"I'm so glad he did," Saget says, "because the show affected me when I saw it." Speaking of his character, he remarks, "He's a monologuist. In his three daughters, ages 20, 18, and 15, he radiates paternal pride.īob Boyett, one of the producers of The Drowsy Chaperone (and, not by coincidence, an executive producer of Full House), recruited Saget to play Man in Chair. Then he'll mention raising funds for research into scleroderma - a disease to which his sister Gay succumbed - with a humanitarian's eloquence. Saget calls himself an anomaly and his comedy sophomoric. He still narrates the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and hosts the game show 1 vs. He's appeared in a music video, "Rollin' With Saget" he's made stereotype-defying cameos on Law & Order: SVU and Huff. Often he's behind the lens directing TV movies or else spearheading projects such as the straight-to-DVD parody Farce of the Penguins. Also in 2005 was Saget's first New York stage credit, playing an Ivan Boesky-like dad Off-Broadway in Paul Weitz's Privilege. Today, mothers stop him in Times Square and praise his Full House work, while their adult children hoot over his act - and his filthy yet fertile comic mind.Īnd that's half his résumé. Post- Full House, Saget aimed to remake his image far from that of a wholesome dad - and in Paul Provenza's 2005 film The Aristocrats, Saget's 12-minute potty-mouth cameo did the trick. Those things - combined with a dirty sense of humor, which he had - is the gift I inherited."Ĭall Saget multitalented or an industry punch line, it's clear he's had an odd, varied career: eight seasons as Danny Tanner on ABC's Full House, eight seasons hosting America's Funniest Home Videos, and untold years polishing a standup act so blue Redd Foxx would blush. He had incredible ethics when it came to work and family. He taught me that kindness isn't just a virtue but something we do to make the world a better place. ![]() It's the right thing to do." It doesn't seem like a pose.Įarlier, Saget mentioned his late father, a supermarket executive with whom he was close: "He never gave career advice, but he did say to do whatever you can to help people, to be kind. After lunch, he leaves our waiter a 100 percent tip. ![]() And while you get such clues watching Bob Saget, currently making his Broadway debut as Man in Chair in the Tony-winning musical The Drowsy Chaperone, you also get them from his offstage behavior. An actor's onstage behavior sometimes offers clues as to who he or she really is.
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