The Planet's Funniest Animals

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The Planet's Funniest Animals
Matt Gallant was the first host of The Planet's Funniest Animals - USA
Genre	Entertainment
Created by	Brad Lachman
Presented by	Matt Gallant, Keegan-Michael Key(USA); Richard Arnold (UK)
Production
Producer(s)	Brad Lachman Productions
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Animal Planet (USA); ITV (UK)
Picture format	4:3
Original run	1999 – Present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Planet's Funniest Animals is a United States television program featured on the Animal Planet cable channel. 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. However, there is no studio audience, so a laugh track is used. The show was originally hosted by Animal Planet announcer Matt Gallant until 2005 and is now hosted by MADtv cast member Keegan-Michael Key. 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.

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 GMTV's Richard Arnold, it is often shown on ITV1 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.