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Al also has a brother, Cal, who looks and dresses almost exactly like him, though he is a physicist ("Sisters and Brothers"). In the episode commentaries featured on the Season 1 DVD set, the executive producers reveal that "Cal" was a fan from Texas who sent his photo in a fan letter. Upon seeing his resemblance to Al, the producers brought him in to be Al's brother, Cal. In the episode "No, No, Gadot", Tim and Al were arrested for scalping hockey tickets.
"The DIY Network family is sorry to hear about the passing of Troy Dean Shafer, a dedicated, driven entrepreneur and restoration expert who was admired by everyone who worked on the seriesNashville Flipped," DIY Network said in a statement toEntertainment Tonight. "We continue to extend our deepest condolences to Troy's family and friends during this difficult time." Smith and Van Pelt started a vegan foods company called Playfood, Inc., which they ran illegally out of the Sherman Oaks home Smith had bought during his childhood. Smith told the National Enquirer that the marriage soured when his wife told him she preferred women to men. Taran Noah Smith played youngest son Mark Taylor on Home Improvement for eight years. His painfully awkward adolescence was documented on camera as he towered over his costar Jonathan Taylor Thomas towards the end of the show's run.
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Accused her of channeling funds from their business Playfood Inc. into her own business called Playfood Manufacturing LLC. Karn has made jokes about Donald Trump on his Twitter page over the years. Karn’s wife, Tudi Roche, has expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement on her Facebook page.
Home Improvement had been in the works between Tim Allen and the writing/producing team of Carmen Finestra, David McFadzean, and Matt Williams since the summer of 1990. Originally, the project's proposed title was Hammer Time, both a play on the catchphrase made popular by artist MC Hammer and the name of the fictional fix-it show within the series, which was also called Hammer Time. By the time ABC committed to the project in early 1991, Allen and his team had already changed the title to Home Improvement. The show hosted by Tim Taylor in the shooting script for Home Improvement was still called Hammer Time when the first pilot with Frances Fisher was filmed in April 1991.
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Marie talks about her struggles with her weight and about seeing a therapist. Marie is also encouraging when Jill says she's thinking about going back to school to get her master's degree. Wilson was mentioned in the Last Man Standing episode "Dual Time" having since passed away . Early on in the show, Brad and Randy were portrayed as "partners in crime".
His job now in jeopardy, Morgan offered Tim a big raise and an executive producer credit to stay on at the show, but Tim refused. Thomas began his television career in 1990, playing the role of Kevin Brady, the son of Greg Brady, on The Bradys, a spin-off of the 1970s TV show The Brady Bunch. In 1991, Thomas appeared in three episodes of Fox's sketch comedy series In Living Color. That same year, he was cast as Randy Taylor on ABC's sitcom Home Improvement. Thomas remained with Home Improvement well into his teenage years but left the show in 1998 to focus on academics. Her first big role was playing neighbor Millie Helper on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," and off the set she was rather close with costar Mary Tyler Moore .
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The company is wrapping production on the horror film "Rogue River." Bryan credits "Home Improvement" for the success he has had in the film industry. A "D" grade in Chemistry at Stanford led this nursing student to switch majors to speech and drama, and Guilbert's long career on stage and screen began. After an 8 year battle with brain cancer, Prestia died in 2011at age 64. An apparent Forrest Gump of the entertainment industry for multiple decades, Jones seemed to be everywhere, including appearing in the gatefold photo, standing behind The Eagles inside the "Hotel California" LP.
In addition to being known for playing Al Borland, Karn is also recognized as the fourth host of Family Feud, a job he took on from 2002 to 2006. Karn has starred in dozens of TV shows and movies, including That '70s Show, Ctrl, The Bold and the Beautiful and PEN15. After Home Improvement, he appeared in multiple TV shows and movies, including 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Smallville, Veronica Mars and I'll Be Home for Christmas. His last acting role was in 2015, as he appeared as a guest star on Allen's Last Man Standing.
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Randy's intelligence eventually led to him skipping ahead to advanced math and science classes, and was often the cause of sibling rivalry with Brad. Randy in the later seasons is noticeably a lot shorter than his brothers and his height is often made fun of by Brad. Whenever Tim was in trouble with Jill, Randy was always there with a quick remark that would almost always get him in trouble.
Alma Borland – Al's unseen, overbearing, obese mother; is the butt of many of Tim's jokes; dies of a sudden heart attack in Season 8 when Al informs her he is going to marry Trudi. Carrie Patterson (Tudi Roche– the real-life wife of Richard Karn), Jill's sister, a world-traveling photographer. On their wedding day, she and Al mutually agreed not to get married and ended their romance on a positive note. Common recurring jokes throughout the series include Al's beard, his love of bingo, his greater popularity over Tim among Tool Time fans, and his fanatic admiration of fellow home improvement television host Bob Vila. Throughout much of the series, Al often has bad luck with women despite, or possibly because of, his emotional sensitivity, which far exceeds Tim's. Borland is slightly overweight and is almost always seen wearing flannel, which Tim cracks jokes about consistently.
In the first two years of the show, Pamela Anderson played the part of Tim's Tool Girl, Lisa, on Tool Time, but left the show to focus on her role on the syndicated series Baywatch. Her last episode as a series regular was "The Great Race", which aired on May 19, 1993. Tim's new assistant, electrician Heidi Keppert, played by Debbe Dunning, replaced Anderson as the Tool Time Girl for the following third season, starting with "Maybe Baby", which aired on September 15, 1993. Dunning had previously appeared in the episode "Overactive Glance" from season 2 where she played an obsessive Tool Time fan named Kiki. Anderson did reprise the role of Lisa on the sixth-season finale episode "The Kiss and the Kiss-Off", which aired on May 20, 1997.
Al made frequent suggestions that he should be the host of Tool Time instead of Tim. Al does not make as much money as Tim; in fact it is implied that his salary is not very big at all. In the episode, "Brothers and Sisters", Al says that he gets a very small paycheck. In the episode, "Fifth Anniversary", it is revealed that a big reason why Al was chosen to be Tim's assistant was because Al was the only assistant applicant that was willing to work for the salary that was offered.
Al Borland has a beard and always wears plaid shirts when taping an episode, reflecting Norm Abram's appearance on This Old House. Bob Vila appeared as a guest star on several episodes of Home Improvement, while Tim Allen and Pamela Anderson both appeared on Bob Vila's show Home Again. Harry Turner – Owner of "Harry's Hardware", where Tim spends a great deal of his time and money, and in which Al eventually became part owner. He is not-so-happily married to his wife Delores , and the couple incessantly bad-mouth one another behind their respective backs, as well as occasionally to each other's face. Harry has four sons, including Dennis , with whom he has a somewhat rocky relationship, but they reconciled. In another episode, he suffered a heart attack while mentioning his service in the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War .
When Tim brought Brad onto Tool Time, Randy immediately called it a stupid show and acted hateful towards Tim and Brad. Although initially sharing mostly the same interests as Brad and his father, throughout his adolescence Randy became very conscious about the environment and civil rights and became a vegetarian in later seasons. He wrote for the school newspaper, where he concentrated on social and political issues, including criticizing Binford for its pollution record, which led to a fierce disagreement with Tim and Tim's boss. Unlike Brad who dated many different girls, Randy, for the most part, only dated one girl, Lauren, whom he remained with for the rest of the series. Anderson, whose first recurring TV part was on the series from 1991 to 1993, then landed her breakout role on Baywatch and later V.I.P. The model, who covered dozens of magazines, also starred in multiple movies, many times playing an exaggerated version of herself. The series, which launched Allen’s television career, ran for eight seasons and was nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards.
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