Grunt Work Podcast

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When Mr. Binford elopes with a model, he puts his busybody daughter Maureen (Vicki Lewis) in charge of “Tool Time” – much to the chagrin of Tim (Tim Allen), who has been running the show for years. Maureen’s meddlesome nature leads her to alter the plans for the house they’re renovating on the show and start making Al (Richard Karn) wear Hawaiian shirts, and there’s nothing Tim can do.

Jill (Patricia Richardson), meanwhile, has gotten a new job and couldn’t be more excited. With Jill, Wilson (Earl Hindman) and even the boys too busy to give him advice, Tim is at a loss – until he comes up with a plan to send Maureen out of town to get her out of their hair.

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Uh oh! Mark has the chicken pox, and Tim has never had them, so Jill packs his bags and sends him off to stay with Al for a few days. Tim, however, finds this to be quite a chore, especially considering Al’s overzealousness for planned meals and activities. After one night of watching Al’s home movies, Tim is ready to move into a hotel, but is afraid that he’ll hurt Al’s feelings. This is ultimately moot because on Tool Time, Tim plays a game with guests Mario and Michael Andretti to guess the sounds of revving engines, and pranks Al by including a recording of his snoring. Al expresses his upsettiness to Tim back at home, leading to a brief row, to which Tim apologizes and helps mend by putting in a good word with Al’s neighbor who has a crush on him.

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It’s Halloween, the Taylor’s favorite holiday! This year, they are hosting a costume party for Brad and his friends, and everybody is pitching in. Brad, however, is rueful that he agreed to dress as Raggedy Andy to match the costume of Jenny Sudarsky as Raggedy Ann. However, once the party starts, Jenny arrives with Danny, another boy from school, and a bit of an asshole, both dressed as bikers. Embarrassed and angry, Brad storms outside to stew. With the help of Tim, Brad decides to talk to Jenny, and make up.

Later, Jill guides the kids through a tour of the haunted basement, where Tim, Al, and Wilson exact their revenge on Danny.

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This week, Tim is finally ready to drop the engine into the chasey of his hot rod, and invites a few friends over to help him. Al finds out, and is a little disappointed he wasn’t invited because his girlfriend, Greta Post, has just dumped him. Tim extends the invitation, and their friendship grows a millimeter larger.

At home, Karen is visiting, also reeling from a recent breakup and ready to Just Say No to men. Jill sees this as an opportunity to introduce Karen to Tim’s hunky friend Dave – much to the chagrin of Tim, who doesn’t want to be disturbed while working on the hot rod. However, it all goes off the rails as all of Tim’s friends bring their wives, and Karen and Dave hit it off.

Meanwhile, the kids are engaged in some sort of domestic dispute with some neighborhood boys.

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Jill Taylor is doing some cleaning around the house, and has found a chest filled with romance novels. Wanting to prove he’s every bit the man as the novels fetishize, Tim attempts to lift the heavy book-filled trunk to show off his rippling muscles. This backfires when Tim pulls his favorite man-muscle. Not wanting to fess up for fear of seeming inferior to the fictional studs, Tim keeps his injury a secret – much to the chagrin of himself.

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On This Episode of Home Improvement…

It’s date night for Tim and Jill Taylor, and our best friend Karen is over to babysit the kids for the night. Before they leave for their date, Jill and Karen catch a segment of Tool Time where Tim casts a salacious glance at a female guest. Karen, always quick with the commentary on feminism and patriarchal values, points this out and berates Tim for it. This causes Jill to challenge Tim to not look at a single woman while on their date. This all comes crashing down with a bombshell named Kiki arrives and asks Tim for an autograph.

Meanwhile, Randy is upset that he has small hands and is bad at the sports.

On This Episode of Grunt Work…

Has Landen found love? A surprising development for the theory that Al Borland is a secret spy, and Truman deals with Gruntgate 2017.