An Evening with Bob Saget Moderated by John Oliver
March 1, 2022 4:26 PM Subscribe
Maybe you need a filthy adult break from all the insanity? An Evening with Bob Saget Moderated by John Oliver is 1h15m from the 2014 92nd Street Y that is charming and funny and delightful.
I’m too young to remember. Was Bob Saget actually a dirty comic before Full House, or was that an ironic pivot? It just seems that bland, boring ABC wouldn’t have taken the chance that some TGIF viewers may have gone to a comedy club and been familiar with his routine.
posted by hwyengr at 8:06 PM on March 1, 2022
posted by hwyengr at 8:06 PM on March 1, 2022
Dirty before. Yup. Somehow that happened. The late 80s and early 90s was a wild wild place.
Just re watched honey I shrunk the kids with my kids. Their children go missing for like six hours. No one is alarmed. “They’re probably at the mall” only at dusk are they calling the cops who roll in annoyed as hell to be interrupted by not one but TWO missing kid calls.
Ya. Wild times.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 8:23 PM on March 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
Just re watched honey I shrunk the kids with my kids. Their children go missing for like six hours. No one is alarmed. “They’re probably at the mall” only at dusk are they calling the cops who roll in annoyed as hell to be interrupted by not one but TWO missing kid calls.
Ya. Wild times.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 8:23 PM on March 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
"Be back by the time the sun goes down" was supposed to mean "in time for dinner", but in the summertime....
Free Range Childhood represent!
posted by hippybear at 8:49 PM on March 1, 2022 [11 favorites]
Free Range Childhood represent!
posted by hippybear at 8:49 PM on March 1, 2022 [11 favorites]
PS. There was no such thing as an ironic pivot back then either.
Dude had to pay the bills! Every actor knew the show was saccharine but can’t argue with a paycheck; as their target audience I thought the show was terrible but there was nothing else available so…
posted by St. Peepsburg at 9:08 PM on March 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
Dude had to pay the bills! Every actor knew the show was saccharine but can’t argue with a paycheck; as their target audience I thought the show was terrible but there was nothing else available so…
posted by St. Peepsburg at 9:08 PM on March 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
Saget & Oliver. Like musicians, they traded riffs with impeccable timing and unexpected intimacy. Saget was likable, and he made me laugh.
Oliver was, well, Oliver. I was glad to see him interact with Saget, as it seemed to calm him down. Watching his regular shows, I often wanted to hug him, and tell him "There there, Jon, it's going to be okay."
posted by mule98J at 10:08 AM on March 2, 2022
Oliver was, well, Oliver. I was glad to see him interact with Saget, as it seemed to calm him down. Watching his regular shows, I often wanted to hug him, and tell him "There there, Jon, it's going to be okay."
posted by mule98J at 10:08 AM on March 2, 2022
the two things are separate in every way, but if you squint hard in a dark room and look backwards at "Bojack Horseman" you might catch a glimpse of something faintly Saget-ish in some of those episodes.
something about that mix of deep pathos, deeper flaws, and funnier than hell
posted by elkevelvet at 7:33 PM on March 2, 2022
something about that mix of deep pathos, deeper flaws, and funnier than hell
posted by elkevelvet at 7:33 PM on March 2, 2022
Holy Christ I thought I loved Bob Saget before?!? This interview is everything I was promised about him other than what I saw in The Aristocrats. Thank you so much for this.
posted by wyndham at 1:08 AM on March 3, 2022
posted by wyndham at 1:08 AM on March 3, 2022
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