Way Back When Vol. 2: Full House

It has been a little quiet over here at the ol' From the Heart. I've been sick. Not just *cough cough* oooh, ohh.. me has a little cold. No. It's been churning stomach, body aches, chills, lethargy and other stuff you don't wanna know about.

Plus, I've been depressed as all hell. Like literally on my knees praying to God with no words because I don't know what to say anymore.

What, you don't want to hear about my trips to the potty and bone-crushing exhaustion and sadness? No?

Me either.

OK! Let's do a Way Back When post! This week:

My most favorite show from my childhood- Full House!

Seriously, who didn't watch this show?

Whenever the Golden Gate bridge would appear in the opening credits and the rhythmic thumping of the drums would begin the theme song followed by "Ah, ah, ah, ahhhh.. ahhhhhh! Whatever happened to predictability...." I knew that I was in for 30 minutes of pure awesomeness. This was my show.

I don't remember when I started watching it. It premiered in 1987 when I was just three years old, so I doubt it was that early. But I do know I was pretty young. It was a big part of my childhood. I'm sure what drew me in was the fact that there were three daughters. Even though I had an older brother, he was graduated and out of the house when I was five, so I was used to girl stuff.

My favorite character was the youngest, Michelle. She was always so adorable and funny. Although, she got kind of annoying in the last few seasons. Her cuteness wore off a bit. She became kind of rotton. Especially to her poor sister Stephanie.

I was a huge Olsen twin fan. That is, before they turned into homeless chic, Marlbro Reds smoking weirdos. I had the Michelle talking doll that said phrases like "You got it dude!" and "Whoa, baby!" I still have that doll although her voice kind of sounds somewhat demonic.

This is not my own photo. My doll's hair looks like a rats nest and her shoes are loooong gooone!

I also had some picture book called Uncle Jesse's Scrapbook.. I think that is what it was called. I also had a poster of Uncle Jesse and toddler Michelle sitting on a motorcycle. I think I got it at a book fair at school.

I loved watching the Olsen twins outside of Full House. I caught the TV movies To Grandmother's House We Go, Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, and How the West was Fun. I think I even taped them. I also had a few VHS's of The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley.

Then I remember a few years later seeing them as teens and selling their own brand of clothes at Wal-Mart and I was charmed no more. I now see them in magazines looking like this:


Some of the rumored things they do makes little Michelle Tanner do this:


I suppose I shouldn't hate on the Olsen twins so much. Just because they were gazillionaires by the time they turned 10 doesn't mean they have to be Mother Teresa's and be good solid role models for today's young women. But it would sure be nice if they were.

Speaking of changing impressions- have you heard Bob Sagat lately?! He played the OCD, Mr. Clean, Mr. Perfect Dad. Tall, goofy, loveable.

Well, hello there, Mr. T!

Bob Sagat has moved on from warm fuzzy family sitcoms and home video commentary. He has a comedy act. A very vulgar comedy act.


I never thought I'd have to blur out Danny Tanner flipping off the camera. He's still kind of funny. Still a decent musician. But he says some things that makes little Michelle Tanner go:


Now, on to Uncle Jesse.

Uncle Jesse. Sigh.... Uncle Jesse.


So handsome. He can SING and play guitar. He has a band... and a soft spot for babies!


I love Uncle Jesse. And John Stamos has not disappointed me with age.

I don't wanna know anything about him. He's probably some radical liberal wacko who donates to PETA and is a vegan. And hates kids and America. I can't look at Danny Tanner the same after hearing some of his stand-up, I can't have Uncle Jesse ruined for me either!

The only thing that has shocked little Michelle Tanner about Uncle Jesse is just how good lookin' he has gotten over time. It makes her do this:

The one bad thing about Uncle Jesse is that he makes me feel old. I watched the first episode and he said he was 26. Uh... Uncle Jesse CANNOT be younger than me. What the heck?

As for the rest of the cast- Joey was just weird. I mean, just plain creepy. I always kind of felt sorry for him because he was always in Jesse and Danny's shadow... but c'mon, man.

D.J. was one of my favorites. That was until she broke up with her boyfriend Steve. The actor who played Steve was the voice in Disney's Aladdin. Who breaks up with Aladdin? And he was PERFECT for her... ack!!! The the series finale made up for that disaster...

Stephanie was cute, but then got annoying towards the end. I do, however, use her "How rude." quote all the time. Her character was pretty funny.

Aunt Becky was pretty rad. She was a Midwestern gal from Nebraska, so she was cool in my book.

Kimmy was more than annoying. Which made me like D.J. even more because she was a true friend to someone who was so God-awful.

I'm not sure what attracted me to this show so much. I remember being devastated when I learned the series was being cancelled. Maybe it was because I lived with just my mom in a small house. I longed for a big open house with a big family. Always someone there. I struggled a lot with being lonely as a child. I guess Full House was like a pretend family for me. I blame Full House for my inner longing of wanting a big family.

You want to know how much I love Full House? The show was an inspiration for the song Ryan and I danced to at our wedding.

The episode where Jesse and Becky get married is my absolute fave. It aired in 1991.. which was about the time that I thought all brides were real live princesses. That episode made me dream of my own wedding. In the show, during the ceremony, Jesse sings a song to Becky. Here's a clip (they show baby pictures and other growing up photos of John Stamos and Lori Loughlin, who plays Becky. John Stamos has ALWAYS been handsome!)

Blasted thing won't embed! You can see the link to the video here.

I searched high and low to see if somewhere in Internetlandia had this song to download. In my search I learned that this song is actually a Beach Boys song. Which doesn't surprise me. The Beach Boys were on the show probably as much as Kimmy Gibler. So getting that version was easy, and even though I liked the Gospel choir and instruments in Uncle Jesse's version, the Beach Boys worked perfectly for us.



Sure, Full House was corny. There was always a predicament and then "the talk" with super serious music in the background. But it did teach good morals and values. It was good for the whole family because there is definitely some adult humor I did not catch as a child that I have now that I have the whole series on DVD! I think today's day and age could use some more shows like Full House.

So how about you? Did you watch Full House?