Bob Saget

Robert Lane Saget (born May 17, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Jewish American actor and stand-up comedian best known for his role as a father in the ABC sitcom Full House from 1987 to 1995 and as host of the TV home video show America's Funniest Home Videos from 1989 to 1997.

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May 17 - 1956 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Jewish - American - Actor - Stand-up comedian - ABC - Sitcom - Full House - 1987 - 1995 - Home video - America's Funniest Home Videos - 1989 - 1997

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Saget attended Abington Senior High School, in whose Hall of Fame he has since been enshrined. He later enrolled at Temple University, where he made a student film, Through Adam's Eyes, which was honored with an award of merit in the Student Academy Awards in 1978. http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/winners.pdf

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Abington Senior High School - Temple University - Student Academy Awards - 1978

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After college, Saget nourished his career with relatively small-scale gigs before achieving national fame with his role on Full House as the widower father of a large brood including, among other children, the Olsen twins. In 1990 he won what was to be another long-running gig as host of America's Funniest Home Videos.

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In contrast to his mild, family-friendly manner on those well-known television programs, Saget is also known for raunchy, unabashedly vulgar stand-up comedy routines. His performance of the traditional joke "The Aristocrats" (in the 2005 movie of the same name) is reputed to be one of the foulest (and funniest) retellings ever attempted; in any case it is one of the film's lengthiest, filthiest and most imaginative renditions of the joke.

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After a failed attempt at another sitcom in 2001, Saget has turned to directing. He is currently acting on stage in New York, and is the narrator for the new CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

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New York - CBS - Sitcom - How I Met Your Mother

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Saget's sister Gay died of scleroderma. Her life story was the inspiration for Saget's semi-autobiographical ABC television movie, For Hope, which he directed. It received low ratings, possibly due to the depressing subject matter.

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Scleroderma - Autobiographical - ABC - Television movie - For Hope - Directed

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He serves as the narrator in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which debuted September 19, 2005. He is unseen; the viewer only hears his voice.

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CBS - How I Met Your Mother - September 19 - 2005

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