The World's Funniest Moments is a reality television series produced by Associated Television International. Taped in front of a live audience, the show features humorous video clips taken from the Internet and submitted by viewers.
The series results in part from the popularity of YouTube and is described as "capturing life's most outrageous moments caught on tape".[1] But what makes this show different, according to Hall, is that many of the videos produced are short films produced by aspiring Spike Lees.[2] A number of the short films come from shortbrain.tv.
The series originally ran on MyNetworkTV, until that network decided to focus on reruns of older shows, the network did not renew The World's Funniest Moments for 2009-2010.[3]
On myNetwork, most episodes included an educational film from the 1940s or 1950s whose humor derives from the outdated advice and presentation. Another weekly feature was a segment called, "What's on your cellphone?" where Hall picked a random contestant and appeared to display video from that person's phone on the big screen. Other videos went under the heading "Have you lost your mind?"
Related series
MyNetworkTV aired a series of holiday specials hosted by Estrada and McKenzie: Santa's Funniest Moments in 2007;[4][5] and three specials in 2008: Easter's Funniest Moments,[5][6]Mom's Funniest Moments[7] and Dad's Funniest Moments.[8]Cupid's Funniest Moments, which aired Feb. 13, 2008, achieved two milestones for MyNetwork: the most viewers ages 18 to 49 ever in the 8-9 P.M. time period (818,000) and the most viewers in all (1.7 million).[9] All of these specials were produced by Associated Television International, and featured home videos as well as John Ross persuading ordinary people to play pranks in hopes of winning money. For example, with the contestants' help and hidden cameras, Ross tried to rent a car wearing a strait jacket and attempted to rent a hotel room accompanied by a goat, among other pranks.[10]The World's Funniest Moments continued to use home videos, but in the myNetwork version, hidden camera pranks were limited to those submitted by viewers or users of web sites. Ross and his hidden camera pranks returned for the syndicated version. Elizabeth Stanton also appeared in that show, usually the victim of pranks before commercial breaks.
Estrada, McKenzie and Ross returned Associated Television's syndicatedSanta's Wild & Wacky Christmas in the 2009 Christmas season, with bloopers, funny videos and hidden camera pranks.[11]
References
^"Development update: Monday, August 18". The Futon Critic. 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
^"Arsenio Hall Is Back with Two New Shows". TV Guide. 2008-11-09. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
^"MyNetworkTV to lean on repeats in 2009-10". The Futon Critic. 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
world, funniest, moments, reality, television, series, produced, associated, television, international, taped, front, live, audience, show, features, humorous, video, clips, taken, from, internet, submitted, viewers, presented, byarsenio, hall, 2008, 2009, eri. The World s Funniest Moments is a reality television series produced by Associated Television International Taped in front of a live audience the show features humorous video clips taken from the Internet and submitted by viewers The World s Funniest MomentsPresented byArsenio Hall 2008 2009 Erik Estrada amp Laura McKenzie 2010 present Country of originUnited StatesProductionProducerAssociated Television InternationalRunning timeApprox 60 minutesReleaseOriginal networkMyNetworkTV 2008 2009 Syndication 2010 present Original releaseOctober 8 2008 2008 10 08 presentThe series results in part from the popularity of YouTube and is described as capturing life s most outrageous moments caught on tape 1 But what makes this show different according to Hall is that many of the videos produced are short films produced by aspiring Spike Lees 2 A number of the short films come from shortbrain tv The series originally ran on MyNetworkTV until that network decided to focus on reruns of older shows the network did not renew The World s Funniest Moments for 2009 2010 3 The show resumed in syndication for the Fall of 2010 with Erik Estrada and Laura McKenzie hosting Contents 1 Weekly features 2 Related series 3 References 4 External linksWeekly features EditOn myNetwork most episodes included an educational film from the 1940s or 1950s whose humor derives from the outdated advice and presentation Another weekly feature was a segment called What s on your cellphone where Hall picked a random contestant and appeared to display video from that person s phone on the big screen Other videos went under the heading Have you lost your mind Related series EditMyNetworkTV aired a series of holiday specials hosted by Estrada and McKenzie Santa s Funniest Moments in 2007 4 5 and three specials in 2008 Easter s Funniest Moments 5 6 Mom s Funniest Moments 7 and Dad s Funniest Moments 8 Cupid s Funniest Moments which aired Feb 13 2008 achieved two milestones for MyNetwork the most viewers ages 18 to 49 ever in the 8 9 P M time period 818 000 and the most viewers in all 1 7 million 9 All of these specials were produced by Associated Television International and featured home videos as well as John Ross persuading ordinary people to play pranks in hopes of winning money For example with the contestants help and hidden cameras Ross tried to rent a car wearing a strait jacket and attempted to rent a hotel room accompanied by a goat among other pranks 10 The World s Funniest Moments continued to use home videos but in the myNetwork version hidden camera pranks were limited to those submitted by viewers or users of web sites Ross and his hidden camera pranks returned for the syndicated version Elizabeth Stanton also appeared in that show usually the victim of pranks before commercial breaks Estrada McKenzie and Ross returned Associated Television s syndicated Santa s Wild amp Wacky Christmas in the 2009 Christmas season with bloopers funny videos and hidden camera pranks 11 References Edit Development update Monday August 18 The Futon Critic 2009 08 18 Retrieved 2009 08 13 Arsenio Hall Is Back with Two New Shows TV Guide 2008 11 09 Retrieved 2009 08 13 MyNetworkTV to lean on repeats in 2009 10 The Futon Critic 2009 05 27 Retrieved 2009 08 13 www mynetworktv com http www mynetworktv com shows php show 34 Retrieved 2009 08 13 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help a b Erik Estrada credits Archived from the original on 2013 01 25 Retrieved 2013 01 21 Easter s Funniest Moments 2008 IMDb Retrieved 2013 01 21 Mom s Funniest Moments 2008 IMDb Retrieved 2013 01 21 Dad s Funniest Moments 2008 IMDb Retrieved 2012 01 21 Eggerton John 2008 02 20 Cupid s Funniest Moments Sets Time Period Mark for MyNetworkTV Broadcasting amp Cable Retrieved 2009 08 13 www associatedtelevision com http www associatedtelevision com programs php id 125 Retrieved 2009 08 13 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help www associatedtelevision com http www associatedtelevision com syndication php syndication 55 Retrieved 2009 08 20 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help External links EditOfficial site WPHL interview with Arsenio Hall Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The World 27s Funniest Moments amp oldid 1113103320, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
