Days before his shocking death, Bob Saget sat down with an old classmate from Temple University to discuss life, promote his upcoming Jacksonville comedy show, and honor a former mentor.
“I remember you completely,” Saget, 65, told Bruce Hamilton, a news anchor for WJXT-TV, with a smile. “We hung out by the equipment room.”
The pair then joked about where someone can find the best steak sandwich in Philadelphia and Saget’s inability to tell time.
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“I don’t know time. I’m a comedian,” said the actor, who famously portrayed Danny Tanner on Full House. “We’re like the armed services, you know, we just get up and go.”
Saget told Hamilton how much he looked forward to returning to Jacksonville and even offered him a ticket.
“Can you come to it?” he asked. “Can you get to see it?”
When asked about how COVID-19 has affected his comedy, Saget said he was done with all the anger and negativity.
“I really love doing stand-up now more than I ever have,” he said. “I don’t talk politics. I don’t talk religion. I just want to make people laugh.”
The late comedian compared his role to the Blues Brothers, who were on a “mission from God.”
Working on a special, Saget said he appreciated that he could perform longer sets and engage with audiences more.
“I’m not as blue as I used to be, and some people go ‘Saget, come on, I want Entourage Bob,'” he said. “But, it’s me, I’m just being myself more, and I just love it.”
Saget discussed how his podcast had allowed him to open up to guests and experience great conversations that make people feel better.
As the conversation between the two came to a close, Saget became emotional while reminiscing about a mentor.
“You’re gonna make me cry,” the comedian said. “When you get a teacher like that in your life, it’s a real gift … There is nothing like it if you’re a good teacher … and then we lost him not too long ago, which was very sad.”
The interview ended with Saget making his old classmate promise to give him his contact information and keep in touch.
A few days before he honored his late mentor, Saget took a moment to remember the life and words of Betty White, who died on Dec. 31, 2021, at 99.
“I don’t know what happens when we die, but if Betty says you get to be with the love of your life, then I happily defer to Betty on this,” he posted to social media.
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Saget was found dead Sunday afternoon in his hotel room at the Orlando Ritz-Carlton, and authorities said a cause of death has not been confirmed.
