045 * Tanner's Island

To celebrate the two-year anniversary since becoming a family, Danny surprises the whole family, and Becky, by taking them on a special trip to Hawaii. Everyone is looking forward to soaking up some rays and having a great time, but Danny's pre-planned family activities on his Clipboard of Fun quickly puts a bit of a damper on things. Joey becomes determined to connect with a beautiful hula girl that he meets on the first day. Becky is not too pleased when her Elvis-obsessed boyfriend behaves like a complete wannabe during the vacation, which ends with her jumping in a waterfall after an argument. The family friction reaches a new level when everyone gets stranded on an off-site trip to the Hawaiian island of Pua due to the fact they didn't tie the rope right on the boat, causing it to drift away. Now that the adults keep fighting practically every minute about whose fault it is, the kids might need to do a little role reversal with the grown-ups. D.J steps in as mediator, and finally gets the situation under control. At the end, Danny is proud of her for finally getting them back on the right track. Everyone sets aside their differences to build a hut to stay in until they are found. Stephanie, who keep believing she sees Menehunes, finally proves it by taking them to where the inhabitants of the island are at a Polynesian show. It turns out that they were on Pua after all, just the wrong side. They end up dancing with everyone on stage, Joey again sees the hula girl and they dance together, and at the end, Becky speaks to the music director and apparently asks him to play a certain song that Jesse can lead the singing on, that being 'Rock-a-Hula Baby'.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: September 22, 1989 
Directed by: Bill Foster 
Written by: Jeff Franklin
U.S viewers: 15.1 million

Guest Cast: 
Leilani: Gail-Anne Paulo
Alana: Charlene Paulo
Warrior: Israel Wirihana

 046 * Back To School Blues

Stephanie is entering 2nd grade, and she expects a bad first day, as she won't have her older sister to stick up for her anymore. But instead, it turns out to be a great day for her. Now, when anyone says 'Tanner', she knows they are talking to her. However, as happy as she is about entering junior high, the same can't be said for 12-year-old D.J, who is entering 7th grade, which is a step closer to becoming a teenager. On her first day, she is separated from her best friend Kimmy except for one class. At lunch, she is humiliated by a mean girl and her clique. To make matters worse, she's wearing the same outfit as lunch monitor, so she has to eat lunch in a phone booth. Meanwhile, Joey tries to teach Jesse how to play golf in order to impress a client. They practice their swings. As Jesse gets set, his swings makes huge tears in the lawn and continues to do so even after Joey has him use one of Michelle's toy golf balls to practice with. But they are both put to shame when Michelle uses her mini-golf set and putts a hole-in-one. The next morning, D.J, along with Kimmy, decides to put on makeup and dress older. She believes the only way to fit in is to look twice as old as she really is. They are about to head off to school, when Danny is shook by the black dress that D.J's wearing. He thinks she's going way too far and she storms off upstairs. In her room, the two sit on her bed and discuss the day before as she mentions all the above events, and just when their chat ends, Becky comes in, and Danny lets her help D.J with the makeup. Later that day, Kimmy and D.J are able to have lunch at the same time. The two best friends even make two new friends.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: September 29, 1989 
Directed by: Bill Foster 
Written by: Jeff Franklin
U.S viewers: 15.0 million

Guest Cast: 
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Mrs. Agbabian: Lucy Lee Flippin
Kathy Santoni: Anne Marie McEvoy
Colleen: Shonda Whipple
Susan: Shantell Stebbins

 047 * Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

After enduring a rough horseback riding excursion with Becky, a frustrated Jesse refuses to participate in any future visits to the stable. Angry that he isn't willing to take part in more things that she enjoys, Becky breaks even by skipping Jesse's music rehearsal. These events leads to a heated argument between the two, and the argument ultimataly leads to a break-up between the two. Upon hearing the news of their breakup, D.J - who has formed a strong bond with Becky - teams up with Stephanie to get Jesse and Becky back together. Jesse has already started 
dating a woman named Diane, though Jesse constantly talks about Becky on his date with Diane, because he regrets the break-up. Touched by that, Becky realizes that she also regrets the break-up, so she and Jesse work things out and decide to stay together, and she even has a talk with D.J about it before committing to the relationship again. Meanwhile, Stephanie is elated when she finally loses her tooth, and 'Tooth Fairy' Danny mistakenly leaves Stephanie a $20 bill under her pillow. While D.J is happy for her sister, she is much more elated about just having jumped her first fence with her horse Rocket. Also, Danny and the guys try to teach Michelle how to share during play dates with her friends, but that fails. So it is up to the entire family to teach her about sharing when they have pancakes for breakfast. They take just one pancake from the stack and pass the same one around to eachother to demonstrate. When it gets right back around to Michelle, she seems to finally get the knack and learns a valuable lesson in realizing how important it is to share and not be greedy.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: October 6, 1989 
Directed by: Bill Foster 
Written by: Jeff Franklin
U.S viewers: 15.4 million

Guest Cast: 
Diane: Bobbie Eakes

 048 * Nerd For A Day

Down in the basement, Jesse and the Rippers, Joey, and Michelle are trying out a jingle for 'Pounds Away' diet centered in the tune of the Beach Boys' 'Fun, Fun, Fun'. Meanwhile, succumbing to peer pressure, Stephanie joins her classmates in making fun of Walter Berman, a classmate who wears glasses, calling him 'Duckface'. As a result, they all end up staying after class as punishment. Jesse tells Stephanie that she must apologize to Walter, but the apology makes Walter think she loves him and want to be his girlfriend. When Stephanie's friends come over to the house and see Stephanie talking to Walter, they quickly makes Stephanie a target for teasing, until Stephanie turns the tables on the group, and shows them how badly it hurts to be teased. That changes their behavior. As soon as that is over with, Jesse decides to have a 'little chat' with his precious niece. Also, at school, D.J has been assigned to follow and observe a person for a day, and then write an essay about that person. D.J chooses Michelle to be the subject for the essay, since everything she does is simple, so she thinks. It turns out it's quite the challenge to follow the family's 3 year-old, from her talking to her stuffed animals, flushing every toilet in the house, having a nap on D.J's bed to stealing the paper that has D.J's report and running out of the room, causing D.J to bump her knee hard on Michelle's bed, though Michelle kisses the knee to make it feel better. The next day, D.J gets an 'A' on the report and gives a high-five to her sister. In addition, on Wake Up, San Francisco, Joey temporarily steps in for Becky as Danny's co-host while she is out of town.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: October 13, 1989 
Directed by: Bill Foster 
Written by: Lenny Ripps
U.S viewers: 14.8 million

Guest Cast: 
Dr. Wynager: Max Alexander
Walter: Whitby Hertford
Harry: Nathan Nishiguchi
Brian: Malachi Pearson
Laurie: Jenny Drugan

 049 * Granny Tanny

When Danny's mother Claire arrives for an extended visit, the family realizes that as a divorced woman with independent children, as well as Claire's recent retirement has left her feeling useless. But to celebrate her retirement after three decades in the stationary supply business, they have a gift for her - a paint set to help her pass the time. Also to help her through this difficult time, Danny convinces everyone to act as if they can't function without her. In addition, he lets her houseclean. Leaving a few dirty dishes in the sink and allowing Claire to pick out a new bed for Michelle may seem relatively harmless, but the little plan backfires when Claire decides that she should move in permanently. Danny has a talk with Claire, and since there is nothing keeping her in the state of Washington anymore, he decides to help her search for an apartment near the Tanner house. During Claire's visit, Michelle's crib is replaced with a new pencil bed for her, but all she wants to do is jump up and down on the new bed. She is initially thrilled about getting out of her crib and having a brand-new 'big-girl bed', but when she gets scared of being without the crib, Jesse ends up having to sleep in the room with Michelle to get her through the first night. Meanwhile, across the hall in their room, D.J and Stephanie are ready to get some shut-eye themselves. While D.J combs Stephanie's hair, they talk about when Stephanie was sleeping in a crib. Danny then comes in with the good news from above about Claire moving into an apartment near their house. They realize that even he was wrong to make them lie, and that they make sure he has learned his lesson.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: October 20, 1989 
Directed by: Bill Foster 
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler
U.S viewers: 16.0 million

Guest Cast: 
Special Guest Star 
Grandma Claire: Doris Roberts

 050 * Star Search

As Jesse and Joey try to work on a new commercial for running shoes, the whole family sit down and watches a videotape from when Danny and Joey were in college. On the tape, in addition to Danny showing off a brand new photo of a much younger D.J, Joey gives himself a deadline of one decade to be a successful comedian. If he hasn't made it by then, he will drop it all and try something new. With his self-implemented deadline just two weeks away, Joey goes full-force in and he practices everywhere around the house with new material, to everyone's despair. Danny, who wants to help Joey in any way he can, has send a tape of Joe's comedy routines to the network, with a chance to appear on Star Search, hosted by Ed McMahon. Danny promises everyone to keep the 'Star Search' 
surprise for Joey exactly a surprise. And in turn, everyone else promises Danny to keep it on the down low, including Stephanie. The next day, Joey's deadline is up, and Joey is sad. However, when the mail arrives, there is a letter in which says is that Joey has indeed been accepted as one of the contestants on Star Search. Joey is thrilled about this opportunity and nervously delivers his very best comedy routine. Unfortunelately, he has to compete against defending champion Steve Oedekerk, who has already won a lot of times. Oedekerk wins yet again, leaving Joey feeling depressed about not being able to honor the ten-year deadline he set for himself, but Michelle lifts his spirits in the end. Meanwhile, Michelle is completely obsessed with her new ballerina tutu-skirt and refuse to take it off, and even insist on sleeping in it.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 3, 1989 
Directed by: Bill Foster 
Written by: Kim Weiskopf
U.S viewers: 15.7 million

Special Guest Star:
Ed McMahon

Guest Cast: 
Steve: Steve Oedekerk
Judy: Therese Kablan
Stage Manager: Rick Astor

 051 * And They Call It Puppy Love

It has been obvious for a while that the Tanner family could use a good dog, so when an Ohio-native golden retriever named Minnie, shows up in the backyard, while Michelle and Joey are outside playing and reading a newspaper and listening to music one day, it might seem like it's the dog for them. The girls obviously want to keep Minnie, and Joey and the kids do their best to hide her from Danny and Jesse. The secret is eventually unleashed, of course, but Danny is not sure that he should allow to keep her. With Minnie around, he does not want the family to be fooled by her look of innocence on the outside, as on the inside is a 'jungle beast'. But no one else is thinking that, as so far, the house is intact, and nothing's been destroyed by Minnie as of yet. However, the family soon faces an even bigger issue when they find out that Minnie is expecting puppies. And Jesse is not exactly thrilled when Minnie picks his bed, of all places, to give birth to her litter of puppies. Meanwhile, Jesse loses his driver's license when it expires, and is forced to retake his driver's test. However, Jesse has trouble staying focused on studying for his license renewal and ends up failing the driver's exam because he cheated on it the first time. So when he now has to retake the exam, and he is not sure of his chances of passing it this time. Later, Minnie's owner, Frank Flood, who is from Ohio, arrives to pick up Minnie after the guys call the number on Minnie's tag. Frank, after retrieving Minnie, decides to give the family one of the puppies in return, and Danny allows the girls to accept the puppy from Frank. Michelle chooses the one who loves Jesse's bed.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 10, 1989 
Directed by: Bill Foster 
Written by: Rob Dames
U.S viewers: 14.8 million

Guest Cast: 
Frank Flood: Wayne Powers

 052 * Divorce Court

Family discord is not usually in high supply within the Tanner household, but trouble begins when Stephanie and D.J duke it out over privacy issues in their shared bedroom. Frustrated, this causes Stephanie to want a divorce from her big sister and impulsively moves in with little Michelle instead, a decision she soon regrets. In an effort to solve the problem, the guys set up a courtroom kind of setting in the living room, with Danny as the 'judge', Jesse and Joey as 'attorneys', Stephanie as the 'plaintiff', represented by Jesse, and D.J as the 'defendant', represented by Joey. While D.J asks for her own room, Danny ultimately decides that Michelle is still too young for a roommate. He adds that the older girls must try their best to respect one and other and relize that things are not the same as they once were, but they've got to find a way to get along for the time being. Jesse and Joey concur, and the case is 'dismissed'. Though, the kids aren't the only ones at odds with each other. The guys have a bet as to who among them is the most athletic, and to settle the bet, they have challenged each other to a foot race on a nearby track. To make the race more interesting and raise the stakes, the winner get to pick the costumes that the losers will wear to the school Halloween party. It gets even more serious when Becky shows up with the Wake Up, San Francisco crew to tape the race, meaning that the whole city will watch the outcome. Danny wins, literally by a nose. Later, as the girls depart for their parties in their costumes, the two roommates have a heart-to-heart and D.J agree to attend her own party at Kathy Santoni's house later. Jesse and Joey display their costumes.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 17, 1989 
Directed by: Jeff Franklin
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler
U.S viewers: 15.0 million

Guest Cast: 
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Walter: Whitby Hertford
Jimmy: Zachary Bostrom
Monica: Challyn Markray

 053 * Dr. Dare Rides Again

Danny and Becky are preparing for a Wake Up, San Francisco road trip to L.A. for 'Fashion Expo '90', and they are getting makeovers while there. Once they leave, Michelle declares war on Comet, the newly-named family dog, when he laps up her ice cream. Stephanie decides that Michelle would be better off trading with D.J, but obviously she's not going to finish someone else's bowl. So when the 3-year-old decides to hold a grudge against Comet, will Joey be able to make peace? Meanwhile, Jesse is thrilled when his old buddy Pete Bianco, who he has not seen in three years, drops in unexpectedly. It's a nostalgic trip down memory lane as they reminisce about their reckless days from the past. In particularly a time when Jesse was known as 'Dr. Dare' and successfully performed a life-threatening stunt in 1983 - Jesse rode his motorcycle on the top ledge on the roof of the six-story-high parking garage on State Street. Later, their old friends come, throw a reunion party for the band Feedback, and even watch a video of the stunt. Initially, it's all in good fun when Pete teases Jesse about 'going from Dr. Dare to Dr. Seuss', but Jesse - who misses being young and wants to prove that he's still in touch with his old wild spirit - nearly risks everything when he plans to repeat the dangerous motorcycling stunt. Becky, Joey, and Pete stops him, as he realizes that it's a long way down to his doom, or rather, his death. Back at the house, Pete has one last chat with Jesse, realizing he only came to his senses. Jesse himself later has a chat with D.J over the exact same thing. After their chat, she kisses him and heads up to bed. Then, he plugs his guitar in, and plays a riff.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 24, 1989 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Rob Dames
U.S viewers: 13.5 million

Special Guest Star:
Pete Bianco: Scott Baio

Guest Cast: 
Donna: Shanna Warr
Roger: Roger Lodge
Robin: Robyn Donny

 054 * The Greatest Birthday On Earth

With Michelle's third birthday quickly approaching, the entire family is enthusiastic about planning her circus-themed birthday party, complete with clowns and other things that are seen in circuses. Everyone except for Jesse, that is, who has never been very fond of clowns. For the party, D.J has decided to dress up as a lion trainer, with Comet as her subject. However, while trying to make Comet act ferocious, she fails. Stephanie, on the other hand, wants to be a juggler, and she eagerly attempts to improve her juggling skills. Though, it turns out to be an epic fail as well. On the morning of the party, Danny has a problem with his car, and Jesse agrees to fix it. However, unable to do so, he takes Stephanie and Michelle with him to a gas station to look at it. Afterwards, they decide to use the restroom before they leave, and the mechanic locks the station up, not knowing that they are still inside. Meaning she will miss her party, especially saddens the birthday girl. The neighbor kids arrive at the house, and clowns Danny and Joey, and lion tamer D.J all try to keep them busy in hopes that the others will be home soon. To impress the guests, D.J improvises on how to get Comet to jump through a hoop, like a lion. At the gas station, Jesse does some clever improvising, and he and Stephanie throw a makeshift circus party for Michelle within the grimy garage. They pose as clowns, put on a puppet show, and even show off their juggling talents, despite Stephanie's difficulty. They are finally freed three hours later. By this time, Michelle's friends have gone home, but they have saved her a special surprise from the party - a real elephant that she gets to ride.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: December 1, 1989 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Jeff Franklin
U.S viewers: 16.0 million

Guest Cast: 
Karen: Debbie Gregory
Mechanic: Raf Mauro
Lenny: Aaron Brownstein

 055 * Aftershocks

In the wake of the 1989 San Fransisco earthquake, the frightening event has left serious emotional marks on Stephanie, who react by seeking out a measure of security by obsessively clinging to Danny all the time. It all seems relatively harmless to him at first, but Danny finally recognizes the seriousness of the situation when his distraught daughter won't even let him go on a business dinner for a few hours. It gets even worse at nights, when she even drags Michelle out of her room to both sleep with Danny in his room. It escaltes even further over the next few days, and Danny finds it impossible to leave the house for even a minute without Stephanie becoming hysterical. Unable to get Stephanie to share her feelings with him, Jesse and Joey at last suggest taking Stephanie to a child psychiatrist. Danny reluctantly follows the suggestion and takes her to see Dr. Mary Ann Steiner. During the session, Dr. Steiner uses a picture that Stephanie drew to get her to explain her separation anxiety disorder - turns out that on the day of the earthquake, Danny was about three hours late getting home from work, and a terrified Stephanie thought she would never see Danny again. Stephanie has been clinging to Danny ever since, so she will always know where he is. Danny and Dr. Steiner help Stephanie come up with a solution to her problem. Meanwhile, D.J wants to hide from the world when she gets her first zit - right on her nose. And just when she is scheduled to play Mrs. Claus in a Christmas play at school. Though she feel more at ease when during the night of the play, there are 10 other girls in the girls' dressing room checking out their zits.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: December 8, 1989 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Jeff Franklin and Lenny Ripps
U.S viewers: 16.1 million

Guest Cast: 
Dr. Steiner: Nancy Dussault
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Erin: Erin McKnelly

 056 * Joey And Stacy And... Oh Yeah, Jesse!​

Jesse concocts an idea for a commercial for Perma Teeth and teams up with Joey to pitch it to their client. Joey falls for Stacy Fleetwood, one of Jesse's commercial backup singers. Stacy notices how bossy Jesse is towards Joey while they are working on the commercial, and shoots down every attempt that Joey makes to offer his input, so she encourages Joey to be bolder and make himself heard. Joey soon forms a romantic relationship with Stacy, and her newfound support prompts him to introduce his own commercial idea without consulting Jesse first. When a presentation that is based on an idea by Jesse is initially rejected, Joey quickly substitutes his own idea for the presentation, and Joey's version of the presentation is bought by the client. Furious and jealous, Jesse gets into a huge fight with Joey and Stacy - developments could stand to destroy their friendship. Later, Danny helps Jesse realize that he is indeed too bossy, and that Joey had been right in asserting himself. So, Jesse and Joey work things out, and Jesse apologizes, while also promising to change his ways. Meanwhile, Comet, has a habit of damaging things that are lying around the house by chewing on them, from Danny's favorite tie to D.J's book report and even one of Michelle's bunny slippers. And if that wasn't bad enough, to make matters worse, Stephanie's favorite stuffed toy in the world, Mr. Bear, is Comet's latest victim. This leaves Stephanie completely devastated. But fortunately for Stephanie, Dr. D.J and Nurse Michelle are able to repair Mr. Bear into a full recovery. She makes a deal with D.J that if she fixes her best friend, she will never read her diary again.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: December 15, 1989 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Doug McIntyre
U.S viewers: 13.4 million

Guest Cast: 
Stacey: Kari Michaelson
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Cindy: Cindy Herron
Ted: Brian Byers
Mr. Kiner: Bert Kramer

 057 * No More Mr. Dumb Guy

A woman named Cynthia Ryan appears on Wake Up, San Francisco and plugs a well-cultured literature soiree to kick off the Festival of Cultural Arts, to which Danny invites her to be his dinner date. Becky invites Jesse to accompany her aswell, however, he declines, believing his lack of formal education wouldn't serve him too well among her intellectual friends. Dr. Eric Trent, Becky's handsome and apparently flirtatious former college English professor, will be there. When he visits the house before the party, Jesse becomes jealous, afraid that someone who is more intelligent than he is will sweep Becky off her feet. It falls to Joey to 'tutor' Jesse in the fine art of making a good impression. Getting cold feet before the party, Jesse tries faking a fever, but Becky won't have it and drags him along. He shows up at the event with an attitude that just might destroy his relationship with his girlfriend, getting into an arm-wrestling competition with Dr. Trent. Meanwhile, as they prepare for dinner, D.J and Stephanie teach Michelle how to insult people, turning Michelle into a human insult machine. Danny isn't thrilled when he learns about this, and wants D.J and Stephanie to reverse what they did. The girls later realize that their dad is right, and instead teach her how to say something nice, and even offer to tuck her in bed. Later that night, Jesse head to Becky's apartment and serenades her with a song on his guitar. She's impressed by that, but still won't let him kiss her until he apologizes for embarrassing her, which he does. He still feels he isn't right for her as he's net good enough or smart enough. She reminds him what being intelligent is really all about.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: January 5, 1990 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler
U.S viewers: 16.4 million

Guest Cast: 
Cynthia Ryan: Dana Sparks
Eric Trent: Barry Van Dyke
Otto: Brian Kale
The Waiter: Christopher Darga

 058 * Misadventures In Babysitting

Eager to have her very own phone line installed in her bedroom, D.J proposes that she do some babysitting to help pay for it, a plan that Danny agree to. An evening with 8-year-old Brian Kagan doesn't seem too difficult at first, but the little terror takes a toll on her as he tries everything to get his own way. He tosses a vase in order for it to break, then steals her purse and threatens to drop it in the fish tank. Kimmy arrives to help out. Brian escapes upstairs, but their troubles aren't over yet. With D.J away, Stephanie is Michelle's babysitter. All attempts fail to get Michelle into bed, even tempting her with a cookie. She tries to hide in the laundry basket, but Stephanie sees right through this and drag her out of the kitchen. An innocent poker game with some buddies gets Jesse in hot water with Becky, while Danny is being 'guy' for a night. Becky and Jesse can't agree on where to spend Christmas. Jesse want to spend it at Graceland and Becky in Nebraska with her family. They compromise and decide to spend Christmas in Nebraska, and New Year's in Memphis. Michelle then walks in. Stephanie follows, explaining she can't get her to sleep. It's up to Jesse to pull out some tricks, which works. Brian, squirting off his water gun, get his head stuck in the railing of the stairs. D.J and Kimmy butter his head in an effort to get him out. Danny leaves the poker game when D.J calls him for help. He arrives just in the nick of time and get Brian's head out of the railing by sawing off a piece of it. Danny decide to let D.J have her own phone line because she did the right thing by calling for help when in need. The next day, Danny calls D.J on her very own phone line!

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: January 12, 1990 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Shari Scharfer & Julie Strassman
U.S viewers: 16.9 million

Guest Cast: 
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Paul: Bruce Baum
Steve: Mike Binder
Michael Kagan: Barry Kivel
Joyce Kagan: Joan Leizman
Brian Kagan: Malachi Pearson

 059 * Lust In The Dust

Stephanie's beautiful young dance instructor seems like the ideal match for single Danny, but because he has multiple reasons not to put himself out there, his daughters take it upon themselves to arrange a little date at the house. Sure enough, after sparks fly between them at the lunch table, Danny and Karen spend a lovely day together, but there is just one thing about this girl that may send Danny running as fast as he can. Turns out Karen's apartment is a mess, and breaks yet another date. Lately, Danny has been deliberately nitpicking and finding things wrong about his dates to have a reason to cancel them, because almost three years after Pam's death, he is still hesitant about dating again. Jesse and Joey convince him to give Karen another chance. Speaking of Jesse and Joey, they've been hard at work with their latest marketing campaign for canned sardines. Meanwhile, Michelle has been taking things that belong to others and hiding them around the house, such as Joey's tape recorder, Stephanie's pen, and D.J's Milli Vanilli cassette tape. Also, Jesse is miserably late for an important band rehearsal because his keys are missing, and the notoriously sneaky Michelle is branded as the culprit. The others beg her to come clean, but Michelle still insists that she did not hide the keys. However it is resolved when Joey comes home and points out that Jesse left his keys in the front door. Then later, Jesse finally heads off to his rehearsal. Taking Joey and Jesse's advice, Danny heads back to Karen's apartment. After she admits that she does know how to clean up, he admits that he didn't give her or even both of them a fair chance.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: January 26, 1990 
Directed by: Tom Rickard
Written by: Bobby Fine & Gigi Vorgan
U.S viewers: 16.1 million

Guest Cast: 
Karen Penner: Debbie Gregory

 060 * Bye, Bye Birdie

It is Michelle's first day of preschool, a day that she has highly anticipated. The night before, the grown-ups make up a bedtime story in the style of a fairy tale. Michelle dresses herself the next morning, unknowingly puts her dress on backwards, which D.J notices immediately. When she finally arrives in the classroom that morning, her happiness is squashed when an unfortunate incident happens. Michelle tries to get Dave, the class's pet bird, to join them in storytime by opening the cage, but he escapes out the open window. She is very sad and even after apologizing to everyone, she says that she is bad. Feeling that nobody likes her, she refuses to go back. At home, Michelle puts out slices of bread in the backyard to try and lure the bird back, but he is long gone. Already realizing that, Danny and Jesse go to buy another bird as a replacement, named Sammy. The next day, Michelle takes the new bird to preschool. Also, Stephanie is very curious as to why D.J heads off to school early. Her inkling is that she is meeting someone, but D.J won't crack. Stephanie then soon get herself in some hot water when her latest attempt to read D.J's diary backfire miserably. She tries to open it without the key, unintentionally breaking the lock. When she tries to glue it back, she accidentally glues her hand to the cover. With the help of Joey, she is able to get her hand off. However, she still has to deal with the consequences of her actions. D.J first lectures Stephanie and then asks her to sit down and talk to her. She wants to know why is she is always snooping in her stuff. Stephanie says she is fascinated by her, to which she is flattered, but she also needs her privacy.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 2, 1990 
Directed by: Jeff Franklin
Written by: Lenny Ripps
U.S viewers: 16.7 million

Guest Cast: 
Miss Petrie: Tyra Ferrell
Aaron: Miko Hughes

 061 * 13 Candles

When her milestone 13th birthday arrives, D.J. celebrates with a fabulous boy-girl party at the house. A lot of friends are in attendace of her party, including the friendly and handsome Kevin Gwynn, a boy she really likes. Kimmy tries to get D.J and Kevin talk and dance with each other, but they are too shy and nervous. So she conspires with Kathy Santoni and the other guests to arrange for Kevin and D.J to kiss during a game of spin the bottle. During the party, the uninvited Stephanie sends Michelle into the living room with a camera in order to take pictures of the events. D.J then allows the family to come and say hello to everyone, but Stephanie manages to get into the party, outing D.J's love for Kevin, before she has to forcefully escort them all back out. In Michelle's room, she is singing and dancing, just as Comet enters the room and Jesse tries to get the pup to sit, failing. Back at the party, just as D.J and Kevin are about to kiss, they are interrupted by Danny, Jesse and Joey being overprotective while eavesdropping. D.J is furious with them, feeling completely embarassed and humiliated as she storms upstairs. Becky lectures the guys before talking to the teen. D.J sits on her bed, crying and cuddling her Pillow Person when Becky knocks on the door, wanting to talk about what happened. She promises anything they talk about will stay between them. It seems the woman-to-girl talk worked. The guys apologize to D.J for overreacting, and promise not to humiliate her again. She returns to the party, which ends with Kimmy apologizing. Later, Kevin returns to bring D.J her card. As she walks Kevin out and they say goodnight, the two finally have their first kiss.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 9, 1990 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Kim Weiskopf
U.S viewers: 15.7 million

Guest Cast: 
Kevin Gwynn: Scott Curtis
Kimmy Gibbler: Andrea Barber
Jake: Christian Guzek
Kathy Santoni: Anne Marie McEvoy

 062 * Mr. Egghead

Joey gets a chance to be the title character on a new TV science show called Mr. Egghead. Because he adores children, he is certain that he would be the ideal host for the show. He even asks Jesse to play his sidekick, The Professor. Meanwhile, Danny and D.J want to try everything to fight a $30 speeding ticket that he received. They even practice the 'testimony' upstairs. But during the real thing, the parking meter runs out and his car gets towed, costing him $100 to get it back. Stephanie and her classmates are the guest audience on Joey's audition show, intended to decide if he will be the replacement host. Joey feels like Mr. Scrambled Egghead when he accidentally breaks her nose during the taping of the show, with her class picture being the next day. Stephanie was humiliated in her class picture last year because the photographer snapped the shot while she was in the middle of a sneeze. This year, she absolutely refuses to let a metal nose splint result in yet another humiliating class picture. She is afraid her classmates will tease her. However, she is warned that Danny will bust her if she tries to weasel her way out. On picture day, she tries every trick in the book herself to sneak out of having her class picture taken with the splint on, even asking Michelle to make her a PB&J sandwich that turns out to be inverted and eaten by Comet. Instead of Danny, it's the other guys who bust her and explain the class picture is something she can only treasure once in each of her grade school years, meaning she has no choice but to go to school and participate in her class picture. But, to alleviate the pain, there are one photo taken with Groucho glasses, and one without.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 16, 1990 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Rob Dames
U.S viewers: 15.8 million

Guest Cast: 
Walter Berman: Whitby Hertford
Mrs. Hardesty: Wendy Cutler

 063 * Those Better Not Be The Days

The sisters are preparing for a trip to an amusement park along with Kimmy. Michelle tries to open up a bag of potato chips, but is caught in the act. When Kimmy shows up, the girls ask for everything else they need. Danny gives D.J a clean sweater, Joey gives Stephanie a camera and Jesse provides a map of the entire park. And, of course, what is a trip to the amusement park without money. Then, Jesse and Becky prepare to leave for a picnic, leaving Joey and Danny to stay home and watch some basketball on TV. Seconds later, they all return due to a huge rainstorm, with Kimmy inviting herself, giving everyone new plans. Danny, Jesse, and Joey feel that the girls are taking them for granted. No matter what they do, they never receive a 'thank you'. So just before the girls head off to a newly-opened ice-skating rink, the guys decide that the six of them should participate in a role reversal where both will assume all the responsibilities that go with the switch. For example, while the girls go watch music videos in the living room, the guys ask the girls to make them some lunch. But the girls think the guys are being ungreatful, and ground them. When it seems that the girls are not catching on as planned, the guys envision what could happen in the future if the girls continue their spoiled ways. Later, the girls come down and lecture the guys, saying they tried to make them a nice lunch, but don't even get a 'thank you' in return. But, the guys have their own lecture for the girls. With that in mind, the girls step aside and ponder the lectures. Walking back to the guys, D.J says that she and Stephanie finally understand the lesson of today's 'game'. They all hug.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 23, 1990 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler
U.S viewers: 15.4 million

Guest Cast: 
Kimmy Gibbler: Andrea Barber
Adult Michelle: Jayne Modean
Adult Stephanie: Julia Montgomery
Adult D.J: Melanie Vincz
Adult Kimmy: Rhonda Shear

 064 * Honey, I Broke The House

Jesse wants to have a romantic night with Becky, however she is scheduled for a business dinner with Beau McIntyre, a former football player who's set to be a guest on Wake Up, San Francisco, which makes Jesse jealous. Meanwhile, Joey is preoccupied with his new car, 'Rosie', a 1963 AMC Rambler. When he sees a nick in the paint, he leaves with Comet to go to Sid & Jean's Auto Supplies to buy a bottle of touch-up paint. While Joey is gone, Stephanie gets into the car. As she is sitting in the driver's seat, she want to put the radio on, so she turns the key around starting the car. Not knowing what the letters on the gear shift means, she thinks that the letter 'R' means radio, only to learn the hard way that 'R' stands for reverse, as Rosie backs up and crashes into the kitchen by plowing through its window. Afterwards she is so terrified that she has her dance class carpool drop her off at Becky's house. Michelle sees the mess and alerts D.J and Kimmy, who are stud- ying upstairs. The two classmates head downstairs only to stare in shock. When Jesse and Danny sees this, Jesse is speechless while Danny is furious about the destruction. Later, Jesse shows up at Becky's house to apologize for being jealous earlier, where he finds Stephanie. He tells her running away won't solve anything and that she needs to face the music. Joey later returns home and is in disbelief when he sees the kitchen. After finding out Stephanie did it, Danny sends her to her room. D.J escorts her upstairs and tries to calm her down by saying everyone makes mistakes. Upstairs, Stephanie is still inconsolable, but Danny assures her that he will always love her and she can never be replaced. They hug.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: March 9, 1990 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Kim Weiskopf
U.S viewers: 15.9 million

Guest Cast: 
Kimmy Gibbler: Andrea Barber

 065 * Just Say No Way

After weeks of planning and organizing an important school dance, D.J and Kimmy are disappointed to learn that the scheduled band cannot perform due to the fact that they broke up. After convincing Jesse to lend his musical talents for the evening, D.J preps herself for the big event by asking her biggest crush, Kevin Guinn, to be her escort for the evening, with a little unsolicited help from Stephanie, as it is a backwards dance and ladies choice. Trouble flares at the dance when Kevin seems uncomfortable in such a huge crowd and Jesse meets the questionable back-up band that D.J has arranged for him. The back-up band turns out to be non other than the school marching-band, and Jesse is willing to be a good sport at first. However, nothing can prevent this former 'bad boy' from blowing up when he catches his young niece with a beer in her hand thinking that she was drinking when she really was not, even though she's only 13. Could D.J really be headed in such a dangerous direction? D.J desperately tries to explain the fact that she was trying to stop Kevin and his two friends from drinking, and got spilled on, but noone in her family believes her, exept from Stephanie. Back at home, Joey presents Michelle with a tape recording of the popular children's song 'Baby Beluga' by Raffi, a decision that he lives to regret. Because the more she plays it, the more it drives everyone in the house crazy. The tape is eventually overplayed and thus break. Back at the school, Kevin tells Jesse and Danny that D.J was not drinking, and that it was in fact him and two other boys. She was trying to stop them. Jesse then apologizes to D.J for falsely accusing her of drinking.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: March 30, 1990 
Directed by: Jeff Franklin
Written by: Jeff Franklin
U.S viewers: 16.3 million

Guest Cast: 
Kimmy Gibbler: Andrea Barber
Kevin: Scott Curtis
Paul: Brandon Stewart
Sam: Joe Elrady
Kathy Santoni: Anne Marie McEvoy
The Teacher: Dirk Tanner

Featuring:
Members of the Beaumont High School Band
 

 066 * Three Men And Another Baby

Danny agree to babysit their next door neighbors baby son Tony Kagan for the night, but when he gets too busy working, Jesse must step in. Miraculously, he warms up to Tony and bonds with him. At first Michelle is cool about it, but not for long. Jesse reminds her that she's a big girl who must learn to share. He lets Tony sleep in her old crib, play with her toys and sings to him her special bedtime song. Not willing to share the attention of her doting uncle, and afraid he doesn't love her anymore, the confused three-year-old takes drastic measures to make sure all eyes stay on her, and starts acting like a baby. Neither Jesse or Becky are happy with her baby-ish behavior and think rewarding her for being a big girl may help. The girls have a solution; Michelle can either have Pillow Person or Mr. Bear, but she must commit, or the deal is off. She picks Mr. Bear. Meanwhile, D.J requests Joey's help in solving a tricky math problem involving different kinds of nuts, but when he can't seem to figure it out, he resorts to calling Mohammed's House of Nuts for help. Also, Danny enrolls Comet in obedience school, and after some effort, he has successfully trained Comet, but Jesse still have problems with Michelle. They both decide she needs communication. Jesse takes Michelle to his room for a talk. She explains her feeling towards Tony, the song and the crib. He says he didn't mean to hurt her feelings and agree he should have asked her first. He assure her that she makes him smile, laugh, is his number one, his best pal, and buddy. They enbrace each other. Stephanie enters and Michelle gives Mr. Bear back. She gets praise for returning him, and promises to be friends with Tony.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: April 13, 1990 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Lenny Ripps
U.S viewers: 14.4 million

Guest Cast: 
Mr. Kagan: Barry Kivel
Mrs. Kagan: Joan Leizman
Baby Tony Kagan: Cameron and Jason McGovern

 067 * Fraternity Reunion

Danny and Joey prepare for their 10-year reunion with former college fraternity, Chi Sigma Sigma. While reminiscing, they remember that the fraternity burned Danny's fraternity jacket when he unintentionally let a sorority, Lambda Tau Delta, steal a stuffed seal that was Chi Sigma Sigma's mascot. Since the ladies are also having a reunion, Joey and Danny eye an opportunity to get the seal back. The guys dress up as women in order to gain revenge and steal their fraternity mascot back. This fails when Joey's wig falls off during limbo. They are arrested and put in jail by a former Lambda Tau Delta member who is now a cop. Meanwhile, D.J and Kimmy take the TV upstairs and accidentally breaks it, causing Danny to forbid D.J to see her best friend for three weeks. Later, D.J watch Stephanie and Michelle. The two older girls play the cup game, and Michelle is anxious to learn. Being too complicated for Michelle, D.J decides to teach her something simpler instead, like the patty-cake rhyme. While so, D.J gets a phone call from Danny, telling her to send either Becky or Claire for bail. D.J can't find either, so she has Kimmy watch her sisters while going to jail, where the Lambda Tau Delta girls have voted to release Danny and Joey. Back home, Danny is grateful to Kimmy for babysitting and teaching Michelle 'patty-cake' while D.J was gone, taking a week off of her banishment. The guys talk about the night's events, looking at themselves in the mirror laughing. Danny remarks that Joey is his equivalent to Kimmy. Later, Jesse return unhappy from a bike ride in the woods, after his escape from the city. He rode his bike into a swamp after he was spooked by a snake-like twig.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: April 27, 1990 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: David Ketchum & Tony DiMarco
U.S viewers: 13.8 million

Guest Cast: 
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Tough Prisoner: Tony Longo
Mary Ann: Jeanine Jackson
Waiter: Peter Isacksen
Second Prisoner: Greg Collins
Sergeant: Rip Hutton
Darlene: Taylor Leigh

 068 * Our Very First Telethon

It is time for the 'We Love Our Children' telethon, hosted by none other than Danny and Becky. Danny has stayed up all night preparing and wants absolutely nothing to go wrong. The goal is to raise $1,000,000 in 24 hours to buy new equipment for the Children's Health Center. Joey is the first performer. After doing a bit of his comedy routine, he tries a magic trick with Becky as his assistant. Joey messes up and unintentionally traps her inside the 'cabinet of mystery'. Becky and Danny then have to perform their scheduled song while Becky is still in the cabinet, but Joey manages to get her out in the end. Later on, the Los Angeles Raiderettes perform, $501,000 has been raised, and Becky has gone home to get some sleep. Danny, who intended to stay awake the entire 24 hours, is getting tired, four hours away from the end of the telethon. He sits down in a big chair from the Wake Up, San Francisco set, and falls asleep with Michelle sitting on his lap. Michelle then performs a song, and then Stephanie performs a dance to Love Shack by The B-52s, and Jesse and Joey try to figure out what else they can do while Danny is asleep. Meanwhile, the pledges keep coming in. D.J and Michelle then perform a song about lollipops and Gummi Bears. Becky returns to the telethon, and Kimmy performs a unicycle routine. That is when Danny wakes up, four hours later. By this time, they have raised $960,000. Mike Love from The Beach Boys shows up, and does the song 'Be True to Your School' with Jesse and the Rippers as the Raiderettes do another performance. By the end of the show, they have raised $1,004,800 - which turns out to be a very successful telethon.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: May 4, 1990 
Directed by: Bill Foster
Written by: Lenny Ripps and Shari Scharfer & Julie Strassman
U.S viewers: 13.9 million

Guest Cast: 
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Mr. Strowbridge: Richard Paul

Special Guest Star:
Himself: Mike Love

Featuring:
The Cheerleaders: The Los Angeles Raiderettes