Product Details

• Actors: Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin
• Directors: Don Barnhart, Don Van Atta, Howard Storm, Jeff Franklin, Joel Zwick
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: February 8, 2005
• Run Time: 547 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (160 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006N2F0E
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,379 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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Set in San Francisco, family-friendly sitcom Full House centers around the adventures of a widowed father, his three children, and his two best friends. Danny (Bob Saget of America's Funniest Home Videos) is a straight-laced sportscaster, Joey (David Coulier) is a fun-loving stand-up comedian, and brother-in-law Jesse (John Stamos) is an Elvis-obsessed rocker. Danny's children include 11-year-old D.J. (Candace Cameron), five-year-old Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin), and baby Michelle (big-eyed future superstars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen). Created by Jeff Franklin (Laverne and Shirley), the show ran on ABC for eight seasons.

In the pilot, "Our Very First Show," Joey and Jesse, who are both looking for a place to live, move into Danny's townhouse after the death of his wife (who was killed by a drunk driver). The deal is that they'll have to help look after the kids. It's a task for which both men are ill equipped. The fun comes from the trouble the girls get into each week and the many messes Joey and Jesse create in their attempts to set things right--particularly when it comes to cooking, cleaning, and diaper-changing--but also from the cheesy 1980s styles on display, like Jesse's big hair, spandex pants, and string ties.

The Complete First Season includes all 22 episodes plus the original un-aired pilot with John Posey as Danny. (In Franklin's commentary on "Our Very First Show," he notes that Paul Reiser was also considered for the role.) Noteworthy guest stars include Phyllis Diller ("But Seriously Folks"), Stacy Q ("D.J. Tanner's Day Off'), and Candace's brother Kirk "Growing Pains" Cameron ("Just One of the Guys"). While Full House was never a magnet for major awards, the program developed a large following during its long run (while the house got fuller yet), followed by an even longer after-life in syndication. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product Description
Full House, the ever-popular family-friendly sitcom about a recent widower (Bob Saget) who takes over raising his three daughters with the help of his wife's brother (John Stamos) and his best friend (Dave Coulier), is finally coming to DVD! The series launched the careers of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks for a calm and enjoyable FAMILY show. , February 13, 2005

By	Teresa R. Asgharian "simply-saratoga" (Camano Island, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Our whole family enjoys this show. We have family members that pretty well cover all age groups and we all enjoy it. But then, we aren't the kind of people who find happiness and enjoyment in watching people create conflict, call names, find ways to cause pain and behave in other unhealthy and unproductive behaviors. This show is about ordinary people living normal lives in an unusual circumstance. There is something for the adults, the teen, the elementary aged child. There isn't great literature involved, there's nothing extraordinarily ground breaking, it's just nice, safe entertainment that can, at times, be used to help a family member deal with something that is going on in our nice, boring, normal lives.
If you don't enjoy Full House, don't buy it. Simple as that. But if you do like it, it's a fun dvd set. Can't wait for the 2nd season and the end of Jesse's mullet!
Enjoy.

93 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great show, November 29, 2004

By	Lori Kaminsky (AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Unaired Pilot- almost the same as "Our Very First Show". Different actor as Danny, few lines a little different, slightly different mannerisms a little, etc.

Our Very First Show- 8/10

Our Very First Night- 5/10

The First Day of School- 6/10

The Return of Grandma- 7/10

Sea Cruise- 6/10

Daddy's Home- 6/10



Knock Yourself Out- 9/10

Jesse's Girl- 6/10

The Miracle of Thanksgiving- 7/10

Joey's Place- 10/10

The Big Three-O- 8/10

Our Very First Promo- 6/10



Sister Love- 9/10

Half A Love Story- 7/10

A Pox in Our House- 10/10

But Seriously Folks- 5/10

Danny's Very First Date- 9/10

Just One of The Guys- 7/10



The Seven-Month Itch, part 1- 7/10

The Seven-Month Itch- 10/10

Mad Money- 8/10

D.J. Tanners's Day Off- 6/10


The best of episodes of this season are: Joey's Place, The Seven-Month Itch, part 2, There's a Pox On Our House, Sister Love, Danny's Very First Date, Knock Yourself Out




10- absolutely wonderful
5- good
1- awful

This season didn't have one episode below a 5/10!!


Good news:
The people making this changed 2 doubled sided discs to four single side discs!

More about this dvd set:
The theme song is a longer version, with more images during the them. Personally, I would have preferred the song sung the same way as the re-runs, however it is nice to see more images of the characters than usual.

There are extras- commentary, and trivia. And these episodes are uncut, there are some scenes I don't think I 've ever seen before (and I've seen every episode many times)

My set came with a bonus disc with an episode of Growing Pains and of Step by Step. Some used sets will come with it, but I don't think new ones will.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Not Good Comedy...Family-Friendly, Though, August 29, 2005

A Kid's Review

Full House aired during the mid-90s, featuring a "Full House" of three men and three girls. Danny, the girls' father and recently widowed after his wife's car crash, as an obsessive cleaner and later a sports newcaster. Jesse, as Danny's wife's brother, a "rock and roll"-type character, one who thought of Elvis as his idol and cared deeply about his hair. Rounding out the group was Joey, a kiddy kind of guy who was a stand-up-comic and would typically do impersonations of cartoon characters. It also featured DJ (Danny's oldest daughter), Stephanie (middle-daughter) and Michelle (youngest daughter, and at the beginning of the series, a baby)

It all may sound, not-bad on paper, but it just doesn't work out. Few of the jokes are funny, and most of them are re-used over and over through the show. (i.e., "Jesse is obsessed with Elvis and hair, Danny cleans a lot,") During the first episodes, Joey's voices were fairly humorous, but he does them show after show after show...it eventually wears very thin. The young characters' "catchphrases" (Stephanie's 'How rude' and Michelle's 'You got it dude' lost all cuteness after the first few times. Although the laugh-track just eats it up) And what comedic value there is is quickly mired in...sap.

Almost every show culminated in a talk (usually between Danny and one of his daughters) explaining something to them/punishing them, or talking about their 'feelings'. Always accompanied by a sad piano or violin music.

And the show didn't approve throughout the seasons, recycling the same jokes over and over to cover the weak plot-lines.

At best, it's a show that you can leave your kids alone to watch, knowing that there's little (if any) offensive content in it. (The worst part is Jesse saying hell a couple times in the pilot episode)

So yes, it's got its merits, but all in all, not a show you purchase for comedic value.