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Somebody252 · 02-12-2004, 07:09 PM

This has been a great experiment. For the most part, you all did something really cool. You thought outside the box - that is, the TV.

Instead of thinking a TV show can only encompass the episodes, those who struggled along with me and even participated in my polls were able to forget that this great show emcompassed only 192 episodes that didn't have anythign inb etween, and you were able to think of it as a story. With a middle that we saw parts of, but alsow ith a beginning (before pam died) and a continuation after the series ends.) Oneconcerned with Joey maybe being mentally challenged, D.J. having to discipline Michelle, thoughts and actions of different characters, and so on.

Some of you may have thought it dumb, or wanted to have much simpler and easier things. Some probably prefer that stories take place only in TV show time-slots, but they don't. "Full House" is the story of a very loving, compassionate family that had struggles and triumphs, each of which has parts unseen by us and seen. They never showed the great triumph of the first time D.J. made Thanksgiving dinner successfuly, or how Stephanie learned to use her words and say "how rude" when younger. They only referred briefly to the Gumby incident and didn't tell us what happened. But yet we know thtose thigns occurred.

And the many of you who love this show, like me, will now, hopefully, think of it on 2 levels. One on the level of a great sitcom with actors and actresses. But, the second far deeper. The level of a family that we can all strive to be like, with that unconditional love we all need.

Maybe that's why I like the books a lot better, when it comes right down to it. And why I dont' really visit these boards. Because in the rare times I watch TV (and I watch nothing of today's fare) I don't let my mind rest. I am always thinking, wondering, and feeling with the characters. Because it's no fun for me to know Michelle says rude thigns without knowing *why*, which is most likely from hanging around Uncle Jesse and his band so much, and not having someone like D.J. consistently telling her it's wrong early on.

I say Michelle takes after Jesse in the TV Unviese and takes aftera more mature D.J. in the Book Univese. Some of you may not like to put the thought into these things, which is why on this level saying you dislike how much focus is on one character bothers me; they're *people* to me in a way normal people don't see them, maybe. You're just seeing part of the story w/so much about Michelle, but that doesn't mean the othercharacters aren't doing interesting thigns at the same time; you just have to think outside the box, imagine them doing them, and make that part of the story, keeping them of course in character.

Some of you do that very well. And for some of you, it's the first time you ever did, and I hope I've opened up a bright new world, and helped you to look deeper. I hope you had fun.

You know, maybe that's one reason why relationships are so shallow sometimes today, why marriages don't last and such. We don't care to look deeply into things. I do; indeed, I dream of marriage and have since I was little, despite my handicap,a nd I've always known what would bring it to me; we would have to have a friendship deeper than anything, just like I saw in my grandparents when I was little. I haven't married yet, but "Full House" at times reminds me of that love; even more int he book series.

So, thanks for putting up with me, I'll be taking leave of you now, both my screennames, and I hope that I've helped you all to watch TV mindfully, seeing the characters on a personal level & that I've helped you to actively consider it as a long story, where we are only privileged to see a portion of the thigns that go on, but where the characters eventually grow up and get married and have wonderful families of their own. Totally independent of the performers.

Keep voting in the polls and commenting/discussing the things I posted on, though, it will be interesting to see what comes of them, as you continue to look at this and other shows with a deeper consideration of them.

02-12-2004, 07:09 PM	#1
Somebody252 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 04, 2004 Posts: 57	Thanks for the fun This has been a great experiment. For the most part, you all did something really cool. You thought outside the box - that is, the TV. Instead of thinking a TV show can only encompass the episodes, those who struggled along with me and even participated in my polls were able to forget that this great show emcompassed only 192 episodes that didn't have anythign inb etween, and you were able to think of it as a story. With a middle that we saw parts of, but alsow ith a beginning (before pam died) and a continuation after the series ends.) Oneconcerned with Joey maybe being mentally challenged, D.J. having to discipline Michelle, thoughts and actions of different characters, and so on. Some of you may have thought it dumb, or wanted to have much simpler and easier things. Some probably prefer that stories take place only in TV show time-slots, but they don't. "Full House" is the story of a very loving, compassionate family that had struggles and triumphs, each of which has parts unseen by us and seen. They never showed the great triumph of the first time D.J. made Thanksgiving dinner successfuly, or how Stephanie learned to use her words and say "how rude" when younger. They only referred briefly to the Gumby incident and didn't tell us what happened. But yet we know thtose thigns occurred. And the many of you who love this show, like me, will now, hopefully, think of it on 2 levels. One on the level of a great sitcom with actors and actresses. But, the second far deeper. The level of a family that we can all strive to be like, with that unconditional love we all need. Maybe that's why I like the books a lot better, when it comes right down to it. And why I dont' really visit these boards. Because in the rare times I watch TV (and I watch nothing of today's fare) I don't let my mind rest. I am always thinking, wondering, and feeling with the characters. Because it's no fun for me to know Michelle says rude thigns without knowing why, which is most likely from hanging around Uncle Jesse and his band so much, and not having someone like D.J. consistently telling her it's wrong early on. I say Michelle takes after Jesse in the TV Unviese and takes aftera more mature D.J. in the Book Univese. Some of you may not like to put the thought into these things, which is why on this level saying you dislike how much focus is on one character bothers me; they're people to me in a way normal people don't see them, maybe. You're just seeing part of the story w/so much about Michelle, but that doesn't mean the othercharacters aren't doing interesting thigns at the same time; you just have to think outside the box, imagine them doing them, and make that part of the story, keeping them of course in character. Some of you do that very well. And for some of you, it's the first time you ever did, and I hope I've opened up a bright new world, and helped you to look deeper. I hope you had fun. You know, maybe that's one reason why relationships are so shallow sometimes today, why marriages don't last and such. We don't care to look deeply into things. I do; indeed, I dream of marriage and have since I was little, despite my handicap,a nd I've always known what would bring it to me; we would have to have a friendship deeper than anything, just like I saw in my grandparents when I was little. I haven't married yet, but "Full House" at times reminds me of that love; even more int he book series. So, thanks for putting up with me, I'll be taking leave of you now, both my screennames, and I hope that I've helped you all to watch TV mindfully, seeing the characters on a personal level & that I've helped you to actively consider it as a long story, where we are only privileged to see a portion of the thigns that go on, but where the characters eventually grow up and get married and have wonderful families of their own. Totally independent of the performers. Keep voting in the polls and commenting/discussing the things I posted on, though, it will be interesting to see what comes of them, as you continue to look at this and other shows with a deeper consideration of them.