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Bob Saget Lives
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■ The Larson/Allvin Duo performing the music Detours by Michigan composer James Hartway ■
Lyric Chamber Ensemble performing the music Duo Inventions for two cellos by Michigan com-
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Michigan Opera Theatre vocalists singing selections from the Phantom of the Opera • Percussionist
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990
on't pity the fat lady
who falls off her horse.
Or the toddler trying
to escape from the runaway
horse. Or the dog whose
master uses its furry body as
a dust mop.
After all, they've all had na-
tional exposure on television.
No doubt about it, "America's
Funniest Home Videos,"
hosted by Bob Saget, may be
a little bit bizarre, but it's big.
And in the TV ratings, that's
what counts.
For. Mr. Saget, what counts
is having two hit shows on the
TV tube. His second is "Full
House" which has him in the
role of Danny Tanner, a
widowed father of three
daughters.
Mr. Saget says he had no
idea either show would
become such a hit. In fact,
when "Home Videos" was
first proposed, it was to be
nothing more than three, one-
hour specials.
"When the producer sent
me a 20-minute tape of peo-
ple's home videos, I thought it
was hysterical and I said, yes,
I'll do one of the specials. But
when it aired, the ratings
went crazy, so it was picked
up as a series. We were all
skeptical in the beginning.
We didn't think it could sus-
tain itself. And we're still
amazed at how quickly it has
snowballed. And it just keeps
mushrooming. Mind-
boggling, isn't it?"
So, too, Mr. Saget says, is his
rise in comedy. Not too long
ago, he was just another
struggling actor/comedian
who appeared in one film,
opened for headliners in
various clubs and concert
halls, and waited for a big
break to come his way. He ad-
mits he waited a long time
and was often frustrated by
the uncertainty of it all.
Graduatina from college as
a film major, b Bob Saget mov-
ed out to California from his
native Philadelphia deciding
to try his hand at comedy.
After years of some minor
success, he got what he
thought would be his big
break in show business by ap-
pearing in the Richard Pryor
film, Critical Condition. He
was good but no job offers
were quick coming in.
"I thought, oh, my God, it's
over. They've seen 'through
me. I'll never do another
film," he says. "So it was back
to standup and looking for
Bob Saget:
A funny friend.
more roles that I was sure I'd
never get."
But he did. Early in 1987,
Bob Saget was selected to
cohost the CBS "Morning
Show," with Mariette Hartley
and Roland Smith. His
assignment was to do what
came naturally to him given
his educational background
and lifelong interest. He was
to write his own material and
produce comedy videos.
"Everything went well for
about the first three months,"
Mr. Saget says. "But even-
tually, the producers wanted
me out. They said I was too
`hot' for morning television,
whatever that meant."
But he was ready to go
anyway, he says. Producers of
"Full House" had seen his
work and wanted him in the
lead role of Tanner. And so, for
Mr. Saget, it was off and run-
ning again into unknown ter-
ritory as a TV actor. After a
slow start, the show became
a hit, to be followed last
January by "Home Videos."
With all his recent success,
Mr. Saget insists he hasn't
changed much. "I think I'm
more appreciative now than I
ever was before. I think my
priorities are a little more in
line. I will admit, though, it's
still a little strange when I'm
pushed into doing publicity. I
know this is going to sound
funny to some people, but I
didn't get into this business
for fame or money. In fact, I've
turned down roles in some
movies because I hated the
scripts. So I've done what I've
done only because I love doing
stand-up and because it
always felt right to me."
Today, Bob Saget is a suc-
cess — as well as a happy, con-
tented man. Having just pur-
chased a $1.8 million home in
Pacific Palisades to share
with his wife Sherri and two
small daughters, Bob Saget is
every inch the family man.