Editing Full House (section)

==Production==

===Casting===
[[File:Full House (Original pilot).jpg|thumb|[[John Posey (actor)|John Posey]] as Danny Tanner in the unaired pilot (shown with Sweetin and Cameron as Stephanie and D.J.)]]
The producers' first choice to play the character of Danny Tanner was [[Bob Saget]]. Saget was not available to appear in the [[television pilot|pilot]] due to his commitment as an on-air contributor to [[CBS]]'s ''[[The Morning Program]]''. The producers instead cast actor [[John Posey (actor)|John Posey]] to play Danny. Posey only appeared in the show's unaired pilot; which is included on the DVD release of Season 1.

[[John Stamos]]'s character was originally named Jesse Cochran; Stamos reportedly wanted his character to better reflect his Greek heritage, so producers decided to change the character's surname to Katsopolis (beginning with season two).

To comply with [[Child labor laws in the United States|child labor laws]], twins [[Mary-Kate Olsen]] and [[Ashley Olsen]] were cast to alternate in the role of Michelle during tapings. The girls were jointly credited as "Mary Kate Ashley Olsen" in seasons two through seven because the producers did not want audiences to know that the Michelle character was played by twins. The sisters occasionally appeared together in [[dream sequence|fantasy sequences]]. ''Full House'' was one of the few shows on TV where a baby character grew up in front of the cameras, with viewers witnessing all the development stages of the twin actresses.<ref name="latimes ca-4995"/> Saget recalled he would often get complaints from the child actors' moms because he wouldn't watch his language while on stage.<ref name="people vol-53-no-25"/> [[Jodie Sweetin]] was spotted in a guest spot on the show ''[[Valerie (TV series)|Valerie]]''.<ref name="people vol-53-no-25"/> [[Lori Loughlin]] was hired in 1988 for a six-episode romance plot with Uncle Jesse but ended up staying until the end of the show.<ref name="people vol-53-no-25"/>

All seven of the original cast members remained with the show through its entire eight-year run, with five characters added to the main cast along the way. D.J. ([[Candace Cameron Bure|Candace Cameron]])'s best friend Kimmy Gibbler ([[Andrea Barber]]) was a recurring character in seasons one through four, who was upgraded to a regular in season five. Loughlin's character Rebecca Donaldson originally appeared for six episodes in season two; producers decided to expand her role and made her a regular the following season. After marrying Jesse, they have twins Nicky and Alex, who make their debut in season five. As babies, the children were played by Daniel and Kevin Renteria, and in season six, the roles of the twins were succeeded by Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit. The last main character added was Steve Hale, who was D.J.'s boyfriend in seasons six and seven. He was played by [[Scott Weinger]].

===Taping===
The series was created by [[Jeff Franklin]] and executive produced by Franklin, along with Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett. The series was produced by Jeff Franklin Productions and [[Miller-Boyett Productions]], in association with [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] (1987–1988), [[Lorimar Television]] (1988–1993), and then by [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] (1993–1995) after Lorimar was folded into Warner Bros.' existing television production division.

Although the series was set in San Francisco, the sitcom itself was taped at the [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Studios]] in Los Angeles. Outside of certain excerpts in the opening title sequences, including [[Alamo Square Park]]'s [[Painted Ladies]], the only episode to have actually been taped in San Francisco was the first episode of season eight, "Comet's Excellent Adventure". There were also a few episodes which were filmed on-location elsewhere, most notably [[Hawaii]] in the season three premiere "Tanner's Island", and at [[Walt Disney World resorts|Walt Disney World]] for the two-part sixth-season finale "The House Meets the Mouse".

The series experienced heavy turnover with its writing staff throughout its run. The first season in particular had at least three writing staff changes, with Lenny Ripps (who remained with the show until the early part of the fourth season, by then serving as a creative consultant) and Russell Marcus being the only writers surviving the changes through the entire season. Show creator and executive producer Jeff Franklin was the only writer to remain with the series throughout its entire eight-season run (Franklin also wrote and directed several episodes during the first five seasons). [[Marc Warren (TV producer)|Marc Warren]] and [[Dennis Rinsler]] joined the series' writing staff in the second season as producers and remained with the show until its 1995 cancellation; Warren and Rinsler took over as head writers by season five and assumed [[showrunner|showrunning]] duties as executive producers for the sixth season to allow Franklin to focus on ''[[Hangin' with Mr. Cooper]]'' (''Full House'' served as ''Cooper''{{'}}s lead-in when the former aired on Tuesday nights during the [[1992–93 United States network television schedule|1992–93 season]]).

===Theme song===
The show's [[Theme music|theme song]], "Everywhere You Look", was performed by [[Jesse Frederick]], who co-wrote the song with writing partner Bennett Salvay and series creator Jeff Franklin. Various instrumental versions of the theme song were used in the closing credits; the version used during seasons three through eight was also used in the opening credits in some early syndication runs, although the song was almost always truncated to the chorus for broadcast. Seasons one through five used a longer version of the theme song. In [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] airings, the line "you miss your old familiar friends, but waiting just around the bend" replaced the lines starting with "how did I get to livin' here, somebody tell me please..." (after [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] acquired the series in 2003, it became the first television outlet to air the long versions of the theme since the series' [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] run, which were included only in select episodes from the first five seasons, whereas the full version was used in most episodes during those seasons). [[Hallmark Channel]] reruns have used four different cuts of the theme song, including the full version.

===Cross-marketing===
ABC used the show to launch other family sitcom hits throughout the early 1990s on Fridays and other evenings such as ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', ''[[Family Matters]]'' and ''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper''.<ref name="latimes ca-4995"/>

The actor [[Dave Coulier]] sold the Mr. Woodchuck puppet he made on the show to the toy store [[Toys "R" Us]].<ref name="latimes ca-4995"/>