| The World's Funniest Moments | |
|---|---|
| Format | Funny videos |
| Presented by | Arsenio Hall (2008-2009) Erik Estrada & Laura McKenzie (2010-present) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | Approx. 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | MyNetworkTV |
| Original run | October 8, 2008 – present |
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| Website | |
The World's Funniest Moments is a myNetworkTV reality television series from the 2008-2009 season, produced by Associated Television International and hosted by Arsenio Hall. Taped in front of a live audience, the show features humorous video clips taken from the Internet and submitted by viewers. Each episode counts down the top five viral videos of the week from stupidvideos.com.
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.
Because MyNetworkTV decided to focus on reruns of older shows, the network did not renew The World's Funniest Moments for 2009-2010.[3]
The show has resumed in syndication for the Fall of 2010 with Erik Estrada and Laura McKenzie hosting. Christopher and Kyle Massey also appear on the show, interacting with the audience or with people on the street or in such settings as restaurants.
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Most episodes include an educational film from the 1940s or 1950s whose humor derives from the outdated advice and presentation. Another weekly feature is a segment called, "What's on your cellphone?" where Hall picks a random contestant and appears to display video from that person's phone on the big screen. Other videos go under the heading "Have you lost your mind?"
MyNetworkTV aired a series of holiday specials hosted by Erik Estrada and Laura 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,[9] 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).[10] 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, attempted to rent a hotel room accompanied by a goat, among other pranks.[11] 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.
Estrada, McKenzie and Ross returned Associated Television's syndicated Santa's Wild & Wacky Christmas in the 2009 Christmas season, with bloopers, funny videos and hidden camera pranks.[12]