Talk:America's Funniest Home Videos

message: 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)
replies: text: I'd expect that from Saget on his stand-up act.
WAVY 10 01:34, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kimmi Gibbler Reference 

message: 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)
thread_title: Information

message: 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)
thread_title:  just a thought 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Audience 

message: 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)
thread_title:  More criticism. 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Avery Williams carried the Magic Tent with Hulk Hand [November 11th 2005] 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  who wrote the critisism section? 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  who wrote the critisism section? 

message: 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)
thread_title: $100,000 Grand Prize

message: 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)
thread_title: ABC Family airs the Saget Version

message: Does anyone have any information on the "Assignment America" segments from the Bob Saget era?
WAVY 10 22:14, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Assignment America

message: 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)
thread_title:  Missing info 

message: 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)
replies: text: Depends, are there reliable primary sources that can be referenced? - CHAIRBOY (☎) 01:32, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

text: 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)
thread_title:  common elements? 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: New Set? New Theme?

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

message: 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)
thread_title:  Bergeron and the "Final Last Episode of AFV $100,000"  

message: 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)
replies: text: And you forgot to sign...twice.  WAVY 10 21:02, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Saget's time on AFHV 

message: 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)
replies: text: You may be viewing very old re-runs, AFHV is currently hosted by Tom Bergeron. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 16:05, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What? 

message: 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. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 03:24, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: 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. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 19:30, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: 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. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 00:48, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've semi-protected the article following yet another attempt by the user to add the unsubstantiated claim. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 23:42, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: 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. --ÆAUSSIEevilÆ 22:38, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

text: I'm betting so. --ÆAUSSIEevilÆ 15:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ricki Lake 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Shout-outs to Bob's wife 

message: 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)
thread_title:  D. L. Hughley 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Reruns on USA 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Mistakes 

message: 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)
thread_title:  renewal contract means the show will end? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Question for the article 

message: 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)
thread_title:  hosts missing from the list 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Japanese TV?

message: 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)
thread_title:  set changes isnt shown in the article. 

message: 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)
thread_title:  information should be added on international airings 

message: 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)
thread_title:  seems that season 22 have begun airing in norway 

message: 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)
thread_title:  seems that the 22 july attacks canceled the show in norway 

message: 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)
thread_title:  a norwegian show is making fun of this show 

message: 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)
thread_title:  International broadcasts 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Bergeron stepping down? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Changing the title name to AFV? I don't think so! 

message: 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)
thread_title:  is it worth mentioning that tom bergeron is the oldest host ever 

message: Is there any chance of someone replacing Bergeron after he steps down from hosting? Tom the Bergeron (talk) 03:38, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Replacement host for Bergeron. 

message: 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)
thread_title:  When do video clips get reviewed/aired? 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  This is not a sentence and I have no idea what it's supposed to be saying 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Didn't I include what the audience wears? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Saget Run Alert 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Animals over children 

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

message: 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)
thread_title:  Series overview sub-page