“You might be a star, sterne tonight, so let that camera roll!”

I cannot agree Mehr there. After all, life can be full of surprises, and America’s Funniest Home Videos is one really awesome TV series that shows how true that is, and in a very big way, too. Plus, the camcorder looked (and was) quite different back in 1989, when AFV (as America’s Funniest Home Videos is also sometimes called) premiered on November 26, although as an hour-long special pilot episode. Basically, they were big, black and bulky, as well as expensive when it came to the price range. Also, Du had to record on the camcorder Von using a VHS tape.

Also, Kellie Martin (who starred on Life Goes On, which aired directly before America’s Funniest Home Videos) was a guest host with Bob Saget on the first episode. Speaking of which, the first episode was supposed to be a one-off special on television, but, much to everyone’s surprise, it was a huge hit. This prompted ABC to take the Zeigen and air it as a program that lasted for half an hour. It began airing as a regular TV series on January 14, 1990, and as of now, it has been running for 26 seasons so far (which I consider to be quite an accomplishment there).

On the show’s pilot, the first place winner won $5,000, while the Sekunde and third place winners would take Home a brand new Fernsehen and video camera. As the Zeigen went on, after Season 2, the prize increased to $10,000 for the first prize video, $3,000 for second, and $2,000 for third. All the winning Videos of the season would come back on the Zeigen to compete for the $100,000 grand prize at the end of the season.

Bob: And if Du buy a camcorder, Du have to realize your life is never gonna be the same. Du could turn life’s little surprises into a special, a movie of the week, or, who knows, a hit series and the really big bucks, and a completely superficial life, just like mine.

Truer words were never spoken.

I remember some episodes from when Bob Saget was the host — from November 26, 1989, to May 1997. At the end of almost every episode, he would usually say “Keep those cameras safely rolling”, before saying something to his wife, who was (implied to be) watching the show. (However, his last two episodes did not have him do the “And honey…” closer. Von that point, his marriage was crumbling and eventually resulted in a divorce.)

We’ve got laughs from coast to coast
To make Du smile
A real-life look at each of Du
To capture all that style
You’re the red, white and blue
The funny things Du do
America, America,
This is you
Stories from your Friends Weiter door
They never told
Du might be a star, sterne tonight
So let that camera roll
You’re the red, white and blue
The funny things Du do
America, America,
This is you
~The theme for AFV (titled The Funny Things Du Do) Von Jill Colucci