Season Five

Games, Flames & Automobiles

July 2, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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This Week on Home Improvement…

With his 37th birthday approaching, Al Borland (Richard Karn) finds himself facing a midlife crisis. In search of a legacy, he decides to invest his life savings in manufacturing hundreds of copies of his Tool Time board game so he can sell them, get rich and propose to Ilene. But when Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) discovers that the game’s faulty wiring causes it to catch on fire during play, Al realizes that he stands to lose all his life savings refunding unhappy customers. But at the last minute, Tim comes to the rescue, deputizing Wilson (Earl Hindman), Heidi (Debbe Dunning), Jill (Patricia Richardson), Ilene (Sherry Hursey) and Al’s brother Cal to re-wire all of the games before they can be shipped. Overjoyed at this show of support from his friends, Al proposes to Ilene.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

Telepathic reporters. Time traveling heroes. Rita Hayworth has one, and so do some of the best films. This week we’re talkin’ holes – plot holes, that is! What are some of the most egregious oversights in movies? Spoiler alert for a handful of films that were released at least 20-30 years ago. (And if you haven’t seen Back to the Future, like, why are you listening to this and not watching that?)

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Alarmed by Burglars

June 25, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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When Wilson’s house is burgled, and his precious artifacts stolen, Jill becomes concerned for the safety of the Taylor household. She encourages Tim to install the biggest, most state-of-the-art security system money can buy, and even film a Tool Time episode about it. However, we yet again learn, that More Power is not the answer.

Meanwhile, Brad contemplates cheating on an exam!

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

Do you find yourself going back to a certain movie over and over again? A film from your youth? One you watched with a loved one? One that just makes you laugh? Or one that you watch with the father of your date to the school dance because she got sick and needed to be driven home? We got you covered.

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Shopping Around

June 18, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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Tim Taylor’s (Tim Allen) mom (Donnie Bartlett) and his old shop teacher Mr. Leonard (Dick O’Neill) are still dating, and things are getting pretty hot and heavy. But when Tim and Jill (Patricia Richardson) catch Mr. Leonard on a date with another woman at a fancy restaurant, he’s furious that a man he looks up to could be so disrespectful to his mother. When Tim confronts Mr. Leonard, he admits that he’s been trying to break things off with the other woman, but agrees to hurry it up and become a one-woman man.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

Do you prefer Arnold or Sly? Too easy? How about Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan? No? How about Patrick Swayze or Kurt Russell?

This week Truman and Landen play “Either/Or” pitting the biggest action starts of the 80s and 90s against each other and choosing their preference.

Which stars do you prefer????

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Mr. Wilson’s Opus

May 28, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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When the director of Randy’s school rendition of Romeo and Juliet goes into labor, it seems the play is doomed to close before it even begins. But at the behest of Jill, Randy asks Wilson to step in and take the reigns. However, Wilson’s passion for authenticity creates problems with the cast and crew causing many to quit.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a star! It’s a cameo! No, it’s your favorite actors!

This week we’re talking about our favorite small roles filled by big actors. Call them cameos, call them stunt casting, call them good fun. From Bill Murray in Zombieland to Orson Welles in The Muppet Movie, we cover the gamut.

Also, spoiler alert?

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The Longest Day

May 14, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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When Randy’s (Jonathan Taylor Thomas’s) doctor finds a lump in his neck, Tim (Tim Allen) and Jill (Patricia Richardson) spend a nerve-wracking 24 hours waiting on the results of a blood test that will tell them whether Randy has a relatively harmless thyroid condition, or cancer. At first they try to hide this news from Randy and the boys, but when Randy figures it out he’s angry that they’ve been keeping secrets from him. After some heartfelt flashbacks and some confusion from Al (Richard Karn), the Taylors finally get the good news – Randy is fine, and will just have to take a pill every day.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

What if you could live in any cinematic universe, what would you choose? If you could make one statement to the world, what would it be? If you had to be the sidekick of any superhero or action star, who would it be? We answer these questions and more on this jam-packed episode!

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Engine and a Hair Cut, Two Fights

April 30, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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Tim and Brad continue their work on the hot rod, and have a brief disagreement over the type of engine they want to install. But this is only the beginning of their problems. Brad decides it’s time for a haircut, and when Tim suggests he gets something “traditional”, Brad comes home with something unorthodox… for the 90s. This leads to a blowout argument resulting in their not speaking to one another.

Meanwhile, Randy is auditioning for Romeo and Juliet at school, and Jill desperately wants to reclaim her youthful passion for acting by helping him rehearse.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

This week’s episode is… ya know… for kids!

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