1991
TV-PG
22m

Summary 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. View more details

1991
TV-PG
22m

Home Improvement

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Tim Allen Zachery Ty Bryan Earl Hindman Taran Noah Smith

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7.2

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Genres : Comedy Family

Release date : Sep 16, 1991

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Michigan, USA

Production companies : Touchstone Television Wind Dancer Productions

Details

Genres : Comedy Family

Release date : Sep 16, 1991

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Michigan, USA

Production companies : Touchstone Television Wind Dancer Productions

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Megan Cavanagh, Earl Hindman, and Richard Karn in Home Improvement (1991)

Tim Allen, Zachery Ty Bryan, and Taran Noah Smith in Home Improvement (1991)

Tim Allen and Richard Karn in Home Improvement (1991)

Patricia Richardson and Polly Holliday in Home Improvement (1991)

Tim Allen and William O'Leary in Home Improvement (1991)

Taran Noah Smith in Home Improvement (1991)

Tim Allen, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Zachery Ty Bryan in Home Improvement (1991)

Amy Ryan and Tom Verica in Home Improvement (1991)

Rider Strong and Jessica Wesson in Home Improvement (1991)

Robert Picardo and Tim Allen in Home Improvement (1991)

Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, and Mariangela Pino in Home Improvement (1991)

Tim Allen, Debbe Dunning, Richard Karn, and Danny Zorn in Home Improvement (1991)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 16, 1991

Pilot

Tim makes the dishwasher more powerful. Jill has a job interview.

Episode 2 • Sep 23, 1991

Mow Better Blues

At home: Tim is tuning up his ride-on lawnmower, Jill is making the boys donate unnecessary stuff to a rummage sale, and Mark breaks his dad's precious 20-year-old torque wrench. On Tool Time: Tim hides a blowtorch from Al "to make an important point".

Episode 3 • Sep 30, 1991

Off Sides

Tim and the boys are watching football on TV when Jill reminds him that they have a dinner reservation at Chez Pierre because it was supposed to be their romantic night out. Tim has to give up the football - but sneaks a portable radio with an earpiece underneath his clothes into the restaurant in order to listen to the match. The boys get a peculiar new babysitter, Sir Larry Houdini!

Episode 4 • Oct 07, 1991

Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof

On Tool Time: Tim is working on a wood table with a power saw, with predictable results. Al is going to help out Lisa with her bookshelf. At home: Tim decides to install a huge new satellite dish all by himself. He is also jealous about a guy who's willing to help Jill prepare for a job interview on a Saturday.

Episode 5 • Oct 14, 1991

Wild Kingdom

Mark is bringing his Cub Scout pals for a visit. Tim has to re-light the pilot light of the furnace and he decides to show Randy and Brad how to do it. While in the basement, they discover something moving down there.

Episode 6 • Oct 21, 1991

Adventures in Fine Dining

At home: When the boys manage to get the whole family kicked out of a pizza place because of their misbehavior, Jill points out that since Tim has encouraged the boys' bad behavior, he should be the one to teach them how to behave. On Tool Time: Besides showing how to lay floorboards, Tim takes the time to give a speech about manners. He also demonstrates the new Binford nail gun, with predictable results.

Episode 7 • Oct 28, 1991

Nothing More Than Feelings

Jill has ignored the car's oil warning light for two days, and the car becomes inoperative. Tim then gives a speech on Tool Time about respect for the machines. He tells the audience about the oil light incident that happened to "a friend". Tim gets support from two audience members with similar experiences. When they start sharing experiences about each other's wives, Tim lets it slip out that Jill drools A LOT in her sleep - with a predictable reaction from Jill when the show airs...

Episode 8 • Nov 04, 1991

Flying Sauces

On "Tool Time": Tim has a tip on how to avoid hitting oneself on a finger while holding a nail. Tim also has received a fan letter which he decides to read out aloud to the audience. The writer of the letter and his friends are construction workers who have invented a way of "cooking with power and steel". Tim invites them to demonstrate this on the show. At home: Brad and Randy are ashamed of being seen in public with their "geek brother". Jill thinks she and Tim should tell Brad and Randy not to torment their little brother, but Tim has another idea: they have to "out-torment" Brad and Randy. They try Jill's idea, but when that seems to have no effect, Tim gets a chance to try his idea... Tim then finds some old 8-track tapes in the basement, and he and Jill start quizzing each other about the music of the 1960s and 1970s.

Episode 9 • Nov 18, 1991

Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

Jill mentions the need for another sink in the bathroom, and Tim promises to add one plus a whirlpool, and anything else Jill wants. Tim decides to make a "Tool Time" special about a bathroom re-do at his home because that way the show will cover much of the cost. Of course, things don't go as smoothly as planned...

Episode 10 • Nov 25, 1991

Reach Out and Teach Someone

Tim starts his dream hot rod project; he has only a frame to a 1934 Ford Roadster to begin with, but it's a start. Jill is more interested in the clogged sink, which to Tim is not an urgent matter. Because of that, Jill has already tried to unclog it herself and managed to drop Tim's precious screwdriver in. Suddenly Tim gets very upset and decides to teach the basics of plumbing to Jill. Soon they have a fight. Afterwards, Tim apologizes, but Jill doesn't feel she owes him an apology in return. On "Tool Time": Tim decides to teach basic home repair to women "in a simple language even a woman can understand".

Episode 11 • Dec 09, 1991

Look Who's Not Talking

At home: Jill starts experiencing stage fright when the time to give a speech at a fundraiser approaches. Tim promises to clean the house while Jill concentrates on the speech. True to his manners, Tim decides to rewire the vacuum cleaner with, you guessed it, more power! On Tool Time: Tim gives a house cleaning tip for men.

Episode 12 • Dec 16, 1991

Yule Better Watch Out

On "Tool Time": Tim gives a Yuletime tip--never plug in a frayed wire--and grunts "Jingle Bells". He also demonstrates his great invention, a rotating Christmas tree, with the usual results. At home: Tim has decided to beat Doc Johnson in the neighborhood Christmas-decoration contest, and their competition soon gets out of control. Jill is upset that Randy did not get the part of Joseph but rather the inn-keeper in the school Christmas pageant, and decides to make Randy stand out by making him an outstanding costume. Mark learns a shocking secret from his brothers: There is no Santa Claus... Or is there?

Episode 13 • Jan 06, 1992

Up Your Alley

In Tool Time: Tim demonstrates how to hang a drywall. At home: At Tim's suggestion, the family goes bowling. Tim's obsession for winning soon turns a time of family fun into bloody competition. Randy and Brad run into the bowling alley arcade bully.

Episode 14 • Jan 13, 1992

For Whom the Belch Tolls

It's family night at the Taylors. Randy would like to re-watch 'Bury Me Again' and Tim suggests 'Bayonet Hell', but it's Jill's time to choose and she wants to see 'The Sound of Music'. Then Tim's college roommate Stu calls to say that he's in town. Tim agrees to meet him over a beer, because Jill finds him obnoxious and doesn't want him in their home. However, Tim can't tell Stu he is not welcome... On "Tool Time": Tim demonstrates how to heat insulate a window.

Episode 15 • Jan 20, 1992

Forever Jung

At home: Brad is going on his first date, but is uncomfortable about having to learn how to dance. Jill's friend Karen is coming for a visit; she and Tim don't like each other. Karen mocks Tim about his power tools, saying that men buy them because they are insecure about their manhood, then claims men are aggressive and destructive and that society is male-dominated. Tim claims his relationship with Jill is an equal one, but Karen comes up with tricky questions to test that. On "Tool Time": Tim demonstrates how to apply laminate. The process involves a new instant glue, the use of which requires great care - which Tim does not quite manage.

Episode 16 • Feb 03, 1992

Jill's Birthday

At home: Jill's birthday is coming up and Tim has forgotten it; luckily, the boys remind him. Jill says she doesn't need any presents--especially since because the previous year he got her a pressurized window-washer. This year she asks Tim to get her something thoughtful. Meanwhile, "Tool Time" is shooting a makeover of a house--live. Tim has a truck on the site. Cue catastrophe.. Elsewhere, Tim learns a secret of Al's when they visit a women's-clothing store to find a gift for Jill.

Episode 17 • Feb 10, 1992

What About Bob?

In Tool Time: Al is excited because Bob Vila is in town signing his new book. When Al utters "I can't believe I actually got to talk to the pioneer of home repairs", Tim's ego can't take the blow. Then, Tool Time sponsor Mr. Binford announces that Bob Vila will be the guest in the following day's episode. What's even worse, Mr. Binford wants Tim to face Bob Vila in a challenge... At home: Tim makes Jill prep him for trivia questions. Randy has been bad at school - he got caught for bullying. Jill announces that she will invite the boy, Curtis, to come to their house so that Randy can apologize in person. However, when Curtis asks Jill how old she is and compares her to his grandma, then tells on the phone to his mom that their house is cooler and that Jill is much heavier than her, Jill's goodwill starts to evaporate.

Episode 18 • Feb 17, 1992

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Tim plans to take Jill on a romantic Valentine's Day getaway.

Episode 19 • Feb 24, 1992

Unchained Malady

At home: Tim receives a chain letter with the instructions that it be sent forward to 10 people within 24 hours or else something bad will happen. Tim doesn't buy into that and disregards the letter, despite Jill's warnings. Randy breaks his new bike and has to figure out how to explain that to his parents. In Tool Time: Tim is late because his car battery had been dry and someone had parked in his space on the parking lot. He tells Al about the letter and he also warns Tim of the consequences. Turns out he sent Tim the letter and then later found a $20 bill on the street and won a shovel in a radio contest... and Lisa asks if she can stay the night at Al's place because the heating at her place does not work. Even after he accidentally dyes his hands green, Tim refuses to believe in the chain letter's curse because George Foreman himself is coming to make an appearance in Tool Time.

Episode 20 • Mar 02, 1992

Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor

Tim and Jill get into an argument after she insists that she told him repeatedly about an upcoming reception, but he is sure she never mentioned it.

Episode 21 • Mar 16, 1992

A Battle of Wheels

On Tool Time, Al thinks he does the work and Tim has it easy. Tim lets Al be host to see what it is like. Jill takes up pottery, and Tim does not like that she keeps it in the garage. He breaks something, and Jill thinks it is on purpose.

Episode 22 • Apr 06, 1992

Luck Be a Taylor Tonight

In Tool Time: It has been Tim and Al's week of salute to painting. Tim brings up the subject of women thinking that men are insensitive and don't listen. He claims that men are sensitive to other things like details. Tim's guys poker night is in jeopardy because one of the regulars won't be able to make it. They invite Al as a substitute. At home: Tim wants the women and kids out of the house for the duration of the men's poker night, but that is not going to happen. One of the men is Jill's sister's husband Charlie and they are having marriage problems. Charlie is about to leave but Tim talks him out of it and the poker night is a go. He also gives Charlie advice on how to apologize to his wife. Meanwhile, Jill gives her sister advice on Charlie.

Episode 23 • Apr 27, 1992

Al's Fair in Love and War

Greta is in the audience, and Al wants to ask her out. He is self-conscious and messes up on the show and asking Greta out. Jill suggests a double date with Tim & Jill, Al & Greta. Tim finds Jill's old diary and wants to read it.

Episode 24 • May 04, 1992

Stereo-typical

In Tool Time: It's the "Salute to Saws" week. Tim's special guest is Janeen Ray Heller, who can play the saw. At Home: The speakers of Tim's stereo system blow up (sadly, not literally) and he goes to buy new ones. The thing is, he can't restrain himself and ends up buying a whole home entertainment system...

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