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 Bob Saget is both warm and friendly while being vile and shocking –all of it with a smile in his voice and manner.

Bob’s known for roles like DANNY TANNER on FULL HOUSE, a show that had a 7 year run in the late 80s and mid 90s.  He also was the original host of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at the same time.   All of that vaulted him to enormous visibility.

The one through line during his life and career has been has been his masterful stand-up act.  Shocking to many given his wholesome image, it’s consistently hilarious and very much in demand. 

Most recently, Bob was the voice of the future Ted Mosby on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER.

His new book DIRTY DADDY which you can buy here takes the reader through his life which is filled with bitter loss but also amazing life gifts.  Bob shares stories of meeting some of the shining lights of a show business career that’s spanned decades

We talk to him about all of it.

Heather Ankeny joins with The King of TV, Paul Goebel.

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Annaleigh Ashford does it all from stage to screen–and she throws in an impression of Cyndi Lauper

Annaleigh Ashford was is already a veteran of the theater at her young age having played the lead role, Glinda, in Wicked on Broadway and was in the original cast of the Broadway musical Legally Blonde.

Annaleigh then moved on to another Broadway hit.  She was in the original cast of Kinky Boots and got a Tony Award nomination for her work.

The television series Masters of Sex came calling for Annaleigh and despite her love of the stage she finds herself in TV on a hit show.

Annaleigh discusses what it’s like to be in big time theater.

Mark adores the theater and people in it and asks her about cutting up onstage and what it’s like working with Cyndi Lauper who wrote the music and lyrics for Kinky Boots.

The crew also discuss Masters of Sex and oddly cover the discovery of penicillin. ( u have to hear it to understand)

Emmy winning comedy writer David Feldman and Edge co-host Heather Ankeny join Mark.

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