"As a kid I often heard from my mom, as well as from the teachers in every school I attended, that I needed to behave myself and watch how I spoke. Apparently I was a mischievous little bastard. By the time I started out in stand-up at seventeen, I was careful about my language; this helped me get on television shows and go on the road opening for musicians like Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and Kenny Loggins. But one day in my early twenties, I snapped. I didn't want to disappoint my mom, but I couldn't take the censorship of it all. Some of the comedians who fascinated me the most — Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, and Richard Pryor — had also felt oppressed by the things you could and couldn't say in public."
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Bob Saget
Robert Lane "Bob" Saget (17 May 1956 – 9 January 2022) was an American actor, stand-up comedian, and television host. Although he was most famous for his roles in family-oriented television shows, he was known outside of television for his starkly blue stand-up comedy.
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