Dirty Daddy

Dirty Daddy by Bob Saget    272 pages

Bob Saget is a funny guy and it turns out he learned his craft from some of the funniest comics in the business.     As a young boy he researched and found out where Larry Fine of the Three Stooges lived in the old actors' home and went to visit him.   Before Larry died, Bob spent a lot of time with him talking and taking Larry copies of Three Stooges shorts which Larry hadn't seen in several years.   Larry told him about the Stooges careers but he also often cried his heart out over the rip-offs the stooges endured losing royalties and untold amounts of money to their managers who bilked them out of untold amounts of money taking their cut off the top while the stooges had to split whatever pittance was left.    He met Don Rickles, and Rodney Dangerfield and became so close to them he was like family in each performers home and each took him under their wing and taught him the ropes of being a stand-up comedian.   He gives some very intimate portraits of these guys and their lives on stage, off stage and what their family life was like which Bob was lucky enough to be included in.  Lovely stories the reader will thoroughly enjoy.    Bob never strays from saying off the wall remarks almost as if he is trying to show his Dad image is only for t.v. his humor is not light and can get a little intense at times other times so boyish and childish it will make you shake your head.   An enjoyable read and I do highly recommend it.   Adult humor geared to the open minded and tolerant.