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Re: Bob Saget has died

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Post by eigenrick »

dmix wrote: post #6

Not to speak poorly of someone who died but anyone who watched his stand up comedy or listened to him on 'shock jock' radio would never call him "America's Dad". He got off on being the total opposite of his image on TV and being a 'wild and crazy' foul mouthed. drug using type of person. Just like how he was in his cameo in Entourage.

I, for one, thought he was hilarious. I wish he were my dad.

Re: Bob Saget has died

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Post by willhslade »

rdiddly wrote: post #33
saalweachter wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I make a point of assuming any deaths I don't know the cause of were strokes. It can happen at any age, and it keeps me from speculating about something more lurid.

I usually assume heart attack, that's kind of the other biggie.

Biggie-er.

Re: Bob Saget has died

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Post by Dracophoenix »

blihp wrote: post #76
Dracophoenix wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How filthy exactly? Like Diceman?

Pretty filthy (nsfw): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHeZS3mGDKY In fairness, this wasn't his joke or even meant to be funny... it's kind of a comedian test of sorts re: delivery. But you wanted to know how filthy he could get...

I've heard the Aristocrats joke before (mainly Gilbert Gottfried's version), but I was wondering if Saget had any routines where he would come off as more, for lack of better phrasing, "impassionatley and authentically vulgar". Reciting a hand-me-down joke just doesn't strike me as that. I'm of the opinion that even Tom Hanks has had an opportunity to recite the Aristocrats in front of an audience and I wouldn't be surprised if there's a tape of that somewhere in the world.

Re: Bob Saget has died

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Post by pull_my_finger »

HWR_14 wrote: post #65
dehrmann wrote: post #61

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But did he suck dick for coke? That's an addiction.

To those downvoting the above, it's a reference to a famous Bob Saget line.

Well if your only experience with the movie was on Comedy Central you might remember it as "Did you ever suck _toe_ for weed?". Comedy Central with the hilariously bad filler lines.

Another classic being the line from Kill Bill: "My names Buck, and I like to [cue robotic, out of cadence word]_party_"

Re: Bob Saget has died

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Post by blihp »

Dracophoenix wrote: post #84
blihp wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty filthy (nsfw): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHeZS3mGDKY In fairness, this wasn't his joke or even meant to be funny... it's kind of a comedian test of sorts re: delivery. But you wanted to know how filthy he could get...

I've heard the Aristocrats joke before (mainly Gilbert Gottfried's version), but I was wondering if Saget had any routines where he would come off as more, for lack of better phrasing, "impassionatley and authentically vulgar". Reciting a hand-me-down joke just doesn't strike me as that. I'm of the opinion that even Tom Hanks has had an opportunity to recite the Aristocrats in front of an audience and I wouldn't be s…

Fair enough... most haven't. Pretty much any of his standup/specials (i.e. the stuff he didn't do for network TV) will have a fair amount. For example, I started doing a YouTube search on 'bob sagat' and it offered to complete it as 'bob sagat stand up nasty' so I figured 'sure' and this was near the top: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjGm5DNDadU and of course he didn't need to club you over the head with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLazfBlUkfk

Re: Bob Saget has died

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Post by kej »

scop wrote: post #50

I wasn’t particularly fond of Saget, but I know that Norm Macdonald (a man I did deeply respect) held him in the highest regard and thus I have this sort of laundered respect for him. Isn’t it curious when you don’t look up to a man “directly”, but find admiration for him through someone who you do admire? Edit/addendum: I suppose it is kind of like when you’re parent loves a certain musician, movie, comic, etc. You…

I think in this particular case it's because many people's first impression of him was as the dad on a cheesy sitcom or as the cheesy host on a family-friendly funny video show. It's not like we had YouTube clips of his edgy stand-up stuff back then, so he kind of got pigeonholed as almost but not quite funny.
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