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<\/a>A young Bob Sagat, back in the day.<\/p><\/div>\n
The first time we ran into each other was waaay back in the day, when he was doing Full House<\/em> and I was doing my TV show, Karen’s Restaurant Revue<\/em>. I was low man on the show business totem pole, (and was always shocked when anyone<\/em> recognized me,) and Bob was starring in one of the top shows on television! (By the way\u2014I had never seen Full House<\/em>–still haven’t–but somehow I knew who Bob was.)<\/p>\n My friend Judy and I had taken her kids to a big Halloween party at a studio backlot, which a lot of people in the biz also attended. Her young daughter, Mimi, and I were walking around the premises, when a guy, who turned-out to be Bob Saget, stopped me and asked, “Are you Karen?” When I said that I was, he told me that he was a major fan of my show, and added, “I love you!\u201d We chatted for a few minutes more, but I noticed that Mimi was really antsy to do something, (which I assumed meant that she had to go to the bathroom,) so I thanked Bob from the bottom of my heart, and Mimi and I left the area. I asked her if she was okay, and she told me we had to get back to her mother right away. I couldn’t imagine what that was about, but as we approached Judy, Mimi let go of my hand, ran over to her, and exclaimed, \u201cMommy, mommy! Danny loves Karen!” I was wondering who \u201cDanny\u201d was because I thought the guy’s name was \u201cBob,\u201d but they explained that \u201cDanny\u201d was the name of Bob’s character on the show. I silently thanked him so much for lauding me in front of little Mimi like that because that forever elevated me in her eyes.<\/p>\n Bob Sagat.<\/p><\/div>\n So after that first encounter, Bob and I started running into each other in a lot of places; that camaraderie continued through the years, including at many Jewish-centric events, especially charity ones. At one Purim party, we even made tzedakah\u00a0boxes to fill and give to charities, which is a Purim tradition. (Boy, do I wish I had pix of those \u201cmasterpieces\u201d to share with you now!) We had so much fun doing it\u2014we laughed the whole time.<\/p>\n Every time we saw each other, we acted like we were old friends, (as opposed to the old acquaintances<\/em> that we really were.) Bob was very dear friends with Jonathan Silverman, whom I’ve known forever, and over the later years, I rarely bumped into them apart. I loved seeing two successful guys having such genuine affection for each other.<\/p>\n<\/a>