Stamos and Gertz would go on to success in later work, and one song performed in the show, "Alone", would become a number-one hit in 1987 for rock group Heart.
Gino Manelli, a 22-year-old welder in Philadelphia, performs as a guitarist with rock band Dreams when not at his regular job.
[7] For The New York Times, John J. O'Connor found similarities between Dreams and Happy Days, regarding Stamos's character of Gino as a "straightforward resurrection" of Henry Winkler's Fonzie "in the Flashdance mode".
[8] However, David Bianculli of The Philadelphia Inquirer had a more mixed review: "The pilot works, barely, but later episodes will tell if this is a cult item or a commercial cop-out.
[11] Full House was a popular show on ABC's TGIF lineup, reaching the top ten of Nielsen ratings in 1991–92.
[13] In 1987, rock group Heart recorded a cover version of "Alone", previously performed by Stamos and Stevenson for Dreams.