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Robert Lane "Bob" Saget (born May 17, 1956) is an American actor and stand-up comedian best known for his role as Danny Tanner in the ABC sitcom Full House from 1987 to 1995 and as host of America's Funniest Home Videos from 1989 to 1997.

Saget's clean-cut, family-friendly persona from the two hit shows (which have been widely rerun on cable and satellite television for over a decade) has been cemented in popular culture. In contrast, he is known for using vulgar language and risque subject matter in his stand-up comedy act. He has, as a result, become a frequent subject of satire and parody in which he sometimes willingly participates.

Standup persona

In contrast to his mild, family-friendly manner on the aforementioned television programs, Saget is also known for raunchy, unabashedly vulgar stand-up comedy routines. His brief appearance in Half Boked (199fuck) was a shock to many viewers who were not familiar with Saget's standup material. His one piece of dialogue ("Marijuana is not a drug. I used to suck dick for coke. Now that's an addiction. You ever suck some dick for marijuana?") is one of the more infamous lines from the movie. His performance of the traditional joke "The Aristocrats" (in the 2005 movie of the same name) is arguably the foulest telling in the film.

His stand-up routine typically finds him making fun of his incredibly clean-cut television image, and deriding the quality of Full House. Regardless, like others on the show, he remains close to his cast mates, and even at times tours on the stand-up circuit with Dave Coulier. He is one of the few comedians that unashamedly (and most likely purposely) uses digression as a large part of the act.

Bernard Cribbins

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Date of birth (location)

   29 December 1928
   Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK 

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   An actor since the age of 14, Bernard Cribbins had become a major star... (show more)

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   Mr. Bernard Cribbins

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Filmography as: Actor, Self, Archive Footage

Actor - filmography (2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s) (1950s)

  1. "Down to Earth"
         - Tall Tales (2005) TV Episode .... Frank Cosgrove
         - Hot Air (2005) TV Episode .... Frank Cosgrove
  2. "Coronation Street" (1960) TV Series .... Wally Bannister (2003)
     ... aka Corrie (UK: informal title)
  3. Blackball (2003) .... Mutley
  4. "Barbara"
         - Guy Fawkes (2003) TV Episode .... Frank
  5. "Last of the Summer Wine"
         - In Which Gavin Hinchcliffe Loses the Gulf Stream (2003) TV Episode .... Gavin Hinchcliffe
  6. "The Canterbury Tales"
         - The Journey Back (2000) TV Episode (voice) .... Carpenter

  7. "Dalziel and Pascoe"
         - Time to Go (1999) TV Episode .... Uncle Henry
  8. "I, Lovett"
         - The Snowman (1993) TV Episode (voice) .... Snowman
  9. Carry on Columbus (1992) .... Mordecai Mendoza
 10. "Noel's House Party" (1991) TV Series .... Regular
 11. "Jackanory"
         - Arabel's Tree House (1991) TV Episode .... Reader
         - The Hobbit (1979) TV Episode .... Bilbo Baggins
         - The Bread Bin (1974) TV Episode .... Reader
         - Alice Through the Looking-Glass: Queen Alice (1970) TV Episode .... Storyteller
         - Alice Through the Looking-Glass: The Lion and the Unicorn (1970) TV Episode .... Storyteller
           (33 more)

 12. Original Sylvanian Families (1988) (V) .... Narrator
 13. "High and Dry" (1987) TV Series .... Ron Archer
 14. When We Are Married (1987) (TV) .... Herbert Soppitt
 15. "Langley Bottom" (1986) TV Series .... Seth Raven
 16. "Moschops" (1983) TV Series .... Narrator
 17. "Tales of the Unexpected"
     ... aka Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected
         - The Memory Man (1983) TV Episode .... Charlie Krebs/Mr. King
 18. "Cuffy" (1983) TV Series .... Cuffy
 19. It's Your Move (1982) (TV) .... Neighbour
 20. "Shillingbury Tales" (1981) TV Series .... Cuffy
 21. Dangerous Davies - The Last Detective (1981) .... Dangerous Davies

 22. The Plank (1979) (TV) .... Door painter
 23. Picassos äventyr (1978) (voice) .... Gertrude Stein/Narrator
     ... aka The Adventures of Picasso (USA)
 24. The Water Babies (1978) .... Masterman/Voice of Eel
     ... aka Slip Slide Adventures
 25. "Arrivano i mostri" (1977) (mini) TV Series
 26. "Space: 1999"
     ... aka Spazio: 1999 (Italy)
         - Brian the Brain (1976) TV Episode .... Captain Michael
 27. "Once Upon a Classic"
         - Night Ferry (????) TV Episode .... Pyramid
 28. "Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings" (1976) TV Series (voice) .... Narrator
 29. "Fawlty Towers"
         - The Hotel Inspectors (1975) TV Episode .... Mr. Hutchinson
 30. "The Wombles" (1973) TV Series (voice) .... Narrator
 31. Frenzy (1972) .... Felix Forsythe
 32. The Railway Children (1970) (as Mr. Bernard Cribbins) .... Albert Perks
 33. "The Val Doonican Show" (1970) TV Series .... Regular

 34. "Cribbins" (1969) TV Series
 35. Light Entertainment Killers (1969) (TV)
 36. "The Avengers"
         - Look - (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers... (1968) TV Episode .... Bradley Mahler
         - The Girl from Auntie (1966) TV Episode .... Arkwright
 37. "Armchair Theatre"
         - The Wind in a Tall Paper Chimney (1968) TV Episode .... Honeybone
 38. A Ghost of a Chance (1968) .... Ron
 39. Casino Royale (1967) .... Taxi Driver
     ... aka Charles K. Feldman's Casino Royale
 40. Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1967) .... Fred Davies
 41. Judgement Day for Elijah Jones (1966) (TV) .... Arnold
     ... aka Comedy Playhouse: Judgement Day for Elijah Jones (UK: series title)
 42. The Sandwich Man (1966) .... Photographer
     ... aka That Swinging City
 43. Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966) .... Tom Campbell
     ... aka Dr. Who: Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (USA: video title)
     ... aka Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
 44. "The Troubleshooters"
     ... aka Mogul (USA)
         - Driver of the Year (1965) TV Episode .... Chas Wilson
 45. You Must Be Joking! (1965) .... Sgt. Clegg
 46. Here I Come Whoever I Am (1965) (TV) .... Ambrose Twombly
     ... aka Comedy Playhouse: Here I Come Whoever I Am (UK: series title)
 47. She (1965/I) .... Job
 48. The Bargain (1965)
 49. Cup Fever (1965) .... Policeman
 50. Allez France! (1964) .... Bob
     ... aka The Counterfeit Constable (USA)
 51. The Close Prisoner (1964) (TV)
 52. Carry on Spying (1964) .... Harold Crump
     ... aka Agent Oooh!
 53. A Home of Your Own (1964) .... Mason
 54. Crooks in Cloisters (1964) .... Squirts
 55. Carry on Jack (1963) .... Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker
     ... aka Carry on Sailor
     ... aka Carry on Venus
 56. The Mouse on the Moon (1963) .... Vincent Mountjoy
 57. The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) .... Nervous O'Toole
 58. Impasse (1963) (TV) .... Mr. Spooner
     ... aka Comedy Playhouse: Impasse (UK: series title)
 59. The Best of Enemies (1962) .... Col. Brownlow
     ... aka Due nemici, I (Italy)
 60. Visiting Day (1962) (TV) .... Cakebread
     ... aka Comedy Playhouse: Visiting Day (UK: series title)
 61. The Girl on the Boat (1962) .... Peters
 62. The Fast Lady (1962) (uncredited) .... Man on Stretcher
 63. Nothing Barred (1961) .... Newspaperman
 64. Visa to Canton (1961) .... Pereira
     ... aka Passport to China (USA)
 65. Two Way Stretch (1960) .... Lennie Price
 66. The World of Suzie Wong (1960) .... Otis, Gwennie's boy friend
 67. The Night of the Big Heat (1960) (TV) .... Cpl. Pearce
 68. "International Detective"
         - The Santino Case (1960) TV Episode .... Pasquale
 69. "Interpol Calling"
         - Slow Boat to Amsterdam (1960) TV Episode .... Sid

 70. Tommy the Toreador (1959) .... Paco
 71. Make Mine a Million (1959) .... Jack
 72. Davy (1957) (uncredited) .... Stage Hand, Collins Music Hall
 73. "The Vise"
     ... aka Detective's Diary (USA: rerun title)
     ... aka Saber of London (UK)
     ... aka The Vise: Mark Saber (USA: third and fourth season title)
     ... aka Uncovered (syndication title)
         - The Missing Hours (1957) TV Episode .... Driver
 74. Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) (uncredited) .... Sonar Operator
     ... aka Battle Hell (USA)
     ... aka Escape of the Amethyst
     ... aka Their Greatest Glory
     ... aka Yangtze Incident

Filmography as: Actor, Self, Archive Footage

Self - filmography (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

  1. The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005) (TV) .... Himself
  2. The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl (2005) (TV) .... Himself
  3. "This Morning"
     ... aka This Morning with Richard and Judy (UK: informal title)
         - Episode dated 3 June 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Himself
  4. The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows (2001) (TV) .... Himself
  5. I Love a 1970's Christmas (2000) (TV) .... Himself
     ... aka I Love a 70s Christmas (UK)
     ... aka I Love a Seventies Christmas (UK)
  6. "I Love 1970's" (2000) TV Series .... Himself

  7. What's a Carry On? (1998) (TV) .... Himself
  8. "...And It's Goodnight from Him..." (1996) TV Series .... Himself
  9. The Very Best of Sid James (1996) (V) .... Himself

 10. "This Is Your Life"
         - Bernard Cribbins (1981) TV Episode .... Himself

Filmography as: Actor, Self, Archive Footage

Archive Footage

  1. Cilla in Black & White (2003) (TV) .... Himself
  2. 'Doctor Who': Thirty Years in the Tardis (1993) (TV) .... Tom
  3. 'Dr. Who': Daleks - The Early Years (1993) (V) (uncredited) .... Tom Campbell
  4. That's Carry On! (1977) .... Various characters

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Continued career

After an unsuccessful comeback sitcom, Raising Dad, in 2001, Saget turned to directing. He is currently acting on stage in New York City and serves as the narrator of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which debuted September 19, 2005.

Saget's sister died of scleroderma. Her life story was the inspiration for Saget's semi-autobiographical ABC television movie, For Hope, which he directed. Saget is currently a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation, the only organization in the United States dedicated solely to finding a cure for the disease. Among other causes, Saget has also donated extensively to the NAACP.

Saget reprised his bad boy image once again in a Season 2 episode of Entourage playing himself and the next door neighbor of Vincent Chase.

In 2006 Jamie Kennedy released a rap song and music video entitled "Rollin' With Saget" which featured Saget.

Bob Saget has been the commissioner of the CHIKARA wrestling promotion since its inception.

Saget wrote, directed, and stars in "Farce of the Penguins", a parody of 2005's March of the Penguins set to be released in 2006.

On August 7, 2006, NBC announced that Bob Saget would host NBC's new game show 1 vs. 100, which debuted Friday, October 13, 2006.

Bob Saget has also recently developed a relationship with radio hosts Opie and Anthony. He will be performing at most of the shows on the Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour. He occasionally calls in, and he has sat in on an AFRO Show.

Saget continues to perform his stand-up routine.

Filmography and TV appearances

• The Art of Making Cheese as host
• 1 Versus 100 as host
• Blowin' Up as himself in Episode 1 (2006)
• Farce of the Penguins director (2006)
• Army Armine (2006?)
• Casper's Scare School (2006)
• How I Met Your Mother as narrator (2005)
• Madagascar (voice) (2005)
• Entourage HBO series; as himself in Episode 13 "Neighbors" (2005)
• The Aristocrats (2005)
• Huff as Butch in Episode 5 "Flashpants" (2004)
• New York Minute (2004)(cameo)
• Joey as himself in Episode 11 "Joey and the Roadtrip" (2004)
• Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
• Raising Dad (2001)
• Becoming a Dick (2000)
• Half Baked (1998)
• Dirty Work (1998)
• Jitters (1997)
• For Hope (1996)
• Father and Scout (1994)
• America's Funniest Home Videos as host (1989–1997)
• Full House (1987–1995) as Danny Tanner
• Critical Condition (1987)
• New Love,American Style (1985)
• The Greatest American Hero (1983)
• Apartment Hunting (1981)
• Full Moon High (1981)
• Devices (1980)
• Outer Touch (1979)
• Through Adams Eyes (1977)

Discography

• "Rollin' With Saget" (Jamie Kennedy featuring Bob Saget)

References

External links

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• List of Jewish Celebrities, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
• The Church of Bob Saget - fansite
• Bob Saget Official Page

• American film directors
• American stage actors
• American television actors
• American stand-up comedians
• Jewish American actors
• Jewish American comedians
• People from Philadelphia
• 1956 births
• Living people
• Full House actors
• Quantum Leap actors
• English-language film directors
• Reality television participants
• American Broadcasting Company personalities