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“Full House’s” Uncle Joey plays the harmonica and does Scooby Doo impressions at FAU comedy show

Opening comedian R Jay shows the audience how Haitians dance at Saturday night's comedy show. Photo by Daniel Cardenas.
Opening comedian R Jay shows the audience how Haitians dance at Saturday night’s comedy show. Photo by Daniel Cardenas.

On a Saturday night, the Carole & Barry Kaye Auditorium is flooded with students. Filling up all the seats, students chatter and dance subtly to the pop music blasting through the speakers.

For many of these students, this would be a memorable night — the night they get to see uncle Joey from “Full House” in person.

On Sept. 7, Program Board hosted a comedy show featuring Dave Coulier. The show was set to start at 8 p.m. and lasted until around 10 p.m.

Two other comedians — RJ and Clyde — opened up the show, making race jokes and doing impressions.

“I loved the warm-up guy’s Michael Jackson impressions,” Dane Barhonovich, a freshman business major, said. “Definitely the best I’ve heard besides Michael Jackson.”

Once it was Coulier’s time to shine, the audience went wild as he walked on stage. Clapping and screaming for him, everyone excitedly greeted the actor and comedian they grew up with on their TVs.

Comedian Dave Coulier waits for audience dymembers to finish yelling Full House references Saturday night in the Carole & Barry Kaye Auditorium.  Photo by Daniel Cardenas.
Comedian Dave Coulier waits for audience dymembers to finish yelling Full House references Saturday night in the Carole & Barry Kaye Auditorium. Photo by Daniel Cardenas.

Coulier smiled at the audience and pointed out how the whole audience was staring at him.

Yes, they were, but it makes sense why. Coulier’s known for his character on the 90s family sitcom, “Full House.” He’s also known for appearances on “The Muppets,” and voice acting jobs in cartoons like “The Real Ghostbusters.”

“It was like ‘Oh my gosh! I can’t believe he’s here!’” Anne Guillaume, a junior exercise science major, said. “I grew up watching [Full House] and everything, so I liked it.”

Throughout his act, Coulier made multiple jokes about being on “Full House,” such as the strange situation of three men raising three little girls.

He also commented that the audience was probably curious where uncle Jesse was.

Coulier said he still keeps in touch with the actors in “Full House” and that him and Bob Saget, who played Danny Tanner, were actually friends before they started doing “Full House” together.

Coulier mostly made jokes about his own life, from his childhood, up until now with more recent experiences.

He joked about how as a kid, he did voice impersonations which would get him in a lot of trouble. He said one time when someone was threatening to beat him up, he did a Courage the Cowardly Lion impression, which in the end got him beaten up.

Students laugh as Dave Coulier plays an imaginary tuba during Saturday night's comedy show. Photo by Daniel Cardenas.
Students laugh as Dave Coulier plays an imaginary tuba during Saturday night’s comedy show. Photo by Daniel Cardenas.

“He was hilarious. I loved his harmonica part,” Barhonovich said. “His jokes in between were hilarious.”

Coulier had a segment of jokes, cracking up the audience as he played the harmonica, followed by short and random jokes he had come up with that he said didn’t fit in with the rest of the production of the show.

Throughout the show, he did numerous impressions, including Robin Williams, Spongebob and Scooby Doo.

“I recognized him,” Barhonovich said. “He didn’t have the mullet and he did look a little bit skinnier. But you could definitely tell it was uncle Joey and it brought back some great memories.”

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