One of his close friends wrote about how after Bob Sagets baby daughter was born he walked around with her asking everyone "who wants to be the first to stick your finger in her".
In comedy circles, there’s a famous Saget story about the night his first daughter was born. After a very difficult birth, during which Sherri Saget and her baby almost died, a friend showed up to find Mr. Saget looking utterly destroyed, unshaven, unrecognizable, but holding his newborn.
“Oh my God, Bob, she’s beautiful,” the friend said.
“For a dollar, you can finger her,” Mr. Saget replied.
Note Saget's comment in retrospect on the "joke":
“This story continually comes back to me,” he said, groaning. “Oh boy, I was a wreck, and I was just operating on whatever sick mode I’m always in anyway. I don’t remember, but I don’t think a dollar is enough money for something that crosses the line that much. I would have said $5..."
Also in the article is a little insight into his formative years:
“I was not that great a kid,” he said. “My parents think I was, but I would light fires and chop things up. I had some problems. I was Lord of the Flies –ish, but I didn’t kill a person.”
In second grade one day, he repeatedly dropped a pair of scissors so he could look up the skirt of a girl he liked named Krissy. It wasn’t mutual, and the teacher told him to stop. Later, there was some shoplifting and vandalism.
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Cheesebooger ago
One of his close friends wrote about how after Bob Sagets baby daughter was born he walked around with her asking everyone "who wants to be the first to stick your finger in her".
millennial_vulcan ago
Please say that's not true?
Cheesebooger ago
One of Bob's friends wrote about the incident in a book and I cant find it. Its as if it has been scrubbed from the internet
http://www.metafilter.com/41802/Who-is-the-real-Bob-Saget
Factfinder2 ago
I believe this is the original source article from the Observer's interview with Saget: http://observer.com/2005/05/bob-sagets-full-mouth/
From the article:
In comedy circles, there’s a famous Saget story about the night his first daughter was born. After a very difficult birth, during which Sherri Saget and her baby almost died, a friend showed up to find Mr. Saget looking utterly destroyed, unshaven, unrecognizable, but holding his newborn.
“Oh my God, Bob, she’s beautiful,” the friend said.
“For a dollar, you can finger her,” Mr. Saget replied.
Note Saget's comment in retrospect on the "joke":
“This story continually comes back to me,” he said, groaning. “Oh boy, I was a wreck, and I was just operating on whatever sick mode I’m always in anyway. I don’t remember, but I don’t think a dollar is enough money for something that crosses the line that much. I would have said $5..."
Also in the article is a little insight into his formative years:
“I was not that great a kid,” he said. “My parents think I was, but I would light fires and chop things up. I had some problems. I was Lord of the Flies –ish, but I didn’t kill a person.”
In second grade one day, he repeatedly dropped a pair of scissors so he could look up the skirt of a girl he liked named Krissy. It wasn’t mutual, and the teacher told him to stop. Later, there was some shoplifting and vandalism.
Cheesebooger ago
That's exactly the one I was looking for. Thank you