America's Funniest Home Videos
November 28, 2004
TV Flash files “November 28, 2004” as hour 317 of 814 in the TV Flash guide — America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–present) on ABC, season 15, episode 8, aired 2004-11-28, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E08: listed hour 317 of 814 in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide, hour 8 of 24 in season 15. It aired 2004-11-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “November 21, 2004” (S15E07). Next is “December 12, 2004” (S15E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Highlights include hilarious sneezes, a practical joke with a mom scared by a baby holding a fake snake, and a one man's shocking encounter with an electric fence. Also, the show announces the beginning of the "Vote At Home" sweepstakes, as viewers at home can commence voting on abc.com for the next $100,000 cash grand prize for best video submission, with an added bonus -- one lucky viewer who votes via the internet will randomly be selected to win an unforgettable vacation prize for eight people to Walt Disney World.
Viewer FAQ
Where does November 28, 2004 sit in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide?
S15E08 is listed hour 317 of 814 — hour 8 of 24 in season 15, season 15 episode 8.
When did America's Funniest Home Videos S15E08 air?
November 28, 2004 aired 2004-11-28 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Who is the 1990s host?
Bob Saget hosted the formative era that turned camcorder disasters into family-hour ritual.
In the series
Why this series still plays
VHS disasters as national sport: kids vs. piñatas, pets vs. gravity, dads vs. their own lawns. Bob Saget hosts the proto-YouTube pipeline years before anyone had an upload button. User-generated comedy as family-hour ritual — cheap, mean in a gentle way, and the reason relatives still shout that a wedding clip belongs on television.
Visual first: VHS snow, a kid versus a piñata, a dad versus his own lawn, studio lights treating a camcorder disaster like a gown. Vin Di Bona developed the ABC series from a Japanese format starting in 1989; Bob Saget hosted the formative late-1980s/1990s era that made home-video fails a national sport. *User-generated comedy as family-hour ritual.* **This was proto-YouTube before anyone had an upload button** — audiences as the content pipeline, relatives already shouting that a wedding clip belongs on…
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