“25, 30 years ago, that meant something, they were making some money. And they were doing all sorts of comedy, screaming at the audience, basically crowd control. And then there was the whole urban comedy scene.” YearsWholeAudienceComedySceneYears AgoCrowdsUrban Author:Bob Saget
“There was this whole middle time that only Chris Rock came out of, you know, 10 years ago it was Chris and a few other people, but that's about it. Chris is in a class of his own; I don't see another comedian who I put in high regard as him.” PeopleKnowsYearsWholeClassMiddleRocksYears AgoRegardComedian Author:Bob Saget
“You can talk about things indirectly, but if you want to talk how people really talk, you have to talk R-rated. I mean I've got three incredibly intelligent daughters, but when you get mad, you get mad and you talk like people talk. When a normal 17-year-old girl storms out of the house or 15-year-old boy is mad at his mom or dad, they're not talking the way people talk on TV. Unless it's cable.” PeopleIfsWayWantYearsMeanGirlThreeHouseTalkingBoysTvsMomDadNormalDaughterIntelligentMadStormCablesNot Talking Author:Bob Saget
“The Comedy Store - all three rooms were filled with 800 people in the room. And during that time, all these guys and some women, but mostly guys who weren't funny were doing stand up for a living; they weren't accountants, they were making $30-$50 grand a year on the road, or more.” PeopleYearsGuyThreeRoomsComedyFilledStoresAccountants Author:Bob Saget
“If you're a host of a video show and you're on the cleanest show on television for eight years, people want to say, 'Well, that's what that person does.' That was the dilemma for me, career-wise.” PeopleIfsWantYearsWellsPersonsDoeShowsCareersWiseTelevisionEightVideoHostDilemma Author:Bob Saget
“Full House was a show that was done for ten-year-olds. The critics hated it. They said terrible, terrible things about it. But it should have been reviewed by ten-year-olds. That's who it was made for. They loved it. And if they loved it, great. Why the hell does a fifty-year-old guy working at a big newspaper have to tell me I'm a piece of crap?” IfsShouldYearsDoeHas BeensMadeSaidDoneShowsBigsGuyHouseHellPiecesTerribleTenCriticismShould HaveCriticsNewspapersHatedFiftyCrapThey SaidTerrible ThingsShould Have BeenOld GuysFull HouseFifty Year Olds Author:Bob Saget
“The other day my twelve-year-old says to me, I don't feel like I'm with you right now. You're in the car with me, you're checking your e-mail, you're not listening to me, I don't feel like I'm with you. And I say, You know what? That was your mother's gripe, too. And she was right. And you're also correct. When you cop to something, you get to the next level. In this case, the next level is: I just learned something from my twelve-year-old.” KnowsFeelsYearsMotherNextLevelsCasesCarListeningRight NowMailTwelveCopNext Level Author:Bob Saget
“I have the brain of a German Shepherd and the body of a 16-year-old boy; they’re both in my car and I want you to see them” WantYearsBodyBrainBoysCarI Want YouShepherdsGerman Shepherds Author:Bob Saget
