We’re Tom Bergeron and the writers of America’s Funniest Home Videos and we are about to give away $100,000 for our 24th season finale! Ask us anything!

I know this is long overdue, but I would like to thank you for something from the days of Bob Saget.

We sent in a video of my brother (11 months at the time) playing with blocks, and throwing a fit when they toppled over. It was aired, which was awesome.

A few weeks afterward, a Doctor from California got in touch with my father (I still don't know how) and said we should have my brother evaluated for Autism. He was right.

Thanks for unintentionally aiding my family regarding my brother's behavior. He's 22 now and doing the best he can.

Semper Fidelis.

EDIT: I've been graciously gilded. Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.

Thanks for sharing that.

Why does the audience usually vote for the least humorous video?

You'd have to ask them

Mike: Okay, Tom's leaving... Let's talk shit about him!

I've still got my iPhone!!

Has anyone ever sent a VHS that included something that was obviously not intended?

Yes. And the blackmail income has been amazing!

Hey guys, if I post a video of me doing something funny quickly, do think you can throw like 5k my way?

Sure. Meet us in the alley behind the studio

Is it true that AFV makes money off of all the clips people submit, even if they don't win or show up on the show?

I have a friend who submitted her video to AFV years ago, nothing came of it and then she put it up on YouTube and it got popular. When she trued running ads against it, she got a copyright violation strike from AFV.

Seems unfair that you guys make all that money off of other people's work.

We're like the IRS

If the show ever does have a final episode, would you try to get Bob to co-host?

Bob co-hosted a show with me during our 20th season. We just had dinner last week and knocked around some ideas for MY final show next season

Hi. I'm from Sweden and just want to know if you guys are aware that AFV is aired all the way over here.

We are now. (actually, I get tweets from Swedish viewers quite often)

So exactly how many television shows is Tom Bergeron on at this moment?

At THIS moment? None.

What is the process for choosing an episode's funniest video?

Audience voting and alcohol.

What's the one video that you didn't believe was possible - the million-to-one coincidence or insane stroke of good/bad luck - and you were genuinely floored when you confirmed it was real?

Donald Sterling's audio tapes

Do you miss bob?

He's on a shelf in my house.

Did you ever just want to create a New Show called "People Are SO FLIPPING STUPID"??

Yes. But we want to put it on pay cable so we don't have to use "flipping."

What is the worst entry you have ever gotten that you can remember?

Dick Cheney singing Christmas carols

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Absolutely!

Todd: Where do you even go to meet a cute goat, anyway?

Out here old guys have trophy goats

Mike: The problem is, if I did have sex with a goat, and it was a really hot goat, I'd find it hard not to brag about it.

Hey! Get your OWN goat!

Hi Tom! Really appreciate when TV personalities do AMAs.
What is the funniest video submission you have gotten on the show?
My favorite was the guy pretending to be shocked and scaring a guy with a banana

That's a good one. I like the golden retriever who thought his own hind leg was trying to steal his bone.

Hi Tom, Thanks for doing another AMA!

My question is for you and the AFV staff. Do you watch "Game of Thrones" and if you do - who is your favorite character?

Yes. The dragons.

Hi Tom! Which was more fun to host AFV or Hollywood Squares. Love you on afv, lightyears better than daisy and the.... other guy.

I've enjoyed them both. Equally (have to say that. I'm in a room full of AFVers!!)

What would you do for a klondike bar?

Practically nothing. Lactose intolerant.

Who do you think you are?

Napoleon

Is it true you're retiring from AFV, Tom? Please say it ain't so? And what happened to big head Tom?

I'll be leaving after next season, the 25th for AFV. Big Head Tom will make a return visit during my final season!

Tom are you a good dancer??

Yes. If the tequila doesn't run out

Why do we love pop stars? Not just the catch hooks, but the costumes, the rumors, the mythology?

Why are we fascinated by romantic comedies and talk shows even when they insult our intelligence and contradict our politics?

Why do the lives of famous strangers seem so much more real than our own lives?

Because. Just because.

What's the most awkward video you have recieved?

Personally? On advice of my attorney I can't say...

Tom, between Dancing with the Starts, Hollywood Squares, and AFV, what would you say is/was the toughest show to host? Most fun?

Dancing is the easiest because it's live.

Tom, do you hate Bob Saget?

Yes, here's proof: http://imgur.com/VxKrGu1

We're friends. Had dinner last week with Todd Thicke. Check out my Twitter feed @Tom_Bergeron for our Obscene Shellfish pictures...

Obscene shellfish picture: http://i.imgur.com/eubXL1m.png

Do you think well ever see a return of the lovely theme song from the early days? I'm hankering for a hip hop version of 'The Funny Things You Do'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri9HbuimXfI

I used to watch AFV a lot as a child with my family. However, now with the expanded video technology on the internet and other competing reality TV shows, how do you remain relevant to audiences? How do keep drawing people to watch the show?

Mike: We've never been relevant

We don't need no stinkin' relevance!!

First, thanks for the show. Always good entertainment, even if I sometimes disagree with the final voting.

Have you ever thought of doing AFV as a road show? Regional entries? Imagine being in The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH for example. :-)

Always happy to be in The Music Hall in Portsmouth, regardless of the reason.

Fight 1 Bob Saget sized duck, or 100 duck sized Bob Sagets?

Here at Disney, we're still trying to get ducks to wear pants.

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To quote Woody Allen: I don't want to live on in people's memories. I want to live on in my apartment.

Wow. I've been waiting for something like this.

1. How do you guys judge which videos get to go onto the show? Would they be more likely to get onto the show if they're seen at the start of the day, when you are not desensitized to the same pratfalls?

2. How has YouTube changed things for you guys? What did you think of it when it started growing in momentum?

3. What is the ratio of human-to-animal videos you get?

4. Are there any videos you get which you can't show because the people in them get hurt... even if it's amazingly, gut-bustingly funny?

5. There have been a lot of dancing flubs that make it onto AFV. Tom, do you ever feel tempted to sneak footage from the cutting room floor of Dancing With the Stars onto AFV?

Thanks you guys for filling our family rooms with laughter! ...and the occasional gasp of terror.

I'll take questions 3 & 4.

1. 14 to 1

2. Yes

What everyone's favorite color? :)

I just asked everyone. Magenta.

I've heard Bob Sage talking about "jackass" style videos where people say "Americas funniest some videos here I come!" Do you have any stories of videos like these? Do you reject videos that are clearly staged?

Unless they're "Assignment America" requests, which are designed to be staged, we try to avoid staged clips

Can I have the 100,000?

Will you take it in francs?

You live next door to Gary D'ell Abate......be honest, have you ever talked to him and just get lost staring at THOSE TEETH?

They're hypnotizing.

Been watching this show pretty much my whole life. Do you guys find it difficult to compete with the internet at all? I mean any time you can just go YouTube and see guys getting hit in the nuts over and over.

Yes, it's true, you can. But that would be sad.

Hey Tom! Any one particular AFV clip that always makes you crack up?

Yes

Has there ever been a video you believed was fake that go onto the TV show?

Yes. The one where Justin Bieber looked all street.

I've long admired your hosting talents.

Any advice to someone trying to "rise in the ranks" of television hosting gigs?

Wait until I retire.