John Stamos 'hated' 'Full House' and wanted out when he saw reactions to Jodie Sweetin and realized the sitcom wasn't like 'Bosom Buddies'

July 22, 2023 2:44 p.m.

John Stamos is best known for portraying Uncle Jesse on the ABC sitcom Full House. While Stamos loves the recognition he gets from the show, it wasn't always that way.

The actor recently explained that he initially "hated" comedy after realizing the show was more family oriented and not like Bosom Buddies as it was originally presented.

"Full House was…I hated that show," Stamos said during an appearance on Hot Ones. "Obviously I ended up liking it, but it was introduced to me as Bosom Buddies…with a few kids in the background. And while we were casting, I was like, 'They're spending a lot of time casting these kids who are going to be in the background.'"

He continued, "We read a chart of it and I was the star coming out of General Hospital…and we sit down and start reading and Jodie Sweetin, who plays Stephanie, starts reading her lines and people are dying of laughter – I mean screaming. And I was like, 'What the hell? happening here?' They couldn't even hear my lines, they were laughing so hard."

Stamos said he rushed into the lobby of the Century Plaza Hotel and called his agents to tell them to "fuck this show". Bob Saget then arrived because he was advised by agents to try out the show.

"I fought it for a long time," Stamos added. "And then I ended up saying, 'What am I doing?' It's a beautiful show that we built with gentleness and caring. There was no central character in this show, that's what I realized. The central character was love and we were the best representation of a loving family, not a normal family. And that was the new normal, now an unconventional family."

Bosom Buddies was a 1980 sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari who pose as women so they can afford an apartment. Co-creators Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett went on to produce Full House in 1987 based on an idea by Jeff Franklin, who also wrote for Bosom Buddies.

Full House ran for eight seasons on ABC. A follow-up spin-off titled Fuller House was picked up by Netflix in 2016 and ran for five seasons.

Watch Stamos' full appearance on Hot Ones in the video posted below.

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