Top 10 Full House Episodes

Moved to the top of the list by popular demand, (and by popular demand, I mean my friend Heidee asked for it) today’s blog post is about the top ten Full House episodes of all time.  I don’t know that anyone except Heidee or possibly my sister will be able to enjoy this post because there’s a good chance that no one is as obsessed with this show as the three of us, and that is just unfortunate.  It’s the best show that was ever made.  And here are my ten favorite episodes of it, in no particular order.

 

10. Happy Birthday Babies (part 1 and 2)

Needless to say, I’m counting two-parters as one episode and this two-parter is awesome.  Michelle is enjoying her Flintstones themed birthday party when Becky suddenly goes into labor.  Wacky birth episodes on sitcoms are always hilarious, but add the fact that Uncle Jesse is loopy from anesthesia due to his emergency appendectomy and Danny is wandering the maternity ward in a Dino the Dinosaur costume and then a backless hospital gown makes it even more awesome.  Danny coaching Becky through her contractions while singing We Will Rock You is also hysterical.

 

9. Greek Week

Oh my god, this episode is brilliant.  When Jesse’s “old friend” and her little brother come to visit from Greece, he finds out that he accidentally married her many years ago, and then D.J. does the same with young Stavros.  Bonus points for the second Olson twin playing Michelle’s Greek doppleganger.  Becky’s fiery jealousy towards Jesse’s “wife” eventually ends up leading to a legit propsal, which Becky accepts.  Because jealousy is an excellent emotion on which to base a marriage.  This episode is still freakin hilarious, what with YaYa vogueing, Stavros’ first time “slurping with a girl” (that’s what she said!) and one of my favorite lines in the whole series: “Get your Pompadorian paws OFF my boyfriend!”

 

8. The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang

This is the episode where Stephanie bugs the shit out of D.J. by copying her and then the two get in a little tussle which ends with a hole in the wall in Danny’s bedroom.  I don’t know what part I like better, the “Dad, dad, dad,” song the girls come up with to try and explain their reason for being in his room, or the fact that Danny drops his jacket and watch on the floor because his daughters shifted all his furniture a few inches to the right to cover the hole.  If you were a kid when you first saw this episode, you could totally relate to the anxiety.  We’ve all broken something at some point and end up going to the stupidest lengths to try and conceal it.

 

7. Cutting it Close

Stephanie accidentally hacks off Jesse’s mullet which turns him into a whiny child wo then breaks both his arms and treats Stephanie like she’s the antichrist.  Aside from his childish behavior, the episode is really funny.  Watching Jesse try to eat cereal without being able to bend his arms at the elbow is great.  Joey lands a zinger for once in his life when he describe’s Jesse as having gone “Eddie van Halen to Pee Wee van Herman.”  (Side note: how many times do they use Jesse getting into motorcycle accidents as a plot device?  Remember when he met Bubba?)

 

6. Sisterly Love

This is the episode where D.J. nearly lands the Oat Boats commercial gig before Stephanie out-cutes her and steals the job.  My favorite part is when D.J. and Steph get into a legit brawl in the kitchen and end up ripping apart a box of Oat Boats before Jesse and Joey have to physically pull them apart.  Anyone with a little sister can appreciate this episode (and number 8, as well) because little sisters can be a real pain.  Maybe this is why I tend to side with D.J. in every single altercation she and Stephanie have ever gotten in.  (“My Own Room: Together, We Can Make it Happen.”)

 

5. The Test

D.J. freaks out about taking the SAT and most of this episode is a dream sequence which gets more and more absurd.  First, D.J. oversleeps and has to go to the testing center in her sweats (the horror!).  Then Jesse sneaks her a radio hidden in a breakfast burrito so he can feed her the answers.  But finally, the most ridiculous event of them all, KIMMY GIBBLER scores higher on the SAT than D.J. and ends up getting into Stanford.  What?!  Of course, D.J. wakes up from this nightmare and probably does just fine on her SAT, considering she gets into Berkley, but this is just one of the really funny storylines D.J. gets during the later seasons.

 

4. Taking the Plunge

Remember when I said D.J. got some great stories in the later seasons?  This is another one.  Depressed about not getting accepted to any colleges, Kimmy decides to go to Reno and marry her plumber boyfriend, Dwayne.  (Whatever.)  D.J., in her haste to stop the wedding, writes a smudgy note to her family who then becomes convinced that D.J. (depressed about not getting into Stanford) is flying to Reno to marry Nelson.  (Who could blame her for that?)  The $19.99 wedding chapel that Kimmy and Dwayne go to is hilarious.  Of course the wedding is stopped but let’s be honest, Kimmy could do a lot worse than Dwayne.  He seems like a nice guy and he does know a trade.

 

3. Subterranean Graduation Blues

This is one of those episodes where pretty much all the main characters, for one reason or another, get crammed together in an awkward situation and hilarity ensues.  Because Michelle is being a brat (so what else is new?) she insists the whole family take the subway to Jesse’s high school graduation and end up getting stuck underground.  Not only did this episode spawn my most oft-repeated Full House quote of all time: “Oh my god, an El Bloato!” but in the end, Jesse gets to pass on some of his GED learned wisdom to another teenage dropout.  Bonus points for the graffiti’d poster of Danny in the subway car.  Lol.

 

2. The. I.Q. Man

Join Jesse and Joey on their misbegotten journey to advertising fame.  Admitedly they do better off when they’re working for themselves or when they’re hosting a show on the radio, but Mr. Malatesta is their boss for the time being, and he makes Jesse go along with the sick, twisted fantasies of a client who is obviously hot for our Elvin-lovin uncle.  Cue, the steamy shower scene.  “If you must love me (cough cough) love me for my I.Q.”  Ironically, Jesse who can’t get enough of showgirls, girls in leather and babes in bikinis doesn’t like having to star in a commercial wearing a towel around his waist.  Sucks for you, Uncle Jesse.  Although it is pretty awesome when he finally has enough and Joey delivers their resignation to Mr. Malatesta by saying, “My partner is not a slab of beef, I am not a side of fries, and you, sir, are a….chicken McNugget!”

 

1. Our Very First Show

Most of these episodes are listed in no particular order, but if I had to pick one absolute favorite, this would probably be it.  The pilot episode is freakin hysterical.  The part where Jesse and Joey have to figure out how to change Michelle’s diaper is a classic, (“Good thinking, Joey, keep it fresh”) as is the first time Stephanie uses her recurring quip, when someone asks her what she is doing, Stephanie, dangling precariously from a curtain replies, “Oh, just hanging around.”  (Side note: before Uncle Jesse moved in, D.J. had that huge room all to herself?  Have mercy!)  This episode is everything that’s right with Full House.

 

So, feel free to leave a comment and share your favorite Full House moments.  If you’ve never seen Full House, what the hell is wrong with you?  Go watch some, now! 

 

The blog might be pretty dead for a few days.  It’s the last week of the term at Ottawa and I’ve got a few projects that are due on Saturday.  But when I come back, we’ll return with more exciting entries to thrill you, chill you and fulfill you!

 

Thanks for reading!

 

Becky