Al Borland

High School Confidential

March 12, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:39:16 — 136.3MB) | Embed

This Week on Home Improvement…

After Randy receives detention, his teacher informs Tim and Jill that he believes Randy is not being engaged enough with the current curriculum, and wants to enroll him in advanced placement courses. This, of course, means that he will be in high school with Brad.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

Everyone loves to laugh. Well, most people love to laugh. We all have our Giggle Triggers™, as irrational as they may be. This week Truman and Landen discuss the things that make them laugh. Slapstick. Wordplay. Characterization. Just a well constructed joke. They cover the gamut from Chaplin to Norm Macdonald.

Gain access to our Grunt Work: Nights episodes for as little as $1/mo. over on our Patreon!

Follow Us on Social Media:

Twitter | Instagram

Oh, Brother

March 5, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:41:38 — 139.6MB) | Embed

This Week on Home Improvement…

When Tim’s brother Marty loses his job, Tim offers him some work helping to rebuild the set of Tool Time. However, as soon as they begin to work together, petty tensions begin to boil.

Meanwhile, Randy gets a haircut, Brad gets a new girlfriend, and Mark grows ten inches.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

Everyone has pet peeves, the things and behaviors that annoy the hell out of us, but what are your ‘wild’ peeves – the things and behaviors that annoy others, but don’t bother you?

This week, Truman and Landen discuss their wild peeves including canceling plans, toilet seats, people who clap when the plane lands, the word ‘moist’, and more!

Gain access to our Grunt Work: Nights episodes for as little as $1/mo. over on our Patreon!

Follow Us on Social Media:

Twitter | Instagram

Twas the Flight Before Christmas

January 30, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:38:21 — 71.3MB) | Embed

This Week on Home Improvement…

It’s Christmas Eve, and Tim (Tim Allen) and Al (Richard Karn) are flying to a nearby town for the day to lead an elf parade. But when Al’s mother keeps blowing up his beeper with messages and invites herself to the romantic New Year’s he had planned, Eileen has had enough and gives Al an ultimatum: Her, or his mother. As Al negotiates this feud between the most important women in his life, he and Tim are trapped in a tiny regional airport by a massive snowstorm that threatens to keep them from getting home for Christmas – which means it’s on the boys (Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Zachary Ty Bryan and Taran Noah Smith) to compete against Doc Johnson in the annual Christmas light contest.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

Truman and Landen discuss things they love unconditionally – no buts allowed!

Gain access to our Grunt Work: Nights episodes for as little as $1/mo. over on our Patreon!

Follow Us on Social Media:

Twitter | Instagram

That’s My Momma

January 23, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:33:31 — 67.9MB) | Embed

This Week on Home Improvement…

When Tim’s mom comes to town, he begins to learn things about her that surprises him – like she’s lonely in their childhood home; she recently took a trip to Ireland and kissed the Blarney Stone; and that even at her age, she can still get it. However, when she tries to open up to Tim, he has a hard time receiving it, which leads to some wisecracks and hurt feelings.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

Truman and Landen discuss flying! Airports, planes, behavior, and some really extreme ideas that maybe one of them regrets framing the way he does, even if he stands by the general core concept.

Gain access to our Grunt Work: Nights episodes for as little as $1/mo. over on our Patreon!

Follow Us on Social Media:

Twitter | Instagram

Doctor in the House

January 16, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:32:23 — 66.8MB) | Embed

This Week on Home Improvement…

When Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) finds out he’s getting an honorary PhD from Western Michigan University, he’s thrilled. Jill (Patricia Richardson), who’s burning the midnight oil to get a graduate degree, and Wilson (Earl Hindman), who toiled hard to get his PhD, are significantly less excited. But Tim’s gloating comes to a quick end when he finds out that the only reason he’s being given the award is because the university thinks a celebrity like him will be a good fundraiser. Also, Tim gets into some trouble with mousetraps.

**This week on Grunt Work: Nights…**

Truman and Landen discuss fashion! They assess each other’s style, (or lack thereof). Beep beep!

Gain access to our Grunt Work: Nights episodes for as little as $1/mo. over on our Patreon!

Follow Us on Social Media:

Twitter | Instagram

Chicago Hope

January 9, 2020 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:38:55 — 71.1MB) | Embed

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)_/¯

Gain access to our Grunt Work: Nights episodes for as little as $1/mo. over on our Patreon!

Follow Us on Social Media:

Twitter | Instagram