TV Throwdown: Full House vs Step by Step

[The Deadman]

Much like homes with a LOT of family members in it, do you prefer the Tanners or the Lamberts?

[Coola Yagami]

While Full House was the more popular show, kid me remembers that Step by Step had older hotter daughters AND Suzanne Somers, still looking quite bangable.

Full House only had Aunt Becky to look at, aside from all the comedy and whatnot. We all wish we were in Jessie's position.

[ssjup81]

Between the two, I’d go with Full House. I guess it was because we grew up with the characters and I definitely relate to some of the things both DJ and Stephanie’s characters went through. Their characters’ growing pains. I guess it was relatable and I was the right age for it.

Step By Step was also fun to watch as a modern-day Brady Bunch, which I also liked watching as a kid, but I did get bored of the show after a few seasons and couldn’t manage to get through it. I actually finished watching all of Full House during its original run, not Step By Step. I don’t even know how it ended. I also hated the fact they dropped Suzanne’s character’s mother and sister since they ran the salon.

Main gripe I had with Full House was that Becky moved in when she had her own place. She and Jesse should’ve moved out when they got married and really should have when they had the twins.

[MikeandRaph87]

Full House, easy choice. It along with TMNT (1987) are the shows I have watched since before my earliest memories and still love, it holds up as an adult. I cannot say the same for the sequel series though. The show's end marks an end of family centric television and the domination of the adult veered sitcom.


I wish Hulu did not seize syndication rights taking it off both METV and GAC suddenly the day before Bob's heavenly anniversary.I liked having it on METV because it had all of my other 20th century favorites and it felt more prestige and not overly aired.

[Dpooly84]

I watched both but this easy Step by Step all day! 1a they had Bevis and Butt-head live action debut 1b Cody the stoner nephew that lives in a van in the back yard, he was the coolest.

[Powder]

Full House is the GOAT. Period. Against any & all opponents.

[oldmanwinters]

Full House wins, no contest.

HOWEVER, the thing that most stands out about SxS is probably Sasha Mitchell's "dude" performance as Cody. I had no idea about the Kickboxer film franchise back in the 90s, but it blew my mind when people mentioned the fact that he was actually a capable martial artist, and I thought it was weird the show never really took advantage of that fact. I was also really disappointed when I learned he had some problems with domestic violence around the same time.

I never got around to watching any Kickboxer films until the past few years, but it's weird that Mitchell plays "Sloan Brother #3" pretty straight and dramatic in Kickboxer 2, but then inexplicitly morphs into SxS Cody in Kickboxer 3. Then the fourth movie is a slight return to the more dramatic angle.