Bob Saget dishes on dirty side of ‘Full House’
Bob Saget, who played Danny Tanner on “Full House,” has lifted the lid on what really happened behind the scenes of the family-friendly show.
In his soon-to-be-released memoir, called “Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian,” Saget reveals that he often misbehaved on set with co-stars Dave Coulier and John Stamos.
“Dave, John and I would egg each other on and we were often driven to outbursts of non-family-friendly humor,” Saget writes.
“When this happened, the producers and the parents of the kids would take us up to the conference room for a good talking-to.
“For example, when we would go over the scripts together in a conference room with the producers and writers, we were all supposed to be taking notes but I’d be drawing penises on the scripts and showing them to Dave and John like I was in fifth grade.”
In the book, Saget repeatedly mentions just how close he is with his two male co-stars, even if he isn’t fond of some of their habits, such as Coulier’s willingness to pass gas.
“All the show’s eight seasons of out-take gag reels have the whole cast leaving the stage abruptly the moment Dave releases his ass fumes. It gave true meaning to the term gag reel.”
Saget refers to the Olsen twins as “his family” in the memoir, and he refuses to say anything bad about them.
But he does share a great story about the time he had to change their diapers on set.
“Cameras were rolling and one of the young ladies had made a poop, which had to be removed or we would have been holding a child with a smashed-poo-filled diaper for a long scene,” Saget writes.
“I didn’t want the poo to cause a rash and soil my television child’s butt, so I decided to take the time to remove the aforementioned substance from the diaper, so that my television baby was poo-free.”
As well as numerous funny anecdotes, Saget also talks about the things he regrets from his time on “Full House.”
“We had been waiting awhile — they were still busy shooting some scenes of Michelle and her friends — and I was getting impatient. I grabbed Dave and John and we went into the prop room backstage and locked the door … I swung open the refrigerator, and behold! Six cans of whipped cream. Reddi-wip. Nitrous oxide is dangerous. Can cause brain damage … Dave and John followed my lead and we inhaled the little bit of air still left in the cans that were meant for Michelle’s birthday cake scene. I guess we got high, don’t think so though. It was hard to tell, ‘cause we were in a hurry and whipped cream started squirting everywhere.”
“Only adults were there. A lot of crew guys whom I liked to make laugh. What could have happened next? Oh yeah, so I’m throwing it around, pretending to do stuff to it, as one would if there were no child actors within a couple soundstages’ distance and you were a comedian with no moral compass in front of a crowd of people … and what I didn’t know was the television monitors were turned on in the schoolroom and all the dressing rooms, and in certain offices on the studio lot. Like I said, I was an idiot.”
