People Are Remembering Bob Saget's Filthiest Joke Ever Following His Death

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People are remembering Bob Saget's 'filthiest joke ever' following his death.

The 65-year-old actor and comedian, who was best known for starring in the sitcom Full House, was pronounced dead in his hotel room in Orlando, Florida, yesterday (Sunday 9 January).

The star's exact cause of death remains unclear, but news of his passing has profoundly shocked his fans and peers.

As well as playing the narrator in How I Met Your Mother, Saget also featured in 2005 documentary The Aristocrats, in which comedians retold variations of the same joke: a family goes to a casting agent, does all kinds of depraved and debauched things, and then when the casting agent asks, 'What's the name of your act?', the punchline is always, 'The Aristocrats'.

Unlike with most gags, an awareness of the punchline isn't a problem, it's what the joke-teller does with the midsection which makes it - and Saget really went to town on the midsection.

Over the space of seven minutes, the comic told a frankly horrific tale involving lots of diarrhoea, paedophilia and fisting, pausing intermittently to stymie his own laughter.

Watch it here:

Orange County Sheriff's Department said detectives had found no signs of foul play or drug use during initial enquiries into his death.

"We are devastated to confirm that our beloved Bob passed away today," his family said in a statement.

"He was everything to us and we want you to know how much he loved his fans, performing live and bringing people from all walks of life together with laughter."

Saget had just embarked on a tour of the US, performing the night before his death in Jacksonville, Florida.

Posting on Instagram after the show, he said had 'loved' the performance and was 'addicted' to the job.

Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Martin, and Jim Carrey were among the high-profile celebrities to express grief and shock over the news.

British comedian and Great British Bake Off presenter Matt Lucas called Saget a 'magnificently naughty comedian'.

"In terrible shock of the horrible news of Bob Saget's sudden passing," Lucas tweeted.

"He was a warm, kind, humble man and a magnificently naughty comedian, always treading the line so deftly. He will be greatly missed."

Carrey wrote: "Beautiful Bob Saget passed away today at 65. He had a big, big heart and a wonderfully warped comic mind. He gave the world a lot of joy and lived his life for goodness' sake."