How Jodie Sweetin honors late ‘Full House’ costar Bob Saget in stand-up shows

Jodie Sweetin is opening up about how "Full House" co-stars Bob Saget and Dave Coulier have inspired her sense of humor and influenced her comedy show, "Smoke Show with Jodie Sweetin."

Sweetin, who played a young Stephanie Tanner in "Full House," tells USA TODAY that she was fortunate to grow up on a set that celebrated witty, unfiltered slapstick humor. Saget, who played her widowed father Danny Tanner in "Full House," made audiences laugh with his spring cleaning obsession and his unconventional dance moves. And Coulier, who played Danny's right-hand man Joey Gladstone, incorporated his own stand-up into the eight-season series.

"I absorbed it by osmosis, just the world of standups and comedy," Sweetin, 44, says. "Bob and Dave, their brains were always going and there was always a joke. There was always a sarcastic comment, and that is exactly how my brain works. So even as a kid, I was watching because I was like, 'Oh, I like this. You guys are always laughing and it's funny.'"

"Smoke Show with Sweetin," an improv comedy pageant, draws from the work of Coulier and Saget, who she says have supported her comedy ventures. Saget died of head trauma at age 65…

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