BJ's Bring a Full House to Sanders

At the sold-out BJ Show in Sanders Theater last night, a guitar was smashed on the stage, two Blue Man Group imposters played catch with bananas and a volleyball hit Bob Saget in the groin.

That was all before intermission.

The second annual BJ Show, hosted by BJ Novak ’01 and BJ Averell ’02 played to a packed house, with profits from the seven dollar admission fee benefiting the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA).

Hosts Novak and Averell treated their audience to a variety of entertainment, but the highlight of the night was a skit entitled “Full House: The Lost Episode.”

The cast featured original show members Bob Saget as Danny Tanner and Scott Weinger ’98 as Steve, DJ Tanner’s boyfriend.

Eden Riegel ’02 of “All My Children” played D.J., Tatyana M. Ali ’02-’03 was featured as Stephanie Tanner, and “The Wonder Years’” Crystal McKellar, a student at the Law School, played Kimmy Gibler.

In this X-rated “lost episode,” Michelle, played by James Augustine ’01 in his second BJ Show appearance, learned about the facts of life from Danny, after he himself learned them from Uncles Jesse and Joey, played by Novak and Averell.

The episode, laden with sexual innuendos and blatant sexual references, was especially funny because of the original show’s wholesome nature.

In the skit, DJ, the oldest Tanner daughter, became a drug addict, and younger sister Stephanie ran a whorehouse from her bedroom.

The audience was tickled to hear several favorite lines from the show, including Uncle Jesses “watch the hair,” Uncle Joeys “cut it out,” Stephanie’s “how rude,” and Michelle’s “you got it dude.”

Weinger took advantage of his other well-known role as the voice of Disney’s Aladdin, asking Danny, “Do you trust me?”

Saget also spoofed his experience as host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” in a presentation of “Harvard’s Funniest Home Videos,” a collection of shots showing various people getting hit in the groin with a white volleyball.

Another video montage included “BJ walking,” a spoof of Jay Leno’s “J walking” series.

The show included appearances by many Harvard groups, including the Opportunes, who introduced the “Lost Episode” by singing the “Full House” theme song after making several intentional mistakes, such as singing the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” theme to introduce Ali and “A Whole New World” to introduce Weinger.

The Krokodiloes made a more traditional appearance, but in the spirit of the BJ Show, ended by throwing pies at each other. On Thin Ice, one of Harvard’s improvisational comedy troupes, did a short sketch, including “Party Quirks.”

BJ Novak’s mother, Linda Novak, made a special appearance, as did Averell’s sister Amy, when each BJ decided he wanted an extra “special helper.”

A comedian entertained the audience as he told jokes in Chinese, which were translated by an audience member.

FinkFankFunk, a popular campus band, assumed the role of house band for the night, playing both before the show and during intermission.

In a special segment called Battle of the Bands, they challenged Mieka D. Pauley ’02 who, overwhelmed by the pure brass power of FinkFankFunk, lost by default.

As punishment, Averell smashed her guitar over a chair on stage.

—Staff writers Alyssa R. Berman and Deborah B. Doroshow can be reached at

berman@fas.harvard.edu and

doroshow@fas.harvard.edu.