Robert Lane "Bob" Saget
(born May 17, 1956) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, television host, and filmmaker. Although he is best known for his past roles in the family-oriented shows Full House
and America's Funniest Home Videos
, Saget is known outside of television for his starkly blue stand-up routine. [1] He is currently starring in the ABC sitcom Surviving Suburbia
.
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Early life and career
Saget was born in
Philadelphia. His father, Benjamin, was a supermarket executive and his mother, Rosalyn, was a hospital administrator. Saget lived in
Norfolk, Virginia and
Encino, California before moving back to
Philadelphia and graduating from
Abington Senior High School.
[2] [3] [4] 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.
[1]
He enrolled at
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. In 1978, the film was honored with an award of merit in the
Student Academy Awards.
[6] Saget enrolled in graduate school 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,
Saturday Evening Post
, "I was a cocky, overweight twenty-two-year-old. Then I had a
gangrenous appendix taken out, almost killed myself, 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 UCLASS 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.
[7]
Saget started performing stand-up comedy and did a number of national tours. Later, in 1987, he became the co-host of
The Morning Program
; an attempt by
CBS to take a different direction with
morning television, where he also wrote and produced content for the show.
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 and landed 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. During the early 1990s, Saget was quite busy with his career, doing both
Full House
and
AFV
simultaneously. In 1995,
Full House
ended its run after eight years (due to increasing production costs), and Saget continued to host
AFV
, despite his desire to move on. In 1997, his contract finally expired, and he left the show. His former
Full House
cast were present at his last episode.
Continued career
Saget was also 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. It is dedicated to his father, Ben Saget, who died on January 30, 2007, due to complications from congestive heart failure. He was 89.
Saget appeared in the
Broadway musical,
"The Drowsy Chaperone,"
for a limited four-month engagement. He played, "Man in Chair," while Jonathon 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.
[8]
On August 17, 2008, Saget was roasted by
Comedy Central in a special titled
The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
.
In April 2009, he debuted in a new sitcom along with his co-star
Cynthia Stevenson on
ABC called
Surviving Suburbia
.
[9]
Other works
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.
Saget is currently a board member of the .
In 1998 Saget played a coke-head in the stoner-comedy classic "Half Baked".
In 2006,
Jamie Kennedy released a
rap song and
music video entitled
Rollin' with Saget
, which featured Saget and is on his website.
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.
Filmography and TV appearances
- Surviving Suburbia
(2009)
- Roast of Bob Saget
as guest of honor (2008)
- Rove
as himself. Appeared while Rove was in Los Angeles. Comedy duo Hamish and Andy visited several stars' homes in an attempt to convince them to join their fictional gang, the "Gangaroos." Bob was the only one to accept. (2007)
- Farce of the Penguins
, director (2007)
- The Art of Making Cheese
as host
- 1 vs. 100
as host
- Law & Order: SVU
in episode: "Choreographed"
- Blowin' Up
as himself in Episode 1 (2006)
- Farce of the Penguins
(2006)
- Army Armine
(2006?)
- Casper's Scare School
(2006)
- How I Met Your Mother
as narrator (2005–Present)
- Madagascar
(voice) (2005)
- Entourage
2 Episodes
- The Aristocrats
(2005)
- Huff
as Butch in Episode 5 "Flashpants" (2004)
- New York Minute
(2004) (cameo)
- Joey
as himself in Episode 11 "Joey and the Roadtrip" (2004)
- Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
(2003)
- Raising Dad
(2001)
- Becoming Dick
(2000)
- Half Baked
(1998)
- Dirty Work
(1998)
- Jitters
(1997)
- For Hope
(1996)
- Father and Scout
(1994)
- The Larry Sanders Show
(1992,1994) as himself in "Hey Now" and "Office Romance"
- Quantum Leap
as Macklyn "Mack" MacKay in Episode 73 "Stand Up" (1992)
- America's Funniest Home Videos
as host (1989–1997)
- Full House
(1987–1995) as Danny Tanner
- Critical Condition
(1987)
- The Morning Program
(1987)
- New Love, American Style
(1985)
- The Greatest American Hero
(1983)
- Apartment Hunting
(1981)
- Full Moon High
(1981)
- Bosom Buddies
(1981)
- Devices
(1980)
- Outer Touch
(1979)
- Through Adam's Eyes
(1977)
References
- Biography - Saget, Bob
- Bob Saget's Full Mouth
- Bob Saget
- Irreverent Bob Saget plays to full houses
- Biography - Saget, Bob
- Student Academy Awards Winners
- Anytime with Bob Kushell feat. Bob Sagat
- Photo Coverage: Bob Saget Receives Sardi's Portrait (BroadwayWorld.com)
- ABC Announces New Sitcom "Surviving Suburbia"