Director
Beth McCarthy
Appearing
Bob Saget
DVD Release Date: August 28, 2007
Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 55 Minutes
The Show
Shock comedy is truly something that can only be done by a few people in this world. Well, as many people as are breathing can do it, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are doing it right. George Carlin is the master of shock comedy and he has shown it for decades. His violent nature and foul mouth can’t help but be noticed, but it quickly takes a back seat to the great comedy that he spews forth. Denis Leary was another who, back when he was still doing stand-up, would have the filthiest mouth on the planet and it was blatantly obvious. Yet his material was so strong that the cursing went virtually unnoticed after a while.
Bob Saget is a man that everyone will and does remember from the family friendly shows Full House and America’s Funniest Home Videos. A wholesome man full of practical and family values that would make anyone feel as if they aren’t nearly as good as he is. Never arrogant and always thinking of others, that was Bob Saget. Actually, that was his character of Danny Tanner because the man behind the clean freak was the total opposite.
Saget’s comedy is extremely rude, crude, and just downright vulgar at times. If the number of times the F-word was to be recorded for a comedy special then it would surely pass the number of times they were ever said in any film. It is actually quite hard to summarize what his set was about because he had no real material. Every now and then he’d start talking about something or someone like his dad and then go off onto a random tangent. Fifteen minutes later he’d go back to the joke about his dad.
He says that after the years and years of doing the all-American family television, he has wanted to get away from those personas; Saget doesn’t want people to associate him with those shows anymore and actually seems quite bitter if anyone brings them up. But for a person trying to get out of the shadow of Full House, he really isn’t helping. He brings up the show or his co-stars on it at least every five minutes during his set. Jokes about Dave Coulier, John Stamos, Jesse and the Rippers, the Olsen Twins, and so much more are repeated over and over again that it gets to be quite annoying. As long as he keeps bringing it up, people are going to continue calling him Danny instead of Bob.
The only redeeming part of the routine is some amusing songs he sings near the end of his act. Yeah the songs are quite crude as well, but at least they are somewhat humorous and you can at least crack a smile at them. Looking back, I don’t think he told a single joke that made me even snicker. Saget curses so much that is amazing if an actual sentence is uttered at any point. For someone who doesn’t get offended easily whatsoever, this began to even get to me because the vulgarity just started being unnecessary and pointless. But speaking of pointless, that can be said for his entire set.
The Video
The show is presented in 1.33:1 format and looks fine. The stage is brightly lit and Bob can be seen clearly at all times. The first few rows of the audience can be seen a little, but other then that, the rest of the room is in total darkness.
The Audio
The show is heard in Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Sound and comes through clearly. Bob can be heard clearly at all times and there is never any static or interference.
Special Features
“Strollin’ With Saget” Featurette – About ten minutes worth of Bob Saget walking along the streets of New York. He stops for some pictures, signs some autographs, talks to a few people, and makes fun of others. Nothing too interesting.
“Rollin’ With Saget” Music Video
The Inside Pulse
Unless you’re looking to spend an hour laughing at how absurd something is, then I suggest you avoid this DVD. The material is far from funny and there is nothing worthwhile in the special features so nowhere does it have a saving grace. With as much cursing in 55 minutes as there is in an entire season of Deadwood, Bob Saget tries way too hard to shock people and make them realize he isn’t Danny Tanner. Well, after seeing this performance, the only time I hope to see him on my TV again is in old reruns of the two shows that made him a household name. Not as the unfunny individual that thinks the filthiest words imaginable will make people laugh. Hey Bob, have fun drifting into obscurity with Carrot Top.
