OK, so "The Funny Show" thing is, well, funny ... because recently, we were at my mother's Christmas party, and my 5-year-old son and his 5-year-old second cousin were playing with some action figures and what not, so we left them upstairs playing ... and when I went back a short while later they were naked and acting goofy and saying that what they were doing was called "The Funny Show."

I quickly slipped into Les Moonves mode and canceled that show.

I love your site. And I was excited to see 0 comments! Could I be the first?

I love it. My 2-year-old English Bulldog (Dorsey) sounds an awful lot like Chuck. I'm convinced that no one's told her she's a dog!

Just wanted to comment because I have never seen your comments under 100 before. And I wanted to say that you are not alone in wondering whether your daughter came out of your womb or not. People have told me, and still do in fact, that I was obviously just the incubator. Good times.
Oh, and you think being newly pregnant was shitty, try doing it while holding onto a 9 month old and a 2.5 year old. What the hell happened?

I think it's a bit harsh to imply that Chuck's quirks are shared by all, or even most, cats. There are plenty of non-neurotic cats out there. Not that I own any of them -- my three are some of the most bizarrely wired mammals you'll ever meet in your life -- but I have met a few and they're perfectly fine. Neurosis is as neurosis does.

And if Coco is like a normal dog, I think I'll stick with cats, all things considered.

Oh, Chuck. At least he's got a steady hand with the eyeliner.

My daughter loved that show too except she called it "America's FUN videos".

Poor Chuck.

Thank the Lord. I though MY kids were the only ones rivetted into soundless hysterics by Funniest Home Videos. Dash will NOT let me change the channel when even the most DISTURBING clips are on. Neither will my husband.

The whole Chuck thing is interesting... I don't have a house pet (anymore) but our Great Dane hated it when we "debated" and would come and stand directly between us. Hard to maintain the higher ground when one is being leant on by an 80kg dog...
:-)
BB

I'm commenting solely because I've never EVER been in the tens - only the 100s and normally the 1000s if I comment here.

I love you all, even if you are dog lovers.

That is all.

Is just good to know that someone else has a dog that is so very cat like too...

AFV is one of our family's favorite shows too. Although, for the past 3 years I've been trying to get my daughter to call it AFV. But she seems to prefer "America's Homest Funniest Homest Videos."

We've got a very neurotic dog too - she does the same thing. She sits in front of the TV facing us and shakes and wears an expression of severe torture. You'd think that, with every guffaw, we were beating her severely. When my dad is around her, he yells "Why can't you act like a normal dog? Just be a dog."

My son (5) also calls it "The Funny Show"! I have to admit that it is one of our Sunday evening staples and I am frequently laughing so hard that I'm crying. It freaks my dog out too and I think I may have discovered the answer. On the National Geographic Channel there was recently a program entitled "In the Womb: Dogs" at one point they mentioned that dogs with red hair are more like to worry and be easier to upset. Guess what I have... a red haired labradoodle.

My dog, Major, is a lot like Chuck. He was badly abused as a pup and I rescued him when he was 6 months old. He's almost 2 now and is finally over the majority of his fear of feet. We still have bags, newspapers, boxes, anything that resembles a bat when rolled up, and Ramen noodles to conquer (I'm not sure how that fear came about, but god forbid I take out a packet of Ramen noodles in his presence). He actually looks a lot like Chuck if Chuck was chocolate coloured and had a Bubba (from Forest Gump) like underbite.

My family and I are very very careful to stay away from him when we argue because otherwise he'll go into shakes and try to either shove his body between the people arguing or he'll try to shove himself under the couch. Although funny to watch, it breaks my heart to know he's get affected by it that badly.

"Emotionally delicate"? Did you tell her you write about Chuck online for millions of people to read? Because I'm willing to bet a therapist would blame you, so maybe a dog trainer would too. :P

OMG.. our pup acts just like Chuck. We call Ollie our "emo son" mainly because he doesn't believe he's a dog. Once our daughter was born, the emo factor increased ten-fold. Our favourite is his ability to learn and copy baby by crying -- in an overly-dramatic way--in order to get our attention. And if the 3 humans are having a good time, he'll come over all sad and pitiful looking and then is sure to position himself between the 3 of us. Or he'll sit on the baby as much as he can without getting in trouble (i.e. without crushing her. he's a standard schnauzer -- heavy, but too heavy). His life must be rougher than we thought b/c having a bed in our bedroom, going to dog camp, taking a part in my walks with baby every day and going to the dog park just isn't enough.

Ahhh... but we love our furry, 4-legged children.

1. If there was a cult dedicated to AFV, I'd be a charter member and you could always count on me for the Kool-Aid.

2. Our daughter Mad (1 yr) has already started laughing at any video that includes a baby. As long as it isn't her. That freaks her out.

3. Our dog Zoie barks incessantly as I laugh hysterically because I am pretty sure she is trying to help keep my blood pressure down. That doesn't necessarily help.

4. I am 19 weeks pregnant with our 2nd little girl. I laugh so hard I pee. Even if I just peed...and my husband thinks this is funnier than the "Funny Show" could ever be.

When cats, and apparently Chuck, fill out worksheets on Career Day, all signs point to Postal Worker. I know this because I have two cats and I see the way they look at me.

My aunt's dog (little brown poodle) was fine if either my aunt or my uncle was in the room, but if they were both in the room at the same time, she hid under the table. Intelligent dog.

Heather,

Just wanted you to know, I dig, dig, dig your blog. We're not a worlds funniest home video family, however my son cannot get enough of anything Indiana Jones. He hums the theme song twenty four/seven. We're a dog family. Two of them. Huge galumphing dogs. Sometimes I think I should just move out of my own bed the way everyone/thing piles on. Check out my blog: hutchfoster.blogspot.com.

Hutch

Poor Chuck.
And thank god we never had a dog growing up. (Although, I did have two gerbils, one named Chuck as a matter of fact.) My little brother would laugh so hard and loud at AFHV that we thought he would have a stroke at the ripe old age of six. My other brother and I didn't think the show was funny, but the insane laughter, *that* was funny.

Poor Chuck. Your dogs sound exactly like mine only with the sexes reversed. We have a 9 year old female neurotic red mutt and a 2 year old little boy aussie. Our red dog will run and hide when we raise or voices and shakes uncontrollably in a car, around loud noises etc. We blame the hubbies mormon mother on the neurosis though :-)

My Rot/Lab cross is wary of all small rodents. She's not afraid, I don't think, just would rather not have the little balls of fur trying to sniff her feet.

It's fun to stick the dog and two guinea pigs into a small space and watch the dog fidget. I'm a nice person, really.

So, affection for crotch shots and bike crashes aside, our daughters could definitely be friends, or 85 year old convalescent home frenemies trapped in 5 year old bodies. If I am not forced 'to attend a barbie funeral, or risky amputation with rusty scissors, I am role-playing as a husband while she announces her new-found pregnancy. How do you appropriately respond when your 5 year old daughter exclaims, "Honey, I'm pregnant. Aren't you excited?"

Poor sensitive Chuckles!

If my husband raises his voice for, say, a football game, one of our pups, The Zali Lama, will saunter over to him and give him a full on head tilt, movie star smooch.

We're all dysfunctional. We're over it.

Congrats on the team expansion!

I have a neurotic dog AND a psychotic cat, and a six year old boy who has loved the Funny Show since he was three. Now if only I can get him to quit hitting himself in his crotch, as he thinks it'll make him a tv star...

thanks for your blog - you rock!

My dog will start barking at me when I laugh. It is like I am not allowed to be laughing, if she is not in on the joke. My cat on the other hand, mews at me when I sneeze, so if Chuck reacts to sneezes, he is totally a cat at heart.

Yes, the "get hit in the crotch" show. It is amazing how there are basically only four or five plots to that show - fall off the table, get hit in the crotch, knock over the bride, fall in the lake, repeat with get hit in the crotch.

Not that I don't think it's funny.

We are getting our new dog in a couple weeks (black mini schnauzer born 22DEC so I guess it takes 8 weeks? I dunno) and I'm freaking out about having 2 dogs. Every once in a while our dog (white mini schnauzer) will wedge himself between us to break up laughing/talking/whatever, which makes me wonder what other things we accidentally taught him with our behavior.

Only the videos on the funny show are worth watching. Tom Bergeron to me is as Bob Costas is to you; unwatchable. Thank goodness for Tivo and its fast forward function too!

We've spent our Sunday nights the same way with our kids for years and Tivo is fantastic for replaying the horrifying videos in slow motion over and over again. Nothing spells Sunday night fun more than someone's face hitting the pavement after they've fallen on their rollerblades and then hearing the chorus of "play it again in super slow motion!"

Also, it sure feels nice to send the kids to bed with a smile on their face.

My 6 year old son got so upset over how much his sister and I were laughing at Elf that he had to leave the room. Does this mean he's a cat? Can I leave him at home by himself all day?

My dog Pete is a lot like Chuck. So scarred by whatever happened before we got him, that he just cannot handle life. He's so emo. Sweet...sometimes somewhat dog-like...but oh so emo.

I have the same reaction as Chuck. Good boy.

Hee-hee. The first time i heard my son do this it cracked me up! I don't think he has inherited from me, but at 15, he still laughs out loud when watching something funny, even when he is alone!

I'm pretty sure "The Funny Show" is what made my six year old think racking daddy was hilarious. Hey its funny on TV!

Okay, this may sound totally ridiculous, but you might want to try a few drops of Rescue Remedy (floral essence / homeopathic available at Whole Foods, etc.) in his water. I have the most neurotic cat on earth and we decided to get two kittens because, honestly, it felt like we didn't have a cat at all, and I wanted my kids to have pets in their lives. But I was scared to death thinking how neuroticat would handle this (we had twice before tried to introduce new cats into our household, both times with disastrous results). On a whim, I started putting RR in her water every time I filled the dish. She chilled way out, started coming out of the basement and even MADE FRIENDS with one of the new kittens (and tolerates the other). We only used it for a few weeks. She's still definitely neuroticat, but she seems happier and less anxious overall.

ROFLMAO. This is a truely funny story Heather. I also love that Chuck is a cat-dog and Coco is a dog-dog. My cat is semi-cat,semi-dog as she does play fetch, loves to greet me at the door and sleeps next to me all night long. She also scratches the s**t out of my grass-mat wallpaper in the entry way... so she's still cat in that respect. I love the house cleaning project. I wish I could keep my energy going long enough to do my whole house. But it ebbs and flows with depression. I did cleanup after Christmas and everything is put away. Thanks for your writing, your off=beat humor and photos... and thanks to Jon too for his help with your site. I know it's a team effort.
PS. I resisted buying a princess "any thing" and mailing to Leta, as I know she was going to have a very princess Christmas especially from your mother. But I think of your daughter everytime I see a Disney Princess thing. My 2 year old granddaughter is now into the Princess stuff ... she had a book with her at Christmas.

Brilliant writing in this post! god, i love how your mind works. The fruit roll-up comment at the end was hysterical! thanks for the laugh today-i needed it!

LOL! Chuck is a cat! It makes sense. I'm a cat person. One of my cats is named Emo and he's very emotional. He won't sit still long enough for me to put anything on his head, though.

I think my dog (an Alaskan Husky; the sled-dog variety) & Chuck must be related. When I went crazy during my pregnancy, Porter would assess the situation every day when we got home from work: Is mommy insane today, or is mommy capable of having a rational thought? And if he answered his question in the former, he would would hide in the corner with his back facing the living room, his ears pinned down. It killed me to see how I was affecting everyone in my family, but especially my dog because for all he knew, I was yelling at him. Even now, 8 months after the birth of my baby, he still goes running to the corner with his ears tucked if I so much as raise my voice.

You have to go and see Marley and Me. Exactly what you are talking about. Please do.

Man my beagle is just the same. Crazy as a monkey. I don't know how she got that way but she is. I love your posts about the dogs!

My 6 year old daughter and I gasp for air laughing while we watch "The Funny Show" and my husband rolls his eyes. He is the only one who knows that this ridiculous trait for schadenfreude runs 3 generations deep. You should hear us when my mom visits.

I always thought that tense look of Chuck's was he just had to pee.....instead it is iNSaNitY!!!!!!!

My daughter and I love that show too! Have you ever seen Animal Planets Funniest Animals?

First, can't wait for the book! Wish you were coming to San Diego! You'll be SO CLOSE and could stay in our guest room???

Second, we too have sensitive dog. He barks at the TV. We have four dogs, have had probably 8 in our lifetime and none of them gets hysterical over television. Especially anything with four legs.

Rocky barks when he sees whatever it is with legs, growls thinking about it for an hour or two after seeing it and will occasionally back through the night I guess as the picture of the four legged creature comes to his memory.

It's making me crazy. We've tried calling him over to us, petting and loving on him. No. We've tried the "NO. Stop it! Bad Dog" approach. No. We're considering getting a four hour long DVD of animals, locking him a room and seeing if eventually he'll just desensitize himself but I have a feeling it's not going to work.

PS It is fun when you can finally see "adult" humor come out in your children.

You know ... animals seem to share many of the same maladies with humans. Maybe Chuck has Sensory Integration Disorder. :)

that's wonderful! When I was Leta's age my family would sit down every Sunday and watch funniest home videos with Bob Saget. That was back when they still did the Jackalope clips. Those times are some of the fondest I have of my family as a whole so far.

Heather, I am 31 years old. I have a family of my own. I am not a stalker, but I have to tell you, the similarities between our life events are starting to scare me. I always relate somehow to your posts, but now? I'm pregnant, 16 weeks, just a couple weeks behind you...and my son has now taken to The Funny Show, calling it the SAME THING and reacting the SAME WAY. I've taken to TiVo'ing the show so he can rewind it over and over. My husband even read this entry and went, "wow. This is getting wierd."

Cree. Pee.

OMG Heather. I love your site. Your posts. I log on regularly. You are hilarious. I have been reading you for about 4 years.

But this.....was fraking priceless! I could not stop laughing.

I cannot wait to buy your book!

Blessed be to you and yours, especially new Baby Armstrong. What an awesome family to come into.

Have a great winter! And thanks for the hysterical laughter! I couldn't stop!

Well, I thought I was in the top 10 but between writing and hitting 'submit' I got bumped.

Still love my dog just as much, though. ;)

I have always wondered whether my family is weird, you just validated it.

When I was younger, instead of watching "The Funny Show", my dad would have us watch Rescue 911. It was supposed to show us what happens to kids when they cross the street without looking both ways or when they run with a glass in their hands. It freaked me out.

I'm 24 and I still have a fear of running around the swimming pool and biting my tongue off!!

I also have a normal dog and a dog that is a cat. Our "cat" is afraid of toddlers, the elderly, all stffed animals, remote controls, and wedding rings, among other things. He lets treats hit him in the head rather than catching them in his mouth and he refuses to fetch.

I, too, love The Funny Show and am happy that other people a) watch it, and b) admit they love it.

And now I know why Chuck is so awesome. Because he is a cat.

My dog was crazy enough I had to start a blog just for her to get her angst out.

http://lulabellebc.blogspot.com

Border Collies are waay crazy. Although Chuck's pictures lately are making me wonder....

My son, who is now 10, calls it the Funny Show too!!! Still...at 10!! There are a lot of reruns, check other channels!

The Funny Show is as good a name as any--my mom (who twists words into pretzels) calls it variously--American Videos, America's Funny Videos, America's Home Videos--despite the fact that she watches it religiously.

I still regret not filming The Bunny chasing our dog (he was a male and she was female and that, apparently, was all that mattered.

Oh but I just can't go there... the australian version is always hosted by some bimbo who has to laugh at her own jokes. Plus I think it's sponsored by KFC.

My children like to watch SuperNanny. They call it the bad children show.

AFHV is still on the air? WHO KNEW?!

Thanks for making me laugh. Who doesn't remember the kid who stole their fruit roll-up in first grade.

So cute! My family did the same thing when I was little! Except my brother and I called it 'Daddy's Funny Show.' Who can deny, it's a classic ;)

We still watch it, some twenty years later, when it pops up on the TV and we're all around. I have to say that Bob Saget was a better host... love the re-runs.

Just out of curiosity, what is Chuck doing when he gets up on the couch with you? I am no animal behavioralist, but is he putting his hand in your mouth? Peeing? Shaking? Seding fur into all corner of the house?

Ps... I love your website. No. Really. I do.

God, that's so weird. My dog has a serious problem with laughter as well. As in, she will leave the comfort of her cushy bed/chair and cower in the furthest room possible from the terrible laughing.

That's not the weird part - the weird part is that our dog, Fidget, is like a mini-Chuck. Every time I see a picture of Chuck some little part of me goes "Fidget!" But Chuck has a longer tail and is, of course, older and wiser.

Here's a pic of Fidget (looking put-upon, even!) with my Matt, for reference. Seriously, it's uncanny.

http://pics.livejournal.com/kill/pic/0001xkhb/g16.jpg

Our dog, Chief, sounds a lot like Chuck. From an emotional standpoint... not a balancing things on her head standpoint, she'd never tolerate that. If my husband and I even look at each other sideways she starts whimpering and trying to make it all better. Who know dogs could be as big of 'fixers' as us humans? At least this human.

By the way, Chuck MUST be a cat. We have two dogs, a cat, and two kids, and the cat goes nuts (crying, jumping on us, generally freaking out) when any of us start laughing really hard. Weird! The dogs, on the other hand, are fine with it.

I love Chuck. (I know this is a lame-ish comment, but I do. And heck, it was a comment that was quick for you to read).

I remember coming to school Monday mornings in 7th grade (1989-90)and the talk of the campus were the clips from AFHV from the night before. "Did you see the one..."That was when Bob Saggat did the hosting. It was awesome!

My kids now love watching it too, especially the animal ones and my boys get a kick out of all the "wiener" bashing that happens as well.

Heck, I sympathize with Chuck. I like everything even-keel. Too much emotion and I get all ancy and anxious, even if it's good emotion. It tends to freak me out. I'm sure I belong on a couch to cure me of that.

Am I wrong, or is "whiled" mispelled in the very first sentence? And why am I OCD enough to have noticed that?

All this time I thought you were exaggerating his episodes of teenage angst. Dude is truly moody!

I hear they have Prozac for dogs... (and cats.)

The Australian shepherd my family used to have would freak out in a similar manner. I used to always pretend that I wanted to fight my dad and would take fake, exaggerated punches at him. Our dog would run between us barking like crazy and jump up on one of us to try and break it up.

Somehow, I always knew you were a cat lover deep down!

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I'm posting because no one at the top has any idea how cool it is to be number 143. It's just completely lost on them.

Leta is going to knock your socks off this next year. I remember my daughter going from a princess punk to person who astounded me with her perspectives on life and humor around this age. What I started appreciating about Kelly was that she really *got* the joke.

Now she's nine and *I'm* her joke.

You make me laugh Heather. Laugh right out loud at the screen. But Leta makes me ache for a time when Kelly truly thought I was the cat's meow. I'm barley a feline whisker at this point. But it will all come back around again and I'm ready for it. That silly precious girl is mine.

Now, if I can just get my three year old Jack to stop biting his teacher's noses. Egads!

#11 made me laugh.

We have a cat, Pyewacket, who ostensibly went through some horrible shit before we found her in the street, cold, starving, and asthmatic. Whenever my husband and I have a "discussion," she steps between the two of us and YELLS until one of us (me) picks her up to comfort her. It really works to cut the tension. Let Chuck keep on keeping on. He's only trying to protect you.

My kids (5 and 3) call it the Funny Show too!
And during the whole show, their commentary is peppered with comments like "Oh, this isn't going to be good!" or "That's gotta hurt" and they LAUGH!!!!!

ps... one more thought. Have you ever noticed how much laughter can sometimes sound like crying? especially to a non-enunciating being like a dog? Loud, short exclamations, could be very similar sounding to a pooch... just a thought.

Also saw that you self-diagnosed the PTPD in your post...

My three year old calls the show GUYS FALL DOWN and gets mad at us when we laugh at the babies. Because you shouldn't laugh at babies.

Oh woman you make me laugh!

not sure if anyone's mentioned golden retrievers, but i've known several who couldn't abide any physical affection they weren't a part of and would physically insert themselves into the embrace. they'd also get very upset if you covered your face and pretended to cry, nosing around to push your hands off and lick the tears away.

anyway, all this makes me love chuck even more. i hope the new baby doesn't throw his world into disarray.

i'm so happy to see that other families have that disfunctionality of laughing till you're mad or dead as i call it! i'm really starting to take a keen interest in your website and have even subscibed to the rss feed! others should do so too! my wish is to be the first commentator (like April was wishing in the 2nd comment!) but what i would say about which ever article it will be i'm quite unsure of!

take care,

H-S-H

I don't think Chuck thinks he's a cat. I think he thinks he's a person. People are neurotic. A Cat simply believes that she is the one true goddess of the universe and will thus display her supreme displeasure of your un-submitting presence in any one of 153 creative – albeit seemingly neurotic – ways.

Oops! I feel awful, I accidentally linked to someone else in my comment above, I've corrected it in this comment. Apologies to the person I've linked to, I guess I need some caffeine!

My dog howls incessantly whenever someone's cell phone rings. Which is always fun when we take him to the park. Because, hello, people in this country can.not. live without cell phones apparently.

Too funny! My kids love Americas Funniest. Now that we have a DVR they record them so they always have an episode to watch. Anything funny that happens in my house they want to reenact it so we can send it in.

great story! I love your blog...keep up the good work lady!

Obviously, Chuck must have been a cat in a previous life and is just vying for the attention he so rightly deserves!

We do the same thing - all 3 of my kids love to watch that show, and half the fun is just watching them laugh so hard. Plus, people falling is the funniest thing in the world.

We, too, have a dog who is a cat. He, also, gets extremely upset if my husband and I have a discussion that starts to get loud. Enjoy your blog and hope that all is well

Poor Chuck. He needs a therapist.

My kids call it the funny show too...explosive laughter erupts at our house when we watch it too...best medicine ever!

HILARIOUS!!
I recently found your blog and wow...you have a lot of readers. Impressive!

My daughter always called it "That Funny Show where People Fall Down". Can't believe it's still on the air.

Ahhh, yes, AFV is a hit in our Trenches with 3 young boys.

You haven't lived until after watching a skateboarder attempt to slide down a pole only to slip off the skateboard and come crashing full force directly onto his twigs and berries, your 3-year old then comments matter-of-factly, "Now THAT's gonna leave a mark."

The crunching and loss of testicles makes everything funnier.

Thank God for video cameras and the idiots in front of them it makes life all that much better.

Sounds like Sunday should be Quaalude night for Chuck.

Dogs up cats down.

And my son just shit on the floor. Now that is just awesome.
Nothing like a pile of poop to break up the day.

On that note gotta go.

My very hipster roommates in Brooklyn and I used to watch America's Funniest Home Videos together. It was family time. It was hilarious.

My 3 girls love that show too but they call it The Hurtin' Show.

I hate to admit this to you but I'm not fond of dogs. at all. Thanks to Doogle the neighborhood dog that decided to take a chunck out of my knee when was 5 yrs. old. But I do have to say that I enjoy Chuck and I think I just might have a soft spot for him now after this post.

sounds like a typical night at my house. Except we don't even have the kid yet! Here's to hoping my baby will love watching other kids get flung into the mud by a wild dog and see babies get stuck in a bucket.

We have two dogs and one gets very upset when we get loud, hug or initiate the tiniest little dance. She stands up, backs up and starts barking at us. And the other one gets right up inbetween us, almost like he is protecting us from the big angry one. Ahhh...dogs.

Our house is filled with giddy excitement on Sunday nights when our kids realize that "Funniest Tom Videos" is on after bath. We have more fun watching the kids crazy reactions and laughing along with them than watching the videos themselves.

Glad to know we're not the only ones who watch stupid human tricks with our kids ;)

Oh, the poor little guy!

Our dog gets scared at many things - arguments being one of them. He'll tuck his tail and try to either wedge himself between us or stand up trying to get one of us to pick him up. If we're in a laughing fit, he'll jump up from wherever he's lounging and act unsure - he'll stand there and hold his paw up or come and paw at one of us.

We're even going to training classes right now specifically aimed at fearful dogs, and some of the techniques are quite useful. You could try setting up some situations where someone in the room will start laughing in such a manner that would normally freak him out, then at that exact moment (before he can actually freak out), toss several treats (good ones, like chicken, hot dog pieces, cheese etc.,) at him. Tossing the treats at him will momentarily distract him, and perhaps he'll evenually get that fits of laughter are a good thing that result in treats!

Isn't The Funny Show on every day (later at night, I think?) on ABC Family?

OMG Heather you are just the funniest writer! I feel better now - - I was feeling soooo immature for spending 10 minutes the other night laughing hysterically at Youtube videos of folks basically falling over. Thanks!

I'm glad we're not the only family that watches The Funny Show as a way to cap off the weekend!

If Chuck is like a cat, then maybe I like cats afterall!

Ruby is a combination of Chuck and Coco. She was kicked out of doggy day care and blowing a bubble with your gum scares the crap out of her. She actually has had the crap scared out of her... sigh. But we love them.

Does Chuck also sleep on top of couch backs like a cat? My boyfriend's dog does that and it's the funniest thing to see.

We just re-discovered this show. Steve laughs til he cries. I sit there and wonder what's so funny. I can watch two people bouncing on a trampoline and know that one of them is going to get bounced off, and all I can think is damn, I hope they have good insurance. Occasionally I giggle. However, I'll take this kind of humor over whatever he thinks is so funny about Adult Swim and Robot Chicken. All I can say to that is huh?

Chuck does sound like a cat, specifically, our very neurotic cat Noelle, who insists that STEVE IS HERS by squeezing in, meowing and seductively wrapping her tail around his appendages (get your mind out of the gutter) whenever we are near each other. If we're making any kind of noise, she gets even clingier and more vocal. Fighting sounds really make her needy, but kissing sounds are the worst. Before I met him, I never knew I could be pussy blocked by a cat.

Lynn
http://www.humanbeingblog.com

Oddly enough, minutes after I read about "The Funny Show," I saw a commercial that ABC Family is having a 3-hour marathon of AFV tonight! Hah!

My kids also love that show. And my 2 sons think it is absolutely the funniest thing for people to get hit in the testies! They often try and reinact the show after its done, but in the end, one of them is rolling on the floor holding himself in pain and the other one is standing over him, asking "isn't that FUNNY?" And then my daughter of course has to join in the torment to the boy who is holding onto his man parts.

Man I love SUNDAYS!!

yes...we too have this sunday night ritual. i have an 8 year old and 5 year old --it's about the best hour of the week when mom, dad and the boys laugh hysterically...good therapy.

Reruns of AFV, thank heaven, is on every single night on the Family Channel, I don't know if you have that in Utah, but here in New Jersey it comes on around 7 and they usually play several episodes back to back for a couple of hours. It's a perfect way to distract the younger ones while I do homework with the older two. The Animal Planet channel also has a Funniest Animals edition which alone is worth the $150 a month I spend on cable.

I've DV-R'd about five episodes in case of a cranky-time emergency. Kids never get tired of laughing at babies with pretzels stuck in their butt cheeks and people jumping off of trampolines into pools that collapse upon impact. In my opinion, its the best way to turn a grumpy night into a cheerful one.

My son and I also do the silent laughter, as we sit hunched over my computer watching AFV on youtube. I'm glad he inherited my belief that watching people fall is funny.

Dear God! I *am* Chuck!

"funnies" as it's called in our house is as important to the health of our relationships as Tivo is. I've no idea how anyone lives without either. And when we tivo funnies it's like jesus fell again from heaven as saved the world.

Re: The funny show. I can relate. Early on after it started we watched it with my otherwise reserved grandmother. We thought she was going to have a cardiac episode when that guy overswung his golf club and rolled down the hill. Her laughing fit made it so much more fun for all the rest of us.

It's like Chuck is the dog-version of Morrissey. Makes me love him even more. :)

I could watch AFV much more that would be healthy for me.

At least you live in such a beautiful place. :)

Oh my god that's hillarious! Sounds like my dog, he's a great dane and when we brought him a new brother - a cat - I don't think he ever forgave us! But then again he has OCD and will not step over any cord or similar contraption in his way. He also has a balloonophobia and will hide under the bed until the mean balloon is disposed of!

I love Chuck!

We call AFV "Taking it in the Nuts." My son laughs this crazy laughter and talks to the idiots riding too small bicycles or old ladies dancing on tables. It is an unabashed and slightly embarrassing to his parents kind of laughter. Aw, precious family moments at the detriment of another. Good times.

What is hysterical, is that my kids also call it "the funny show" - and we usually watch it all together on the couch on Sunday nights as a prelude to bedtime! Small world! (And we have a mini Aussie... )do I hear the Twilight Zone theme...?

Thanks for the giggles at Chuck's expense. You just made my lunch break!

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Well, if Chuck is a cat, then our kitty, Fremont, is most definitely a dog. She follows us around from room to room, is unbelievably needy, and loves smelly feet & shoes. Like, LOVES them. She likes you to pet her with your feet. And she would crawl inside smelly shoes if she could fit her body inside them. Instead she just sticks her face inside them and then rolls around on top of them. I kid you not.