Season 11 (2001-2002)

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AFV Season 11
$100,000 Winners	The Quad Squad

America's Funniest Home Videos Season 11 aired from February 3, 2001 to January 25, 2002. This was the first season that Tom Bergeron hosted the show. Even though the music remained the same, the set changed slightly.

Episodes

Season 11 Episode 1 Matrimony Mania

Tractor Interruptus, Ring Bearer of Bad News & Mystery Kisser

Season 11 Episode 2

Down in the Bayou, Teed Off & Let Them Burn Cake

Season 11 Episode 3 Nincompoop-a-Rama

The Sting, Honey, I Blew Up The Dog & Holy Smokes

Season 11 Episode 4

Muscle Beach Baby, Troubled Dog Over Water & Shipwrecked Sailor

Season 11 Episode 5

Seventh Inning Soak, Bulldog Day Afternoon & Trouser Toys

Season 11 Episode 6

Mow-Down, Monster Munchies & Rodent Rec Room

Season 11 Episode 7

The Slingshot Heard 'Round the World, Strike While the Iron is Hot & Safety Seat Sillies

Season 11 Episode 8

No Headroom, See Spot Growl & 4-Alarm Sleeper

Season 11 Episode 9

Super Scooper, Skateboard of Education & Breakfast Bonfire

Season 11 Episode 10

Pet-Peeved, The Quad Squad & Slip Slidin' Away

Season 11 Episode 11 (Episode)

Something Fishy, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Tell the Tooth

Season 11 Episode 11 (Actual)

Something Fishy, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Tell the Tooth

Season 11 Episode 12

Bark Seat Driver, Tiny Tinkler & Baby Shower

Season 11 Episode 13 (Greatest Clips, Vol. 1)

Season 11 Episode 14

Dog and Pony Show, Howdy Doody & Savior Applause

Season 11 Episode 15

Pedal Pusher, Not a Piñata & Hoop Dreams

Nominees (Nincompoop-a-Rama Only)

Finalists

No Headroom

Pedal Pusher

The Quad Squad

Mow-Down

Savior Applause

Super Scooper

Mystery Kisser

Tell the Tooth

Bulldog Day Afternoon

Holy Smokes

Baby Shower

Slingshot Heard Around the World

Troubled Dog Over Water

Down in the Bayou

Trivia

• Aside from Season 11 being the first season of AFV hosted by Tom Bergeron, the season also marks the first, only, and last of several things:
  • The first season to not feature any new production videos.
  • The last and one of the two seasons (the other being Season 1), to have only one $100,000 show.
  • The first season since Season 1 in which none of the submitters of nominated videos are referred to as "the (insert surname) family."
  • The only season to have a first-place winner, "Mystery Kisser" from Matrimony Mania, be chosen by the producers without the audience voting and also compete with the other regular first-place winners in a $100,000 show.
  • "Matrimony Mania" is the only special in which the regular weekly prize money is awarded. It also marks the only occurrence in the series in which all three nominees are announced and the last occurrence in which the third-place winner is announced until Season 19.
  • The first season to have hour-long episodes.
  • The first season to utilize the first set used for the Tom Bergeron era from 2001-2003, starting with the special "Nincompoop-a-rama" in February 2001.
  • The only season to neither begin airing in September/October nor finish in May/June. Instead, Season 11 starts out with the two specials airing in February and March 2001, followed by the rest of the episodes airing sporadically throughout the summer, fall and winter of 2001, and finally finishing the season with the $100,000 show in January 2002.
  • The first season to feature the following segments: AFV $10,000 club, AFV at the Movies, AFV Dating Service, AFV Parody Commercials, A Message from the President, An Inspirational Moment, Ask Tom Stuff, Dog World, Mysterious Mysteries of Mystery, On This Day in AFV History, How the Wild West Was Dumb, Television Network, A Glimpse Into The Future, and Versus.
• This season is featured on the "Volume 1 with Tom Bergeron" DVD set. However, episodes 1 (Matrimony Mania), 3 (Nimcompoop-a-Rama), and 11 are excluded from the set. 1 and 3 were released on different DVDs. However, 11 was never released on this format.
• In episode 11, only "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" is shown as the second-place winner despite tying with "Something Fishy." This is the only occurrence of this in the show. The submitters of both videos were awarded $3,000, the second-place prize, per the contest rules.
  • This also marks the second occurrence of a tie for second place between two nominees in the show and the first since Season 5, Episode 10 and in the Bergeron era. It is also the last until Season 16, Episode 7.
• The contest at the end of "Nincompoop-a-Rama" follows the same format as Fugelsang/Fuentes era episodes.
• "Seventh Inning Soak" in Episode 5 was submitted by Kash Beauchamp, the manager of the Lincoln Saltdogs baseball team at the time of the episode's airing. In 1996, when the video was filmed, he was a hitting coach for the Montreal Expos.
• Currently, none of the 2nd place-winning videos can be found in the Home Video Licensing library and only six nominated videos, "Bark Seat Driver," "Bulldog Day Afternoon," "Down in the Bayou," "The Quad Squad," "Shipwrecked Sailor," and "Super Scooper" can be found in the library. This is the second lowest number of videos since Season 4, not including Seasons 1-3. The lowest being Season 10, with only four videos.
• The following nominated videos appear in a season of the show released to international markets in 1999 that was hosted by Mike and Carrie Kasem:
  • Down in the Bayou
  • Teed Off
  • Troubled Dog Over Water
  • Trouser Toys
  • Rodent Rec Room
  • 4-Alarm Sleeper
  • Skateboard of Education
  • Slip Slidin' Away
  • Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Bark Seat Driver
  • Baby Shower
  • Hoop Dreams
• Many videos nominated throughout this season have references in their titles:
  • "Ring Bearer of Bad News" is a reference to the phrase "Bearer of bad news."
  • "Teed Off" is the past tense for "Tee Off." The former means to be annoyed or angry and the latter refers to the first shot in a round of golf.
  • "Let Them Burn Cake" is a reference to "Let them eat cake," a quote unlikely spoken by French Queen Marie Antoinette.
  • "The Sting" shares its name with a 1973 caper film.
  • "Honey, I Blew Up the Dog" is a reference to the 1992 science fiction film Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.
  • "Troubled Dog Over Water" is likely a reference to "Bridge Over Troubled Water," a 1970 album and its title track by Simon & Garfunkel.
  • "Shipwrecked Sailor" is a reference to the story "Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor."
  • "Seventh Inning Soak" is a reference to "seventh inning stretch," a traditional break taken in the middle of the seventh inning of a baseball game.
  • "Bulldog Day Afternoon" is a reference to the 1975 crime film Dog Day Afternoon.
  • A "Mow-Down" is a phrase referring to the sudden and violent death of people.
  • "The Slingshot Heard 'Round the World" is a reference to "The Shot Heard 'Round the World," a phrase referring to the beginning of the Battles of Lexington and Concord which began the American Revolutionary War. The events of the battles are referenced in a Schoolhouse Rock! song of the same name.
  • "Strike While the Iron is Hot" is an idiom for acting immediately.
  • Like "See Spot Leave" in the previous season, "See Spot Growl" is a reference to "See spot run," a catchphrase from the book series Dick and Jane.
  • "4-Alarm Sleeper" is a reference to "4-Alarm Fire," a phrase indicating the severity of a fire.
  • "Skateboard of Education" is a reference to "Board of education," a committee of trustees of a school district. However, the video was filmed at a college.
  • "Slip Slidin' Away" shares its name with a 1977 Paul Simon song.
  • "Pet-Peeved" is a reference to "Pet Peeve," a phrase used to describe an annoyance.
  • "Something Fishy" shares its name with a 1967 Dolly Parton song.
  • "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" shares its name with a 1991 episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons and a 2000 comedy drama film.
    • In the former video, "Christmas Chopsticks" is sung. It is a lyrical adaptation of the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas set to the tune of the "Chopsticks" waltz. The latter has been used in several music montages since the episode was released, beginning with Season 13, Episode 15.
  • "Bark Seat Driver" is a pun on "Back Seat Driver," a phrase used to describe a car passenger who constantly comments on the driver's actions.
  • "Dog and Pony Show" is a phrase used to describe an act done solely for optics.
  • "Howdy Doody" shares its name with a 1947-1960 children's TV show.
  • "Hoop Dreams" shares its name with a 1994 film.

Goofs

• The contest rules for this season state in the occurrence of a tie for third place in a contestant episode, the submitters of the tied videos will both receive the third place prize of $2,000. However, this rule is unnecessary since only three videos are nominated in contestant episodes, making an occurrence of a tie for third place impossible.
• In episode 2, Bergeron mispronounces Bainbridge in Bainbridge Island, WA as "Bainsbridge" when he announces that "Teed Off" is a nominee.
  • In the same episode, when he announces that "Let Them Burn Cake" is the second place-winning video, he does not say "sent in by" before the video submitter's name. This is done regularly on America's Funniest People.
• In all three DVD releases of episodes from this season, several names of the video submitters are misspelled in the subtitles:
  • In the "Love & Marriage" DVD release of "Matrimony Mania," Pam Rezek's ("Ring Bearer of Bad News") surname is misspelled as "Resick."
  • In the "Nincompoops & Boneheads" DVD release of "Nincompoop-A-Rama," Shanon Elliott's ("Holy Smokes") first name is misspelled as "Shannon."
  • In the "Volume 1 with Tom Bergeron" DVD release:
    • Sherwood Haisty's ("Let Them Burn Cake") surname is misspelled as "Hasty."
    • Boe Fletcher's ("Teed Off") first name is misspelled as "Bo."
    • Ann and Craig Noll's ("Troubled Dog Over Water") surname is misspelled as "Knowle."
    • Alisha Barber's ("The Slingshot Heard 'Round the World") name is misspelled as "Alicia."
    • Michelle Maher's ("Pedal Pusher") first name is misspelled as "Michele."
    • Nikki Billy's ("Not a Piñata") name is misspelled as "Nickie."
    • Yoon Yong's ("Hoop Dreams") name is misspelled as "Ng Jung."
    • Chang Huh's ("Hoop Dreams") surname is misspelled as "Ha."