Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber Revisit theFull HouseEpisode that PredictedFuller House

Mar. 15, 2025

Melanie Vincz, Julia Montgomery and Rhonda Shear in ‘Full House’ in 1990.Photo:Disney+

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Long before Netflix’sFull Housereboot, the original seriesimagined what it would be like if the Tanner sisters still lived in their childhood home as adults.

On the most recent episode of their rewatch podcastHow Rude, Tanneritos!,Jodie SweetinandAndrea Barberrevisited the hilarious flash-forward in the 1990 episode “Those Better Not Be the Days.” The season 3 episode of the beloved TGIF sitcom finds Danny (Bob Saget), Joey (Dave Coulier) and Jesse (John Stamos) frustrated with how unappreciative D.J. (Candace Cameron Bure), Stephanie (Sweetin) and Michelle (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) are of everything they do for them. An extended flash-forward sequence shows the guys’ worst fears: the three Tanner girls still living at home decades later with their elderly dad and uncles waiting on them hand and foot.

“I want the dream sequence to cut into aFuller Houseepisode,” Sweetin, 42, joked of Netflix’s 2016 reboot, which similarly found Cameron Bure, Sweetin and Barber’s characters moving back into the Tanner house as adults.

Bob Saget, Dave Coulier and John Stamos in ‘Full House’ in 1990.Disney+

UnlikeFuller, however, the 1990 flash-forward featured Saget, Coulier and Stamos in over-the-top old age makeup — in stark contrast to the way the actors appeared on the reboot — and actresses Melanie Vincz, Julia Montgomery and Rhonda Shear playing the adult versions of D.J., Steph and Kimmy Gibbler.

While theTanneritoshosts had high praise for the actresses playing their adult characters, Barber speculated that she and Sweetin might actually now be older than Vincz, Montgomery and Shear were at the time.

“We could be their mothers at this point,” Sweetin joked.

“That’s terrifying,” Barber, 48, quipped. “That is so terrifying.”

Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber in ‘Fuller House’ in 2019.Michael Yarish / Netflix

Michael Yarish / Netflix

At the same time, Barber said she was jealous that she, Sweetin and Cameron Bure didn’t get to play the adult versions of their characters in the 1990 episode.

She also noted that it would have been fun to reference the flash-forward onFuller Housein some way. “If they had done it onFuller, aged us up onFuller, that would have been — we would have rocked that bit,” Barber said.

In another contrast toFuller House, the 1990 flash-forward also featuredJayne Modeanas an adult Michelle. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who split the role of the youngest Tanner sister in the original series, famously declined to appear in the Netflix reboot, having retired from acting.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in 2019 and Jayne Modean in ‘Full House’ in 1990.J. Lee/FilmMagic; Disney+

J. Lee/FilmMagic; Disney+

“Jane was a fabulous adult Michelle,” Sweetin said. “She really nailed the, like, facial expressions.”

“And that’s gotta be hard to imitate a 3-year-old,” Barber added.

Barber and Sweetin did bump on some of the episode’s jokes that haven’t aged particularly well. The flash-forward also featuresLori Loughlinas an elderly version of her character, Becky, complete with an exaggeratedly wide prosthetic derriere. Saget and Coulier’s characters — who have also gained weight in old age — repeatedly make jokes about her size, which didn’t sit right with theTanneritoshosts.

Lori Loughlin in ‘Full House’ in 1990.Disney+

“These fat jokes … really? Were these really that funny in 1990?” Barber asked.

Rhonda Shear as adult Kimmy in ‘Full House’ in 1990.Disney+

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On balance, though, Sweetin and Barber deemed the episode a massive improvement over another “traumatizing”Full Housedream sequence they covered recently.

“This is the polar opposite of thatbizarre Michelle dream sequence,” Barber said. “It’s funny. It makes sense. It’s not creepy. The actors are enjoying it. Like, this is how you do a dream sequence, people!”

source: people.com