Full House: S4E8: Shape Up (The SERIOUS Episodes Series)

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 S4E8: Shape Up, which aired on November 9, 1990. In this episode In light of Kimmy's upcoming pool party, DJ begins a crash diet and overexerts herself exercising. When Stephanie notices the problem, DJ swears her to secrecy, but the secret is out when DJ collapses during a family outing to the gym. I thought given the subject matter of the episode it was done well. Candace (D.J.) did a believable job as someone in the beginning stages of an eating disorder granted I really have nothing to compare it too. Even though I didn't mention it in the episode, actress Tracey Gold (who played Carol Seaver on Growing Pains) had developed an eating disorder while filming the last couple of Seasons of the show very noticeably in Season 7. It was very heartbreaking, she actually took a break during Season 7 to get some professional help. So many "fat jokes" were written at the character Carol's expense and delivered by her older brother Mike (Kirk Cameron, Candace Cameron Bure's older brother) and younger brother Ben (Jeremy Miller. I really liked that Stephanie was the one who was keyed in to DJ's sudden change in behavior (crankiness) and eating habits (skipping breakfast, lunch and dinner) while all the adults including Becky were unaware even though there were warning signs (cutout pictures of supermodels in swimsuits taped on the refrigerator and choosing to have a water pop (icecube on a popsicle stick) instead of a cake sample. The adults even brushed off DJ's dizzy stumble as not a big deal until Stephanie finally confesses to the family that DJ hasn't eaten ANYTHING in 3 days. That's why she collapses at the gym. Not to mention who brushes their teeth BEFORE they eat. Join me next week when I cover what I believe is the darkest episode of Full House, S6E17: Silence Is Not Golden, which aired on February 16, 1993. In this episode when Stephanie is paired with a classmate she hates for a school project, she finds out that his father is beating him, and is sworn to secrecy. Have a great weekend and I hope you enjoy the Podcast Episode! To EMAIL The PODCAST GO TO: [email protected]