By Greg Mcinerney, News Correspondent

The lights dimmed. About 100 audience members gathered at Northeastern’s Blackman Auditorium collectively hushed. Dave Coulier slinked on stage with an affable nervousness to an enthusiastic response from those present.
“Is this it?” he said. “Where is everybody? I thought this was supposed to be a full house?”
Coulier shot to fame with his role as Uncle Joey in the successful 90s sitcom “Full House” and judging by the reaction to his opening gag, there were plenty of “Full House” fans in attendance. It was particularly refreshing to see him embrace people’s fondness for the show, often weaving hilarious stories of encounters he has had with fans over the years into his routine.
Throughout the hour-long performance it was clear that Coulier’s style was not as nearly as risqué as that of soon-to-be Northeastern performer Russell Brand.  He instead relied on a very all encompassing, inoffensive brand of comedy that was far from ground breaking, but seemed to please the audience which greeted the vast majority of his bits with appreciative laughter and intermittent applause.
Coulier’s stage presence added greatly to the effectiveness of his material. His jovial, calm demeanor put the audience at ease and his use of the stage at crucial times in his act was made a few of his jokes resonate even more at times during the performance, circling the stage and even at one point repeatedly bumping into the side stage wall much to the crowd’s delight.
The parts of his act that worked best were autobiographical tales of his family, his social awkwardness and living in L.A. They say write about what you know. Coulier’s jokes about his Xbox-addicted son, overly positive Canadian mother and two awkward encounters with Arnold Schwarzenegger were hilarious and worthy of a greater audience than a half empty room of mostly “Full House” fans.
Impressions are a key component of Coulier’s comedic arsenel. His background in the area of voice artistry, having worked on shows like “The Muppet Show” and “The Jetsons,” really permeated his act, particularly towards the end. His impersonations of nostalgic cartoon characters like Bullwinkle and Elmer Fudd were startlingly accurate and his ability to conceive jokes around these impersonations was exceptional. His linguistic impressions were also very good – a gag about ordering from his local Chinese restaurant probably served as the highlight of the entire routine.
Coulier’s attempts to delve into observational comedy were somewhat funny but slightly generic. Airport security jokes have been just about exhausted by every comedian and, while his efforts at the topic still garnered laughs, they were nothing new. Similarly, gags about Tiger Woods and O.J. Simpson fell a bit flat and seemed outdated.
Coulier delivered 60 minutes of good, solid material. “Full House” fans or otherwise, the audience could not complain, particularly as tickets for the night were free. John Goodacre, an undeclared freshman major, said he enjoyed the performance.
“I had heard of Dave from Full House and was curious to see what his stand-up was like,” he said. “I really enjoyed it.”
Dave O’Sullivan, also an undeclared freshman major, was even more positive.
“He was hilarious” he said. “I loved him in ‘Full House’ and he’s still really funny. I’d definitely go to see him again.”