Was Bob Saget Really An Oscar Winner?

Comedian and actor Bob Saget was found dead in a hotel room on Jan. 9, 2022, after performing a comedy show in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. According to CNN, no signs of foul play or drug use were found to be the cause of the 65-year-old's unexpected death. 

Over the years, Saget has been a beloved fixture on television, appearing as father Danny Tanner on "Full House" and, more recently, on "Fuller House." You also might recognize his voice as the narrator for Ted Mosby's future self on "How I Met Your Mother." 

Before he became a national television fixture, Saget attended Temple University and, after graduating in 1978, went on to pursue another degree from the prestigious film school at the University of Southern California. But he quit shortly after enrolling to perform stand-up comedy, according to CNBC.

Apart from acting and stand-up, Saget also tried his hand at directing. Over the years, he has directed HBO's "The Mind of the Married Man," "Dirty Work," and "For Hope." The latter was based on the battle that Saget's sister, Gay, faced against the tissue disease scleroderma, per CNBC. 

"In my career I've had the fortune of being able to work continually in radically diverse creative worlds," Saget wrote in his 2014 memoir, "Dirty Daddy," per NPR. "By day I've done some of the most family-friendly TV imaginable. Then, often in the same day, I've gone onstage in the L.A. comedy clubs and whirled off with an adolescent's delight about my grandma's projectile diarrhea."