Saget's Full House ; This Joker's Resume Runs the Gamut: Dad, Dubber, Druggy, Dirty Joke Teller ... Game Show Host

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Bob Saget wasn't sure what to do when Endemol USA asked him to host the new game show "1 vs. 100." And so, he consulted old pal Howie Mandel, who emcees an established Endemol hit, NBC's "Deal or No Deal."

"I called Howie, and I said, 'What do you think?' and he said, 'Don't touch me,' " Saget says, quickly adding that he's just joking about the response (a reference to Mandel's widely publicized OCD). "I've known Howie for 25-plus years. We're stand-ups. And his stand- up is not unlike mine in that it is bluish. ... A lot of my comedy is nasty but not hurtful.

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Saget's Full House ; This Joker's Resume Runs the Gamut: Dad, Dubber, Druggy, Dirty Joke Teller ... Game Show Host

"So Howie said, 'It's not going to affect any of that. It's going to help everything. It's a different world than it used to be.' "

We'll say. Saget at one time was best known for his eight seasons (1987-95) as widowed dad Danny Tanner on ABC's "Full House," and for hosting "America's Funniest Home Videos." But nowadays, when Saget plays college campuses, the kids ...

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