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Bob Saget’s new comedy special will premiere May 10 on Showtime

Bob Saget’s new comedy special will premiere May 10 on Showtime

By | April 4, 2013 at 5:58 pm | 3 comments

It’s been six long years since Bob Saget released his first stand-up comedy special, HBO’s That Ain’t Right, but the 30-year comedy veteran and former Full House star is set to unleash his new hour of deeply dark and filthy brand of live comedy. It’s called That’s...

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David Cross announces Bonnaroo comedy lineup, festival launches Web series with Rob Cantrell (Videos)

David Cross announces Bonnaroo comedy lineup, festival launches Web series with Rob Cantrell (Videos)

By | March 28, 2013 at 1:23 pm | No comments

Daniel Tosh, Mike Birbiglia and Nikki Glaser are only three of the stellar comedians who will perform at Bonnaroo this year, as the music and arts festival takes over Manchester, TN from June 13 to 16. The full list of comedians to appear at the Bonnaroo Comedy Theatre hosted by...

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Bob Saget and friends raise $664,000 for Scleroderma research

Bob Saget and friends raise $664,000 for Scleroderma research

By | October 23, 2012 at 1:59 pm | No comments

Family, friends and supporters came together Monday night at Carolines on Broadway in New York City for comedian Bob Saget’s annual scleroderma fundraiser, which raised over $664,000 by night's end! The Scleroderma Research Foundation (srfcure.org) hosted ‘Cool Comedy –...

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Review: New ‘Believer’ book with Sedaris, C.K., Oswalt and more, gives life to old tradition

Review: New ‘Believer’ book with Sedaris, C.K., Oswalt and more, gives life to old tradition

By | March 22, 2012 at 11:04 am | 4 comments

Ask a comedian for advice, and more likely than not, you’ll get a joke. Editor Eric Spitznagel at The Believer knows this, so he and Amy Sedaris started a humor/advice column and called it “Sedaratives.” In each issue of the magazine, “Sedaratives” is taken over by a...

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Watch John Stamos cuddle and fondle Bob Saget for a good cause

Watch John Stamos cuddle and fondle Bob Saget for a good cause

By | August 10, 2011 at 1:39 pm | One comment

We all remember that scene in Full House where Jesse Katsopolis gets caught going down on Danny Tanner by nosy neighbor Kimmy Kibbler, right? No? Well, it's just a shame you don't live in my head. The point is, the folks at College Humor have given us something almost just as...

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Bob Saget, Olsen twins, Jerry Seinfeld, more raise $700k for scleroderma research

By | November 10, 2010 at 3:09 pm | No comments

Family, friends, and supporters came together Monday night at Carolines on Broadway in New York City for comedian Bob Saget's annual scleroderma fundraiser. And just moments ago, Saget tweeted that the event raised nearly $700,000. The Scleroderma Research Foundation...

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'Strange Days with Bob Saget' will premiere in December on A&E

By | October 14, 2010 at 2:11 pm | One comment

Back in May, we tipped you off about comedian Bob Saget's new show on A&E, Strange Days with Bob Saget. And now, we can tell you a premiere date has been set. That date is Dec. 1. Starting at 10 pm EST, the cable network will air back to back half-hour episodes. The...

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Laugh Factory summer camp kicks off 26th year

By | June 15, 2010 at 8:06 pm | No comments

Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada knows it’s never too early to start your stand-up career. Which is why this Saturday marks the 26th year he’ll be running the Laugh Factory Comedy Camp— a free stand-up comedy program for underprivileged kids. Youngsters aged 9-16 are...

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Bob Saget inks reality show deal with A&E

By | May 5, 2010 at 1:11 pm | 5 comments

It seems comedian Bob Saget, who has seen an incredible resurgence in popularity in the last five years – due to his stand-up touring, his narration duties on How I Met Your Mother and, of course, Comedy Central’s roast in honor of him – has another project in the works....

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