The Return Of “Full House”?

From the time I was in elementary school until this very day I've had an endless fascination with the TV show Full House. The story of a widower raising his three precocious daughters with the help of his best friend and John Stamos has provided me with hours of "quality" entertainment. Well, I may soon get my wish of new episodes of the legendary series. Uncle Jesse confirmed rumors that a possible new series is in the works. The story would pick up in modern times with the Tanner girls all grown up and Joey, Danny, and Jesse in middle age. Most of the cast says they are on board, all except Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Apparently, they are too busy dating oily foreign millionaires to reprise the role that made them famous.

This is good news for a variety of reasons but I think the main one is that we need a little Full House right about now. The world is a really scary place right now and we could use the innocence and goofiness of the Tanner family. Look, the show isn't good in fact it's pretty bad. But that's not what's important. The show has an innocence and blithe sentimentality that we could use today. If nothing else the show is like mental heroin and would allow us to zone out for a half hour.