 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
America's Funniest Home Videos
- ABC, Syndicated
- Genre: Reality TV
Common Sense Media says
One person's humiliation is another's chuckle.
Parents say
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Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
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.
What's the story?
For 15 years, the producers of AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS have been searching for hilarious videos made by everyday people. Viewers tune in to see 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 throes of belly laughs, and who then vote on that episode's funniest video. Emmy Award-winning host Tom Bergeron gives annoying one-liners as he introduces the genre of videos coming up, such as pets, home repairs, holiday antics, challenges at the altar, etc.
Is it any good?
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.
What families can talk about
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?
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AFV ROCKS
If you want to see someone fall down and go boom this is the show showing all the funniest clips in america.No matter what anyone,anyone says ill always watch afv
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Kid, 10 years old
September 18, 2010
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Epic win!
I love this show, its really funny!
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America's Funniest Video is really funny!
This is the best tv show ever, the violence makes me laugh, plus it's not too violent for an example a little toddler smacks his dads head with a plastic baseball bat or 2 little brothers are fighting and one push his brother to the ground. Even though it's want the audiences to laugh
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Now Let's review this
Rating:TV-PG M(IFFY)The show is played just for laughs V(IFFY)Lots of comedimic Pratfalls S(IFFY)Nudity is censored with a black censor bar L(IFFY)Language is bleeped out. Now Parents, I know what you're thinking. This show should be TV-MA because of nude,Right.Wrong. This is a Family show and that's why it's TV-PG.
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Kid, 12 years old
April 5, 2011
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Funny
This show is perfectly fine. It can be really funny too. There can be some 'iffy' stuff, but it's never shown. I think it is perfectly fine.
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Hilarious but not for everyone!
My whole family very much enjoys this show, but parents be warned: there are very many sex-related videos. (although I think they're very funny :) ) For example, a little girl is reading a book entitled THE MAGIC OF SEX. Another video is at a wedding when a family of brothers is sharing their thoughts with the bride and groom. When it comes time for the 6-year-old to say something to them, he says "I hope you have sex!!" There are some other videos including things according to a woman's period. I would say it's clean other then what I just mentioned. But really, it is hilarious and makes me laugh all the time!
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Emotional child abuse
Very degrading, especially one where a happy toddler was the butt of a joke having to do with the pronunciation of the planet Uranus, and when the family was awarded the top prize, she sat on her mother's lap with the saddest face I have ever seen. Where is the prize in crushing a child's spirit?
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Kid, 12 years old
March 28, 2010
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They Try Too Hard to Be Funny
AFV is funny, but it shows many inappropriate things. To start, there is too much violence. For example, many animals, young children, and babies get hurt. Also, there are many suggestive themes in the show. For example, one video featured a line of men in kilts with a bride in the middle of the line ready to take a picture. At the time of the flash, the men turned around and lifted their kilts up! Wedding bells censored it! Also, there is obvious cussing. It is censored, but when Tom cusses it is not censored. Also, Tom mocks other's misfortunes by calling them "nincompoop," " dummy," "doofus," etc. Next,some videos are drinking-related. For example, kegs are often being shown opened and spewing everywhere. There is one negative message: watch someone else's misfortunes and laugh at them. The people on the show are not good role models. This is a very funny show, but sometimes it tries too hard to be funny. This is what I think about the show AFV.
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Best family show ever!
Great family show for laughs and fun. I can remember always waiting for this to be on when I was little, was one of my favorite shows. Most "violence" is comedic and in good nature, nudity is obviously blocked. This is what our family would always watch (and still do sometimes) during dinner and lunch!
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| TV rating: | TV-PG |
| Networks: | ABC, Syndicated |
| Cast: | Bob Saget, Jess Harnell, Tom Bergeron |
| Genre: | Reality TV |
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