| Baby Love | |
| Season 2, episode 16 | |
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| Air date | February 24, 1989 |
| Writer(s) | Jeff Franklin |
| Director | Peter Baldwin |
| Previous | Pal Joey |
| Next | El Problema Grande de D.J. |
Baby Love is episode sixteen in season two of Full House. It originally aired on February 24, 1989.
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In Michelle's room, D.J. and Kimmy show her a basket of Kimmy's new puppies and allow Michelle to pet them. They even get the pups to do tricks, and Michelle follows suit. D.J. tells her she makes a good pet before she pets the dogs.
Synopsis[]
Joey is teaching Michelle how to water plants and she pours water on his foot then Jesse comes downstairs to watch Danny's show because Becky's is going to let him know if she has a date with him that night 1 wink for yes and 2 winks for no. Howie (who is Michelle's age) is a special guest and Michelle gets a crush on him while she copies what he does on TV and Jesse says that Michelle has her very first crush Joey asks if she really likes Howie and she responds with "Nice boy." (Which means she does like him) Danny brings Howie over to meet Michelle and he refers to him as her very first boyfriend and the girls come in to see him. Then he asks Jesse to watch the girls that night, but he and Rebecca have a date that night then Rebecca says she can bring Howie over that way the kids can play, and she and Jesse can play (which means a double date).
Meanwhile Kimmy brings over The Wolfman, Stephanie tries to horn in on the fun but the girls tell her she is too young Jesse lets her watch the movie and Rebecca thinks it’s not a good idea.
Then Howie has to go back home to Nebraska, it gives Michelle what seems like an incurable case of heartbreak. Danny and Joey try to cheer her up, but she can’t sleep.
Stephanie has a hard night after watching The Wolfman. Visions of an Isuzu-driving werewolf dance in the head of Stephanie, who says it was Jesse who let her watch it. Danny tells her that he understands that she wants to do everything D.J. does, but some things have to wait until she is older, like watching horror movies. To get their point across, the guys put on a little performance, with Jesse as the "Wolfman" (as he has wild uncontrollable hair), Joey as "Papa Wolf", and Danny as "Virginia Wolf" (see Trivia). They both get their "son" to apologize to Stephanie for allowing her to watch the movie, she accepts the apology, and Joey reminds her that next time she can take that scary something and turn it into something really funny. She decides to keep that in mind next time she watches a monster movie. Which for her will be never. Her sister/roommate then takes her upstairs for bed.
Michelle, on the other hand, is having a hard night of her own (maybe even harder) after missing Howie. The next day, as she clutches Jesse's leg, the rest of the family tries to cheer her up, but to no avail: Jesse offers a ride downstairs for breakfast, Danny wants her to play with her ring tower, Joey wants to play zoo with her, D.J. wants to read Dr. Seuss to her, and Stephanie wants to sing to her; but of course, all efforts fail. Danny's words put it best that they may have to move to Nebraska.
Jesse takes the leg-clutching Michelle to his bedroom, where he puts her on his bed and plays a song, he wrote for her that includes an image montage of the happy times that she's had up to this point (and not just with him, either). He manages to coax a smile out of her, but she still misses Howie.
Becky takes care of that by videotaping Howie talking into the camera at the airport and then playing the tape later, and when Michelle watches, the tape makes it seem like Howie is talking directly to Michelle. Howie misses Michelle just as much as she misses him. When it ends, Michelle feels a lot better, and Jesse comments that Becky would be a great mother, though she says he himself is already one. D.J. notes that Michelle may be only 2 years old, but she is acting like a real person (judging from her ability to speak to Howie). Stephanie confirms that Michelle is indeed growing up. Becky decides that Michelle would be better off in a playgroup with kids her age, and Danny says that is not a bad idea. Michelle decides she wants to watch the tape again, despite Joey pointing out that she just watched it. Danny decides that it would not hurt to watch a little "HTV: All Howie, all the time", and everyone (like Michelle) chants Howie's name (as the audience applauds and the EP credits appear).
Quotes[]
- Joey: Rebecca, you may be onto somethin’ here. Fisher-Price Video Dating.
- Michelle: Howie no go.
- Danny: Howie yes go. Howie go back home.
- Michelle: Me go.
- Danny: No, little kemosabe. No can go to Nebraska. Take many moons. [see Trivia]
- Danny: Come on honey. You’ve got to go to sleep. It’s 2 AM.
- Joey: It’s like she lost her best friend. All she kept saying was, "Howie. Howie.”
- Danny: Shh! Don’t say the H-word. Look, she’s finally asleep. [whispering] Good night, Michelle.
- Joey: [whispering] Good night, Michelle.
- Jesse: Aw. I know you miss your friend Howie, but don’t forget about your family who loves you like crazy right here. Remember all the good times we had together? I’m gonna sing that song I wrote for you, OK?
- Michelle: Okay.
- Jesse: Okay. Let me sing it for you, all right? All right.
Trivia[]
- The episode title was taken from the title of the 1964 #1 hit song "Baby Love" by The Supremes; in fact, that song was played during an image montage of Jesse and Michelle's happy times together in last season's "The Seven-Month Itch (Part 2)" (which persuaded him to come home)
- The first of three appearances by Becky's nephew and younger sister, Howie and Connie Anderson
- The first episode with a new (more detailed) logo for Wake Up, San Francisco
- The first episode in which the plot focuses on Michelle
- The above quote of Danny to Michelle is his imitation of The Lone Ranger's Native American sidekick Tonto; and "Kemosabe" is the term of endearment that he often used when speaking to his friend, the Ranger
- Danny's "Virginia Wolf" remark is a reference to author Virginia Woolf
- Joey's "hunchback" and "Notre Dame" remarks are a reference to the novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", though the "Notre Dame" remark was a direct reference to Notre Dame University
- The Dr. Seuss book D.J. tries to read to Michelle is Horton Hears a Who! (The same one read by Jesse in "Fogged In")
- At the beginning of the episode, Joey does a Scooby-Doo impression for Michelle; in 2005, the actor Dave Coulier voiced the character in an episode of Robot Chicken
- This episode proves you’re never too young to meet a friend.
- Jesse is later shown to let his nieces do or have anything in episodes such as Take My Sister, Please and Comet's Excellent Adventure
- The music heard during The Wolfman movie is an APM music track called "Footsteps of Horror" by W. Merreck Farran. It was also used in the 1983 film A Christmas Story and can also be heard in the Nickelodeon animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants."
- Goof: Jesse said that Rebecca was going to let him know if he had a date with her that night with one wink however there were two winks.