America's Funniest Home Videos
May 18, 2007 (2)
TV Flash files “May 18, 2007 (2)” as the last listed hour of season 17 — America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–present) on ABC, season 17, episode 25, aired 2007-05-18, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E25: listed hour 384 of 814 in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide, last listed hour of season 17. It aired 2007-05-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “May 13, 2007 (1)” (S17E24). Next is “October 7, 2007” (S18E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The three $100,000 video prize winners from the past season return to the show to compete for the ultimate Disney dream vacation Grand Prize for four. The Grand Prize vacation begins at the Disneyland(r) Resort with a stay in the new Mickey Mouse Penthouse at the Disneyland Hotel. Next, the lucky winner will sail away aboard a Disney Cruise Line(r) ship to the Bahamas and Disney's Castaway Cay. Final destination will be a trip to the Walt Disney World(r) Resort, where the winner will spend a night in the newly-created Cinderella Castle Suite inside the Magic Kingdom(r) Park. In addition to the video prize winner, one lucky viewer entrant will also be selected to win this vacation of a lifetime.
Viewer FAQ
Where does May 18, 2007 (2) sit in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide?
S17E25 is listed hour 384 of 814 — last listed hour of season 17, season 17 episode 25.
When did America's Funniest Home Videos S17E25 air?
May 18, 2007 (2) aired 2007-05-18 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…