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July 14, 2017 Season 1, Episode 12: Yule Better Watch Out (1991)
Title: Yule Better Watch Out
Season, Episode: Season 1, Episode 12
Broadcast date: Dec 17, 1991
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: David Warshofsk
Directed by: John Pasquin
Written by: Billy Riback
This podcast episode was originally released: Jul 1, 2017
Episode Synopsis:
In this Christmas episode, Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Brad (Zachary Ty Bryan) tell Mark (Taran Noah Smith) that Santa died several years ago. When Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) and Jill (Patricia Richardson) set Mark straight, he begins asking difficult questions about the existence of Santa Claus. Tim and Jill are torn between lying to their son or ruining Christmas for him - until Santa himself (Earl Hindman) stops by to give Mark the toy he wanted.
At the same time, Tim competes with his neighbor Doc Johnson in the neighborhood's annual Christmas decoration contest with disastrous results, while Brad and Randy play bit parts in the Christmas pageant.
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48 min
July 11, 2017 Yule Better Watch Out
On This Episode of Home Improvement…
It’s the Holidays and the Christmas cheer has consumed Tool Time and the Taylor household. Randy and Brad audition for the school nativity play, Tim competes in the yearly neighborhood Christmas lights competition, and Mark begins to question the legitimacy of Santa Claus.
48 min
July 07, 2017 Season 1, Episode 11: Look Who’s Not Talking (1991)
Title: Look Who’s Not Talking
Season, Episode: Season 1, Episode 11
Broadcast date: Dec 10, 1991
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: Shawn Shea
Directed by: John Pasquin
Written by: Billy Riback
This podcast episode was originally released: Jul 1, 2017
Episode Synopsis:
Jill Taylor (Patricia Richardson) has to give a speech to her volunteer group at the library - but owing to her fear of public speaking, she's willing to do anything to avoid working on her speech. Tim (Tim Allen) does his best to keep her focused while putting Mark (Taran Noah Smith), Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Brad (Zachary Ty Bryan) to work cleaning the house.
Eventually, Tim and Mark dress up as women to help Jill rehearse by simulating the all-female audience at her volunteer group.
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56 min
July 04, 2017 Look Who’s Not Talking
On This Episode of Home Improvement…
Jill is tasked with giving a thank you speech to the local library for her efforts in fundraising, but her fear of public speaking is blocks her from writing it. Procrastinating at every turn, Tim realizes that Jill needs as much space and support as possible to overcome her fear, and becomes the perfect father and husband in encouraging her to do so.
56 min
June 29, 2017 Season 1, Episode 10: Reach Out and Teach Someone (1991)
Title: Reach Out and Teach Someone
Season, Episode: Season 1, Episode 10
Broadcast date: Nov 26, 1991
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: Janet DuBois, Jennifer Nash, Carol Mansell
Directed by: John Pasquin
Written by: Allison M. Gibson
This podcast episode was originally released: Jun 22, 2017
Episode Synopsis:
When Jill Taylor (Patricia Richardson) damages a screwdriver trying to fix a broken sink, Tim (Tim Allen) endeavors to teach her about plumbing -- but he can't control his frustration at his wife's ignorance of home improvement basics. After learning about "metamessaging" from Wilson (Earl Hindman), Tim hosts a special Tool Time episode for an all-female audience -- including Jill -- where he apologizes for his know-it-all nature about tools.
Meanwhile, Brad (Zachary Ty Bryan) struggles with his self-esteem after Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) mocks him for getting a low score on a test.
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50 min
June 27, 2017 Reach Out and Teach Someone
On This Episode of Home Improvement…
The kitchen sink is clogged in the Taylor household, and Jill has taken to fixing it herself, much to Tim’s chagrin. However, when he attempts to teach her basic plumbing, things get heated, and the gender divide widens. Taking to the issue to Tool Time, Tim further alienates himself from women by proclaiming that they simply aren’t suited for certain household repairs. The backlash leads Tim to request an all-female audience for the next Tool Time in order to teach them how to do simple home improvement projects.
50 min
June 22, 2017 Season 1, Episode 9: Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble (1991)
Title: Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
Season, Episode: Season 1, Episode 9
Broadcast date: Nov 19, 1991
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: Al Fann
Directed by: John Pasquin
Written by: Susan Estelle Jansen
This podcast episode was originally released: Jun 11, 2017
Episode Synopsis:
Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) manages to persuade Jill (Patricia Richardson) to let him remodel their bathroom with a luxurious jacuzzi tub paid for by Binford, promising it will be a quick job. When the installation winds up taking 18 days and throwing the whole house into disarray, Jill takes the boys to a hotel. Wilson (Earl Hindman) helps Tim understand that he embarks on huge construction projects out of an ingrained male desire to create, which Tim incorporates into his apology.
Meanwhile, Brad (Zachary Ty Bryan) anxiously fields a call from his crush, Jenny Sudarsky, with a little help from Tim.
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53 min
June 20, 2017 Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
On This Episode of Home Improvement…
Binford offers to pay for the Taylors to remodel their master bathroom on the condition that they are able to turn it into a special on-location episode of Tool Time. Jill is hesitant at first, but acquiesces when she learns she will be receiving a new jacuzzi style bathtub. Originally slated for a two-part episode, Tim’s ineptitude quickly creates one disaster after another, and soon Tim finds himself eighteen days into the project with no water, a hole in the side of the house, and a wife who has taken the kids to a hotel.
On this episode of Grunt Work…
Start rehearsing, it’s a Alejandro González Iñárritu heavy episode of Grunt Work where Tim renovates the master bathroom, Landen goes off the rails with theories, and Truman reveals early experience with girls.
53 min
June 15, 2017 Season 1, Episode 8: Flying Sauces (1991)
Title: Flying Sauces
Season, Episode: Season 1, Episode 8
Broadcast date: Nov 5, 1991
Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Pamela Anderson
Guest Starring: Casey Sander, Mickey Jones, Gary McGurk, Ray Baker
Directed by: John Pasquin
Written by: Billy Riback, Elliot Stern
This podcast episode was originally released: Jun 10, 20177
Episode Synopsis:
Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Brad (Zachary Ty Bryan) convince Mark (Taran Noah Smith) that he's adopted, and that they and everyone else in the family are aliens. When Tim (Tim Allen) and Jill (Patricia Richardson) get wind of the scheme, they decide to scare the boys straight by dressing as aliens and blasting psychedelic rock music.
On "Tool Time," we have our first appearance of Dwayne, Pete and Rock of K&B Construction, who demonstrate for Tim and Al (Richard Karn) how to cook on the job site using tools.
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1 hr 1 min
June 13, 2017 Flying Sauces
On This Episode of Home Improvement…
Brad and Randy don’t want Mark hanging around, and do everything they can to ditch him, including convincing him that they and their parents are blood sucking aliens. Tim and Jill decide this needs to be addressed – Jill wants to handle this through good ol’ fashioned parenting, and Tim wants to prank them back.
Meanwhile, at Tool Time, the K&B Construction guys make their first appearance to demonstrate to Tim and Al their unique method for cooking on the job.
On this out-of-this-world episode of Grunt Work…
Brad and Randy convince Mark that everyone in the family are blood sucking aliens, Truman proves to be competition for Jill “The Princess of Pop”, Landen mourns Richard Kiel in a moment of silence, and we all learn the benefits of a good ol’ fashioned prank.
1 hr 1 min

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