14. Mr. Woodchuck, Joey’s chipmunk puppet, made a return in the revival, but he wasn’t actually the original prop. “I kept the original Mr. Woodchuck. And then my dog Ranger ate his face,” Coulier revealed during a Reddit AMA. And the new version comes from none other than Jimmy Fallonwho had it recreated for a reunion sketch in 2014.
15. Based on the original actor Jason Marsden refusing to make an appearance in season two, Queer as folk star Hal Sparks reprized the role of Nelson, DJ’s ex-boyfriend. Although Marsden didn’t reveal why he decided not to return, he wrote on Twitter that producers did “their best” to get him to do so. He had one request: #KeepNelsonShort.
16. 30 years after they last appeared in a project together, Cameron Bure’s older brother Kirk Cameronknown for his hit sitcom Growing pains, made an appearance in the fifth and final season (he appeared in an episode of the original series as DJ’s cousin). He called his brother’s appearance “a really fun surprise,” Cameron Bure said. Closer every week“It’s kind of like a ’90s episode, so Lisa Loeb is in it and my brother Kirk…that week I was also directing…it was a dream come true directing my brother.”
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