The Planet's Funniest Animals

The Planet's Funniest Animals
Title card
Genre	Entertainment Clip show
Created by	Brad Lachman
Presented by	Matt Gallant (1999–2005) Keegan-Michael Key (2005–2008) Richard Arnold (UK) Piotr Zelt (Poland) Elżbieta Zającówna (Poland)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Brad Lachman Productions
Distributor	Unapix International[1] TVFilmBiz[2]
Release
Original network	Animal Planet
Picture format	4:3
Original release	February 17, 1999 (1999-02-17) – September 13, 2008 (2008-09-13)
Chronology
Related shows	The World's Funniest! Funniest Pets & People Animals Do the Funniest Things

The Planet's Funniest Animals is an American video clip television program that ran from 1999 until 2008 on Animal Planet and hosted by Matt Gallant and Keegan-Michael Key.

Background[]

Following a similar format as America's Funniest Home Videos and others, the program shows a series of home movies on video submitted by viewers featuring humorous and odd behavior by pets and animals that are voiced over by the host, who usually describes the action in the clips in a funny way. The show was taped before a live studio audience; however, for some clips, a laugh track was used in place of the audience's laughter. The show was originally hosted by Animal Planet announcer Matt Gallant until 2005 and then hosted by MADtv cast member Keegan-Michael Key until the show's ending. The announcer was John Cramer. In 2005, there was a studio audience in this set. The show's regular features include "Ani-Mail", where the host reads "letters from viewers" (it has not been verified that the letters read on the show are sent from actual viewers) and shows clips demonstrating his reply. The show also features a "Animals in the News" part where the host has a newscast only with clips and photos to associate with. And there's a clip in the show called "This Old Clip" (a parody on the home-improvement show This Old House) where it shows a regular clip.

Brad Lachman Productions produced several series based on similar formats (while including human participants), including The World's Funniest! for Fox from 1997 to 2000, and Funniest Pets & People, for first-run syndication beginning in 2006.

International versions[]

A British version of the show was also created by Brad Lachman Productions with the same set, music and the same canned laughter. Hosted by Richard Arnold, it is often shown on the ITV Network and ITV2. The UK version has a few added features, such as a post bag, where viewers send in their funny stories, and they would be read out on the show. ITV and ITV2 have also transmitted the similar series, Animals Do the Funniest Things. The US version was also broadcast on ITV2 throughout its entirety.

International broadcasts[]

Country	Network	Date aired
United States	Animal Planet	1999–2008
United Kingdom	ITV, ITV2	1999–2008
Philippines	Q, GMA News TV	2007–2010, 2012–2014
Romania	Antena 1	2002–2005
Poland	Polsat, Polsat 2	2001–2003
Italy	Happy Channel	2004–2005
Thailand	Channel 3	n/a
Bulgaria	bTV	2000-2013

References[]

External links[]

• The Planet's Funniest Animals at IMDb