Spring Break
Cigar exclusive: Bob Saget interview
Caity Cudworth
Issue date: 4/2/08 Section: Entertainment
04/02/08 - Last Tuesday morning my phone rang. This would be unremarkable except for the fact that the voice on the other end said four words which, when used together, form one of the most surreal and incredible sentences in the English language: "Hey, Bob Saget speaking."
At once wholesome and totally perverse, Bob Saget is a paradox. On the one hand, there is the Bob Saget of "Full House" fame: the Bob Saget who also spent eight (hilarious) years narrating clips of water-skiing accidents and babies falling down stairs on "America's Funniest Home Videos" (No one narrates a video of an 80-year-old man getting hit in the nuts like Bob Saget. He's irreplaceable … Sorry, Tom Bergeron.)
But on the other hand, there is Bob Saget the comedian, whose material on sex, drugs and bestiality would make Danny - and, probably, the rest of the Tanner clan cringe ... The point is, if you don't think the man who played Danny Tanner for eight years has any street cred, then you obviously don't know shit about Saget.
After uttering those glorious words, he launched immediately into a recap of his weekend: "I was in Vegas with [John] Stamos and [Dave] Coulier, and people were like 'Oh my God it's the guys from 'Full House' … We were all wearing black."
First of all, it's cool that he refers to his former co-stars by their last names. I would totally do that too if I were Bob Saget. Second of all, it's pretty badass that they roll up in Vegas decked out in all black.
However, Saget isn't much of a betting man. "I played the 'Wheel of Fortune' slots with my girlfriend," he said of his gambling habits. Okay, well, that's like, the opposite of badass. You don't wear "all black" for that - you wear an appliquéd sweater and Keds. Leave the "Wheel of Fortune" slots for the "Golden Girls."
So who is the real Bob Saget then? Is he the clean-cut, slot-playing family man? Or is he all about rolling blunts and picking up models? (See: "Rollin' With Saget")
At once wholesome and totally perverse, Bob Saget is a paradox. On the one hand, there is the Bob Saget of "Full House" fame: the Bob Saget who also spent eight (hilarious) years narrating clips of water-skiing accidents and babies falling down stairs on "America's Funniest Home Videos" (No one narrates a video of an 80-year-old man getting hit in the nuts like Bob Saget. He's irreplaceable … Sorry, Tom Bergeron.)
But on the other hand, there is Bob Saget the comedian, whose material on sex, drugs and bestiality would make Danny - and, probably, the rest of the Tanner clan cringe ... The point is, if you don't think the man who played Danny Tanner for eight years has any street cred, then you obviously don't know shit about Saget.
After uttering those glorious words, he launched immediately into a recap of his weekend: "I was in Vegas with [John] Stamos and [Dave] Coulier, and people were like 'Oh my God it's the guys from 'Full House' … We were all wearing black."
First of all, it's cool that he refers to his former co-stars by their last names. I would totally do that too if I were Bob Saget. Second of all, it's pretty badass that they roll up in Vegas decked out in all black.
However, Saget isn't much of a betting man. "I played the 'Wheel of Fortune' slots with my girlfriend," he said of his gambling habits. Okay, well, that's like, the opposite of badass. You don't wear "all black" for that - you wear an appliquéd sweater and Keds. Leave the "Wheel of Fortune" slots for the "Golden Girls."
So who is the real Bob Saget then? Is he the clean-cut, slot-playing family man? Or is he all about rolling blunts and picking up models? (See: "Rollin' With Saget")
