Grunt Work: THE Podcast about the TV Show Home Improvement

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Grunt Work: THE Podcast about the TV Show Home Improvement episodes

August 15, 2017 What About Bob?
On This Episode of Home Improvement…
Mr. Binford visits the set of Tool Time to inform Tim and Al that he has booked a special guest – the one and only Bob Vila – to appear on the next episode for a friendly trivia competition. Threatened by this, Tim scurries home to study with Jill in order to beat Bob the next day. However, when the time comes, Bob being the consummate, knowledgable professional that he is, bests Tim on every question. Tim’s disdain is tangible, so when he accidentally clocks Bob in the back of the head with a 4×8, his intentions are in question.
Meanwhile, Randy is in trouble for stripping the shoes off an annoying neighborhood kid and filling them with Cheez Whiz. As penance, Jill forces Randy to invite him over to apologize and join them for dinner.
On This Black Mirror-y Episode of Grunt Work…
The origins of Grunt Work are revealed! Truman and Landen take about the inception of the podcast stemming from an episode of Black Mirror, briefly explore Bob Vila’s legacy, and really have a lot to apologize for to Germans. All of the Germans.
57 min
August 11, 2017 Season 1, Episode 17: What About Bob? (1992)
Title: What About Bob?
Season, Episode: Season 1, Episode 17
Broadcast date: Feb 11, 1992
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, Aaron Freeman, Noble Willingham, CCH Pounder
Directed by: John Pasquin
Written by: Susan Estelle Jansen
This podcast episode was originally released: Aug 12, 2017
Episode Synopsis:
Bob Vila guest stars as himself, dropping by the set of "Tool Time" to play "Stump the Toolman" trivia with Tim Taylor (Tim Allen). Feeling threatened by Vila's expertise, Tim accidentally knocks him out with a heavy board, forcing Mr. Binford to schedule a second appearance where Tim can make amends.
When Jill (Patricia Richardson) finds out that Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) was picking on a classmate, she invites the boy over to put things right - only to discover that he's every bit as abrasive and unbearable as Randy says.
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57 min
August 08, 2017 Jill’s Birthday
On This Episode of Home Improvement…
It’s Jill’s birthday, and Tim has forgotten. Not only that, but he has an awful track record when it comes to getting her gifts. This year, she pleas for him to get her something that she doesn’t have to plug in. (This comes back to bite her in the ass after the boys get her a repugnant perfume, and a lot of it.) After a few failed attempts, and some advice from Wilson, Tim finally searches his heart and finds her the perfect gift.
Meanwhile, on Tool Time, Tim and Al have undertaken the remote project of extending one lucky (or unlucky) fan’s living room, which goes awry when Tim backs the Tool Time truck into the front of the house.
On This Oedipal Episode of Grunt Work…
Truman and Landen lament their parental gift giving skills, pitch a biopic about the song Happy Birthday to Aaron Sorkin, and uncover some of Al Borland’s motherly sexual predilections.
1 hr 2 min
August 04, 2017 Season 1, Episode 16: Jill’s Birthday (1992)
1 hr 2 min
August 01, 2017 Forever Jung
On This Episode of Home Improvement…
Jill’s friend Karen, a progressive feminist, is over for an afternoon visit, and poses to Tim that men and the patriarchy are a source of destruction in this world. Tim, determined to prove her wrong, goes on Tool Time to prove his point that men can create as much as destroy. But, his best intentions distract him, and he ends up gluing his head to a table.
Meanwhile, Brad is prepping for his first date with Jenny Sudarsky, and is afraid of having his first dance with a girl.
Warning: this episode of Grunt Work bonds to skin instantly.
This week we cover Home Improvement, episode fifteen, Forever Jung, in which we imagine an alternate reality in which an Al Borland/Ron Swanson movie could have existed, we further develop the Frasier/Home Improvement crossover, and whether Jenny Sudarsky’s father is actually Robert Durst.
59 min
July 28, 2017 Season 1, Episode 15: Forever Jung (1992)
Title: Forever Jung
Season, Episode: Season 1, Episode 15
Broadcast date: Jan 21, 1992
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: Jessica Wesson
Directed by: John Pasquin
Written by: Carmen Finestra, David McFadzen, Matt Williams
This podcast episode was originally released: Jul 30, 2017
Episode Synopsis:
When Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) gets home from a trip to the hardware store, he's targeted for mockery by Jill's (Patricia Richardson) outspoken feminst friend Karen (Betsy Randle). She suggests that Tim's tool fixation is because he's "compensating for something", and that Tim's style of masculinity is the source of all the world's strife and violence. Wilson (Earl Hindman) counters to Tim that ancient societies ruled by women were no less violent, and Tim's takeaway is that men and women must learn to work together despite their differences.
On "Tool Time," Tim accidentally glues a section of table to his forehead. Brad (Zachary Ty Bryan) attends Jenny Sudarsky's (Jessica Wesson, in her first appearance) parents' anniversary party.
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59 min
July 25, 2017 For Whom The Belch Tolls
On This Episode of Home Improvement…
Tim receives a phone call from one of his old college roommates, Stu, who happens to be in town. It’s been many years since they’ve seen each other, and Jill isn’t too keen to see the relationship rehashed. Initially, Tim is quick to wax nostalgic, but soon recognizes that things aren’t how they once were. Stu still crushes beer cans on his head, plays Doo-Wah-Ditty in the tune of armpit farts, and reminisces about the “good ol’ days”. He tries to convince Tim to go skip out on family night and go out to a bar, but Tim is content with what his life has become. Through the support of Jill and wisdom of Wilson, Tim realizes that it’s time to let this friendship go.
On a “very special” episode of Grunt Work…
Truman and Landen take things way too seriously, and go through a bit of an existential crisis as they deal with their feelings (fair warning!) On Home Improvement, Tim’s college roommate shows up to crush beer cans, and reminisce, while Tim realizes the importance of growing up and letting go.
1 hr 3 min
July 21, 2017 Season 1, Episode 14: For Whom the Belch Tolls (1992)
Title: For Whom the Belch Tolls
Season, Episode: Season 1, Episode 14
Broadcast date: Jan 14, 1992
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: Christopher McDonald
Directed by: John Pasquin
Written by: Shelia M. Anthony
This podcast episode was originally released: Jul 24, 2017
Episode Synopsis:
Tim Taylor's (Tim Allen) rowdy college pal Stu Cutler (Christopher McDonald) shows up in Detroit unannounced and invites himself to dinner. Jill (Patricia Richardson) doesn't like Stu, who drinks and belches and acts like an oversized frat boy, and she asks Tim some tough questions about what he really gets out of his friendship with Stu. With some input from Wilson (Earl Hindman), Tim and Stu have a tough but heartfelt conversation about the state of their friendship now that they're adults.
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1 hr 3 min
July 18, 2017 Up Your Alley
On This Episode of Home Improvement…
It’s family night and the Taylors decide to hit the lanes. Bowling gets Tim’s competitive spirit revving, and thus starts a competition between him and Jill – the loser of which has to kiss the other’s bowling shoes in public.
Meanwhile, Randy and Brad deal with a bully that hogs the arcade game in only a way that Randy could conjure.
Plus a special appearance by the K&B Construction guys!
57 min
July 14, 2017 Season 1, Episode 13: Up Your Alley (1992)
Title: Up Your Alley
Season, Episode: Season 1, Episode 13
Broadcast date: Jan 7, 1992
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring:
Directed by: John Pasquin
Written by: Casey Sander, Mickey Jones, Gary McGurk, Lewis Dix Jr., Sean Baca, Nicholas Shields
This podcast episode was originally released: Jul 1, 2017
Episode Synopsis:
Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) takes Jill (Patricia Richardson), Mark (Taran Noah Smith), Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Brad (Zachary Ty Bryan) to the bowling alley for a night of family bonding. Thanks to his big mouth, Tim and Jill's match grows more and more competitive - and the stakes for Tim's ego only rise when his fans from K&B Construction show up to watch the fun.
In the bowling alley arcade, Brad and Randy square off against a bully who refuses to let them play one of the games. After trying -- and failing -- to fight the bully, the boys instead exact revenge with a set of handcuffs and two cans of silly string.
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57 min

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