America's Funniest Home Videos
Backyard birds bother a cat
TV Flash files “Backyard birds bother a cat” as hour 468 of 814 in the TV Flash guide — America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–present) on ABC, season 21, episode 12, aired 2011-01-23, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S21E12: listed hour 468 of 814 in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide, hour 12 of 24 in season 21. It aired 2011-01-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Trick basketball shots” (S21E11). Next is “A boy dumps cold water over his father” (S21E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
"AFHV" goes to the dogs (literally) when the canine stars of "Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2" stop by for a visit with Tom Bergeron. Video highlights include funny Chihuahuas, including one who shows a German Shepherd who's the boss; cats, including a cat that's pestered by a backyard bird; plus animals that make strange noises. This week's state spotlight shines on North Carolina.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Backyard birds bother a cat sit in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide?
S21E12 is listed hour 468 of 814 — hour 12 of 24 in season 21, season 21 episode 12.
When did America's Funniest Home Videos S21E12 air?
Backyard birds bother a cat aired 2011-01-23 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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