Home Improvement 

The daily trials and tribulations of Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, a television show host raising three mischievous boys with help from his loyal co-host, loving wife, and eccentric neighbor.

Creators:

Carmen Finestra, David McFadzean, Matt Williams

Stars:

Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Earl Hindman

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 42 wins & 62 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor 203 episodes, 1991-1999
Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor 203 episodes, 1991-1999
Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr. / ... 203 episodes, 1991-1999
Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor 203 episodes, 1991-1999
Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor 203 episodes, 1991-1999
Richard Karn	...	Al Borland 203 episodes, 1991-1999
Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor 181 episodes, 1991-1999
Debbe Dunning	...	Heidi Keppert / ... 138 episodes, 1992-1999

Storyline

Light television comedy about family man Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor. The show's humor often revolved around cars, toys, tools, hardware shops, garages, fix-it-up projects, and similar themes.

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Plot Keywords:

tool | employer employee relationship | television show host | friend | neighbor neighbor relationship | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 September 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hammer Time

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wind Dancer Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min (204 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On the show, the actual ages of each of the characters are the following: Brad is 11, Randy is 10 and Mark is 6. The oldest brother Brad, is thirteen months older than the second brother, Randy. However, in reality, Zachery Ty Bryan was 10, Jonathon Taylor Thomas was 10, and Taran Noah Smith was 7. Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who played Randy, is older by a month and a day than Zachery Ty Bryan, who played the eldest brother, Brad. Since Bryan was considerably taller than Thomas, it gave the illusion that he could be passed off as the older brother. In later seasons, Taran Noah Smith, who played Mark, the youngest brother, had a height advantage over Thomas.

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Goofs

Al's girlfriend, Ilene is first introduced as Ilene Markum. But in 'Dream On' the credits says that her character is Ilene Martin.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Tim: Shut up, Al.

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Crazy Credits

Most episodes featured outtakes from either Tool Time or the show itself as a backdrop to the closing credits.

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Alternate Versions

The syndication version of the episode "I Was a Teenage Taylor" [6.7] contains a scene previously unincluded in the primetime version in which Tim brings his Halloween guy to the Tool Time set.

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return: The Land Time Forgot (2017)

User Reviews

Funny!

Now here's a man show where we can say the words: More Power! "Home Improvement" is a family show and an expertise show on tools where the main character Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) runs his show called 'Tool Time' with his assistant Al Borland (Richard Karn), for which he is more of an expert than Tim.

Tim's family life is very insane and yet fun to watch. His wife Jill (Patricia Richardson) is the type of wife that gets jealous of what Tim does or yet, cannot stay out of people's affairs; his three sons Brad (Zachary Bryan) is a trouble maker, Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) is a smart-ass and Mark (Taran Smith) is the innocent that gets picked on by the older sons. He also has a neighbor named Wilson (Earl Hindman) who only shows half of his face in every episode for which he is always there for Tim and his family when they are in trouble.

Like "Boy Meets World," I admire this family show until during later seasons, most of the characters got annoying; Jill decides to go back to school, Randy became a pompous know-it-all, Mark had issues and Brad was just himself throughout the show. The real reason I watched this show was because of Tim Allen's comic genius and just seeing how much disaster he would cause.