Home Improvement (TV Series)

Too Many Cooks (1994)

Tim Allen: Tim Taylor

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Quotes 

• Al : This is my assistant, Tim "Doesn't know Gumbo from Dumbo" Taylor.

  Tim : Sure I do. Dumbo is a pachyderm and Gumbo is a little green guy who rides Pokey.

• Al : You can put just about anything into Gumbo.

  Tim : If we put Al's mom in here, we'd have "Jumbo Gumbo"!

• [Tim and Al are substituting on a cooking show, and Al is showing how to prepare Gumbo] 

  Tim : If you threw Al's mom in there, you'd have Jumbo Gumbo.

  [pause; no one laughs] 

  Tim : Of course you'd have to know Al's mom to get that joke. She's a very large, angry woman.

• Al : Today on "Tool Time", we're going to show you how to make my famous Gumbo.

  Tim : Some of you thought he said, "Dumbo". No, Dumbo is a pachyderm. Gumbo is a green guy who rides Pokey.

• Al : Do you think they call it Cajun cooking because you cook it in a cage?

  Tim : I don't think so, Al.

• Tim : [Al accidentally throws a duck through a window]  You've heard of pheasant under glass? This would be quacker through the glass.

• Al : Now, if you want to go the sophisticated route...

  Tim : You might wanna watch

  [in sophisticated voice] 

  Tim : Masterpiece Tool Time, with your host, Alastaire Borland.

  Al : Would that be an English accent?

• Tim : Automatic door locks, ignition cut off, gas cut off

  [points it at Al] 

  Tim : And not a moment too soon.

  Al : Very funny, Tim. I'm sure our nursery school viewers are rolling in their sandboxes.

• [repeated line] 

  Tim : [as car alarm]  Back away, flannel man. Back away, flannel man.