Back in the 1980s, Bob Saget played Danny Tanner, the harried father in the long running family friendly sitcom Full House. He also hosted America’s Funniest Home Videos and built a career on his non-threatening looks, non-threatening work and all around aw-shucks demeanor. So when he appeared in the 2005 documentary The Aristocrats performing one of the filthiest, funniest retellings of one of the dirtiest jokes of all time, America got a whole new look at Bob Saget. He followed up this appearance with a profanity laced HBO standup special entitled “That Ain’t Right,” and has parlayed this success into a starring role on Broadway, where he’s appearing as the “Man in Chair” in the Tony Award winning musical “The Drowsy Chaperone.
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