America's Funniest Home Videos
October 1, 2006
TV Flash files “October 1, 2006” as the first listed hour of season 17 — America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–present) on ABC, season 17, episode 1, aired 2006-10-01, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E01: listed hour 360 of 814 in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide, first listed hour of season 17. It aired 2006-10-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “May 19, 2006 (2)” (S16E26). Next is “October 8, 2006” (S17E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
America's Funniest Home Videos kicks off its 17th season with all-new animal antics, practical jokes and hilarious footage of what happens when adults, children and even inanimate objects are at their spontaneous best. The season premiere will also mark the beginning of a year-long promotion, the AFV Dream Vacation Sweepstakes, with magical Disney vacations awarded throughout the year, and a final Grand Prize dream vacation to three Disney destinations awarded in the season finale.
Viewer FAQ
Where does October 1, 2006 sit in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide?
S17E01 is listed hour 360 of 814 — first listed hour of season 17, season 17 episode 1.
When did America's Funniest Home Videos S17E01 air?
October 1, 2006 aired 2006-10-01 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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- Ernie Anderson as Announcer
Ernie Anderson announced America's Funniest Home Videos as the voice of VHS disaster sport — kids versus piñatas, pets versus gravity, Bob Saget hosting the proto-YouTube pipeline. User-generated comedy as family-hour ritual. TV Flash…