The Planet's Funniest Animals is an American comedy and clip show.
Broadcast[]
Animal Planet: 2/17/1999 - 9/6/2008
Hosts[]
- Matt Gallant (1999-2005)
- Keegan-Michael Key (2005-2008)
Announcer[]
John Cramer
Premise[]
The show is similar to America's Funniest Home Videos, but there are only home videos of pets and animals. And of course, they have to be of situations gone wild with the animals or pets. The funniest video out of all the videos gets the grand prize.
Music[]
- Gregg Kellogg
- Jeremy Sweet
Spinoff[]
Funniest Pets & People - a spinoff similar to Planet's Funniest Animals and AFV.
In Popular Culture[]
Saturday Night Live did two parodies entitled, "America's Funniest Cats" and "America's Funniest Pets". The "America's Funniest Pets" version had Tom Hanks portray Ron Howard as the host. In the "America's Funniest Cats" version, Finn Raynal-Beads (portrayed by Adam Driver) hosted, even though he claims his name is Finn Reynolds.
International Versions[]
A British version was aired on ITV.