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Happy Full House Friday Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, I covered Full House S2E19: Blast From The Past, which aired on April 7, 1989 in the new series Joey's Ladies for the month of February. In this episode Joey gets a phone call from an old girlfriend he had at college ten years ago. Kimmy 'spellbinds' DJ and Steph to a very close co-existence that lasts a lot longer than originally anticipated. Danny's obsession with tax codes inspires Michelle to do some monstrous cleaning. I thought this was a good episode. We got to learn more about Joey's past and about how he gave up his heart to a girl who couldn't be more selfish in her actions. She broke up with him when they were in college with basically a deer john letter on her new boyfriend's stationary and broke his heart. Joey had been so in love with her he was going to propose. Fast forward 10 years and his ex Patty Fogerty is back fresh off a divorce possibly f

Happy Full House Friday Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, I covered the last episode(s) since this is a 2 Parter, in the Jesse's Ladies Series with, Full House S1E19 and S1E20: The Seven Month Itch Parts 1 & 2 which aired on March 11, 1988 and March 18, 1988. In PART 1 - Jesse is fed up with his lack of privacy and family responsibilities, especially when they interfere with his love life. In PART 2 - Jesse leaves a note stating he can't take it anymore and wants to get away from the family. Stephanie and D. J. fear he's moving out, so they call and tell him Michelle is really sick so he'll rush home. I enjoyed this episode as Jesse gets away with his friends and his new girl Samantha, he reexamines his life and his priorities and sees that being with the girls and Danny and Joey, being part of a family, is where his heart is and hoe he has to start growing up and making some changes in his life. The girls adjust

Happy Full House Friday Everyone. Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, we meet Robin Winslow the next woman in the Jesse's Ladies Series in Full House S1E14: Half A Love Story, which aired on January 14, 1988. In this episode Jesse uses baby Michelle to get a date with one of Danny's co-workers. i enjoyed this episode. One thing I can say about Robin is she knows what she wants and what she wants is a career, I mentioned while recording this episode that to me Robin felt like a pre Becky character and we saw how Jesse reacted to her, he was infatuated, because she represented exactly the time of woman he would want to settle down and raise a family with. Girls like Jill Jesse's on again/off again fling, is the type of woman you can have fun with but not someone you would consider for a serious relationship at least from Jesse's perspective as he shrugs her off immediately because he only has eyes for Robin. Robin on the other ha

Hey Full House Fans, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. I have a special episode for today in honor of Jodie Sweetin's (Stephanie) Birthday (January 19). Today, I covered Full House S5E8: Gotta Dance, which aired on November 5, 1991. In this episode In this episode, Stephanie pleads Danny to let her take an intense dance program, but Danny only gives in because he wasn't able to fulfill his dream of being a high jumper. Soon Stephanie decides that she doesn't want to do the intense program any more because it consumes too much of her life, but Danny is living his dreams simultaneously through her. so Stephanie purposely screws up so that she might not have to dance anymore. Becky wants Jesse to come to her baby shower but everyone knows that Jesse would never want to come, so she tricks him into coming. But Michelle gives in to telling Jesse the truth when he bribes her with ice cream. I really liked this episode, it showed us how Steph

Happy Full House Friday Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, I'm covering Full House S1E8: Jesse's Girl which aired on November 6, 1987. In this episode on a stormy night, the family is up telling a bedtime story about a girl that caught the eye of both Jesse and Joey. The girl was being tutored by Jesse, but fell hard for Joey. I enjoyed this episode. Let me start out by saying this about Jesse, when he falls for a girl, he falls really HARD. Sadly, this girl, Corrina Spicer does reciprocate, she does however find an attraction to Joey based on the way he interacts with the girls and cares about them. If we can say one thing that defines Joey it's his ability to make people laugh. One quality above all that Corrina finds attractive in a man is a sense of humor, I would definitely agree with that statement. I felt that Jesse came out too strong with her especially when she didn't share his feelings in return. He even

Happy Full House Friday Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, I kick off a new Jesse Series for January 2023, Jesse's Ladies and I'm starting with Full House S1E5: Sea Cruise, which aired on October 16, 1987. Basically covering all the ladies that came before Becky. In this episode Danny's all-male fishing trip turns into a love-boat cruise. The girls spend the night at Grandma's leaving the guys with an empty house for the first time ever. Danny uses this opportunity to suggest they go on a midnight fishing trip down at the marina, just the guys. However Joey and Jesse have other plans of the lady variety, but Danny digs in his heels and plays the guilt card of he's not ready to meet anyone new, so Joey and Jesse give in and they go down to the marina for what they think is a guys only night out, but boy are they surprised. Jesse is reunited with an old flame, famous Rockstar Roxana who brings along her back up singer

Happy Full House Friday Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, I conclude the Jesse & Michelle Double Feature for the month of December with Full House S6E18: Please Don't Touch The Dinosaur, which aired on February 23, 1993. In this episode Jesse and Danny both get volunteered to take Michelle's class on a field trip to the museum. Jesse's rowdier bunch of kids cause trouble and end up destroying a dinosaur skeleton. Meanwhile, Stephanie and D.J. get into an argument over who owns a baseball card worth $2,000. I enjoyed this episode. Michelle caught in the middle of having to choose between Danny's group and Jesse's group on a trip to the Museum. Honestly, it's not a hard choice for her, she always chooses Jesse over Danny, and this time Danny takes it a little too personally and starts lashing out at Jesse's chaperon skills after his group of rowdy kids causes chaos of alarming proportions including destroying a million

Hey Punky Peeps, Angela Bowen here, the host of Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast. Today, I covered Punky Brewster (2021) S1E5: Looking For Love and a Hat, which aired on February 25, 2021. In this episode Punky dates a rocker, upsetting Travis; Izzy loses her cap; Cherie has a yard sale for Fenster Hall. I enjoyed certain parts of this episode Izzy losing her hat and the family helping her cope and Cherie having a yard sale with Fenster Hall. Didn't care for the storyline with Punky dating a rocker. Appreciated the similarities of storylines between Izzy and her hat and the connection with her Dad and Punky in Season 1 Punky Brewster (1984) losing her doll My, her last connection to her mother side from her dog Brandon. Join me in April when I cover S1E6: The Look of Daniel, which aired on February 25, 2021. In this episode Punky and Travis wonder about Daniels gender identity; Izzy is obsessed with WWE. I hope you all enjoy the podcast episode! To EMAIL The PODCAST GO TO: punkypo

Happy Full House Friday Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, I covered the first episode in the Jesse & Michelle Double Feature which I chose for December, Full House S5E19: The Devil Made Me Do It, which aired on February 18, 1992. In this episode the temptation to fiddle with Jesse's forbidden music equipment is too great for Michelle; but when Jesse lands her in hot water for it, the little devil in her wants to burn him. Elsewhere, Kimmy and Stephanie are at each other's throats, and it's up to D.J. to referee the proceedings. I really liked this episode! Jesse and Michelle's relationship is put to the test when Michelle plays with Jesse's music equipment in his studio after he recently forbade her from doing so. She calls him "Uncle Tattletale" after Jesse explains to Danny what happened. Michelle of course is punished and she chooses to retaliate after being visited by her consciences in physical form, "Good Miche

Hey Full House Podcast Listeners, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, I covered Full House S5E24: Girls Will Be Boys, which aired on April 28, 1992. In this episode When her best friend Teddy ignores her for being a girl, Michelle decides she wants to become a boy instead. Meanwhile, Jesse gets a part on Joey's TV show, and DJ catches Stephanie listening in on her phone call. This was a good episode. I really liked it. Michelle loses Teddy (temporarily) to Aaron (Mr. Bossypants) when Aaron starts hassling Teddy about playing/hanging out with girls which apparently at age 5 is something boys just aren't allowed to do (according to Aaron). Teddy who will not stand up to Aaron follows his lead leaving Michelle to ponder, what do I do now, since I lost my best friend? She takes it upon herself to start dressing like a boy since that's the only way to get Teddy to hang with her. During a play session of playing guns (can't get more 9

Hey Punky Peeps, Angela Bowen here, the host of Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast. Today, I covered S1E4: Under The Influence, which aired on February 25, 2021. In this episode Punky thinks Hannah's new boyfriend is a bad influence; Izzy tried to be the perfect kid. I thought this episode was just ok. Again, it's another heavily Hannah featured episode and I can't stand her character. At least Izzy has screen time otherwise this episode would have had nothing for me. When Izzy breaks Punky's camera lens, I'm reminded of an episode of the OG Punky Brewster Season 1 Punky Brewster's Workout, when Punky breaks the lens on Henry's new video recorder. Join me next month for S1E5: Looking For Love and a Hat, which aired on February 25, 2021. In this episode Punky dates a rocker, upsetting Travis; Izzy loses her cap; Cherie has a yard sale for Fenster Hall. To EMAIL The Podcast GO TO: punkypowerpodcast@gmail.com

Happy Turkey Day Full House Podcast Listeners, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, I covered the last episode in the Michelle and Friends Series, Full House S8E4: I've Got A Secret, which aired on October 18, 1994. In this episode Danny causes problems for Michelle when she joins a secret club. D.J. becomes jealous when Kimmy dates her former boyfriend. Jesse and Rebecca agree to divulge the names of their past loves. I enjoyed this episode, but I feel this is just a repeat of the same lesson in Be Your Own Best Friend from Season 7, when Michelle gets dumped by Teddy and Denise as friends. But honestly, the reasoning or rules for how to obtain this Super Fortress are beyond ridiculous. It's $39, no kid in 1994 under the age of 10 has that kind of dough unless it's a holiday or their birthday or they managed to save their allowance for months on end and not spend any of it (highly unlikely). Also if one of them does manage to get

Happy Full House Friday Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast, Today, I covered the next episode in the Michelle and Friends Series, with Full House S7E21: Be Your Own Best Friend, which aired on April 5, 1994. In this episode Danny suggests Michelle's class do a project of drawing their best friend. But when Michelle can't decide whether to draw Teddy or Denise, they quit being friends with her. I enjoyed this episode. It was cool to see Teddy return to the show after a year and a half away. His last episode S6E2: The Long Goodbye which aired on September 29, 1992 and then this episode S7E21: Be Your Own Best Friend which aired on April 5, 1994. He's been away for a while. I wonder if Michelle and Teddy exchanged letters over that time. My guess is no, otherwise she probably would have known he was moving back. Unless he wanted to surprise her and boy, was she. Poor Denise feels left in the dust, actually no, she fights for her

Happy Full House Friday Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, I kick off the month of November with the Michelle and Friends Series, starting with Full House S6E2: The Long Goodbye, which aired on September 29, 1992. In this episode Michelle and Danny both mourn their long-distance relationships. Michelle learns that Teddy is moving , not to another city, but to another state entirely. We're talkin' Texas, guys! My current home state. He's actually moving to Amarillo, haven't been, but whenever I hear it mentioned I think of Teddy. Granted us reg OG Full House watchers, we know Teddy comes back in Season 7. In fact that's the next episode in this series. So anyway, Michelle is heartbroken, we're talking Howie goes back to Nebraska from Season 2, heartbroken. Well, at least Howie got off easy, I mean, it's not like Michelle at two years old, tied him to a chair, hoping his family would leave without him. Poor Teddy,

Happy Halloween Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast. Today, I'm covering another Bonus Episode, Wishbone S2E1: Halloween Hound The Legend of Creepy Collars Part 1 & 2, which aired on October 15, 1997. In this episode PART 1: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' dominates as Halloween comes to Oakdale. Wishbone imagines himself as Ichabod Crane while Joe and his two schoolmates participate in Oakdale's scavenger hunt. In this episode PART 2: Wishbone and the gang participate in Oakdale's first annual Halloween scavenger hunt, complete with a haunted house. I really love this episode, it's perfect for this time of year. It kicks off Season 2 of the show with a 1 Hour Special Halloween 2 Part Episode and the book featured for this episode is The Legend of Sleepy Hallow by Washington Irving. Ichabod Crane's fear of ghosts or spirits as he refers to them match up perfectly with Joe's (Wishbone's owner) fear of being unlucky (Wishbone missing Joe's basketba

Hey Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast. Today, I am bringing to you a Bonus Episode of one of my favorite shows growing up, besides Punky Brewster. I covered the PBS 1995 show Wishbone, all about the little dog with the big imagination. If you grew up in the 90's like me you definitely watched this show and if you were a teenager like me in 1995 you probably also had a crush on Wishbone's owner Joe Talbot like I did. The episode I decided to cover is Wishbone S1E9: Digging Up The Past, which aired on October 17, 1995. In this episode Joe, Ellen and Wishbone meet a woman who lived in their home over 40 years ago, who comes to see the house and find the treasures she left behind as a kid. Wishbone imagines himself as Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep for 20 years and doesn't recognize anything or anybody, and can't get anyone to believe who he is. I chose this episode because it is one of my favorites, it's all about going back and rediscovering your p

Happy (Early) Full House Friday Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, I conclude the Joey and the Girls Series with Full House S7E9: The Day of the Rhino, which aired on November 9, 1993. In this episode Michelle and her friends get ripped off after sending in their money for giant plush Rigby rhino dolls and confront Rigby during a public appearance at the mall. Vicki and Becky teach D.J. a lesson how guys will say anything to compliment women's appearances, while Jesse and Danny teach Steve how to comment women's looks tactfully. I really enjoyed this episode. Joey taught Michelle a valuable lesson about standing up for yourself when it comes to being taken advantage of after spending your hard earned money on something that turns out, isn't as advertised. DJ and Steve teach the adults, Danny, Vicki, Jesse and Becky a thing or two about honesty and not just telling someone what you think they want to hear, to spare thei

Happy Full House Friday Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, in honor of Elias Harger's (Max Fuller) birthday (tomorrow), I covered Fuller House S1E8: Secrets, Lies and Firetrucks, which aired on February 26,2016. In this episode when Max learns to lie, he also learns that lies can backfire. Meanwhile, the ladies of the house fall in love with secrets. I really enjoyed this episode. It was cute with Cosmo chewing up the Tanner Couch and Baby Tommy constantly bouncing in his playpen. Also seeing Danny with his grandkids was so sweet. The Sofa Jacket that Stephanie makes for Danny is awesome! I love it! Join me next week when I cover the final episode in the Joey and the Girls Series with Full House S7E9: The Day of the Rhino, which aired on November 9, 1993. In this episode Michelle and her friends get ripped off after sending in their money for giant plush Rigby rhino dolls and confront Rigby during a public appearan

Hey Punky Peeps, Angela Bowen here, the host of Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast. Today, I covered S1E3: Two First Dates, which aired on February 25, 2021. In this episode Punky and Hannah go on dates on the same night; Izzy helps Travis write a song. I'm gonna be honest here and tell you all I really didn't care for this episode being fully Hannah centered or the fact that she and Punky go out on first dates and wind up at the same place. I really enjoyed Izzy and Travis hanging out as she helped him through his song writer's block and together they come up with an adorable song about ice cream. Join me next month when I cover S1E4: Under The Influence, which aired on February 25, 2021. In this episode Punky thinks Hannah's new boyfriend is a bad influence; Izzy tried to be the perfect kid.

Happy Full House Friday Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. Today, I covered the next episode in the Joey and the Girls Series, Full House S5E13: Easy Rider, which aired on December 3, 1991. In this episode Michelle decides that she wants to learn how to ride a two-wheel bike with out training wheels. she asks her dad for help but he has to spend the day with co-star Vicky so that they can plan their week. However, all they can talk about is the kiss they shared the week before. Meanwhile Joey offers to help Michelle learn to ride, and she agrees, but he uses the classic technique of letting go, and Michelle falls into a bush. She yells at him and says that she cant trust him anymore. So when they get home Joey, as Bulwinkle, says that he can help her clean her scrape. She gives in and then it stings and she yells at him again. Becky and Jesse decide to take the twins on their first car ride. A spontaneous one. But after two hour