History YMMV / AmericasFunniestHomeVideos

* AudienceAlienatingEra: The general consensus of the Fuentes/Fugelsang era, though some purists who prefer the original Saget era would say the show itself has been stuck in this since his departure.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The show has been using theme songs ever since John and Daisy hosted the series, but the most iconic version is the one used in the majority of Bob Saget's tenure, which had lyrics sung out by Jill Colucci.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: It is very popular in UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, which had its own version that ran for 24 years.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: It is very popular in UsefulNotes/Australia, which had its own version that ran for 24 years.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: There are periods when people question this show's continued significance, as the rise of Website/YouTube, social media, and especially Platform/TikTok means people can watch funny home videos on demand rather than having to tune in once a week. Yet, it survives decades after its premiere because people find the concept and the various hosts charming and because it's ''insanely'' cheap to produce.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: There are periods when people question this show's continued significance, as the rise of Website/YouTube, social media, and especially Website/TikTok means people can watch funny home videos on demand rather than having to tune in once a week. Yet, it survives decades after its premiere because people find the concept and the various hosts charming and because it's ''insanely'' cheap to produce.

* OnceOriginalNowCommon: These days with people uploading funny videos to sites like Website/YouTube and Website/TikTok, it's hard to see the appeal of ''AFV''. Creator/BobSaget said in an AMA interview once that this is one of the reasons why he quit hosting the show in the first place. As the Internet was becoming popular, people were finding more websites (even before Website/YouTube) for uploading funny home videos. He felt the show had become pointless and he honestly didn't think the show would last much longer after he left.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:
** These days with people uploading funny videos to sites like Website/YouTube and Website/TikTok, it's hard to see the appeal of ''AFV''.
** Creator/BobSaget said in an AMA interview once that this is one of the reasons why he quit hosting the show in the first place. As the Internet was becoming popular, people were finding more websites (even before Website/YouTube) for uploading funny home videos. He felt the show had become pointless and he honestly didn't think the show would last much longer after he left.

* NightmareFuel:
** Oftentimes, there would be a compilation of people reacting to Screamer Pranks such as the Scary Maze Game and K-Fee Commercials. One episode featured a compilation of reactions to the 2001 flash screamer What's Wrong. This episode also features the infamous screamer video being shown to the viewers first with Tom humorously trying to figure out what’s wrong with the picture (as the title would suggest). The screamer eventually pops up, accompanied by an echoing Homer Simpson scream. After the screamer appears, Tom says “oh, that must be what these people saw.” It’s up to the viewer if it’s funny or not, but the eyeless woman is really unsettling to look at.
** Reportedly, despite their popularity with older audiences, the "Tom's Home Videos" segments ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuNbuSW3FCg videos presented as Tom Bergeron's home videos]] that featured Tom's oversized head (aka [[FanNickname Bobble-Head Tom]]) superimposed over those of people in the clips) creeped out small children and partially contributed to the segments getting slowly phased out as Tom's run continued.

* WTHCastingAgency: Just like with his stint on ''Series/FullHouse'', the casting of vulgar comedian Bob Saget as the host of a kiddie-safe show left many scratching their heads.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Saget's final three seasons aren't re-run nearly as much as his first five, and the Fuentes/Fuglesang episodes haven't aired on [=TV=] at all since 2017.

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** As far back as 1997, many of the show's staff all the way up to original host Creator/BobSaget believed that the show was only a few years away by being supplanted by the internet. This was a major factory in Saget's decision to leave when his contract was up.

* CreatorsPet: "'Cute' Kid" videos generally tend to be this. They're almost guaranteed to take home the first place prize in every episode one appears in, despite most of the at home audience being very vocal about disliking them. Most of them aren't even all that funny, to begin with. The worst example has to be the clip 'the crying game' which features a kid throwing a tantrum and following the camera around and immediately throwing the tantrum again once he's back on camera for attention. Despite most of the home audience loathing this video for [[BrattyHalfPint reasons you'd expect]], it ultimately ended up winning a season finale grand prize. Maybe the studio audience just felt bad for the kid's parents...

* GrowingTheBeard: Bergeron seemed very uncomfortable in front of the camera during his first season, but he later found his niche and became the show's most beloved host next to Bob Saget. Ribeiro started off similarly, seeming stonily formal for an AFV host, but as of season 29 he too has loosened up considerably and is more well-liked as an AFV host than he was at his debut.

** One Naughty File from early in Tom's run shows the steps a group of guys take in getting one guy to the hospital for his broken-at-a-45-degree-angle finger. The broken finger is shown on-screen repeatedly, and it's every bit as bit as skin-crawling as it sounds.

** Often times, there would be a compilation of people reacting to Screamer Pranks such as the Scary Maze Game and K-Fee Commercials. One episode featured a compilation of reactions to 2001 flash screamer What's Wrong. This episode also features the infamous screamer video being shown to the viewers first with Tom humorously trying to figure out what’s wrong with the picture (as the title would suggest). The screamer eventually pops up, accompanied with an echoing Homer Simpson scream. After the screamer appears, Tom says “oh, that must be what these people saw.” It’s up to the viewer if it’s funny or not, but the eyeless woman is really unsettling to look at.

** You can also apply this to dogs. A lot of this is likely because the studio audience has the final vote, and it's usually filled with either grandparents or young parents. The parents are more likely to find cute videos funny.

** Even well into the Bergeron era, there was a ''lot'' of potshots taken at people with weight on them. Jokes about needing a salad, cruelty towards animals if they were about to ride one in the clip, and other such snark that was common in the [=90s=] to [=mid-2000s=] were common.