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1	* AdoredByTheNetwork: Over the years, reruns have thrived on basic cable; the Saget era was a huge hit for TBS in the mid-1990s, and ABC Family/Freeform, and later Up, used to showcase Bergeron-era episodes. Now the Ribeiro episodes take up a large chunk of Creator/TeenNick's lineup as of late 2022.
2	* BeamMeUpScotty: The clip of a boy breaking a coffee table with bricks went viral; the boy's cry is often misquoted as "Oh no! The table! It's broken!" He actually says "'''Our''' table".
3	* BreakingNewsInterruption: By tragic coincidence, the East Coast broadcast of the January 9, 2022 episode was interrupted near the end, just after Ribeiro announced the third-place winners, for an ABC News Special Report announcing the death of original host Bob Saget. They cut back to ''AFV'' just as Ribeiro finished congratulating the first-place winners before signing off.
4	* ContractualPurity: Hosting this show and simultaneously starring in ''Series/FullHouse'' forced Creator/BobSaget to put on a bland, family-friendly persona. He chafed against this because his sense of humor was much more obscene and profane. Once his contracts for both shows ended, he reveled in shattering public perceptions of him.
5	* CreatorBacklash: It's possible the Fuentes/Fugelsang era is seen as an embarrassment by the producers and ABC, given that era is very rarely acknowledged by the show itself.
6	** During the 20th anniversary special (where Bob Saget returned), neither Fuentes nor Fugelsang were invited to attend, and neither were acknowledged at any point during the special. Bergeron ''did'' briefly mention them during the "300th Show" special, and some clips of their host segments were shown, but that was it.
7	** Episodes from that era are not shown on TV anymore. They were sometimes shown on WGN America (now [=NewsNation=]) from 2006-2014, but very rarely and usually only before baseball games.
8	** The 30th anniversary special/documentary, ''America: This is You'', finally discussed their period and even invited Fuentes back for an interview. Fugelsang did not appear on the special at all.
9	** The Fuentes/Fugelsang shame seems to be felt by outside forces. On May 14, 2020, the National Association of Broadcasters announced that the show was being inducted into its hall of fame. On Instagram, the NAB posted a photo montage containing head shots of Di Bona, Ribeiro, Bergeron, and Saget, but ''not'' Fuentes or Fugelsang.
10	* EditedForSyndication:
11	** For the Bob Saget episodes: The contest plugs were replaced with modified ones, however starting in 2006, the contest plugs were replaced with the one from The Greatest Videos of All Time (Season 11 Episode 12). Saget speaking with the winners were usually cut out. So, we saw Bob Saget announce the winner, and then it abruptly cut to Bob Saget doing his sign-off gag.
12	** Specifics for the [[Creator/TomBergeron Bergeron]] era: Because many episodes each season offer special prizes and sweepstakes (usually for chances to win vacations around the world, sponsored by Disney), many reruns are edited in one of two ways - earlier episodes simply fade to commercials before information for such prizes and offers can be seen; more recent episodes simply plaster a disclaimer at the bottom of the screen stating the offer is no longer available.
13	** ABC [[DigitalDestruction screwed up the show's display]] for the 2014 remasters of Bergeron's episodes. For starters, they replaced the show's opening logos with new custom-made versions and the hosting segments are now cropped for 16:9 picture format, zooming out for the closing credits and production logos, ''but'' the actual home videos and the teasers for said videos in the intro are squished to fit in the same format. It's ''very'' disorienting. Even worse, Creator/DisneyPlus and Creator/{{Hulu}} use the ''exact same'' versions.
14	** Some international broadcasts cut out everything involving the host and studio audience and simply play the home videos in uninterrupted blocks.
15	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
16	** The Bob Saget episodes were last seen on Hallmark Channel in February 2010 and only a scattered number of episodes from his run have resurfaced.
17	*** The first season was rescued when the show's official [=YouTube=] channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nu9PEou3eg streamed]] the entire first season in January 2022 as a tribute to Saget.
18	** The Fuentes/Fugelsang was reran along with the Bergeron era on WGN America from 2007 until 2014 and only a small number of episodes have reappeared.
19	** As of 2024, very little footage of the Mike and Kerri Kasem-hosted episodes (which were produced for overseas markets in 1999-2000) has surfaced, apart from two brief clips on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv8r4I9BQrU Kerri's pitch reel]] (go to 3:55), as well as a clip on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOergZESTX8 Mike's]] (at 1:56).
20	** While the Bergeron era is available on Creator/DisneyPlus, several episodes and entire seasons have been skipped for unknown reasons and some episodes haven't seen in years like The Summit With Saget and 20 Videos That Changed The World.
21	* InMemoriam: The latter half of the show's 32nd season had a OncePerEpisode segment called "AFV Celebrates the Saget Years" which aired a segment of a random episode from Season 1 to 5 as hosted by Bob Saget. This was in addition to the rerun that aired on January 16, 2022 starting with a pre-intro where Alfonso gave a tribute to Saget and the show aired a montage of a few of his intros and a clip from the show's 20th anniversary celebration.
22	* MilestoneCelebration:
23	** The show celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2009 with Bob Saget returning for a ReunionShow, and the 1989-1997 logo occasionally appearing on the floor screen. Saget would return for a cameo at the end of Tom's last show.
24	** Season 30 (2019-20) featured a retrospective special, ''America: This Is You'', with appearances by Saget, Bergeron, and Daisy Fuentes as well as current host Alfonso Ribeiro. Also, every episode in this season had a special segment of favorite clips from a given previous year or two, starting with 1989.
25	* NoBudget: Even with all the prize money the show gives away each week, AFV shockingly doesn't require a lot of money to make, due to the bulk of the show being provided for by the fanbase. All they really need is the studio and the host and they're golden. It's this reason AFV has so much staying power, even after sites like ''Platform/{{YouTube}}'' have cut into a large chunk of their ratings.
26	* ProducedByCastMember: A few seasons into his tenure as host of the show, Tom Bergeron began receiving a producer credit, which later evolved into a senior producer credit.
27	* RealitySubtext: Saget's last two episodes did not have him do the "And honey..." closer. By that point, his marriage was crumbling and eventually resulted in a divorce.
28	* RecycledScript: Recycled ''clips'', to be specific. As early as the Fuentes/Fugelsang era, old clips were being shown alongside fresh ones, albeit with new commentary. Most of the music montage segments were built on editing old clips together since the show's earliest days. Slightly justified in that the show is not as popular as it once was, and combined with the rise of Website/YouTube, it's reasonable to assume that the supply of fresh material has dwindled. Only fresh clips are eligible for the weekly prize.
29	* TechnologyMarchesOn:
30	** Yes, you can still send a tape or DVD to the famous "Box 4333, Hollywood, California, 9-double0-78" address, but now you can also submit a clip via the show's website or mobile app, which undoubtedly helps the archivists and producers considerably.
31	** The show itself has surprisingly endured the rise of the internet and social media unlike many other similar shows that have gone off the air over the past couple decades (including its also long-running Australian counterpart that ceased production in 2014). Original host Creator/BobSaget believed all the way back in ''1997'' that show was soon going to be rendered obsolete by the internet and it was a major factor in his decision to leave.
32	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bob Saget was Vin Di Bona's ''third'' choice as host. Originally; Di Bona wanted Creator/JohnRitter as the host, but Ritter was [[https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/news/keeping-america-laughing-at-itself-vin-di-bona unavailable]]. After that, sportscaster Fred Roggin was considered but had to turn the job down due to the show airing on ABC and Roggin being sports anchor at Los Angeles' NBC-owned station KNBC-TV 4 (Roggin would later host a similar syndicated show titled ''Roggin's Heroes'' from 1991-93).
33	* WrittenByCastMember: Saget was among the writing team during his hosting tenure.

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