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Bob Saget’s death is being mourned by the stand-up comedy community, even here in Saskatchewan.
“I was absolutely rocked. The stand-up community lost Norm MacDonald last year which was a tremendous blow,” Saskatoon comedian Matthew Murray told the Brent Loucks show. “To lose Bob, it’s just a really tough time, especially in an industry that’s had real struggles with COVID here. We’re all reeling on this one this morning.”
Saget had just performed a show on Saturday night but was found dead in his hotel room on Sunday. He was 65.
Murray said no one saw it coming.
“Bob kept current. His material was very self-deprecating but he was always able to have a new special or a new set ready all the time. I don’t think anyone expected Bob to stop working any time soon, he was still cutting-edge,” Murray said. “This really is left field. We had no indications of health challenges or anything like that.”
Murray said one of the things that made Saget such a great comedian was his ability to have one of the crudest stand-up acts but then play a loveable TV dad on shows like Full House.
“That was one of the most amazing things about Bob, was that dichotomy. He came up in a time in stand-up when it was the golden age of stand-up.
He was what we used to call a blue comedian – which is someone who worked very dirty,” Murray said. “He had that clean-cut look to him and on-camera he came across very affable.
“When he got Full House and when he got America’s Funniest Home Videos, it was a bit of an inside joke among the comedy community, like do you understand who you really hired?”
After seeing him as one of the most memorable TV dads of all time, Murray said it had seemed like Saget hadn’t aged after all these years.
“Bob was still in high spirits and always funny, always sharp. One of the things we look for in comedy is when the mental acuity starts to go – when you lose that edge and that timing,” Murray said. “He still had it. He was there and was ready to go. It’s certainly a dimmer day after losing him.”