America's Funniest Home Videos - TV-PG
TV Rating: TV-PG
Network: ABC, Syndicated Cast: Tom Bergeron
Genre: Reality TV
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Common Sense Note
Parents need to know that some home videos show people getting hurt. Many of the clips are practical jokes that are degrading and some cross the line when it comes to the ethical treatment of animals. Videos also poke fun at normal kid behavior.
Families can talk about when a joke is funny and when it becomes inapporpriate, unethical, or causes humilation. Do we need to make fun of people to be funny?
Common Sense Review
Reviewed By: Pam Gelman
For 15 years, the producers of AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS have been searching for hilarious videos made by everyday people. Viewers continue to tune in to see home home improvement projects turned into slapstick comedy, men doing flips onto and breaking pool tables, the dresses of women flapping in the breeze to reveal their scanty underwear, and every possible way a man can get hit in the groin. It's taped with a studio audience that is frequently shown in the throws of belly laughs, and who then vote on that episode's funniest video.
Emmy-award winning host Tom Bergeron, who took over the seat from Bob Saget, gives annoying one-liners as he introduces the genre of vidoes coming up, such as pets, home repairs, holiday antics, challenges at the alter, etc.
Adolescents will no doubt find many of these videos to be humorous, but do you want your kid watching a blindfolded groom tricked into inappropriately touching a grandmotherly guest at his wedding or an overweight woman stuck in a pit with no one helping her to get out? Often the humor is at the expense of children and their innocent, developmentally-normal behavior that has yet to be tainted by self-consciousness. This show teaches kids to laugh at others instead of finding their own creative ways to be funny.
Bottom line: Some families may find the show funny, and some won't -- you may want to tune in before you share with your kids.
Fans may also want to check out Bergeron's reality hit Dancing with the Stars and Saget's new game show 1 vs 100.
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Sexual ContentNudity and implied sexual behavior. Blurred body parts. |
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ViolencePeople are frequently shown being injured or inflicting injury on someone else. |
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LanguageOccasional inappropriate language is bleeped. |
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Drug/Alcohol/TobaccoSome clips of adults drinking at weddings, restaurants, and at home. Implied drunken behavior. |
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