He basically played the same kind of character as Danny Tanner too. The "voices" were classic too.

During the Bob Saget years, AFHV seemed sorta like a spinoff of Full House. That's just my opinion. Like in one $100,000 episode, there was a scene with Joey and uncle Jesse turning on the TV and seeing the opening of AFHV. They thought Bob Saget was Danny. The actors that played them even came by at the end of the episode to announce the $100,000 winner.

^ I never saw that episode, but it sounds cute. It also kinda solves the "FH Universe versus our Universe" question regarding Bob Saget.

Bob Saget in their universe, I guess, just had alot more free time on his hands, or starred in another sitcom that doesn't exist to us. Because obviously Full House doesn't exist in the FH universe.

But yeah, I think once he left, the show kinda died with him. He was on it for so long that it just didn't feel the same. They changed the set after he left and got dual hosts (a guy and a girl - I forget their names) and somehow, it wasn't as funny or entertaining. Other than reruns, I haven't hardly watched it since.

My mother was visiting me in LA and actually talked me into taking her to a screening. I almost didn't go because there was a dress code. Anyway, Saget was the host and I didn't enjoy it.
All TV shows are staged of course, but this was excessive and completely fake.
"Applause" and "Laughter" signs flashing everywhere- it sucked.
It makes you wonder just how gullible America is...

I liked the show but it seems like most of the clips (at least in the later years) were people falling down or getting hit in the head with something. To me, that wasn't funny. 


My sister had a clip of my niece when she was about 6 or so that everyone told her to send in but she didn't. My niece was singing in a school program. The first song, she barely moved her lips and was looking around throughout the song. Then they started the next song and my niece started singing on the top her lungs and in the middle she said really loud, "I know THIS song, Mommy." The camera was shaking from my sister laughing. We still think that she should have sent it in.



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That is the funniest thing I've ever seen on tv. Seriously. Have you found it? Been looking......

It's still on the air.  Sundays on ABC

It's not the same without Saget, but Bergeron does a good job

It's still on the air.  Sundays on ABC

It's not the same without Saget, but Bergeron does a good job

You're right. Saget was awesome, Bergeron is pretty good.

They've syndicated the original AFV on the channels that I get, and I am loving it.  I totally forgot about that fake family that sat up in the corner watching TV.  I love when Bob would make a remark about them as they got up and left ;D

"You might be a star tonight, so let that camera roll"

i have always hated this show, but i get a cozy feeling from watching the older, bob saget-hosted episodes.

Is it true that Tom Bergeron is leaving and being replaced by Ricki Lake? The only site that says it is Wikipedia so I'm a little unsure, especially because the news on that site changes every few days.

Yeah I remember all 3 eras of AFV (pretty sure there were only 3).  I think Bob was by far the best host for that show.  My mom actually sent a video of me into AFV during the Saget era.  It was me in early '92 trying to make bread (I wasn't even 3 yet), so I was dropping the dough all over the floor and everything.  Unfortunately, AFV didn't use it, I think it was too long.

EDIT:  Woops, was a little tired when I wrote this--the video was actually from '91, but my mom sent it in '92. (If that matters).

I've always liked the show. I've been watching it on and off ever since Bob Saget was hosting, and still like to watch it today even with the new host. I guess overall I prefer the Saget era of the show, but mostly because of the nostalgia factor.

Here's a wee bit of trivia:  America's Funniest Home Videos was based on a home video segment of a popular Japanese TV show called 'Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan'

In Japan, the duo were so popular that they were given their own video game for the PC Engine titled 'Kato-chan and Ken-chan'.  This would eventually be ported over to the Turbo Grafx-16 (The International version of the PC Engine) in an Englsh translated version titled 'J.J. and Jeff'.  Having owned a TG-16, I was a big fan of J.J. and Jeff.  It was a weird game and featured alot of the strange humour from it's Japanese counterpart, but I loved it!



http://www.virtualconsolemondays.com/screens/turbografx/jj-and-jeff.png
http://www.micro-paradise.fr/Gifs/Images/PCEngine/Kato_ken_01.png

Bob Saget was so funny on that. Especially the difference between him and Danny Tanner which everyone I knew thought was hysterical. Sometimes I like seeing old episodes, where the videos that show have a 90's date on them. Like "05/20/1996" or something like that.

Bob Saget was so funny on that. Especially the difference between him and Danny Tanner which everyone I knew thought was hysterical. Sometimes I like seeing old episodes, where the videos that show have a 90's date on them. Like "05/20/1996" or something like that.


Yeah, Bob was awesome on the show. I liked the voiceovers he did and his sorta geeky but fun sense of humor. I think he left in 1996 and I remembered thinking it wasn't as good, that's when they changed the "living room" set and got rid of the old theme song.

Speaking as the minority here, I love the show but hated Bob Saget. When Saget hosted the show I would
watch with sound turned down. To me, he was pretentious and unfunny and his stand up was no better.
Tom Bergeron does a good job but my favorite host, or should I say hostess, was Daisy Fuentes.

^ Tom is okay, but he bores me compared to Bob Saget who just seemed to make the show alot of fun. ;)

Saget and Bergeron both have/had their own unique style of hosting the show.  But I would say I like Saget a little more.

I do think Tom Bergeron is the BEST TV/Game Show host since Ray Combs