Photo of unaired ‘Full House’ pilot offers glimpse of very different cast

Full house“The Tanner family is iconic now, but fans were almost watching a completely different show with an alternate cast.

Jodie Zoetin And Andrea Kapper took to social media on Monday, November 20, to share a never-before-seen photo of the original Tanner family. In no time, Sweetin, 41, who played Stephanie in the hit sitcom, was joined by on-screen sisters Candace Cameron Bure (DJ) and Mary Kate Olsen And Ashley Olsen (Michelle).

However, their parents seemed unknown. While Bob Saget ultimately brought the role of Tanner patriarch Danny to life, the photo of Sweetin and Barber showed a different actor in the role. Danny’s wife, Pam, was also visible in the photo.

“No need to modify your phones – here it is: a recording of the first unaired pilot of Full house,” read the photo caption on the official Instagram account for Sweetin and Barber’s “How Rude, Tanneritos” podcast account. “It was… a little different. Can you imagine this version of the show?

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In the picture, John Posey took on the role of Danny alongside an unnamed actress who played Pam. The original pilot never aired and Saget eventually replaced the 67-year-old Posey Full house‘s debut on ABC. Pam, meanwhile, died before the events of the series began and was never shown on camera.

Full house, which ran from 1987 to 1995, followed Danny as he tried to raise his three daughters – DJ, Stephanie and Michelle – after the death of his wife. Danny’s brother-in-law, Jesse Katsopolis (Johannes Stamos), and best friend Joey Gladstone (Dave Coulier) then came in to help him.

The series also starred Barber, Lori Loughlin And Steve Weinger and was revived by Netflix as Fuller house in 2016. Many of the show’s OG cast members appeared throughout the spinoff’s five seasons.

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Despite documenting their off-screen reunions over the years, Stamos, 60, recently admitted that Saget’s death changed the close bond between the cast.

“The sad thing about losing Bob – I mean, there were a lot of reasons [it was sad]“Obviously he was the guy that really kept us together,” Stamos said In style in October. “We try, we talk. But we don’t spend as much time together as we used to [be]. We were a family and I think people have that too. Both on and off camera.”

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Saget died in January 2022 at the age of 65 in his hotel room in Orlando, Florida. A month later, the Orange County, Florida, medical examiner confirmed that Saget’s death was the result of “blunt head trauma” from an “accidental” fall.

The Full house The cast released a statement after Saget’s death, saying: “Thirty-five years ago we came together as a TV family, but we became a real family. He was a brother to us boys, a father to us girls and a friend to all of us. Bob, we love you dearly.”