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'''Bob Saget''' (born '''Robert Lane Saget''' on ], ] in ]) is an ] ], ] and ] ] best known for his role as ] in the ] ] '']'' from 1987 to 1995, as host of '']'' from 1989 to 1997 and as host of '']'' since 2006. '''Bob Saget''' (born '''Robert Lane Saget''' on ], ] in ]) is an ] ], ] and ] ] best known for his role as ] in the ] ] '']'' from 1987 to 1995, as host of '']'' from 1989 to 1997 and as host of '']'' since 2006.

Saget is generally known for his clean-cut, ] television persona from the hit shows ''Full House'' and ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' (which have been widely ] in ] for over a decade). In contrast, Saget is known for using vulgar language and risque subject matter in his stand-up comedy act and frequent appearance on the ]. He has, as a result, become a frequent subject of ] and ], in which he sometimes willingly participates.


== Early life and career == == Early life and career ==
Saget was born in ] and then moved to ] when he was two years old. He attended Rockbridge County High School before moving back to Philadelphia and graduating from ]; he has since been enshrined in its Hall of Fame. He later enrolled at ], where he made a student film, ''Through Adam's Eyes'', which in 1977 was honored with an award of merit in the ].<ref>http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/winners.pdf</ref> Saget was born in ] and then moved to ] when he was two years old. He attended Rockbridge County High School before moving back to Philadelphia and graduating from ]; he has since been enshrined in its Hall of Fame. He later enrolled at ], where he made a student film, ''Through Adam's Eyes'', which in 1977 was honored with an award of merit in the ].<ref>http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/winners.pdf</ref>

After college, Saget took a number of small-scale parts and began his relatively unknown stand-up comedy career before achieving national recognition with his role of Danny Tanner on ''Full House''. He played the widowed father of three daughters. He also became the first host of '']''. Bob Saget was the first person (since ] in the 1950s) to star in two simultaneous prime-time television shows, and both shows were often in the top-ten TV ratings.

== ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' ==
On ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' Bob Saget was virtually the entire cast. He was seen on-camera, introducing video clips of accident-prone people and amazing animals. He was also heard as a voice-over performer, narrating or supplying funny voices for these same clips. The scripted material that Saget had to read for the studio audience was often embarrassingly weak (causing some viewers to unfairly blame Saget himself for the low humor content), but he was very inventive and witty in the voice-overs, often indulging in celebrity impersonations, dialect humor, and clever puns.

Saget soon tired of the restrictive format, and the producers' ill-conceived ideas also made Saget look bad: having him interact with an unfunny video cartoon character; holding a nationwide contest to find a co-host for Saget; forcing him to use silly props; hiring other performers to heckle him. Saget was anxious to pursue other opportunities in the entertainment industry, but his producers adamantly refused to release him from his contract. His frustration grew when ''Full House'' was cancelled but ''Videos'' wasn't. Some of this frustration was visible on the air: Saget began making pointed comments about his "binding legal agreement" and his inept producers. During the last year of his contract, Saget obviously wanted to be somewhere else. He was putting only the minimum amount of enthusiasm in his performances, which finally came to an end in 1997.

==Standup persona==

In contrast to his mild, family-friendly manner on the aforementioned television programs, Saget is also known for raunchy, unabashedly vulgar stand-up comedy routines. In the mid-'80s, cable viewers got a taste of his early stand-up routine when he was featured on one of ]'s ] specials. He appeared alongside up-and-coming comedians like ], ], ], and ]. His brief appearance in '']'' (1998) was a shock to many viewers who were not familiar with Saget's standup material. His one piece of dialogue, in which he explains that he used to perform ] for ], is one of the more infamous lines from the movie. His performance of the traditional joke "]" (in the 2005 ]) is arguably the foulest telling in the film.

His stand-up routine typically finds him making fun of his incredibly clean-cut television image and deriding the quality of ''Full House''. Regardless, like others on the show, he remains close to his cast mates, and even at times tours on the stand-up circuit with ]. Saget uses ] as a large part of his act.

==Continued career==
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After an unsuccessful comeback sitcom, '']'', in 2001, Saget turned to directing. He is currently acting on stage in ] and serves as the ] playing the older Ted in the ] sitcom '']'', which debuted ], ].

Saget's sister died of ]. Her life story was the inspiration for Saget's semi-] ABC ], '']'', which he directed. Saget is currently a board member of the , the only organization in the United States dedicated solely to finding a cure for the disease. Among other causes, Saget has also donated extensively to the ].{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

Saget reprised his bad boy image once again in a Season 2 episode of '']'' playing himself and the next door neighbor of Vincent Chase.

In ], ] released a ] and ] entitled "]" which featured Saget.

Saget wrote, directed, and stars in '']'', a parody of ]'s '']'', that was released ] in January 2007.

On ], ], ] announced that Bob Saget would host NBC's new game show '']'', which debuted ], ].

Bob Saget has also recently developed a relationship with radio hosts ]. He performed at most of the shows on the ] in the summer of 2006. He occasionally calls in and makes live studio appearances.

Saget also frequently makes appearances on the morning show '']'' for ].

Bob Saget also plays the role of Commissioner for a southeast Pennsylvania-based ] company, ], although his appearances are few.

An episode of ] made reference to Bob Saget's vulgarities. ] was the host of the episode, and played himself in a sketch where ] plays a video rental store clerk who is very skilled at his job. A mother and child are shocked to meet Jeff Goldblum at the same time he is renting an X-rated movie, to which he clerk tells Goldblum "Do not worry. You are not alone. I meet Bob Saget a lot, he rents a lot of films in which have woman-woman relationships. Great guy, in my opinion."

On ] ], Saget appeared at ]'s (NYU) Skirball Center for the performing arts, and performed two hour and a half shows that will be edited together to create his upcoming ] Stand up special. The act referenced, among his usual fair of self-parody, vulgarity, and raunch, several references to ] joke and film, and the effect it has had on his public image.

Saget appeared on '']'' on ], ]. ] was doing a week of shows in ], and while taping a tour of the city, he went to the Tanner house from ]. When Conan knocked on the door, Saget surprisingly answered, claiming that they had never left after the series ended. ''Late Night'' then spoofed the Full House introduction. Afterwards, Saget accompanied Conan on a tour of San Francisco in a GoCar, which had to be pushed uphill. Saget and Conan then abandoned the GoCar on top of a San Francisco hill.


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Bob Saget
BornRobert Lane Saget
Height6ft 4in (1.93 m)
SpouseSherri Kramer (1982 - 1997) (divorced) 3 children

Bob Saget (born Robert Lane Saget on May 17, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and game show host best known for his role as Danny Tanner in the ABC sitcom Full House from 1987 to 1995, as host of America's Funniest Home Videos from 1989 to 1997 and as host of 1 vs. 100 since 2006.

Early life and career

Saget was born in Philadelphia and then moved to Lexington, Virginia when he was two years old. He attended Rockbridge County High School before moving back to Philadelphia and graduating from Abington Senior High School; he has since been enshrined in its Hall of Fame. He later enrolled at Temple University, where he made a student film, Through Adam's Eyes, which in 1977 was honored with an award of merit in the Student Academy Awards.

Filmography and TV appearances

Discography

References

  1. http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/winners.pdf

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