Season 9 (1997-1998)

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AFV Season 9
$100,000 Winners	"Oh, Glory!" In and Ouch

America's Funniest Home Videos Season 9 aired from January 5, 1998 to May 7, 1998. Beginning with this season, Daisy Fuentes and John Fugelsang took over as hosts. Episodes 7 and 8 were the first to air, as it aired as part of a TGIF sneak peek on November 21, 1997. The entire season started broadcasting normally that January. The set and logo had changed. The theme also changed to an instrumental ska punk rendition of "The Funny Things You Do" that sounds similar to "The Impression That I Get" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Episodes

Season 9 Episode 1

Baby Food Critic, Toilet Guitar & Men's Best Friend

Season 9 Episode 2

"Oh, Glory!," Senior Sinker & The Scream Team

Season 9 Episode 3

Mixed Blessing, Catfish Hunter & Horse Girl Meets Chicken Boy

Season 9 Episode 4

Human Tee-Ball, Mock and Roll & Hold Your Tongue

Season 9 Episode 5

Moby Dorks, Rodent Roundup & Cockatwo-Step

Season 9 Episode 6

Fruit of Her Loins, You Ran Over My Dad & Larry the Duck

Season 9 Episode 7

Rinky Dink, Toddler Taco & Hyena Man

Season 9 Episode 8

Puparazzi, Minor Misdemeanor & Puddle of Joy

Season 9 Episode 9

Green Bean Blues, Spit and Fetch It & Trunk Funk

Season 9 Episode 10

Wedgie On, Wedgie Off, Whiz Kid & Rode-Oh-No

Season 9 Episode 13

Sunny Side Down, Flush Puppy & Take Me Out to the Ba-Ga

Season 9 Episode 14

Buzz Cut Boo-Hoo, Balloon Animal & Waterlogged Dog 

Season 9 Episode 15

Truck Trick, Golden Gloves Grandma & Ice Ice Baby

Season 9 Episode 16

Bumper Jumper, Kiss Up Cat & Rover Board

Season 9 Episode 17

Baby See, Doggie Do, Messin' with the Kid & Baseball Visionary

Seson 9 Episode 18

Slowly Toasted, Jingle Belt & Baby Got Backyard 

Season 9 Episode 19

I Can See Clearly Now, That Old Hack Magic & Who'll Stop the Rainman?

Season 9 Episode 20

Snake Your Grove Thing, Wake Me Up Before You Cocoa & Whailing to Exhale  

Season 9 Episode 21

Birds and the Beline, Carcass Caper & In and Ouch

Season 9 Episode 22

 Sit Up, Not Spit Up, Astigmatizzy & Surf's Up... River

Season 9 Episode 23

Two-Car Coiffure, Picture Imperfect & Camel Carjack

Season 9 Episode 24

Little Miss Hissy, Whistler's Mother & Mad About Poo

Nominees

Finalists

Oh Glory!

Catfish Hunter

Mock And Roll

Cockatwo-Step

Larry The Duck

Hyena Man

Pup-Arazzi

Green Bean Blues

Whiz Kid

Take Me Out To The Ba-Ga

Water Logged Dog

Ice, Ice, Baby

Kiss-Up Cat

Baby See, Doggie Do

Jingle Belt

Who'll Stop The Rainman

Wake Me Up Before You Cocoa

In And Ouch

Astigma-Tizzy

Two Car Coiffure

Whistler's Mother

Trivia

• This is the first season and the last until Season 12 to have two $100,000 shows.
• There was a sweepstake this season to see which viewer could come up with the funniest meaning for T.G.I.F.
• This season has the highest number of nominated videos submitted by Canadians, 6, in the Fugelsang/Fuentes era.
• It is revealed in the interview with the submitters of "Green Bean Blues," the first place-winning video from episode 9, that the girl was acting, also revealing that the video was set up.
  • This is also the case with another first place-winning video, "Model Rocket Fly-By" from episode 21 of the previous season. Even though it is not revealed to be a set-up video in the episode, it is labeled as such in the Home Video Licensing library.
• Two nominated videos appear in media released before their episodes aired:
  • "Balloon Animal," the third place-winning video from episode 14 appears in a 1993 episode of You've Been Framed.
  • "Golden Gloves Grandma," the third place-winning video from episode 15 appears in a promo for Season 3, Episode 24.
• The following nominated videos do not appear in the Bergeron era and have yet to appear in the Ribeiro era:
  • Horse Girl Meets Chicken Boy (available on Home Video Licensing)
  • Hold Your Tongue
  • Fruit of Her Loins
  • Minor Misdemeanor
  • Take Me Out to the Ba-Ga
  • Balloon Animal (also available on Home Video Licensing)
  • Baseball Visionary
  • Slowly Toasted (also available on Home Video Licensing)
  • Baby Got Backyard
  • That Old Hack Magic
  • Whaling to Exhale
  • Birds and The Beline
  • Surf's Up... River (also available on Home Video Licensing)
  • Camel Carjack
• Many videos nominated throughout this season have references in their titles:
  • "Men's best friend" is a phrase used to describe a pet dog.
  • A "mixed blessing" is something that is both good and bad in different ways.
  • "Catfish Hunter" is the nickname for Major League Baseball player James Hunter.
  • "Hold Your Tongue" is an idiom for not speaking.
  • "Moby Dorks" is a reference to the 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
  • "Fruit of Her/One's Loins" is an idiom for offspring.
  • "Wedgie On, Wedgie Off" is a reference to "Wax on, wax off," a defensive technique from the martial arts drama film series The Karate Kid.
  • "Sunny Side Down" is a reference to "Sunny side up," a phrase describing the preparation of a fried egg.
  • "Flush Puppy" is a pun on the beverage brand Slush Puppie.
  • "Ice Ice Baby" shares its name with a 1990 Vanilla Ice song.
  • "Baby See, Doggie Do" is a reference to the phrase "Monkey see, monkey do."
  • "Messin' with the Kid" shares its name with a 1960 Junior Wells song.
  • "Baby Got Backyard" is a reference to the 1992 song "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot.
  • "I Can See Clearly Now" shares its name with a 1972 Johnny Nash album and its title track.
  • "That Old Hack Magic" is a pun on the 1942 song "That Old Black Magic."
  • "Who'll Stop the Rainman?" is a reference to both "Who'll Stop the Rain," a 1970 song by Creedence Clearwater Revival and a 1978 crime film, and Rain Man, a 1988 comedy drama film.
  • "Snake Your Groove Thing" is a pun on the 1978 Peaches & Herb song "Shake Your Groove Thing."
  • "Wake Me Up Before You Cocoa" is a pun on the 1984 Wham! song "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go."
  • "Whaling to Exhale" is a reference to the 1995 romance film Waiting to Exhale.
  • "Birds and the Beline" is a pun on the phrase "the birds and the bees."
  • "In and Ouch" is a pun on the fast-food restaurant chain In-N-Out Burger.
  • "Astigmatizzy" is a pun on astigmatism, a type of eye defect.
  • "Surf's Up... River" is possibly a reference to the 1963 compilation album Surf's Up! At Banzai Pipeline.
  • "Whistler's Mother" is a nickname for Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1.
  • "Mad About Poo" is a pun on the 1992-99 sitcom Mad About You.

Goofs

• Fuentes mispronounces the names of two places in this season:
  • In episode 8, she mispronounces Talladega, AL as "Tallasack" when announcing "Puddle of Joy."
  • In episode 22, she mispronounces Ka'a'awa, HI when announcing "Surf's Up... River."
• In episode 24, when Fuentes announces that "Mad About Poo" is the second place-winning video, she mispronounces Jan Bargmann's surname as "Bragmann."