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Annals of Bob Saget: Posehn and the Ark of the Covenant

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August 18, 2008

There is no clip on Comedy Central from last night’s roast of Bob Saget that I could safely embed here. Roastmaster John Stamos and the roasters, including Norm MacDonald, Susie Essman and Cloris Leachman, were as blue as Saget’s post-“Full House” humor. But there was a great dig worthy of mention on a blog about religion.

It wasn’t aimed at Saget but at Brian Posehn of “The Sarah Silverman Program.” He’s the funny looking guy in the picture, and his face, like Jon Lovitz’s humor and the Olsen twins, was a constant target.

“Brian Posehn,”

Jeff Garlin

Jim Norton said during his moment to roast. “Why is it your face always looks like you just saw the Ark of the Covenant?”

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