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Full House

The television series, "Full House," made it's debut on September 22, 1987 on ABC. The show was broad casted on Tuesday nights, at 8:00 p.m., until it was moved to the Friday night line up on TGIF with three other shows. The series was originally to be called, "House of Comics," with Bob Saget, John Stamous, and Dave Coulier as the three bachelor comedians living under one roof. ABC wanted a family oriented sitcom and the producers added three girls to the script. The producers renamed the sitcom, "Full House." The story line consisted of Danny Tanner being a widowed husband, losing his wife due to a car accident. Danny counts on the support of his brother-in-law, Jesse Cochran and his best friend form college, Joey Gladstone, to help him raise his three daughters. The characters of the show included sports newscaster Bob Saget as Danny Tanner, wanna be rock star John Stamous as Jesse Cochran, stand-up comic Dave Coulier as Joey Gladstone, oldest sister Candace Cameron as D.J., middle sister Jodie Sweetin as Stephanie, and the youngest sister Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as Michelle. The role of Michelle was shared by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen because of their age and the California state law of how many hours small children could work in a week. The credits listed the girls as one child because the producers did not want the audience to know the role was played by twins. By age six, one of the girls was chosen to play the role because they were becoming noticeably different. By season eight, Mary-Kate and Ashley were listed separately in the credits to receive separate billing. During season one, Jesse Cochran's name was changed to Jesse Catsopolis to reflect his Greek heritage. Audiences payed no mind to the change because they thought Jesse Cochran was a stage name for his band, "Jesse and the Rippers." Andrea Barber was also another character when the show started. Her name was not added to the credits until season five, even though she had the reoccurring role as Kimmy Gibler from season one. She was noted for being the annoying next door neighbor, her horrible fashion sense, and stinky feet. Lori Loughlin as Rebecca Donaldson, came to the show in season two. She was chosen to be Danny Tanner's co-host since he became host of the talk show, "Wake up San Fransisco." Lori was also to be Danny's potential love interest and star on the show for only six episodes. The producers gave her a permanent role as the co-host and made her Jesse's love interest instead. During season four, Becky became Jesse's wife and during season five gave birth to their twin boys. This introduced two new characters Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit as Nicky and Alex.

The series opened with the theme song, "Everywhere You Look," performed by Jesse Frederick and co-written with Bennett Salvay. The theme song reflected the importance of home, and with family there, you always have someone to turn to. Full House's setting is in San Fransisco and the characters were shown in different areas of that city, even though the show was filmed in Los Angeles. The home in the opening trailer was located on Broderick Street in San Fransisco, minutes away from the actual set.

When the first season of Full House aired, the show did not reach immediate popularity. The show was new and many critics could not catch onto the fast pace of the show. They felt the show was too "cute" and felt audiences would ignore how the three men dealt with the situation of raising children. Jesse was a man who concentrated on his music, being a heart throb to women, and had no experience with children. Joey payed attention to being a comedian and entertained the children. Danny was a neat freak and concentrated on dirt. During the 30 minute episode, problems arose, were dealt with, and solved in that time frame. Critics thought the adult audience would not relate to that type of problem solving, since problems do not disappear so easily in real life. Surprisingly to the critics, the show was gaining popularity at the start of the second season. Children of all ages could relate to the young actors and actresses disobeying their parents and learning a valuable lesson at the end of the episode. Parents, in turn, could relate to the show and experiences with raising children and the problems they face in doing so in everyday life.

The popularity and success of the show was based on different aspects. The series had a total of 194 episodes that aired between 1987 and 1995. The show reflected the culture of the times, with the men sporting mullet hair styles and the women with either long or big hair. Full House also impacted the culture with the show packed with catch phrases that children used like Stephanie's, "How Rude," or D.J.'s, "Whoa Baby," to name a few. Even though Full House aired in the 90's the show kept it's 80's feel. The other aspects of the show included important morals and family values. Rosemary Markson, V.P. of television marketing, reflects this in her following statements. "One of the things that makes Full House so popular is that the show offers great family values. Season five continues the theme of family, as the adults adjust to the growing clan and continue to face the challenges before them with humor and, most importantly, with love. Year after year, Full House remains the kind of quality programming that the whole family can enjoy." In the second commentary, V.P. Rosemary Markson of television marketing, comments on the seventh season. "We think Full House is such an enormous hit with consumers because the show has a way of making viewers feel they are a part of the Tanner household. We become involved with the character's daily lives, their joys, disappointments, struggles, and achievements. Plus kids of all ages can find someone on the show to relate to." The many awards and nominations also reflect how successful the show was and still is. Full House, between 1988 and 1994, was nominated eight times for the young artist award. The show won four of those awards. Between 1992 and 1995, Full House won the ASCAP Film and TV Music award four times for top television series. From 1991 to 1994, the show received four BMI and Tv Awards. Full House was also nominated in 1994 and 1955 for the Kid's Choice Awards. They won that award in 1995. In 2004 and 2007, Full House was nominated for the TV Land Award. Full House picked up that award in 2007.

The show's last telecast was May 23, 1995. Today in 2007, Full House is still a popular television show in the households via syndication. The series continues to attract new young viewers and the viewers who grew up with the Tanners. The series remains in syndication across the globe for all cultures and generations to be part of the important morals and family values. Most importantly, all viewers can be part of the "Full House" experience.

Works Cited: Markson, Rosemary, WHV Vice President, Tv MarketinG

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