Once upon a time, Dave Coulier and Alanis Morrissette were relatively unknown Canadians who were catching their first big breaks in the States on that magical new contraption that was making Ted Turner rich: the cable. Specifically on Nickelodeon. Alanis was one of about a billion cast members on You Can't Do That On Television -- which, neophyte Nick fans, is where they got that whole "slime" thing -- and Dave was the host of Out of Control, a weird sort of proto-Pee-Wee's Playhouse except, you know, forgettable.
Cut to a few years later. It's the '90's, and everyone's wearing Neil Young and Starbucksing Twin Peaks. And Dave and Alanis -- who we have to assume met when Dave offered to sneak Alanis a beer at a Nick reunion party -- are finishing up a torrid affair. How did the unhappy couple mark the end of their time together? Well, we're pretty sure Dave went off and took a nap on a pile of thousand-dollar bills with the Olsen Twins printed on them.
And Alanis? Alanis wrote "You Oughtta Know." About Dave.
And one day, Dave heard it. And what'd he think?
"I said, 'Wow, this girl is angry.' And then I said, 'Oh man, I think
it's Alanis,'" Coulier revealed. "I listened to the song over and over
again, and I said, 'I think I have really hurt this person.'"
And he was right. And then he lied about it for 15 years. Until yesterday. Maybe a statute of limitations ran out or something?
The end.
Dave Coulier admits Alanis Morissette's 'You Oughta Know' is about him [NY Daily News]
