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Bob Saget 
Saget at the 2007 O&A Traveling Virus at PNCBorn Robert Lane Saget
May 17, 1956
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesOccupation Actor, comedian, television host, director, screenwriter Years active 1977–present Spouse Sherri Kramer (1982–1997) (divorced) 3 children 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 roles as Danny Tanner in Full House, host of America's Funniest Home Videos and Future Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother, Saget is also known outside of television for his blue stand-up routine.[1]
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Early life
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.[2][3][4] 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.[1]
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.[5] 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."[6] 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.[7]
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.[citation needed]
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 ABC had Saget return to AFV for a 20th anniversary one-hour special co-hosted with Tom Bergeron.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10]
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.[11] 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.[1]
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 played 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 Movie star Regina Hall.[12]
Television and filmography
Year Film Role Notes 1979 Outer Touch Voice of Wurlitzer Voice
Also writer1980 Devices Therapy Patient 1981 Full High Moon Sportscaster Bosom Buddies Bob the Comic Episode: "The Show Must Go On" 1983 The Greatest American Hero Cook 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 producer1997 Meet Wally Sparks Reporter #4 1998 Half Baked Cocaine Addict uncredited 1999 Sorority Dean Tinker TV film
uncredited2000 Becoming Dick Bob TV film
uncredited
Also directorThe Norm Show Mr. Atkitson Episode: "Norm vs. Schoolin'"
Also director2001–2002 Raising Dad Matt Stewart 17 episodes 2003 Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Jessica's Dad 2004 Huff Butch Episode: "Flashpants" 2005 Listen Up Mitch Coach Potato Madagascar Zoo Animal Voice The Aristocrats Himself Documentary 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 filmLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit Glenn Cheales Episode: "Choreographed" 2007 Farce of the Penguins Carl Voice
Direct-to-video
Also writer, director and producerHoward 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) 6 episodes 2011 Law & Order: LA Episode: "Van Nuys" References
- ^ a b c Contemporary Authors: Gale Reference Team (2004). Biography - Saget, Bob. Thomson Gale
- ^ Gurley, George (2005-05-08). "Bob Saget's Full Mouth". The New York Observer. http://www.observer.com/node/50776. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ^ "Bob Saget". film.com. http://www.film.com/celebrities/bob-saget/14646642. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ^ Goldberg, Jennifer (2007-09-07). "Irreverent Bob Saget plays to full houses". Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Online. http://www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?070907+saget. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ^ "Student Academy Awards Winners" (PDF). http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/winners.pdf.
- ^ biography.com article on Bob Saget
- ^ "Anytime with Bob Kushell feat. Bob Sagat". Anytime with Bob Kushell. 2009-04-14. No. 5, season 2.
- ^ Snierson, Dan (September 16, 2008). "Bob Saget returns to 'America's Funniest Home Videos' for 20th anniversary celebration". Entertainment Weekly. http://insidetv.ew.com/2009/09/16/bob-saget-returns-to-americas-funniest-home-videos-for-one-episode/.
- ^ How I Met Your Mother (2005) - Full cast and crew
- ^ Photo Coverage: Bob Saget Receives Sardi's Portrait (BroadwayWorld.com)
- ^ ABC Announces New Sitcom "Surviving Suburbia"
- ^ Regina Hall Interview "Regina Hall Issue" ABILITY Magazine, April/May 2010
Media offices Preceded by
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1989-1997Succeeded by
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- Official website
- Bob Saget at the Internet Movie Database
- Regina Hall Interview "Regina Hall Issue", ABILITY Magazine, April/May 2010
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