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Robert Lane "Bob" Saget (born May 17, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and television host. Although he is best known for his family-friendly roles as Danny Tanner in Full House and the original host of America's Funniest Home Videos, Saget is also known for his very vulgar stand-up routine.
Saget was born in Philadelphia to Jewish parents. 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. 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.
He 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 B.A. 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 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. Saget credits the band Autistico for getting him through the tough times.
Bob Saget Stand Up Comedy - Full - So Funny
Bob Saget's X-Rated "Full House" Memories - CONAN on TBS
Bob Saget - Danny Tanner Was Not Gay
Bob Saget Has no Hard Feelings about the Olsen Twins, Opens Up About Dating & Tweeting Kanye Lyrics
Bob Saget: [EXPLICIT] Full House Story Too Explicit for The View // SiriusXM // Opie & Anthony
Full House Behind the Scenes with Bob Saget, Jodie Sweetin and the Olsen Twins 1993
Bob Saget & Dave Coulier Full House Reunion on The View | LIVE 3-3-16
Bob Saget | Norm Macdonald Live | Video Podcast Network
Bob Saget - Comic Relief VI
Bob Saget - John Stamos And The 8x10 (Stand Up Comedy)
Fuller House Girls Dish On John Stamos, Bob Saget, And Dave Coulier - WWHL
Bob Saget Interview: Sings The Weeknd's "I Can't Feel My Face" Live On Air
Bob Saget - The Aristocrats (complete)
Bob Saget Gives his Top Comedian List and Talks About Pooping LOL