Australia's Funniest Home Videos

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Australia's Funniest Home Videos
Funniest Home Videos.jpg
AFHV title screen (2009 – present)
Also known as Australia's Funniest Home Video Show
Genre Variety
Created by Vin Di Bona
Presented by Shelley Craft (2008 – present)
(see hosts)
Country of origin  Australia
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 20
No. of episodes 200 (approx.)
Production
Running time 47 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Nine Network
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original run 29 March 1990 – present
External links
Official website

Australia's Funniest Home Videos (originally Graham Kennedy's Funniest Home Video Show in its first season and Australia's Funniest Home Video Show in subsequent seasons) is an Australian television show on the Nine Network that presents home videos sent in by viewers.

The show is similar in content to You've Been Framed and America's Funniest Home Videos, which was also created by Vin Di Bona (which was based on Tokyo Broadcasting System's Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan). The videos frequently feature slapstick and lowbrow humour such as people tripping over or animals behaving in amusing ways. Most videos are overdubbed with a voice-over and sound effects.

Each new Australian video shown receives $500. At the end of each episode the audience watching at home can choose their favourite video of the night from a selection of 4, via telephone and SMS voting. The winning clip receives $10,000. At the end of each year there are semi finals and a grand final, where third place receives a home theatre package from JVC, second place receives a prize package worth around $100,000, normally two or three cars and the winner receives $250,000 in cash.

For most of the show's life, Australia's Funniest Home Video Show has been a half-hour program on Tuesday at 7.30 pm. In 2001 the show moved to 6.30pm Saturday evening,and in 2004,was extended to one hour, and now provides a fair amount of non-video content (e.g. End of Year Prize Ads), although the majority of content still comes from videos. In 2005, the show received a revamp with a new set, logo and theme music, leaving behind the original look of worldwide Funniest Video Shows for a "futuristic" look with a brighter and more open set.Until 2001, the show had a PG rating on Tuesday evenings,however the move to Saturday forced the show into a G rating.

On 1 February 2008, it was announced that Shelley Craft would take over hosting duties from Toni Pearen.[1]

Contents

[edit] Hosts

[edit] Segments

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Some of the current segments include:

  • Released the Hounds - A segment centered on dogs doing crazy habits. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Nine Alive - A segment centered on cats. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • Clumsy Old Men - Videos centered on old men falling over. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • Old Ladies Eating Dirt - Videos centered on old women falling over. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • Sit on It - Videos that involves sitting on something. (Colours are Blue, Pink, and Purple)
  • Head On - Videos that involves head-on collisions. (Colours are Blue and Pink)
  • Thought Bubble Theatre - Videos with the thoughts of the main person/animal involved appearing in a thought bubble right before the incident occurs. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • The Greatest Groin Hits - Videos that involves collisions in the groin, especially on a male and female. (He Got a Groin, Dots are Orange and Colours are Blue, Green, Yellow and a Cricket with a Yellow O)
  • Head Bum or Groin - An audience member is brought out to guess whether the person in a video is about to be hit in the head, bum or groin.
  • Stuck - Videos involving something or someone getting stuck.
  • Believe it or not - Videos demonstrating joke facts.
  • Confucius Say - Videos with a saying. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Vidiot of the Week - Videos involving people doing idiotic things.
  • Family of the Week - A handful of videos put together about different generations of people living in their homes. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • How To... - Videos explaining how to do things.
  • Warning Labels - Videos warning people about things. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • What's In, What's Out - Videos with a good part and a bad part. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Classic Catches - Videos of people catching things. They are narrated by a man doing an impression of Richie Benaud. (Colours are Blue and Pink)
  • What's That Dog Looking At? - This is about a dog watching something from a hole on a fence. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • World's Greatest Trampoline Tragedies - A segment which involves people falling off the trampoline. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • World's Greatest Bike Stacks - A segment which involves bike accidents. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • World's Greatest Skateboard Stacks - A segment which people getting into accidents when skateboarding. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • World's Greatest Waterski Stacks - A segment which involves people getting involved into waterski accidents. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • World's Stupidest Stunts - A segment which involves people doing stupid things.
  • News Break - A parody news segment. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Got Balls - A segment which involves lots and lots of balls. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • He Said, She Said - A segment which sees women and men say things. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • Bite Me - A video involving people getting bitten. (Colours are Blue and Pink)
  • Sports Update - A parody sports news segment. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Boo - A video involving people being frightened. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • World's Dumbest Guys - Videos centered on dumb guys. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Worlds Thickest Chicks - Videos centered on thick chicks. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • Worlds Grossest videos - Especially gross videos.
  • Before They Were Famous - Videos about people said to be famous people, before they were famous. They are not really those people!
  • Clips That Changed the World - Videos about world-changing moments.
  • Guess Again - Videos that imply a certain situation, but are not really that situation. (Example: Everybody thinks it is a video of somebody's bare bottom, but it is actually their bent leg.)
  • That's So Random - Especially random videos.
  • ...In 30 Seconds - The segment includes a certain number of funny incidents (e.g. bike stacks) in 30 seconds, so the segment would be called 27 Bike Stacks In 30 Seconds.
  • Real Men - Videos narrated by a stereotypical voice describing how these videos show men to be manly. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • I'm A Lady - Female equivalent about women being ladylike. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • Fractured Fairy Tales - The narrator of the show narrates a clip, turning it into a spoof of a famous fairy tale.
  • Video Trading Post - For Sale and Wanted. (Colours are Blue and Pink)
  • What's Hot, What's Not - What's Hot is Cool and What's Not is Bad. (Dots are Orange and Blue)
  • What's that sound? - The audio part of a clip is played and everyone has to guess what it is. (Colours are Blue and Pink)
  • Susie Totally Cold Childrens Games - Former Name of 2005-2007.
  • Paris Totally Hot Party Games - 5 Clips of Paris Party Games. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • Animal Magnetism - Animals are Fur And Lots of Animals. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Slow Mode Theatre - Videos with the Slow Mode with the main person/animal involved appearing in a slow mode Bubble Right Before the incident occurs. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • Gotcha - Videos involving practical jokes.
  • Your Street Australia - 5 Clips of NSW in Sydney. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Don't Fence me in - How Many Times does Fence Broken? (Dots are Pink)
  • Video Dictionary - A dictionary with made up words. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Dirty Rotten Kids - Boys and Girls are Dirty. (Colours are Blue and Pink)
  • Just Eat It - A video involving people getting eating.
  • The Book of Why - Why you Learn on AFHVS? (Colours are Blue and Pink)
  • Famous Last Words - Videos with the Famous of the Last Words Main person/animal said First words and Last Words. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Funniest Matchmaker - Male and Female are Funniest People.
  • Fakebook - The Book of Male and Female are Good People. (Colours are Blue, Pink and Purple)
  • Holy Videos - The Good News Bible on AFHVS. (Colours are Blue and Pink)
  • World's Funniest Dictionary - A dictionary with made up words. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Funniest Animal Dictionary - A dictionary with made up words that centre on animals. (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • Video Record Breakers - Videos involving someone breaking a record.
  • Twitter - Did You Know Twitter Is on AFHVS For Birds? (Colours are Blue, Green and Yellow)
  • How Cute it is? - The Best thing About Animals and Kids are Here on the Show.
  • Video Show Birthday - 365 Days and 366 Leap Year to AFHVS Birthday.

[edit] AFHV: World’s Funniest Videos

AFHV: World’s Funniest Videos
Presented by Shane Crawford
Lyndsey Rodrigues
Country of origin  Australia
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 3 (as of 21 April 2009)
Production
Running time 30 minutes
(including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel Nine Network
Original run 7 April 2009 – present
External links
Official website

A spin-off television series titled Australia's Funniest Home Videos: World’s Funniest Videos (or simply known as AFHV: World’s Funniest Videos) premiered on 7 April 2009 on the Nine Network,[2] followed by the return of advertising clip show Commercial Breakdown.[2]

The show features clips predominately from the American version of Funniest Home Videos, and is hosted by former Australian rules footballer Shane Crawford and former MTV VJ Lyndsey Rodrigues.[2]

The show was placed on hiatus after its third episode.[3] It is unknown if, or when, any remaining episodes will screen.

[edit] Episodes

# Airdate Timeslot Ratings[nb 1]
Series 1 (2009)
1 7 April 2009 Tuesday 8:00pm – 8:30pm 1,038,000 (15th)[4]
2 14 April 2009 Tuesday 7:30pm – 8:00pm 1,046,000 (15th)[5]
3 21 April 2009 Tuesday 7:30pm – 8:00pm 899,000 (19th)[6]
Average series one ratings 994,333

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Overall national viewers, numbers in brackets indicate nightly ratings position.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Knox, David (1 February 2008). "Shelley Craft lands Funniest Home Videos". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/02/shelley-craft-lands-funniest-home.html. Retrieved 1 February 2008. 
  2. ^ a b c Knox, David (25 March 2009). "Airdate: World’s Funniest Videos". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/03/airdate-worlds-funniest-videos.html. Retrieved 15 April 2009. 
  3. ^ Knox, David (23 April 2009). "If it’s Tuesday, it must be recycled.". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/04/if-its-tuesday-it-must-be-recycled.html. Retrieved 24 April 2009. 
  4. ^ Knox, David (6 April 2009). "Week 15". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/04/week-15-2.html. Retrieved 8 April 2009. 
  5. ^ Knox, David (13 April 2009). "Week 16". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/04/week-16-2.html. Retrieved 15 April 2009. 
  6. ^ Knox, David (20 April 2009). "Week 17". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/04/week-17-2.html. Retrieved 24 April 2009. 

[edit] External links

Australia's Funniest Home Videos
AFHV: World’s Funniest Videos
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