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TV Shows - Home Improvement
Home Improvement is an American sitcom starring Tim Allen, which aired 1991 to 1999. The show was created by Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra and David MacFadzean. In the 1990s, it was one of the most watched sitcoms, winning many awards. The series launched Tim Allen's acting career and also was the start of the television career of Pamela Anderson, who was part of the cast for the first two seasons, even if only in an inconspicuous role.
The show's title is a pun: it refers to physical improvement of houses, as well as to improving life with family, friends, work, and school.
Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Improvement
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I could never stand this show. It doesn't help that FX recently canned Malcolm In The Middle reruns to put reruns of this late-80s tripe back on. Not a "Jill" fan either, and that's what I voted for. It was awful from Day 1, but Jill was there from Day 1. -- Submitted By: (ParkerTillman) on June 13, 2012, 2:20 pm - (2 votes)
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I liked HI when it was on. I think it may have boned when Randy left for Costa Rica. At least I think that's where he was supposed to be. Randy also became a Lisa Simpson type character, that was kind of annoying too. The best thing this show did was trade up from Pam Anderson to Debbe Dunning. To quote Joe Swanson "I'd like to wear you like a hockey mask." -- Submitted By: (Jp) on October 6, 2011, 9:07 pm - (2 votes)
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The last thing I want to see on a sitcom (unless it's "All In the Family") is someone trying to tackle a serious issue (like teenagers on drugs) one minute and Tim Allen falling down the stairs the next. All kids on long-running series grow up (look at Jerry Mathers), but when the boys on this show reached puberty, the loss of cuteness was magnified by the power of 10. Plus, why didn't Allen's "Tool Time" co-host ever smash his face in with a belt sander for being such a pr**k all the time? I know I would have. By the way, did I mention I've always hated this show? -- Submitted By: (GregEichelberger) on June 18, 2011, 3:15 am - (1 votes)
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This is one of the few shows where the changes to format actually improved it rather than destroyed it. The first two season followed more or less a basic formula with very few deviations from it. The third season started getting more involved and deviated even more from this formula. The show started really picking up in the fourth season when Jill decided to go back to college, thus adding intelligent humour in the mix with the slapstick that could not have carried the show another full season. It made a few mistakes along the way, but nothing that compromised the integrity of the show in more than a one-off sense. I would say this is one of the very few shows that have never jumped the shark.
Don't get me wrong. If Tim Allen had gotten his way and gotten a ninth season picked up, this show would have gone straight to hell within the first two episodes. -- Submitted By: (TheCeej) on April 20, 2011, 12:30 pm - (1 votes)
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As Wilson tells her, "A little education is a beautiful thing, but a little education and a vivid imagination can make a person cuckoo." -- Submitted By: (lrbloom) on April 9, 2011, 12:12 am - (0 votes)
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Nothing against the actress but I could not stand Jill!! She was annoying as hell when she went back to college to be a psychologist! She suddenly going around like she's Dr. Joyce Brothers. -- Submitted By: (Stephanie) on April 8, 2011, 5:05 pm - (4 votes)
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I avoid the serious episodes like a virus. It was better when Tim's kids were little. When they are teenagers, some of the episodes have gotten a little bit too serious at times. Other than that, most of their episodes is petty funny. -- Submitted By: (SSM) on April 7, 2011, 9:54 am - (2 votes)
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As long as this show didn't land on anything serious it was good fun. Avoid the serious episodes. -- Submitted By: (lrbloom) on April 7, 2011, 7:02 am - (1 votes)
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When the kids grew up and began to have teenage problems. As young children all of their problems are solved with a grunt and a growl and visit to Wilson. Teenagers have more serious issues which are not dealt with herein very well,e.g. the marijuana episode. Little kids are cute and funny and bigones can be annoying. Tim Allen was better as a dad to grade school kids than to teenagers. -- Submitted By: (lrbloom) on March 11, 2011, 5:12 am - (0 votes)
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I don't mind a sitcom that turn a bit "cartoonish". It better than turning into a drama like M.A.S.H. and countless others. I do argee that Jill become a littie meaner each season but it's still a funny show. -- Submitted By: (SSM) on January 1, 2011, 12:45 am - (2 votes)
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I could live without the "serious" episodes and then the ones where Jill suddenly decides that she is less than perfect and goes to Wilson for advice. The "cartoonish" side to this was part of it's charm. It was a form of escapism where the husband is a goofball but really only wants what's best for his family. Good fun despite flaws. I don't think so, Tim. -- Submitted By: (lrbloom) on December 31, 2010, 2:47 am - (1 votes)
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This kind of show makes me worry about the audience's mental competence when it draws well for so many years. Similar shows like According To Jim and King of Queens just hovered below the radar, but this was actually a significant pop culture hit with people imitating the character's trademark lines and such. Buffoonery has a place, but, this was an embarrassment to humankind. Day One! -- Submitted By: (baldrick) on May 22, 2010, 11:30 am - (0 votes)
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Agreed. Along with other stuff on the show, when you have kids on a television show, you know, unless there is extreme, dumb luck, its got a shelf life of until the kids reach puberty. -- Submitted By: (PYLrulz) on May 6, 2010, 3:02 pm - (-1 votes)
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When the kids grew up. Brad became an arrogant meathead, Randy a tree-hugging liberal and Mark a goth. I liked them better when they were just carefree, rowdy little kids. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on May 6, 2010, 9:52 am - (1 votes)
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I LOVED this show growing up and have collected the DVD sets; however, I stopped after season 6 because it definitely boned during season 7. During season 6, you see hints of it coming, but the show is still generally enjoyable. During season 7, the show became either stupid, overdramatic, or both.
We should give them some credit, though: The reason why the show ended after season 8 is because Tim Allen and Patricia Richardson recognized the declining quality of the show and refused to renew their contracts. ABC offered them truckloads of money to come back (HI still pulled excellent ratings), but they still refused. We should at least go easy on the show for that. Their ratings were high enough that if Allen and Richardson decided to come back, they could have easily dragged it out well beyond its sell-by date. -- Submitted By: (Runfromcheney) on February 19, 2010, 8:19 am - (1 votes)
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Seeing some reruns, I'd say that it definitely went downhill towards the end when the kids were older.
However, I feel I should cut them a little slack. While all families and people are different, the adolescent years are rarely fun. The way the boys and Tim and Jill got is all too believable and if anything only serves to show why family sitcom/drama shows often tend to bone when the kids get older/grow up. -- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on December 17, 2009, 2:16 pm - (1 votes)
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Oh lord you had to remind me of Jill's would be affair...with TOM WOPAT of all people! LOL Yup, I can just picture the former Luke Duke gettin' it on with Jill in the back of the General Lee, NOT! -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on August 19, 2009, 6:18 pm - (1 votes)
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This show was good for the most part. I would consider it a defining show of the 90s, along with "The Simpsons", "Friends", and the "X-Files." I can't speak for the "X-Files" since I never watched, but the other two had some spectacular falls. "Home Improvement" was no exception, but I think they did cancel this before it became unwatchable like "Friends" and "The Simpsons." With the exception of Randy's cancer scare earlier, the boning all occurred in the last season. That was Jill dreaming of having an affair, Brad doing drugs, and Mark becoming goth. Luckily they ended the show then and finished with a misstep, whereas "Friends" finished at the bottom and "The Simpsons" has been on ten years after it died. -- Submitted By: (MCS) on August 18, 2009, 4:09 pm - (2 votes)
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To DolFan: I think you're making a huge assumption that someone ELSE would have come along to tell Tim Allen he was funny. I'd like to think that it was ultimately the responsiblity of just ONE idiot way back when ... -- Submitted By: (GregEichelberger) on July 17, 2009, 7:55 pm - (-1 votes)
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Greg, the problem with your plan is, it would be a lot easier to just eliminate Tim Allen as long as you're taking the trouble of going back in time to do this to people. because even if you keep that first guy from telling him he's funny, some other guy would just do it later on and you couldn't possibly get them all :-)
ExplodingConsole, you just summed up perfect what happens when a comedy becomes a "dramedy" and why this should be one of the main reasons for fish boning, period. -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on July 17, 2009, 5:56 pm - (-1 votes)
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