Zero to Sixty
Apple TV · 2017 · 64 min
The sitcom dad returns to his raunchy stand-up roots.
Bob Saget steps onto the Brooklyn stage determined to prove he is still “the last TV father you can trust” while simultaneously doing everything in his power to test that trust. The performance leans heavily into the stark juxtaposition that defined his entire stand-up career: the wholesome patriarch of 1990s television versus the filthy club comic who cannot go five minutes without a crude joke.\n\nFilmed at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, the 2017 special arrived at a moment when Saget was back in the pop-culture consciousness, reprising his role as Danny Tanner on Netflix’s Fuller House. Yet, Zero to Sixty spends little time basking in sitcom nostalgia. Instead, Saget relies on his signature blue material, taking the stage with an acoustic guitar to play comedic songs, reflecting on his childhood in the 1960s, and detailing a strange fear of doves.\n\nThe reception to the hour highlighted a familiar split among audiences. For long-time fans, Saget’s unscripted crowd work and self-deprecating career anecdotes offered a comforting return to form. For critics, the heavy reliance on shock-value gags and predictable physical humor felt like a comic coasting on a well-worn formula. Still, his ability to control a room and balance dirty non-sequiturs with genuine warmth remains the driving force of the set.
The set list
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Bill Cosby's courtroom defense claiming legal blindness
Mocks Cosby's defense by acting out groping in order to identify accusers by touch, contrasting it with his own clean real-life conduct.
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A comedy club owner offering him Quaaludes in 1980s Cleveland
Recounts being told by a venue owner to drug a waitress to take advantage of her, highlighting his refusal and treating it as a real-life 'just say no' lesson.
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Rodney Dangerfield's expired Viagra pills
Details acquiring outdated Viagra from the late Rodney Dangerfield while contrasting the premise against his younger Brooklyn audience.
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The closer (spoiler). Show it
Closing acoustic comedy songs
Performs original humorous songs on guitar, including a tune described like a filthy 'Give Peace a Chance' that mentions his anatomy.
How it plays
- Tone
- Raunchy, silly, self-deprecating, and warm.
- On stage
- The self-proclaimed 'last TV father you can trust', blending an unabashedly filthy, below-the-belt stand-up persona with warmth, fatherly advice, and genuine affection.
- Pace
- Fast, energetic, free-associative, jumping between topics and tangents.
- About
- aging and reflections on mortality at 60, public TV father persona versus filthy stand-up material, dating, sex, and morality, sexual misconduct scandals in entertainment
What the critics said
Critics noted that while Saget remained devoted to raunchy sex and dick jokes, he demonstrated genuine evolution, warmth, and awareness of changing cultural standards without being cruel.
In the room: A packed, receptive Brooklyn hipster and millennial audience who grew up with his television work and engaged playfully with his crowdwork and riffing.
Backstory
Filmed in 2017 amid national conversations regarding sexual misconduct in entertainment (such as allegations surrounding Bill Cosby), and booked on very short notice when Comedy Dynamics had an available date at the Brooklyn venue.
Details
- Released
- Taped
- The Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- Runtime
- 64 min
- Where
- Apple TV
- Director
- Jay Chapman
- Topics
- Before
- In the Wrong Funnel (1990)
- After
- Stand Up For Pits Comedy Special With Rebecca Corry Hosted By Kaley Cuoco (2018)
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