10 Times Bob Saget Was Everyone's Favorite TV Dad on 'Full House'

Bob Saget’s legacy is “everywhere you look.”

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite Danny Tanner dad moments in honor of Saget’s passing.

Whenever he, Joey and Uncle Jesse sang Elvis Presley’s “Teddy Bear.”

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Nothing melts our hearts quite like hearing this triosing to Michelle— or even Jimmy Fallon:

When he got real about grief.

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At the start ofFull House, Saget’s character is learning how to be a single dad (of course with the help of Uncles Jesse and Joey), as well as grieving the loss of his wife, Pam. But he’s not the only one struggling: Everyone in the family is learning to cope with the loss. In season 1, episode 9, after Uncle Jesse asks him, “When’s it gonna stop hurting, man?” Danny says, “I know that feeling, Jesse. And I don’t think it ever completely goes away. Sometimes it’s easier … but on days like this, it’s real hard. But, you don’t have to go through this alone … Talking about it, that’s what helps me. Talking about the memories. That’s what keeps her in your heart.”

When he went on his first date after losing his wife and talked to his girls about moving on.

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In season 1, episode 17, Danny goes on his very first date, much to his daughters' dismay. They ask their dad if he still loves their mom, and he tells them, “Of course I still love mom. She was the first love of my life. Together we made three little miracles. I’m always gonna love her, nothing will change that. Not a date, not even if I fall in love with someone else one day.”

In the emotional conversation, he explains to the girls about grief and moving on, and tells them, “I could never forget mom. I think about her every time I look at you and you and you.”

When he taught us all the Tanner family motto: “Clean is good. Dirt is bad.”

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The lean mean cleaning machine took being a neat freak to the next level, but he taught us that there’s nothing wrong with being a littletoopassionate about something. Plus, who among us hasn’t vacuumed the vacuum or cleaned their rubber gloves?

His neat-freakish tendencies as Danny Tanner even managed to sneak their way into real life, with Sagettweeting in March 2020amid the COVID-19 pandemic, “Oh. My. God. I spend my day cleaning and vacuuming and sanitizing everything in the house. I have become Danny Tanner.”

When he told Stephanie that he would always love her.

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Crashing a car into the kitchen isn’texactlya small offense, so when Stephanie does just that in season 3, episode 20, she expects to be seriously punished. Her dad instead takes the opportunity to tell her that, even though he is disappointed, he’ll always love her.

Eight-year-old Stephanie, beating herself up over her mistake, says, “You should send me away to carpenter school so I can build you a brand new house that you can live in without me, and you’d never have to hug or kiss me again.” Danny tells her, “Steph, there is nothing you could ever do that would make me stop hugging you and kissing you. You have to know that no matter what you do wrong and no matter how angry I get, I’m always going to forgive you because I love you.”

When he had a heart-to-heart with DJ about body image.

After being told she’ll have to wear a bathing suit to her best friend Kimmy’s birthday in season 4, episode 8, DJ starts a dangerous diet. Eventually, Stephanie tells the family what DJ has been up to, and it leads to amemorable heart-to-heart with her dad.

Danny tells her, “People come in all shapes and sizes. Everybody wishes they could change something about themselves … Deep down inside you know that what a person looks like on the outside isn’t nearly as important as who they are in the inside. I just wish you would try to see yourself the way you see your friends. You’ve got such a good heart — you care about people, and that’s why people care about you — and everybody who knows that real DJ thinks she’s pretty terrific.”

When he told Stephanie that her dreams could change.

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After messing up at her dance recital, Danny presses Stephanie about why she would blow her routine intentionally after begging to take more classes to become a professional dancer. When Stephanie admits that it was becoming too much for her, especially after seeing how proud her dad was, she “blew it on purpose” so that she could stop taking the class. Danny tells her this valuable piece of advice: “It’s great to have a dream, but it’s okay to change your dream, too.”

When he told Michelle that she could do anything she wanted to do.

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When he turned into his rockin' alter ego, Mildew, and tried out for Uncle Jesse’s band.

Just imagine a world where Danny Tanner — sorry, we mean,Mildew — is bothshredding the electric guitarandmaking sure the stage stays clean!

When he tried to be the “raddest, baddest dad” for DJ’s benefit concert …

… and then for a moresubdued and sweet performance of “My Girl,“dedicated to his eldest kiddo.

source: people.com