Australia's Funniest Home Videos

*Australia's Funniest Home Videos*
Australia's Funniest Home Videos
	AFHV title screen (2009–2014)
Also known as	Graham Kennedy's Funniest Home Video Show (1990); Australia's Funniest Home Video Show (1991–2004)
Genre	Variety
Based on	Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan; America's Funniest Home Videos; by Vin Di Bona
Presented by	Shelley Craft (2008–2014); (see hosts);
Voices of	Vic Davies (1990)
Narrated by	Steve Britten (1990); Danny McMaster (1991–1999); Ken Sterling (2000); Dave Gibson (2001–2014);
Theme music composer	Neil Sutherland (2000–2004)
Opening theme	'The Funny Things You Do' (1991–2004)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	25
No. of episodes	900+
Production
Executive producer	Kris Noble (1990–1999)
Production locations	Brisbane, Queensland (1990–1991); Sydney, New South Wales (1992–1999, 2005–2014); Melbourne, Victoria (2000–2004);
Running time	30 minutes (1990–2003, 2014); 60 minutes (2004–2013)
Production company	Taffner Ramsay Productions
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	29 March 1990 –; 8 February 2014
Related
	America's Funniest Home Videos; America's Funniest People; New Zealand's Funniest Home Videos; You've Been Framed!; Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos;

Australia's Funniest Home Videos (AFHV, also known as Funniest Home Videos or simply The Video Show, originally Graham Kennedy's Funniest Home Video Show in its first season and Australia's Funniest Home Video Show until 2004) is an Australian television show on the Nine Network that presents home videos sent in by viewers. It is the Australian counterpart to America's Funniest Home Videos, which was also created by Vin Di Bona.

The show was broadcast from March 1990 until February 2014. Although Nine did not officially cancel the show, in 2015 they stated that they had no plans to produce new episodes.^[1]

Synopsis[edit]

The show is similar in content to You've Been Framed! and America's Funniest Home Videos, which was also created by Vin Di Bona (which was based on Tokyo Broadcasting System's Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan). The videos frequently feature slapstick and lowbrow humour such as people tripping over or animals behaving in amusing ways. Most videos are overdubbed with a voice-over and sound effects. In a deal with various foreign producers of similar shows, some imported clips are used, in exchange for home-grown videos from Australia.

Each new Australian video shown on the programme received $500. At the end of each episode the audience watching at home can choose their favourite video of the night from a selection of 4, via telephone and SMS voting, with the winning clip receiving $10,000. At the end of each year, winning clips compete in a semi-final and grand final, where in the most recent seasons third place received a home theatre package, second place received a prize package worth around $100,000 (typically with two or three cars), while the winner received $250,000 in cash (although in 2012 the winner received $150,000).

In 2005, the show received a major revamp with a new set, logo and theme music, leaving behind the original internationally recognised look of America's Funniest Home Videos for a "futuristic" design with a brighter and more open set. Since then, the set has received both minor and major alterations, but still retains a bright and open appearance.

For most of the show's life, it has been a half-hour program broadcast on Tuesday at 7.30 pm. In mid 2000 the show moved to 6.30 pm Saturday, and in 2004, was extended to one hour. In 2013, the show switched from its regular seasonal broadcast to a "summer season" of repeats to allow for broadcasting of The Voice Australia. In 2014, the show returned to its original half-hour format and aired on Saturday at 7.00 pm.

Theme music[edit]

From 1991 to 2004 the theme song was a cover version of "The Funny Things You Do" from the show's American counterpart with the word "America" replaced by "Australia" and the line "You're the red, white and blue" changed to "You're the dinky-di true blue". It was slightly rearranged in 1994 & 1998 (with vocals from then-host Jo Beth Taylor, which remained after her 1997 departure). In line with the new season in 2000, the show received a refresh in updated video graphics, set recolouring and a brand new theme song with vocals provided by Australian session singer and songwriter, Marty Cobcroft, in a rock-based arrangement. Sydney musician, Andy Payne, provided additional backing vocals. From 2005 onwards, original compositions were used as the theme music.

The theme song served as the show's intro and played before and after each commercial break. Until 2001 the theme song can be heard during the closing credits.

Presenters[edit]

Hosts[edit]

Presenter	Duration
Graham Kennedy	29 March 1990–29 November 1990
Jacki MacDonald	1991
Lisa Patrick	1992
Jo Beth Taylor	13 February 1993–October 1997
Catriona Rowntree	October 1997–November 1997
Kim Kilbey	1998–2002
Toni Pearen	2003–2007
Shelley Craft	2008–2014

Co-hosts[edit]

Presenter	Duration
Cori Hopper	January 2004–December 2004

Closing songs[edit]

Artist	Song	Year	Air Date	Note
Bon Jovi	Everyday	2002	Saturday October 26, 2002
Pink	Feel Good Time	2003	Wednesday December 31, 2003	Grand Final
Outkast	Hey Ya!	2003	Saturday June 3, 2006
Britney Spears	Do Somethin'	2005	Saturday July 22, 2006
Talking Heads	Once in a Lifetime	1980	Saturday December 1, 2007	Grand Final
Fergie	Clumsy	2007	Saturday May 3, 2008
Pnau	Baby	2007	Saturday July 5, 2008
Miley Cyrus	See You Again	2008	Saturday September 6, 2008
Keith Urban	Where the Blacktop Ends	2001	Saturday September 20, 2008
Miley Cyrus	7 Things	2008	Saturday September 27, 2008
Metro Station	Shake It	2008	Saturday October 4, 2008
The Living End	White Noise	2008	Saturday October 11, 2008
Fall Out Boy	I Don't Care	2008	Saturday November 8, 2008
Taylor Swift	Love Story	2008	Saturday February 14, 2009
Wes Carr	Feels Like Woah	2008	Saturday May 2, 2009
A.R Rahman And The Pussycat Dolls Featuring Nicole Scherzinger	Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)	2009	Saturday May 23, 2009
Black Eyed Peas	I Gotta Feeling	2009	Saturday July 18, 2009
The Living End	Raise The Alarm	2008	Saturday July 25, 2009
Linkin Park	New Divide	2009	Saturday September 5, 2009
Jessica Mauboy	Up/Down	2009	Saturday October 31, 2009
Vanessa Amorosi	This Is Who I Am	2009	Saturday November 7, 2009
Hoodoo Gurus	Crackin' Up	2009	Saturday February 20, 2010
Ellie Goulding	Starry Eyed	2010	Saturday May 22, 2010
Lady Gaga	Just Dance	2008	Saturday September 4, 2010
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Eat It	1984	Saturday October 23, 2010
Kesha	TiK ToK	2009	Saturday December 11, 2010
Pink	Get the Party Started	2001	Saturday December 25, 2010
Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	1956	Saturday March 26, 2011
Justice Crew	Friday to Sunday	2011	Saturday April 9, 2011
Florence + The Machine	Dog Days Are Over	2008	Saturday June 18, 2011
Havana Brown	We Run the Night	2011	Saturday September 24, 2011

Special episodes[edit]

On 19 November 1991, a special international edition of the show hosted by Jacki MacDonald with special guests hosts from versions of the show around the world via video link featuring Bob Saget (America's Funniest Home Videos), Kerry Smith (New Zealand's Funniest Home Videos), Linda de Mol & Billy Hotdog (De Leukste Thuis), Frank Dingenen (Videodinges), Bernard Montiel & Alexandre Debanne (Video Gag), Fausto Silva (Video Cassetadas), Mike Carl and Gundis Zambo (Bitte Lächeln). The episode also includes imported clips from each country featured.

On 28 February 1995, the show celebrated its 200th episode hosted by Jo Beth Taylor during an hour-long special which featured special guest appearances from America's Funniest Home Videos host at the time Bob Saget, Bernard Montiel & Alexandre Debanne from Video Gag via video message, as well as video messages from casts and hosts of other programs on the Nine Network congratulating the show's milestone. The shows anniversary special featured bloopers of former hosts Graham Kennedy, Jacki MacDonald & Lisa Patrick, also including The Channel Nine Marching Band conducted by Geoff Harvey performing the shows theme song in between each segment before and after the breaks.

In the summer of 1999, the show celebrated its 10th birthday, hosted by Kim Kilbey and featuring special guest Frank Bennett, to perform his single "Beautiful People" alongside the Sydney Children's Choir, who sang a special arrangement of the show's theme song along with Jo Beth Taylor. The show's anniversary special included a timeline of hosts; bloopers; fashion (of the female hosts); and interviews of former hosts Graham Kennedy, Jacki MacDonald, Lisa Patrick, Jo Beth Taylor, and Catriona Rowntree. This was also the last episode before moving to the Melbourne network and the inception of a new style for the following season in 2000.

On 31 December 2003, the show celebrated its 14th birthday, which included segments "As The Camera Rolls", where Toni is wearing a feather scarf and Bridge (Richard Wilkins) is wearing a pirate eye patch, an appearance by John Burgess of Burgo's Catch Phrase and videos from past grand final winners. Other features includes host bloopers, the introduction of the "Taped Crusader" character, and a videotaped message from former host Catriona Rowntree who paid homage to inaugural presenter Graham Kennedy. The 14th birthday special concluded with Mercury4 performing their hit single "Get Me Some" at the end of the show.

On 4 April 2009, it celebrated its 20th birthday; some of the features included the timeline of the openings, fashion (all female hosts), and additional features.

On 16 April 2011, the show celebrated its '21st' birthday and featured giveaways from JVC, timeline of the hosts, celebratory messages from Avril Lavigne, Short Stack, Alexis Jordan, Shane Warne and former host Kim Kilbey. Other features includes appearances by Julie Goodwin, Justice Crew, the cast of Hi-5 and a special visit from former host Toni Pearen. During the show Shelley Craft paid tribute to honour inaugural presenter Graham Kennedy who died in 2005. The '21st' birthday special concluded with Justice Crew performing their song 'Friday to Sunday' at the end of the show.

Spin-offs[edit]

Australia's Funniest Home Videos: Daily Edition[edit]

Australia's Funniest Home Videos: Daily Edition (also known simply as The Daily Edition) is a spin-off to Australia's Funniest Home Videos which first aired on the Nine Network from 30 November 2009 to December 2010 and later aired on GO! from 2011. It was a brief 30-minute version of the full show that would broadcast selected clips from the original show, and was hosted by then-current host of the original series Shelley Craft. The show was later cancelled in late 2012.

Australia's Funniest Home Videos: World's Funniest Videos[edit]

Australia's Funniest Home Videos: World's Funniest Videos (also known as AFHV: World's Funniest Videos) is a spin-off to Australia's Funniest Home Videos which first aired on the Nine Network from 7 April 2009.^[2] The 30-minute show features clips predominately from the American version of Funniest Home Videos, and was hosted by former Australian rules footballer, Shane Crawford and former MTV Australia video jockey, Lyndsey Rodrigues.^[2] The show was later cancelled after its third episode on 21 April 2009.

Episodes:

#	Airdate	Timeslot	Ratings^{[nb 1]}
Series 1 (2009)
1	7 April 2009	Tuesday 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm	1,038,000 (15th)^[3]
2	14 April 2009	Tuesday 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm	1,046,000 (15th)^[4]
3	21 April 2009	Tuesday 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm	899,000 (19th)^[5]
Average series one ratings			994,333

Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos[edit]

Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos is a controversial one-off special spin-off to Australia's Funniest Home Videos which aired on the Nine Network on 3 September 1992. It was a highly explicit special, depicting videos of sexual situations and other sexually explicit content, and was hosted by Australian radio personality Doug Mulray. It was planned to be a 60-minute broadcast, but due to complaints from both viewers and then-owner on the Nine Network Kerry Packer, was taken off the air part-way through the first and only episode, making it the only Australian television series to have done so. A copy of the full episode was later located at the Nine Network in 2008, after which the episode was edited to comply with new television standards and re-broadcast with commentary from Bert Newton at 8:30 PM on 28 August 2008, one week short of sixteen years after the original special, and at the same airing time.

Notes[edit]

^ Overall national viewers, numbers in brackets indicate nightly ratings position.

References[edit]

^ Knox, David (3 February 2015). "TV's unanswered questions: shows in limbo". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b Knox, David (25 March 2009). "Airdate: World's Funniest Videos". tvtonight.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
^ Knox, David (6 April 2009). "Week 15". tvtonight.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
^ Knox, David (13 April 2009). "Week 16". tvtonight.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
^ Knox, David (20 April 2009). "Week 17". tvtonight.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.

External links[edit]

Australia's Funniest Home Videos at IMDb

[3] Overall national viewers, numbers in brackets indicate nightly ratings position.

[1] Knox, David (3 February 2015). "TV's unanswered questions: shows in limbo". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

[airdate-2] Knox, David (25 March 2009). "Airdate: World's Funniest Videos". tvtonight.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2009.

[ep_1-4] Knox, David (6 April 2009). "Week 15". tvtonight.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.

[ep_2-5] Knox, David (13 April 2009). "Week 16". tvtonight.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2009.

[ep_3-6] Knox, David (20 April 2009). "Week 17". tvtonight.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.

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