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Home Improvement: The Actor Almost Cast As Tim's Assistant Al
Here's the actor who nearly played Home Improvement's Al, before Richard Karn was cast. Tim Allen had very few acting credits to his name prior to starring in Home Improvement and was best known as a stand-up comic. In fact, the sitcom itself was based on his «primitive man» routine and it cast him as Tim Taylor, host of a popular DIY series called Tool Time. The format of the series usually saw Tim or one of his family — including his wife Jill and their three sons — having to untangle some mess of their own making and learning a lesson in the process.