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Bob Saget
Saget at the 2007 O&A Traveling Virus at PNC
BornRobert Lane Saget
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
SpouseSherri Kramer (1982-1997)

Robert Lane Saget (born May 17, 1956) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, writer, director, producer, and game show host. He is well known for his role as Danny Tanner in the ABC sitcom Full House from 1987 to 1995, host of America's Funniest Home Videos from 1989 to 1997. Currently he is the host of the NBC game show 1 vs. 100.

Saget is generally known for his clean-cut, family-friendly television persona from the hit shows Full House and America's Funniest Home Videos (which have been widely rerun in syndication for over a decade). In contrast, Saget is also known for using edgy humor in his stand-up comedy acts and movies.

Early life and career

Saget was born in Philadelphia and then moved to Lexington, Virginia when he was two years old. His father was a supermarket executive and a saget administrator. He attended Rockbridge County High School before moving back to Philadelphia and graduating from Abington Senior High School. Saget originally intended on becoming a doctor, but his honors English teacher, Elaine Zimmerman, saw his creative potential and urged him to seek a career in films.

He later enrolled at Temple University's film school, where he made a student film, Through Adam's Eyes, a black and white film about a boy who received reconstructive facial surgery. In 1978 the film was honored with an award of merit in the Student Academy Awards. Saget enrolled in graduate school at the University of Southern California, but later quit school a few days later. Saget describes himself at the time in an article by Glenn Esterly in the Saturday Evening Post: "I was a cocky, overweight 22 year-old. Then I had a gangrenous appendix taken out, almost died, and I got over being cocky or overweight"

Saget started doing stand-up comedy, and did a number of national tours. Later, in 1987, Saget become the co-host of Morning Program, CBS's morning show, where he also wrote and produced content for the show. However, Saget left the show after only six months due to low ratings and both Saget and producers feeling he was not meant for the mornings.

Full House and America's Funniest Home Videos

Soon after, Saget was cast as Danny Tanner in Full House which became a huge success through family viewers; landing in the Nielsen Ratings's Top 30 from the third season onward. In 1989, Saget was cast as the host of America's Funniest Home Videos which also became a smash hit. For his viewers, he would often comment on the movie clips using different voices to make most of the clips funnier. From 1989-1995, Saget was quite busy with his career, doing both Full House and AFV simultaneously. In 1995, Full House ended its run after 8 years (due to increasing production costs) and Saget continued to host AFV, despite his desire to pursue other works. In 1997, his contract finally expired and he left the show. His former Full House cast (except for the Olsen Twins) were present at his last episode.

Continued career

Saget is currently host of NBC's game show 1 vs. 100, which debuted October 13, 2006, and the uncredited narrator of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, that premiered on September 19, 2005.

His HBO comedy special That Ain't Right came out on DVD on August 28, 2007.

He will be appearing the Broadway musical The Drowsy Chaperone for a limited 4-month engagement playing "Man in chair" while Jonathon Crombie, who normally plays the character on Broadway, is touring with the national tour.

Other works

Saget's sister died of scleroderma. Her life story was the inspiration for Saget's 1996 ABC television movie, For Hope, which he directed. Saget is currently a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation.

In 2006, Jamie Kennedy released a rap song and music video entitled Rollin' With Saget which featured Saget.

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

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Filmography and TV appearances

References

  1. ^ Contemporary Authors: Gale Reference Team (2004), Biography - Saget, Bob, Thomson Gale
  2. "www.oscars.org/saa/winners/winners.pdf" (PDF).

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Preceded byFirst Host Host of America's Funniest Home Videos
1990–1997 		Succeeded byDaisy Fuentes and John Fugelsang
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