Season 10 (1998-1999)

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AFV Season 10
$100,000 Winners	Lottery Ticket Trick (Summer Contest) The Crying Game Froggy Bottom Blues Wake Up Call for Help

America's Funniest Home Videos Season 10 aired from October 3, 1998 to May 6, 1999. This was Daisy Fuentes and John Fugelsang's final season as hosts before being replaced by Tom Bergeron the following season. This is the first season announced by Jess Harnell.

Episodes

Season 10 Episode 1

Lottery Ticket Trick

Season 10 Episode 2

Goodbye, Dolly!, Get Back Hacky Sack & Father Drops Like a Bag of Hammers

Season 10 Episode 3

Officer Down, Messiah on a Wi-Yah & Face Off

Season 10 Episode 4

Lose-A-Bago, Cocky Raccoon & Swingers

Season 10 Episode 5

The Crying Game, Bye-Bye Birdie & Little Miss Banshee

Season 10 Episode 6

The Lint Trap, Canned Laughter & Terms of Engagement

Season 10 Episode 7

The Crying Game

Season 10 Episode 8

Froggy Bottom Blues, Wax Dummy & The 4 40-Yard Fall

Season 10 Episode 9

Squash the Bug, White Watering the Lawn & Fireside Splat

Season 10 Episode 10

Hamster Droppings, Bumper Sticker & Snake in the Grass

Season 10 Episode 11

Dalmatian Instant Breakfast, Cries and Dolls & Kid Down the Block

Season 10 Episode 12

See Spot Leave, H₂ Oh-No & Lather, Vacuum, Repeat

Season 10 Episode 13

Little Grinch Girl, Chase Launched & Tripod Wanted

Season 10 Episode 14

Froggy Bottom Blues 

Season 10 Episode 15

Crash and Slow Burn, Antagonist & Whiny-the-Pooh

Season 10 Episode 16

Pacifier in the Sky, Parrothood & Built-In Cat

Season 10 Episode 17

Agony and Ivory, Scarakeet & The Howling

Season 10 Episode 18

Rattle Sneak, Lazer Licker & Furby Freakout

Season 10 Episode 19

Fire in the Pie-hole, All the Marbles & Crack-O'-Lantern

Season 10 Episode 20

Cat's Got a Tongue, Monkeyshiner & The Screen Test

Season 10 Episode 21

Wake Up Call for Help, The Bride and Whom? & What a Drag

Season 10 Episode 22

Wake Up Call for Help

Nominees

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Finalists

Cocky Raccoon

Terms of Engagement

Messiah on a Wi-yah

The Crying Game

Get Back Hacky Sack

Hamster Droppings

Little Grinch Girl

Froggy Bottom Blues

See Spot Leave

Dalmation Instant Breakfast

White-Watering the Lawn

Parrothood

The Howling

Wake Up Call For Help

Cat's Got A Tongue

Whiny the Pooh

Fire in the Pie Hole

Laser Licker

Trivia

• This is the only season of several things:
  • The only season to have a $100,000 show as its season premiere.
  • The only season to have a $100,000 show in which winners of $10,000 do not compete. Rather, videos submitted for a summer contest compete.
  • The only season to have four $100,000 shows, the highest of any season to date.
  • The only season to not have any music montages.
• Excluding the 300th episode and Daisy Fuentes' appearance in "America, This Is You!," episode 22 marks the last appearances of her and John Fugelsang in the series.
• "Froggy Bottom Blues" is one of several videos to win first place in the first episode of its block, then win in the next $100,000 show.
  • "Wake Up Call for Help" is one of several videos to win first place in its episode, then win $100,000 in the next episode.
• "Cat's Got a Tongue," the first-place winner in Episode 20, became an internet meme after the episode aired.
• Currently, only four nominated videos from this season, "Cat's Got a Tongue," "Crash and Slow Burn," "Face Off," and "Messiah on a Wi-Yah" can be found in the Home Video Licensing library. This is the lowest number of videos of any season, excluding Seasons 1-3.
• Videos from submitters from the following states/province/federal district were not nominated in the short Fugelsang/Fuentes era: Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, DC, and West Virginia. A video with a submitter from Prince Edward Island has yet to be nominated in the show.
• "Monkeyshiner" was filmed in Germany.
• The following nominated videos do not appear in the Bergeron era and have yet to appear in the Ribeiro era:
  • The Crying Game (appears in the America's Funniest Home Videos Interactive DVD Game)
  • Goodbye, Dolly!
  • Face Off (available on Home Video Licensing)
  • Lose-A-Bago
  • Bye Bye Birdie
  • Little Miss Banshee
  • Wax Dummy
  • The 4 40-Yard Fall
  • Squash the Bug
  • White-Watering the Lawn
  • Antagonist
  • Built-In Cat
  • Furby Freakout
  • Fire in the Pie-Hole
  • The Bride and Whom?
• Many videos nominated throughout this season have references in their titles:
  • "Goodbye, Dolly!" is a reference to the 1964 musical Hello, Dolly!
  • "A bag of hammers" in "Father Drops Like a Bag of Hammers" is a metaphor for something stupid, useless, or ugly.
  • "Lose-A-Bago" is a reference to the RV and motorhome manufacturer Winnebago.
  • "Cocky Raccoon" is a pun on the 1968 song "Rocky Raccoon" by The Beatles.
  • "Swingers" shares its name with a 1996 film.
  • "The Crying Game" shares its name with a 1964 song and a 1992 thriller film. This title is reused for another first-place and $100,000 winner in Season 15.
    • Despite the title, the canzone napoletana "'O sole mio" is sung in the video.
  • "Bye Bye Birdie" shares its name with a 1960 musical. The title is reused for a second-place winner in Season 13.
  • "Fireside Splat" is a pun on "Fireside Chat(s)," a series of 30 radio addresses given by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • "Snake in the grass" is an idiom describing a dangerous or deceptive person.
  • "Canned Laughter" is a term for a laugh track.
  • "Terms of Engagement" are rules someone must follow before dealing with someone else or being employed.
  • "Cries and Dolls" is a pun on the 1950 musical Guys and Dolls.
  • "See Spot Leave" is a reference to "See Spot run," a catchphrase from the book series Dick and Jane.
  • "Lather, Vacuum, Repeat" is a reference to "lather, rinse, repeat," an idiom summarizing how to use hair care products such as shampoo.
  • "Crash and Slow Burn" is a reference to "crash and burn," an idiom for suddenly failing.
  • "Whiny-the-Pooh" is a pun on the character and franchise Winnie-the-Pooh. Despite its title, Eeyore, a character from the franchise, appears in the video. The pun is reused for another first-place nominee in Season 12.
  • "Agony and Ivory" is a reference to "ebony and ivory," a phrase describing the only two colors of piano keys and a 1982 song by Paul McCartney featuring Stevie Wonder. It is also a reference to the 1961 biographical novel The Agony and the Ecstasy.
  • "The Howling" shares its name with a 1977 horror novel and a 1981 film based on the novel.
  • "Fire in the Pie-Hole" is a reference to the expression, "Fire in the hole!".
  • "All the Marbles" shares its name with the original title of The California Dolls, a 1981 comedy-drama film.
    • It is also an idiom. "Marbles" is a metaphor for prizes or rewards.
  • "Cat's Got a Tongue" is a reference to the idiom "Cat got your tongue."
  • "Monkeyshiner" is a reference to "monkeyshine," a synonym for horseplay.
  • A "screen test" determines the suitability of an actor for a role.