Andrea Barber Opens Up About Quitting Acting After Full House

Andrea Barber is back for more Full House Rewind! This time Andrea gets candid about her time working in Hollywood, opening up about what led her to quit acting after Full House. Andrea shares her surprising experience writing on Fuller House, and dishes on what it was really like working with Dave. Plus, Andrea reflects on her time on the Nickelodeon show That Girl Lay Lay after the show runner’s sudden passing.
Did Joey and Kimmy get…married?! What quirky gifts were exchanged on set? What was it like when Andrea finally went to a “real school”? Tune in now!
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[@lillianp-yj6yx]

You can tell Andrea is a genuinely good person. I love her as Kimmy and as an actress!

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yes, it sucks we didn’t see her play anything other roles besides Kimmy Gibbler.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@nsasupporter7557Andrea should have been a A-lister.

[@anitahardesty2163]

Please do fullest house soon!!! Ive binged watched full house and fuller house over and over!! Lolo. 5 seasons of fuller house was not enough!!Definitely ready for fullest house!!

[@GuardinBabe]

Especially considering Stephanie and Jimmy named their daughter "Danielle" after Danny. It would be a great way to honour Danny Tanner/ Bob Saget's legacy if this actually happened.

[@lillianp-yj6yx]

I have watched Full House so many times, it's my number one comfort show. Seeing the cast is like seeing relatives or an old friend as crazy as it sounds

[@Veganartist25]

Maybe in 30 years 😂

[@nsasupporter7557]

There does not need to be a “Fullest House!” We all need to get over making more of the same movies and shows and milking everything to death. It was cool that they were able to green light “Fuller House” but it’s over now and we need to move on

[@anitahardesty2163]

Yes and Stephanie announced she was pregnant!!

[@christopherderoy3153]

Dave, you wore some of the most iconic sweaters in the early years of Full House. A lot of which were made by Iceberg. Were these personal pieces of yours, or provided by wardrobe. I noticed you wore one in particular from 1990 that I’m forever in search of. The Tomato Ketchup one from the Tommy Paige episode.

[@oneandonlytara]

I totally remember Bob's comment about his urn on the mantle on "Fullest" It's a must, now.

[@NewsFort]

lmao I was going to comment this! Yeah I am so glad Bob mentioned that. Makes it feel ok and that he really is still with us

[@oneandonlytara]

@@NewsFort right? I like to think it was his way of giving us permission to laugh through the grief and be absolutely ok doing so.

[@NewsFort]

@@oneandonlytara yup!

[@HeatherSC02]

Love Andrea. Kimmy and Joeys comedic relief was just what the show needed.

[@hellokrust]

I remember watching an interview with John Stamos recently where he said that he would often throw backyard BBQs and invite the cast. one of those barbecues his girlfriend at the time had met Kirk, and then they broke up and she is now his wife

[@user-fx5hq9ye9n]

I'm so grateful you are all still in my life. I'm thirty one and have been watching Full House since birth!

[@trentowens2683]

I'd love to see Miko Hughes, Jodie Sweetin, Jurnee Smollett, Scott Menville, Gail Edwards, Blake McIver Ewing, Andrea Abbate, David Lipper, Debbie Gregory, Malachi Pearson, Kathryn Zaremba, Scott Curtis, Debra Sandlund, Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, Danielle Fishel, Candace Cameron Bure, Martha Quinn, Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit, Molly Morgan, Jason Marsden, Darlene Vogel, Jordan Christopher Michael, Felicia Michaels, Whit Hertford, Anne Marie McEvoy, R.J. Williams, Tiffany Watson, Rhoda Gemignani, Nathan Nishiguchi and John Aprea on the pod episodes!

[@DigiRangerScott]

That’s a laundry list. Just have patience

[@trentowens2683]

@@DigiRangerScott what do you means that's laundry list?

[@user-kl4zj1gb5v]

​@@trentowens2683it's alot

[@user-jm6mt1en2c]

Miko Hughes would probably be on but I don't know about Mary kate and Ashley

[@DigiRangerScott]

@@trentowens2683 You’re just listing people with no consideration

[@wanupgirl]

I hope Andrea vlogs again. I miss her vlog channel.

[@vodkajaybulls]

Hey Dave & F.H.R. pod! Hey Andrea! Happy to enter the weekend with you all! ❤️💯🤗

[@jackiewinters5792]

Andrea was always my favorite, & is still to this day! Absolutely love her as a person & an actress! She rocks! 💜🤗

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yeah, honestly I wanted to see her in more acting gigs. I’ve always wanted to see her play a different character other than Kimmy Gibbler. It’s completely mind blowing how different from Kimmy she is in real life. Candace Cameron and Jodie Sweetin did alot of Hallmark movies and Candace did the Aurora Teagarden series also

[@Jenna.g.85]

Joey and Kimmy married is just as strange as Uncle Jesse actually marrying someone the same age as Michelle. I think Fullest House with Danny in an urn is a great idea, could have flashback clips of Danny (what would Danny do?)

[@jacquelinemilom4164]

Kimmy is married though already on the fuller house canon. She remarried Fernando her ex husband. Where is this Joey and Kimmy thing coming from? Did I miss something. Because that is very weird considering Joey have Kimmy away after her parents couldn’t make it to her wedding. He was full in “dad.” Weird weird notion yes.

[@Jenna.g.85]

@@jacquelinemilom4164 they mentioned doing a project in 2012 together

[@jacquelinemilom4164]

@@Jenna.g.85 I don’t remember this.

[@DigiRangerScott]

@@jacquelinemilom4164It was a Funny or Die skit. A talk show called “It’s F***ing Late” or something

[@jacquelinemilom4164]

@@DigiRangerScott oh okay. That makes more sense than it being a real idea for another sequel/reboot.

[@alisonclarke1127]

I love ending the week with Full House Remind ❤ I’m a huge full house fan

[@sweetlifehappywife3460]

I’ve been waiting for this one! ❤

[@JEFFYjackass]

This is one of my favorite episodes. So much fun and so many great memories watching this episode. Probably from elementary school to early high school Full House was on Nick@Nite 6am. Probably different time zone channel too lol

[@Jackert86]

Aaaaaandrea Barber❤❤ love her so much!! Thanks for bringing her back and all the inside. Aaand the Napoleon Dynamite Joke didnt get cut after all😂😂

[@nsasupporter7557]

She’s really not missing anything! Unless she likes very awkward humor, she’s not missing anything by not watching that movie

[@SarahLo-jq4mi]

Great interview!

[@GreatestFriends18]

I love Andrea Barber! I’m so glad she came back for another episode.

[@stephaniealaia769]

Omg yes! As a big fan of all of you and of course including Bob please do more seasons of Fuller House! Bc I thought towards the end it looked like you guys were going to make more. But I know with what happened if maybe that’s why it was even postponed or anything. And I love Kirk Cameron 😍😍😍 this was a treat to see him on the show just love you guys

[@Janelletravels204]

Chip reader 😂😂😂 I’m crying ! Iove these two !!!

[@joeb267382]

What she says at 16:35 makes a lot of sense. I am sure it's so emotionally draining and like she said a grind for a former child star to try to get another show. She was smart not to want to put hersef through that. When you are most famous for a kids show it can be almost impossible for some actors or actresses to get work after that.

[@Cruisetravelers]

I love anytime that Andrea is on but I really wish this episode would’ve been saved for Candace. Thanks for another great episode!

[@user-kl4zj1gb5v]

She's coming soon he already announcement it and Jodie sweetin will be on too

[@kimcheung5276]

I do hope you do fullest house It be awesome to see everyone again and reminiscing on Danny Tanner (Bob Saget)

[@laurag5322]

Special request - is there any way the fans can join you two for a virtual Napoleon Dynamite watch party? I ask myself what could be more fun than rewatching this movie with you two?! 😊

[@nsasupporter7557]

Napoleon Dynamite is the most awkward movie I’ve ever seen lol

[@Rhett.Castillo]

YES PLEASE!!! Somebody needs to convince Uncle Jesse to produce "Fullest house"! It would be a hit if you guys pick up where the last season left off

[@CalebJacobs762]

I just subscribed. I love the podcast. Please bring on John Stamos.

[@nsasupporter7557]

He was already on it

[@BNHAalltheway]

Andrea is a great good that she was on again the pod cast just gets better and better

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yeah but the episode with Dylan Willhout wasn’t good, he was really boring. Dave was really the only one talking in that episode.. that was the weakest episode of this podcast so far

[@sharonpanico4769]

Love all the episodes We need y'all to come back on and put Bob Saget urn on fireplace that be nice he won't be forgotten 👼❤️

[@mienafriggstad3360]

😂 the cookbook 🍹 I'm a year older then Candace. I was a big fan of Kirk before I was a fan of Candace. I sorta still am a fan of both of them. So I get why the live audience went wild when Kirk appeared 🤩😍

[@Darkpetalsandtears]

Happy Friday 💖💖💖🌹🌹🌹

[@GhostbustersReturns]

The legs kicks I Was Laughing!!

[@domimburgia935]

I forgot all about that funny or die Sketch. That was hilarious and weird seeing Dave and Andrea kiss 😂

[@sarahulven82]

Please do Fullest House. It would be fun to see their married lives with the kids. Maybe the older ones could back too.

[@rachelmartin5187]

Nah, they should just let it be and air reruns of the original. For one, there's no Full House without Danny Tanner (RIP Bob Saget). Plus, knowing the writers, there'd be no creativity, just a nostalgia overload.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@rachelmartin5187yes, Thank you! I’m so glad to see there’s someone else who’s smart on here besides me.. it’s so annoying how everybody mindlessly pushes for more of the same movies and tv shows. They need to get over milking everything to death.

[@rachelmartin5187]

​@nsasupporter7557 Hollywood would be alot better if they chose to be creative. Instead of remaking and rebooting damn near all the iconic movies and shows they should try thinking outside the box. I imagine it would make a difference.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@rachelmartin5187 yes exactly but what doesn’t help is how stupid the fans are. They mindlessly want sequels… WHY?! They haven’t seen how terrible other sequels are?? They need to use their brains and start considering that more sequels is a bad idea instead of only thinking that since they love that movie then they just wanna see more of it! It doesn’t always work that way, people need to learn to think outside the box a little more

[@rachelmartin5187]

Thinking outside the box would've made the Fuller House reboot better tbh. Instead of copying the plot of the original, why not have D.J. married and not a widow, or why not give Jesse and Becky their own show. Man, just so many missed opportunities.

[@phyllismontoroula6454]

Very nice show I like Full House and Fuller house

[@GhostbustersReturns]

The NutCracker Was Funny what Andrea did On Stage I was laughing!!

[@vorca8442]

It's interesting about back stories of the show. I have one question. I'm a hockey guy and your a hockey guy I'm curious have you saw the Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs in Maple leaf gardens in Toronto before? Was just curious. I'm in Toronto so leaf fan 😆 was going to send this on your website but it said only business related only. So I don't know if I'll get an answer here lol hopefully a response cheers

[@karliechardi2229]

I feel like a dunce..... I've NEVER put together that Kirk and Candice are siblings.😅

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yes, I’m surprised that still not everybody knows that yet lol I mean I understand if you’re not a fan it, but if you love Full House you should know. I didn’t watch Growing Pains nearly as much as Full House. I watched Growing Pains some but not religiously

[@karliechardi2229]

@@nsasupporter7557 and I was the other way around. I loved both! But I just didn't get the time to watch full house as often as when growing pains was on. Well either really. So I binge watched all of growing pains beginning to end in my late twenties. Almost never had cable.... And couldn't afford even Netflix or Hulu or others until past few years. So yeah I only got to see two episodes of fuller house. So full house and fuller house is on my immediate find and binge list. I remember growing up wanting to be DJ because she was just the coolest and I identified with.

[@madisongates4941]

Omg no way I do debit or credit to my husband 😂😂

[@wanupgirl]

Fullest house needs to happen with Stephanie and Kimmy's kids

[@disneydarling7573]

“Grief is love living on.”

[@claudettecardounel3291]

Love this ❤, can we please have Jodie on next and then Candace.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Jaleel White should be on it as well

[@thedisneylovershonhammons1807]

I loved this show 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@cjam145]

I am begging Bob please do fullest house.

[@nsasupporter7557]

No! Can we all stop mindlessly pushing for more of the same movies and tv shows!! The show is over, let it go

[@cjam145]

@@nsasupporter7557 We need to bring back sitcoms, especially this one.

[@sharonpanico4769]

Cool jacket ❤

[@angs2587]

Omg did not know Andrea Barbara daughter is named mine daughters is Felicity

[@nsasupporter7557]

Wow! It’s really deep that he brought up Jim Henson and his unexpected death

[@user-mv2tg8hc8c]

I love Andrea! Kimmy is hilarious!

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yes, it’s completely mind blowing how different she is from Kimmy in real life

[@MarjorieEarlDean]

She even sounds like D.J. in the reading. 😆

[@YcatsVlogs]

can't find the skit and i tried

[@elizabethharrison7306]

Full house 🏠 Remind Love my favorite one fan BIG Fuller house 🏠 full house love my favorite one fan BIG 💖💖💖💖💖💖🎶🌁

[@user-dh4mi6ir2m]

Again, Andrea. 1:52 2:00

[@Honeycomblife]

💖

[@danfiorino5013]

Where are Comet and Mr. Woodchuck?

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yeah, he hasn’t done that the last few episodes hasn’t he

[@mienafriggstad3360]

During the writers strike he and his producers decided to "tweak" the format format of this podcast a bit; for the listening only audience; he said.

[@betyourbottomdollar7]

💞

[@nevermindgaming6848]

Gotta have the Olsens on sooner than later

[@yogaqueen1527]

Never going to happen

[@rachelmartin5187]

Unfortunately, their appearance at Bob Sagets funeral might be the closest thing to a reunion will ever have.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@yogaqueen1527I believe you, but how are you so sure?

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@rachelmartin5187but that wasn’t made public though, was it?

[@rachelmartin5187]

​@@nsasupporter7557Well, they had alot of opportunities to come to Fuller house and never did.

[@user-br5gn8mb7c]

What happened to former full house actress Andrea barber?

[@lilCindi1010]

That’s her

[@rachelmartin5187]

She went on to become a teacher.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@rachelmartin5187it sucks that the only character that we ever got to see her play (and will probably ever get to see her play) is Kimmy Gibbler. She’s obviously a good actress and I would’ve loved to see her play other characters… oh wait, she played a principal didn’t she?

[@user-br5gn8mb7c]

Principal Willingham from that girl lay lay was played by former full house actress andrea barber.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@user-br5gn8mb7c yeah, I heard about that. I’ve still never seen it though

[@GhostbustersReturns]

I'm Sad that Andrea got divorced!! She's So Funny On Full House and Fuller House!!

[@Awesomlyanna]

Please Candace come on please

[@Cruisetravelers]

She will be on. As will Jodie.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@Cruisetravelersbut the Olsen Twins are highly unlikely

[@user-nj8np9ze7s]

I grew up with you guys. It will mean a lot to me if you get. Candace Cameron Bure To say hi to me in an interview

[@mrs.ericalaurenhornmason3825]

❤️💘💜👼🏻💜💜💜

[@michaelderenne9838]

This show would be much better without the whole narrated episode thing. It would be more interesting to hear behind the scenes info about the show and the episodes and regular interviews.

[@jullianball8578]

It wouldn’t be a Full House without Bob Saget.

[@TylerKnight-xo2dl]

She quit acting because she knows Hollywood is bad

[@lexkanyima2195]

Andrea is a smart woman of not making pressure

[@sterny26]

Kimmy was the best!!!!! too bad DJ turned out to be a horrible person.. .YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@aryanakurillo3536]

What!! How??