At 18, Chris Aable had developed a new TV Show, "America's Crazy Home Videos". Chris met with Director Steve Niles who filmed Aable's intros to several home videos acquired from fellow actor friends. However, as a pilot, the show did not air commercially but aired in 1987 on the non-profit channel at Century Cable in Los Angeles. At the same time, Aable presented the pilot to Mark Justin in Project Development at Fox TV. Mark welcomed the pilot but his superiors at Fox did not fully realize its potential. Thus, the project was put on hold as Aable went on to pursue master's degrees in Psychology and Sociology.
Aable's pilot was produced two years before Vin Di Bona's "America's Funniest Home Videos" in 1989. Di Bona has stated that his concept was not based on Aable's pilot, but on a Japan show, "Fun TV with Kato". Is it merely coincidental that Di Bona's is almost exactly the same in name and format as Aable's and Di Bona began production soon after Aable’s had aired? Additionally, why would Di Bona's start each show with an unusual disclaimer that his version is based on an unheard of show in a foreign language which aired only a small portion of its time for home videos? It is also curious that in early 1987 Aable's production featured a crack-up segment of Jim J. Bullock's cat, and later that same year Di Bona produced a TV show entitled "Animal Crack-ups." To date it is unknown if a lawsuit has been filed or if there has been an out-of-court settlement.
Aable's pilot was produced two years before Vin Di Bona's "America's Funniest Home Videos" in 1989. Di Bona has stated that his concept was not based on Aable's pilot, but on a Japan show, "Fun TV with Kato". Is it merely coincidental that Di Bona's is almost exactly the same in name and format as Aable's and Di Bona began production soon after Aable’s had aired? Additionally, why would Di Bona's start each show with an unusual disclaimer that his version is based on an unheard of show in a foreign language which aired only a small portion of its time for home videos? It is also curious that in early 1987 Aable's production featured a crack-up segment of Jim J. Bullock's cat, and later that same year Di Bona produced a TV show entitled "Animal Crack-ups." To date it is unknown if a lawsuit has been filed or if there has been an out-of-court settlement.
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