Bob Saget’s longtime friends John Mayer, Jeff Ross, Jimmy Kimmel and Dave Chappelle came together Wednesday to honor the late comedian, supporting a cause he was a part of for 30 years.
Mayer, Ross and Kimmel hosted the Scleroderma Research Foundation’s annual fundraising event “Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine” in Beverly Hills, which also served as a tribute night to Saget, who turned 65 in January. Died due to an accidental blow to the head at the age of
gave Not having space The actor has passionately championed the Scleroderma Research Foundation since losing his gay sister to the disease in 1994 – a rare and often fatal autoimmune condition that can cause fibrosis of the skin and other vital organs. Is. in 2003, but he began his involvement with “Cool Comedy, Hot Cousin” in 1991 – as an attendee, an actor and eventually as a key figure in organizing and producing the event.
This year, in his place, Kimmel kicked off a night of sentimentality and dark humor, teasing that “the booking has really improved since Bob passed away,” along with Bill Burr, Rosie O’Donnell and Kathy Griffin. Hand in stand-up brought out Ross and Mayer to follow him. “This is the first time I’ve been to a scleroderma benefit where Bob didn’t, like Jimmy said, ask me to do this event but then apologized profusely for asking me to do this event,” Mayer noted. ”
He continued, “What’s so fun about tonight, the only fun about it, is we show Bob that we wanted to do this, we always wanted to do this.” Ross added, “I’ll try to keep it as festive as possible. Everyone should have a friend like Bob Saget; tonight is a tribute but also a celebration of what we all know about this man.” It turned out, that it would impact our lives. You didn’t really know Bob until you saw him host a scleroderma research dinner—that was the real Bob Sagitt. He was passionate, he Was the most sincere I’ve ever seen him on stage other than when he was acting on Broadway or something.
Saget’s wife, Kelly Rizzo, also co-chaired the evening with her children and extended family, along with SRF board members Regina Hall and chefs Susan Feniger, Norman Lear, Joel McHale, Kevin Nealon, Seth Green and Howie Mandel. were in the crowd. of Sagitt Not having space Castmates John Stamos, Lori Loughlin and Jodie Sweeten were also in attendance.
Feniger oversaw the “hot meal” portion of the evening, which turned into an auction that raised more than $1 million for the foundation (and included two of Mayer’s personal guitars). Stamos took the stage to perform a tribute for Saget, after a series of jokes telling the crowd, “I’ve said a lot about him, written a lot about him, and I just Love him so much I’d give anything for him. That back.”
A common theme throughout the program was Sagitt’s wry sense of humor, with McHale proclaiming that “Bob was the most sympathetic and dirtiest person on the planet… There was no successful dirty person who was more lovable, ” and he shared something R-rated. Texts that Sgt had sent him over the years.
For the comedy portion of the night, Nealon and Mendel performed a short set before a special guest appearance by Chappell, another longtime friend of the Sagitts. Chappelle – who took the stage after everyone in the audience hung up – admitted, “I was drunk tonight because I love Bob so much. Bob, I can feel you in this room tonight.
After going through his current stand-up material — which included documenting his onstage attack at the Hollywood Bowl in May — Chappelle convinced Burr to join him on stage as the two performed a Argued over other’s jokes. Chappelle drank onstage in Saget’s honor and played a video message to the crowd that he sent to Chappelle a few months before his death, where Saget expressed his love and appreciation for his friend.
“What a wonderful person,” Chappell said, also noting how Saget mentioned the Scleroderma benefit to him throughout the year and that Saget cried when Chappell finally came a year. The comedian said he’ll be doing Sajet favors forever now, and even though he joked throughout his set about how he felt like he was bombing, it was an honor to be there.
Mayer ended the night with an emotional and story-filled performance, commenting that nine months after Saget’s death, it was still impossible for him to believe that the star was truly gone, because of His memories are very vivid. Mayer revealed that he was playing the guitar that Saget had played during his last show in Florida—Rizzo had tracked it down and bought it, then gifted it to Mayer in what he said That it is one of his most precious possessions. He then played, as he put it, “Bob’s favorite songs.”