America's Funniest Home Videos
A man has a run-in with a squirrel
TV Flash files “A man has a run-in with a squirrel” as hour 459 of 814 in the TV Flash guide — America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–present) on ABC, season 21, episode 3, aired 2010-10-17, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S21E03: listed hour 459 of 814 in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide, hour 3 of 24 in season 21. It aired 2010-10-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Musical cat montage; videos from Iowa” (S21E02). Next is “Dogs that talk; a man scares neighbors” (S21E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Highlights include a man who has a run-in with a squirrel that's hiding in his chimney, a woman so overwhelmed when she realizes a surprise party is for her that she faints, a bride's veil catching fire and a tot who almost eats a ladybug. This week's state spotlight shines on Oklahoma, with clips submitted from the Sooner State.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A man has a run-in with a squirrel sit in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide?
S21E03 is listed hour 459 of 814 — hour 3 of 24 in season 21, season 21 episode 3.
When did America's Funniest Home Videos S21E03 air?
A man has a run-in with a squirrel aired 2010-10-17 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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