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America's Funniest People

  • TV Series
  • 1990–1994
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
175
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America's Funniest People (1990)
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A TV show that presents home videos of weird people doing all kinds of funny things.A TV show that presents home videos of weird people doing all kinds of funny things.A TV show that presents home videos of weird people doing all kinds of funny things.

  • Stars
    • Lindsay Ridgeway
    • Dave Coulier
    • Shannon Ratigan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.0/10
    175
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Lindsay Ridgeway
      • Dave Coulier
      • Shannon Ratigan
    • 11User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Lindsay Ridgeway
    Lindsay Ridgeway
    • Prank Patrol
    • 1993
    Dave Coulier
    Dave Coulier
    • Self - Host
    • 1990–1993
    Shannon Ratigan
    • Comedian
    • 1993
    Arleen Sorkin
    Arleen Sorkin
    • Self - Host
    • 1990–1991
    Dave Chappelle
    Dave Chappelle
    • Self
    • 1990
    Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson
    Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson
    • Self
    • 1990
    Dante
    Dante
    • Self
    • 1990
    Nicolas Read
    Nicolas Read
    • Elvis impersonator
    • 1990
    David Pires
    David Pires
    • Joe Bob in 'This Old Shack' sketches
    • 1990
    Danielle Egnew
    Danielle Egnew
    • Various Characters
    • 1990
    Mike Agresta
    • Self
    • 1990
    Dennis Michael Miller
    Dennis Michael Miller
    • 1990
    Rich Stein
    Rich Stein
    • Charles Bronson Impersonator
    • 1990
    Tawny Kitaen
    Tawny Kitaen
    • Self - Host
    • 1993
    Melissa Joan Hart
    Melissa Joan Hart
    • Self
    • 1993
    Tracy Dali
    Tracy Dali
    • Jackalopes Girlfriend
    • 1993
    Donna Pieroni
    Donna Pieroni
    • Singing Lady
    • 1993
    Cheryl Felicia Rhoads
    Cheryl Felicia Rhoads
    • Comedy Sketches
    • 1993
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    creid0000

    America be ashamed

    I used to think that Bob Saget's commentary on America's Funniest Home Videos should be America's biggest source of embarrassment as the pride of the world when it comes to motion picture entertainment. However, after seeing this, my choice is a no-brainer. This is the most disgusting piece of excrement ever put in front of the American public. I'm almost sick just thinking about it. I don't know if it's the decrepitness of the submitted material as much as it is the pathetic crowd reactions and ill-timed laugh track added to this stuff set to the remarkably low dollar soundtrack. I've seen funnier infommercials. May this never penetrate human eyes again.
    znowhite01

    "America's Unfunniest People"

    Thanks to TBS, I can re-watch all these stupid episodes I admitted were guilty pleasures even when I was nine-years-old. The now dead and forgotten Dave Coulier, jealous that his `Full House' co-star Bob Saget was actually getting work outside of said nauseating sitcom, thought it a good idea to give America 10,000 more reasons to act incredibly stupid (like they need any more incentive). Shamefully copying `America's Funniest Videos' right down to the bland cartoon voices and banal format, the sole difference was a bubbly ditz as co-host, alternating between Tawney Kitaen and Arleen Sorkin, both equally boring and stupid. Had Kitaen reprised her hooker role from Bachelor Party and starting kicking the audience like she did her real life husband, the show would have generated at a least a few chuckles.

    Jack Ching Bada Bing (I probably spelled that wrong, but I don't care) as the mischievous and revengeful antelope was remotely humorous as was the `This Old Shack' segments, but that curly-haired man child that kept scaring his transvestite mom was more disturbing than fun-loving. People would send in videos of themselves doing ordinary acts such as blowing into a sheet of glass or making a monkey face - stuff so unfunny, you long for the scenes of a stupid dog chasing its tail. One woman won the grand prize for doing nothing more than jiggling the rolls of fat on her extended waistline. A low point in American pop culture, but I why do I keep coming back?
    5abbazabakyleman-98834

    Hasn't Aged Very Well

    In 1990, ABC had developed this spin-off series alongside the very successful America's Funniest Home Videos, but has not aged too well, partly because of the corny joke videos submitted by home viewers. This show actually had good recurring sketches like the Jackalope and This Old Shack, featuring two idiot handymen who try to renovate houses with chaotic results. The always-reliable Dave Coulier was able to carry the show with co-host Arleen Sorkin, then, in later seasons, by Tawny Kitaen. By fall 1993, the show's ratings were tanking and the producers had re-tooled its format and renamed it The New America's Funniest People, even having a third co-host from a specific ABC show to join Dave and Tawny each week. Unfortunately, the changes weren't enough to save it and, the following year, the network replaced it with the short-lived sitcom On Our Own.
    mikemahony

    The most awful show ever

    I remember at one time when I was young, I thought this show was actually funny. Thanks to late night TBS, I can now watch all the reruns I want. However, after viewing one episode, I was shocked to see how horrible this show really is. Unless you are interested in bad childish comedy, stupid videos and an insane audience I recommend never ever viewing this show.
    3honkycabbit17

    The theme song and the Jackalope kicked ass. The rest of it sucked.

    I remember that show. I still remember that kick ass fun song "America's Funniest People." Frankly it should've been titled American's lame or unfunny or downright disgusting People. Dave couldn't save this show and neither could Bob Saget or the replacement hosts for AFV that came later. The Jackalope segments were hilarious and yes Dave could make some good voice overs that were better than Bob's. But this show went to hell because of the lame crappy videos people submitted. Also it developed as somewhat of a variety show with lame guest stars including the Olson Twins. Plus AFV was in it's prime before they started picking the drooling ugly as sin babies as the winner. Did I mentioned the videos were disgusting and lame? But still the theme song rocks!

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    • Trivia
      Both of Dave Coulier's co-hosts, Arleen Sorkin and Tawny Kitaen, are now deceased.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Larry Sanders Show: Doubt of the Benefit (1994)

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    • Release date
      • September 8, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • AFP
    • Production companies
      • ABC Productions
      • DLT Entertainment
      • Vin Di Bona Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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