Bob Saget has died
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During the month of Ramadan, right after we break our fast, we would run to the tv room and tune in to channel 2. A spotlight would frame a door and the announcer would go, "...ladies and gentlemen, Bob Saget!" He would walk in with his signature suit and greet the crowd. America's funniest home video was one of the few American shows that ran on Saudi TV. Right after, they played Full House. So many memories.
Many Muslims will stop for a moment today and make a grateful prayer for Bob Saget.
Rest in Peace.
Similarly, growing up in the 80s in India, there was basically one channel and a similar shared sense of community. Everyone remembers certain ads, certain shows, theme songs, certain hosts. Everyone’s Sunday morning routine was watching certain shows.
Maybe it’s mostly nostalgia but there is that sense of shared experience that we lack now.
I’ve read the same from Zeynep Tufekci about a belly dance performance that used to happen every Xmas in Turkey.
We spoke for 7 minutes or so and he was just so damn pleasant and likable. I think we're hardwired to assume the worst about celebrity egos. But he just came across as an affable dude you could have a beer with.
A few weeks ago he was a vibrant voice on the other end of the line and now he's gone. Absolutely surreal.
Edit/addendum: I suppose it is kind of like when you’re parent loves a certain musician, movie, comic, etc. You may not find them too entertaining, but you always tip your hat to them due to your parent’s respect.
Since this is the first time I've heard it described, and since it seems like an important artifact of human cognition, I propose we call this the "Scop Effect" (unless of course it already has some other name or definition elsewhere).
This feels profound to me.
> According to this theory, when two actions or ideas are not psychologically consistent with each other, people do all in their power to change them until they become consistent. [0]
In this case, OP didn’t like Saget but admired Macdonald — who DID like Saget. OP resolved this conflict by admiring Saget as well.
A parent likes a certain band. A lover likes a certain restaurant. A deceased person you respected held high opinions of someone you weren't necessarily fond of, but that you're now willing to overlook or reconsider.
There's a tinge of emotion.
I won't speculate on his death, only say it's very unexpected to me in that he didn't come across as the drug or alcoholic type, at least in recent times. Seemed like a pretty healthy guy with a sharp mind.
RIP.
> Earlier today, deputies were called to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes for a call about an unresponsive man in a hotel room. The man was identified as Robert Saget & pronounced deceased on scene. Detectives found no signs of foul play or drug use in this case.
We all know this, now the question to me is are the police under any obligation to tell the truth about these things? If there was a pile of fentanyl laced fentanyl under him, they don’t have to say one way or another right?
I remember when Trevor Moore died (rip) the cause was so hush it was weirdly suspicious for lack of detail. If iirc it was to the effect of “found dead in his lawn”, the family controlled the messaging and the police said nothing at all.
"Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."
I'm not saying this is the case here, just pointing out I understand where the parent is coming from.
It's not absurd for your mind to wonder in that direction initially
Why an overdose should make his passing "not great" is unclear.
I tend to think, perhaps unfairly, of most drug abuse as someone suffering in some way. So I guess I'm glad in that based on that and his lasts posts, he seemed genuinely happy.
Another classic being the line from Kill Bill: "My names Buck, and I like to [cue robotic, out of cadence word]_party_"
RIP, Bob
I can see the flip side though, that it having been preventable makes it more tragic.
Seriously though, incredibly filthy comedian, but no, I can't recall any substance abuse stories about Saget. This might be a random stroke/aneurysm. That's how Grant Imahara died. That shit is completely random.
Now you have the Sherrif tweeting from the hotel room while staring at the just found body.
* The family decides what they'd like to reveal
* Some shithead leaks something
There is also some increase in those due to vaccine, but I'm not sure if it would be statistically enough to even register.
[0]: https://twitter.com/bobsaget/status/1480097652851286017
Full House was life as a child. RIP Danny Tanner.
Saget was particularly talented because his mind and his comedy act could not be more different from the father he played on Full House or the goof he played on America's Funniest Home Videos.
Seriously, go watch some of his shows. You will be absolutely SHOCKED at what Danny Tanner said.
I have many friends and family members who are not aligned with my political views at all. I'd never let politics get in the way of that. After all, what is accomplished by avoiding someone because you don't agree with their views?
Do you know anyone on a deep, personal level that is of a different political alignment? To the OP's point, retreating to a bubble of people that only agree with you is one way to help such a caricatured outlook can take hold.
I find it draining to spend time with my in laws who support Trump but can't actually explain why (probably because they don't want to sound like humongous bigots).
They assert "please don't talk politics around us or our family we don't like it" but make politically charged statements from time to time. If anything even slightly resembling confrontation occurs, like asking someone where they heard something, the matriarch on the other side is likely to cry.
I have friends and family who are aligned oppositely.
Personally, I view political debate as an intellectual sport, like chess. It's fun to match swords with someone, and see who has the better game. Winning/losing at this, like winning/losing at chess, football, Magic The Gathering, etc., means nothing.
For those who are unable to not take losing personally, it's best to just avoid talking politics with them.
It's the same with religion. If you've got family & friends of different faiths, does that concern you?
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He will be missed.
Just like how he was in his cameo in Entourage.
I remember some comedian woman saying that Bob Saget’s favorite birthday present for women were ultra slim tampons. He’d say “put this prominently in your bathroom that way men will think you’re really tight.”
If that gives you any idea.
It’s been several years since I’ve watched any of his comedy specials, but even when he got really … over the top … I think there was usually at least some hint or signal that he was generally making fun of the grotesque in his own mind and not fully excusing it.
That's like questioning whether the comedian really did have that conversation with his neighbor at the bus stop he mentioned in the set-up before the punchline.
A standup joke doesn't need to be respectful, it only needs to be funny.
Also not sure what’s brave about posting about laughing about something possibly controversial when you don’t care about the consequences. I don’t care if I am down or up voted on anything I post. My self worth is not tied to any social scoring system.
- References to his role in Full House/AFHV (they made him wealthy)
- References to his role in Full House (having sex with a younger cast member)
- References to his role in Full House (cheap shots at the other adult cast members)
- Generally high-shock-value sexual references/innuendo
- Various self deprecating jokes mainly of a sexual deviancy nature
- A not-surprising-in-hindsight large amount of musical bits
- A general not so subtle hint that this, too, is all a facade and that while you may be appalled or interested in this other side of him it’s just as insincere
In fairness, this wasn't his joke or even meant to be funny... it's kind of a comedian test of sorts re: delivery. But you wanted to know how filthy he could get...
That and being the jovial host of Funniest Home Videos is how ~95% of North America knows Bob Saget.
By most accounts I’ve ever come across over the years, he was respected and liked by peers.
Certainly some compassion at the moment of his death would be welcome, if you have the capacity for that kind of thing.