Welcome to the very first episode of 2008! A brand new year and season of funniest videos is underway! RULE CHANGES: 1. The top prize is now raised from $10000 to $20000. 2. The first runner up gets $5000. Second runner up gets $3000. 3. For this episode, we will choose seven videos. The field will be narrowed down to nine. It will return to normal next episode. This part contains the opening sequence (including ABC Ident, In color, Walt Disney Productions Presents), and the first set of videos of 2008! Note: During Part 2, we will open AFHV’s Xmas Album. This part is where we collect some Xmas videos over the holiday break.

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