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Season 1 · 16 episodes · Jan 14, 1990

  1. Episode 1

    Pilot

    Jan 14, 1990

    Swimming pool collapse; water-skiing mishaps. This was the first episode in which people got to vote for the winner.

  2. Episode 2

    Weddings

    Jan 21, 1990

    Blowing out birthday candles; baby plays the drums.

  3. Episode 3

    February 4, 1990

    Feb 4, 1990

    A man recruiting fellow airplane passengers to help him propose to a woman waiting to greet him in the terminal; a sky diver who leaps with a lawn chair; skiing a flooded street; entries featuring babies' first tastes of different foods.

  4. Episode 4

    February 11, 1990

    Feb 11, 1990

    Bride interrupts ceremony to go to rest room; wrestling kittens; people suddenly losing their clothes.

  5. Episode 5

    February 18, 1990

    Feb 18, 1990

    Dog pulls master's ""tail""; equestrian accidents; dog plays piano; boy tries to flee his shadow.

  6. Episode 6

    March 4, 1990

    Mar 4, 1990

    Do-it-yourselfers; water skiers; amateur magicians.

  7. Episode 7

    March 11, 1990

    Mar 11, 1990

    Practical jokes; bicyclists; ""dueling"" earlobes.

  8. Episode 8

    March 18, 1990

    Mar 18, 1990

    Oddball sports; people who don't watch where they're going.

  9. Episode 9

    April 1, 1990

    Apr 1, 1990

    Stagestruck children; golf gaffes.

  10. Episode 10

    April 8, 1990

    Apr 8, 1990

    Auto mishaps in snow; astronauts.

  11. Episode 11

    April 15, 1990

    Apr 15, 1990

    Dog bowling; Easter egg hunt; baby's first haircut; Birthday bloopers.

  12. Episode 12

    April 29, 1990

    Apr 29, 1990

    Talking 3-month-old; do-it-yourself disasters; baseball bloopers; a man who messes up the National Anthem; animals taking revenge on their owners; rodeo mishaps. Finalists: 'Love Bird' (Winner), 'Baby Who Says I Love You' (2nd Place), and 'Man Who Sings the National Anthem' (3rd place).

  13. Episode 13

    May 6, 1990

    May 6, 1990

    A ballerina gets wrapped up in her work . . . and the stage curtain; basketball plays, including donkey basketball; young entertainers; toddlers talk; the ups and downs of yo-yoing.

  14. Episode 14

    May 13, 1990

    May 13, 1990

    Kissing bridegroom; parasailing; a cat, a canary and a fish.

  15. Episode 15

    May 20, 1990

    May 20, 1990

    The grand prize winner is selected. Possible winners include a boy dealing with trick candles; a dog that says ""mama""; kids sledding into their houses; and a woman caught in a dishwasher.

  16. Episode 16

    Grand-prize winner

    May 20, 1990