America's Funniest Home Videos
A countdown begins
TV Flash files “A countdown begins” as hour 502 of 814 in the TV Flash guide — America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–present) on ABC, season 22, episode 22, aired 2012-05-13, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E22: listed hour 502 of 814 in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide, hour 22 of 23 in season 22. It aired 2012-05-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A kid tries kumquats for the first time” (S22E21). Next is “The grand prize winner is announced.” (S22E23). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In Part One of the Season Finale, the countdown begins to determine which $100,000 winner will take home this year's grand prize. Tom Bergeron hosts from Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in Ko Olina, Hawaii. The prize is a membership in Disney Vacation Club, where the winner can take unforgettable family vacations at Disney Vacation Club Resorts, as well as have access to over 500 other dazzling locations from around the world. As a Member of Disney Vacation Club, the winner will create a lifetime of memories for over 40 years, visiting Disney destinations like Disneyland Resort in California, the Caribbean aboard Disney Cruise Line, or guided vacations to worldwide destinations with Adventures by Disney.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A countdown begins sit in the America's Funniest Home Videos guide?
S22E22 is listed hour 502 of 814 — hour 22 of 23 in season 22, season 22 episode 22.
When did America's Funniest Home Videos S22E22 air?
A countdown begins aired 2012-05-13 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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