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==Background ==
  
==Background ==
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Joey was born September 21, 1958, to Mindy and Colonel Gladstone. His dad was known to be strict and did not approve of Joey's comedy career, while his mom did, which caused them to get a divorce.
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Joey was born on September 21, 1958, to Mindy and Colonel Gladstone. His dad was known to be strict and did not approve of Joey's comedy career, while his mom did, which caused them to get a divorce.
 
[[File:Pal_joey123.jpg|thumb|left|Joey Meeting Danny]]
  
[[File:Pal_joey123.jpg|thumb|left|Joey Meeting Danny]]
 
When Joey was 10 years old he saved [[Danny Tanner]] from another schoolmate named Sheldon ("[[Pal Joey]]"). This caused them to become best friends.  
  
When Joey was 10 years old he saved [[Danny Tanner]] from another schoolmate named Sheldon ("[[Pal Joey]]"). This caused them to become best friends.  

Revision as of 18:46, 13 May 2020

Joseph Alvin "Joey" Gladstone (played by Dave Coulier) is the childhood best friend of Danny Tanner, and adulthood friend of Jesse Katsopolis. Joey moved in with Danny shortly after the death of Danny's wife, Pam, to help raise D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle. Joey tries to be a stand-up comedian, whose act usually includes imitations of cartoon-character voices such as Popeye, Bullwinkle, Pepe LePew, Elmer Fudd, and many more. Joey initially slept in the alcove of Danny's living room. However, after complaining of not being able to find privacy, Danny reconstructs his basement garage into a bedroom for him. In college, Joey got a degree in education. This way if being a comedian didn't work out he had a solid career to fall back on.

Background

Joey was born on September 21, 1958, to Mindy and Colonel Gladstone. His dad was known to be strict and did not approve of Joey's comedy career, while his mom did, which caused them to get a divorce.

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Joey Meeting Danny

When Joey was 10 years old he saved Danny Tanner from another schoolmate named Sheldon ("Pal Joey"). This caused them to become best friends.  

In January 1977, Joey faced Stonewall Binkley in hockey but he lost, embarrassing him because his family and Danny Tanner were watching him during the game in his college days ("Nice Guys Finish First").

During his Sophmore Year, he dated Patty Fogerty but she left him for a guy named Michael Winchester, leaving Joey heartbroken because he wanted to spend his life with her ("Blast From the Past"). 

He finished college in June 1980, along with Danny Tanner and often visited Danny's house on occasion. He was there at the hospital when D.J. was born. Her mother, Pam, wanted to call her Farrah but Joey persuaded her to name her Donna Jo instead ("Joey Gets Tough").

After Pamela Tanner died, he moves into the house. There was some tension between Joey and Jesse when they first move in, but they quickly become good friends. He usually handles the day-to-day raising of the kids by doing chores like making meals, driving the kids to school appointments, and after school activities, taking care of Michelle as a baby, and helping the kids with their homework. He also buys D.J. her first car for her 16th birthday.

Only once does he have to play the role of parent. In "Joey Gets Tough" (2.7), D.J. gets home an hour late from karate practice and does not call. He grounds her the weekend of the karate tournament. After a little chat, he moved the punishment to next weekend. In "Easy Rider" (5.13), he teaches Michelle to ride her bicycle without training wheels and reminds her that she has to learn to ride, not only without training wheels but without a grown-up at her back. In "Driving Miss D.J." (5.20), he reminds Michelle that while she and Stephanie share a room, she must go play elsewhere in the event that Stephanie has her friends over, similar to what Stephanie did when she shared the room with D.J. and D.J. had her friends over. In "The Play's the Thing" (6.8), after he and Jesse give the Yankee Doodle role to Derek Boyd over Michelle, Michelle thought they were being unfair, but he and Jesse think that she was being more unfair by sitting out the practice session after being given another role (that of the Statue of Liberty). He reminds her that they can't play favorites, and even preaches the classic proverb "You can't always get what you want in life", and his example is that he wanted to be Fred Flintstone growing up, but he "had too many toes". In "The Heartbreak Kid" (6.16), he reminds Michelle that married people (in real life) have to move out of their initial home, asking if that's what she really wants.

Jesse asks Joey to be his best man at his wedding. Jesse also insists his children call Joey, "Uncle Joey" as a sign of respect.

“ Cut it out! ”

Employment

Throughout the series, Joey has held various jobs in addition to his work as a stand-up comic at comedy clubs. In seasons two and three, he and Jesse work in advertising together. They end up forming J&J Creative Services, which they use to compose jingles for television and radio ads. In "Joey Goes Hollywood", Joey wins a role in Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello's new sitcom Surf's Up.

Joey's most successful job is as Ranger Joe on an afternoon children's variety TV show. Ranger Joe's sidekick is his wise-cracking ventriloquist puppet Mr. Woodchuck. In "Radio Days", he is fired when he does not work well with his new on-screen partner, Jungle Jenny, who happens to be the boss's wife. Later in that episode, Joey and Jesse become partners again in an afternoon radio show called, "Rush Hour Renegades" on FM KFLH 95.

Hobbies

Joey was something of an "everyman." His hobbies include:

  • Ice hockey (in "Nice Guys Finish First", he initially decides against playing in the game because of a horrible moment from 15 years before with his old nemesis Hershel Stonewall Binkley; in the rematch, he defeats Binkley and is able to put that nightmare behind him at last)
  • Makes impressions of cartoon characters
  • Playing the harmonica
  • Cooking
  • Biking
  • Watching old TV shows/cartoons/movies with the girls
  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Inline skating
  • Flying (episode "The Wedding")

With the help of Danny, Joey was a contestant on Star Search '90 and receives a rating of 4 stars (highest) by the show's judges. (He goes on to lose the competition to the returning champion because of an audience tie-breaking vote.) Although initially upset with himself for failing to win Star Search, Joey vows to continue with Stand-Up comedy, because he loves to make people laugh. It is also noted that he plays piano (as seen in season 8's "We Got the Beat").

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Full House - Stephanie's Mother Daughter Sleepover with Joey

Relationships

Family

Danny

Joey and Danny have been friends since February 23, 1968, in elementary school.

Dating

Joey has off-and-on-again relationships. They do not last long. His dates include Danny's sister, Cheryl, Patty, Stacy, Christine, Roxy, and others.

Cheryl

Joey meets Cheryl on a triple blind date with Jesse and Danny. Whilst the night does not work out for his friends, he begins to date her.

Voices

Joey is not known for phrases (except for "Cut it out"), but what he is known for is doing voices of well-known characters and famous people, such as:

Trivia

  • Right-handed ("A Pox in Our House")
  • He and Danny both agree that they have horrible middle names
  • His parents are divorced
  • In A Pox in Our House, Joey caught the chicken pox from Stephanie; however, in Viva Las Joey, his father mentions that Joey had the chicken pox when he was three years old
  • Is an avid Detroit Red Wings fan, as his room features Red Wings memorabilia (in real life, Dave Coulier is also a Red Wings fan)

Fuller House

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After Full House ended, Joey moved to Las Vegas, Nevada as a resident stand-up comedian. Some time around that point in time, he met and married fellow Vegas performer Ginger, and the two had four children together:

Trivia

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