From 'Full House' to NSFW comedy, Bob Saget's best career moments show why he was so loved

Most fans knew Bob Saget as America's dad, but the comedian was much more than that.

Saget, who was best known for his role as widowed father Danny Tanner in ABC's "Full House," died Sunday after police found him unresponsive in his hotel room at The Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida. He was 65.

The actor and TV host had been traveling the country with the "I Don't Do Negative" tour and performed a two-hour stand-up set in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday.

Saget's career spanned over four decades, during which the multi-hyphenate gave Americans some hearty laughs and a temporary escape from reality.

From a neat-freak dad on "Full House" to the Squiggly Monster on "The Masked Singer," here are some of his best career moments.

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Being America's favorite TV dad on 'Full House'

For eight seasons from 1987 to 1995, Saget provided fans with laughs, sound advice and wholesome moments as Danny Tanner on "Full House."

He played a widowed father who brought in his brother-in-law Jesse (John Stamos) and best friend Joey (Dave Coulier) to help him raise his three daughters – D.J. (Candace Cameron), Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) and Michelle (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen).

The setup made for one of the '90s most iconic TV shows and produced Netflix's spin-off "Fuller House" where Saget reprised his role for five seasons from 2016 to 2020.

Following Saget's death, a clip of Episode 9 in the first season of "Full House" resurfaced where Danny consoled Jesse about the grief of losing his sister and his wife Pam, which was especially hard during the Thanksgiving holiday.

"When’s it gonna stop hurting man?" Jesse asks in "The Miracle of Thanksgiving" episode. "I keep thinking the pain's going to go away but it doesn’t."

Danny responds: "I know that feeling Jesse, and I don’t think it ever completely ever goes away. Sometimes it's easier, but on days like this it's real hard. But you don’t have to go through this alone."

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Obsessing over cleaning his 'Full House'

While Danny Tanner was always there a for a hug and words of wisdom, he also brought loads of laughs (and laundry) with his dad dance moves and, of course, his favorite time of year: spring cleaning.

In Season 5, Danny prepares his crew for a day of deep cleaning, and they aren't exactly thrilled.

"Good morning troops! It is now 0700 and time to attack the enemy. Grease, grime, slime, sludge – and that’s just Joey's room," Danny opens the episode, while wearing a tool belt full of cleaning supplies.

D.J. jokingly explains her dad's cleaning fervor to Stephanie: "It may be spring cleaning to you and me, but to dad, it’s Christmas."

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, Saget offered comedic relief by channeling his famous character.

"Oh. My. God. I spend my day cleaning and vacuuming and sanitizing everything in the house. I have become Danny Tanner," he tweeted.

Making 'America’s Funniest Home Videos' even funnier

People didn’t buy Camcorders in the ‘90s to capture precious family memories – it was in hopes of recording a funny clip to be aired on "America’s Funniest Home Videos" with the great Saget to hilariously caption the moment.

From 1989 to 1997, Saget hosted the ABC show, which featured hilarious homemade videos sent in by viewers. And the clips were made even more hilarious by Saget’s voiceover commentary.

Saget always ended each episode by saying "keep those cameras safely rolling” – funny because many of the clips boasted bruises, falls and balls to the groin.

The show went on with host Tom Bergeron and still airs today with host Alfonso Ribeiro.

Voicing future Ted on 'How I Met Your Mother'

Even when Saget wasn't visibly seen on screen, he was still present.

The comedian voiced "How I Met Your Mother's" narrator Ted (Josh Radner). For nine years, Saget portrayed future Ted and helped tell the nine-season story of, well, how Ted Mosby met the mother of his two kids.

The series had fans invested, with the show's finale averaging almost 13 million viewers.

Though we never saw Saget during the course of the show, his voice alone carried the popular series.

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Getting roasted by Norm Macdonald … sort of

Saget was the target of a "Comedy Central Roast" in 2008 and took some serious blows from friends and fellow comedians – that is the point of the derogatory, curse-laden series – with some praise of the beloved star along the way.

John Stamos emceed the event with Cloris Leachman, Jeff Ross, Gilbert Gottfried, Greg Giraldo, and more taking aim at Saget, but it was Norm Macdonald’s gentle roast that had people talking – the clip resurfaced on social media after Macdonald died in September following a private battle with cancer.

"Bob has a beautiful face like a flower … yeah, a cauliflower," Macdonald teased. "No offense, but your face looks like a cauliflower."

He kept his jokes light and ended on a serious note: “Bob honestly has never had an unkind word for anybody, and I love him and I hope everybody else does, so I just wanted to say that.”

Saget later explained to Deadline why Macdonald was so soft on him: "I talked to him a week before the roast and, and he said, ‘I can’t say mean things about you because you’re my friend,' " Saget recalled.

Becoming the Squiggly Monster on 'The Masked Singer'

In 2020, Saget took a turn on "The Masked Singer" as the Squiggly Monster. Though he was eliminated and only stumped one panelist, he made his mark on the show when the world needed it most.

After he was sent home, he explained why he decided to join the secret singing competition amid a pandemic.

"What you guys do here is why I wanted to do this, because, you know, we're all going through a tough time," Saget said. "I get to be part of your joy and it's needed so bad. They said, 'Do you want to be Squiggly Monster?' They sent me a picture, and I said, 'Yeah.' "

Panelist Ken Jeong shared how much the comedic icon's praise meant to him after seeing his comedy routine about 20 years ago.

"You can tell when someone is special and someone is funny and someone is a comedian at heart," Saget said. "Not only that, but you were a doctor and you gave me a free exam, and I want to thank you."

Shocking fans with his NSFW stand-up comedy

Though Saget was a comedian, it was a shock to see America's beloved dad do stand-up, which included a fair amount of inappropriate jokes.

In 2007, long after his stint as Danny Tanner, Saget performed "That Ain't Right," a one-hour stand up special taped at New York University, and though Rotten Tomatoes said it was negatively received by critics, that didn't stop Saget from trucking on. In 2013, he released "That's What I'm Talking About," another stand-up that solidified he was more than a wholesome TV dad. He was nominated for a Grammy for best comedy album for the 2013 performance and he went on to drop comedy special "Zero to Sixty" in 2017.

His last Instagram post Saturday was filled with hope and showed how much he loved comedy.

"I loved tonight’s show in Jacksonville," Saget wrote. "Very appreciative and fun audiences. I had no idea I did a two hour set tonight. I’m back in comedy like I was when I was 26. I guess I’m finding my new voice and loving every moment of it. A’ight, see you in two weeks.

"Goin’ everywhere until I get the special shot. And then probably keep going cause I’m addicted to this," he added, signing off with "Peace out."

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