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Full House is a popular American television sitcom that ran from 1987 to 1995 on the ABC network.
SynopsisThe premise of the show takes place in San Francisco, California where widowed father Danny Tanner is left to raise his three young daughters D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle following the death of his wife, Pam, in a car accident involving a drunk driver. We never really see Danny's wife although once we saw her when the Tanners were watching a home film. (The full story is not revealed until the final season). Danny recruits his childhood friend Joey Gladstone, and his dead wife's younger brother Jesse Katsopolis, to help him tend to his three daughters. 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 get the best of them. As is the case with many sitcoms, Danny's daughters ignore the rules, only to learn their lesson afterward. The episodes usually end with a hug or kiss and with the girls sometimes admitting their wrongs and working out a compromise with their father, Joey, or Jesse. There is always a talk toward to end of the show. Joey makes a living primarily as a stand-up comedian, at one point hosting a children's television program, "The Ranger Joe Show." Jesse, on the other hand, is a full-time musician who started working for his father's pest-control company as an exterminator, but eventually quit the family business to devote more time to his music, and his band "Jesse and the Rippers" until he formed his own band "Hot Daddy and the Monkey Puppets." Eventually, Jesse would inherit and re-open The Smash Club, where his band had once played regularly until it shut down for two years. Jesse and Joey also had business ventures together in advertising industry, even starting their own agency at one point. They would also become deejays on a daily syndicated radio show, "The Rush Hour Renegades." The name for this show was hard for Jesse and Joey to decide on. Meanwhile, Danny originally starts out as sportscaster for a local TV station, until he became the co-host of the morning talk show "Wake Up, San Francisco," in which he is paired up with Rebecca "Becky" Donaldson. Danny loves cleaning. Becky would soon become somewhat of a mother figure to the family as she would eventually start dating Jesse, whom she then eventually marries. They would also have children of their own as Becky gives birth to twin sons Nicky and Alex. Despite Jesse being married with new children of his own, he would continue to live in the Tanner household in a greatly extended family, thus giving the true meaning to the name "Full House." The girls grow up as the series progresses, and various (boy)friends are introduced, notably Steve Hale who would become D.J.'s steady boyfriend for Seasons 6 & 7. They later broke up, and DJ goes out with Nelson and Viper. Characters
History of the show
The show's original pilot starred John Posey as the original Danny Tanner, because Bob Saget was under contract on another network. (As co-host and "comic" correspondent on CBS' ill-fated Morning Program, which, when it was revamped, Saget was let go and thus available for Full House). Show creator Jeff Franklin thought that Saget would be great for the role, and previously thought that Paul Reiser could work in the role. (Interestingly, Reiser would be cast in a similar series called My Two Dads which ran from 1987-90 on NBC.) In the first season, Jesse's last name was initially Cochran, reportedly because one of the producers was a fan of singer Joe Cocker. His name 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. No reason is given for the character's name change, but fans tend to believe it could have been a stage name, especially because the name "Cochran" also disappeared from his band's name after the first season. During the show's run, only four main characters were added to the main cast. Lori Loughlin, who played the role of Rebecca Donaldson, was initially scheduled to appear on a few episodes in Season 2 as Danny's co-host on 'Wake Up San Francisco'. However, her character quickly gained popularity prompting producers to write her character into the show to give her a permanent role in third season.
Season 6 saw the addition of Scott Weinger, as D.J.'s steady boyfriend Steve Hale. He first appeared in the episode "Sisters in Crime" in Season 5 as D.J.'s friend Steve Peters. However, his next appearance on the show would not occur until the start of Season 6 when he was introduced as Steve Hale, D.J.'s official boyfriend. The name change between Seasons 5 & 6 was never explained. He would leave the show after Season 7, but did make one final appearance in the last episode in Season 8. Full House was part of the TGIF lineup from the fall of 1988 to the fall of 1991, which spanned the show's second, third, and fourth seasons. The show was moved to Tuesdays for season 5, and remained there until its cancellation. While not an immediate success, Full House slowly gained popularity and from Season 3 onward, ranking it among the Nielson Ratings' Top 30 shows. The show never received a proper series finale, as ABC suddenly announced that it was canceling the show after the eighth season because of the increasing costs to produce the show. The new WB Network wanted to pick up the show for a ninth season, but John Stamos announced that the eighth season would be his last. Eventually, the other actors announced they were also ready to move on to other projects, ending the show's eight year run. Another ABC show, Sister, Sister, moved to the WB that autumn instead of the Full House timeslot. On December 24, 2006, the E Channel (E) aired an E True Hollywood Story about this sitcom. The story ran for 2 hours. Guest starsOver the course of the sitcom's eight-year run, many famous celebrities made an appearance.
The Beach Boys' InfluenceThe Beach Boys and their music always had a significant role in the show. Their first appearance was on the episode "Beach Boy Bingo" during Season 2 when the entire band was featured. Mike Love then made a second appearance at the end of Season 3, and again at the end of Season 5 with Bruce Johnston. Jesse also croons the Beach Boys' song "Forever", to Becky at his wedding, and his band's cover of "Forever" (complete with background vocals from the Beach Boys themselves) becomes his first big hit single in Japan. He also sings "Good Vibrations" at D.J.'s prom with his band, Jesse and the Rippers. ProductionThe sitcom was filmed at Warner Brothers Studios in Los Angeles. The only episode to have actually been filmed in San Francisco was "Comet's Excellent Adventure", the first episode in Season 8. There were also a few episodes where the cast would shoot in other locations, most notably Hawaii in the episode "Tanner's Island" in the beginning of Season 3 and at Disney World for the episodes "The House Meets the Mouse (Parts 1 & 2)" at the end of Season 6. Opening CreditsThe theme song, "Everywhere You Look", was performed by Jesse Frederick, which he co-wrote with Dylan Charles, although the song was almost always truncated to the chorus for broadcast. In syndication, an abbreviated version of the song was used. In the beginning the six original characters were shown either at home or in various shots in San Francisco. Beginning in Season 4, the opening credits for the adults were also filmed in San Francisco as well as the last shot of the opening credits of the show which features the cast having a picnic in Alamo Square in front of the row of Painted Ladies in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco. Contrary to popular belief, the red-doored Victorian where the Tanners live is not one of these houses. It wasn't until Season 8 that the opening credits were changed to feature the entire cast in various locations around San Francisco. It also should be noted that the role of Michelle was credited as being played by "Mary Kate Ashley Olsen" from seasons 1-7, because the show's director did not want audiences to know that Michelle was played by twins. Ashley's name was made to appear as Mary Kate's middle name in the titles. (The role of Michelle was played by two children because California state law regulated the number of work hours for a young child). It was not until season 5 that Andrea Barber (who played Kimmy Gibbler) was added to the opening credits, despite her recurring role on the show since the first season. Recurring ThemesOne of the main recurring themes in the sitcom is marriage. Three times in the series one of the three daughters 'gets married.' First, Stephanie marries her friend Harry to get more attention, then Michelle marries DJ's boyfriend Steve on Valentine's Day as a joke. Both times, the girls' "husbands" interrupt the wedding by going home because it was "Meatloaf Night." Then in Season 4, D.J. then accidentally gets married to Jesse's family friend from Greece by way of a Greek wedding tradition of walking around the kitchen table. Also at the end of each episode, a hug and kiss usually takes place between one of the adults and the kids. This happens after they have a discussion about the conflict that occurred in the episode. Serious Episodes
Over the course of the sitcom's run, there were a number of specific episodes that included sensitive topics. The main theme in these specific episodes was the family and its grief over the loss of Pam Tanner. In the later seasons as the children grew up, scripts and storylines were adjusted to deal with other serious issues of child abuse, smoking, death, peer pressure, and rebellious behavior. Syndication history and current airingsSince its 1995 finale, the sitcom has continued in syndication while gaining even more popularity among newer generations of family audiences. Full House was initially syndiated on various local stations nationwide. In the late 1990s, TBS Superstation (now called TBS) and WGN aired the show every day until 2003, when the show was dropped from the daily schedule on both networks. Later that year Nick at Nite acquired the show, as well as ABC Family in 2004. In early February 2007, Growing Pains was placed in the 9:00 and 9:30 PM timeslot formerly occupied by Full House, which was moved to 8:30 PM, though it took back the 9:00 slot in addition to the 8:30 on Nickelodeon. ABC Family still airs the sitcom at 12:00 PM ET and 12:30 PM ET, as well as 3:00 PM and 3:30 PM. Several episodes on ABC Family include the extended version of the theme song however the episodes themselves are severely cut (even entire scenes are sometimes omitted) to fit more commercials. Broadcasters outside of the United States:
Episode listDVD releasesWarner Home Video is releasing Full House on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. Thus far, they have released the first 6 seasons, with the remaining two seasons to be released later this year.
Full House books
There were many short books based on the show. They were divided into different sub-series, such as "Full House Sisters", "Full House Michelle", "Full House Michelle and Friends", "Full House Stephanie", "Full House Club: Stephanie." Full House chronology
Though not as comprehensive as the Star Trek one, Full House is believed to be the only sitcom to have its own Chronology, online at several sites. Like the Star Trek one, it presents a timeline of events in the family's lives in both the TV universe and in the books.
Trivia
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