# Full House: "Uncle" Joey? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075 "2008-02-18T06:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/41 "2010-08-19T12:30:42Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Don’t judge me. Must. not. judge. Must. control. self. Can’t help it! How dare you watch too much Full house! 😃 > [@Flander](#): > > There’s been a thread or two on this board about that. There is much speculation that Dave does the Popeye face when he busts. You owe me a brand new keyboard…and a new pair of eyes. Once you think of Dave Coulier doing the Popeye face…at that time…you can never unsee it! Noooooooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/42 "2010-08-19T12:32:32Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I just saw an episode where Jesse calls Joey “Uncle Joey”. It’s the 6th season episode “The House Meets the Mouse” where they go to Walt Disney World. Jesse hands Nicky (one of the twins) to Joey and says “Bye boys, go with Uncle Joey.” So they may have been raising Jesse & Becky’s kids to call him Uncle Joey. 1. Uh, we already said that in this thread. 😕 2. I was not aware this was a zombie when I previously posted. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/43 "2010-08-19T12:38:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > 1. Uh, we already said that in this thread. 😕 Where? The only reference I found was post 13, which refers to a 3rd season episode, and has different dialogue. I’m presuming the “baby” referred to there was Michelle, since the Katsopolis twins weren’t born until season 5. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/44 "2010-08-20T01:02:53Z")
No no no, Jesse banged Danny’s wife for the baby and Stephanie. Joey must have banged her for DJ. None of the kids are related to Danny, and this is also why they’re all helping him raise “his” girls. ---
**Author:** ![BG43214\_YAHOO.COM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@BG43214\_YAHOO.COM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BG43214_YAHOO.COM)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/45 "2010-08-20T14:49:21Z")
The only good thing about “Full House” was getting to see Mr. Coulier’s fanastic butt!!! WOW!! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/46 "2010-08-20T15:43:17Z")
Alanis, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/47 "2010-08-20T16:01:25Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > [QUOTE=pulykamell] > However, “uncle” can be used as a respectful title for any parental friend. Obviously, male friend. [/QUOTE] No love for Uncle Jennifer? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/48 "2010-08-20T17:34:44Z")
They should do a spinoff called Uncle Joey… ETA: for the hate mail, obviously ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/49 "2010-08-20T17:59:52Z")
C’mere and sit on Uncle Joey’s lap… ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/50 "2010-08-20T19:01:45Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > C’mere and sit on Uncle Joey’s lap… [You might want to use a padded cushion](http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/mary-kate_olsen.jpg) Cocaine .. it’s a hell of a drug. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/51 "2010-08-21T05:26:57Z")
According to an interview with Coulier, the cast all still hangs out with each other sometimes–except the Olsen twins. As for the Uncle Joey thing: around here, the Uncle-who-is-not-related-to-you thing is only done with really young children. I could see Stamos adlibbing that line if he was using baby talk. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/52 "2010-08-21T13:42:49Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > No no no, Jesse banged Danny’s wife for the baby and Stephanie. Danny’s wife was Jesse’s _sister_. Ew. Also, could you imagine how such a scenario, esp. if you were Joey but even if you were Jesse (remember, Danny isn’t his brother, but rather his B-I-L), would play out today? I can totally see Joey at a bar, hitting on some chick: “Yeah, uh, I basically live with a friend from college. Who is widowed and has three daughters. I’m helping him raise them while I get my children’s-tv-show voice acting career off the ground.” What a mooching loser. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/53 "2010-09-08T14:55:54Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > [QUOTE=Speaker for the Dead] > Well, the [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_House) article says nothing about his being called “uncle.” Maybe someone cut. it. out. [/QUOTE] [Wow. Didn’t know he used that phrase for Full House.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Control_%28TV_series%29) ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/54 "2010-09-08T14:57:47Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Well, if you need the Hurry Up Machine to find out, I know where to find it… :smack: Or, if I had just read this one, I would have let it be. :smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/55 "2010-09-08T15:08:38Z")
Dave Coulier has said that Alanis’ song is only partially about him, and is likely about several different people. He said that she never went down on him in a theater, but that the “Mr Duplicity” verse is about him and that she did call him in the middle of dinner with his new girlfriend. I don’t have a cite for this, it was a story related by someone on the Nerdist podcast (either Chris Hardwick or his guest…I want to say it was Doug Benson) who said that Coulier told them this personally. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075/56 "2010-09-08T15:08:39Z")
> [@Gestalt](#): > > Also, could you imagine how such a scenario, esp. if you were Joey but even if you were Jesse (remember, Danny isn’t his brother, but rather his B-I-L), would play out today? I can totally see Joey at a bar, hitting on some chick: > > “Yeah, uh, I basically live with a friend from college. Who is widowed and has three daughters. I’m helping him raise them while I get my children’s-tv-show voice acting career off the ground.” > > What a mooching loser. Jesse is helping his BIL raise his nieces, after all. Right there he gets bonus points for being a family man. Plus, IMHO, men attractiveness increases when they’re baby-sitting/child-rearing. And even more when you realize it is their nephew/nieces/cousins, not their own kids, hence potentially available (versus married or at least already with a kid of his own). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-uncle-joey/438075.md?page=2)