‘Full House’ Cast Reunites: John Stamos, Dave Coulier & More Share Bob Saget Memories and Behind-the-Scenes Secrets

FULL HOUSE, (top, from left): Dave Coulier, John Stamos, Bob Saget, Scott Weinger, (middle): Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit, Lori Loughlin, Ashley Olsen, Candace Cameron, (bottom): Andrea Barber, Jodie Sweetin, Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, (Season 7, 1989), 1987-95. — Warner Brothers/Courtesy: Everett Collection

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The largest-ever Full House cast reunion at ’90s Con 2026 in Hartford brought together beloved stars, drawing huge crowds and celebrating nearly 40 years of the show’s impact.
Cast members shared heartfelt memories of the late Bob Saget, recalling his unique humor and the lasting influence he had on their lives both on and off set.
Stories highlighted the cast’s playful camaraderie, the challenges of performing live, and the enduring family-like bonds formed during and after the show’s original run.

For fans attending the Full House reunion at 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut, one thing was a safe bet: Put the Full House cast together, and the laughs and heartfelt moments will follow.

While the Tanner family has been a staple of past 90s Con events, the fifth anniversary convention, held October 16–18, 2026, featured the largest gathering of Full House cast members in the event’s history. Dave Coulier, John Stamos, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Lori Loughlin, Scott Weinger and Andrea Barber joined forces for one of the weekend’s biggest draws, delivering the same blend of humor and heart that has connected generations of viewers for almost 40 years.

Stamos, in particular, inspired enormous lines for photos and autographs throughout the weekend, with fans happily waiting three hours or more for the chance to get up close and personal with Uncle Jesse. During the panel, he made it clear that the affection was mutual.

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“We’re so grateful that you all showed up to see us,” Stamos told the crowd. “To see what it means to you all, it just makes our hearts so full.”

For Bure, who played eldest Tanner daughter D.J., meeting viewers who now watch with their own children makes that connection particularly meaningful.

“It’s this special connection between you and your kids because it just brings you back to those memories, but it’s brand new for them,” she said. “When we were making the show, we never would’ve thought back then what it was going to mean to so many people for almost 40 years.”

The cast remembers Bob Saget

Naturally, memories of Bob Saget, who played the Tanner patriarch Danny, were never far away.

“We tell his stories, although we try not to tell his jokes in public,” Stamos quipped.

“Bob’s just glad we’re all still talking about him,” added Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner. “Bob just loves to know that he’s still the main topic of conversation in the best of ways.”

Sweetin had a story that helped explain why Saget’s sense of humor made such a lasting impression. As a child, she regularly spent weekends with his daughters. On one occasion, those plans included an unexpected stop at the Laugh Factory, where Saget needed to perform a set. “I was like, ‘Let’s go,’” Sweetin recalled. “I never really had an off switch.” Much of the material went over her head, but apparently some of it stuck. “I blamed Bob for how I turned out,” she joked.

Coulier, who played Joey Gladstone, remembered that the adults sometimes needed supervision themselves. With the younger actors away in their dressing rooms or doing schoolwork, he, Stamos and Saget would decide they could finally “act like adults.” Unfortunately, the children’s rooms had monitors carrying the action from the stage. “The moms would come around the corner and go, ‘Really, guys? Really? We can see and hear you!’” Coulier recalled.

“You know what? I got included in that, and I wasn’t doing anything wrong!” protested Loughlin.

Full House Dave Coulier, John Stamos, Bob Saget, (Season 1, 1987), 1987-95

On filming in front of a studio audience

Performing in front of a studio audience provided its own challenges, particularly when the cast had to resist joining in the laughter. Coulier recalled struggling to keep a straight face during the scene involving a cement truck backing up to the Tanner kitchen.

“As soon as we stopped that scene, I had to stand up and walk around laughing because I had to keep it in,” he said.

For Sweetin, that unpredictability was part of the fun. “The live audience gives you such energy. It’s like doing theater,” she explained. “There’s just such an energy exchange.”

The family atmosphere extended beyond the soundstage, from barbecues at Stamos’ house to outings with the younger cast members. Bure remembered Coulier taking her to the circus and, more consequentially, her first hockey game.

90s Con Full Huuse stars John Stamos, Jodie Sweetin & Candace Camereon-Burre

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“He took me to my first hockey game where I met my husband,” she said.

Coulier added that Bure’s husband, Val, and his brother, both NHL players from Russia, had learned to speak English by watching Full House. Apparently, the Tanner family had been part of their lives well before that introduction.

Even the weekly treats became a family tradition. Bure’s mother made cookies throughout Full House and resumed the practice when the cast reunited for Fuller House. “Everyone looked forward to it,” Bure said.

Weinger, who played D.J.’s boyfriend Steve, offered a little perspective on his own place in this longstanding family.

“I’m the new guy,” he joked. “I just joined the show 35 years ago.” His other famous role, voicing Disney’s Aladdin, has made him especially valuable to one costar. “John likes to keep me around so that I can say lines for him from Aladdin,” Weinger said of Stamos’ Disney fandom. “I told him, I said, ‘Someday you’re just going to put me on a shelf in your house.’”

An audience question about Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen brought more affectionate memories, along with one of Coulier’s biggest punchlines.

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“I think my favorite memory is when I learned that they became billionaires,” he said, drawing huge laughter.

Stamos offered a more poignant recollection: seeing the sisters at Saget’s memorial and hearing them express their love for their television family.

Coulier also took a moment to thank the fans who had supported him through his cancer battles.

“So many of you have wished me well and said you were praying and sending me positive vibes, and it worked,” he said. “So thank you.”

For all the jokes, that enduring closeness was the thread running through the reunion. Coulier summed it up simply.

“It was an experience that you get once in a lifetime, and we became a family through all of that,” he said. “Honestly, I’m closer to you guys than family.”

Almost four decades after viewers first entered the Tanner house, that bond still gives fans plenty of reasons to keep coming back.