Bob Saget

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. Since 2005, he has provided the voice of the future Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother. Early life: Saget was born on May 17, 1956 in Philadelphia to Jewish family. His father, Benjamin, was a supermarket executive, and his mother, Rosalyn, was a hospital administrator. Saget lived in Norfolk, Virginia and in 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. His friends called him "Sags". 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 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. Saget credits the band Autistico for getting him through the tough times. Career: Early career: Saget started performing stand-up comedy and did a number of national tours. Later, in 1987, he became the co-host of The Morning Program--an attempt by CBS to take a different direction with morning television--for which he also wrote and produced content. Full House and America's Funniest Home Videos: Soon after, Saget was cast as Danny Tanner in Full House, which became a huge success through family viewers and landed in the Nielsen ratings's Top 30 from the third season onward. In 1989 Saget was cast 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, and in 2009 had turn to AFV for a 20th anniversary one-hour special co-hosted with Tom Bergeron. Continued career: Saget was also the host of NBC's game show 1 vs. 100, which debuted October 13, 2006. He plays the narrator of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which premiered on September 19, 2005. In the series he portrays the future version of the protagonist Ted Mosby. Throughout the series, only his voice is heard and it is yet to be seen if he will make an appearance. 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 on January 30, 2007, due to complications from congestive heart failure. He was 89. He has had recurring roles in HBO's Entourage playing a parody of himself. 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. On August 17, 2008, Saget was roasted by Comedy Central in a special, titled The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget. 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. Directing career: 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, Saget directed his first feature film Dirty Work, starring Norm Macdonald and Artie Lange. Coming off 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. 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. Other works: In 1998, Saget made a cameo appearance as a cocaine addict in the stoner comedy Half Baked. In 2006, Jamie Kennedy released a rap song and music video entitled "Rollin' with Saget", which featured Saget and is on his website. 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. Charity work: Saget is currently a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation. His scleroderma efforts have further benefited such celebrities as Scary Movies star Regina Hall. In an interview with Ability Magazine, Saget discussed how his sister was diagnosed with scleroderma at 43, and died at 47. Before that, she had been misdiagnosed many times. "Unfortunately, rheumatologists in a lot of places don't have very many scleroderma patients come through their labs, and no one knew what to do with her. I wish I'd known then what I know now." Because of this, Saget is involved in many fundraising benefits, towards finding a cure for this disease. "Nobody knew about the disease at that time. Rosie O'Donnell, Ellen DeGeneres, and myself all got involved in the benefit, but this was 25 years ago, and none of us had any real television life to speak of. Sharon Monsky, who founded the Scleroderma Research Foundation, organized that benefit." "There's also a Scleroderma Foundation, and we're separate from them, but one of the Scleroderma Foundation board heads is also on the Scleroderma Research Foundation board. We're all basically trying to cure the same thing. Our organization has raised $25 million for research. Our chairman, Luke Evnin, is an amazing man, and lives up in San Francisco with his wife, Deann Wright. They're both brilliant scientists and doctors. Dana Delany's on the board, Caryn Zucker, Kristen Baker Bellamy, who lost her mother to scleroderma, and is married to Bill Bellamy. Robin Williams worked our first benefit. A number of celebrities sign on, which helps to give the disease a higher profile. As you may know, Regina, a significant number of the people who get scleroderma are African-American." Television and filmography: Year Film/Television Role Notes 1979 Outer Touch Voice of Wurlitzer Voice, Also writer 1980 Devices Therapy Patient 1981 Full High Moon Sportscaster Bosom Buddies Bob the Comic Episode: "The Show Must Go On" 1983 The Greatest American Hero Rook Episode: "Wizards and Warlocks" 1985 New Love, American Style Comedy Vignettes unknown episodes 1986 It's a Living Dr. Bartlett Episode: "The Doctor Danny Show" 1987 Critical Condition Dr. Joffe 1987-1995 Full House Daniel 'Danny' Tanner 192 episodes 1989-1997; 2009 America's Funniest Home Videos Himself (host) 1989 MMC Episode: Guest Day" 1992 Quantum Leap Macklyn "Mack" MacKay Episode: "Stand Up - April 30, 1959" To Grandmother's House We Go Win-O-Lotto Lottery Host TV film, uncredited' 1993 For Goodness Sake Surgeon 1994 Father and Scout Spencer Paley TV film, Also executive producer 1997 Meet Wally Sparks Reporter #4 1998 Half Baked Cocaine Addict uncredited 1999 Sorority Dean Tinker TV film, uncredited 2000 Becoming Dick Bob TV film, uncredited, Also director The Norm Show Mr. Atkitson Episode: "Norm vs. Schoolin'", Also director 2001-2002 Raising Dad Matt Stewart 17 episodes 2003 Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Walter 2004 New York Minute Himself Extra 2004 Huff Butch Episode: "Flashpants" 2005 Listen Up Mitch Coach Potato Madagascar Zoo Animal Voice The Aristocrats Himself Documentary "Entourage" Himself Five Episodes 2005-present How I Met Your Mother Ted Mosby (2030) Voice only TV series 2006 1 vs. 100 Himself (host) Hosted from 2006-2008 on NBC Casper's Scare School Dash Voice, TV film Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Glenn Cheales Episode: "Choreographed" 2007 Farce of the Penguins Carl Voice, Direct-to-video, Also writer, director and producer Howard Stern on Demand Episode: "Brad Garrett" The Tuttles: Madcap Misadventures Barry Tuttle Video game 2008 The Life & Times of Tim Voice, Episode: "Mugger/Cin City" The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget Himself 2009 Surviving Suburbia Steve Patterson 13 episodes 2010 Conan Episode: "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Dead Fish" Strange Days with Bob Saget Himself (host) six episodes 2011 Law & Order: LA Episode: "Van Nuys" Louie Himself Cameo 2013 Conan Episode: "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Ruination of his Middle Name"

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