulk Hand [November 11th 2005]
is "Avery Williams carried the Magic Tent with Hulk Hand [November 11th 2005]" supposed to be on this page? THANKS AND GOD BLESS!!!! --Dans1120 15:04, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

who wrote the critisism section?
I liked the article up until I got to that part. It's clearly opinionated and don't seem relevent to being in a encyclopedia. I don't like Bob Sagat either but alot of those comments should go elsewhere, probably in a imdb messageboard or review.--User:Iamstillhiro1112 05:26, 14 September 2006 (CST)


 * I think the criticisms are spot-on, whoever wrote them pointed out some good flaws in the show.


 * Obviously staged videos being aired and winning prizes
 * A strong preference by the producers for 'baby' and 'cute animal' videos
 * The fact that the audience didn't get to choose the finalists, only vote on the three videos the producers selected
 * Bob Saget's schtick being pretty lame, weighing the show down (did it really even need a host/narrator? They could have just played the clips, it works on Youtube)


 * Some of it may be opinon, but this is wikipedia, and the good thing about wikipedia is that it has information other encyclopedias wouldn't contain. I don't think pure conjecture should be on this page, but these are valid critcisms of an admittedly stupid little show.


 * I liked Bob Saget! Though they are good criticisms, whoever wrote that forgot that nowadays, they CONSTANTLY show stupid segments of, like, 20 videos of men somehow injuring their groin. Tom Bergeron and Disney came and messed this show up good (well, maybe more Disney than Tom, but Disney and ABC shouldn't be connected in the first place). To the guy above, SIGN YOUR COMMENTS! I learned that the hard way when I was a minority! WizardDuck 17:30, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad to see that section was removed. I think calling the winning videos fakes is a largely POV. It didn't fit the encyclopedia.--Iamstillhiro1112 01:02, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I actually beg to differ about the removal of the "controversy" section to this article. The fact that unfunny, often "cute" videos regularly beat out other videos that were submitted, that are clearly very funny, is necessary for full article completeness IMO, especially if you do frame it within the context that it only really got started in the Tom Bergeron era, which coincides with Disney's buyout of ABC from Capital Cities. There have also been elements of the show that have either been unnecessary or wasteful of airtime that have been aired purely for corporate synergy, e.g. the time that an annoying little kid shouted the "It's A Small World" song (a terribly unfunny, charm-free thing that got aired anyway), and when the animated Chicken Little movie (a Disney thing) got on-air plugs via a cringeworthy "interview" Bergeron did with the flick's "star". Things never got this bad when John Fugelsang and Daisy Fuentes were hosting (when ABC was still a Capital Cities net), and while Bob Saget vexed slightly with his irksome "funny voices" and general yuk-yuk nature, at least hindsight has shown us how these actions could have been those of a man who was tremendously constricted, particularly when one thinks of Saget's humor background (i.e. very off-color stuff that shocked even Sam Kinison). In fact, count me as (not the only) one of the viewers of AFV who don't stick around to hear what the "three finalists" are because it's a case of "what's the use?". This needs to be at the very least touched on in the article. (Krushsister 07:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC))


 * Whoa, whoa, REWIND. Disney bought Capital Cities in 1996, and Disney didn't do this corporate crap until the 2000s. This is one of the reasons I hate Disney nowadays (another is the fact that Jetix is slowly enveloping Toon Disney in a dark cloud of bad TV, excluding The Tick). First of all, isn't this dumb promotional crap what the vignettes on Disney Channel are for? I HATE YOU DISNEY!! WizardDuck 04:41, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Oops, my bad, WizardDuck. Thanks for educating me on exactly when the Capital Cities buyout happened.  Also thanks for basically substantiating what it is I was trying to state in my original post, i.e. the stupid crap started happening in the Tom Bergeron era.  Which is sad because now that WGN is rerunning the Fugelsang/Fuentes era and I'm seeing how much I'm actually laughing as compared to the newer eps, it kinda makes me sad.  BTW, as a matter of full disclosure I've never been partial to Disney.  (Krushsister 07:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC))


 * Also, if anyone wants opinionated "facts", go to retrojunk.com. I'm a member there as "99Centsplease", and it SICKENS me to see biased summaries for TV shows. Maybe I spend too much time here. WizardDuck 11:59, 28 April 2007 (UTC)


 * You know what's even worse about Disney's corporate synergy stuff? I was watching Superstation WGN, and they LEFT IN the Chicken Little "interview"! Maybe it's in a contract. WizardDuck 12:03, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

who wrote the critisism section?
I liked the article up until I got to that part. It's clearly opinionated and don't seem relevent to being in a encyclopedia. I don't like Bob Sagat either but alot of those comments should go elsewhere, probably in a imdb messageboard or review.--User:Iamstillhiro1112 05:26, 14 September 2006 (CST)


 * I think the criticisms are spot-on, whoever wrote them pointed out some good flaws in the show.


 * Obviously staged videos being aired and winning prizes
 * A strong preference by the producers for 'baby' and 'cute animal' videos
 * The fact that the audience didn't get to choose the finalists, only vote on the three videos the producers selected
 * Bob Saget's schtick being pretty lame, weighing the show down (did it really even need a host/narrator? They could have just played the clips, it works on Youtube)


 * Some of it may be opinon, but this is wikipedia, and the good thing about wikipedia is that it has information other encyclopedias wouldn't contain. I don't think pure conjecture should be on this page, but these are valid critcisms of an admittedly stupid little show.


 * I liked Bob Saget! Though they are good criticisms, whoever wrote that forgot that nowadays, they CONSTANTLY show stupid segments of, like, 20 videos of men somehow injuring their groin. Tom Bergeron and Disney came and messed this show up good (well, maybe more Disney than Tom, but Disney and ABC shouldn't be connected in the first place). To the guy above, SIGN YOUR COMMENTS! I learned that the hard way when I was a minority! WizardDuck 17:30, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad to see that section was removed. I think calling the winning videos fakes is a largely POV. It didn't fit the encyclopedia.--Iamstillhiro1112 01:02, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I actually beg to differ about the removal of the "controversy" section to this article. The fact that unfunny, often "cute" videos regularly beat out other videos that were submitted, that are clearly very funny, is necessary for full article completeness IMO, especially if you do frame it within the context that it only really got started in the Tom Bergeron era, which coincides with Disney's buyout of ABC from Capital Cities. There have also been elements of the show that have either been unnecessary or wasteful of airtime that have been aired purely for corporate synergy, e.g. the time that an annoying little kid shouted the "It's A Small World" song (a terribly unfunny, charm-free thing that got aired anyway), and when the animated Chicken Little movie (a Disney thing) got on-air plugs via a cringeworthy "interview" Bergeron did with the flick's "star". Things never got this bad when John Fugelsang and Daisy Fuentes were hosting (when ABC was still a Capital Cities net), and while Bob Saget vexed slightly with his irksome "funny voices" and general yuk-yuk nature, at least hindsight has shown us how these actions could have been those of a man who was tremendously constricted, particularly when one thinks of Saget's humor background (i.e. very off-color stuff that shocked even Sam Kinison). In fact, count me as (not the only) one of the viewers of AFV who don't stick around to hear what the "three finalists" are because it's a case of "what's the use?". This needs to be at the very least touched on in the article. (Krushsister 07:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC))


 * Whoa, whoa, REWIND. Disney bought Capital Cities in 1996, and Disney didn't do this corporate crap until the 2000s. This is one of the reasons I hate Disney nowadays (another is the fact that Jetix is slowly enveloping Toon Disney in a dark cloud of bad TV, excluding The Tick). First of all, isn't this dumb promotional crap what the vignettes on Disney Channel are for? I HATE YOU DISNEY!! WizardDuck 04:41, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Oops, my bad, WizardDuck. Thanks for educating me on exactly when the Capital Cities buyout happened.  Also thanks for basically substantiating what it is I was trying to state in my original post, i.e. the stupid crap started happening in the Tom Bergeron era.  Which is sad because now that WGN is rerunning the Fugelsang/Fuentes era and I'm seeing how much I'm actually laughing as compared to the newer eps, it kinda makes me sad.  BTW, as a matter of full disclosure I've never been partial to Disney.  (Krushsister 07:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC))


 * Also, if anyone wants opinionated "facts", go to retrojunk.com. I'm a member there as "99Centsplease", and it SICKENS me to see biased summaries for TV shows. Maybe I spend too much time here. WizardDuck 11:59, 28 April 2007 (UTC)


 * You know what's even worse about Disney's corporate synergy stuff? I was watching Superstation WGN, and they LEFT IN the Chicken Little "interview"! Maybe it's in a contract. WizardDuck 12:03, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

$100,000 Grand Prize
The $100,000 Grand Prize did not exist until the 1994 Season. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.8.33.192 (talk • contribs) 15:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

ABC Family airs the Saget Version
Only ABC Family airs the 1994-1997 episodes, not the 1989-1993 episodes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BlairsvilleHighSchool (talk • contribs) 11:58, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

AFHV Reruning on Comedy Central?
All right let's break this down:


 * Fuentes/Fugelsang and Bergeron versions are only reruning on WGN Superstation.
 * ABC Family only airs the Bob Saget episodes from 1994-97. Rumors say that the network may air the 1989-93 episodes.

Many people think that Comedy Central is going to air AFHV episodes. But the chances of seing AFHV on Comedy Central are 0.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by BlairsvilleHighSchool (talk • contribs) 11:58, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * But I wrote a letter to Comedy Central to have AFHV air reruns on the channel. [User: Nate Speed]

Assignment America
Does anyone have any information on the "Assignment America" segments from the Bob Saget era?

WAVY 10 22:14, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Missing info
This article is missing some information, the year that the kid singing the Micky Mouse song won the $100,000 prize. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NachoDork (talk • contribs) 01:57, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

The article doesn't mention the foreign market versions with Mike and Kerri Kasem as hosts. For completeness I thik it should. Rohde 19:08, 30 January 2007 (UTC) i agree that it should be mentioned.(it aired it norway.)

common elements?
should there be a list of common or familiar elements, such as males being hit in the groin, people falling, etc… Madd the sane 01:29, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Depends, are there reliable primary sources that can be referenced? - C HAIRBOY (☎) 01:32, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hm. Don't know. All I know is that you can more or less count on someone being hit in the crotch sometime in the show.  This is especially true in later episodes. Madd the sane 05:38, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

New Set? New Theme?
a spectulation that the new hosts were chosen to replace Bergeron. The reason:

According to the rules: Bergeron can only do one program at a time. (Like Charles Gibson, he is prohibithed to do two programs in one day)

Is there going to be a new set, a new logo, and maybe a new announcer? 66.155.160.142 22:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Probably not, and I have never heard of that rule. Maybe it's another stupid Disney corporate thing (65 Episode Policy, anyone). WAVY 10 15:07, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

The Simpsons
What episode of The Simpsons had that AFV reference? --Carn29 23:52, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * A Star is Burns. Man Getting Hit by Football scene. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.175.230.58 (talk) 06:43, 5 May 2007 (UTC).

There was at least one other AFV reference on The Simpsons. Stark Raving Dad where Homer ends up in a mental hospital and meets a big white guy who thinks he's Michael Jackson. Although we don't see the videos, the finalists are Man Breaking Hip, Dog on Fire, and Baby With a Nail Gun. Just1thing (talk) 13:20, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Bergeron and the "Final Last Episode of AFV $100,000"
Having seen the end of an episode of AFV, I saw Disney and Bergeron anounce something like: "Thanx for all the years, etc...and we will be back with a NEW FORMAT AND A NEW NAME"

I thought I saw a new named show. No? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gastronomos (talk • contribs) 02:58, 5 May 2007 (UTC).

I thought that the season premiere also was going to be on Sept. 30 and I just saw the schedule and they are running an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in the normal timeslot of AFV. What the heck is going on? Chrismaster1 19:54, 30 September 2007

Saget's time on AFHV
It's becoming common knowledge that Saget only liked hosting AFHV in the first few years. Nobody should blame him for how lame the material was getting on the show, and he truly wanted out by season 5 at the most because he knew that you people would have these reactions - and maybe worse, see him as just a mediocre host. Of course Saget is one of the most sensational comics around, and you must remember, him starring on Full House was an "in-joke" to Hollywood as he was defying his true image. As for AFHV, he did not write much of his joke material and Vin DiBona would never let him go outside the box and do more creative things - in fear that viewers would be alienated and tune out. I believe he only agreed to his last Videos contract because of the money, but when ABC cancelled Full House (due to increasing costs) Saget wanted out of Videos. The fact that Videos remained on the air at that point, and not FH, snubbed him. The brass wouldn't let him leave Videos until the current contract was up in '97. So, for the final two years he was on, Bob became less enthusiatic in his hosting, which was clearly evident to the very end.


 * Can this be sourced? It's likely but dangerously close to original research (a Wikipedia no-no). WAVY 10 16:18, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

WAVY 10, I wasn't necessarily lobbying to put this in the article. I was just bringing up this matter so future editors won't be compelled to post dreck that gives readers, who aren't so much in the know, the wrong idea about Saget. There have been some lazy and ignorant comments that have made their way into the article, especially about him (and ONLY him...hmmm), and what's worse is that their too biased and not written in traditional encyclopedic form.


 * And you forgot to sign...twice. WAVY 10 21:02, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

What, I can't be anonymous if I want to? I'm not posting any of this in the article. Don't get your panties in a bunch.

What?
Someone here has their facts wrong. Saget does provide voice-overs and he currently hosts AFHV. Our conclusion: Someone here has their Facts wrong. Pacguy19 16:04, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You may be viewing very old re-runs, AFHV is currently hosted by Tom Bergeron. - C HAIRBOY (☎) 16:05, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm living in the same year you are. If I watch this show on Nick-@-nite, and it is 2007, then why would they be showing reruns? Pacguy19 20:32, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Pacguy, you are missing something here. AFHV stills airs new, ORIGINAL episodes on ABC. The shows you watch on N@N are reruns. How can you be unaware that Saget only hosted the show between 1989 and 1997? Besides, how would the show NOT be in reruns since it was first eligible for syndication 14 years ago and has run 18 seasons!!?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.229.227 (talk) 04:11, August 25, 2007 (UTC)

What year are you living in pcguy? 1995? Saget currently narrates the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS) and hosts "1 vs. 100", a game show, on NBC!

Here's the truth: Pacguy19 likes to time travel. LOL!

Ricki Lake
I haven't found any verification to the Ricki Lake news that keeps being added. I'd like to remove it again unless someone else can find a source. - C HAIRBOY (☎) 03:24, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've removed the item. I believe it to be a hoax based on a number of searches through aggregated media outlets.  I have found no reference to this, and there is no mention on any of her sites that I've found.  Once a reference is available, this can be added back, but considering the nature of the edits, I advise caution. - C HAIRBOY  (☎) 19:30, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * An IP editor tried to re-add the claim here and at Ricki Lake's article again. I've rolled it back as vandalism as it appears to be a concerted attempt to inject false information into the project. - C HAIRBOY  (☎) 00:48, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've semi-protected the article following yet another attempt by the user to add the unsubstantiated claim. - C HAIRBOY (☎) 23:42, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Someone's added Ricky back in, possibly the same IP in order to circumvent the partial block. I checked the news link, only to find out it was totally unrelated to AFV. --Æ AUSSIE evil Æ 22:38, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

prnewssource.com-- is this a fictional news source? 70.17.176.112 17:35, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm betting so. --Æ AUSSIE evil Æ 15:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Shout-outs to Bob's wife
I know that for most of Bob Saget's run as the host, when the show ended he would give a brief shout-out to his wife Sherry (followed by something stupid) (aka Honey).

Does anyone know if (since Bob got a divorce at some point in 1997) he did that shout-out during the final episodes he worked? WAVY 10 17:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Some examples of Bob's Shoutouts (aka "And Honey...") include:

1. Gas up the truck and pack up the kids, we're going camping. 2. I'll be home as soon as i put all the balloons back up in the lighting grid.

his last two episodes did not use this practice. 70.17.176.112 23:13, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

D. L. Hughley
After John and Daisy, and before Tom Bergeron, I remember seeing a few episodes with D.L. Hughley hosting. I got a reference here http://www.tv.com/americas-funniest-home-videos/show/3780/summary.html. The set was also changed showing a set of new iMac monitors with the AFV logo.

Raditude 04:44, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Reruns on USA
Back in the late 1990s, I distinctly remember AFV (the Saget version) airing in reruns on USA's "USAM" block. Does anyone else, and if they do, can this be put in the article? WizardDuck (talk) 04:29, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Mistakes
I don't know specific sources I can use to verify these "facts", but there was one season when AFV wasn't on the schedule, and only specials aired, with various hosts.

I don't recall Gary Owens ever being on the show. Tom calls the man "Jess."

Bob did narrate some videos the way Tom does. But Tom doesn't do the voice-overs. I missed those once Bob left.

And where is "Head, Gut, or Groin?" Vchimpanzee ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 20:56, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

renewal contract means the show will end?
I know this may not be allowed in the talk page, but with the contract of the show expiring in 2009, does this mean America's Funniest Home Videos will end it's run?--70.240.215.204 (talk) 23:17, 15 December 2008 (UTC)Chirs

Question for the article
Did AFV have any influence on the later tv series, Jackass? (Or vice versa?) I remember some of the AFV videos during the height of Jackass's popularity could have been shown on the other show (i.e, clips of people intentionally doing self-injurious stunts). -- llywrch (talk) 03:41, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

hosts missing from the list
mike kasem and kerry kasem hosted a single season in 2000. that was the first season that was aired on tv norway(called tv norge in norway.) it aired at least 20 episodes i believe. it is most likely considered a season in norway. they didnt seem to have a live audiens. they didnt give out any money either. the show was called americas funnies home videoes. the show ended each episode with clip of the show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.108.222 (talk) 20:00, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Japanese TV?
That part sounds fake, and is not referenced. It ought to be removed, because it sounds like a stretch or completely untrue.134.117.125.20 (talk) 19:48, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The closing credits of each episode of AFV reference that it is based on the home video segments shown on Fun TV with Kato-chen and Ken-chan, so it is not a fake statement and must remain in the article, though some sort of reference could be added to keep other people from thinking the statement is fake. (Tvtonightokc 02:48, 1 July 2010 (UTC))

set changes isnt shown in the article.
From season 17 the set changed slightly with video floor plus that the back screens were replaced with modern technology. in season 20 the set changed again. some person should upload pictures of those changes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.72.121 (talk) 15:32, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

I added one image, not sure if it's enough, though. -MegastarLV 7:29 August 14, 2010 it is a start at the very least. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.75.209 (talk) 18:07, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

now all pictures of the set is gone. i dont have them so i cant add them myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.86.142 (talk • contribs) 15:57, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Pictures of the set available on the gameshowwikia.com article about it. I don't know if they are free though. 97.126.246.230 (talk) 04:08, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

In the 2003 season they took out the wooden floor with the main logo, and put in a plexiglass floor with the "AFV" logo. In 2007, they put in the video floor and new TV screens. In Season 20, sliding doors were put up for Mr. Bergeron to walk through. The sliding doors used to be a curtain type thing. There is also a platform that has the "AFV" logo in plexiglass or something like that. 67.2.129.199 (talk) 18:11, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Changes like that should be shown as they are on the Jeopardy article. Tom the Bergeron (talk) 20:22, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

new person introducing the host
i dont know who it is but recently i heard that a new person introduced the host. i simply heard it on the voice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.75.209 (talk) 18:11, 22 August 2010 (UTC)


 * That's still Jess Harnell. He used that same voice back in Season 9.

-MegastarLV (talk) 3:48 September 2010

information should be added on international airings
i norway it airs on tv norway(norwegian: tv norge) air times tend to change though. i am just trying to improve wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.86.142 (talk) 01:04, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

seems that season 22 have begun airing in norway
at least that is what the website of the channel say. www.tvnorge.no the reason i didnt post a link is because of the difficulty with that but the address is correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.86.142 (talk) 00:00, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

seems that the 22 july attacks canceled the show in norway
the channel that airs it dropped it in favor of a movie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.86.142 (talk) 20:11, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

a norwegian show is making fun of this show
a show named torsdag kveld fra nydalen have stolen the logo and replaced home with porn. i have seen that segment twice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.59.120 (talk) 22:44, 9 May 2013 (UTC) they have made fun of it again and this time they have replaced americas with IS so the segment is called IS funniest home videoes.84.213.46.153 (talk) 18:44, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

International broadcasts
Should the article also include international broadcasts of the show? In Norway for instance the channel TV Norge is brodcasting the show I think two seasons behind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skoen (talk • contribs) 15:20, 21 February 2014 (UTC) norway was until recently ahead. they were airing seasons marked with the year 2015.84.208.60.156 (talk) 21:44, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Bergeron stepping down?
I saw in the Tom Bergeron (2001-present) section of the afv article says that he tweeted he would be stepping down as the host of the show... I don't think this is true, Justin Bieber also tweeted in 2013 that he would be retiring and he never did... 67.2.202.184 (talk) 01:37, 21 March 2014 (UTC) i havent heard anything about the singer justin bieber after he retired but hosts is different. if however the producers cant convince him to stay logic dictates that he will quit.84.208.60.156 (talk) 21:43, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Changing the title name to AFV? I don't think so!
Whoever changes the title of the article to AFV is unacceptable! The full name of the show is America's Funniest Home Videos, not AFV. AF[H]V is the on-air abbreviation. ACMEWikiNet (talk) 22:01, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

is it worth mentioning that tom bergeron is the oldest host ever
according to what i read tom bergeron is a year older than bob saget. that makes him the oldest host, at least as far as the non-specials i concerned.(i know little about the specials so i can not tell if any of the hosts there was older.)84.213.46.153 (talk) 19:35, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

This would only be relevant if he were being driven out due to age. Ileanadu (talk) 00:02, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Replacement host for Bergeron.
Is there any chance of someone replacing Bergeron after he steps down from hosting? Tom the Bergeron (talk) 03:38, 13 March 2015 (UTC) it is likely that somebody will take over if the producers wants the show to continue but he could possibly remain as a producer and just step down as host. who will take over we will just have to wait and see.2A02:FE0:C100:1:853:7F83:D28A:3F52 (talk) 12:25, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

If you submit a video now (March 2015). when would it be aired if chosen? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.76.148.172 (talk) 19:33, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

When do video clips get reviewed/aired?
If one submits a video to AFV now (March 2015), when would it be aired if chosen? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.76.148.172 (talk) 19:34, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

This is not a sentence and I have no idea what it's supposed to be saying
This is a very long set of clauses and not a sentence; I have no idea what it's supposed to be saying:


 * First, on July 19, 2015 to coincide with Disneyland's official 60th birthday on the weekend of July 17, 2015 (the actual 60th anniversary of Disneyland's grand-opening on July 17, 1955) and again on September 20, 2015 as the network's final episode airing, new or rerun, of AFV with Tom Bergeron as host signing off for the final time.

Taking out the parenthetical, we are left with this: "First, on July 19, 2015 to coincide with Disneyland's official 60th birthday on the weekend of July 17, 2015 ... and again on September 20, 2015 as the network's final episode airing, new or rerun, of AFV with Tom Bergeron as host signing off for the final time."

NEVER MIND. I think I got what it's supposed to say. Ileanadu (talk) 23:29, 7 October 2015 (UTC)


 * final episode airing, new or rerun

This can't possibly mean that no reruns will ever air after 9/20/15 with Tom Bergeron as host. It's confusing, so I'm deleting that part. The whole paragraph needs clean up of grammar, verbosity, and for clarity. Ileanadu (talk) 23:58, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Didn't I include what the audience wears?
I read about the "dress code" for the audience and I seem to recall including it somewhere. Here is a more recent source for this information.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  21:37, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Saget Run Alert
MTM distributed the Saget run in 1995 until 2004. Disney-ABC Domestic TV distributes all Saget episodes since 2004. The Seasons 1-5 aired on USA, Pax, Nick at Nite, and Hallmark. WGN never aired the Saget run. One user keeps reverting. 24.3.160.9 (talk) 12:39, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Cleanup
Hello. Will start cleaning up the article, particularly to address the "original research" tag. Will place all portions I remove here. - Windows72106 (talk) 07:06, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Removed portions: I. From "Premise"
 * "Executive produced by Vin Di Bona, Todd Thicke, and Michele Nasraway, " - ref link no longer exists
 * "and created by Vin Di Bona, it is the longest-running primetime entertainment (non-news) program on ABC (both on the network's current schedule and dating back to ABC's incorporation as a television network in 1948)." - unsourced
 * "A more similar concept in that a whole 30-to-45-minute show consisted of nothing but short clips from amateur home videos with slapstick-like accidents presented by a host began broadcasting only two months after the start of Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan in Japan, under the title Pleiten, Pech und Pannen (lit., "Crashes, bad luck, and slip ups") in West Germany in March 1986, lasting until 2003." - irrelevant, may be moved at the last section on See also
 * "which launched in 2012." - date when AFV.com launched is irrelevant
 * "From 2008 to 2012, viewers were able to upload their videos digitally to ABC's website, ABC.com; since the separate website for the program went online, users trying to access the America's Funniest Home Videos page on ABC's website – via the show page link on the site's program menu – have been redirected to AFV.com. Videos can also be sent via conventional mail on VHS and other such home video formats (VHS-C, 8 mm video cassettes, to name a few), and later as the format started to become common for home recording use in the early 2000s decade, DVD to a Hollywood, California post-office box address, with clips placed on USB flash drives and other forms of consumer flash memory formats also acceptable for physical submission as time has gone on." - unsourced, updating instead with current contest rules
 * "Due to its very low cost and universal appeal, the format has since been reproduced around the world and AFV-inspired television specials and series continue to emerge periodically in the United States. American television series inspired by AFVs format that are not related to the series itself include The Planet's Funniest Animals, The World's Funniest!, The World's Funniest Moments, Funniest Pets & People and It Only Hurts When I Laugh; however, most of the series inspired by AFV (with the minor exception of The Planet's Funniest Animals) have not matched the success of America's Funniest Home Videos and have not lasted as long." - repeated later on in the section, statement on not matching AFV's success unsourced'
 * "With the advent of smartphone technology that include built-in video cameras, social media, YouTube and other computer-oriented internet sites that brought about the era of the viral videos revolution starting in the 2000s, television stations started capitalizing on amateur caught-on-video segments, cute, funny, amazing, or not, during their newscasts again and this time (at present) appears to remain here to stay. AFV also capitalizes on the viral video revolution to their audience and viewers in terms of showing uploaded funny video clips, as well. Also, more and more shows similar to AFV continue to capitalize on the viral video revolution and emerge once in a while." - unsourced
 * "Many of the clips have been used internationally in various comedy compilation programs, with changes such as dubbing and subtitling. The title of the show is usually changed and the studio segments are omitted." - unsourced


 * "In the show's first season, the second and third prizes respectively were a new TV and VCR and a new camcorder. On the initial hour-long special, the grand prize was $5,000 with second and third places both winning a new camcorder; the producer picked the winner, with no audience voting. Periodically, beginning with the Tom Bergeron run of the series and continuing on into the Alfonso Ribiero run, the grand prize winner at each season's final $100,000 contest will also win a free vacation package, supplied by either Adventures by Disney or Disney Vacation Club, in addition to the monetary prize." - historical, probably include on the portions below. I doubt though if episodes themselves can be cited here in Wikipedia (ex. Season 1, episode 1). If there are other reliable sources on these statements, then I would include it in the next section (on the history of the show). Decided to just cite the contest rules for the version currently in the article
 * "and the Fox Family Channel series Show Me The Funny (1998–2000)." - no reliable source Vin di Bona produced this show - Windows72106 (talk) 05:32, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Animals over children
So stupid to let some dogs growling at each other win $100,000 over two cute or actually several cute precious children. Ridiculous. 2602:30A:2C0E:D2C0:AC80:F58F:B2:BD56 (talk) 01:05, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Operate episode overview page
Anyone gonna make an episode page if this show ever ends? Chadalvarez2021 (talk) 02:13, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Series overview sub-page
Can someone make a subpage listing all of the episodes and seasons on America's Funniest Home Videos? Chadalvarez2021 (talk) 00:07, 18 September 2022 (UTC)