All episodes Season 20 S20E20 2010-04-11 60 min 1990s ABC

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A dog chases a mountain lion up a tree

TV Flash files “A dog chases a mountain lion up a tree” as hour 452 of 814 in the TV Flash guide — America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–present) on ABC, season 20, episode 20, aired 2010-04-11, 60 min.

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This leaf is S20E20: listed hour 452 of 814 in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide, hour 20 of 24 in season 20. It aired 2010-04-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A collection of Easter mishaps” (S20E19). Next is “A baby imitates a dancing doll” (S20E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Videos include an incredibly brave dog chasing a mountain lion up a tree. Also: A musical montage of cats and dogs sparring; video of a snoring bulldog who wakes up at the smell of sausage, and a woman's impromptu dancing at a restaurant lands her on her butt. This week's state video salute is to New York, with videos submitted from or taking place in the Empire State.

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Where does A dog chases a mountain lion up a tree sit in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide?

S20E20 is listed hour 452 of 814 — hour 20 of 24 in season 20, season 20 episode 20.

When did America's Funniest Home Videos S20E20 air?

A dog chases a mountain lion up a tree aired 2010-04-11 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.

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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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