Full House
Season 1
Episode 2
"Our Very First Night"
Original Airdate: 9/25/1987
Original Airdate: 9/25/1987
Opening Teaser: No Teaser
Synopsis: Following the credits, we open with night time at the house. Joey and Jesse are in Michelle's room, preparing her for bed. They change her diaper in record time. They high five each other, and immediately grab for baby wipes. Joey has an idea for the diapers, and suggest triple covering her. Jesse agrees, and they put two more diapers on her. They then change her into her night clothes. Unfortunately, the struggle with this, and end up tying the clothes on to her. Danny walks in chuckling, and offers to take over. Danny compliments Michelle before putting her to sleep.
Synopsis: Following the credits, we open with night time at the house. Joey and Jesse are in Michelle's room, preparing her for bed. They change her diaper in record time. They high five each other, and immediately grab for baby wipes. Joey has an idea for the diapers, and suggest triple covering her. Jesse agrees, and they put two more diapers on her. They then change her into her night clothes. Unfortunately, the struggle with this, and end up tying the clothes on to her. Danny walks in chuckling, and offers to take over. Danny compliments Michelle before putting her to sleep.
We next go to Jesse's room, where he continues to unpack his belongings, and set up his room. While hanging a poster, Steph comes into his room and asks what he's doing. He explains that he's putting up some Elvis posters in the room. Steph whines about him covering up the bunnies, which he claims are too pink. Steph then says that her mom painted those just for her. Jesse immediately rips down the poster, and agrees to keep the bunnies uncovered. Danny comes in, and lets Steph know it's time for her to go to sleep. Joey comes chugging in pretending to be a train, which picks Steph up on his back, and takes her over to her room.
The adults all follow, as they say good night to the girls. Steph asks for Jesse to tell her a bedtime story. He insists he doesn't know any, until Steph turns on the waterworks. He begins to tell a story about Cinderella. The adults each take turns sharing different parts of the story. They add characters, change different elements, and have fun with it. Jesse closes out the story before saying good night. As Steph goes to bed, she gives the adults a stack of storybooks and telling them to brush up on their storytelling.
Later that night, the adults go to leave the house when Danny holds them up. Someone needs to be at the house to watch the kids. Jesse has band rehearsal, Joey has a 10:30p slot at the Laugh Machine, and Danny has to do the Sports at 10:00p. Jesse gets stuck watching the sleeping kids and the house.
After Danny and Joey leave, D.J. and Steph come sneaking down the stairs. They say hi to Jesse before continuing into the kitchen. Jesse, realizing something is up, goes running after them. In the kitchen, they inform Jesse that Danny always has a midnight snack ready to go for them. They want ice cream and chocolate milk. Jesse lets them know that he is wise to them. He allows them to have a snack, but no cookies, and straight back to bed. After eating the two bowls of ice cream, and drinking lots of chocolate milk, the girls are wide awake and riding a massive sugar high. They energetically bounce around in their room, playing jump rope and the jump hive.
Downstairs, Jesse has invited the entire band over for practice at the house, but forces them to play an unplugged, muted session. As they all stop playing, the girls coming running down the stairs. The doorbell rings, and D.J. lets Jesse know that Danny always gets them an 11:00pm pizza. Once the pizza arrives, Steph checks it to make sure the cheese didn't slide off. D.J. then pays and tips the driver, and when he asks to stay and check out the band. She lets him in, and the band begins to warm up. After hours of rocking out in the living room, D.J. and Steph are now dancing to the music on the amplifiers. Both have their hair spray-painted purple, and are dressed like rock starts. Joey comes in and starts a Conga line with the pizza delivery boy. The band falls in line, and they all start Conga-ing around the house. Danny comes in, and has an out-of-body experience. He demands the guys to the explain themselves. D.J. and Steph run off to bed, but Danny stops them and forces them back over. Jesse takes blame for the whole ordeal. Soon, Michelle begins crying, so the entire family runs upstairs to tend to her.
They discover that she's growing in her very first tooth. Nobody can calm her down, until Jesse puts his finger in her mouth which helps the teething. Danny sends Joey down to get a teething ring, so that he can talk to Jesse alone. Danny rips a Jesse a new one, before walking out of the room. Jesse tends to Michelle.
In D.J. and Steph's room, the girls talk about Jesse, and how they got him into trouble. Danny asks the girls to talk with him. He talks about Uncle Jesse being irresponsible. He discovers the empty ice cream cartons and chocolate milk containers in their room. Danny informs them that Uncle Jesse will be leaving, and he may even involve the police. The girls quickly stop him and fess up.
In Michelle's room, Jesse keeps taking care of Michelle's tooth. He picks her up, and carries her over to his room. D.J. and Steph meet them in the hallway and follow them in.
In Jesse's room, they apologize to him for everything. Danny walks in and sends the kids to bed. Joey comes up, and announces that he couldn't find the teething ring, so he brought the next best thing: a carrot. Danny looks on in disbelief as Joey attempts to feed infant Michelle a raw carrot. He walks over and thanks Jesse for taking the rap for the girls. He apologizes for his anger, and admits he is just worried about the girls since the loss of their mother. Jesse admits he worries about them too. They all talk about parenting skills being so difficult. Danny reassures them that it will just take some time. They all want it to work, and while it's difficult now, it will become easier later. Jesse admits the kids are growing on him. Joey admits he's happy to be around other people. Danny takes Michelle back, and attempts to sing her a lullaby. Joey saves him by switching to a Conga, and they all Conga back into Michelle's room to put her to sleep.
Character Introductions:
No new characters.
San Francisco or Bust:
The majority of Full House episodes take place inside the house, so I'll add locations from in there
1 location:
- Tanner Household
- Michelle's Room
- Jesse's Room
- D.J. & Steph's Room
- Living Room
- Kitchen
Best Jokes:
Joey: (On changing Michelle's diaper) The other way to go is to tie a Hefty bag around her waist. That way we'd only have to change her on trash day.
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Joey: (Munchkin voice pretending to be Michelle talking to Jesse) Good night Uncle Jesse! Next time you see me, I'll have a big surprise for you. I don't care how many diapers I have on. *Maniacal Laughter*
Danny: Give me my kid.
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Danny: It's riddle time! What has blonde hair, purple pajamas, and is up way past their bedtime?
Steph: Elvis!
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Jesse: (Telling a bedtime story) So the wolf, the moose, the babe. They all fell in love, right? They move to Sweden, where people are a lot more cool about that sort of thing.
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Danny: Hold it, Guys! Red Light. Guys, the only way that three adults can leave the house at the same time, is if three children are with them. Two adults can leave. One adult can leave. Three, two, or one child can leave with one to three adults. But three adults can never leave with less than three children. Got it?
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Joey: Are you seriously trying to tell me that music is more important than comedy?
Jesse: You got it, pal.
Joey: Two words: Ozzy Osbourne
Jesse: Rip Taylor
Joey: The Partridge Family
Jesse: Anyone on Hee-Haw
Joey: Charo
Jesse: Bozo
Joey: Hey, Bozo did some brilliant work
Jesse: Oh, right, right. The early Bozo was real good. I'm sorry.
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Danny: Attention Solid Gold farm team. It's 12:15 and your hair is purple. Get down. And I don't mean get funky.
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Danny: Well, your brain's not working tonight, but your finger's doing great.
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Danny: Kids need limits.
Jesse: How am I supposed to know? I've been here 12 hours, and you expect me to be Robert Young.
Joey: Is it Robert Young from Father Knows Best, or Robert Young, Dr. Welby?
(Danny and Jesse look at each other, then just ignore him).
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Joey: You know, I'm just happy to be here. I was an only child. All I had was imaginary brothers and sisters. It feels great to be in a real house with real people. Right, Leon? (Pretends to look at imaginary friend)
Danny: Give me my kid.
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Danny Freak-Outs: 2 (8)
1. Coming in to the house late at night, and finding the girls wide awake, a band in his living room with a pizza delivery boy, and Joey leading them all in the Conga.
2. When Joey attempts to feed his infant daughter a raw carrot.
Joey Impressions & Impersonations: 2
- Munchkin voice while pretending to be Michelle
- A Train known as the "Sandman Express"
Elvis References: 2 (2)
- Jesse hangs a poster of King Creole (1958) on his wall while he sings some Elvis songs.
- Steph responds "Elvis!" to Danny's bedtime riddle.
Waterworks Moment:
- Steph asks for a bedtime story, Jesse says he doesn't know any, Steph says "yes you do" with a sad face
Joey's Quantum Leap in Theory of Diapers
- If we triple the diaper, we get three times the protection, but we change her one-third as often.
Have Mercy Counter: 0 (1)
Popeye References: 0 (1)
How Rude! Counter: 0
Cut-It-Out Counter: 0
Times People Mess With The Hair: 0
Notable Notations:
- Episode Runtime: 24:45
- The episode uses the original opening sequence for the series with the White Letters as opposed to the more common Yellow letters.
- Episode Runtime: 24:45
- The episode uses the original opening sequence for the series with the White Letters as opposed to the more common Yellow letters.
- Jesse and Joey change Michelle's diaper in 17 minutes. This is 37 minutes faster than their own record of 54 minutes.
- According to D.J., she and Steph always get a late-night snack and an 11:00pm pizza.
Conclusion:
This episodes takes a good look at the difficulties of adjusting to a new lifestyle. In this case, Jesse continues to adapt to watching his young nieces. He also sort of tests the boundaries to see just how far he can go with having the band over, so that he can continue following his dreams as well. Joey continues to crack jokes, and Danny has his first over-the-top flip out. Great show to keep moving the series.
This episodes takes a good look at the difficulties of adjusting to a new lifestyle. In this case, Jesse continues to adapt to watching his young nieces. He also sort of tests the boundaries to see just how far he can go with having the band over, so that he can continue following his dreams as well. Joey continues to crack jokes, and Danny has his first over-the-top flip out. Great show to keep moving the series.
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