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Chicago Hope

January 9, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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This Week on Home Improvement…

Tim is obsessed over developing new ideas to pitch to an affiliate with the hopes of acquiring a time slot in Chicago. But this has put a cramp in his and Jill’s love life, as they haven’t had sexy times in a month. To help rectify this, they agree to go away on a romantic weekend to an authentic Japanese hotel – however Bud decides to schedule the affiliate meeting at the same time in the hotel’s bar, and Tim is afraid to tell Jill.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

By request, Truman and Landen discuss languages! Landen wanted to do the entire episode in Klingon, but Truman vetoed the idea in favor of English. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Room Without a View

December 25, 2019 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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This Week on Home Improvement…

When Mark (Taran Noah Smith) and Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) can’t stop fighting, Tim (Tim Allen) decides to build Randy a new bedroom in the basement as a Tool Time special. Randy is psyched to get his own bachelor pad downstairs – until his first night down there, when he’s so freaked out by the creepy basement noises that he has to flee to the living room couch with his pillow. Randy is too proud to admit he’s afraid to sleep downstairs – until Tim, with a little help from Wilson (Earl Hindman), realizes what’s going on and helps explain to Randy about the weird noises he’s hearing.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

It’s the holidays! Everything from presents to food, we cover all the blessings and trappings of the season.

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The Look

December 19, 2019 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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This Week on Home Improvement…

When Bud Harper offers Tim the chance to buy season tickets to the Pistons, he can’t pass up the chance, even though it means laying down $4,000 without consulting Jill. This, understandably, upsets Jill who suddenly transforms into the fabled unreasoning housewife monster who is capable of turning a man to liquid with a single look.

Tim survives this initial beastial encounter and regales the tale to the guys at the hardware store, who rally behind him as the knight that can slay the unreasoning housewife monster for the good of all men across the land of Manville.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

Truman and Landen discuss expectations vs. reality. In true to their fashion, Landen discusses the existential terror of a midlife crisis while Truman saves us all with lighter story about the disillusionment over a botched banquet dinner.

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Let Them Eat Cake

December 12, 2019 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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This Week on Home Improvement…

Tim (Tim Allen), Al (Richard Karn) and Jill (Patricia Richardson) reluctantly attend the cable awards on Halloween night, in spite of the fact that Cooking With Irma wins everything every year. With Mark (Taran Noah Smith) sick at home and no babysitter available, they ask Brad (Zachary Ty Bryan) and his smooth-talking friend Jason (Jarrad Paul) to stay home and take care of him. With the parents tied up at the awards show, Jason convinces Brad to throw a blowout party at the empty house – with disastrous results.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

By request (and you can too!) Truman and Landen discuss Black Mirror, and all of our fears are reflected back at us.

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Advise and Repent

December 5, 2019 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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This Week on Home Improvement…

Jill comes home with an A on her recent psychology test and a confident bounce in her step, so when she encounters Burt, the father of Randy’s girlfriend, who explains that his wife drives him nuts when her parents are in town, Jill suggests that maybe his wife has never individuated from her parents. This leads Burt to get in an explosive fight with his wife, and sends Jill into a downward spiral of guilt and self-doubt of becoming a therapist.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

By request (and you can too!) Truman and Landen discuss the most controversial of topics. A topic so hot it could never be aired on television. A topic that once got Jimmy Carter banned from the entire Australian continent… MARCHING BAND.

Only one of us plays an instrument. Can you guess who before you listen?

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Jill’s Surprise Party

November 21, 2019 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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This Week on Home Improvement…

Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) has called together all of Jill’s friends and relatives to throw her a surprise 39th birthday party – but when Jill (Patricia Richardson) takes off on an impromptu trip to Dayton to retrieve a childhood piano just before the party’s set to begin, Tim has to try and keep all the guests around (and the food uneaten) until she gets back.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

Truman and Landen discuss birthdays and everything that comes with ’em! Best gifts, worst gifts, and whirlyball!

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