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* In ''ComicBook/BratPack'', the whole reason the Brat Pack exists is that the so-called heroes' merchandising contracts require them to keep teenage sidekicks. The idea was that having minors around would force the "heroes" to control their personal vices, but the vigilantes have simply turned their sidekicks into monsters like them.

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* Creator/ShiaLaBeouf got his start on ''Series/EvenStevens'' and ''{{Film/Holes}}'', and recalls having to fight really hard for a part in the gritty drama ''Film/AGuideToRecognizingYourSaints'' - as the director dismissed him for being "a Disney kid". His role in ''{{Film/Disturbia}}'' was another one taken to distance himself from his Disney roots. His role in the ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' franchise helped with that immensely.

* In 1988, sixteen-year-old Creator/WinonaRyder, known at the time for family-friendly roles in films like ''Film/{{Lucas}}'' and ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'', was begged by her agent not to star in the R-rated BlackComedy ''Film/{{Heathers}}'', fearing that her career would be over. The same week Winona received the script, a schoolmate of hers died of suicide, which inspired her to do the film (whose plot revolves heavily around teen suicide) in spite of potential career damage. The film was a hit and Winona had plenty of success in the '90s.

* Creator/KristenStewart became a victim of this after photos of her smoking pot outside her house were published. She began as a child actor and then got her big break as Bella Swan in ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. Knowing how Kristen Stewart and Creator/RobertPattinson [[MoneyDearBoy feel about their roles as Bella and Edward]], it's entirely possible that the reason she didn't take that joint inside is that she was hoping on this trope coming into play. She and Pattinson have admitted that they don't go along with contractual purity because neither would see being dropped from the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series [[CreatorBacklash as such a bad thing]]. She was also probably smart enough to know that she and Pattinson were ''the'' faces of the franchise, and could do just about anything except murder or kiddie porn and still be asked back for the next one. Kristen faced similar accusations when rumours came out of an affair between her and the married director of ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman''. Both were dropped from the franchise after the first film, although Kristen herself claims she was still offered scripts and just turned them down. Since then, Kristen has come out as bisexual, embraced a {{butch|Lesbian}} [[TheLadette lad-ette]] image, and done mostly independent and foreign films (often with nude scenes), putting her days as the "good girl" Bella firmly behind her. She even got an Oscar nomination for her role in the Princess Diana biopic ''{{Film/Spencer}}''!

* ''Literature/TheAsteriskWar'': In volumes 7 and 8, GirlGroup Rusalka plots to ruin rival IdolSinger Sylvia Lynneheym's career by starting a scandalous rumor that she has a boyfriend. There may be CreatorProvincialism at work here; while Japanese {{otaku}} can get downright weird about idols' virginity, those in most other countries probably wouldn't care. (It's possible Rusalka's EmpathicWeapon Lyre-Poros is [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity messing with their heads]], as Mahulena, the least compatible with it, is [[OnlySaneMan the only member to voice any objections to the plan]].)

** In ''Film/{{Scream 3}}'', Angelina, the seemingly-sweet [[TheIngenue ingenue]] actress playing Sidney in the [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within a Film]] ''Stab 3'' (loosely based on the events of the past films), turns out to be a prima donna who exploited the CastingCouch in order to get the part. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly for a series that runs on mocking the cliches of {{slasher movie}}s, DeathBySex kicks in almost immediately after this is revealed. In the original version of the script, meanwhile, she was supposed to have been one of the killers.]]

** This issue was one of the (many) problems that ultimately derailed Fordlândia, Ford's attempt to build a rubber plantation in the Amazon in order to reduce the company's dependence on rubber from British Malaya. The [[WeAllLiveInAmerica conservative American lifestyle that the company tried to enforce]] -- no women, no alcohol, no tobacco, no [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]], and American food in the cafeterias -- was so alien to the ''Brazilian'' workforce that a settlement called the "Island of Innocence", filled with bars, nightclubs, and brothels, developed just five miles up the river to serve the increasingly-frustrated workers (who rioted in 1930).

* Creator/JamesGunn, before he made the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' films, was a notoriously R-rated horror-comedy filmmaker who cut his teeth working for Creator/{{Troma}} before moving on to films like ''Film/{{Slither}}'' and ''Film/{{Super}}'', as well as writing the script for ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004''. This has followed him in two ways.

* Due to scheduling conflicts with ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'', Creator/MelissaSueAnderson could not star in ''Film/TheBlueLagoon1980''.

** Tim also has a criminal record for transporting drugs in the 70's, even serving time in prison (he got a reduced sentence for passing on information about his supplier). Once he got out it was a sign to him he needed to get far away from that life and that's where he got into StandUpComedy. When ''Series/HomeImprovement'' was primed to air some news articles reported on his criminal history, especially since the show was supposed to be a family comedy, with Tim and the producers responding immediately with their own side of the story. Later in the shows run they were contemplating doing [[VerySpecialEpisode an episode on drunk driving]] (previously doing an episode on marijuana use) but Tim had gotten a DUI during the summer break and the episode was canceled due to feeling it would be hypocritical to do so.
* Creator/JulieAndrews got famous for playing two quintessential MagicalNanny characters in ''Film/MaryPoppins'' and ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''. This gave her a squeaky-clean image that she came to resent. An attempt at getting out of it came in the film ''Film/DarlingLili'' where she plays a FemmeFataleSpy - who even does a ''striptease'' on stage! But the film flopped and she didn't see much success. She did, however, use her experiences of the TroubledProduction in her husband Blake Edwards's ''{{Film/SOB}}'' - where she plays an actress with a goody two shoes image who is convinced to appear topless in a film. But as of the 2000s, she has returned to working for Disney, albeit in a more AdamWesting manner of her earlier image.

* Creator/DrewBarrymore spent much of her late teens in a series of jailbait performances such as ''Film/PoisonIvy'', ''Film/GunCrazy'', and TV's ''The Amy Fisher Story''. These roles pretty much played into Barrymore's [[ActorAllusion public image and perception]] at the time, which was a [[SexSells sexy]], [[LowerClassLout trashy]], and [[FemmeFatale dangerous]] "WildChild". Barrymore's 1995 appearance on ''Series/TheLateShowWithDavidLetterman'' however, served as a major turning point to her [[HeelFaceTurn transitioning]] to more [[LighterAndSofter wholesome]] roles. According to Barrymore's 2015 book ''Wildflower'', her jumping on Letterman's desk and spontanously [[SexyCoatFlashing flashing]] him felt like a "fun thing to do for laughs" at the time, but didn't seem as funny when she watched back the tape. Shortly thereafter, she began her journey into having no sex scenes in movies, modesty clauses in her contracts, and a [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl total lack of nudity]] in any public forum. 1998's ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'' was the first movie to be built on Barrymore's new [[NiceGirl "good girl"]] reinvention. This image was reinforced a year later in ''Film/NeverBeenKissed''.

* While some of his earlier, lesser-known roles were not family friendly -- he has played a rentboy and a thief/male prostitute among others -- Creator/OrlandoBloom gained his recognition from the ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' trilogies. The latter made him a teen and tweener idol, so the publicity campaign used with him portrayed him as a safe, non-sexual kind of boy next door that the parents of his 13-year-old fans could feel good about. His attempts to play to a more mature audience while maintaining the tween-friendly image were not very successful. After the third ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' movie was released and it was no longer necessary to maintain a Disney-approved image, he pretty much became what he was: a normal single man in his late twenties/early thirties who liked to have fun. To top it off, he began dating Miranda Kerr, a sexy Victoria's Secret model, and couldn't keep his hands off of her (they later got married and had a son, although they're now separated).\\

His "offenses" were no different from what one would expect from anyone else in his position and were actually pretty tame, but certain MoralGuardians within the fandom were outraged by his behavior, blowing every incident out of proportion and declaring him ruined because they felt he somehow let them down by not continuing to maintain an unrealistically pure image. Since then, he has moved on to roles more proportionate to his age, aimed at a more mature audience, and has been receiving a decent amount of acclaim for them, so the loss of his contractual purity hasn't hurt him much.

* Child actor Brian Bonsall, best known for his role in ''Series/FamilyTies'' as sweet little Andy Keaton, was known for playing young innocent boys who were a bit mischievous. In his feature film debut ''Film/{{Mikey}}'', he [[PlayingAgainstType broke his usual typecast]] by portraying a 9-year-old serial killer who was abused by his original parents. In real life, he became a failed rockstar, drug addict, and eventually a fugitive of justice.
* Pretty much subverted by Steve Burns of ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' fame -- he has explicitly stated that he has no desire to kill the image of ''Blue's Clues''[='=] Steve by doing anything terribly unseemly. He's even said that he has refused requests to have sex in the Blue's Clues 'Thinking Chair' that he was given, on the grounds that it would feel like a bunch of parents were watching him do it. He ''has'' more recently pursued a career as an indie rock singer/songwriter and been photographed drinking, but this was long after he left the show.
** This comes up partially because of a role he took on ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' during his tenure on ''Blue's Clues''. It was because a child saw him in that role that Burns made his public statement that he would not take on roles that might upset fans too young to understand that he wasn't really Steve on ''Blue's Clues''.
* There was some controversy when Creator/KeishaCastleHughes, who played Mary in ''Film/TheNativityStory'', got pregnant while unmarried and 16-years old. However, many Christian groups did praise her for going through with the pregnancy and raising the child.

* This trope was a big reason why Creator/BillCosby's sex scandal became as big an issue as it did. Ever since ''Series/TheCosbyShow'' in the '80s, he'd had a reputation as "America's Dad" and a role model for young people, especially young black men, and was known for his [[MoralGuardians criticism of violence and sexuality in the media]] (particularly HipHop). The allegations that he had {{date rape}}d a number of women over the course of his career, combined with [[ImplausibleDeniability his reaction to them]], destroyed that image and all but turned him into the American equivalent of Creator/JimmySavile. A number of articles published in the wake of the allegations (especially once it became clear that many of them were true) bemoaned how African Americans had [[BrokenPedestal lost one of their best role models in a storm of scandal]], and how "if you can't trust Bill Cosby anymore, who ''can'' you trust?"

** Surprisingly, Creator/ElleFanning averted this trope with her acting career, not following in her older sister’s footsteps. When the highly controversial ''Film/TheNeonDemon'' was released, pretty much any discourse about her career (which mostly consisted of relatively family friendly roles up to that point) was given a backseat to the film’s shocking content itself. That film’s darkly satirical treatment of this trope might have helped.

* Nicholas Hammond (aka Friedrich von Trapp) remarked in the special features of the ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' DVD that he had tried to avoid doing anything that would get him in the papers in a bad light because he "didn't want to ruin the image" and the rest of his castmates agreed with him. Slightly subverted in that A) they didn't seem to mind all that much and B) Nicholas is really the only one involved with film these days (in Australia).

** Creator/EvannaLynch, who played Luna Lovegood, admitted to being conflicted when publishing her autobiography ''The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting'', about what to detail so as not to traumatise any fans' image of Luna. She's also talked about her responsibility whenever she meets people, as she doesn't want to "ruin ''Harry Potter''" for anyone. She also had to insist that the autobiography was not for young fans, given that it details her struggles with an eating disorder. But she hasn't let it stop her from pursuing darker roles, such as a suicidal teen in ''Film/MyNameIsEmily'' (although the film itself isn't that explicit).

** When ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' finished its run, Melissa was now an adult but her mother didn't want her to pursue DarkerAndEdgier roles - though this was apparently a business move to capitalise on her kid fanbase. Thus her next project was the family sitcom ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''. She has said that once that was over, she found it hard to get cast, because people only [[IAmNotSpock saw her as a teenager]], even though she was in her late 20s when the show finished[[note]]Even within the context of the show, Sabrina became a college student in the fifth season and the producers wanted to just call the show ''Sabrina'', but faced resistance from Archie Comics[[/note]] . Thus people were startled at her playing a mother on ''Series/MelissaAndJoey''.

** This trope is also the reason Melissa kept her partying hidden from the public eye - claiming she spent a year doing drugs and rolling with a bad crowd (the Maxim photo shoot actually happened while she was on drugs).

* Creator/DeborahKerr was usually typecast as the EnglishRose (with the exception of UK drama ''Black Narcissus'') until her appearance as depressed adulteress Karen in ''Literature/FromHereToEternity''. It's still considered one of her best roles of all time, even though she took the role only to shake up her image.
* Completely averted when nudes of Creator/JenniferLawrence leaked online in 2014. The vast majority of public response wasn't directed at her, but the people who shared the photos. It turns out that hacking into a person's online account, stealing their private pics, and posting them online are far more heinous crimes than a grown woman taking sexy pics intended for her partner's eyes only.
** She since appeared nude in ''Film/Mother2017'' and ''Film/RedSparrow''. She never did nude scenes up until that point in her own work (partly because of the leak) but decided to take a chance on both because of how empowered she felt by the female leads owning their sexuality. Despite the polarizing reactions to both films themselves, Lawrence’s performances were highly acclaimed, with some calling her role in ''mother!'' a career best.

** This was reason that Rogers didn't let Betty Aberlin star in ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}'', a film by his protégé Creator/GeorgeARomero, who had actually directed a segment for the show. Note that his personal protectiveness did not extent to the film itself; when Romero screened it to his mentor, the sweet, harmless Pennsylvania minister was delighted with his protégé's [[NightmareFetishist gory, nihilistic horror film and told Romero it was great fun]].

* Subverted with Music/JustinBieber, whose 2013-14 period of weird tabloid antics had gotten him flak from the MoralGuardians and late night comedians alike. To wit: getting caught leaving a brothel in Rio de Janeiro; being filmed sleeping by a Brazilian prostitute he hired; constantly missing, canceling, or showing up hours late for shows and meet-and-greets with his young fans; getting caught spraying graffiti (graffiti showing his support of convicted felon and girlfriend-beater Music/ChrisBrown) in Colombia; abandoning his pet monkey in Germany; desecrating the Argentinian flag onstage (an offense punishable by imprisonment in Argentina); getting into a fight with a British paparazzo; smoking marijuana; reckless driving; public urination (while inexplicably shouting "FUCK BILL CLINTON"); writing that he hoped Anne Frank would have been a fan of his after visiting the Anne Frank House, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking showing up in baggy overalls and a baseball cap to meet the Prime Minister of Canada]]. Add the fact that Bieber is coming of age and a [[Music/OneDirection new teen phenomenon]] from across the pond has already toppled him from his throne, and it sounds like his career should be DeaderThanDead at this point. But he eventually shook this image off and experienced a CareerResurrection.

* Creator/ChristyCarlsonRomano detailed this in a vlog. Having been famous for the Disney Channel sitcom ''Series/EvenStevens'' and voicing the title role in ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', her agent warned her that [[TheJailBaitWait as soon as her eighteenth birthday was approaching]], she would get offers for HotterAndSexier roles (from filmmakers looking to take advantange of the buzz around 'Disney Channel star appearing nude'). She also struggled with drug addiction and alcoholism during her teens and early twenties, but heartwarmingly got sober and enjoyed CareerResurrection as a [=YouTuber=].

* Zig-zagged on ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''. While it doesn't matter if a contestant acted in porn ''before'' appearing on the show, contestants are forbidden from doing so afterwards for as long as they're under the ''Drag Race'' contract (usually a period of five years since their last appearance on the show). Canada Season 1 contestant Ilona Varley spoke candidely about becoming homeless during the Covid pandemic when she couldn't perform onstage yet wasn't allowed to run an [[CamWhore OnlyFans page]] for income.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', his comes up in Hifumi's Confidant. [[StageMom Her mother]], hoping to use Hifumi's shogi career to make her into a gravure idol, tells her that she's not allowed to date, since when she becomes successful, she can get any guy she wants. In Rank 9 of the Confidant, [[spoiler:after Hifumi's reputation is ruined as a result of her mother's crimes to further Hifumi's career being exposed]], you can enter into a relationship with Hifumi.

* Music/JessicaSimpson started out as a Christian pop singer with a clean and innocent public persona -- she even [[SuppressedMammaries taped down her breasts]] for performances because her promoters felt that [[BuxomIsBetter her natural bustiness]] would hurt her good girl image. When she became a mainstream pop star, her record company convinced her to adopt a [[HotterAndSexier sexier image]]. Simpson then started wearing more revealing clothes in public, posed for magazines such as ''Maxim'', and played [[MsFanservice Daisy Duke]] in ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' film. The change in image from "squeaky-clean gospel singer" to "mainstream sex symbol" did not sit well with some of her fans, and she was accused by many of being a bad role model.

* An OlderThanTelevision example: Adriana Caselotti, the voice of [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]], was under contract to Disney not to appear in ''anything'' else as an actress so she wouldn't spoil the illusion of Snow White. Since ''Snow White'', she only had bit parts as a singer in a few films, including the iconic ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife.''

* Creator/ChristinaRicci began life as a child actress of ''{{Film/Mermaids}}'', ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'' and ''{{Film/Casper}}'' fame. As she entered her teen years, she grew sick of doing children's films and starred in three very dark projects to break that image: ''Film/TheIceStorm'' (where she has a threesome), ''Film/BuffaloSixtySix'' (which has her providing {{Male Gaze}}y Fanservice) and ''Film/TheOppositeOfSex'' (where she's an outright FilleFatale who pulls off TheBabyTrap and steals the ashes of her brother's boyfriend). It worked and helped her transition to serious roles.

* Creator/DrewBarrymore spent much of her late teens in a series of jailbait performances such as ''Film/PoisonIvy'', ''Film/GunCrazy'', and TV's ''The Amy Fisher Story''. These roles pretty much played into Barrymore's [[ActorAllusion public image and perception]] at the time, which was a [[SexSells sexy]], [[LowerClassLout trashy]], and [[FemmeFatale dangerous]] "WildChild". Barrymore's 1995 appearance on ''Series/TheLateShowWithDavidLetterman'' however, served as a major turning point to her [[HeelFaceTurn transitioning]] to more [[LighterAndSofter wholesome]] roles. According to Barrymore's 2015 book ''Wildflower'', her jumping on Letterman's desk and spontanously [[SexyCoatFlashing flashing]] him felt like a "fun thing to do for laughs" at the time, but didn't seem as funny when she watched back the tape. Shortly thereafter, she began her journey into having [[CoitusEnsues no sex scenes]] in movies, modesty clauses in her contracts, and a [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl total lack of nudity]] in any public forum. 1998's ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'' was the first movie to be built on Barrymore's new [[NiceGirl "good girl"]] reinvention. This image was reinforced a year later in ''Film/NeverBeenKissed''.

** Evanna Lynch seems as if she's trying to avoid this. As she's the cast member who can be said to be most like her character, she has opted for darker roles to distance herself from Luna. ''Film/MyNameIsEmily'' in particular has her playing a suicidal teen.

* One year after the second ''Film/HomeAlone'' film came out, Creator/MacaulayCulkin was seen starring in the R-rated film ''Film/TheGoodSon'' where he plays [[EnfantTerrible a 10-year-old psychopath]]. Among the things Culkin's character does are killing a dog with a homemade nailgun, causing a highway crash by dropping a dummy off a bridge, attempting to kill his mother, and as it's later found out, [[spoiler:murdering his younger brother by drowning him in the bathtub.]] Creator/RogerEbert's review can be found [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19930924/REVIEWS/309240303/1023 here]].

** Creator/JasonDavidFrank (Tommy Oliver from [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers four]] [[Series/PowerRangersZeo different]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo seasonal]] [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder arcs]]) is now an [[UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts MMA]] fighter. This isn't too shocking to the fandom, who knew that "JDF" is probably the most skilled martial artist in the show's history, but a lot of eyebrows were raised about the [[http://cdn.buzznet.com/media/jj1/2009/09/jdf-mma/jason-david-frank-mma-01.jpg massive number of tattoos he's picked up along the way.]] No wonder he was always wearing sweaters in ''Dino Thunder''. Perhaps softening the blow is the fact that he's also a devout Christian, running a Christian MMA clothing line called [[http://www.jesusdidnttap.com/ "Jesus Didn't Tap"]].
*** Frank also appeared on MTV's sex drama ''Undressed'' after leaving the franchise (but before returning for ''Dino Thunder''). Nobody really noticed though that says more about the show than it does about Jason. Hilariously enough, the majority of his scenes were with actress Alyson Kiperman, who '''also''' became a Power Ranger (Yellow in ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce.'') Ranger fans have been laughing their asses off since.

* Actress Melanie Martinez ([[NamesTheSame No]], [[Music/MelanieMartinez not the singer]]) had a stint as the host of ''The Good Night Show'', a block on the preschool network Creator/{{Sprout}}. However, in 2006, she was fired after the network found out that she starred in two ''VERY'' inappropriate short films in 2000 spoofing ScareEmStraight public service announcements, contrasting the wholesome, family-friendly image she developed. She was briefly replaced by Leo (Noel "[[Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse Bear]]" [=MacNeal=]), and then Nina (Michele Lepe) for the rest of the block's history.

* ''LightNovel/TheAsteriskWar'': In volumes 7 and 8, GirlGroup Rusalka plots to ruin rival IdolSinger Sylvia Lynneheym's career by starting a scandalous rumor that she has a boyfriend. There may be CreatorProvincialism at work here; while Japanese {{otaku}} can get downright weird about idols' virginity, those in most other countries probably wouldn't care. (It's possible Rusalka's EmpathicWeapon Lyre-Poros is [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity messing with their heads]], as Mahulena, the least compatible with it, is [[OnlySaneMan the only member to voice any objections to the plan]].)

*** Radcliffe seems to have become one of the defining subversions of this trope. Among those still following his career, he's now known as an Indie character actor at least as much as he's known for being Harry. There was virtually no controversy over his role in ''Film/SwissArmyMan'', and he played an outright sociopathic villain in ''Film/NowYouSeeMe2''.

* ''VideoGame/IdolManager'': The game puts the player in charge of an IdolSinger agency and lets them choose how to run it. Shuch choices include the agency's official stance about dating and what to actually do if one of the idols starts dating.

** An even more extreme example is that when voice actresses were once gravure or porn actresses. The best they could receive is to have no or little future roles. On worst, it would be ''outright ban'' from the voice acting industry, like former voice actress Eriko Ishihara (who played Atsuko in ''Anime/DiamondDaydreams''); she was banned from the voice acting industry in 2004 when news broke that she also was an AV idol while doing voice acting.

** Although LesYay and HoYay is an exception to the rule. A seiyuu or idol can almost admit they are homosexual or bisexual and no one bats an eye at them. Creator/HitomiNabatame and Creator/ShizukaIto may be this, though both eventually gotten married outside the industry.

* Though not beginning as a child, Creator/BobSaget had this happen to him over a sixteen-year stretch divided between ''Series/FullHouse'' and ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos''. He attributes his current profanity-overflowing, exceptionally dirty and rather mean-spirited stand-up routine in part to this, claiming, "That show gave me [[HollywoodTourettes Tourette's]]." In actuality, he was an exceptionally dirty comic, even before ''Full House''. At his roast, Jeff Garlin in the character of one of the producers of ''Full House'' mentioned an incredibly tasteless joke that Bob told that warmed the producer up to him. People who knew him in college also claimed he did dirty humor, even back then. While he may attribute it to his family shows, his dirty persona may have deeper roots than he lets on. Unlike many cases here, Saget actually enjoys the stigma that follows him, just for the shock that appears on people's faces in the audience, who didn't know better.