The Singular Awfulness of Fuller House

I watched the entire first season of Netflix’s Fuller House in a state of utter astonishment. And now, after the fact, I think it has altered me for life. This is what tripping on ayahuasca must be like.

I watched the entire first season of Netflix’s Fuller House in a state of utter astonishment. And now, after the fact, I think it has altered me for life. This is what tripping on ayahuasca must be like.
“I know they say you can’t go home again,” sings the lady in the saccharine new trailer for Fuller House, the Netflix sequel to the ‘90s sitcom Full House. But you can! You can!, the footage cries as it leads you through the empty-yet-familiar rooms of the Tanner’s San Francisco home. “Life is full again,” Netflix…
Lifetime has always been known for its sordid, affair of the week-type movies, but now the network seems to be rebranding itself to be known for their unauthorized biopics. Last year, they kicked it all off with The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story, followed by movies on Brittany Murphy and Whitney Houston. Their…
If you’re a fan of either Full House or Lifetime’s considerable library of excellent original films, you’re going to be really excited about the upcoming unauthorized Full House quasi-biopic, which aims to blow the lid off America’s favorite non-traditional TV family. It’s got everything: drama, intrigue, and two…
Stare at this picture for a minute. How do you feel? Nauseous? Uneasy? Un-horny? There’s something familiar about these people but it feels all wrong. Like Full House from another dimension. This is a photo of the cast from The Unauthorized Full House Story, brought to us by who else but Lifetime. With all the Full…
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen recently confirmed their non-involvement with Full House reboot, Fuller House, and Uncle Jesse is upset at the news. John Stamos first tweeted, “#heartbroken,” but then took a civil approach: “I understand they’re in a different place and I wish them the best. I promise you will not be…
TV Line is reporting that a Full House reboot is “this close” to happening and that it will be called, hold on to your butts, Fuller House. The show will reportedly debut on Netflix and star original cast members Candace Cameron Bure (D.J. Tanner) and Andrea Barber (Kimmy Gibbler). It’s still unclear what this bigger,…
Those of us who grew up in the '90s are likely well familiar with the Tanners, the central family on the hit sitcom Full House. There was widower Danny, his brother-in-law Jesse (whose last name was Katsopolis, but still), his best friend Joey (also not an official Tanner) and his three daughters DJ, Stephanie and…
Full House's Danny (Bob Saget), Jesse (John Stamos) and Joey (that SEX PERVERT David Coulier) aren't just coming together to promote yogurt these days. They're also using their collective star power to promote Jimmy Fallon's move to The Tonight Show.
The teaser ad for John Stamos' Oikos yogurt Super Bowl has arrived – and it features his old buddies Bob Saget and Dave Coulier.
Now, in the dying embers of Father’s Day, we should take the opportunity to kick a few lukewarm coals around and consider important cultural representations of fatherhood in television, because nothing is more important than television. Nothing. TV dads are usually pretty flawed (TV moms, too), because parental…