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Thursday, September 27, 2007
 
Funny

When I worked at a video store in high school, I'd often watch the stand-up comedy tapes. They're short and generally funny, and I do believe that exposing yourself to more comedy helps you further your humor appreciation: the more funny stuff you watch, the more you'll see funny all around you. I recall being shocked to find out that Bob Saget, from Full House which was still airing back then, was not only truly funny, but also very, very dirty. If you've seen the Aristocrats, you've seen at least a hint of that.

I was interested to hear that he had a new HBO stand-up special that is particularly dirty.
It is a set so percussive with profanity, it seems almost impossible to fit one more dirty word in anywhere. It is the kind of material that would make Larry Flynt blush.

While the specifics cannot be reproduced in a wholesome newspaper, Saget in his HBO ramblings presents flights of deviant fantasy about his years of hosting "America's Funniest Home Videos" (1990-1997). This he alternates with outbursts of mock anger about his mocking portrayal on "South Park," his more recent creepy turn as a bordello's best customer on the show "Entourage" and the dirty joke documentary "The Aristocrats," all blurted out in a word salad of language so blisteringly blue that a parallel diagnosis, as Saget freely admits on HBO, of Tourette's syndrome cannot be ruled out.
Of course, I can't watch MNF on ESPN, much less something so entertaining on HBO. But, luckily, there are the torrents. It looks like it's going to take me 3 or 4 hours to download the routine, but it'll be done before I go to bed, and I'll be laughing all weekend long. Bob Saget is a very funny man.