Since I'm sure you haven't been living under a rock, I'm sure you know Full House is back on Netflix as a new iteration called Fuller House. It's still the same D.J. (Candace Cameron-Bure), Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin), and neighbor Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber), raising up some kiddos in the old Tanner family home in San Francisco. Eldest daughter Donna Jo is very straight-laced like her father, Danny, and she is recently widowed with three boys, which is the exact opposite of how the Tanner girls grew up. Her sister Stephanie (Uncle Jesse much?) and best friend Kimmy (definitely the essence of weird Joey) are moving in to help. Now Kimmy is a mom, and her teenage daughter adds the Disney-channel style sass. I have yet to delve into the hew show, but I will blog the moment it happens. I'm really here to express my interest in the rebooted theme song. Some of you younger folks might not know what a theme song is. Once upon a time (or at least a good ten years ago), all shows (drama and sitcoms) had an opening song that described the sentiment of the show and showed memorable scenes of the characters, introducing the actors by name. Fuller House took the opportunity to re-do it's theme song, Everywhere You Look.
The theme song was performed by ABC's TV theme hit-maker of the late 80's and early 90's, Jesse Frederick. Jesse also song and penned themes for Family Matters, Perfect Strangers and Step By Step so he was the king of this stuff in the 90's. Most recently, Jesse debuted his version of The Tonight Show theme song. Back in Fuller House land, he worked with Carly Rae Jepsen (Call Me Maybe*). This song is getting a lot of buzz, appearing in the show teaser and even being sung by CRJ and Danny Tanner himself, Bob Saget last week. The tune uses the same words and melody of the original song with more of a poppy, twangy take on the song that asks "Whatever happened to predictability?" Please check out the amazing podcast from the Tuner crew that delves deep into the musicality of the two different versions of the theme song. There's also a bonus mash up of the songs together that sounds really weird and pretty cool. Tuner has some amazing podcasts and I have become a total fan girl after discovering them last week, thanks to my trusty Google App!
* Stay Tuned for a post next week where we really dissect the meaning of Carly Rae Jepsen's hit. I have so much more to say about this song.
This week, Jimmy Fallonand The Tonight Showbroadcasted from Los Angeles. Some may forget, Jay Leno hosted the same Tonight Show from L.A. for years, and Johnny Carson before him did the same in his later seasons. Conan even tried it for a brief time (Too soon, I don't think I'm over the way NBC gave Conan the shove yet). How is an L.A. show different from an NYC show? for one thing, all of the celebrities are at your beck and call and live right nearby. Here's the banner week of guests and performances. I felt like I needed a vacation just from keeping up with the episodes (and maybe from laughing a bit too much) For more info, visit the Tonight Show website.
Monday Will Ferrell (Zoolander) Christina Aguilera (The Voice) (*Did the "Tight pants" sketch with Jimmy and Will)
Music from 2 Chainz and L'il Wayne presentCollagrove
Tuesday Skit with the cast of Full/Fuller House (with Jimmy as Donald Trump) Zach Galifinakis (Baskets) Ronda Rowsey (MMA Fighter)
Music from Pitbull (with Robin Thicke,Joe Perry and others)
Wednesday Jennifer Lopez (Shades of Blue and she has a new Las Vegas residency) Jay Leno (Comedian and former host of this show) Snoop Dogg got stuck in traffic-izzle
Music from Zayn (who doesnt use a last name anymore, formerly of One Direction)
Thursday Vince Vaughn (talking about his producing projects) Ryan Seacrest (American Idol is on for a few more months)
Music from Dead and Company(The Grateful Dead + John Mayer)
Friday Demi Lovato (touring with a JoBro) Bryan Cranston (Oscar nominee)
Music from The Weekend and Lauryn Hill (new Fugees??)
