“Whatever happened to predictability?”
Bob Saget, stand-up comedian and former star of “Full House,” delivered a raunchy stand-up act to about a thousand people Friday night at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall as part of A&O Productions’ speaker series.
Saget, who is well-known for playing Danny Tanner on the sitcom, scrapped his squeaky clean image for an edgy comedy routine and an appearance in the 2005 documentary “The Aristocrats.”
In his routine, Saget joked about a variety of topics, including the sitcom and audience members. He said many in the audience probably grew up watching him.
“I was on ‘Full House,'” he said. “That is so fucked up. I know – I lived it.”
Saget said he developed his raunchy sense of humor as a result of having to work on the show for eight seasons.
“I usually don’t talk like this, but you would talk like this too if you did family TV for so long,” he said. “It was like the eight nights of Hanukkah. It would never end.”
He also said many people thought the three men on the sitcom were gay.
“That show was ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ and those kids were cockblockers,” he said.
Toward the end of his performance, Saget also sang a song named “Danny Tanner Was Not Gay” to the tune of Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way.”
Saget said the people in the audience would not be able to see “Full House” after seeing his routine.
“You are all thinking, ‘What the fuck happened to Mr. Tanner?'” he said. “You’re going to watch Nick at Nite and think, ‘Do not let him pick up those kids.'”
Saget said he still keeps in touch with his co-stars from “Full House.” He told a story about how he and John Stamos tried to save a woman who was in a car accident.
“This woman woke up and saw me and John Stamos near her car,” he said. “The poor lady thought she had died and gone to sitcom hell.”
Saget also interacted with the audience, often making fun of people. When an audience member yelled out suggestions, Saget told him to speak up.
“Yeah, people really came here to see you, Ryan,” he said. “Keep talking.”
He ended the show with an improvised song called “Ryan is an asshole.”
Ben Wolfert, A&O director of speakers and special events, said the group decided to bring Saget because of his recent popularity with college students.
“We all grew up with Bob Saget and ‘Full House,'” the Weinberg senior said. “Recently we witnessed his transformation to adult material with ‘The Aristocrats’ and ‘Half Baked.’ He is popular with college students and we had heard amazing things about his stand-up.”
The experience helped build community, Wolfert said.
“We want students to feel a sense of belonging through this shared comedic experience,” he said.
David Sano, a McCormick sophomore, said Saget delivered a good show.
“He lived up to my expectations of dirty jokes and potty humor,” Sano said.
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