Full House

The premise of the show was that recently widowed San Francisco television host Danny Tanner has to take care of his three daughters following the death of his wife (Pamela), with the help of his best friend (and college room-mate) Joey and his wife's brother Jesse. All the characters are strongly stereotyped - Danny, the 'neat-freak', Joey, the local comedian (literally - he is a professional stand up comedian and an expert at voices), and Jesse, the womaniser and Elvis-worshipper with his trademark, "Have mercy". In later seasons, Jesse mellows down and marries Rebecca Donaldson (Danny's peppy co-host on his morning talk show, Wake Up San Francisco). They eventually have a pair of twins, Nicholas (Nicky) and Alexander (Alex).

The series focuses largely on the girls (a large part of its appeal comes from its "kids-are-so-cute" factor). The eldest, Donna Jo (D.J.) begins the series when she's about 10 year old, and goes on until she's 18 (and graduating from high school). The middle girl, Stephanie, grows from five to thirteen on camera; with her trademark "How rude!", she was the popular character at the outset of the show. Baby Michelle is first seen when only nine months old; by the end of the show, "she" - or rather, the pair of almost-identical twins who play her - are nine years old. These two - known today as The Olsen twins - have had the most star-struck futures, appearing in a variety of television shows and movies.

Other characters on the show include Kimmy Gibbler, the very irritating girl-next-door who is D. J.'s best friend, D. J.'s long time boyfriend Steve, and Gia, a cigerette-smoking, girl-going-bad who is one of Stephanie's closest friends. Gia is played by a very young Marla Sokoloff[?], who went on to play Lucy Hatcher in the television series The Practice[?].

Cast

Bob Saget[?] ...Daniel Ernest "Danny" Tanner

John Stamos ...Hermes "Jesse" Katsopolis

Dave Coulier[?] ...Joseph Alvin "Joey" Gladstone

Mary-Kate Olsen ...Michelle Elizabeth Tanner (shared)

Ashley Olsen ...Michelle Elizabeth Tanner (shared)

Jodie Sweetin ...Stephanie Judith Tanner

Candace Cameron[?] ...Donna Jo Margaret "D.J." Tanner

Andrea Barber[?] ...Kimberly Louise "Kimmy" Gibbler

Lori Loughlin[?] ...Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis

External links

• Fan site (http://www.full-house.org/)
• TV Tome Show Guide (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-1026/)

Full house[?] is also a hand in the card game poker.