Full House
Full House was an
American television sitcom that ran from 1987 to 1995.
The premise of the show, as established in the first episode, involves recently widowed
San Francisco sportscaster Danny Tanner, who is left to raise his three young daughters D.J., Stephanie, and baby Michelle following the death of his wife, Pam, in a car accident involving a drunk driver. He recruits his best friend from college, Joey Gladstone, and his late wife's younger brother, Jesse, to help him take care of his girls. Many of the show's exploits surround the idea of three "swinging" bachelors trying to rein in the precocious antics of three little girls, who frequently got the best of them. Joey makes a living primarily as a stand-up comedian, Jesse as a struggling musician who also works for his father's exterminating company and, in episode four: It's Not My Job of season two, quits the family exterminating business. Eventually, Danny becomes the co-host of the morning talk show "Wake Up, San Francisco" alongside Rebecca Donaldson, who begins dating Jesse. Jesse and Rebecca marry and have twin sons, Nicholas and Alexander (better known as Nicky and Alex). The girls grow up as the series goes on, and boyfriends are introduced. The extended family all live together in the same "full" house.
The show's original pilot starred
John Posey as the original Danny Tanner, because Saget was unavailable. Show creator Jeff Franklin thought that he would be great for the role, and even before Saget came into his mind he thought
Paul Reiser could work in the role.
*The theme song, "Everywhere You Look," was performed by
Jesse Frederick which he co-wrote with
Bennett Salvay.
*The first word of the series was "Mom," and the last word was "will."
*Child actor Nolan Preston, who was famous for his "
Trix are for kids" ads, made a guest appearance as a classmate of Michelle Tanner in the 4th season. He was credited with one line of dialogue, "Something's in my pants."
*The family lives at 1882 Gerard Street, and their phone number is 555-2424.
*None of the cast appears in San Francisco for the opening credits. The only time the cast appears is while filming in Los Angeles, otherwise look-alikes were shot in San Francisco from a helicopter.
*Michelle was credited as being played by "Mary Kate Ashley Olsen" for much of the series' run.
*Mary-Kate Olsen is left-handed and Ashley Olsen is right-handed. Therefore, the character Michelle is
ambidextrous.
*Uncle Jesse was originally going to be called Uncle Adam.
*The original title of the show was
House of Comics. It was going to be about three different comedians living together. However, executive producer and creator
Jeff Franklin learned that
ABC wanted a sitcom about a family, so it was changed to
Full House when it was decided that the show was going to promote family themes and values.
*
Lori Loughlin was only signed on for six episodes, but would later receive a main character role in the middle of the second season.
*Uncle Jesse's last name at the beginning of the show was Cochran, reportedly since one of the producers was a fan of singer
Joe Cochran. However, this was changed after Season One, when he came to be called Jesse Katsopolis. The name change was due to John Stamos wanting the Jesse character to better reflect his
Greek heritage.
*A fictional junior high school, Van Atta Junior High, which was mentioned in several episodes, was a reference to one of the program's producers,
Don Van Atta.
*Uncle Jesse's original name was Hermes, but convinced his mother to change it because he got made fun of a lot during kindergarten.
*Full House was part of the
TGIF lineup from the fall of
1988 to the fall of
1991, the show's second, third, and fourth seasons. It was moved to Tuesdays for Season 5, and remained there until its cancellation.
*In several conversations DJ has, the name "Kathy Santoni" is mentioned. This name has recurred throughout many episodes of the show. Interestingly, she did make brief appearances: when D.J. and Kimmy first went to Junior High, they met Kathy. Kathy was also present at DJ's thirteenth birthday party. She also seems to be the "guinea pig" for D.J., meaning that she always seems to experience things before she does.
* 80's pop star
Stacey Q appears in the first season finale. in the background of the store she is in you can hear her hit single " Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself."
*In the early episodes of of the show, Michelle can be seen pointing at the camera in the introduction for a brief moment. Jesse then knocks her hand away.
*In the episode in which the Beach Boys pick the Tanners up in a limo to bring them to a concert, the concert is clearly held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and not in San Francisco.
*On Kimmy's 16th birthday, she said her parents wanted to fly her to Pittsburgh for
WrestleMania VI, although the event was held in
Toronto. To date, WrestleMania has never been held in Pittsburgh.
*In Episode #4 of the 1st season, Jesse's mother tells him to tuck in his shirt. If you look closely in the moments before the line, Jesse's shirt is already tucked in but was apparently pulled out moments later.
In syndication, Full House was first shown on various local stations across the nation. In the late 90s,
TBS Superstation (now just simply
TBS) and
WGN picked up the show and aired it every day until 2003, when the show was dropped from the daily schedule on both networks. Later that year,
Nick at Nite picked the show up and began airing it every night at 9:00 PM and 9:30 PM ET. Additionally, in early 2004,
ABC Family picked up the show. The show originally aired in the 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM ET timeslot. Currently, Full House still airs on
Nick at Nite and
ABC Family.
Nick at Nite's current timeslot for it is 9:00 PM (the 9:30 PM timeslot was dropped in late 2005) from Sunday - Thursday nights and 5:00 AM on weekends. A Full House Summer Marathon is shown from 10 PM - 2 AM on Friday Nights (all times Eastern). The show also airs at 12:00 PM and 12:30 PM ET on the ABC Family Channel, along with additional airings at 3:00 PM and 3:30 PM ET.
Main article:
List of Full House episodesSeason ReleasesThere were many short books based on the show written. They were divided into different sub-series, like : "Full House Sisters," "Full House Michelle," "Full House Michelle and Friends," "Full House Stephanie," "Full House Club: Stephanie."
See : Full House books*
Official Full House website*
Full House WikiCity*
TV.com entry
