Bob Saget
He told vile jokes with the polite smile of a morning host.
3 specials · 1990–2018
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He stands on stage looking like an uncle asked to give a toast. He might hold a guitar. He leans into the mic and says something so deeply filthy that the audience gasps before they laugh. Then he offers a small, polite chuckle, maybe a little wave, and moves to the next atrocity. The whole act runs on the gap between what you see and what you hear.
Specials
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Stand Up For Pits Comedy Special With Rebecca Corry Hosted By Kaley Cuoco
Dirty jokes and animal rescue at an Avalon Hollywood fundraiser.
Comedy Dynamics · 66 min
On stage
For decades, he lived a strange split reality. To the public, he was the cleanest dad on television. To comedians, he was a road dog who never lost his appetite for the most offensive punchlines available. He was the guy other comics walked to the back of the room to watch.
His sets operated as a stream of consciousness where the goal was to find the worst possible angle on a benign subject. He leaned heavily on bodily fluids, uncomfortable family dynamics, and ruining basic innocence. The bits were rarely tight or polished. Sometimes he just said a terrible thing and let the shock do the work. The punchline was always, at some level, the fact that Bob Saget was the person saying it.
That tension fueled his stage work long before his death in 2022. He spent years anchoring network sitcoms and clip shows, smiling through minor domestic problems, knowing exactly what he planned to say into a microphone later that night.
Turning points
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Breakthrough Casting as Danny Tanner on Full House
After a brief morning television role, Saget was cast as Danny Tanner on Full House, rocketing him to national fame and cementing his dual life as an iconic TV dad and an underground blue comic.
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Directorial Debut with Cult Comedy Dirty Work
Following his departure from America's Funniest Home Videos, Saget directed the feature comedy Dirty Work starring Norm Macdonald and Artie Lange, which went on to earn a devoted cult following.
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2013–2014
Grammy Nomination for That's What I'm Talkin' About
Saget released his live comedy album That's What I'm Talkin' About, securing critical acclaim and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album.
At a glance
Fans also like
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Norm MacdonaldNorm Macdonald shared Saget's dry appreciation for subverting audience expectations and starred in Saget's feature directorial debut Dirty Work.
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Dane Cook
A longtime comedic peer and friend who shared Saget's background in high-energy, boundary-pushing club standup and was the final guest on his podcast.
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Margaret ChoA fellow standup contemporary whom Saget mentored and supported since their San Francisco club days, sharing an appetite for unfiltered and provocative humor.
Podcasts
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Bob Saget's Here For You · host
An interview podcast where Bob Saget converses with friends and notable figures using empathy, humor, and signature free-associative tangents.
Also on screen
- 1987–1995
- Full House
- MMC
- 2001–2002
- Raising Dad
- 2005–2014
- How I Met Your Mother
- 2005–2010
- Entourage
A clip to start with
A Young Bob Saget Performs at Dangerfield’s (1984)