Bob Saget: That Ain't Right

I actually was rather amused by this special. Many people think Bob Saget was going with the vulgarity to show he's not Danny Tanner from Full House. However, he's been doing this kind of comedy for years. His 1990 HBO special's stand segment didn't have as much profanity, but both shows had the same sort of humor, stream of consciousness flow and weird non sequiturs... and a few of the same jokes. Overall, I prefer this special to the old one simply because it doesn't have the dopey framing skits. I did enjoy the last two of his three songs and much of the humor and jokes. Overall, not my favorite special ever but it has a rewatchalibity factor.

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.

I can't recall the last time I had such high expectations for a piece of television entertainment and was more disappointed at the finished product. BOB SAGET: THAT AIN'T RIGHT is an HBO comedy concert that marked the official return to stand-up comedy for Bob Saget, former star of FULL HOUSE and AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS. Now I can absolutely relate to Saget's desire with this concert to distance himself from his image as the king of family-oriented television, but he really drives the message home with a sledgehammer approach here. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with adult language, but Saget really overdoes it here...Richard Pryor never used the "F" word as much as Saget does in this special and most of the time, it has very little to do with the content of his comedy. He seems to be using it purely for shock value and cheap laughs. His material here is primarily crude, tasteless bathroom humor that just didn't work for me. Saget is working so hard here to let the world know that he is not Danny Tanner (his FULL HOUSE character) by being as tasteless and shocking as he possibly can and it gets very old very quickly. And the saddest part of this debacle is that Bob Saget IS a very funny and intelligent guy who has already proved that he is not Danny Tanner (if you don't believe it, check out his guest appearance on HBO's ENTOURAGE). He's an intelligent comic presence who, for shock value, has checked his quick comic mind at the door and has chosen just to shock and gross out his audience. Saget did share one very story involving an incident in a restroom with his FULL HOUSE co-star John Stamos, but other than that, this concert was a nasty, unappealing disaster. A real shame.

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.

A lot of people here are bashing this stand up, claiming Saget's gratuitous use of the F word is to show he is not the same character on Full House. Saget has been doing stand up like this for decades. His jokes were really off the cuff and seem to be just flowing out of his head. He interacts with the audience a lot and if you allow yourself to be bombarded by this stream of consciousnesses/ stream of vulgarity and gross out humor you will enjoy the ride. I would give it a solid 7.5/10. He really has a unique way of doing stand up, and if you think his "jokes" from full house were funny then you should probably not see this special because this is real humor, a comedian's humor.