Bob Saget

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**Robert Lane Saget** (Template:IPAc-en; born May 17, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, television host and director. His television roles include Danny Tanner on the ABC sitcom *Full House* (1987–95) and its Netflix sequel *Fuller House*, and hosting *America's Funniest Home Videos* from 1989 to 1997. Saget is also known for his adult-oriented stand-up routine. He also provided the voice of the future Ted Mosby on the CBS sitcom *How I Met Your Mother* from 2005 to 2014.

Saget's 2014 comedy album, *That's What I'm Talkin' About*, was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

## Early life

Saget was born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family. His father, Benjamin (August 28, 1917 – January 30, 2007), was a supermarket executive, and his mother, Rosalyn "Dolly" (February 12, 1925 – February 15, 2014), was a hospital administrator. Saget lived in California before moving back to Philadelphia and graduating from high school. Saget originally intended to become a doctor, but his Honors English teacher, Elaine Zimmerman, saw his creative potential and urged him to seek a career in films.

Saget attended Temple University's film school, where he created *Through Adam's Eyes*, a black-and-white film about a boy who received reconstructive facial surgery, and was honored with an award of merit in the Student Academy Awards. He graduated with a B.A. in 1978. Saget intended to take graduate courses at the University of Southern California but quit a few days later. Saget describes himself at the time in an article by Glenn Esterly in the 1990 *Saturday Evening Post*: "I was a cocky, overweight twenty-two-year-old. Then I had a gangrenous appendix taken out, almost died, and I got over being cocky or overweight." Saget talked about his burst appendix on *Anytime with Bob Kushell*, saying that it happened on the Fourth of July, at the UCLA Medical Center and that they at first just iced the area for seven hours before taking it out and finding that it had become gangrenous.

## Career

### 1987–2001

Following a short stint as a member of CBS' *The Morning Program* in early 1987, Saget was cast as Danny Tanner in *Full House*, which became a success with family viewers, and landed in the Nielsen ratings' Top 30 beginning with season three. In 1989, Saget began as the host of *America's Funniest Home Videos*, a role he held until 1997. During the early 1990s, Saget worked both on *Full House* and *AFV* simultaneously. In 2009, he returned to *AFV* for the 20th-anniversary one-hour special co-hosted with Tom Bergeron.

Saget directed the 1996 ABC television movie *For Hope*, which was inspired by the life story of his sister, Gay Saget, who died from scleroderma three years earlier.

In 1998, Saget directed his first feature film, *Dirty Work*, starring Norm Macdonald and Artie Lange. Released one year after he left his long-running role as host of *America's Funniest Home Videos*, the film received broadly negative reviews from critics and earned low box office returns. However, it has since become a cult favorite, due partially to Artie Lange's later popularity on *The Howard Stern Show* where the film is sometimes mentioned, often in unflattering terms.

In 1998, Saget made a cameo appearance as a cocaine addict in the stoner comedy *Half Baked*.

### 2001–present

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Saget had a sitcom on The WB titled *Raising Dad*. It co-starred Kat Dennings, Brie Larson, and Jerry Adler and lasted only one season.

Saget was host of NBC's game show *1 vs. 100* from 2006 to 2008.

Saget served as the voice of the future Ted Mosby, who narrated the CBS sitcom *How I Met Your Mother*, which premiered on September 19, 2005.

His HBO comedy special, *That Ain't Right*, came out on DVD on August 28, 2007. It is dedicated to his father, Ben Saget, who died at age 89 on January 30, 2007, due to complications from congestive heart failure.

From 2005 to 2010, Saget had a recurring role in four episodes of the HBO TV series *Entourage* playing a parody of himself. He would later appear in the 2015 feature film based on the series.

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Saget wrote, directed, and starred in *Farce of the Penguins*, a parody of 2005's *March of the Penguins*, which was released direct-to-DVD, in January 2007.

Saget appeared in the Broadway musical *The Drowsy Chaperone* for a limited four-month engagement. He played "Man in Chair" while Jonathan Crombie, who normally played the character on Broadway, was with the national tour of the musical. On January 4, 2008, Saget's caricature was unveiled at Sardi's Restaurant.

In April 2009, he debuted in a new sitcom along with his co-star Cynthia Stevenson on ABC called *Surviving Suburbia*. The series, which was originally to air on The CW, ended after one abbreviated season.

In 2010, Saget starred in an A&E series *Strange Days* in which he follows others in different activities and lifestyles, documenting their adventures in unusual ways.

In 2014, his book *Dirty Daddy* was released, in which Saget writes about his career, comedy influences, and experiences with life and death. He embarked on a small tour in support of the book, including the Pemberton Music Festival, where he introduced Snoop Dogg prior to performing his own set. In the same year, he toured Australia for the first time, with a stand-up show called *Bob Saget Live: The Dirty Daddy Tour*. The show was performed in the major cities of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth.

In 2015 and 2016, he guest-starred in two episodes of *Grandfathered*, starring and produced by his *Full House* co-star, John Stamos.

In 2019, Saget was announced as host of ABC's *Videos After Dark*. Saget will also host the game show *Nashville Squares* on CMT.

## Charity work

Saget is currently a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation. His scleroderma efforts have further benefited such celebrities as *Scary Movie* star Regina Hall.

In an interview with *Ability Magazine*, Saget discussed how his sister was diagnosed with scleroderma at 43 and died at 47. Before that, she had been misdiagnosed many times. Template:Blockquote

## References

1. ↑ "Monitor", Time Inc. (May 18, 2012), p. 29.
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3. ↑ "Benjamin M., Saget, supermarket chain senior executive; 89". JewishJournal.com. February 16, 2007. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113629/http://www.jewishjournal.com/obituaries/article/obituaries\_20070216. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
4. ↑ "Rosalyn C. Saget". Legacy.com. February 16, 2014. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?pid=169854326. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
5. ↑ "Bob Saget". film.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080914072843/http://www.film.com/celebrities/bob-saget/14646642. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
6. ↑ Goldberg, Jennifer (September 7, 2007). "Irreverent Bob Saget plays to full houses". *Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Online*. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081205183022/http://www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?070907+saget. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
7. ↑ "Student Academy Awards Winners" (PDF). Archived from the original on February 7, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060207061453/http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/winners.pdf.
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10. ↑ Snierson, Dan (September 16, 2008). "Bob Saget returns to 'America's Funniest Home Videos' for 20th anniversary celebration".
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12. ↑ "Breaking News - Bob Saget Named as Host for NBC's Newest Game Show Import "1 Vs 100" from Endemol USA". http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2006/08/08/bob-saget-named-as-host-for-nbcs-newest-game-show-import-1-vs-100-from-endemol-usa-21999/20060808nbc04/.
13. ↑ Harnick, Chris (April 11, 2014). "Bob Saget Reveals What He Really Thought About the *How I Met Your Mother* Series Finale" Template:Webarchive. E! Online.
14. ↑ "Photo Coverage: Bob Saget Receives Sardi's Portrait". BroadwayWorld.com. January 7, 2008. Template:Webarchive
15. ↑ "ABC Announces New Sitcom 'Surviving Suburbia'" Template:Webarchive. ABC.com. Press Release. February 4, 2009.
16. ↑ "Bob Saget: Secrets from Full House". http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/bob-saget-reveals-in-his-memoir-dirty-daddy-what-really-went-on-behind-the-scenes-of-full-house/news-story/d7152b28213f4221e975b7bfa5a3e7a9.
17. ↑ Stefano, Angela. "Bob Saget to Host CMT’s New ‘Nashville Squares’ Game Show". Taste of Country. https://tasteofcountry.com/cmt-nashville-squares-game-show/. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
18. ↑ "Regina Hall Discusses Scleroderma". *Ability Magazine*. April–May 2010. http://abilitymagazine.com/regina-hall.html.
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* "Regina Hall Interview". *Ability Magazine*. "Regina Hall Issue", April/May 2010

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