Bob Saget

Bob Saget
File:Bob Saget, Behind The Velvet Rope TV .05.jpg Saget in 2015
Birth name	Robert Lane Saget
Born	(1956-05-17)May 17, 1956 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Medium	Television, stand-up
Alma mater	Temple University (BA)
Years active	1977–2022
Genres	Character comedy, observational comedy, wit/word play, satire/political satire, black comedy, surreal humor, sarcasm, blue comedy
Spouse	Sherri Kramer (m. 1982; div. 1997) Kelly Rizzo (m. 2018)
Children	3
Website	www.bobsaget.com

Robert Lane Saget (May 17, 1956 – January 9, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, and director. His television roles included Danny Tanner on the ABC sitcom Full House (1987–1995) and its Netflix sequel Fuller House (2016–2020). He hosted America's Funniest Home Videos from 1989 to 1997. Saget was also known for his adult-oriented stand-up routine. He 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 on May 17, 1956, 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 Abington Senior High School in 1975. 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 Bachelor of Arts 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, he 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.

2001–2022

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Bob Saget on stage during the Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour in 2006

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

He served as the voice of the future Ted Mosby, who narrated the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which ran for nine seasons from September 19, 2005 to March 2014.

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.

Saget performing in 2007

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 he 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.

From 2016 to 2020, Saget reprised his role as Danny Tanner for ten episodes of Full House's sequel series, Fuller House, including its series premiere and finale.

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

In 2020, Saget launched a podcast titled Bob Saget's Here For You with Studio71. He also competed in season four of The Masked Singer as "Squiggly Monster".

Charity work

Saget was a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation. His scleroderma efforts 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. She had previously been misdiagnosed numerous times.

Death

On January 9, 2022, Saget, who was staying at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida, was found unresponsive in his room by the hotel staff around 4 p.m. EST. He was pronounced dead upon arrival of emergency responders. No cause of death was immediately available, but there was no foul play or drug use detected at the scene. He had performed a stand-up set in Jacksonville the previous evening.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Through Adam's Eyes		Documentary short, writer/director Student Academy Award – Documentary Merit (Temple University)
1979	Spaced Out	Wurlitzer	uncredited voice role in US-version
1980	Devices	Therapy Patient
1981	Full Moon High	Sportscaster
1985	New Love, American Style	Various	4 episodes
1987	Critical Condition	Dr. Joffe
1993	For Goodness Sake	Surgeon
1997	Meet Wally Sparks	Reporter #4
1998	Half Baked	Cocaine addict	Uncredited
1998	Dirty Work		Director
2003	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Walter Matthews
2004	New York Minute	Himself	Cameo (no lines)
2005	The Aristocrats	Himself	Documentary
2005	Madagascar	Zoo Animal (voice)
2006	Casper's Scare School	Dash (voice)
2007	Farce of the Penguins	Carl (voice)	Direct-to-video; also writer, director, and producer
2015	I Am Chris Farley	Himself	Documentary
2016	A Stand Up Guy	Mel
2019	Benjamin	Ed	Redbox Original; also director and executive producer
TBA	Killing Daniel		Post-production; posthumous release

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Bosom Buddies	Bob the Comic	Episode: "The Show Must Go On"
1983	The Greatest American Hero	Rook	Episode: "Wizards and Warlocks"
1986	It's a Living	Dr. Bartlett	Episode: "The Doctor Danny Show"
1987–1995	Full House	Danny Tanner	192 episodes
1989–1997	America's Funniest Home Videos	Himself/Host	191 episodes, also guest-hosted 1 episode in 2009
1989	The All-New Mickey Mouse Club	Danny Tanner	Episode: "Guest Day"
1992	Quantum Leap	Macklyn "Mack" MacKay	Episode: "Stand Up – April 30, 1959"
1992	To Grandmother's House We Go	Win-O-Lotto Lottery Host	Movie; uncredited
1994	Father and Scout	Spencer Paley	Movie; also executive producer
1996	For Hope		Movie; director and executive producer
1999	Sorority	Dean Tinker	Movie; uncredited
2000	Becoming Dick	Bob	Movie (uncredited); also director
2000	The Norm Show	Mr. Atkitson	Episode: "Norm vs. Schoolin'"; also director
2001–2002	Raising Dad	Matt Stewart	22 episodes
2002	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	Himself	1 episode
2004	Joey	Himself	Episode: "Joey and the Road Trip"
2004	Huff	Butch	Episode: "Flashpants"
2005	Listen Up	Mitch	Episode: "Coach Potato"
2005–2010	Entourage	Himself	4 Episodes
2005–2014	How I Met Your Mother	Ted Mosby (in 2030)	208 episodes; Voice-over narration
2006–2008	1 vs. 100	Himself/Host	Game show (28 episodes)
2006	Casper's Scare School	Dash	Movie; voice role
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Glenn Cheales	Episode: "Choreographed"
2007	That Ain't Right	Himself	Special
2008	The Life & Times of Tim	Party Marty	Episode: "Mugger/Cin City"; voice role
2008	The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget	Himself	Special
2009	Surviving Suburbia	Steve Patterson	13 episodes
2010	Strange Days with Bob Saget	Himself/Host	6 episodes
2011	Law & Order: LA	Adam Brennan	Episode: "Van Nuys"
2011	Louie	Himself	Cameo
2013	That's What I'm Talking About	Himself	Special; also writer and producer Nominated – Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
2014	Super Fun Night	Mr. Porter Warner	Episode: "Cookie Prom"
2014	Legit	Himself	Episode: "Licked"
2015–2016	Grandfathered	Ronnie	2 episodes
2016	Robot Chicken	Mike O'Malley, Galactus, Cable Guy (voices)	Episode: "The Unnamed One"
2016–2020	Fuller House	Danny Tanner	Recurring role; 10 episodes
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Himself	Variety special
2017	Nightcap	Himself	Episode: "Bringing Up Baby"
2018	The Good Cop	Richie Knight	Episode: "Did the TV Star Do It?"
2018	Shameless	Father D'Amico	Episode: "Face It, You're Gorgeous"
2019	Videos After Dark	Himself/Host
2019	Historical Roasts	Abraham Lincoln	Episode: "Abraham Lincoln"
2019	Nashville Squares	Himself/Host
2020	The Masked Singer	Squiggly Monster	Eliminated after 2nd appearance

External links

• Official website
• Bob Saget at the Internet Movie Database
• "Regina Hall Interview". Ability Magazine. "Regina Hall Issue", April/May 2010

Media offices
First	Host of America's Funniest Home Videos 1989–1997	Succeeded by Daisy Fuentes & John Fugelsang
	Host of 1 vs. 100 2006–2008	Succeeded by Carrie Ann Inaba