Bob Saget, a 1974 graduate of Abington Senior High School who went on to become “America’s Dad” as a television star and comedian, will soon have a posthumous documentary to his name.
According to Deadline, Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce of the Philadelphia-based 9.14 Pictures are directing the project, which is so far untitled. They were reportedly given access to Saget’s rare home videos and to never-before-seen footage about the actor.
The documentary “explores the duality of a man known to millions as America’s dad on television, while simultaneously being a raw and unfiltered stand-up comic on stage,” Deadline wrote. “Built from intimate access to family and fellow comics, rare home videos and never-before-seen footage, the film will reveal the complex life, devastating losses and enduring kindness behind the laughter.”
The documentary will be produced by Story Syndicate, Revue Studios, and 9.14 Pictures.
Saget passed away in 2022 from an accidental head trauma. He was 65.
“Now that we have the final conclusions from the authorities’ investigation, we felt it only proper that the fans hear those conclusions directly from us,” the statement sent by Saget’s longtime publicist Michael O’Brien said. “The authorities have determined that Bob passed from head trauma. They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep.”
Fun fact about Bob
Honored in 1991 for his accomplishments in the Arts, Saget credited a number of Abington teachers for his success, especially Mrs. Elaine Zimmerman:
When I got to [Abington], I had to make up two years of English in one, . . . Mrs. Zimmerman took me as a solo effort in her honors class and would meet with me a few times a week to discuss books she’d asked me to read. Anything by Steinbeck, Kipling, Hemingway I read, and we’d have lengthy discussions about them. Moby Dick and The Scarlet Letter I took rainchecks on.
There went my A, but she was so giving as a teacher and as a person, I can say that she is one of the greatest influences in my life so far. I used to show her Super 8mm movies I’d made and bore her with my “creative” writing and she wound up suggesting I not go to college as a pre-med student, but study to become a comedy filmmaker. That’s dangerous advice for a teacher to give a student. She even wrote in my yearbook, “To the next Groucho-Fellini.” I haven’t yet reached those goals she had helped me realize for myself, but I’m working on it.
You can watch his interview with Steve Harvey below:
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