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May 01, 2018 Season 2, Episode 7: Roomie for Improvement (1992) - Audio Commentary
BONUS EPISODE
We provide an interactive audio commentary for the episode “Roomie for Improvement”.
Title: Roomie for Improvement
Season, Episode: Season 2, Episode 7
Broadcast date: Nov 4, 1992
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti, Debra Engle
Directed by: John Pasquin
Written by: Billy Riback
This podcast episode was originally released: Dec 11, 2017
Episode Synopsis:
When Mark (Taran Noah Smith) comes down with chicken pox, Tim has to go stay with Al (Richard Karn) for a few days to avoid getting infected. At Al's apartment, Tim quickly gets irritated by Al's overbearing manner and eccentric habits, leading to a blowup. Eventually, Tim reconciles with Al by helping to set him up with one of his cute neighbors.
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56 min
April 27, 2018 Season 2, Episode 25: The Great Race (1993)
Title: The Great Race
Season, Episode: Season 2, Episode 25
Broadcast date: May 19, 1993
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: Bob Vila, Betsy Randle, Lamont Johnson, Michael Goldfinger, Shawn Shea
Directed by: Andy Cadiff
Written by: Carmen Finestra, David McFadzean, Matt Williams
This podcast episode was originally released: Apr 23, 2018
Episode Synopsis:
Bob Vila wins a fan poll and is invited back to guest star on Tool Time once again. During his appearance, he challenges Tim (Tim Allen) to a lawnmower race for charity. Before the race, Tim installs a jet engine onto his lawnmower to give himself a competitive advantage. Meanwhile, Jill (Patricia Richardson) and Mark (Taran Noah Smith) play a prank on Brad and Randy after they make their little brother swallow a tadpole.
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1 hr 19 min
April 24, 2018 The Great Race
Tool Time has run a poll amongst its audience to vote on their favorite guest star: George Foreman, Mario and Michael Andretti, or Dwayne from K&B Construction. The result, to Tim’s surprise, was Bob Vila, who received 112 write-in votes. Making his second appearance on the show, Bob more or less challenges Tim to a lawnmower race for charity. Tim supes up his already suped up mower with a helicopter engine and enters the race… and when it inevitibly goes awry, the I-96 Highway.
At home, Brad and Randy force Mark to eat a tadpole, and Jill exacts her revenge on them by making them tadpole stew.
Also! Karen.
Also! Lisa.
1 hr 19 min
April 20, 2018 Season 2, Episode 24: Birth of a Hot Rod (1993)
Title: Birth of a Hot Rod
Season, Episode: Season 2, Episode 24
Broadcast date: May 12, 1993
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: David Correia, Gene Weygant
Directed by: Andy Cadiff
Written by: Steve Gabriel
This podcast episode was originally released: Apr 16, 2018
Episode Synopsis:
Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) is on the verge of finally starting the engine on the hot rod he's been building for more than a year -- but now he's spending so much time in the garage that he's neglected all the other household chores Jill (Patricia Richardson) needs him to take care of. When Tim procrastinates for too long, Jill hires a repairman, which infuriates Tim as it challenges his authority as the Tool Man. When Wilson (Earl Hindman) reminds Tim of one of his own quotes, "What every job has in common is that it must be done and it must be done well," Tim resolves to do better at fixing things around the house - and helps teach Jill some Home Improvement skills too.
Meanwhile, it's Lawn Week on Tool Time, where Tim and Al (Richard Karn) get into troubl ewhen they accidentally behead a guest's topiary flamingo.
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1 hr 22 min
April 17, 2018 Birth of a Hot Rod
Tim is on the verge of finally starting the engine on the hot rod that he’s been building for over a year, but he’s spending so much time in the garage working on it that he’s ignoring all of the other household chores that Jill has asked him to do. When Tim procrastinates too long, Jill finally hires a repairman which infuriates Tim as it challenges his authority as “The Tool Man”. Wilson reminds Tim of one of his own quotes, “What every job has in common is that every job must be done and must be done well,” and Tim resolves to do better at fixing things around the house, and helps teach Jill some home improvement skills of her own.
Meanwhile, it’s Lawn Week on Tool Time where Tim and Al get into trouble when they accidentally behead a guest’s topiary flamingo.
1 hr 22 min
April 12, 2018 Interview with John Pasquin
Title: Interview with director John Pasquin
Grunt Work interviews the prolific director of the first two seasons of Home Improvement and the movies The Santa Clause, Jungle 2 Jungle, and Joe Somebody.
This episode was originally released: Apr 9, 2018
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43 min
April 10, 2018 Interview: John Pasquin
This week, John Pasquin, the first producer and director of Home Improvement, sits down with us to discuss the show’s beginnings, his development the unique look and feel of the show, his beginnings on Roseanne, the origin of The Santa Clause, working with Tim Allen, the possibility of a Home Improvement and Last Man Standing reboot/revival, his methodology in working with politically charged material, and more!
Our absolute thanks for Mr. Pasquin for his time. You can currently see his work on the new episodes of Roseanne on ABC.
43 min
April 06, 2018 Season 2, Episode 23: To Build or Not to Build (1993)
Title: To Build or Not to Build
Season, Episode: Season 2, Episode 23
Broadcast date: May 5, 1993
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: Ann Morgan Gilbert, Mickey Jones, Casey Sander, Gary McGurk
Directed by: Andy Cadiff
Written by: Robert Zappia
This podcast episode was originally released: Apr 2, 2018
Episode Synopsis:
In honor of Mother's Day, Tim (Tim Allen) has the boys each build a sweet gift for Jill (Patricia Richardson). Brad (Zachery Ty Bryan) and Mark (Taran Noah Smith) make handmade recipe and jewelery boxes - but Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) tells Tim he isn't interested in making Jill something by hand. Tim consults with Wilson (Earl Hindman) about how to help his son show his love in his own special way, and ultimately helps Randy put on a magic show for Jill as his magician alter ego, The Great Randini.
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1 hr 24 min
April 03, 2018 To Build or Not to Build
Jill Taylor (Patricia Richardson) has a single Mother’s Day wish: That Tim (Tim Allen) and the boys get her an actual heartfelt gift this year, rather than something store-bought at the last minute. In response, Tim, Brad (Zachery Ty Bryan) and Mark (Taran Noah Smith) take over the garage and begin building Jill gifts out of wood. But when Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) doesn’t want to build a gift, it takes some advice from Wilson (Earl Hindman) and Jill for Tim to learn that he should let his boy express his love in his own way.
Meanwhile, on the set of Tool Time, Tim and Al (Richard Karn) are joined by the K&B Construction guys to pay a very special tribute to mothers everywhere.
1 hr 24 min
March 30, 2018 Season 2, Episode 22: Ex Marks the Spot (1993)
Title: Ex Marks the Spot
Season, Episode: Season 2, Episode 22
Broadcast date: Apr 14, 1993
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: Kathleen Garrett
Directed by: Andy Cadiff
Written by: Darrell Campbell, Billy Riback
This podcast episode was originally released: Mar 26, 2018
Episode Synopsis:
Tim (Tim Allen) and Al (Richard Karn) run into Tim's old girlfriend Stacey at a bar. Tim is furious when Al suggests that Stacey swing by Tim's house to meet Jill (Patricia Richardson) and the boys - because it turns out he ghosted her in college and he doesn't want Jill to find out. Things get even more awkward when Al and Stacey hit it off and decide to go out on a date.
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1 hr 20 min

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