‘Full House’ Star Dave Coulier Reveals Shocking Stage 3 Cancer Diagnosis
Have mercy, Full House fans .
It's been astir 30 years since ABC unceremoniously pulled the plug connected the TGIF staple aft 8 wildly palmy seasons, blaming the determination connected ballooning accumulation costs since ratings were inactive alternatively solid.
After all, a whopping 24 cardinal radical tuned successful to spot the show's May 1995 finale, a two-part occurrence successful which small Michelle Tanner (played alternatively iconically by twins Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen ) temporarily mislaid her memory.
And successful those astir 3 decades since, our obsession with and affection for the eventual awesome of the '90s has endured, adjacent giving america a five-season sequel series, Fuller House , connected Netflix that wrapped up successful 2020 .
And due to the fact that the Tanner-Katsopolis-Gladstone unit feels similar portion of our family, we're inactive reeling from the quality that Dave Coulier (i.e. Uncle Joey) is battling signifier 3 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma . While the histrion told Today.com doctors expect him to beryllium successful "total remission" erstwhile helium finishes chemo successful February 2025, helium said he's good with wherever the roadworthy takes him.
"I’ve had an unthinkable life," helium said. "I’ve had the astir astonishing radical successful my life. This has been an bonzer journey, and I’m OK if this is the extremity of the journey."
No substance what, helium won't beryllium mislaid retired determination oregon each alone.
“My member from time 1,” costar John Stamos wrote connected Instagram after Coulier shared his news Nov. 13. “Love you @dcoulier and I’ll beryllium by your broadside done it all.”
So Stamos tin beryllium forgiven for admitting he originally "hated that show." But however did helium get from wanting to discontinue to uncovering a manus to clasp connected to everyplace helium looked?
You'll person to support speechmaking arsenic we peel backmost the curtain connected the eight-season production, revealing 25 of the astir astonishing secrets we could find successful the process.
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Funny Business
While it's hard to ideate the amusement arsenic thing but the wholesome household sitcom it was, Full House creator Jeff Franklin primitively intended for determination to beryllium much stand-up comics successful the premix than conscionable Dave Coulier 's Joey Gladstone.
His archetypal conception was for House of Comics , a drama astir 3 comedians surviving nether 1 roof. When it became wide that ABC was looking for thing much successful enactment with Family Ties and The Cosby Show , helium changed people a bit.
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Bizarro Danny
Though precocious comedian Bob Saget was Franklin's archetypal prime for widowed father-of-three Danny Tanner, helium was stuck successful a declaration arsenic an on-air contributor implicit astatine CBS' The Morning Program . So, erstwhile the archetypal aviator filmed, John Posey assumed the role.
Once Saget got fired from his gig, however, Franklin fto Posey spell and brought him aboard. Posey would spell connected to look connected shows similar Seinfeld, ER, NCIS and, much recently, Teen Wolf and How to Get Away With Murder .
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Meet Uncle...Adam Cochran?!
In the archetypal aviator script, Danny's brother-in-law was named Adam Cochran. But John Stamos didn't similar the name, truthful it was changed to Jesse Cochran. After play one, helium exerted adjacent much power and had the past sanction changed to Kastopolis to bring his ain Greek practice to the character. The abrupt surname switcheroo was explained distant arsenic Jesse utilizing a signifier sanction to marque himself dependable much rock-and-roll. Because, sure, thing is cooler than Cochran.
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Twin Temperment
Of the dozens of sets of duplicate babies who "auditioned" for the relation of Michelle Tanner, what earned Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen the relation that would crook them into icons for the remainder of their lives was the information that they were the lone ones who didn't outcry once. After all, you request to marque definite that fussy babies aren't going to ruin your takes portion filming.
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No Love From Uncle Jesse
In the beginning, though, Stamos wasn't precisely a instrumentality of the Olsens. Turns retired that their placid auditioning was thing of a fluke. "They cried a batch successful the beginning," helium told reporters successful 2015, confirming the rumor that they were adjacent concisely replaced by different brace of twinning red-heads who didn't fare overmuch better, allowing for the Olsens to return. "So, yes, that was true."
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A Strange Secret
For immoderate reason, the producers decided that they didn't privation the satellite to cognize determination were 2 babies playing Michelle Tanner, truthful for seasons 2 done seven, they employed a spot of trickery successful the opening rubric series and credited them arsenic "Mary-Kate Ashley Olsen." It wasn't until the eighth and last season, aft they'd exploded successful popularity and the charade was nary longer adjacent remotely believable, that the recognition evolved to Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen."
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A Near-Separation
As the fraternal twins grew older and it became easier to archer them apart, the producers besides considered letting 1 go, reportedly aiming to conscionable support Mary-Kate arsenic the sole histrion playing Michelle. Ironically, it was Stamos who enactment his ft down and said that helium didn't privation 1 to person to beryllium fired. What a quality a fewer seasons makes.
It wasn't conscionable the twins who had recovered a spot successful his heart. Their younger sister Elizabeth Olsen also became adjacent with the formed aft predominant acceptable visits. She even made a peculiar appearance as "Girl with Flowers" successful a 1995 episode.
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The Other Full House Twins
If you wage precise adjacent attraction passim the show's archetypal season, you'll announcement that immoderate clip the assemblage tin spot the mannequin successful Joey's room, its wearing the nonstop aforesaid garment that Joey is wearing successful the scene. The gag lone lasted 1 season, but it's a beauteous progressive 1 and begs the question: Why was Joey perpetually dressing his mannequin?
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A Catchphrase Thief
Lest you deliberation Coulier came up with his "Cut. It. Out" catchphrase by himself, oregon had it written for him successful the Full House writer's room, the comedian has admitted that helium lifted it wholesale from a pal.
During his clip arsenic a drama duo with person Mark Cendrowski anterior to the show, it was Cendrowski who, portion playing a suave character, would archer women successful the audience, "You're successful emotion with me, present cut. It. Out."
As Coulier revealed to Buzzfeed backmost successful 2014, "I told him, 'I'm going to bargain that. I'm going to usage that someday.' And helium said, 'Ah, you can't bargain that.' So I starred connected a amusement connected Nickelodeon called Out of Control and it became my hook connected the show. And erstwhile Full House started, I conscionable brought it implicit and it stuck."
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A Love Connection
After a play 3 imagination series successful which the girls were each grown up, Coulier recovered his archetypal woman successful histrion Jayne Modean (a.k.a. the big Michelle). They tied the knot successful 1990, welcomed lad Luc that aforesaid year, and past divided successful 1992.
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The Original Becky Plan
Before she was spending clip successful prison for federal crimes, Lori Loughlin was champion known arsenic Aunt Becky. But that astir ne'er happened. When she was primitively formed arsenic Jesse's emotion interest, it was lone intended to beryllium for six episodes successful play two. But the producers liked her chemistry with Stamos truthful much, they expanded the relation and she ne'er left.
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Same Goes for Steve
As Scott Weinger told Huffington Post successful 2012, his quality Steve was lone expected to look successful 1 occurrence and not go a precocious seasons mainstay.
"They had formed maine conscionable for this 1 occurrence wherever I deliberation D.J. was expected to beryllium babysitting, but she truly wanted to spell retired with this feline truthful she took the kids with her oregon something," helium recalled. "But it was conscionable expected to beryllium that 1 occurrence and then, they wanted to adhd a quality for the pursuing play arsenic D.J.'s imperishable boyfriend, a regular character, and they asked maine to play him. Of course, I was precise excited."
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Nothing Rude About This
The lone histrion who didn't person to audition for Full Hous e? That would beryllium Jodie Sweetin . After she impressed with a impermanent spot connected Valerie , different sitcom produced by Miller-Boyett, Franklin offered her the role, sensing it would beryllium a cleanable fit.
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Art Imitating Life
When it came to Joey moving into Danny's house, some Coulier and Saget had real-life acquisition to gully on. And that's because, six months aft gathering successful 1979, Coulier took up Saget's connection to clang connected his sofa portion passing done Los Angeles. The lone difference? Coulier really near aft 3 weeks, portion Joey and his galore voices ne'er near the Tanner residence.
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In Trouble
While it's nary concealed that Saget's comic sensibilities ran a small bluer than thing that ever aired connected Full House, it turns retired that the comic often got into occupation connected acceptable adjacent erstwhile cameras weren't rolling acknowledgment to his, Stamos and Coulier's antics solely meant to entertain 1 another.
"The 3 of us—me, Bob and John—we got successful occupation a lot. From the moms," Coulier said connected Oprah: Where Are They Now successful 2015. "What we didn't recognize is that the kids are backstage and they person monitors successful their rooms."
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A Bromance
With the chemistry betwixt the 3 antheral leads a spot shaky during play one, a roadworthy travel to Las Vegas was planned during their hiatus to assistance them each bond. However, erstwhile propulsion came to shove, a joined Saget stayed home, leaving then-single Stamos and Coulier to spell it alone. The enslaved built was truthful beardown that the writers began pairing Jesse and Joey disconnected regularly, allowing the 2 to stock scenes arsenic often arsenic possible.
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Perfect Attendance
Only 3 actors appeared successful each 1 of the series' 193 episodes: Stamos, Coulier and Sweetin. Saget lone misses the number due to the fact that of the archetypal pilot.
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The San Francisco Treat
Although the bid was acceptable successful the Bay Area, speech from shots for the opening credits, Full House lone ever filmed 1 occurrence connected determination successful San Francisco: Season eight's "Comet's Excellent Adventure," successful which the household dog got escaped and everyone went looking passim the metropolis for him.
The locations written into the publication would've been excessively hard to fake connected the show's Burbank stage, truthful the formed headed northbound for a fewer days.
Where's Abu?
When the amusement traveled to Walt Disney World to movie a precise peculiar episode. D.J. imagines Steve arsenic Aladdin, with Weinger really appearing successful costume. The amusive of the show gag, of course, is that the histrion voiced the thoroughfare rat successful the 1992 animated film.
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Not So Tidy
If you cognize 1 happening astir Danny Tanner, it's that helium loves a cleanable house. But if you spell each the mode backmost to play one, you'll spot that peculiar property trait didn't make until play two. There's adjacent 1 occurrence successful that archetypal twelvemonth wherever each 3 guys person to crook to their mothers for assistance to get their lives together. So overmuch for continuity.
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Life Imitating Art
Just similar D.J. and Steve did connected the show, Candace Cameron Bure took Weinger to her real-life prom, too.
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The Comet Rumor
To acceptable the grounds straight, the canine who played Air Bud did not play Comet. That canine appeared successful 1 occurrence erstwhile his hoops skills were needed, but it was a antithetic canine who played the Tanner household pup otherwise.
From the Screen to the Page
Stephanie and Michelle each got their ain publication bid astatine the tallness of the show's popularity, with Full House Stephanie getting 33 books and Full House Michelle a full of 40. A 14-book bid entitled Full House Sisters , centered connected the shared narration betwixt the two, came next, followed by the four-part Full House: Dear Michelle , based astir an proposal file the youngest Tanner miss wrote for her 3rd people class.
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From Russia, With Love
How bash you accidental "you got it, dude" successful Russian? In 2006, Full House was 1 of a radical of Warner Bros. properties licensed to the Moscow-based web STS for adaptation to Russian. Topsy-Turvy House , which followed the American communicative intimately portion allowing for taste differences, premiered successful 2009 and ran for 2 seasons.
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What Almost Was
When ABC abruptly canceled Full House aft its eighth season, an effort was made to proceed the amusement implicit connected the then-fledgling WB network. The woody fell apart, though, erstwhile some Stamos and Cameron Bure decided they didn't privation to beryllium involved.
This communicative was primitively published connected Friday, May 22, 2020 astatine 9:02 a.m.