Talk:America's Funniest Home Videos

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Contents 1 who wrote the critisism section? 2 just a thought 3 Kimmi Gibbler Reference 4 Information 5 Audience 6 More criticism. 7 Avery Williams carried the Magic Tent with Hulk Hand [November 11th 2005] 8 ABC Family airs the Saget Version 9 AFHV Reruning on Comedy Central? 10 Assignment America 11 Missing info 12 common elements? 13 New Set? New Theme?

[edit] 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.

• The Bob Saget Episodes PWNED!!! 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))

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] ABC Family airs the Saget Version

Only ABC Family airs the 1994-1997 episodes, not the 1989-1993 episodes.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Missing info

This article is missing some information, the year that the kid singing the Micky Mouse song won the $100,000 prize.

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)

[edit] 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? - CHAIRBOY (☎) 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)

[edit] 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)