All episodes Season 21 S21E08 2010-11-21 60 min 1990s ABC

America's Funniest Home Videos

A turkey catches fire in the oven

TV Flash files “A turkey catches fire in the oven” as hour 464 of 814 in the TV Flash guide — America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–present) on ABC, season 21, episode 8, aired 2010-11-21, 60 min.

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This leaf is S21E08: listed hour 464 of 814 in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide, hour 8 of 24 in season 21. It aired 2010-11-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A woman passes out” (S21E07). Next is “Christmas morning pranks” (S21E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Clips include Thanksgiving mishaps, including a turkey catching fire in the oven, golfers chasing a runaway cart all over the course, a bear at an animal park getting too close to a car, and a woman whose car door gets stuck in the snow, then ripped off when she tries to dislodge it. This week's state spotlight shines on New York.

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Where does A turkey catches fire in the oven sit in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide?

S21E08 is listed hour 464 of 814 — hour 8 of 24 in season 21, season 21 episode 8.

When did America's Funniest Home Videos S21E08 air?

A turkey catches fire in the oven aired 2010-11-21 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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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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