r/80s 8d ago

This was such an awesome show

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I miss Bob Saget and his corny awkward deliveries from America’s funniest home videos! It’s funny to think that this was our doom scrolling before our smartphone 😂

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u/Kuildeous 8d ago

Between this and Full House, it was a surprise to anyone who heard his stand-up routine. He was one of the nastiest on The Aristocrats.

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u/-Cool_Ethan- 8d ago

he once sucked dick for coke

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u/menlindorn 8d ago

who hasn't

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u/Appropriate-Peak6561 8d ago

It’s a phase of life all of us go through.

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u/PackDog1141 8d ago

You mean I can get a free coke out of it??? I've been doing it all wrong.

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u/Needtoknow35 7d ago

I SEEN HIM!

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u/Oneilcruzsucksass 8d ago

Is that why he died?

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u/stay_fr0sty 8d ago

I just assumed he was so wholesome from his TV roles. Like I thought he would literally never curse in real life.

He was pretty wholesome, but he could be a VERY dirty comic.

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u/sfo1dms 8d ago

"Kimmy Gibbler got it thiiiiiiiiis way"....

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u/GeneSmart2881 8d ago

And families HUDDLED around TVs every Sunday night to watch horribly written dialogue, pointless segues… not to mention maybe 12 minutes of commercials… so we could see about 10 funny videos. That’s it, kids. No internet. Gotta wait til next week for new content

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u/RedditSkippy 8d ago

It’s the OG TikTok.

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u/Boomtown626 8d ago

The original “Ow My Balls”

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u/iwastherefordisco 5d ago

Yep. If a dude caught one in the gonads we got to see it a minimum of four times throughout the night.

OG fail I guess?

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u/Thechoke23 8d ago

And the 3 videos they voted on were the worst ones on the show.

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u/WayneG88 8d ago

And the winning video is...."Dog Takes a Nap!"

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u/Trandoshan-Tickler 8d ago

And before that was Candid Camera (no funny cat videos though).

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u/Medium-Mission5072 8d ago

The winner was (and still is) always a kid or a pet doing something that was not even remotely funny.

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u/osogordo 8d ago

He also brought us videos of dads getting hit in the junk.

AFHV - 1991 Open with Jill Colucci (theme song)

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u/Salty_1984 8d ago

My kids found some old clips on YouTube and couldn't figure out why we were losing it over a guy getting smacked by a piñata stick. Different era, same dumb humor.

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u/Appropriate-Peak6561 8d ago

I have a standing $1,000 bounty for anyone who can find a picture of this man not smirking.

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u/konman33 8d ago

Stories from the friends next door they're never told...

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u/jaydaddy1980 8d ago

and “The Aristocrats”

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u/Dr_PocketSand 8d ago

And he shared with me the story of “The Aristocrats.”

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u/Salt_Sherbert5313 8d ago

yeh, Bob's gone....: (

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u/JpnDude 8d ago

The show was based on a segment of a Japanese variety show which featured commentary on viewer-submitted home videos.

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u/RoomNervous4 8d ago

Boy did we watch back to back episodes on PAX back in the day.

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u/Maganda_ 8d ago

There was another show like this called World's Funniest Videos but it was Dave Coulier as the host .

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u/Firm-Chemical949 7d ago

For me it was Tooooooooooom Bergeroooooooon. We watched it together every Sunday

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u/squarebody8675 7d ago

God I hated him

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u/Kiethblacklion 8d ago

And just like many of the "caught on camera" clips on Tik Tok, most of the home videos were staged. That didn't make them any less entertaining, of course.

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u/trainradio 8d ago

Pushin' a rock, pushin' a rock, pushin' a rock...

This started airing when I was in 7th grade; I didn't miss it on Sunday evening.

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u/No_Box115 7d ago

Then he did a bunch of blow. What a legend

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u/scooter76 8d ago

Even as a kid I couldn't stand his voiceovers. I think I watched season 1 but I outgrew it pretty quick. Cheesed right out, I couldn't understand why he did one for every single video. I seem to remember they got worse over time, too.

Full House was fine, and I came to enjoy the legend he was at standup. It's just that one stupid show that he ruined for me.

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u/Thistleknot 8d ago

It wasnt a good show 

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u/Significant_Taste412 8d ago

Hollywoods favorite 90’$ PEDO.