Last Man Standing Revealed What Happened To Home Improvement's Tim Taylor
Last Man Standing provided an update on what Home Improvement's Tim «The Tool Man» Taylor has been up to since the latter series ended. Despite being a veteran of the big and small screen now, when Home Improvement debuted on ABC in 1991, Tim Allen had few credits to his name. The sitcom was based on Allen's stand-up act and cast him as Tim Taylor, hos of a home improvement series called Tool Time alongside assistant Al and — in the first two seasons — Pamela Anderson's Lisa. The show revolved around Tim's self-image as a confident, capable family man who often had to deal with drama — often of his own making — involving his wife Jill (Patricia Richardson) and their three sons.
Home Improvement became one of the biggest sitcoms of the decade and helped propel Allen on to movies like The Santa Clause or Toy Story. There was a warmth to Home Improvement that helped set it apart from other comedies of its era, and it came to a close in 1999 after eight seasons. The series was still pulling in strong numbers when it ended, with Allen and Richardson being offered huge paydays to commit to another series. Creative fatigue and a desire to move on to other projects convinced them it was time to end it.
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Allen later returned to television for another sitcom with Last Man Standing — which is available on Hulu - which ran on ABC for six seasons before switching to Fox for its final three. The show followed Allen's Mike Baxter, a family man who works for a sporting goods chain called Outdoor Man. Last Man Standing wasn't afraid to make references to Home Improvement through its run, including castmates like Richardson or Jonathan Taylor Thomas making
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