Traffic is terrible.
Welcome to Southern California.
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It's tape night!
We're on our way to the studio.
Michael is driving,
and my son Tate is coming with us today,
but he doesn't want to be on the vlog, so
[chuckles]
I have to hold the camera at this angle.
It's the last day of summer vacation for my kids,
and my daughter has been several times this season already.
But my son has not been to the studio yet this season,
so he's coming with me today and we're gonna hang.
We did our Starbucks trip this morning.
I had my egg bites.
Michael had banana bread.
I've been reading your comments and everyone's like,
"Who's Michael? Is he your boyfriend?
Is he your editor? Is he your driver?
Or is he just helpful to have around?"
Yes.
[laughs]
My dad, when he introduces Michael to people, he still says,
"This is Andrea's friend, Michael."
And how long have we been dating?
- Three and a half? - Three and a half years.
Three and a half, almost four years
and my dad still calls him my friend.
Candace is directing tonight,
so I have my DJ Tanner shirt on in support.
I'm once again going over my lines.
I am living for this new highlighter.
It's like, totally made my day,
just having a brand new highlighter to highlight my lines.
It's the little things.
I'm excited. It's gonna be a good night.
Can't wait.
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So some of the questions I got was,
"How do you memorize your lines?"
So I guess it's just repetition.
[chuckles]
The more we rehearse it,
the less I have to actually sit down and study it
just because of the repetition.
The hard part is when we get changes at the last minute.
Before the live show tonight,
they're going to give us new pages with new dialogue
and then we have to memorize it really fast.
And then, right before my scene, I will just cram.
I will just cram and read and go over it in my mind
over and over and over.
That's kind of how I got through college.
[chuckles] Last minute cramming.
And then they will give us changes
in the middle of the scene, in between takes, too.
They're called Alts.
So they'll give us alternate lines or jokes
just to kind of punch up the jokes a little bit
and make them funnier.
Today, I'm going to wear the belly for rehearsal,
which I don't always do.
But I'm going to today because
there's just several parts of the script where,
like, either the belly is referenced or people are rubbing it
or there's one scene where I have to run in it,
so I kind of need it on today to get the feel of
everything.
And so people aren't rubbing my actual stomach.
[laughs]
They're rubbing the fake baby.
The fake baby Tanner-Gibbler.
[thump]
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♪ I'm in my stairway smoking ♪
♪ Catching my breath ♪
♪ I can feel my skin burning ♪
♪ You light the fire in me ♪
♪ Got no regrets ♪
♪ Can't forget ♪
♪ You got me wrapped around it ♪
♪ You feel me, your body wrapped around me ♪
♪ Good mistakes ♪
♪ Oh, you got me looped about it ♪
♪ You and me ♪
♪ You got me losing sleep ♪
♪ I am in too deep ♪
♪ Like an overdose ♪
♪ You're the antidote ♪
♪ Losing sleep ♪
♪ I am in too deep ♪
♪ No matter where I hide ♪
♪ You got me sleep deprived ♪
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CANDACE: And... action!
[whispering] So everybody always wants to know
what is up these stairs.
And I have to whisper because they're camera-blocking.
But follow me and I'll show you what's up the kitchen stairs.
See? It's a dead end.
There's nothing up here
but a dead end.
But sometimes we have to cram, like, five or six actors up here,
[chuckles]
waiting for our entrance.
And if Dave Coulier's up here,
that's usually the time he chooses to fart.
These are real-life photos of us
as kids
and us 20 or 30 years ago.
And I think it's really cool
that
it's one of the only shows where we can have childhood photos
of our actual selves on our set.
So it makes me very happy.
This one's my favorite 'cause Jodie's sticking her tongue out,
like that sassy little girl that she was.
[Andrea chuckles]
[whispering] Let's go up the living room steps.
CANDACE: And cut!
These are the living room stairs,
and this is what it leads to.
Another dead end.
See, this has been such a mystery for 30 years.
"What's at the top of the living room stairs?"
And it's literally nothing.
With a chair,
that's our cue light
so we know when to make our entrance,
and some graffiti
back here. [laughs]
And wires.
That's it.
Okay, so here's another little secret.
I mentioned before how we would kind of cram -
cram, learn our lines right before the scene.
[laughs]
So we have little spots around each set
where we hide our scripts,
so we can pull them out as soon as the director calls cut,
and we kind of cram a little bit more and then we hide 'em.
So one is this end table.
I'll just - I don't even know what's in here,
like, some props and like, an old mint.
That's fun.
And then so I'll just hide my script in there.
We do the scene,
and then, as soon as the director calls cut,
I pull my script out.
Another place - we often use these pillows
just hide our scripts back there
and do the scene,
and then pull our scripts back out.
This guy.
[hums excitedly]
This is the Old Mariner.
We love this guy. He's been around -
Oh.
Crap.
MICHAEL: His head.
I've decapitated the Mariner.
Dammit.
[plops script down]
Sorry. Okay.
Well, so much for the beloved Mariner.
[loud buzzer sounds]
This thing's been around
since Full House.
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And we love him. We call him the Old Mariner.
And, um, I've just broken his head.
Props!
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[whispering] Let's get out of here!
Quick!
[muttering] Dammit!
Let's go.
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- Stop - What do I -
Bob, what are we doing right now?
Well, we're gonna take the cast photo.
It's fun, it's like our yearbook photo.
You should be in this.
[offscreen] Cast *and* crew.
- Cast and crew, yeah. - Cast and crew.
How long have you been part of the crew?
[Andrea laughs]
SONI: What department are you in?
What department am I?
A security guard asked me that yesterday.
As I was walking onto the stage, he said,
"What department are you in?"
Really?
[Andrea laughs]
Are you pregnant,
or are you just happy to see me?
Bob...
- What? - Bob...
There's Scott.
I love her. I have always loved her.
And I love him.
There's a lot of love.
A: Look at all of these fine people gathering.
Oh yeah, there's a gaggle of people.
It's like our yearbook photo.
It's a vlog!
It's a vlog.
A vlog is what you say when you're holding a porcelain thing.
[Andrea laughs]
After a big night out.
SCOTT: Hey, you guys vlogging?
A: At least you're not talking about menstrual cups anymore.
B: We're vlogging.
B: Yeah, the menstrual cup's all I care about.
[Andrea laughs]
B: I'm wearing it right now.
- No! - Oh yeah
- No! - Absolutely
It's been nice having you here.
I love - well, yeah
I wish we had more scenes together.
Yeah, we didn't. But we will.
We will. Apparently the show's never going away, ever.
I hope not. We have a billboard now.
I saw it. It's beautiful.
I went up to it. I wrote my name on it.
[laughs] Right.
Did you autograph it?
Yeah. I signed "Ellen."
[Andrea laughs]
A: There's Jodie. J: Hi!
There's a lot of people in here.
BOB: You are - Andrea is one of the sweetest people.
A: You've got the selfie arm.
I look deformed though.
[both laugh]
She is one of the sweetest people on this cast.
And anybody that doesn't think so
doesn't know the true Andrea.
And I might have made jokes over the years
about Kimmy Gibbler,
You did.
Right. But that was jokes.
I know. Well, they were written for you.
It's not like you asked to say those things.
I mean, in my stand-up also.
Oh yeah, that's right!
Yeah, and she would go to the shows,
and then she would tell me a thing or two.
That's okay. It's funny.
It's all - I'm a good sport.
Well, we love each other.
And it's funny. And I'm subjectively funny.
ANDREA: Hi, Director Candace!
CANDACE: Hi!
Let's do a cast and crew photo!
With no makeup on, okay!
[laughing] With no makeup on!
We look great!
No one's gonna recognize us, it's gonna be like,
"Who are those girls in the middle?"
Let's just photoshop our faces from last year.
You know, like they did on last year's -
Oh yeah! I like it.
A: I like it.
A: All right, and there's Soni.
SONI: Woo!
- Hi, Soni! - Hi!
I'm on the vlog now!
A: You're on the vlog.
I'm on the vlog.
A: This isn't the last time.
A: We have more stuff to talk about later.
I have to turn this off now.
[assorted chatter]
[cheering]
CHRIS: All right, here we go, guys.
CHRIS: Eyes up at the lens, everybody!
PHOTOGRAPHER: Okay, everybody look up at the camera!
On three. One, two...
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♪ Do you remember the time ♪
♪ when we were young ♪ and wild and free?
♪ Do you remember that life ♪
CAST AND CREW: Cheese!
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Oh, I don't wanna cry.
It's literally 30, more than 30 years...
not only in the making, but just dreaming of doing this.
And I remember being little and my mom telling me,
"One day, maybe you'll be a director!
Because that's even better than an actor!"
And I have the best people around me,
not only my family and my team,
but all of *you*
to feel so safe to be able to do something that's so scary
and knowing that all of you would be supportive
and have my back and literally not allow me to fail,
and having that safety net has been incredible,
so thank you to every one of you
that has made my dreams come true
and a dream that I want to continue to fulfill
because this is even better than I even expected.
We can't do this without every single one of us here,
and every single one of our positions are so important,
and it takes a village, literally.
So thank you for being the best at what *you* do
and making our show great.
[offscreen] We love you, Candace!
[cast and crew applauds]
I've officially been vlogging for a week, today,
and it's getting a little more comfortable.
My main motto is just, "Don't overthink it."
I just go.
And that seems to be working pretty well.
I think? I don't know.
I could still use some more tips,
and I heard in the past that Shane Dawson is a huge fan of
Full House and Kimmy Gibbler.
We once had a Twitter exchange.
So, I doubt he's watching this,
but Shane, if you're watching this,
and you want to give me some tips on how to vlog,
I welcome you anytime.
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ANDREA: Okay, we're getting ready to do intros.
The cast is gathering.
[audience laughs in the background]
A: [whispering] Hey, guys!
WOMAN: Copy that, I have Andrea on.
A: Hi, Bob, you look lovely.
A: When are you gonna get ready for the show, Bob?
Yeah, I'm all ready.
A: Oh, okay. I couldn't tell.
I don't know my lines.
A: I don't know my lines, either. That's okay.
Okay, let's go over here.
We just got new pages,
and so we're, all of us are like, desperately trying to learn our lines
[laughs]
before the show.
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All right, everybody, let's circle up!
CAST: [yelling] Hey!
[yelling slowly rises in pitch]
[kids laughing]
[assorted chatter]
A: Hi, Soni!
A: Hi, Michael!
Hi!
A: Are you excited for the show?
I'm super excited!
- Are you pumped? - Super pumped!
A: Yeah! Woo-hoo!
A: Hi, Bob
ANNOUNCER: As Rebecca, Lori Laughlin!
[audience cheers]
[Andrea laughs]
Go, Bob!
ANNOUNCER: As Danny, Bob Saget!
[audience cheers]
As Kimmy,
ANDREA: Here we go, here we go!
ANNOUNCER: Andrea Barber!
ANDREA: Hi!
[audience cheers]
A: Woo!
ANNOUNCER: As Stephanie, Jodie Sweetin!
[audience cheering] ANDREA: Yay!
ANNOUNCER: As DJ, Candace Cameron Bure!
[audience cheers]
Everybody, give it up for an amazing cast!
[audience cheers]
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