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Bob Saget 2.0

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the robo-saget-desires-your-funny-movies dept.

theodp writes "Slate makes a pretty convincing argument that YouTube and its knock-offs can trace their roots back to America's Funniest Home Videos." From the article: "The show's stock in trade was to find the lowest common denominator and then hit it in the crotch. Consider this list of select highlights from the show's 'Best of Kids & Animals' DVD: a kid doing a cannonball onto his dad's groin, a baby running into a church pew, a dog peeing on a wedding dress, and a kid clocking his dad in the nuts with a helmet. While these clips are all certainly lowbrow, they've also got something else in common: They're oozing with family values."

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  1. Why is 1800 of 2000 trampoline accidents? by iogan · · Score: 4, Funny
    At its height, viewers sent America's Funniest Home Videos 2,000 VHS tapes a day, and at least 1,800 of those, it seemed, showed some kind of trampoline mishap.
    Wouldn't that seem a bit high? What are all these people doing on trampolines? What am I missing here?
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    1. Re:Why is 1800 of 2000 trampoline accidents? by a16 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wouldn't that seem a bit high? What are all these people doing on trampolines? What am I missing here?
      The joke? ;)

    2. Re:Why is 1800 of 2000 trampoline accidents? by ph43thon · · Score: 2, Funny

      You're missing that it was a joke on the joke. Quite funny too.

          "What are all these people doing on trampolines?"

      That's one of the funniest questions I've seen in a while.

  2. There go the family jewels... by Chaffar · · Score: 4, Funny
    For all its black eyes and unplanned water landings, America's Funniest Home Videos always reinforced the nuclear family as this country's central institution. A child hitting his dad in the groin is a child who's spending quality time with his dad.
    Remind me to kick my dad in the balls next time he wants to spend quality time playing Scrabble with me...
  3. Re:But youtube isn't usually funny! by legoburner · · Score: 5, Funny
    "America's Funniest Home Videos" culled out probably 99% of the tapes they received

    The department which did that must have a higher suicide rate than the russian military!
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  4. Re:speaking of... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    Bob Saget 2.0 would definitely be the video clip of him telling his rendition of "The Aristocrats" joke. This is where the family values go straight out the window. :)

    Oh yeah, that link's not safe for work.

  5. BOB SAGET IS SATAN INCARNATE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    David Hasselhoff is a General Officer in his Army... Read more here

  6. Bob Saget 2.0? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did they get around to implementing the "funny" feature in this version? Or was it pulled at the last minute again cos it still didn't work right?

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  7. Re:GCD, LCM by richdun · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, lowest common denominator is okay. For instance, when adding the fractions 1/6, 2/3, and 4/18, you could convert all the fractions to a denominator of 54, as in 9/54, 27/54, and 12/54. But the correct procedure is to convert them to a denominator of 18, as in 3/18, 9/18, and 4/18 (16/18, or 8/9). And the lowest common denominator is only 1 if the numbers are all integers. You can't express 1/6 as a fraction of integers with a denominator of 1.

    For more, see Wikipedia.

  8. Obligatory by ZeroExistenZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah! BOB SAGET!

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  9. Re:speaking of... by flupps · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess this would be Bob Saget 6.9.

    This is TOTALLY not safe for work, or the faint of heart or people getting upset about tasteless jokes.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_cKCK6Blv0

    Probably the most tasteless thing you'll see today.

  10. blasphemy! because: www.bobsagetisgod.com by pimpimpim · · Score: 2, Funny

    he is, just look at the proof

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  11. New slogan for YouTube by jb.hl.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    "YouTube: Everything Slashdotters hate about MySpace rendered as a low quality video"

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  12. everything I learned about america by smoondog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Everything I learned about America I learned from watching "America's Funniest Home Videos" and "Antiques Roadshow"

    Think about it.

  13. Re:Youtube Wins by Schemat1c · · Score: 3, Funny

    far less talent than Bob Saget himself,...

    Bob Saget had talent?

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  14. Or as I used to called it... by artemis67 · · Score: 2, Funny

    America's Funniest Home Videos, hosted by America's stupidest comedian... :-P

  15. Re:GCD, LCM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The lowest common denominator is always 1."

    Problem 1)
    Find the lowest common denominator between 1/2 and 1/3.

    Answer: 1

    Bzzzt. Please try again.

    Find the lowest common demoninator between 1/3 and 1/5.

    Answer: 1

    Bzzzt. Please try again.

    Find the lowest common denominator between 1/5 and 1/7.

    Answer: 1

    Bzzzt. Please go back to 4th Grade.

  16. Re:Youtube Wins by Wandering+Wombat · · Score: 2, Funny

    He used to suck dick for coke! I seen him! (Do not mod me down unless you've even SEEN the movie I'm quoting.)

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