America's Funniest Home Videos
A baby cheers while sleeping
TV Flash files “A baby cheers while sleeping” as hour 495 of 814 in the TV Flash guide — America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–present) on ABC, season 22, episode 15, aired 2012-03-04, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E15: listed hour 495 of 814 in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide, hour 15 of 23 in season 22. It aired 2012-03-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A toddler reacts to a phone ringing” (S22E14). Next is “Pranks that backfire” (S22E16). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In this $100,000 award show, clips include "Recovery Room Rambler," in which a daughter wakes up from surgery disoriented from the anesthesia but full of funny comments; "Pregnancy Taste Test," where a young girl accidentally places a used pregnancy test in her mouth, thinking it's a thermometer; "Game Day Baby," in which a baby naps next to his father during football games, but when he hears his father cheering, he reacts too, shooting his arms up -- while still napping; "Howl Be There," in which a 10-year-old dog hears his name being called and responds with a unique sound, a piercing howl; "Funny Phone Face," featuring a boy's oh so adorable exaggerated reaction to the sound of an old-school cordless phone; and "Birthday Candle Recount," in which, during a family birthday celebration, the 5-year-old birthday girl immediately notices that Grandma and Grandpa only placed four candles on the cake.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A baby cheers while sleeping sit in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide?
S22E15 is listed hour 495 of 814 — hour 15 of 23 in season 22, season 22 episode 15.
When did America's Funniest Home Videos S22E15 air?
A baby cheers while sleeping aired 2012-03-04 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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