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Have mercy! Bob Saget is confirmed to return to Full House reboot as Danny Tanner

Published: 09:15 EST, 29 May 2015 | Updated: 12:36 EST, 29 May 2015

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It certainly is a Fuller House after all.

After fans were left disappointed that the Olsen twins were not returning to the sitcom that made them stars, there is some good news - the Bob is back!

John Stammos confirmed the return of the Tanner house patriarch played be cult icon Bob Sagat late Thursday night.

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He's back: Bob Saget (pictured last month) will reprise his Full House role as Danny Tanner in new reboot Fuller House it was confirmed Thursday

Bob will reprise his role as widowed head of the household, Danny Tanner, ensuring all of the core cast, besides Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, will united for the Netflix series which comes twenty years after the last episode was broadcast on ABC.

John - who plays the always cool Uncle Jesse and is producing Fuller House - wrote on Twitter: 'Last but not least-best piece of casting yet.

'The great @bobsaget will be joining our show on @netfilx - this completes the perfect reunon!'

He's the boss: John Stammos - who produces the show as well as stars in it - confirmed the return of the Tanner house patriarch

Ever the joker the 59-year-old star tweeted back: 'How did you get this information? Kidding! Love you Jesse!'

While on Full House Bob played the moral compass and clean cut dad, since then the Bob has become known as something very different thanks to his frank confessions about misbehaving on set and his rather adult comedy stylings.

After the star played a drug-using and hooker-loving parody of himself on Entourage he became a cult figure to many.

Ever the joker: While on Full House Bob played the moral compass and clean cut dad, since then the Bob has become known as something very different thanks to his frank confessions about misbehaving on set

Not so clean cut: After the star played a drug-using and hooker-loving parody of himself on Entourage he became a cult figure to many

The announcement that he will be back as the dad comes after a string of cast revelations.

On Wednesday, Jodie Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner, shared a snap with her co-star Andrea Barber - who is Kimmy Gibbler - taken on the Warner Bros filming lot in Los Angeles - with her Twitter confirming her return.

It was confirmed on Thursday that Aunt Becky will be reunited with Uncle Jesse, news which will delight fans of the show - which is returning named as Fuller House.

Original cast: The sitcom ran for 192 episodes from 1987 to 1995 and started with a small core cast of (L-R) Mary-Kate and Ashley who played the same character Michelle Tanner, Dave Coulier, Jodie, Bob, Candice Cameron and John

Lori Loughlin told Good Morning America she is excited to be back with the original cast members.

She recently told People magazine that she loved being on the sitcom: 'Doing that show was one of the best jobs I've ever had.'

Jodie - now 33 - was five-years-old when she started in the heart-warming family comedy.

Back in the house: Jodie Sweetin, left, who played Stephanie Tanner, shared a snap backstage on the Full House reboot with Andrea Barber who starred as Kimmy Gibbler - with her Twitter followers on Wednesday

She recently told US Weekly she is 'thrilled' the series is returning, and gave an insight into how her character has grown up.

'Steph has been a world traveller', she told the publication, 'She is a little bit of a free spirit. She's kind of an aspiring musician, she's been traveling all over.'

The star told the magazine that the reboot of the show has been discussed for years, and finally become a reality when they met with Netflix.

Aunt Becky's Back: Lori Laughlin confirmed to GMA on Thursday that she will be also be returning

Lori Loughlin has officially joined Full House reboot

'It's definitely a dream come true,' Jodie told US, 'When we took this meeting with Netflix months and months ago, and then things slowed down, we didn't hear and said, ''Okay, we'll see what happens.'' Then it's like all of a sudden, it's going.'

The original series was based around a widowed news reporter Danny Tanner who enlisted the help of his best friends to raise his three daughters after his wife was killed in a car crash.

The new series - which is set to debut in 2016 - will revolve around the eldest daughter of the Tanner clan, D.J., played by original cast member Candace Cameron-Bure, as she attempts to grapple with widowhood with the help of her friends.

Child-stars: Full House made stars of the Olsen twins - who started on the show at just nine months old - and have gone on to turn their fame into an empire of direct-to-video movies and specials