Pheaturing Dave Coulier

 

Hey, kids, welcome to the Phile for a Monday. How are you? Winter break is over, kids. A video of a California police officer punching a K-9 dog in the head has stirred widespread outrage. The official Facebook page for the police, however, defended the officer’s actions as a routine training exercise. But their explanation is leaving very few people satisfied. The incident was filmed by a bystander in Vacaville, California. Robert Palomino, a floor installer who filmed the video, witnessed the incident near his warehouse in Vacaville. He told local news outlet KTVU he witnessed the officer punching the dog at least 10 times before he began filming. “I was wondering myself, what the dog could have done to deserve that kind of punishment?” Palomino reported the officer involved frequently looked around the premises, seemingly checking for anyone who might be witnessing the incident. He eventually stopped punching the dog when he spotted Palomino. Palomino did not intervene at the time because he was afraid of how the officer might retaliate against him, but felt he had to speak out after the fact to prevent future incidents. But Vacaville police Captain Matt Lydon had a different take on the video. While he acknowledged the video could be “alarming to a lay person” not familiar with the process of training police dogs, he described the incident as a routine exercise resulting from a moment of aggression the dog showed toward the officer. As Lydon told KTVU, “It’s important in K-9 training that the handler take swift action to correct the dog’s behavior.” But Palomino was not at all convinced. He felt what he witnessed didn’t accord with a simple dog-training exercise. “I feel very sorry for the dog, I’m not going to lie to you… I don’t think nobody can be trained, even if it was that, like that. That was way too much abuse.” And as the story has unfolded, Captain Lydon seems to have reached a similar conclusion as well. A previous Vacaville Police Department Facebook post on the matter was updated to report the dog had been removed to a third party outside the department and an investigation into the incident had been launched. People on Twitter were outraged by the incident and the Vacaville Police Department’s response. While the dog has been removed from the police department pending an investigation, Captain Lydon has not spoken about whether there will be any reassignment or repercussions for the officer in the video. 

For The Proud Boys, an extremist hate group formed four years ago in New York City, 2020 was quite the year. The group, which has amassed nationwide membership with chapters cropping up in municipalities across the country, has appeared in several headlines since protests calling for social justice began across the U.S. back in June. The mostly white and male organization has been at the center of violent clashes with protesters in Seattle, Kenosha, and D.C. this year. And yet, the Proud Boys were also famously told to “stand back and stand by” by President Trump during a nationally televised debate. But most recently the group has grabbed headlines because they simply cannot accept that a group of women online want to spread hate and intolerance too. As the Daily Dot has reported, the Proud Boys got into a tizzy when multiple women took to social media and began to identify themselves as “The Proud Girls.” It all went down on Parler, a Twitter-esque social media site that has become the haven for conservative thinkers. The Daily Dot explained that users like “ProudGirls2020” and “TheProudGirlsFlorida” have been using Parler to peddle their own hateful ideas for months now. That growing movement apparently bothered the Proud Boys so much that one of the group’s members tore into an on-brand, misogynistic rant. The tirade began with the equivalent of someone on a playground sticking their tongue out. “Dear ‘Proud Girls.’ Stop.” “Hijacking our fraternity because you can’t stand men having their own club is exactly why we created this club in the first place.” “You aren’t supporting us. You’re hurting us. You’re ruining what we hold dear.” Then, right on cue, the cartoonish gender stereotypes came out. “Want to know how to ACTUALLY support us? Get married, have children, cultivate wonderful communities in which we can live in.” “To save the west we need WOMEN BEING WOMEN. Not women trying to be men.” “We beg of you, with sincere love from the bottom of our hearts, get pregnant and get the fuck back in the kitchen.” Needless to say, the rant was never more than that: an angry post on social media that doesn’t impact the deep attitudes of anyone. The Proud Girls continue to grow on Parler. Not that that’s a win. After all, this is far-right hate we’re talking about here. 

A new video showing a woman accusing a black child of stealing her phone in a New York City hotel over the holiday weekend has left many on the Internet furious. According to eyewitnesses, the white woman attacked a black man and his 14-year-old son shortly after they exited the elevator of the upscale hotel where the father and son were paying guests on Saturday. The woman had previously stayed at the hotel, but was not a guest at the time of the assault. The video shows Grammy-winning jazz musician Keyon Harrold being yelled and lunged at by the woman while the hotel’s manager, a white man, defends her. The incident happened at the Arlo SoHo hotel in Manhattan. In his Instagram caption, Harrold summed up the altercation. “This person quote on quote ‘lost’ her iPhone, and apparently, my son magically acquired it…” In the video, the woman told the hotel’s manager the 14-year-old stole her phone. Harrold’s son calmly told them the phone in his hand is his own, but his father quickly told him he owes her no explanation. The woman then angrily commanded the child to prove it is not her phone in his hand. She said, “Take the case off. That’s mine.” “Give it back to me.” Harrold then pointed out the obvious... there are millions of iPhones out there that all look alike. “Are you kidding me? You feel like there’s only one iPhone made in the world?” He then suggested the woman use the iPhone’s Find My iPhone feature. The hotel’s manager then stepped in to intervene and fully taking the side of the white woman... who was not a guest of the hotel... as she yelled, “Show me the proof,” repeatedly. When Harrold refused to cooperate with her demands, she lunged at him several times, physically attacking him. In the end, it turned out the woman left her phone in an Uber. Harrold said she never offered an apology. “Then… her phone was magically returned by an Uber driver a few minutes after this incident. No apology from her after this traumatic situation to my son, not me.” On social media, people were outraged by the incident, citing the woman’s sense of entitlement, her racial profiling and the hotel manager’s racial bias in immediately siding with and supporting the woman instead of his hotel guests. Arlo Hotels eventually apologized in the comments of Harrold’s post and called the incident “inexcusable” in a statement to The Daily Dot. Any disciplinary action for the manager was not disclosed. Crazy ass people.

There is little doubt that the possibilities for the X-Men and the Fantastic Four are endless now that both franchises belong to Disney. However, it has been revealed that Fox was planning an epic crossover film. Amazingly, it almost had the mutants facing off against Marvel's First Family. The revelation comes from Paul Greengrass, who has previously worked on the Bourne films starring Matt Damon. When Greengrass was a guest on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, he admitted that he was in talks to helm the X-Men vs Fantastic Four crossover film. “They did talk to me about it,” Greengrass said. “I wouldn’t say I was attached. [We] talked, and I thought about it, and in the end…” At this point, Greengrass trails off since we already know what happened. The plans didn't push through until Disney eventually acquired Fox and the project was somehow lost. But what could have happened in the X-Men vs Fantastic Four crossover? Zack Stenz had previously confirmed that he was working on the screenplay with Ashley Edward Miller and that they would borrow the premise of Marvel's Civil War comic. In this case, the heroes would be split into two sides after Johnny Storm uses his nova blast to decimate Manhattan while trying to catch Molecule Man. It's disappointing to know that the project didn't push through. On the other hand, there's still a chance this could happen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe instead now that the Fantastic Four are getting their own movie. 

It's no secret that people are somehow disappointed that "The Mandalorian" Season 3 will not premiere this year. But why has Disney and Lucasfilm decided to delay the release of the Star Wars show's next season? As it turns out, it has a lot to do with the busy schedule of one particular actor. Back in December, fans were delighted when it was revealed that "The Book of Boba Fett" that was teased in the final episode of "The Mandalorian" Season 2 will be a new spin-off series that will focus on Temeura Morrison's character. However, some were dismayed when it was confirmed that the new show will air at around the same time that "The Mandalorian" Season 3 is expected to premiere. Sadly, it would be later confirmed that the Pedro Pascal series will not air in 2021. So why has Disney and Lucasfilm chosen to focus on The "Book of Boba Fett" first? As it turns out, the studios are working around safety precautions amidst COVID-19. "The boring truth for production of 'The Mandalorian' being slated for later this year instead of now is simply due to scheduling and COVID-19 protocols." LRM Online reports. Interestingly, it was also revealed that Morrison's hectic schedule is a major factor considering that the Aquaman star is set to appear in three different shows. "The actor’s schedule that has been the toughest to work out is Temuera Morrison’s since he will be a part of three upcoming Star Wars series on Disney+. Temuera has come back to star as Boba Fett which will see his own series this December and will be back for some role in the third season of 'The Mandalorian.' On top of filming for both of those series Temuera will be reprising his role as Commander Cody in the upcoming Kenobi series," the report continues. Although I'm loving the idea of Morrison being booked and busy in THREE different Star Wars shows this year, it is important to point out that Disney and Lucasfilm have not yet confirmed his casting in "Star Wars: Kenobi." Nevertheless, we are all waiting for an official announcement in the next few weeks. 

Instead of doing this blog thing I should be listening to this album...

It might not be a bad album actually. This season NFL teams have changed their logos for some reason, like this one...

Are you a fan of the RoboCop movie? Well, you might be glad to know there's a new one coming out...

That is really dumb. Hahahaha. If I had a TARDIS I would probably end up at the Memphis Zoo...

But end up there on Negro Day, which was Thursday, the only day of the week that African Americans were allowed to visit in the 50s. Okay, so, you might remember today's guest Dave Coulier from playing Joey on "Full House," then later on Netflix's "Fuller House." But did you know I was supposed to play the part of Joey? No? Check this out...

Hahahahahaha. "Cut. It. Out." Kids have a really hard time accepting new relationships sometimes, especially when the relationship involves a new mother or father figure. But surely, mistreating a new family member can’t be the way to go, right? A father questioned this in an email to the Phile when his son mistreated his stepmother at Christmas dinner. He found himself reacting by taking his son’s very special present back as a punishment.  

"Am I wrong for taking my son’s gift back after he made his stepmom cry in front of her family? My son  is in college. He currently lives with me and his stepmom. He doesn’t work and so he can’t move out. I [have] been doing well financially and I was able to purchase an apartment (I work in construction) and I got lucky because I didn’t spend a lot of money on it I kept it a secret until Christmas so that I could surprise my son and tell him that the apartment is his and he can move out soon as his name is on the title. He got excited and was very happy. He already started packing getting ready to move in January. He doesn’t usually sit with his stepmom at the same table but I requested that on Christmas dinner he should act like a civil adult and be respectful towards his stepmom. He mumbled that he can’t promise me when I asked him to let us all gather at the dinner table and be civil adults. Since both my family and his stepmom’s family were coming. He came downstairs 10 minutes late for dinner. Didn’t greet my wife’s mom and sister. Casually criticized the food and said that he should’ve ordered pizza and asked if he could still do that because he said my wife’s food ‘sucks’ in front of the whole family. I let it go and asked him to please sit down and eat his dinner. He didn’t stop staring rudely at his stepmom and her family. My wife’s plate was still full it was obvious she wasn’t comfortable enough to eat. He then started telling her to go get him an empty glass and reheat the sauce and bring more tissues. Basically treated her like a maid in her house. I had to tell him to stop it. Then he lashed out at me telling me to give him a break and that he was glad this will be the last Christmas he’ll spend with this ‘witch.' He called his stepmom a witch in front of her family. The room went quiet. I was livid. My wife left the table crying and her family left our home shortly after. I got into an argument with him. My mother started defending him and he said he thought ‘he wasn’t loud enough for her to hear the word ‘witch.' I yelled at him and told him he was an asshole. All I asked was for him to be civil and respectful but he offended my wife and her family and ruined the entire dinner. I told him since he couldn’t even bother to do that, then I will be taking back his gift and will not be letting him move into the new apartment nor put his name on the title. He lost it and started crying saying that I can’t do that over something stupid like that. I refused to discuss it especially since my family kept telling me to drop it and that I can’t be serious. He’s in his room most of the time and has no intentions to apologize to his stepmom. Who worked hard and prepared him meals and even bought him a watch as a gift. We got married when he was 15. He wanted me to marry my ex-fiancee instead of his stepmom. He always favored and compared my ex-fiancee to my wife. My ex left the country and we couldn’t go with her because of my job.” Clearly he’s treated her like crap for years and you just bought him an apartment. Why would he suspect that treating her like crap for one more meal and you would take it away? He may be perfectly capable of pretending to be civil for thousands of free dollars. But he didn’t know those were on the line and with no greed to motivate him he decided to be a giant asshole to his step-mom and his dad (who asked for one polite meal for Christmas) in front of all their family. Just want to add something here... how is he supposed to financially support this new apartment you bought him if he doesn’t work? Looks like you are basically rewarding his shitty behavior by giving him a place to live and paying for everything. In truth, setting the son up for the future would likely be not buying him an apartment. It would be helping him find a job, get an apartment, maybe partially subsidize the rent (while the son is in college) if his grades stay above a C, but teaching him what real life responsibility is about. When I see another person treat someone this badly, this immaturely, the first thought that goes through my mind is asking myself whether they were raised to take responsibility for their actions. If not, you end up with someone who acts however they want and doesn’t look to the consequences... much like the son seems to be doing now. There’s no way on earth he just started acting like this. Even in your own email, you knew him making a scene was easily within the realm of possibility. So knowing he’s got these serious behavioral issues, why did you offer the apartment to him in the first place? I feel conflicted because continuing to give him this gift would be enabling (knowing he was moving out soon probably gave him the courage to act so badly). Yet, being that this didn’t come out of nowhere, it was setting him up for failure by offering it in the first place. Should you continue to give him the apartment, his behavior will only get worse. Rewarding bad behavior and expecting positive outcomes is magical thinking. However, not giving it to him now can have catastrophic consequences of resentment, and make the tension in the home even worse. It’s clear something is going on in the family that the son isn’t coping with well. That being said, mistreating someone surely isn’t going to solve anything. If you have a problem you'd like my opinion on then email me at thepeverettphile@gmail.com. 

Hahaha. If you spot the Mindphuck let me know. I want that. Now from the home office in Port Jefferson, New York here is...

Top Phive Things Said About Kids With No Filter

5. My 3-year-old calls Flonase "mommy's special nose medicine" and now my neighbor thinks I do cocaine.

4. My niece done told her school we put weed in her food at home that's why she be sleepy. Ya'll, it's parsley! My sister is going to jail.

3. When I told my 3-year-old we couldn't go to again she asked if it was because of the corona pirates. I said yes.

2. My son asked me, "Where does poo come from?" I was a little uncomfortable but gave him an honest explanation. He looked a little perplexed, and stared at me in stunned silence for  a few seconds and asked, "And Tigger?" 

And the number one thing said about a kid having no filter is...

1. Every time I gell my daughter I love her, she responds with, "I love daddy," which is toddler speak for go fuck yourself, mama. 

As if losing the United States election to Democrat Joe Biden wasn’t already enough, President Donald Trump has once again criticized yet another industry for the way it handles its press. President Trump called out American lifestyle magazines on Christmas Day for not a single one of them gracing their magazine covers with his wife, First Lady Melania Trump. Known for his incredibly blunt words on social media, President Trump took to Twitter to express his unwarranted opinions. A Breitbart post was already criticizing the fashion press in calling them “elitist snobs,” said, “The elitist snobs in the fashion press have kept the most elegant First Lady in American history off the covers of their magazines for 4 consecutive years.” Trump promptly ignored the support in correcting them, calling it “Fake News!” and explaining that she is, “The greatest of all time.” Trump supporters have also noticed that the Republican First Lady has not been on the front covers of fashion magazines, pointing out magazines such as Vogue have clearly taken their stand and expressed their bias. Their claims are evidently supported by former President Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama’s, 12 magazine covers within her two terms as First Lady, appearing on the cover of Vogue three of those times. Actor and Trump supporter James Wood tweeted, “If you need any further proof of the shameless bias of the liberal mainstream media, the most stunning First Lady in American history has never graced our nation’s major style magazine covers.” However, Vogue has had no issue expressing where the magazine stands. Editor Anna Wintour told CNN in an interview back in April 2019, “You have to stand up for what you believe in and you have to take a point of view.” Nevertheless, Melania Trump drew criticisms from Vogue readers and magazine publishers in February last year, when a private phone call back in July 2018 about Wintour’s decision to let singer Beyoncé guest-edit one of the magazine’s issues was leaked to NBC. She had said, “Anna gave the September issue of Vogue cover... complete, complete, complete, everything... to Beyoncé.” Look, there are more important things to worry about okay? Can we please not forget that we are in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and that the COVID-19 vaccine and stimulus check relief bill are more important to worry about than the press?

The 143rd book to be pheatured in the Phile's Book Club is... 

Matthew will be on the Phile next Monday. Alright, alright, alright. Okay, let's take a live look at Port Jefferson, New York, shall we?

Man, it looks like a beautiful day there.

There was a fly buzzing around a barn one day when she happened upon a pile of fresh cow manure. Due to the fact that it had been hours since she had had her last meal, she flew down and began to eat. She ate and ate. Finally, she decided she had eaten enough and tried to fly away. She had eaten too much though, and could not get off the ground. As she looked around wondering what to do, she spotted a pitchfork leaning up against the wall. She climbed to the top of the handle and jumped off, thinking that once she got airborne, she would be able to take flight. Unfortunately she was wrong and she dropped like a rock, and smashed when she hit the floor. Dead! ARE YOU READY FOR THE MORAL OF THE STORY? Never fly off the handle when you know you're full of shit. 

Today's guest is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, impressionist, television host and private pilot. He is well known for playing Joey Gladstone on the ABC sitcom "Full House" and for voicing Peter Venkman on "The Real Ghostbusters," the cartoon adaptation of Ghostbusters and the infant incarnations of Animal and Bunsen on Muppet Babies. Please welcome to the Phile... Dave Coulier.

Me: Hello, Dave, welcome to the Phile. It's great to have you here. How are you? 

Dave: I'm good. You work for Disney? 

Me: Yeah, Walt Disney World actually. I have been there since February 20th, 1988. That's 33 years if you can believe it. 

Dave: That's cool. What a fun place to work I'm sure. 

Me: Most of the time, yeah. I actually met you in the 90s there when you were filming "Full House" at Epcot. I did crowd control for a few scenes. 

Dave: That's cool, Jason. So, where at Disney World do you work? 

Me: Currently I'm an attractions coordinator at Star Tours at Disney's Hollywood Studios. 

Dave: Oh, cool. 

Me: Yeah, enough about me... for now. Haha. So, did you watch cartoons as a kid? 

Dave: Yeah, I loved Popeye, I loved the Bullwinkle cartoons, I loved Felix the Cat, I loved "Fractured Fairy Tales" and Sherman and Peabody, I loved Yogi Bear, I loved all the Warner Bros. stuff. But I also liked the Jetsons and also liked Johnny Quest. I was a Saturday morning cartoon freak. So I would just imitate the voices on the show. I had to get up at 7 a.m. and that's when the cartoons would start, at 7 when I was a kid. 

Me: I miss those days of Saturday morning cartoons. I bet you do as well, right? 

Dave: Yeah, it was so fun. It's so different now. I look back at those cartoons, which I have over the years, and they are so politically incorrect that they can't even run them now. There are so many stereotypes, political incorrectness, they were all written in a different time and so America was at a much different place when those shows were being written and produced. It's kind of a shame because the artwork is tremendous, the comedy and the timing of those animated shows was incredible. I guess I forgot Scooby-Doo. I loved watching Scooby and later would work on Scooby as my first job really when I got to Los Angeles. He was my first job. 

Me: What? Really? How did you land that role? 

Dave: I just got a check for 6 cents for the episode I did. What I did was I put together a voice-over audition tape just showing my range and the voices I could do at the time. I dropped it off at Hanna-Barbera Studios. Back then Hanna-Barbera was producing a LOT of animation. I dropped it off and that was on a Friday and I swear to you by Monday I got a call that said they love for me to come in and work on Scooby-Doo. It was that simple, then years later I befriended Andrea Romano who was my agent and now she's become this iconic cartoon director. Andrea was my agent and we just became great friends. She told me one day, "You know, for years at Hanna-Barbera we used your voice-over tape as a template that we would show people this is how you put together a voice-over tape." I was just really kinda blindsided when she said that because there are so many incredible voice-over people and the fact they used my tape was beyond flattering. 

Me: That's cool. What was it like working on that show? 

Dave: It was incredible. I couldn't believe I was working on a show that I grew up watching. The name of the episode I did was called "Muscle Trouble" and it's this big guy named Muscles who chases Scooby and Shaggy around a deserted island. It was just so surreal. I think I was probably 20, or 21-years-old. 

Me: Was it fun being a voice-over actor? 

Dave: Back then the voice for animation was a very small group, it was a bunch of specialists who could really do a bunch of different voices. So I got into this little fold and it was amazing because back then there was no limit, we would do 5, 6, 7 voices on a show. Then years later the Union came in and said we could only do up to three voices but I would just sit there and work on shows like the Jetsons where I worked with the original cast. They brought the show back for syndication. They brought back Mel Blanc and Daws Butler, Frank Welker was there, Gordon Hunt was the director. Janet Waldo, Jean Vander Ply who earlier did Wilma's voice on the Flintstones. It was an incredible feeling to be in a room, especially, not just with all those iconic people that I listened to, but Mel Blanc... I couldn't stop staring at him. He caught me staring at him a couple of times and I thought, wow, I'm sitting in a room with a hundred characters that I love. It was quite an experience. 

Me: I am trying to get Frank Welker on the Phile. So, I never knew you were on the Muppet Babies, the original one. How did you get involved in Muppet Babies? 

Dave: I actually replaced Howie Mandel. He went onto other things and got very busy and they needed a soundalike so I went in and auditioned for Hanna-Barbera. They said, "Okay." And I said, "Okay." And they said, "No, okay, we want you to do the voices." I said, "That's it?" They said, "That's it. We're done. You're hired." Wow, okay, sounds cool. That's pretty much what it was, they wanted a soundalike character. I remember going in the first day and Katie Leigh who played Rowlf on Muppet Babies looked at me and said, "That's incredible, that's dead on." I said, "Thanks. I think it's supposed to be, right?" She said, "Yeah, but that's weird. It's weird hearing that come out of your mouth right now." 

Me: That's funny. Didn't you take over Lorenzo Music's character in the "Real Ghostbusters" cartoon? 

Dave: Yeah. Lorenzo was a powerful voice-over actor, he was Garfield all these great characters so I knew I had very big shoes to fill. I didn't want to alienate the cast because Lorenzo was loved by everybody. 

Me: What was it like taken over that role though? 

Dave: I was a little afraid because they were actually going a little bit more on Bill Murray's voice and so I really wanted to do a great job. Here I was replacing someone and I felt like I was taken this guys job. That just happens in show business all the time. The producers wanted it to go a different way, they wanted it to sound more like Bill Murray. 

Me: So, who did you play on Muppet Babies? 

Dave: Animal, who was a great character, but Waldorf and Statler, the two old men in the balcony, I did those too. It was so much fun because I just got to deliver zingers. Like... "Do you know what the best part of this show is?" "No, what's that?" "It ends." It was great, just being able to come in and say a couple of zingers. It was really fun writing. I think what people don't remember is that Muppet Babies was just an innovative show at the time. 

Me: Really? Why is that? 

Dave: We were cutting in a lot of live footage, doing songs, live music. We actually won the Best Animated Emmy award four years in a row. It was such a fun ride doing these Jim Henson characters as babies. It was really, really fun. The memories come fonder and fonder as I get older. 

Me: You were a stand-up comedian as well, right? When did you start doing that? 

Dave: It was around 1984. That year, 1984 was a big year for me. It was the year I did my first stand-up appearance on "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson," I started the series "Out of Control" on Nickelodeon, and I started on the Muppet Babies soon after. 

Me: What was it like doing stand-up back then? 

Dave: A lot of comedians back in the day, a lot of them were dope fiends. They would smoke pot and snort coke and be drunk all the time. It was 22 or 23-years-old and here I was around all these older guys who were just hammered all the time. I remember these comedians at the Comedy Store on Sunset Strip one night cornering me. They're out there smoking pot and they say, "Hey, you do all these kind of voice-overs and stuff. You got your own show now..." This one comedian who shall remain nameless goes, "What do I have to do to do all these voice-over stuff?" I go, "Well, do you have a voice-over tape?" "No." "Do you do a lot of different voices?" "No." I'm like, "That could be a problem." But I remember these guys cornering me thinking I had this kind of magic formula. I'm doing all this work and I wanted to say, "I'm not smoking pot and doing coke and getting hammered in the parking lot of the Comedy Store. Maybe that's the one thing that's holding you back." 

Me: Hahaha. Maybe. Okay, so, I have to mention "Full House," which I think you are the most famous for. I have to say I could count on one hand the episodes I ever saw of that show. What was it like being on that show? 

Dave: Jason, we did a 192 episodes and over the years people ave watched those 192 episodes umpteen times, we've been syndicated in a hundred counties around the world. "Full House" has never been off the air since 1987, when it premiered on ABC. And you only saw about four episodes. That's funny. 

Me: Now I feel bad. Hahaha. Okay, so, what's your favorite memory on that show? 

Dave: You have to remember for every 192 episodes I have five days of memories when we were in production. And so it's really hard for me to pick one great memory from "Full House." A lot of it we all became good friends, we really did become a dysfunctional family in real life. John Stamos and I would go to Hawaii when we were single, I've known Bob Saget since I was 18-years-old. There's all this interconnectivity, there's so many memories along the way. A lot of funny stuff happened on the show when the girls were little. John, Bob and I were always in trouble by their moms because we would pull our pants down to make each other laugh and say stupid things. The moms would walk out with their arms crossed. "Gentlemen, our monitors are on back in our dressing room. We hear you and we see you." I'm like, "Then just turn them off." "No, we want to see what's going on so we can prepare." The girls were all studying, doing school work doing the show. The moms would sit there and watch what's going on out on the set so they could get the kids ready. So we were always doing something stupid where we got in trouble. 

Me: That's funny. So, you did "Fuller House." What was it like coming back with that show? 

Dave: Yeah, it's amazing it came back and we didn't want to screw it up. We didn't want to tarnish the nice iconic image that "Full House" has become. We're all aware of how the show is revered by a couple of generations now. We have always been very weary about bringing it back. I think it was very hard to bring something back that was 25 years ago because it's a different time. Audiences have changed, sensibilities have changed, clothes have changed, styles have changed. When we were plugged in in all the same roles there was high expectations that it's going to be just as funny. It's hard to recreate nostalgia and we were very contingent of that so we tried to be delicate with the "Full House" legacy. We didn't want to ruin it because we could botch it up very quickly. 

Me: Dave, thanks for being on the Phile. I hope it as fun and I hope you'll come back again soon. 

Dave: Thanks, Jason. Great job.

That's about it for this entry of the Phile. Thanks to Dave Coulier for a fun interview. I wanted to ask him about the Lori Loughlin college admission scam deal but I was asked not to. The Phile will be back on Friday with The Peverett Phile 15th Anniversary Special Pheaturing The Black Keys. Spread the word, not the turd. Don't let snakes and alligators bite you. Bye, love you, bye. Kiss your brain.

Give me some rope, tie me to dream, give me the hope to run out of steam, somebody said it could be here. We could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year. I can't count the reasons I should stay. One by one they all just fade away...