Bob Saget
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Bob Saget offers living proof that it is possible to dramatically (and aggressively) alter one's own show-business image in mid-act. This deceptively clean-cut writer/actor/comedian began his foray into televised entertainment typecast as a "family-oriented" comic actor, and then shocked nearly everyone by emerging as a popular "blue" comedian with raunchy standup gigs, delivered from such venues as Glitter Gulch. Throughout, Saget managed to achieve considerable success in each venue, albeit among radically different demographics.A graduate of Pennsylvania's Temple University, Saget originally planned to pursue medical studies, but a brush with the performing arts convinced him to head in that direction instead. Following a brief appearance as a doctor in the Richard Pryor-Michael Apted medical farce Critical Condition (1986), Saget achieved broad recognition in 1987 when cast as genial family man Danny Tanner, a widower and father of three, on the saccharine sitcom Full House (1987-1995). Two and a half years into that program's run, Saget concurrently turned up on another program, America's Funniest Home Videos, which -- per its title -- featured the comic actor emceeing a seemingly limitless series of humorous amateur video clips sent in by folks around the country -- in a contest that issued cash prizes for the very best. Videos, like Full House, instantly scored with the public when it bowed in January 1990; Saget remained with the series until 1997.Beginning immediately around the time that Full House wrapped, Saget started branching off into a variety of directions; he helmed several features, including telemovies (For Hope, Jitters) and at least one theatrically released comedy (the 1998 Dirty Work), but placed his strongest emphasis on standup. The performer hosted Saturday Night Live, contributed a routine to Comic Relief, and headlined a series of standup comedy specials on pay cable that were -- as indicated -- definitively for adults. He also contributed a memorably scatological and raunchy routine to longtime friends Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette's standup documentary revue, The Aristocrats (2005). (The routine was prefaced by Saget's ironic admission, "Some people think I have a reputation of being a dirty comedian...," and intercepted by his tongue-in-cheek request to have a copy of the video of the routine, to send it to the kids on Full House.) Saget's 2007 directorial effort Farce of the Penguins (2007) skewered the popular nature documentary March of the Penguins (2007) with raunchy voice-overs (by an all-star cast) placed atop nature footage of penguins in the wild. Meanwhile, beginning in 2005, Saget signed for a voice-only role on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother. He provides the older voice of the lead character, Ted Mosby, as he tells his two children the story of how he came to know their mother, effectively serving as narrator for the show.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Find Your Groove |
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No Score Yet | Benjamin |
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86% | Dying Laughing |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | Bob Saget: Zero To Sixty |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | I Am Sam Kinison |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | A Stand Up Guy |
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— | 2016 |
71% | I Am Chris Farley |
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— | 2015 |
33% | Entourage |
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— | 2015 |
36% | Misery Loves Comedy |
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$5.8k | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Bob Saget: That's What I'm Talkin' About |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget |
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— | 2008 |
80% | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Comic Relief: The Greatest...and The Latest |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Bob Saget: That Ain't Right |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Farce of the Penguins |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Casper's Scare School |
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— | 2006 |
79% | The Aristocrats |
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$6.2M | 2005 |
11% | New York Minute |
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$14.1M | 2004 |
10% | Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd |
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$26.1M | 2003 |
17% | Dirty Work |
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— | 1998 |
29% | Half Baked |
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— | 1998 |
13% | Meet Wally Sparks |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | For Hope |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Father and Scout |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | To Grandmother's House We Go |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Critical Condition |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Spaced Out |
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— | 1983 |
TV
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Fuller House
2016-2020
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Historical Roasts
2019
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81% |
Shameless
2011
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No Score Yet |
To Tell the Truth
2016
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No Score Yet |
Videos After Dark
2019
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83% |
How I Met Your Mother
2005-2014
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No Score Yet |
Full House
1987-1995
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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94% |
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
2018
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No Score Yet |
Nightcap
2016-2017
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No Score Yet |
Rachael Ray
2015
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No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen
2009-2019
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Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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@midnight With Chris Hardwick
2014-2017
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41% |
Chelsea
2016-2017
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71% |
Grandfathered
2015-2016
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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100% |
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore
2015-2016
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
2005-2014
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No Score Yet |
Deal With It
2013-2014
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Inside Comedy
2012-2015
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32% |
Super Fun Night
2013-2014
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Conan
2010
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Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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Comment je l'ai rencontrée
2005-2013
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The Burn With Jeff Ross
2012-2013
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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
America's Funniest Home Videos
1989
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59% |
Law & Order: LA
2010-2011
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94% |
Louie
2010-2015
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No Score Yet |
Lopez Tonight
2009-2011
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100% |
The Green Room With Paul Provenza
2010-2011
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66% |
Entourage
2004-2011
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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9% |
Listen Up
2004-2005
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67% |
Huff
2006
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10% |
Raising Dad
2001-2002
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18% |
The Mind of the Married Man
2001-2002
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No Score Yet |
Ellen
1994-1998
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Saturday Night Live
1975
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15% |
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
1995-1997
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100% |
The Larry Sanders Show
1992-1998
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Quantum Leap
1989-1993
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78% |
Bosom Buddies
1980-1982
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How I Met Your Mother
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