A Chance to Look Back at Full House? Have Mercy!
It’s no secret to anyone who has spend much time talking to me in the last couple of years that I have been hooked on Pod Meets World, the rewatch podcast for Boy Meets World. That got me doing a deep dive for other rewatch podcasts to enjoy. One I was specifically looking for was Full House. So you can imagine my delight when I learned that Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber were going to start How Rude, Tanneritos!
That’s right, Stephanie Tanner and Kimmie Gibbler, great friends in real life, are teaming up to watch Full House from the very first episode. They started a little over a year ago, which means we are currently in the middle of season three. Each week, on Tuesday, we get a recap episode where the two look at the next episode in line, talking about what happened in it, their reaction to it now, and any memories they have of the episode.
When this podcast first started, the actors and writers were on strike, so we first just got the recaps. Then they started doing minisodes where they would answer fan questions or just generally talk about life on a sitcom. Once the strike ended, they started having interviews some weeks and minisodes other weeks. The interviews often get split into two episodes released on back-to-back days. They’ve interviewed all the other major living cast members of the show except the Olsen Twins. They’ve interviewed guest stars. And they have interviewed behind the scenes people as well. Like them, I’m impressed with the pedigree of some of the people who were working on the show. I think it shows in the final product, but maybe I’m a little biased since I’m a fan. I’ve been enjoying hearing those stories.
I do wish that the entire She-Wolf Pack were involved. While I am enjoying hearing Jodie and Andrea’s insights into the filming of the show, Jodie was young when the show started, and Andrea is only in about half the episodes even where we are in season three. Adding Candace Cameron Bure into the mix would flesh some of these things out, or at least I feel like it would. I don’t know why she isn’t involved, but yes, they did interview her, and the interview was very warm. I do know that Candace is very busy with her own projects, so it could just be she doesn’t have the time. I will say, I was disappointed when a recent guest threw some shade on Candace in a speculative way (they had no proof of what they were saying), and the hosts let that air. Is that really the way to treat a friend?
Of maybe that’s just my take on things coming through. I can’t help but feel like politics might be involved, especially since the hosts, especially Jodie, occasionally hint at their left wing politics in what they are talking about or how they talk about things. When that happens, I can’t help but roll my eyes.
But on the whole, I enjoy the episodes. Yes, we’ve gotten some in jokes now from the production of the show. It’s given me a great excuse to revisit the show, and I’m reminded just why I enjoyed so much when I first found it almost twenty years ago (yeah, I was late to it).
Jodie is especially prone to taking off on tangents, and those can be fun. Yes, there are stories from the set, but my favorites are when she is trying to come up with some explanation on why things happen in the show, like the exotic animals that show up, or the girls moving their furniture without any help. They are quite creative and funny and provide some great laughs.
It is nice to see them both enjoying the show as well. Yes, there are episodes they don’t like (and I typically agree with them from my rewatch from before I’ve listened to the podcast), but overall, they are finding the joy in the show and their work.
We also really are getting the sense for how much the show was family off the screen as well. The stories they tell about their life growing up on the set are heartwarming. They are also quick to acknowledge how lucky they were, not that they necessarily realized it then.
I’m enjoying this excuse to revisit a classic family sitcom. If you are a fan of Full House, you need to give How Rude, Tanneritos! a listen.
I've heard about this podcast, but I haven't listened yet. It's been a long time since I watched Full House, but I did enjoy it. Candace Cameron Bure gets a lot of criticism for her beliefs, which I think its a bit of a double standard on the critics' part. If you are truly accepting of everyone, then you'll accept anyone who doesn't share your beliefs. That's my take anyway. :)
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