# Spoil Full House for Me **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2005, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736 "2005-01-08T09:57:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736/21 "2005-01-11T20:19:31Z")
Uncle Joey and Danny sell the girls into prostitution. Mary Kate and Ashley are double the rate, of course. ---
**Author:** ![rorty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@rorty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rorty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736/22 "2005-01-11T20:25:01Z")
> [@Barqalounger](#): > > [Ten Reasons to Hate Joey Gladstone](http://dumbbaby.net/a/064.shtml) Very compelling reasoning. Though I had the racism and pedophilia thing pegged already. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736/23 "2005-01-11T20:43:10Z")
Waitaminute. Give me some background, please, on the whole “Grand Wizard Gladstone” thing. Was this from an episode that they refuse to air on the Disney Channel, or what? ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736/24 "2005-01-11T22:22:49Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > seems like a normal guy that took advantage of his brief celebrity status to make his life better for himself by sleeping with a pop princess half his age. Sounds good to me. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736/25 "2005-01-11T22:39:22Z")
There are also rumors the song is about co-star Bob Saget (as well as Matt LeBlanc and others), or that it’s just a song. [Snopes on the subject](http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/oughta.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736/26 "2005-01-11T23:12:58Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > by sleeping with a pop princess half his age. > > Sounds good to me. > > –Cliffy Except, as this thread attests to, a lot of people are still unaware that it might be about him. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736/27 "2005-01-12T01:17:24Z")
I hate to expose just how much MORE of a loser I am, but it’s just “Joey”. It’s NOT “Uncle Joey.” Jesse was “Uncle Jesse” because his sister was Danny’s late wife. But Joey was just Danny’s best friend. They never called him “Uncle.” ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736/28 "2005-01-12T01:27:25Z")
If I remember correctly, he was considered an uncle but wasn’t called Uncle Joey. No cite but I’m hearing Danny say “girls, listen to your uncles” or something similar in my mind. In my defense, I was born in '82 and _Full House_ was at its peak in my preteen years. I have an excuse for both it and my _Saved by the Bell_ fanboyism. Uh. I think I said too much… ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736/29 "2005-01-12T02:56:32Z")
No, Joey was specifically referred to as “Uncle Joey” several times, by most (if not all) of the characters. He was not _technically_ an uncle to the girls, of course (I think he and Danny were childhood friends and possibly college roommates). I particularly remember one episode where Michelle was upset because everyone else at school had a mommy and she didn’t. I believe it was the one where she tried to set Danny up with her Kindergarten teacher by inviting her to the house and having them eat lunch together. Anyhow, when Danny figured out what was wrong, he told her that all families are different and other kids might have mommies, but she has an Uncle Jesse and an Uncle Joey. Michelle replies, “I bet _nobody_ has an Uncle Joey!” Touching, really. Also in my defense, I’m even a couple years younger than **Aesiron** , so these were my formative years. Full House, Saved by the Bell, Family Matters, Step by Step, Boy Meets World…etc. I could be wrong, of course, but that’s how the line plays in my head. It’s on Nickelodeon at 4 a.m. Central time. They’ve just ended the series and played the first two episodes this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736/30 "2005-01-12T03:15:12Z")
He was definitely referred to as Uncle Joey on more than one occasion. Or maybe that should be “Uncle” Joey (quotation marks around the word Uncle are almost always code for “child molester”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-full-house-for-me/283736.md?page=1)