Sharon had originally cold-called me to perform standup at a benefit in Santa Monica she had titled “Cool Comedy-Hot Cuisine.” I knew nothing about scleroderma. She was the founder and then CEO of the Scleroderma Research Foundation - a great woman, a mother of three who’d been stricken with the disease herself as a young mom.
It began 25 years ago when I met Sharon Monsky, a woman who was to become one of the dearest friends of my life. I became familiar with scleroderma several years before my sister came down with it. In other patients, the blood vessels are predominantly affected, leading to profound loss of lung function over an extended period of time.
Bure shares some memories of her TV dad, and then Coulier speaks.Scleroderma is an incurable chronic disease which means “hard skin.” In some patients scarring forms in the lungs and on the skin, changing a person’s appearance. If Jodie Sweetin was in attendance, she’s not visible in this clip. Cameron Bure, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and Stamos are all there.
The clip opens with the Full House cast sharing memories. In addition to a touching Full House behind-the-scenes montage, Stamos shares video clips from Saget’s memorial with the audience. In his video, Lovitz jokes that he got Saget’s tour dates after his death. But then he gets tearful when sharing his true feelings for the comedian. Keaton pretends not to know that Saget died, confusing the video request for a birthday thing. Keaton and Lovitz appear via video messages, each throwing their comedic chops into the ring. Mayer (“Bob’s second best friend”) then explains why their unexpected friendship worked so well.
You’re always there, so you’re number one.'”
“And he said, ‘Yes, you are, because Brad Grey died … I said something about John Mayer, and he said, ‘Mayer’s an amazing friend, but he’s more fair weather. “And I said, ‘Well, you have a lot of God-given brothers, but I’m first, right?'” Stamos goes on. “I only come out on sad occasions,” Carrey replies with a smile. “I think it’s sad that little f**ker had to die to get Jim Carrey back on stage,” Rock teases during the song. With Mayer, Chris, and Stamos providing background blues music, Carrey, Rock, and Ross improvise jokes and share stories as part of “The Bob Saget Blues.” During this segment, Ross reveals Mayer paid for a private plane to transport Saget’s body back from Florida where he died. “Bob deserved all the love in the world, and I loved him more than anything, so thank you all very much,” she says through tears. Rizzo shares that Saget would always give her “the tour” of The Comedy Store whenever they were there and looking back on his favorite memories from growing up on that stage. She cracks some jokes, expresses how much Saget would love the tribute, because “never did he think that I would be on stage at The Comedy Store being backed up by Jim Carrey and Chris Rock.” Saget’s wife takes the stage early on and thanks everyone for attending. Here are the most memorable moments from the tribute special. Saget was a longtime advocate for the organization after his sister, Gay Saget, died of scleroderma in 1994. The special doubled as a fundraising event for the Scleroderma Research Foundation. Saget’s first wife and mother of his daughters, Sherri Kramer, was also in the audience. The rest of the night features appearances from Mike Binder, Jackson Browne, Seth Green, Mike Young, Michael Keaton, Candace Cameron Bure, Dave Coulier, Dave Chappelle, Tim Allen, Paul Rodriguez, Jon Lovitz, and Saget’s daughters, Lara, Aubrey, and Jennifer Saget. They bring Saget’s wife, Kelly Rizzo-Saget, to the stage for some opening remarks. Filmed shortly after the Full House alum’s memorial, Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute is kicked off by Chris Rock, Jim Carrey, John Stamos, John Mayer, Jeff Ross, and Darren Criss. Saget died of an accidental blunt head trauma on January 9 in Florida. A collection of Saget’s comedian and musician pals take the stage at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood, one of the late star’s favorite places, to reminisce in the Netflix special, which debuted Friday, June 10. Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute is just as much a roast of Bob Saget’s best friends as it is a memorial to the late star.