The best episode ever is on right now,
"Secret Admirer", the one with the love letter that Rusty meant for DJ, but everyone found it and thought it was from someone else, lol.
And they had everyone's thoughts outloud... I love this one. It really is funny.

And the best part, it's not about michelle!

Happy birthday, Jodie. Here's hoping that the coming year will bring easier times than this last year.

Oh my GOD. Definitely in my top 5 episodes EVER.

I love that episode, too. I missed that airing, but looking at my program guide, it looks like ABCFamily will be showing it again at 11:30am (central time) tomorrow morning.

Actually it kind of is--if the idiotic little brat hadn't given the letter to Stephanie instead of DJ (although that's kind of Rusty's fault because he said "give this to your sister"--he never said which one), AND hadn't told her it was from Rusty, the whole mess might not have started.

Great episode though.

Last night, Christine Ebersole sang "What I Did For Love" on The Colbert Report against a montage of Bush Administration "moments". The first thing I thought about when I heard it was the episode where they hold a telethon and Becky attempts to sing it while caught in magic box (or whatever they're called), because that's where I first heard that song.

Oh, yeah I forgot about that. I caught it 5 minutes into the show.

But I meant the show didn't revolve around her.

Is this based on the movie? Same title, same premise, etc.

I liked that one alright, but it made me mad because later in the series, wasn't there an episode about how Becky was a terrible singer? She sounded pretty good when she sang on the telethon. I hate when they act like the audience won't remember a few seasons back.

Ha ha ha yes! That was never more prevalent on Full House when in Season 3 there was an episode dealing with Jesse's high school reunion, then in Season 5 or 6, there was a storyline about how Jesse dropped out of High School and was going back to get his diploma. Maybe they wanted to make the point that getting an education was important, but Jesse couldn't enroll in college or something? My love for Full House is mainly sentimental. Looking back as a grown-up, I felt at times they treated their audience like they were stupid.

Is anyone else watching The Olsens on Oprah right now?

The awesome "Uncle Jesse's Girl" video making the rounds.

We've talked about how Danny is an awful parent to Michelle. The way he reacts to DJ growing up is really ridiculous. I don't mean the hesitation he has about her dating Steve, but when he objected to her drinking coffee, or keeping a secret about the kissing rumor going around school. Believe me, a cup of coffee or a rumor isn't the end of the world as a parent.

WORD. Given her character's age, I think there are far worse things DJ could've been doing other than drinking coffee.

Help!

In the epi where DJ asks to go to Spain, what dish does she say she made for the family when she was all dressed up and had the kitchen decorated in Spanish fashion?

I think it's paella, but it's been awhile since I've seen that episode. Maybe someone else can confirm?

I found "Secret Admirer" on youtube and I agree with the comments on the previous page - this really is one of the best episodes of the show. It's genuinely hilarious and, in some twisted way, very believeable.

The 16 Greatest TV Catchphrases



I am surprised it made the list, but I always loved that quote.

Even more surprising is that it isn't a Michelle quote.

"How rude!" made it but "You got it, Dude!" didn't? That is surprising. I assume the list didn't include catchphrases with stupid hand gestures or "Cut. It. Out." would have had a chance too.

As the blurb said, it was delivered in a belivable way, not just as a catchy catchphrase for a kid to utter. Which 'You got it dude' most defentitly was.

Anyone else wish they could stuff that little brat Aaron into a laundry sack and throw him out a window?

Aaron was such a brat. He was worse than Michelle, but somehow he was funny when he acted like a brat.

Probably because he was supposed to be a brat. Michelle was supposed to be a golden little princess being given her due.

I was watching the one where Michelle and Teddy sneak into Dannys car to go on his date with Vicki. When they were caught she asked if she was in trouble and Danny actually said its partly his fault for not explaining being the bachelor of the month that he would be dating a lot. His fault! I have never noticed all the catering to this child until I started reading this board. It is crazy. My dad would not have been taking the blame for me sneaking out of the house!

I noticed the same thing after coming to TwoP, I loved this show (and the olsens) when I was a kid (i'm the same age they are), but looking back on it now, the Michelle character was such a little snot. Never being held accountable for anything, always being catered to, and she had a smart ass mouth. If I'd ever told an adult "duh" and rolled my eyes like she did when I was little I probably would've gotten popped in the lip.

Even though I've seen the episode a million times and John Stamos is and always will be so pretty, the video for "Forever" will always be one of the lamest things ever to me. Between the "look how sensitive I am as I hold my babies and blow out this candle with no shirt on!" to all of the other cheesy things going on (taking pictures through a window! palling around with bandmates!), I think I would have liked the video better if he just stuck with the genie concept. At least that had "Do the Jessman!"

I agree that it's kind of lame but I have seen worse videos on MTV/VH1 (though I don't think I've seen a single video on either of these channels in 10+ years). But it is definitely cheesy though I remember it being a huge highlight of the show back when it originally aired! I must have been in middle school and Uncle Jesse was a very big deal. But I will disagree about wanting to see The Jessman. I never want to see that. Ever.

My favorite Jesse song is somewhere in season 1 or 2 where he and his band sing Todd Rundgren's "Hodja."

Hodja, Please show me how to spin
I want to do that dance til I forget where I am
So get up out of your bed one more time
Hodja, make me spin

I HATE when he sings to Michelle. It's the "Michelle's Smiling" song...

...she's not sorry
But she doesn't know what sorry is
When Michelle's smiling...
When Michelle's smiling...
Michelle's smiling....

I mean, STFU. Why does Michelle need a song just because Howie left? I realize she was just a toddler then, but I think I'd be really uncomfortable if someone just started singing a song to me because I was sad--especially if that song was about me. And I was forced to sit on a bed and watch them do it. Awkward!

The same reason Jesse needed to ride his motorcycle for hours in the middle of the night to come home because he thought Michelle had a cold,or the same reason he refused to move into his own apartment after he was married.

The reason being, his attachment to her wasn't sweet, but actually really creepy and bordering on codependent.

Michelle is a spoiled rotten brat. She is seriously codependent - god forbid anybody leave the house without her.

This has been bothering me for a long time, maybe someone knows. By the back door, on the left, there is some sort of wooden thing hanging on the wall that looks like it has a roll of paper on it, or something.

http://content8.flixster.com/photo/11/24/27/11242774_gal.jpg On the right of the picture.

What on earth is that thing?

I think it is like a notepad or something to grab a piece of paper and rip it off to take a message or something. It is so weird when I was a kid I always thought they had toilet paper hanging in their kitchen.

He was half right. It absolutely WAS his fault that she snuck out, but not for that dumbass reason. No, it was his fault for all the reasons stated in this thread...Michelle was spoiled and allowed to do whatever the hell she wanted.



See, you and I and most on this board wouldn't have even tried it, because we had parents who taught us and disciplined us. That Michelle thought she could do it and get away with it is another example of Danny's permissive parenting.

Lest we not forget the one where that rich guy (Lou Bond) came over and offered to buy the house for twice what it was worth. Everyone was fine with it other than the world's biggest snot ("WAAAA IT'S NOT FAIR!!!! WE NEED TO LIVE HERE FOREVER!!!!").

Of course it was bad enough that ABC recycled that plot line from Who's The Boss and recycled it again in Step By Step a few years later (albeit slightly modified, but always with the "we can't leave our one and only HOME!!!!!" angle)

I thought that episode would have made a great series finale, instead of the stupid Michelle/amnesia business. I mean, everyone moving out and finding new houses to fill would have been an appropriate ending in my opinion.

I agree, but I don't believe that the Full House people knew they were getting cancelled when they shot both of those episodes. ABC should've given them more money to shoot a proper finale so they could tie up the loose ends of the show (as Fox has done with King of the Hill).

Ugh! Another example of them catering to Michelle--Joey is in that charity hockey game playing against his old rival, Stonewall. He is acting aggressively and, since Michelle is scared, he decides to act nice. So, at the hockey game, Joey sucks because he's playing "nicely" and then Michelle(!) gives him permission to be aggressive again so he'll stop playing like a weenie. I mean, Jesus. I could understand her being weirded out if it was just random that Joey was acting aggressively, but no one could explain to her earlier that in sports, sometimes you have to be aggressive?

Then Joey wins the game and puts Michelle up on his shoulders and I just want her to fall onto the ice and hit her head. But oh wait, they had to have her hit her head later in the show. I was never much irritated by DJ or Stephanie...but damn, Michelle could get on my last nerve.

And I once did the math, though I can't remember it perfectly at this minute, but early on Danny turns 30, and I think DJ is 10 or 11 at the start of the show, so he was only 20 when he started having kids! But later on, he goes to a frat reunion with Joey...when did he have time to be a college student, husband, father, and fraternity brother? Not to mention he'd have to have a job in there somewhere. I know, I know, just don't think about it...but when you see the episodes repeatedly these things stick out.

That reminds me of the episode where Joey goes on Star Search, which was around 1989 I believe. Anyway, ten years earlier there was a videotape* of Joey on Danny's college show, where Danny is saying that disco will never die and at another point, he holds up a picture of toddler DJ. Danny was a YOUNG parent. I can buy that part, but are we sure that he was married to Pam before they conceived DJ, especially if he was attending college? I'm just sayin'...perhaps there were some inappropriate relations and they were forced to get married.

*Videotape in 1979...did those even exist back then? Must have been beta!

ETA: According to Wikipedia, Danny and Pam got married right after senior prom and DJ was born a year later.

I could not stand that little snot Michelle and thought I was the only one who thought that whole damn family did nothing but cater to that little troll of a toddler. Thankfully I see you all couldn't stand her either. As a child I knew I was in love (or as in love as a 9 year old could be) with Uncle Jesse and I wanted to choke slam those damn Olsen twins. 20 years later, I am still in love with Uncle Jesse(sans the mullet) and I still want to choke slam those damn Olsen twins.

What type of family dynamic allows the toddler to be so powerful that she dictates the behavior of adults? Michelle decides who moves, who stays, and god forbid if the universe stops revolving around her for a minute. I always thought young Stephanie was a lot cuter then Michelle (this is a very cruel thing to say, but I thought the Olsen twins looked like orangutans when they were babies) and a much better actress (though that is not saying much). It feels like Stephanie's character got shafted because of the Michelle mania.

I always thought the Olsen twins looked like troll dolls when they were on Full House.

I also thought Baby Michelle looked like an orangutan. I for the life of me could not figure out how they got cast since as babies I thought they would have picked 'cute' babies since they weren't really acting at that point.

I read the Olsen twins got picked because they were the only babies who weren't crying. I guess all they were looking for were mellow kids.

By the way, I want to know what deal with the devil John Stamos and Lori Loughlin made. I swear they look almost exactly the same as they did 15-20 years ago when they were on this show.

John Stamos looks so damn good. I always thought he was handsome but he has only gotten better with age. Like a fine wine! =0

The One who's spawn helps make The Show, Warner Bros. and (ultimately) the spawn themselves Billions of Dollars & their own production company...Either that or just a simple Hollywood hack writer for one particular episode.

Anyone who hates Full House(which would be most of this forum)will find this amusing.

The Nostalgia Critic reviews Full House

Don't forget the enabling by "The Mouse"!

Speaking of which, the ultimate hurl-fest today--Michelle made princess at Disney World! Oh joy!

DAMN YOU MICKEY!!!!!

Clearly Michelle was the spawn of Satan. Damien from the Omen had some freaky powers as a kid, too. If you knew that your kid was in cahoots with Lucifer, wouldn't you do your damnedest to cater to her every whim, lest she exact some horrible revenge?

Well, to be fair, that was a couple of years Before they Bought the network & all hell broke loose, so Pre-1995, let's just call that example a case of humble--but still evil--promotional consideration.

Oh look, the spawn of satan kicked the ball into the wrong goal! But I guess that sort of thing happens when the world revolves around you...

Is it wrong that I get a twisted sense of pleasure at Michelle's teammates brushing her off and leaving her alone like a loser on the field looking sadly at her shoes? Is it wrong if I actually clap?