Full House

About

Full House is an American sitcom that follows a father as he raises his three daughters with the help of his best friend and his brother-in-law after the death of his wife. The series premiered on ABC on September 22nd, 1987, and concluded after eight seasons on May 23rd, 1995. Helped in part by ’90s nostalgia and reruns of the show playing constantly on ABC family in the late 90s and early 2000s, the show has a large online following.

Premise

Danny Tanner invites his best friend from childhood, Joey, and his late wife’s brother, Jesse, to move in with him to help him raise his three young daughters, DJ, Stephanie, and Michelle. As the children grow up their family expands as Jesse marries and has his own two children, though his new family lives in the Tanner house as well.

History

Full House was created by Jeff Franklin.^[1] The series concluded its run in 1995, but ran in syndication on ABC Family from 2003 to 2013 and on Nick at Nite from to 2009.

Reception

Full House was nominated for many awards during its eight season run including two Kids’ Choice Awards and 23 Young Artist Awards.

Online Presence

As of February 2014 Full House’s Facebook page^[2] has over 4.3 million likes.

Tom Hanks Full House Poetry

On October 23rd, 2012, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon uploaded a video of actor Tom Hanks reading a slam poem based on Full House he read on the show. As of February 2014, the video has over 2.2 million views.

Reunions

25th Anniversary Reunion

On September 22, 2012, the cast of Full House (except Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who shared the role of the youngest daughter) met up in LA for the shows 25th Anniversary. Actress Andrea Barber, who played Kimmy, the Tanner’s neighbor, tweeted a photo from the reunion featuring Candace John Stamos, Cameron Bure , Lori Loughlin, Jodie Sweetin, Scott Weinger, and Dave Coulier.^[7] Many sites such as Buzzfeed^[8] and People^[9] reported on the reunion.

I told you the string you picked off your shirt had fallen on your pants. You called me observant and said you liked my hair.

— almostontheL (@almostontheL) May 26, 2011

Jesse and the Rippers Reunion

Jimmy Fallon Reunion

On January 29th, 2014, the three male leads from the show John Stamos, Dave Coulier, and Bob Saget appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to perform a skit dressed as their Full House characters in a recreation of the show’s youngest daughter’s bedroom (with Fallon filling that role). It was uploaded to the show’s YouTube channel^[3] that day and as of February 2014, it has over 8.2 millions views.

Related Memes

Dave Coulier a Day

On November 21st, 2011, the Tumblr blog Same Pic of Dave Coulier^[4] was created. The blog features the same picture of Coulier, who play Joey, in one of the very loud sweaters he often wore on Full House uploaded every day. The Tumblr was covered in posts by Cracked^[5] and Buzzfeed.^[6]

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