Bob Saget: That Ain't Right

Wow, I've never paid that much attention to Bob Saget, but when I've seen him before he's been pretty funny, versatile actor and performer and fairly original and funny.

So, I saw Bob Saget: That Ain't Right on my streaming HBOnow channel and thought I would enjoy some comedy. What I saw was what seemed to be an incoherent guy who was apparently convinced that he was or had been a comedian and still "had it" trying to be funny and dirty at the same time.

I watched, and kept watching and minute by minute I felt my life and my patience fading away. Gosh, I am sorry for whatever happened to Bob Saget, but that does not mean I want to be confronted with his problems and mental deficiencies for over and hour in a comedy special that is not funny.

Sorry to break it to you, but as I said, if you are close to normal, which I am not that close to normal, but I don't think an average person with an average sense of humor is going to find watching this comedy special worth your time ,.. especially if you have to pay for it. Don't.

Geez, that's another 5 hours of my life that I'll never get back... What? It only SEEMED like 5 hours? Okay. Well, hell, even the audience wasn't laughing that much. If a "comedy" special was ever in need of a laugh track, this was it. At least then maybe I would have felt at least somewhat compelled to chuckle at the stream of consciousness masquerading as jokes that were coming from the mouth of this boring individual.

The lack of a coherent style was painful from the beginning to the end. Also, I simply don't think that trying to say the F word as many times as possible in 5 (10? 20?) minutes counts as even remotely funny. I find it more funny (hilarious even) that people paid to see this talentless hack.

To quote Jon Lovitz: "It SUCKED!"

I basically feel the same way I did about his 2013 special as I do this, only difference being I feel like he actually prepared jokes this time, while in 'That's what I'm talking about' he sounded like he just went on stage unprepared and started talking, with nothing but his usual wit. So this was better, got a few chuckles out of me. His material isn't that diverse as he spends most of the time talking about his previous shows so if you're unfamiliar with those you won't relate as much, which was my case. If you already liked Bob Saget being Bob Saget then you'll enjoy this because it is a peculiar type of humor, but if you didn't and are just looking for a special to watch it's worth second guessing, not something I'd recommend.

Bob Saget swears a lot in his standup which may be shocking for fans of "Full House" or "America's Funniest Home Videos". His machine gun delivery is laced with swear words like tracer rounds directing the laughter.

I'm not shocked by any swearing. I find his relentless swearing more like a crutch for slightly less funny material. It's like white noise that interferes with the writing. I'm more confounded by the constant laughter from the audience. I didn't watch "Full House" but I don't mind watching some crotch hits on "Funniest Videos". I wonder if his audience is so white bread that they are shocked into laughing by his swearing.

I'm also not a fan of his constant need to reassure the audience that his material isn't real. It keeps stopping the material for me. Instead of reversing on having sex with Kimmy Gibbler, it would funnier to double down on it. At least, it would be more daring. Why not include a donkey? Where's the pedophilia joke? He swears a lot but isn't actually that risqué.

...because that was how it was for years. He was the butt of a lot of jokes after he took on America's Funniest Home Videos. His complete "world's greatest dad" persona, Full House, all of the sketchy and lame jokes he told. I got it. Some of you did not, however.

If you all missed the point that he was creating, quite brilliantly, I might add, a cult of Danny Tanner on purpose, I feel for ya. Every time this guy told one of his lame jokes, or would have to smile like a paralyzed idiot for the camera, I could see him laughing inside, as if he were thinking, "you f**king losers!" And when he'd have to pretend that cats attempting to flush toilets was the most hilarious thing he'd ever witnessed, I could have sworn he was thinking: "Run that clip of the toddler falling off the trampoline again."

Come on, people, lighten up. He had to deal with that crap for years. So, yes, I quite enjoyed seeing him lash out a bit and being ridiculous. I am sure he needed it. And for what it is worth, it wasn't that bad. He's no pro at stand-up, but he did a pretty solid job. It was funnier than not. And that is more than I can say for a Dane Cook.

I enjoyed it. I recommend it.