And really, really cute

They probably could have just set up a cardboard cutout of Steve with a vacuum cleaner attached to the backside of the mouth and have the same effect.

And he's Aladdin! Ok, that had nothing to do with his character, but it's all I think about when I see him

Heh, and all I see is Abu everytime the twins show up.

Steve is cute, but his voice?!?! Ick! It's like he's perpetually hitting puberty, but not quite there yet.

I watched the episode when Papouli dies today and dammit, that episode actually makes me choke up. The scene when they are all sitting around the kitchen crying is hella depressing.

The Papouli episode used to make me sad, but today I noticed so many things that bugged me. Why was Stephanie's hair in those ugly Pippi Longstocking braids? Becky's hair was kinda orange, and when she hugged Jesse I saw the cuffs of her shirt were made of weird cheetah fur or something. All the girls managed to look sad, but Joey was just sitting there like he smelled something stinky. Finally, what the hell did Michelle make for Papouli? It looked like a popcicle stick fence. Now that says love.

The dead Papouli show still makes me sad because it makes you think back to losing your own grandparent, but I am with popcorn in the sense there were things that also made no sense. The thing that I couldn't figure out was Danny was married to Jesse's sister, right? So the three girls are the daughters of Papoul's granddaughter. But Danny et al acted like they hardly knew the guy. Weren't Jesse and Danny's wife from the same family?!? I also could be over analyzing this way too much. If you would have told me ten years ago in college that, in a decade down the raod, I would be spending a Friday night analyzing a "very special episode" of Full House.......Geez Louise.....I need help.

Another thing - Nicky and Alex were described as Papouli's great-grand-sons. How does that work?

Yes, they were siblings.

Here's how the family tree appears to work...Jesse's (and Pam's) grandfather was Papouli. He's from Greece, so it's very realistic that Jesse's children (Papouli's great-grandkids) and Pam's children (DJ, Steph, Michelle...also Papouli's great-grandkids) had never met the guy before.

Well, it's simply that Papouli is Jesse and Pam (Mrs. Tanner)'s grandfather. Therefore, their children are Papouli's great-grandchildren (his grandchildren's children). Nicky, Alex, and the girls all have the same grandparents on the Katsopoulis side (Nick and Irene Katsopoulis), whose parents are Papouli, and, uh, Mrs. Papouli. What happened to her? Why didn't she get a Very Special Episode when she bought the farm?

Also, this particular episode annoyed me because the girls visited with Papouli twice. TWICE! And they were bawling their eyes out. I understand the sadness of death, but they hardly knew the guy.

They also appeared on one of Pee Wee Herman's specials. Only one of the Del Rubio triplets is still alive. I always thought they were cool. I couldn't get away with short shorts and boots at 20, much less if I were in my 60s, but those girls could pull that look off.

Thanks, snarkastic21. I somehow thought that he was Jesse's dad, and I got confused with the girls calling him "Grandpa".

Stavros? *shudder*

I cannot stand that Stavros episode. Most of the episodes I hate are because of some Michelle-themed misadventure, but I think that is the only non-Michelle episode that I trully cannot even watch.

Papouli episode? Classic Full House.

Stavros episode? No thanks.

That about sums it up.

Ah, but how great is the finale, where she gets thrown off the horse? Okay, the episode as a whole totally blew, but watching Michelle get thrown off a horse makes my day. >:)

One Michelle-themed episode I hated was the Disney Land one. Michelle was a total brat to Stephanie the whole time, and then she got princess of the day when it was Stephanie's turn and bossed everyone around, and then she left them and they were all like "boo hoo Michelle's lost". The worst part was when Joey had that "talk" with Stephanie and made it sound like Michelle didn't do anything wrong and Stephanie was just "mad at herself".

They were actually in Disney World. I hated how she just cut right in front of Stephanie. "oh, she's just a little kid"

Y'all, I have a confession to make. It's a big 'un, so get ready.

::deep breath::

Okay, y'all know the episode of FH where Stephanie feels pressured to smoke and she calls up Teen Talk/Yakking with Youth and puts on that fake Russian accent and says her name is Olga?

Well, I swear to Cameron I don't know how the hell it got into my vocabulary(Hee! @Cameron and hell being in the same sentence), but lately instead of saying "cool" or "that's nice", I've been saying thumbs-upski.

Someone please help. Call an exorcist or something...I can feel my soul slowly dying.

[OT]BTW, do y'all think that the Camerons were the inspiration for 7th Heaven? I mean, where else would they have come up with a family whose siblings are all perfect in every way, warped about God, and marrying, like, the day they turn legal? Plus, Cameron, Camden...suddenly Brenda Hampton is even scarier to me.[/OT]

Oh, Lord. The infamous "Michelle doesn't want to move" ep was on today. Served with a side of Cool-yay, naked, in the tub. Tasty!

This made me giggle for a full minute, then shudder uncontrollably. Ew, Nekkid!Joey -- just when you thought he couldn't get creepier.

i dont think he was completly naked. I think he had on swim trunks (hopefully)

Miss, tonight a Camden kid is no longer a virgin

Mary hasn't been a virgin for years. ;)

Topic! On my Dish Network on-screen guide, it gives a brief description of the episode, and nearly every blip has the word "Michelle" in it. It makes me want to throw something at the TV.

The episode where the "brudders" go to preschool is on now and it has my all time favorite Full House line ever. Uncle Joey decides to teach the boys at home, shows them the letter A, draws an "apple" on the blackboard and asks them what is stands for. One of the "brudders" stands up and proudly shouts "Rock!"

Hee! Rock! Cracks my shit up every time.

*hangs head in shame*

I like how Jesse wouldn't let his kids go to preschool because of his own separation issues. Fantastic parent, that one.

I hated that. That and his whining about the boys getting haircuts. I wanted to punch him everytime he scrunched up his face in horror when Becky suggested they cut their hair.

That episode sucked. They never actually resolved the Stephanie-Gia plot line properly.

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See, I hated Joey more in that episode. He gave his stupid speech about how he was such a horrible teacher (like, what do you expect, dumbass? You've never taught before) in front of his class of seven-year-old students, who had to convince him that he was actually a good, totally hilarious one. Insecure psycho, much?

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Yeah, speaking from experience here, that isn't exactly the best way to become a successful substitute teacher. You've got to be tough and stick to your guns to survive in that job. So Joey was clearly way over his head. But that still doesn't excuse Michelle's assy behavior.

You have no idea how many parents I know like that in real life. Just can't quite seem to accept that the doctor cut the umbilical cord back in the delivery room...



Yeah...I have a problem with this one. Did they seriously want people to believe that the California public school system hires substitute teachers on a random volunteer basis? I mean, don't you have to have, oh, I don't know....special training, or, at the very least, some kind of certificate to substitute? You know, something that says you've had a background check and a psychological profile and are not a serial killer/child pornographer? It's utterly bizarre to me that they would just be sitting around and somebody says, "Hey, Joey, why don't you teach Michelle's class," and he goes, "Okay!" and BANG! He's hired. Or did I miss the Very Special Episode where Joey goes back to college and gets his teaching degree and is therefore actually VERY qualified for the job??

Out of nowhere, didn't he say he'd taken all the tests and stuff in college as a backup?

Yeah, he said he had a license or something that he always renewed. Though, we never saw evidence of that nor did we ever hear that Joey enjoyed teaching.

I saw the Joey substitute teacher episode last night too. As much as Michelle is a bitch in that episode, I always enjoy episodes where she gets some sort of a smackdown. (Mainly "this is no fun...no fun...looking at da waaaaw.")

I don't understand how Joey had that teacher certificate to fall back on, yet all those years before as a struggling comedian and he never thought to "fall back" on his teaching career? Then again, there are a lot of things I don't understand. Like, how can Kimmy's feet smell that bad?

He probably didn't need to fall back on anything once he moved in to "help" Danny. They never did tell us how the financial arrangments worked, so I'm going to assume that Joey, Jesse, and Becky were all big moochers who rarely paid their fair share of the bills.

*snerk*


I'm not defending Joey...REALLY...but it seemed like he did all the cleaning and cooking, although we were led to believe Danny was the neat freak. I'm sure Becky's salary contributed to the household once she moved in, but I can't speak for her hubby.

Today's theme on ABC Fam? Michelle hates Danny's girlfriend, so she turns into a little punk. Hate.

That had to be a great situation for a struggling musician and a struggling comedian. They got to live in a nice but overcrowded house, could probably get away with not paying for things if things got really bad money-wise, and concentrate on their careers. Where can I get a deal like that without including a selfish, whiny, spoiled brat child like Michelle?

So the episode when the adults become obsessed with Michelle's video game is on, and after Michelle enlightened everyone by pointing out their obsession, Joey says something about getting back to their old routines, followed by, "I'm gonna go play with Mr. Woodchuck." Now, I know it's just his stupid animal, but still, I thought it was interestingly worded.

Hmm, I've been thinking about this. I guess in the beginning, Jesse and Joey got to live rent-free because they were being used as full time baby-sitters. Thats a pretty good deal for everyone (except maybe for Joey, how come Jesse got the bedroom and Joey had to sleep in the living room?)

I would assume that Becky/Jesse started help pay for utilities once they built that apartment in the attic and had the rugrats.

Joey meanwhile probably ended up getting the best deal because I doubt they made him pay rent or utilities. Remember when they had to redo the garage so Joey could have bedroom because he was feeling sad? I'm pretty sure that money had to come out of Danny's pocket.

I hope this hasn't already been linked. The PC

All the Michelle haters will love it.

Genius. That would have been the most special of after-school specials.

Holy shit. I was watching the stupid "Michelle dresses up like a tough kid" episode at the Smash Club, and what do I hear coming out of Jesse's singing mouth but:

"And by your tender touch
I became a man
In the field where we used to lay."

That's, um, disturbing! I was cracking up, though. Pretty racy stuff for FH, I think you might agree.

What bothered me most about that episode (besides Michelle trying to be a punk) was that Danny took someone to the Smash Club for a date. C'mon, man, get some taste. Or a backbone.


Sheesh, FH censors on holiday or something? I couldn't actually understand what he was saying, but if that was it..

If he was just stopping by to say, "Look, my brother-in-law owns this club; isn't it groovy?", that would be one thing. Taking an adult date to a teen club (where your oldest daughter works) is NOT cool. Danny's an idiot.

This is gonna sound stupid, but I don't care. In the scene where Michelle pretends to be a punkass bad girl, she decides to be gross and belch really loud. I wonder which Olsen that was, as well as when she won the burping contest.

I kinda liked the Danny-Claire storyline. I wonder if they would have continued it if there had been a season 9. They would have known when finale would be, and could have made it bigger. I am torn on the Steoh-Gia "sisters" thing.

What is the deal with the series finale? I remember hearing on one of the many specials about the Olsen twins that FH didn't get much notice when it was cancelled so they didn't have time to prepare a real farewell episode. Does anyone know anything else about this? I guess they wanted to do something more special than Michelle-gets-amnesia?

That's pretty much all we know, Laura. From what I recall, they didn't even know the show was cancelled until after they taped the final show, so the season finale became the series finale. Gag.