Well it is time finish this series of TV Sitcoms of the 80s and early Nineties that had some Christian Reference in them. The last show I am going to talk about is Full House. Now you are wondering when did they ever talk about God on that show. Well they very rarely did. Jessie mentions the Christmas story one time and I think that is about it. But the references I am talking about for this show can be found in the very theme song. Now I am about to type out the lyrics of the song as I remember them. They may not be very accurate but I am doing this strictly from memory.
"Shalom! Whatever happen to predictability, the milkman, the paper boy, evening TV? How did I get to living here? Somebody tell me please! This old world is confusing me.Flowers gleam as you ever see and a bird that knows your tune, and a little voice inside you whispers: don't sell your dream so soon! Everywhere you look, there's a heart (a heart), a hand to hold onto; everywhere you look, there's a face of somebody who needs you; when you're lost out there and you're all alone a light is waiting to carry you home, everywhere you look (everywhere you look)."
Now I have played the song twice as I type this post so the above lyrics are as accurate as possible. And I believe they are. Now why do I think that there is Christian references in this theme song well I will break it down to you and explain the best I can.
"Shalom!"- this is known as a Jewish greeting.
"Whatever happen to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV?" - Okay, maybe not in this line but the song is trying to apply even back in the mid-80s that things have change and not necessary for the better.
"How did I get to living here? Somebody tell me please!"- This might just be a reference to the theme of the show of a single father raising his three daughters with his best friend and brother-in-law.
"This old world is confusing me!"- same as above. Don't worry I'm getting to the part I believe as some truth to it in regard to faith.
"Flowers gleam as you ever see and a bird that knows your tune; and a little voice in sides you whispers: Don't sell your dream so soon!"- This voice could be considered one's conscious.
"Everywhere you look, there's a heart (a heart); a hand to hold on to"- This is talking about being needed by those you love.
"Everywhere you look, there's a face of somebody who needs you"- Same as above.
"When you're lost out there and you're all alone, a light is waiting to carry you home, everywhere you look."- Here it is folks, the core Christian message in this song. The first part could be referencing those who don't know Christ as their savior and being "all alone" is a result of that. "A light" is a reference to Jesus and "waiting to carry you home" is a reference to going to Heaven. And then finally "everywhere you look" is a reference to him being everywhere.
Now I am not a preacher. I am just someone who love to write and I was watching my first season box set of "Full House" (The only one I have) one day and when I heard the full lyrics to the song the last part just caught my attention and I have been trying to figure it out as to what Christian meaning could be applied to this song. Now I wasn't trying to force one on the song or the show but the more I thought about it the more I saw the parallels of the Christian Faith with the lyrics to the theme song.
If anyone disagrees with my assessment, please feel free to mention them in the comment section but after reading this post and how I broke down the lyrics to explain my point of view it can't be denied that the parallels aren't there if you look hard enough. Was this the intention of the creators? I don't know. Religion wasn't a reoccurring theme in the show so probably not but sometimes when you least expect it something like this will catch your attention and leads you to a conclusion like this.
And here's a small note of something I didn't mention when I talked about Family Matters. It's theme song has a mention of a Christian reference too. The line that states about "the grand design" is a reference to creation. Well that is it for my series on Christian Themes in Family Sitcoms. I am probably going to be taking a break from doing weekly posts like this because at the moment I am out of ideas to write about. I am still planning on doing a Season 3 review of Dallas next week so more than likely I will be posting reviews each week for now on. On what? Well you will just have to read it each week to find out. But I will say this and this is part of the reason I will not be doing weekly posts like this anymore for a while, Beginning with Halloween I will be posting something about each major Holiday coming up between now and Easter. They will come out about the same time as that holiday if not on the day of. I don't know just yet because I am going to try to start putting some research into my posts. Thank-you and God Bless.
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