Bob Saget spoke about his evolving approach to comedy, an influential mentor and his days as a student at Philadelphia's Temple University in what would be his final interview ahead of his shocking death at the age of 65.
The Full House star and comedian was found dead Sunday in a Ritz-Carlton hotel room in Orlando, officials with the Orange County, Florida, sheriff’s office tweeted, adding that there were 'no signs of foul play or drug use in this case.'
Saget on Wednesday appeared on News4JAX to promote his show Saturday at Jacksonville's Ponte Vedra Concert Hall on his I Don’t Do Negative Comedy Tour.
The latest: Bob Saget spoke about his evolving approach to comedy, an influential mentor and his days as a student at Philadelphia's Temple University in what would be his final interview ahead of his shocking death at the age of 65
He bonded with News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton, who he knew from Temple University, telling Hamilton, 'I just remember you, we went to Temple.'
Saget got emotional when he was asked about Lew Klein, the late American Bandstand producer and Temple University professor who died at the age of 91 in June of 2019.
'You’re gonna make me cry, he was like a dad to me,' Saget said of Klein, noting that he helped him break into show business by getting him an internship on The Mike Douglas Show.
'That was my first indoctrination into show business, I was 19,' Saget said, hailing Klein for his care for students in an educational career that spanned more than six decades.
'Lew Klein cared so much about students, I’ve had a couple of those teachers,' Saget said. 'When you get a teacher like that in your life, it’s a real gift, anybody watching who knows what I’m saying, both of my sisters were teachers and there’s nothing like it if you’re a good teacher and he literally helped me, and he would talk with me and then we lost him not too long ago, which is very sad.'
He bonded with News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton, who he knew from Temple University, telling Hamilton, 'I just remember you, we went to Temple'
In the interview, Saget said he was enthusiastic about his forthcoming trip to the Sunshine State, where he had great memories.
'I’m leaving tomorrow to be there so I can be, I’m going to Orlando and then I’m coming right to Jacksonville, I think it’s my third time in Jacksonville in about a year,' Saget said. 'We comedians have to go where
