America's Funniest Home Videos
Failure is an Option, Dogs, and $100,000 Episode
Season 25, Episode 22 · Aired 2015-05-10
Synopsis
On this season's second $100,000 episode, nine finalists compete at the chance to walk away with the prize money. They include "What Would Cheez-Its Do?," a girl tells her mother that she's learned about "God and Cheez-Its," accidentally mistaking the word Cheez-Its for Jesus; "A Giant Leap for Womankind," a teen girl, post dental surgery, insists to her mother that they need to fill their spaceship with gas so she can be the first woman on the moon; "Fake-Sleeping Santa Fan," a baby girl pretending to sleep so she won't have to eat, jumps to attention when someone says "there's Santa Claus;" "Oblivious Engagement," a mom admires her daughter's outfit, oblivious to the engagement ring on her finger; "Hilarious History Lesson," a tot girl lists Christopher Columbus's 3 ships, calling one "The Diarrhea;" "H2O NO-NO," a baby boy reaches for a glass of water challenging his mother as she repeatedly says "no;" "Sister Celebrates Standing," a young girl is filled with tears of joy when she catches her baby brother standing for the first time; "Bun in the Oven," a woman finds a bun in her oven and after questioning why it's in there soon realizes that it was her daughter's way of telling her she's pregnant; "Ice Bucket Breakdown," a girl wanting to do the Ice Bucket Challenge tries to back out of it when she realizes it will mess up her hairdo.
In the series
This episode is part of America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–present) on ABC.
Home-video fails as primetime — user-generated comedy before YouTube.
Key cast
- Bob Saget as Host
- Ernie Anderson as Announcer
Also in season 25
- S25E01 The Barking Lot, Mission Im-Paw-Sible, Hammocks vs Hams
- S25E02 Halloween, Stumblebums, Creative Drinkers vs Lousy
- S25E03 Feline Fun Fest, Dim Bulbs, The AFV World Cup
- S25E04 Who's Who in the AFV Zoo, Kids Fighting Sleep vs People
- S25E05 Dim Bulbs, Dog Shame, and Trampolines
- S25E06 Ten Pounds of Dumb in a Five Pound Bag, and Kids Who Think They're Hula Hooping vs Flaming Turkeys