Full House

Full House was an American sitcom that was in the years 1987-1995 produced in eight seasons with a total of 192 episodes of the ABC.

Plot and the characters

After the tragic death of his wife Pamela Tanner Danny Tanner lives as a single father of his three daughters, Donna Jo, called DJ, Stephanie, called Steph and Michelle at a house in San Francisco. Since he is quite unable to cope with the turbulent family and his work as a television journalist, he asks his brother in law Jesse and his best friend Joey to move in with him and help him with the education of children.

Jesse is an Elvis Presley fan who is very much on hair care and enjoys playing guitar. He has a band called Jesse and the Rippers, the later, however, separates from him. Joey is a comedian and often occurs in the "Laughing Machine" on. Jesse and Joey finally make a career in advertising. Later Jesse Rebecca Donaldson, nicknamed " Becky ", know that the morning show Wake up San Francisco hosted along with Danny, and marries her. You get the twins Nicky and Alex.

The theme song Everywhere You Look was played by Jesse Frederick and written by him, along with Bennett Salvay and Jeff Franklin, the creator of the series.

Ernest Daniel " Danny" Tanner

, Usually called Daniel Ernest Tanner of his best friends and roommates of the house " Danny " is the father of DJ, Stephanie and Michelle. Since the accidental death of his wife Pamela he cares even more for the welfare of his three daughters, he is trying to educate with the help of Jesse and Joey's advice (and later other, sometimes dominant, characters ). Thus he speaks the described problems in the episodes of the girls or his two friends to open, and tries his fellow man always to help. He has (especially in terms of new-fangled Apsekte ) but mostly überedet a tendency to occasionally old-fashioned view is, of Jesse, Joey, or other person to achieve a desired goal of his daughters. It is often presented in the series as the overly ambitious father of the nineties and has a keen interest in the house and the appropriate furniture and objects to keep clean. His passion, extremely thoroughly carry out the annual and regular spring cleaning is, ( with the exception of initial Michelle ) reciprocated by his daughters and two friends with little enthusiasm. In the course of the series he tries a girlfriend and - to find a wife for everyone to live together, but this is often difficult for him because of his views until he in the sixth season with Vicky Larson - - subsequently temporarily replaced Becky - come together, before this relationship is dissolved at the end of the series.

Hermes "Jesse" Katsopolis

Hermes called "Jesse" Katsopolis ( in the first season was his last name Cochran, but was changed) is the uncle of DJ, Stephanie and Michelle, and a friend and brother in law of Danny Tanner. During the series, he is described at the beginning as a typical bachelor who changing relationship seems to have, would like to deal only marginally with family life, and the decease of his sister Pamela difficult to cope with. The passionate Elvis fan operates very reserved here. So he has a person (other than his future wife Rebecca ) to embrace problems (also later in the series) and refers always careful not to be embraced want. This is changing with the start of the second season abruptly and first builds a good relationship with Joey on, and then (sometimes described as dramatic ) to recite again later events from his Vergang, and to do with Joey career in advertising. He plays guitar and can start only little with the preferences of his nieces and his wife. Later it is revealed that Jesse actually Hermes is, has suffered at school including sharply, as he was apparently being bullied and has no high- school diploma. He spends a lot of time trying to maintain his hair and therefore has a large Reportroire of hair care products. In the fifth season of his wife Becky gives birth to twins Nicky and Alex.

Joseph Alvin " Joey " Gladstone

Joseph Alvin " Joey " Gladstone is the best friend of Danny Tanner. He pulls - like Jesse - at the beginning of the first season in the house of the Tanners and tries to educate the three daughters of Erstgenanntem along with Danny and Jesse. He is usually very level-headed and extremely sympathetic to the problems of children approach, but is often exploited by so selfsame because of his good-natured behavior. His desire is the striving for and succeed in the comedy, which is why he first sends an audition tape to a talent show in the third and fourth season (which he, however, against another comedian loses ) and then along with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello an episode of the beach gambling television series revolves. However, this is due to lack of audience interest or the transfer of the broadcasting slot continues to be broadcast because of the commercial success of The Simpsons as an animated series, which is yet synchronized by the gambling in the series characters. He, too, has struggled to find a steady girlfriend.

Rebecca " Becky " Donaldson

Rebecca " Becky " Donaldson is a native of Nebraska presenter " Wake up, San Francisco " by and later wife of Jesse Katsopolis. Rebecca is a warm-hearted woman and entertains primarily with DJ about the problems of the latter for. It occurs the first time in the second season, whereupon Jesse in love with her and wants to marry at the end of the same season in Lake Tahoe. However, Becky claims to be not yet ready for marriage, why they are temporary in terms of its differentiated views, marry in the fourth season but still eventually get together and the twins Nicky and Alex during the wedding ceremony. In the course of the series, she tries Jesse to travel to Nebraska to visit her parents, but what Jesse displeases, and he offered to her in return, to go to Graceland on holidays (such as Christmas ) to eden it.

Donna Jo " D. J. " Margaret Tanner

Donna Jo Margaret, mostly DJ, is the eldest daughter of Danny and Pamela Tanner. She has the role of an adolescent, below, pubescent, young girl who wants to learn quickly the adult world and - would often dress more extravagant - against the wishes of her father. Furthermore, she tries to find in the individual episodes a boyfriend, but with minor exceptions enforce this usually only little success. From her little sisters, she is becoming increasingly annoyed, especially with regard to living with Stephanie, whose role model DJ seems to be, which is why she wants to dress quite often as the latter. Problems has D. J. with understanding the conservative views of her father, so that they frequently Jesse and Joey asks Danny to eden one chosen by their activity to enforce. In the second season she gets from Jesse a drum given that they - after some initial difficulties with her father - also may keep eventually. However, in other episodes makes no reference to this apparent hobby. DJ's best friend Kimmy is Gibbler she knows since childhood.

Stephanie Judith " Steph " Tanner

Stephanie Judith, who is called by their fellow human beings mostly " Steph ", is the second oldest daughter of the Tanners. You have experienced in the course of an interesting development from an initially young, occasionally naive child to a self - and dutiful young lady. Stephanie is - as D. J. - Gifted in school and is liked by many classmates, but leave with the latter for repeatedly personal problems but to solve with the help of their generally good relationship. In their role as middle daughter has problems increasingly recognize this in the course of the series. For this, they respond in terms of smaller quarrels usually with a witty comment. You can DJ Kimmy 's girlfriend, as well as the adult occupants of the house, and not suffer in this respect often quarreling with her.

Michelle Elizabeth Tanner

Called Elizabeth Michelle Michelle is the youngest of the three Tanner daughters. It is (mostly by Joey ) cared for by her father and by her uncle and often given preferential treatment. Michelle profiled by their - initial - very childlike manner, but nevertheless often reprimanded by her father by a punishment. So she must learn it often only deal with these in terms. Since the fifth season, it is with Teddy, and since the sixth season (after the departure of Teddy and his family, but after his return to San Francisco) friends with Denise.

Kimberly Louise " Kimmy " Gibbler

Kimberly Louise " Kimmy " Gibbler is DJ's best friend, who has known her since childhood and regularly visited in their home. Your sisters and their father and Jesse, Joey and Rebecca dislike this, ( as appears to be shown), and DJ is often by Danny - exhorts, to seek other "reasonable" friends - knowing jocular nature. Although Kimmy and D. J. very well understand each other, and despite recurring differences can always find each other again, they are also often konfrotiert in episodes with personal problems, but they enclose. It is (as opposed to DJ) shown as below average and unmotivated student and has to go to the slope in the House of Tanners stressful situations out of the way.

Background

In March 1987, the filming began. The American ABC television began in the same year, on September 22, 1987, with the airing of the series. At the beginning of the first season was Michelle Tanner, played by the Olsen twins, nine months old, Stephanie five years, and DJ ten years. The twins Blake and Dylan Tuomy - Wilhoit, who played Nicky and Alex Katsopolis were old at her first appearance in the series one year and nine months. Over the next few years could see the three children Tanner and Katsopolis twins then grow up in the series. In contrast to the Olsen Twins the Tuomy - Wilhoit twins were not seen after the end of Full House in more television or cinema productions.

The series was set on 23 May 1995. In 1997, all the actors met in a U.S. show back to a full house reunion. All models were at the wedding of Candace Cameron ( 1996) and Jodie Sweetin (2002) here and are still friends with each other.

In 2013, John Stamos made ​​an appearance with the fictional band Jesse And The Rippers at Jimmy Fallon had. There he sang, among others, the theme song Everywhere You Look and Forever, both of which are known from the series. Also attending were Bob Saget and Lori Loughlin, the Stamos even kissed after the show to let the couple Jesse and Rebecca rekindle. Since then restive spoken of a full-house - new edition with all the performers.

In Germany Full House aired from 1992 by RTL; last an emanation of the first four seasons until December 2008 on RTL II ran The individual seasons are have been published in Germany until the fifth season on DVD.

Occupation

Main Characters

Supporting Characters

Famous cameos

In addition, throughout the series were a number of stars in the series. These include Ed Alonzo, Kirk Cameron and singer Stacey Q in the first season. The Beach Boys made ​​their first appearance in the second season, before they appeared again in the fifth season. Jaleel White Steve Urkel appeared as all under one roof in the fourth season on, as well as Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. Suzanne Somers, which was on view at the same time in the sitcom A strong family, appeared in the seventh season, as well as Little Richard. In the final season of Frankie Valli and Kareem Abdul- Jabbar had guest appearances.

Others

• In the first season of Full House Jesse had the last name Cochran, but the producers of the series were to Stamos ' request, change the surname in Katsopolis in order to emphasize its Greek heritage.
• With the guest appearance of Jaleel White as Steve Urkel ( Season 4, Episode 16: Steph tricking all of ) Full House belongs to the same series universe as its home series all under one roof.
• Jesse and Michelle Elizabeth occur in the second episode of the series real super, Mr. Cooper ( with Yvonne Party ) as guests on.

DVD Release

• Season 1 was released on 8 February 2005.
• Season 2 was released on December 6, 2005.
• Season 3 was released on 4 April 2006.
• Season 4 was released on 15 August 2006.
• Season 5 was released on 12 December 2006.
• Season 6 was released on 27 March 2007.
• Season 7 was released on 7 August 2007.
• Season 8 was released on 6 November 2007.

• Season 1 was released on November 4, 2005.
• Season 2 was released on 12 May 2006.
• Season 3 was released on 18 August 2006.
• Season 4 was released on 3 August 2007.
• Season 5 was released on July 3, 2013.