performance the night before. the cause of death still unknown and now under investigation. nbc s joe fryer has more. reporter: for decades, bob saget was one of tv s most familiar faces, known as america s dad. here goes nothing. making a name for himself on shows in the 80s and 90s. yes, i see how impressed you are. i did two shows a day. one in class and one in detention. reporter: the actor and comedian was most famous for his role as danny tanner on the hit sitcom, full house. okay, i have everyone s sandwich just the way they want them. there s a horse in my living room. reporter: playing the widowed father of three young girls for eight seasons. you girls are the greatest. reporter: his neat freak character was often uptight. just a little soot. just a little soot? did you hear that, michelle. i m afraid i did. reporter: but could always make audiences laugh.
bill cosby became known as america s dad for his role as cliff huxtable in the 1980s hit sitcom the cosby show. his conviction was seen as proof that even when the accused is one of the most famous people in the world, the voices of the victims of sexual assault could be heard in the usjustice system. now, he has a chance to restore his reputation. michelle fleury, bbc news, pennsylvania. 0ne one of bill cosby s lawyers has told us that it was about due process. it was a strong contention he never should have been prosecuted as a result of an agreement he made with prosecutors, an agreement on which he relied when he waved his fifth amendment right to remain silent and sat for four daysin remain silent and sat for four days in the deposition, a deposition that the prosecution ultimately used against him. there were significant
gina yashere is one of the uk s brightest comedian s but not here instead she is riding high in the usa with her own hit sitcom and a netflix standup special, and now she s published a book on her extraoardinary journey from lift engineer to comedy superstar. cack handed is the title of the new book and a little earlier gina told me why she felt motivated to write a memoir of her early life. you know what? it came from social media. i m on instagram every week and there was this hashtag called tbt, throwback thursday where you post an old picture of yourself. so i did that and i tell the story behind the picture and people became super interested and they kept saying, we didn t know these things about you, you need to write a book. and around the same time, i was approached by a publisher at harpercollins, tracy sherrod, and a literary agent at the same time both asking me if i was interested in writing the book so it was like the universe was like, you need to write a book.
problems. oh, quiet evening at home. i can use it. i played bud. bud usually had a problem with the truth telling on some level. what was all that racket upstairs? i didn t hear anything. father knows best represented the good all right. joining us now is annie pots, actor and star of the hit sitcom designing women and young sheldon. thank you so much for being with us. big fan of yours. thank you. you know, when we talk about the sitcom, it really is part of america since the 1950s. you know, what role do you think they play in our culture? well, i mean, i think they re great touch stones for what s really going on. my first memory, or one of them, one of my first memories in life was watching i love lucie and