YMMV / The Hogan Family

• Funny Moments: The episode where David is a "headless clown".
  • Mark's nightmare in "Nightmare on Oak Street" where he suddenly forgets everything (i.e. he starts to eat cereal with a fork) and his parents find out why - he left his window open and his brain got eaten by zombies. The dream ends with them posting endless sticky notes on him.
  • One episode has David making the twins believe he shaved his head. His hilarious expression of diabolical glee as he slowly pulls off the bald cap is one which must be seen to fully appreciate.
  • Mrs. Poole's overbearing mother-in-law comes to visit in a later season, and David invites Mrs. Poole to yell all the things at him that she wishes she could yell at her mother-in-law. Never has "POUND CAKE!" had the same pathos.
• He Really Can Act: Jason Bateman at times.
• Heartwarming Moments: The family sticking together when their house catches fire. After David's speech about how he prayed that everyone else was safe when he got home and saw the house was on fire, they all sit down to dinner, and this happens:
  Michael: Would anybody like to say grace?
  Beat
  Sandy: I think David just did.
• Mis-blamed: After Les Moonves was ousted from CBS in 2018 due to allegations of sexual harassment from many women, he was actually blamed by some for the firing of Valerie Harper, with some calling it his karma for this particular action. However, it was actually David Salzman who made this decision. Salzman headed Lorimar Television from 1985 to 1990, with Moonves taking over from 1990 to its demise in 1993.
• Moe: Mrs. Poole. Sandy also has her moments.
• Overshadowed by Controversy: When the series is brought up today, it's mostly in connection to Valerie Harper's controversial firing from the show and her subsequent replacement by Sandy Duncan. Other than that, it's best known as Jason Bateman's breakthrough role.
• Questionable Casting: Willard Scott is a decent actor (and he's pretty damn lovable), but how exactly did he get a role on this show? Granted, it was on an infrequent basis for about two seasons, but it's still pretty weird. On the other hand, he did have connections with NBC, being a popular weatherman there.
• Retroactive Recognition: Jodie Sweetin, known to the rest of the world as Stephanie Tanner, played Mrs. Poole's niece in the season 2 episode "Boston Tea Party", which aired several months before Full House debuted.
• Seasonal Rot: A lot of people think this of the show when Valerie Harper left.
• Special Effect Failure: The baseball thrown by Willie during the later seasons' opening credits is pretty obviously superimposed over the scene.
• Values Dissonance: One early episode involves David dating a 24-year-old while only 17. While the relationship is treated as wrong and David backs out in the end, David is given most of the blame for being involved with an older woman rather than the woman herself for going after a boy in high school. A modern episode might point out that the woman could be a pedophile^note Technically, David is of the age of consent in Illinois, where the show is set, but, as a minor, the relationship could still be considered rape in certain circumstances, especially if the woman had some privilege over him. and treat blaming David as victim-blaming.