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?
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