Created by Jeff Franklin, Full House centered
on recently widowed neat freak Danny Tanner (Bob
Saget, John Posey in the
pilot) getting help from his best friend, comedian and impressionist Joey
Gladstone (Dave Coulier), and
brother-in-law, rock and roller Jesse Katsopolis (originally Cochran, played by
John Stamos), in raising his
three daughters: eldest D.J. (Candace
Cameron Bure), middle Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin), and baby
Michelle (shared by twins Mary-Kate
and Ashley Olsen). They
moved into his San Francisco house and misadventures followed as three vastly
different single men tried to deal with the trials and tribulations that
accompanied three girls growing up. Eventually, the titular full house became
even fuller when Jesse fell in love with and married Danny’s television morning
show co-host, Rebecca Donaldson (Lori
Loughlin), and they had two boys of their own, Nicky and Alex (twins Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit), while taking
residence in the attic after it was converted into an apartment.
A full house indeed: Jesse and Becky with their boys, Joey, neighbor Kimmy Gibbler, Danny, Stephanie, Michelle, D.J. and her boyfriend, Steve.
Full House debuted on ABC on September 22, 1987. The series’ theme, played at various lengths throughout the show’s run and in reruns, was “Everywhere You Look”, performed by Jesse Frederick and composed by him, Bennett Salvay and Franklin. The show, like most family-oriented sitcoms at the time, dealt with real issues families often faced in a combination of laugh-filled and heartfelt messages. Despite an unusually high writer turnover rate, the show remained incredibly popular throughout its run, becoming the springboard to launch fellow ABC programs Home Improvement, Family Matters and Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper. It would go on to become the flagship program of ABC’s TGIF programming block before jumping back and forth between Tuesdays and Fridays. Ultimately, ABC decided to cancel the show despite its strong ratings due to rising costs of production, not even giving it a proper final episode. The show would go on in reruns for years on various basic cable channels, such as TBS and Nickelodeon, as well as streaming on Hulu.
In 2014, after a lot of back and
forth with rumors about a potential movie spin-off, Netflix announced plans to produce a
spin-off sequel series. Fuller House debuted on February 26, 2016 and
ran for 5 seasons. It followed a widowed D.J. who moved back into the family
house and got help from Stephanie and her childhood best friend, Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber), in raising her
boys Jackson (Michael Campion),
Max (Elias Harger) and Tommy
(shared by twins Dashiell
and Fox Messitt). If that
wasn’t enough, Kimmy had her own daughter, Ramona (Soni Nicole Bringas), from
her failed marriage. The rest of the original cast except the Olsens,
including former guest-stars and recurring characters, would pop in from time
to time to offer help or just add to the comedic chaos.
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