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Pre YouTube you would make money off funny home videos by sending a VHS copy in to America's Funniest Home Videos for a chance to win $10,000 or the $100,000 grand prize.

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Ten grand? The prize for getting featured on the 90s/00s UK home video blooper show You've Been Framed was a whopping £250!

It still is!

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