36 Facts About Bob Saget

Robert Lane Saget was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host.

Bob Saget portrayed Danny Tanner on the sitcom Full House and its sequel Fuller House.

Bob Saget was the original host of America's Funniest Home Videos, and the voice of narrator Ted Mosby on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

Bob Saget was known for his adult-oriented stand-up comedy, and his 2014 album That's What I'm Talkin' About was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

Robert Lane Bob Saget was born into a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 17,1956, the son of hospital administrator Rosalyn and supermarket chain executive Benjamin Bob Saget.

Bob Saget would later say that his sense of humor developed while he was a rebellious student at the Conservative synagogue Temple Israel in Norfolk.

The family later moved from Norfolk to the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, where Bob Saget met Larry Fine of The Three Stooges and listened to him tell stories.

Bob Saget originally intended to become a doctor, but his Honors English teacher saw his creative potential and urged him to pursue an acting career.

Bob Saget attended Temple University's film school, where he created Through Adam's Eyes, a black-and-white film about a boy who received reconstructive facial surgery; he received an award of merit in the Student Academy Awards.

Bob Saget intended to take graduate courses at the University of Southern California, but quit after only a few days.

Bob Saget later described himself at that time as a "cocky, overweight 22-year-old" who "had a gangrenous appendix taken out, almost died, [and] got over being cocky or overweight".

In 1989, Bob Saget began as the host of America's Funniest Home Videos, a role he held until 1997.

Bob Saget directed the 1996 ABC television movie For Hope, which was inspired by the life story of his sister, Gay Bob Saget, who had died from scleroderma three years earlier.

In 1998, Bob Saget made a cameo appearance as a cocaine addict in the stoner comedy Half Baked.

In 2001, Bob Saget took on another widowed-dad role, starring on Raising Dad on The WB.

Bob Saget served as the voice of the future Ted Mosby, who narrated the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which ran for nine seasons from September 19,2005, to March 31,2014.

Bob Saget was host of the NBC game show 1 vs 100 from 2006 to 2008.

From 2005 to 2010, Bob Saget had a recurring role in four episodes of the HBO TV series Entourage playing a parody version of himself.

Bob Saget wrote, directed, and starred in Farce of the Penguins, a parody of 2005's March of the Penguins, which was released direct-to-DVD, in January 2007.

Bob Saget appeared in the Broadway musical The Drowsy Chaperone for a limited four-month engagement.

Bob Saget played "Man in Chair" while Jonathan Crombie, who normally played the character on Broadway, was with the national tour of the musical.

On January 4,2008, Bob Saget's caricature was unveiled at Sardi's Restaurant.

Bob Saget embarked on a small tour in support of the book, including the Pemberton Music Festival, where he introduced Snoop Dogg prior to performing his own set.

From 2016 to 2020, Bob Saget reprised his role as Danny Tanner for fifteen episodes of Full House sequel series, Fuller House, including the series premiere and finale.

Bob Saget hosted the game show Nashville Squares on CMT, and made his first of three appearances as a panelist on To Tell the Truth.

In 2020, Bob Saget competed in season four of The Masked Singer as "Squiggly Monster".

Bob Saget married Sherri Kramer in 1982, and they had three daughters before divorcing in 1997.

Bob Saget was later married to television presenter Kelly Rizzo from 2018 until his death in 2022.

Bob Saget was a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation.

Bob Saget's efforts benefited celebrities such as actress Regina Hall.

At about 4 pm ET on January 9,2022, Bob Saget was found unresponsive in his room at a Ritz-Carlton hotel near Williamsburg in Orange County, Florida.

Bob Saget had missed his scheduled checkout time, and family members became concerned after being unable to contact him.

At the time of his death, Bob Saget was on a stand-up tour and had performed in Ponte Vedra Beach the previous evening.

Bob Saget was infected with COVID-19 at the time, though there were no signs that it played a role in his death.

News of Bob Saget's death broke during a broadcast of America's Funniest Home Videos, of which he was the original host, and the network interrupted the program to announce it.

Bob Saget had been honored with donations and offers to help the charity Scleroderma Research Foundation, whose board of directors Bob Saget served on since 2003.