‘REAL GIFT’
Bob Saget says stand-up is more fun ‘when the audience knows you’
For 46 years, comedy has kept Bob Saget navigating from project to project. It’s a place where he feels at home, which is why he’s still performing.
Saget has been at the helm of great projects, such as hosting “America’s Funniest Home Videos” for nearly a decade. And he performed the future voice of Ted Mosby on CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother.”
He is best-known for his role as Danny Tanner on “Full House” and “Fuller House.”
“Danny Tanner has a place in my life, and I think it’s been wonderful to have been welcomed into people’s lives not once, but twice with the character,” he says. “But I’m so much more than Danny Tanner.”
In fact, Saget has managed to keep his comedy career moving forward for decades.
Saget is gearing up to do another comedy special, but first will make a stop at The Stage at Santa Ana Star on Friday, Jan. 24, and Sunday, Jan. 25, with two shows each night.
“I’ve never performed in Albuquerque before, and I’m excited,” he says. “I have material that I will be trying out to get it right before I do the new special. Anytime I’ve been to New Mexico, it was always to Santa Fe where my friends live.”
Saget is joined on this tour by his fellow comedian Mike Young.
“It’s really cool to be out with my buddy. He used to write for ‘Entourage’ and has his own style,” Saget says.
Saget has never been one to rest on his laurels.
He continues to look for new projects, such as ABC’s coming “Videos After Dark” and CMT’s “Nashville Squares,” both of which he hosts.
“ABC wanted a new video show and came up with this,” he says. “This is definitely not for families.”
Saget is also working on a coming podcast in which he will interview guests in home.
“The podcast is very personal because I will be talking to my friends,” he says. “It’s going to be done on the biggest scale yet. Whatever presents itself to me, I’m all in at 200%. I just love right now in my life.”
Saget has written a couple new songs for his coming special and is embracing being more musical as he gets older.
“I have to get the songs right before they hit the stage,” he says. “Performing a lot of shows before a special helps me work out all the kinks.”
Now 63, Saget says his love for being onstage has grown.
“I was 17 and bombed off an on,” he says. “I was one of the main hosts at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. As I’ve continued with stand-up, the audiences have gotten to know me. This is why they let me be me and play around with material. That’s the real gift, when the audience knows you.”