Comedian Bob Saget enjoys the success of his role in “Full House” as he travels on his latest comedy tour, hitting Cleveland on Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY OF PERSONAL PUBLICITY

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You think you know, but you have no idea.

Bob Saget is best-known for his role as Danny Tanner on the long-running, even legendary, sitcom “Full House,” in which his wholesome, father-figure character concentrated on keeping a clean house and making sure his three young daughters were happy, healthy and staying out of trouble. Saget’s clean-cut, family-friendly presence both on “Full House” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos” has made him a standard pop culture icon.

Now, Saget is back on the stand-up comedy circuit with a successful nationwide tour and a highly anticipated upcoming DVD, The Farce of the Penguins.

If you think you know Saget, take a closer look. The wholesomeness of his TV characters is perfectly juxtaposed to his shocking stage presence.

“I work really hard not to upset people,” Saget said about his stand-up material. “If I see a 10-year-old little boy in the front row with his mom, I can’t stand there and talk for two hours about my penis – that sort of thing would hurt the child; my penis would hurt the child; and the mom might get upset . I like entertaining everyone in the family.”

After the sitcoms were over, Saget took on a few cameos; most memorable was his brief appearance in Half Baked. Since then, Saget has been busy with his involvement in the game show “1 vs. 100,” “How I met your Mother,” and the HBO hit “Entourage.” Saget will also be appearing in an upcoming episode of “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.”

“I’m just really lucky,” Saget said about his commercial success. “People are all really kind no matter where I go. There always seems to be such a great sort of energy.”

Audiences may be used to seeing Saget in front of the camera, but he is also an accomplished behind-the-scenes hand.

His latest venture, the mockumentary Farce of the Penguins, was written and directed by Saget, who assembled an star-studded voice-over cast including Samuel L. Jackson, Dane Cook, Lewis Black and Whoopi Goldberg, just to name a few.

“The DVD has a lot of great extras,” Saget said. “There’s one where I say that I’m getting ready to wash out the penguin’s butt so that he’s ready for his close-up.”

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Bob Saget Where? Ohio Theatre When? Saturday, 8 p.m. How much? $30-35.50