All episodes Season 21 S21E21 2011-05-01 60 min 1990s ABC

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A marriage proposal goes wrong

TV Flash files “A marriage proposal goes wrong” as hour 477 of 814 in the TV Flash guide — America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–present) on ABC, season 21, episode 21, aired 2011-05-01, 60 min.

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This leaf is S21E21: listed hour 477 of 814 in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide, hour 21 of 24 in season 21. It aired 2011-05-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A child makes a mess dyeing Easter eggs” (S21E20). Next is “The $100,000 winner is chosen” (S21E22). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Highlights include a marriage proposal gone wrong, as a man sets up his tripod to record the big moment only to have a dog wipe out the camera. Also, a little girl sneaks up on dad with a hose while they wash the car. This week's state spotlight shines on Virginia.

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Where does A marriage proposal goes wrong sit in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide?

S21E21 is listed hour 477 of 814 — hour 21 of 24 in season 21, season 21 episode 21.

When did America's Funniest Home Videos S21E21 air?

A marriage proposal goes wrong aired 2011-05-01 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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