Jodie Sweetin on the Unaired "Full House" Pilot with John Posey

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Jodie Sweetin Shares Details of Unaired "Full House" Pilot, Says Original Actor Cast as Dad was "So Sweet" But Bob Saget was the "First Choice"
by Virginia Chamlee
June 25, 2026


Jodie Sweetin is opening up about filming the very first episode of "Full House" — without Bob Saget, who would ultimately become the show's fictional patriarch.

Speaking on an episode of Taboo's Comics & Kicks, Sweetin, 44, acknowledged that the show's very first episode featured actor John Posey in the role of Danny Tanner, as Saget was at the time under contract to host CBS' "The Morning Program".




The episode featuring Posey never aired, and Saget quickly replaced him before Full House debuted on ABC.

"We started doing the show and we'd shot an entire pilot actually with a different — with John Posey, who was a lovely human being and very sweet and wonderful," Sweetin shared. "But Bob was the first choice for Danny."

"And so when he was no longer doing the show that was conflicting with Full House, we reshot the entire pilot which Jeff Franklin had to fight for so hard because that's a lot of money. And he was like, 'I just know it. I just know this is who we need as the dad. This is going to be it.' And he was right," Sweetin added.

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