Carrie Tucker, of Greeneville, has been selected by producers of "America's Funniest Home Videos" to have the video she recently made of her bulldog, Bodie, broadcast on a future episode of the popular TV show.

Tucker will fly to Los Angeles on Friday with her family to appear for a taping of "America's Funniest Home Videos."

In Tucker's approximately 60-second video, shot last month, her dog, Bodie, is seen asleep and snoring loudly on the family's couch.

Tucker places a cheese curl on his nose to see if he'll wake up, which he does. Bodie eats the cheese curl, then coughs it out.

The show's producers selected Tucker's video to be one of three videos to be broadcast nationally on one of its weekly shows later this year, perhaps in November.

Tucker said she enjoys shooting videos of her three-year-old son, Elliott, as well as of her four-year-old English bulldog.

She explained the circumstances leading to the video.

On Sept. 3, Tucker thought it would be funny to see if Bodie would awaken from his sleeping and snoring on the living room couch to eat a cheese curl.

"I guess I was feeling a bit mischievous," Tucker recalled. "I wondered what he would do if I put a Cheese Puff on his nose."

After a short time, Bodie woke up and stared at the Cheese Puff, which then fell behind his head.

Carrie picked up the food and fed it to her dog.

"He chewed on it as only a bulldog can. I guess his throat was dry, because he coughed the whole Cheese Puff up through the air."

Tucker showed her video to her husband, Christopher. They agreed the video was "a good one." Maybe she should send it in to "America's Funniest Home Videos," she thought.

Tucker said she used her digital video camera to shoot the brief scene, then uploaded it onto the TV show's Web site.

Tucker is guaranteed to win at least third place on the show, which includes prize money of $2,000. Second place pays $3,000, and first place, a whopping $10,000.

If she wins first place among the three, she will advance to the season's finale and the chance to earn $100,000 if her video wins.

Tucker said her maiden name is Smith, and that she grew up in Greeneville and graduated from Greeneville High School in 1991.

Tucker will enjoy an all-expenses-paid trip this weekend to Manhattan Beach, in the Los Angeles area, along with her husband and son.

She said she considered taking Bodie along on the trip, but worried about his well-being while stored in a cage in the cargo bay of the plane.

"Poor Bodie doesn't get to go," she said.