--- title: John Stamos Plays with Olsen Twins in Adorable Home Movie description: John Stamos tugged on fans' heartstrings with a throwback Instagram video showing him playing with a young Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. canonical: https://time.com/4232303/john-stamos-olsen-twins-throwback-home-movie/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-22T15:34:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:20.854Z og:title: John Stamos Plays With the Olsen Twins in Adorable Home Movie og:description: It was filmed in Hawaii og:url: https://time.com/4232303/john-stamos-olsen-twins-throwback-home-movie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt648d93dd6434f81e/69887e793c16395f0c45c1dc/john-stamos-olsen-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FULL HOUSE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Stamos Plays With the Olsen Twins in Adorable Home Movie twitter:description: It was filmed in Hawaii twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt648d93dd6434f81e/69887e793c16395f0c45c1dc/john-stamos-olsen-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch John Stamos Play With the Olsen Twins in This Adorable Home Movie  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 22, 2016 3:34 PM UTC  FULL HOUSE - 'Educating Jesse' - Season Six - 10/27/92, Jesse (John Stamos) had Michelle (Ashley Olsen) promise that she'd never be a quitter. FULL HOUSE - 'Educating Jesse' - Season Six - 10/27/92, Jesse (John Stamos) had Michelle (Ashley Olsen) promise that she'd never be a quitter.ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 22, 2016 3:34 PM UTC The [premiere of ](http://time.com/4213654/netflix-fuller-house-trailer-ellen-show/)[_Fuller House_](http://time.com/4213654/netflix-fuller-house-trailer-ellen-show/)is less than a week away, which means it’s time for viewers to go into full-on nostalgia mode about the return of the Tanner family. Luckily, the cast seems willing to help. John Stamos tugged on fans’ heartstrings on Sunday with a throwback Instagram video showing him playing with a young Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Dated Aug. 14, 1989, and filmed in Hawaii, the clip features the then 3-year-old twins giving Stamos a big hug and kiss. **Read More:** [John Stamos ‘Heartbroken’ That Olsen Twins Won’t Return for _Fuller House_](http://time.com/3895097/john-stamos-heartbroken-olsen-twins-fuller-house/) Although the Olsens won’t be appearing in the _Full House_ sequel for a [variety of reasons](http://time.com/4169471/mary-kate-ashley-olsen-fuller-house-absence-explained/), it’s always nice to see a cute moment between [Michelle](http://time.com/3911698/full-house-reboot-fuller-olsen-twins/) and Uncle Jesse. _Fuller House_ will debut on Netflix on Feb. 26. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4232303/john-stamos-olsen-twins-throwback-home-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4232303/john-stamos-olsen-twins-throwback-home-movie/"},"headline":"Watch John Stamos Play With the Olsen Twins in This Adorable Home Movie","datePublished":"2016-02-22T15:34:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:20.854Z","description":"\"You miss your old familar friends, but waiting just around the bend\"","url":"https://time.com/4232303/john-stamos-olsen-twins-throwback-home-movie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Full House","TV","fuller house"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt648d93dd6434f81e/69887e793c16395f0c45c1dc/john-stamos-olsen-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt648d93dd6434f81e/69887e793c16395f0c45c1dc/john-stamos-olsen-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FULL HOUSE","caption":"FULL HOUSE - 'Educating Jesse' - Season Six - 10/27/92, Jesse (John Stamos) had Michelle (Ashley Olsen) promise that she'd never be a quitter.","creditText":"ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4232303/john-stamos-olsen-twins-throwback-home-movie/","name":"Watch John Stamos Play With the Olsen Twins in This Adorable Home Movie"}}]}] ```