Dean Martin's brutal one-word response to young John Stamos changed his life forever

John Stamos wanted advice from the King of Cool — and got an answer he never forgot.

The "Full House" alum got his big break on television as Blackie Parrish on "General Hospital" from 1982 to 1984. But by the end of his run, Stamos was determined to leave the soap opera world behind and prove he was capable of much more.

"When I was leaving ‘General Hospital,’ Gloria Monty, who was the producer, she didn’t want me to go, and I wanted to be funny," the actor recalled in an archival clip from Joseph Sibilia’s "Friars Club Podcast...