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    Jodie Sweetin — Who Played Stephanie On "Full House" — Shared An Emotional Tribute To Bob Saget, And I Need A Tissue

    "I would always say, 'You’re the best TV dad ever.' And he was."

    Over the weekend, Bob Saget died at the age of 65.

    Bob Saget at the 2021 Tribeca Festival

    While he was an accomplished comedian, he was perhaps best known for his iconic role as Danny Tanner on Full House and its follow-up series, Fuller House.

    The cast of Full House

    Today, Jodie Sweetin — who played Stephanie Tanner — shared a heartfelt tribute to the man who played her father for many years.

    "There aren’t enough words to express what I’m feeling today," she wrote on Instagram. "Nor are they big enough to capture even a slice of who he was. One thing I do know is that we never missed a chance to tell each other, 'I love you.' Every time we talked, there were at least three or four exchanged at the end of a conversation, whether it was text, phone call, or in person. And he usually had to have the last word, 'I love you more.'"

    The 39-year-old went on to share some of her favorite moments with Bob.

    Bob and Jodie at a red carpet event

    "There are so many songs that I hear of and think of him. He introduced me to some of my favorite music through the years. Talking comedy bits with him. The love of stand-up and comedy history he shared. The hundreds of inside jokes we all had, the kind that only a family knows, and that nobody else will ever understand or think is funny."

    "Notes sessions on the show, sitting and laughing all together at the kitchen table on set. He and Dave dancing together at my 13th birthday party, being ridiculous, as usual. Spending weekends at his house with his daughters when I was young and having blueberry pancakes. The time I 'out Bob'd' Bob, with some joke I told. Him telling me he was proud of me."

    "These are just a few of the special memories I hold in my heart and that keep playing on the carousel of memories in my mind. Bob was a wonderful human being. A human being that could drive you nuts at times, and he knew it, but who was so genuine that you couldn’t even get that frustrated. Someone who would also call and profusely apologize for at LEAST 15 minutes if he thought he MAY have perhaps said something he shouldn’t have or thought maybe he took a joke too far."

    She called Bob a "genuinely kind spirit" who was "most happy when he was helping others, whether it was personally or through SO many of his different avenues of philanthropy."

    "I would always say, 'You’re the best TV dad ever.' And he was. I’ll miss you, Bob. I’ll make sure and tell an inappropriate joke at your funeral in your honor. I know you would’ve wanted that. But you were supposed to be here longer…How rude," she concluded.

    RIP, Bob. You will be missed.