America's Funniest Home Videos (often abbreviated AFV) is an American video clip television series that has aired on ABC since 1989. It shows viewer-submitted video clips with voice-over narration (and occasionally sound effects) added for humorous effect. The show spawned two spin-offs: America's Funniest People (abbreviated AFP), which aired from 1990 to 1994; and World's Funniest Videos, which aired in 1996.
America's Funniest Home Videos has been referenced and parodied several times in Simpsons media.
References
Episodes
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Season
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Episode number
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Episode name
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Reference
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3
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36
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"Stark Raving Dad"
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Homer watches a TV show where the announcer introduces the three "home video finalists". After rolling the clips, the announcer asks the audience to cast their votes. Even though the show isn't named and the clips aren't shown on-screen, the clips' titles ("Man Breaking Hip", "Dog on Fire" and "Baby with a Nailgun"), voiceover narration, studio audience voting and layout of the set (briefly seen in an establishing shot) make it clear that the show is a parody of America's Funniest Home Videos.
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44
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"Saturdays of Thunder"
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At VHS Village, Homer rents a video titled Football's Greatest Injuries.
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6
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121
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"A Star Is Burns"
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At the Springfield Film Festival, one of the films submitted by Springfieldians is Hans Moleman's Man Getting Hit by Football, which shows Moleman being hit in the groin by a football and then collapsing to the ground. When the film is screened for the festival attendees, Homer laughs uproariously and says, "This contest is over! Give that man the ten thousand dollars!" and adds, still laughing, "Roll it again." Jay Sherman, on stage presenting the films, glares at Homer and says, sharply, "This isn't America's Funniest Home Videos."
Later, when the judges convene to cast their votes for the best film, Homer supports Moleman's, enthusiastically referring to it as "Football in the groin!", which is reminiscent of how the producers title the finalists' clips on AFV.
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10
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207
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"Treehouse of Horror IX"
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The program World's Deadliest Executions parodies the show.
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216
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"Homer to the Max"
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While watching TV, the Simpson family see a promo teaser for America's Funniest Tornadoes.
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14
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301
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"Pray Anything"
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When Homer sues the First Church of Springfield for damages, the Blue-haired lawyer, in defense of the church, shows a video of Homer driving in the fog leaning out the car window and hitting his head on a mailbox to demonstrate that Homer is accident-prone. After the video, jury foreman Cletus Spuckler says to the judge, "We the jury find that to be America's funniest home video. Back to you, Bob Saget."
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23
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498
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"Moe Goes from Rags to Riches"
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"France's Funniest Cave Paintings"
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28
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604
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"Dad Behavior"
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Kirk and Milhouse try to make a tape to submit to "America's Funniest Home Videos."
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36
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775
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"Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes"
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In the segment based on Fahrenheit 451, one of the shows Homer discovers is America's Funniest Home Videos.
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Comic stories
Books
Video games
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Date
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Tweet
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| HomerJSimpson
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September 7, 2009
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That "Funny Video" show is sick. Tonight they showed a plane crash and a shooting. What is America coming to... wait that was the news.
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Common cast and crew
Cast
External links
America's Funniest Home Videos at Wikipedia
