Unfortunately, if there is one thing that we all know for sure, it is that in the end, everyone takes their last breath. For that reason, it should go without saying that every year there will be a long list of celebrities who passed away. Still, every so often a star will meet their demise and so many fans will be deeply saddened that a palpable sense of grief will be detectable online. When the world learned that he passed away, millions of people grieved Bob Saget’s demise and virtually everyone wanted to know why the beloved actor and comedian passed away.After Bob Saget lost his life, millions of his fans began reflecting on the man’s fascinating career. Of course, there is no doubt that Saget’s main claim to fame was starring in the extremely successful sitcom Full House and its spin-off series Fuller House. After all, no matter what the stars of Full House went on to do with their careers, all of them will always be most closely associated with the sitcom. With that in mind, it is all the more amazing that Saget once said that starring in Full House “tainted” him.
How Full House Changed Bob Saget’s Comedy Career
By the time Bob Saget passed away at the young age of 65, the popular comedian and actor seemed to have found his place in the world. While that is wonderful, the truth of the matter is that throughout Saget’s life, he had to cope with one tragedy after another. As it turns out, Saget seemingly embraced comedy as his way of dealing with all of the tragedies in his life.
Given the fact that Bob Saget’s flair for comedy seems to have at least partially stemmed from dark chapters in his life, it makes sense that he had a pretty extreme sense of humor. In 2006, Saget was interviewed by The Daily Northwestern’s Ketul Patel. During that conversation, Saget spoke about the fact that from the moment he began pursuing a career in standup comedy, his jokes were out there.
“I started my comedy when I was 17, and I had wild jokes from the start. In fact, my first joke was, ‘I have the brain of a German shepherd and the body of a 16-year-old boy. They are in my car. Do you want to see them?’”
Once Full House became a massive hit, Bob Saget became famous for the role of Danny Tanner. Of course, Full House and the character Danny Tanner were extremely wholesome, to say the very least. With that in mind, it certainly would have made sense if Saget opted to make his standup routine a lot tamer. That way Full House fans wouldn’t be disgusted when they saw Saget perform on stage. According to what he said in the aforementioned The Daily Northwestern interview, however, starring in Full House made Saget’s standup comedy much raunchier.
After talking about how dark his comedy always was, Bob Saget made it clear that once he realized that fans thought it was funny to see Danny Tanner curse, he took things a lot further. “The show changed me. I felt like my voice was tainted because I had to serve that audience. If I cursed, it would have been a big deal in my stand-up back then. Everything I do now is R-rated.”
Bob Saget Was Very Thankful He Got To Star In Full House
Once you learn that Bob Saget said that starring in Full House “tainted” him, that may make it sound like he regretted being a part of the show. Based on everything Saget has said about what starring in Full House meant to him, however, it is extremely clear that couldn’t be further from the case. For example, Saget spoke about how much he appreciated Full House fans regularly throughout his life even though he was happy to mock them as well.
On top of Bob Saget’s affection for Full House viewers, it was abundantly clear that the actor and comedian cared very deeply about his co-stars. For example, in the aforementioned The Daily Northwestern interview, Saget spoke about having recently reunited with co-stars for a dinner at a restaurant. “There were fourteen of us and people were just looking at us.” Keep in mind, it wasn’t until a decade after that interview that the group would work together again so it is clear that they reunited simply because they all loved each other.
Even though it is clear that Bob Saget adored all of his Full House co-stars, he seemed to have an especially close relationship with John Stamos. After all, before Saget’s passing, he expressed how much Stamos meant to him on more than one occasion, including when he wrote a touching birthday tribute to his co-star. On top of that, once Saget passed away, there were reports that Stamos took his loss extremely hard.