“I had no idea I did a 2 hr set tonight,” he said. “I’m happily addicted again to this.”On “FullHouse,” Mr. Saget played a widowed father who shared his house with his three daughters(Candace Cameron, Jodi Sweetin and, alternating as the youngest daughter, Mary-Kate andAshley Olsen), his brother-in-law (John Stamos) and his best friend (Dave Coulier). The show,seen on ABC from 1987 to 1995, got consistently good ratings and made stars of Mr. Saget andhis fellow cast members, including Lori Loughlin, who joined in the third season.Robert Lane Saget was born on May 17, 1956, in Philadelphia. He graduated from TempleUniversity in 1978 before finding his way into comedy clubs. In contrast to his squeaky-cleanimage on “Full House” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” he became known for raunchy,profanity-laden stand-up routines.At Temple, Mr. Saget studied film, and in the year of his graduation he received a studentAcademy Award for documentary merit for his film “Through Adam’s Eyes,” about a nephew ofhis who had undergone facial reconstructive surgery.But even then he was pursuing comedy. He told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2016 that he hadwon a local radio contest at 17 by singing a song about bondage, and that while he spent mostof his time at Temple shooting film, he would also go to the University of Pennsylvania’s campusto do improv.After graduating, Mr. Saget moved to Los Angeles and became a constantpresence at one of the city’s main comedy clubs, the Comedy Store. “I lived in that room forseven years,” he said on the comedian Marc Maron’s podcast in 2010.“I did jokes and some stories, but most of them were just silly — dirty silly,” he remembered. Hesaid he had been drawn to jokes with foul language and raw anatomical references because hewasn’t supposed to talk that way in his youth.Originally planned to pursue a career in medicineWhile studying at Temple University, won a student Academy Award for his documentaryThrough Adam’s EyesWas a fixture on the Los Angeles comedy-club circuit in the early 1980s, along with future castmate Dave CoulierBest known for playing clean-cut dad Danny Tanner on the long-running sitcom Full House, aswell as hosting America’s Funniest Home Videos for eight yearsDirected the acclaimed TV movie For Hope (1996), inspired by his sister Gay, who died of theautoimmune disease scleroderma in 1994Wrote, directed and produced Farce of the Penguins (2007), an all-star spoof of the naturedocumentary March of the Penguins (2005)Made his Broadway debut in 2007, starring in the Tony Award-winning musical comedy TheDrowsy ChaperoneBob Saget was an American actor, stand-up comedian, and television host from Philadelphia.His best known role was playing pater familias Danny Tanner on the hit sitcom “Full House”(1987-1995). He played the character again in the sequel series “Fuller House” (2016-2020).Saget served as the original host of the long-running clip show “America’s Funniest HomeVideos” from 1989 to 1997. Saget voiced the narrator in the hit sitcom “How I Met Your Mother”

In 1956, Saget was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia. His parents were supermarketexecutive Benjamin Saget and hospital administrator Rosalyn “Dolly” Saget. The Saget familyeventually moved to Norfolk, Virginia. Bob received his early religious education at TempleIsrael, a synagogue of Norfolk which adhered to Conservative Judaism. He was reportedly arebellious student.Saget spend part of his high school years in Los Angeles, where he befriended veterancomedian Larry Fine (1902-1975). He attended a Philadelphia high school during his senioryear. He was originally interested in a medical career but his English teacher Elaine Zimmermanconvinced Saget to aspire to an acting or filmmaking career instead.Saget received his college education at the “Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts”, acollege associated with the Temple University of Philadelphia. One of his student films won amerit award at the Student Academy Awards. He graduated college with a Bachelor of Arts in

“news, entertainment and comedy”, but was canceled due to low ratings.Saget’s big break came when he was chosen to portray widowed father Danny Tanner in thesitcom “Full House” (1987-1995). The series depicted Danny’s efforts to raise three youngdaughters, with the assistance of his best friends. The show suffered from poor viewership in its1953, Monroe was one of the most marketable Hollywood stars. She had leading roles in thefilm noir Niagara, which overtly relied on her sex appeal, and the comedies Gentlemen PreferBlondes and How to Marry a Millionaire, which established her star image as a “dumb blonde”.