Made famous by the popular 1990s TV show hosted by Bob Saget, “America’s Funniest Home Videos”, one video stands out as really funny stuff. A viewer of the hilarious show could bet that each episode would contain at least one video that ended with the father of a young, aspiring athlete rolling on the ground, hands cupped between his legs. That’s right, the old ball-in-the-crotch video. This video, and hundreds of others like it, managed to put “America’s Funniest Home Videos” on the map.
The famous video containing the funny stuff in question has been parodied countless times and has come to represent the show, America’s Funniest Home Videos. Perhaps it’s some of the basest of base-level humor, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not funny. For some reason, when the video comes on the television, the viewer already anticipates what is going to happen and the humor wheels begin to spin. There’s the little boy, usually quite excited to be playing sports with his dad. Perhaps it is the boy’s birthday and he just got a football, or just received a bat and baseball for his birthday. The loving father takes the boy out to the back yard to test out the new sports equipment. Then there is the wind up, which you know is coming. The anticipation is thick in the air. Then, finally, there is a wham. The dad goes down and the audience begins to laugh.
Bob Saget would be narrating the video. He typically liked to use a high-pitched voice, which was a bit of funny stuff in its own rite. There are several variations on this theme. For instance, there is one video that has been on America’s Funniest Home Videos where the father has just taken a big sip of some type of beverage right before the unfortunate impact happens. With mouth full, the contact between the ball and the man’s family jewels is made, and then the father spits out the liquid. This adds another dimension to the humor and amplifies the laughter.
There is something in the human DNA that causes people to laugh at the misfortune of others. It’s just really funny stuff. Because the viewer knows that the father isn’t going to get too hurt by getting hit in the crotch with a ball, it’s OK to laugh. But if that dad had been seriously injured, the entire video would not be quite as funny. When the dad stands up, the viewer knows that everything will be all right.
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