Virtually Unscathed?

Those who know me best know that the cast of "Full House" is probably the very last thing they'd see on my blog. But, for some reason I've been thinking a lot about the Tanners lately. It all started about a month ago when I saw the E! True Hollywood Story of the favorite family sitcom. The ooey-gooey, feel-good show ran from 1987-1995, so it garnered a two hour THS. As I was watching, I began thinking about the cast: they seem virtually unscathed from their eight seasons in this heartwarming, cringe-inducing sitcom (are you cringing from just looking at that picture? I am). What's the deal!?!?

OK, so Stamos can't buy a hit show ("Thieves," "Jake in Progress"), and his ex is completely bonkers for leaving him and his awesome head of hair. One of the Olsens had a bout with an eating disorder, but we all knew at least one of them would. And, maybe Saget's only hired for other dad roles in his failed show ("Raising Dad") that was even shorter-lived than Uncle Jesse's. (But did you see "Half Baked?" Priceless!) But the thing is they all seemed so okay with all this.

Jodie Sweetin and Candace Cameron seemed so happy and normal on the THS interviews. Sweetin is married and getting a teaching degree (go Steph!). Candace, sister of Kirk, has like three cute-as-buttons kids with her Russian ice hockey playin' husband, and is hosting great countdown shows with Keshia Knight-Pulliam. Even Dave Coulier seemed content with his stay in the "Surreal Life" house with my mortal enemy Flava Flav (yes, he may have even taken Oprah's place). Lori Loughlin was also still beautiful (and I still want her hair). Perhaps the most amazing thing to me was how nostalgic they all sounded when talking about this show, this show filled with sugar, spice, and etheral music when the lesson was about to be dropped on your head like a nuke. They all sounded genuinely happy about their experiences on the show and spoke of each other fondly, and almost longingly.

This show type-cast them for LIFE. This show was my generation's "The Brady Bunch": it will run everyday in syndication for forever. Andrea Barber will always be annoying Kimmy Gibler, perhaps the worst best friend ever created for television, and while she didn't speak on THS, she's probably still okay with this (and the residuals that roll in monthly). This cast could be complaining constantly about how they're a Tanner and only known as a Tanner (a la Maureen McCormick from "The Brady Bunch"), but they don't! I just don't get it. How are these people not stuck in a Hollywood Blvd. gutter, high on coke and heroin after this show, espcially the youngsters (well, we don't actually know what happened to the twins who played Jesse and Becky's twins)??? If Mary-Kate/Ashley only have to worry about a 6-week stint in rehab for anorexia, the members of this family staple have remained virtually unscathed. And that, my friends, proves there is a God.