Australia's Funniest Home Videos
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| Australia's Funniest Home Videos | |
 AFHV title screen (2008 – present) |
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| Also known as | Australia's Funniest Home Video Show |
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| 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/ Australia's Funniest Home Video Show) 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]
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[edit] Hosts
- Graham Kennedy (March 1990)
- Jacki McDonald (1991)
- Lisa Patrick (1992)
- Jo Beth Taylor (1993 – 1997)
- Catriona Rowntree (1997)
- Kim Kilbey (1998 – November 2002)
- Toni Pearen (February 2003 – November 2007)
- Shelley Craft (February 2008 - present)
[edit] Segments
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Some of the current segments include:
- Who Let The Dogs Out? - A segment centered on dogs doing crazy habits. Renamed Who Let The Dogs Out in 2008.
- Here Kitty Kitty Kitty Kitty - A segment centered on cats. Renamed Here Kitty Kitty Kitty Kitty in 2008.
- Clumsy Old Men - Videos centered on old men falling over.
- Old Ladies Eating Dirt - Videos centered on old women falling over.
- Sit on It - Videos that involves sitting on something.
- World's Funniest Dictionary - A dictionary with made up words.
- Funniest Animal Dictionary - A dictionary with made up words that center on animals.
- Head On - Videos that involves head-on collisions.
- Thought Bubble Theatre - Videos with the thoughts of the main person/animal involved appearing in a thought bubble right before the incident occurs.
- The Greatest Groin Hits - Videos that involves collisions in the groin especially on a male.
- 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.
- What's that sound? - The audio part of a clip is played and everyone has to guess what it is.
- Confucius Say - Videos with a saying.
- 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.
- How To... - Videos explaining how to do things.
- Shopping Channel - Similar to home shopping advertorials, except in the Video Show's own satirical format.
- Warning Labels - Videos warning people about things.
- What's Hot, What's Not - Videos with a good part and a bad part.
- Fractured Fairy Tales - The narrator of the show narrates a clip, turning it into a spoof of a famous fairy tale.
- Video Record Breakers - Videos involving someone breaking a record.
- Gotcha - Videos involving practical jokes.
- Classic Catches - Videos of people catching things. They are narrated by a man doing an impression of Richie Benaud.
- What's that Cat Watching - A new segment, similar to former segments What's that Dog/Cat Looking at? They are about a cat watching something on television.
- World's Greatest Trampoline Tragedies - A segment which involves people getting involved in trampoline accidents.
- World's Greatest Bike Stacks - A segment which involves bike accidents.
- World's Greatest Skateboard Stacks - A segment which people getting into accidents when skateboarding.
- World's Greatest Waterski Stacks - A segment which involves people getting involved into waterski accidents.
- World's Stupidest Stunts - A segment which involves people doing stupid things.
- News Break - A parody news segment. Before 2008 it used to be called Video Show News Flash and was a black and white old-style news update.
- Got Balls - A segment which involves lots and lots of balls.
- He Said, She Said - A segment which sees men and women sometimes get stacks.
- Bite Me - A video involving people getting bitten.
- Sports Update - A parody sports news segment.
- Boo - A video involving people being frightened.
- World's Dumbest Guys - Videos centered on dumb guys.
- Worlds Thickest Chicks - Videos centered on thick chicks.
- 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.
[edit] AFHV: World’s Funniest Videos
| AFHV: World’s Funniest Videos | |
| Presented by | Shane Crawford Lyndsey Rodrigues |
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| 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] |
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| 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
- List of Australian television series
- List of Nine Network programs
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos
[edit] Notes
- ^ Overall national viewers, numbers in brackets indicate nightly ratings position.
[edit] References
- ^ 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 on 1 February 2008.
- ^ 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 on 15 April 2009.
- ^ 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 on 24 April 2009.
- ^ Knox, David (6 April 2009). "Week 15". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/04/week-15-2.html. Retrieved on 8 April 2009.
- ^ Knox, David (13 April 2009). "Week 16". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/04/week-16-2.html. Retrieved on 15 April 2009.
- ^ Knox, David (20 April 2009). "Week 17". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/04/week-17-2.html. Retrieved on 24 April 2009.
[edit] External links
- Australia's Funniest Home Videos
- Official website
- Australia's Funniest Home Videos at the Internet Movie Database
- Australia's Funniest Home Videos at TV.com
- AFHV: World’s Funniest Videos
