What Bob Saget And ‘Full House’ Meant To Immigrant Kids

The sudden death of actor and comedian Bob Saget has felt personal to the generations of TV viewers who grew up with him as a ubiquitous and comforting presence as sitcom dad Danny Tanner on “Full House” and as the original host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” two of the most popular prime-time shows of the 1990s. Saget’s death Sunday, at age 65, has struck a particular chord among many immigrants and children of immigrants. In an era when most people watched the same handful of shows on the major broadcast networks, “Full House” and “AFV” were a unifying force…. Read Full Article