America's Funniest People
| America's Funniest People | |
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| Created by | Vin Di Bona |
| Presented by |
Dave Coulier Arleen Sorkin (1990–1992) Tawny Kitaen (1992–1994) |
| Narrated by | Ernie Anderson |
| Theme music composer | Dan Slider |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 89 |
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| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Vin Di Bona Productions ABC Productions |
| Distributor | Disney-ABC Domestic Television |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | May 13, 1990 – August 28, 1994 |
America's Funniest People is an American game show on ABC that debuted on May 13, 1990 as a half-hour special, and later as a weekly half-hour prime time series from September 8, 1990 to August 28, 1994. It was hosted by Dave Coulier and Arleen Sorkin from 1990 to 1992. Tawny Kitaen replaced Sorkin in 1992. The announcer was Ernie Anderson. Dan Slider composed the theme song, which was performed by Peter Hix.
The format was similar to America's Funniest Home Videos, with the main difference that while America's Funniest Home Videos spent the majority of its time with accidental follies captured on tape, America's Funniest People focused on people intentionally trying to be funny, doing things such as telling jokes, doing impressions, singing, dancing, performing scripted material, attempting wacky stunts, pulling pranks, etc.
Like America's Funniest Home Videos, America's Funniest People featured a contest for funniest video, with the first prize winner receiving $10,000 and the 2nd and 3rd prize winners receiving $3,000 and $2,000 respectively. However, unlike Funniest Home Videos, which relied on studio audience voting to determine the winner, Funniest People originally selected its winners via telephone vote, with the winners announced at the beginning of the next show.
Originally known as "Tiny the Jackalope", or simply "The Jackalope", Jackalope sketches involved a creature attacking people by playing mean tricks on them (usually as punishment for people who had been mean themselves). The character's catchphrase was, "Fast as fast can be, you'll never catch me!" Host Dave Coulier did the voices for all characters in the Jackalope skits. The Jackalope was later renamed "Jack Ching Bada-Bing" in a "Name the Jackalope" contest.
Dennis and Jason first produced an Indiana Jones spoof for America's Funniest Home Videos called "Pasadena Jones and the Satire of Doom". They then moved over to America's Funniest People for its initial season and produced a dozen videos which aired every other week. Although there were several videos with original characters, there were also spoofs of Rambo, James Bond, and Dirty Harry.
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