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Bob Saget
It Ain't "Full House"
Adult Humor
Throughout his 25 year career, Bob Saget is a true hyphenate,
successfully cultivating an extensive and impressive repertoire of
acting, directing, stand-up comedy, writing, and producing
achievements.
Saget is known world-wide for his television roles and set a precedent
by simultaneously starring in two hit prime time series, as "Danny
Tanner" on the eight year run sitcom FULL HOUSE and the host of
AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEO'S. Saget set a precedent as the first
person to simultaneously star in two prime-time series. The two series
often placed in the top ten, and are now hugely popular in syndication
worldwide.
He also played the role of Matt Stewart in RAISING DAD, a series created
by Jonathan Katz for the WB. Bob has been seen over the years on THE
LARRY SANDERS SHOW, hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and appeared countless
times on LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID
LETTERMAN, and THE TONIGHT SHOW, with both Jay Leno and Johnny Carson,
and made numerous appearances on HBO's annual homeless effort of past,
COMIC RELIEF.
He executive produced and directed the critically acclaimed and
powerful ABC telefilm FOR HOPE, a story loosely based on the life and struggle
of Saget's sister, Gay, who passed away in 1994 from Scleroderma. It often
still runs on Lifetime and other cable channels. He directed the MGM
feature film DIRTY WORK, an episode of HBO's comedy THE MIND OF THE
MARRIED MAN, as well as the telefilms, JITTERS for Lifetime and
BECOMING DICK for E! Entertainment Television. Additionally, Saget executive
produced and starred in the ABC Family Movie FATHER AND SCOUT, as well
as wrote, directed, and starred in the HBO special IN THE DREAM STATE.
A few years ago, Saget was honored by Harvard University. He was
inducted as an honorary member of The Harvard Lampoon, joining the likes
of past recipients: John Irving, Kurt Vonnegut, David Mamet, the cast
of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, John Wayne, and Winston Churchill.
Saget just recently completed starring in the hit off Broadway show,
PRIVILEGE, written by Paul Weitz, writer and director of "In Good
Company" and "About a Boy," and directed by Peter Askin, of "Hedwig and
the Angry Itch." PRIVILEGE was sold out, received rave reviews, and ran
for over seventy performances.
Bob guest-starred on the first season of the Showtime series HUFF,
starring Hank Azaria, Oliver Platt and Blythe Danner; and most recently
received kudos for his comedically controversial performance on this
new second season of HBO's hit series, ENTOURAGE.
Saget was also seen in the hilarious and controversial documentary
feature film, THE ARISTOCRATS (banned at all AMC Theaters), where his
appearance has been getting raves from The New York Times, The New York
Observer, and Entertainment Weekly, who said, "...This is the host of
America's Funniest Home Videos as you've never seen him before."
His stand-up is growing exponentially. Headlining the House of Blues in
Las Vegas, theaters, and colleges, his packed-housed audiences all grew
up watching him. Now, they're watching him grow up.
Bob is very proud to be an active member of the board of directors of
the Scleroderma Research Foundation and is also on the board of the
Starlight/Starbright Children's Foundation. He hosts and produces three
major fund-raising events every eighteen months, for the Scleroderma
Research Foundation: in New York, Los Angeles, and the organization's
base city, San Francisco. Through these events, he has helped to raise
millions in the quest to drive Scleroderma into remission, to help find
a cure for it's hundreds of thousands of victims. Bob resides in Los
Angeles and is the extremely proud father of three beautiful daughters.
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