rc: Heidi
Jill's sister Carol is having a baby girl and when they talk about the baby's name and Jill is going through the boys' baby toys, she wishes she could have a baby girl. Tim tells Randy and Brad that Jill always wanted a girl so they tell Mark that Jill wished that he had been a girl. Of course this upsets Mark and when Jill wants to bake a cake with him, he doesn't want to and when she finds out the truth, she tells Mark that what Randy and Brad told him isn't true. Tim is also upset because he doesn't want another child but he feels all right again when Jill tells him that they don't have the time for another child.
b: 15 Sep 93 pc: _________ w: Bob Bendetson d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi, Ilene
It is Al's birthday. He is now 35 and realizes that he should get a wife soon. When he blows out the candles on the birthday cake, he wishes for a wife and when Jill hears about it, she wants to fix him up with the sister of a woman she is working with. Her name is Ilene and works as a orthodontist. Al has arranged a dinner at his apartment along with Tim and Jill and when Ilene appears, Al finds out that she is also desperate for a husband and kids. Therefore he proposes to her on Tool Time but he soon regrets it. Randy and Brad write a letter to Mark, pretending to be Isiah Thomas, the basketball player Mark has been writing letters to, asking to come for dinner. When Jill finds out, she and Tim tell Mark to get revenge.
b: 22 Sep 93 pc: _________ w: Elliot Shoenman & Marley Sims d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi
Tim has installed an intercom in the house and given it more power. Of course, it doesn't work so he has to work on it. When Randy and his friend Jeremy are up in Randy's room, Tim gets the intercom to work and hears how Randy cracks jokes about him and calls him a goof-ball. Tim gets hurt and grounds Randy for a week. When he talks to Wilson about the problem, he realizes that Randy is entering puberty and grounding him is not the solution. So for the first time on Tool Time, Tim doesn't tell jokes or screw up anything and Al thinks that Tim is playing a trick on him. Brad has borrowed the Dickens book "David Copperfield" and wants to read it so he can talk to Jennifer about it. When he finds out that it isn't David Copperfield the magician, he suddenly doesn't feel like reading it and when Jennifer breaks up with him, it hurts Jill as much as Brad.
b: 29 Sep 93 pc: _________ w: Howard J. Morris d: Andy Morrisrc: Heidi
Joe and Marie Morton have just moved in across the alley and Joe is trying to get to know Tim, but Tim finds him really annoying. Accidentally, Joe gets the grill on the hot rod dented, but Tim tries not to get too upset. Instead, he tries to get rid of Joe by telling him that he has to take care of Jill, and Joe gets the idea that Jill is drinking. Unfortunately, Jill has become good friends with Joe's wife Marie and when they are all going out for dinner, Jill finds out what Tim said. Later, Tim makes up with Joe after Joe buys him an original '33 grill for his hot rod. Brad has signed up for elective in school and he picks home economics to get to meet girls, but when all the other boys in his class do the same, he regrets it.
b: 6 Oct 93 pc: _________ w: Rosalind Moore d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi, Pete, Dwayne
On Tool Time, Tim gets the horrible news that his boss, Mr. Binford, has died of a heart attack. Al knows that Tim felt Mr. Binford was like a father to him and therefore Al thinks that Tim should mourn over Mr. Binford. Tim doesn't feel like it, probably because he has taught the boys that guys don't cry. But Jill assures him that there is nothing wrong with crying. Wilson thinks that crying is just one way of mourning so Tim has to find his own way to say good-bye to John Binford. Therefore, Tim gives Mr. Binford a twenty-four gun salute on Tool Time.
b: 13 Oct 93 pc: _________ w: Elliot Shoenman d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi
It is Halloween and Jill plans to get even with Tim "The King of Halloween" Taylor, who always plays tricks on her and everybody else on Halloween. Marie pretends to be "Rose," a fan of Tim on Tool Time. She sends him cookies but Wilson thinks they might be poisoned. When "Rose" calls Tim at home, she says that she loves and wants him. In no time, Tim is a total wreck, picking up a bat before he opens the door and so on. Just before shooting a Tool Time show, he realizes that the audience is full of women from a "Sharpshooter's Club" and he gets a letter from "Rose" telling him that she is sitting in the front row and that she will be at the party tonight.
b: 27 Oct 93 pc: _________ w: Bob Bendetson d: Andy CadiffJill has prepared for a long time long for a fund-raiser for the library and a lot of people give her a dinner in her honor. Marie has arranged a surprise for Jill-Tim is going to deliver a picture of her so the photo lab can blow it up so everybody can sign it. Unfortunately, when Marie reminds Tim that there is only half an hour to deliver it in, Tim picks Jill's driver's license photo and gets it blown up. It is a really bad picture of Jill and she is of course upset. When Tim tells Jill that it was Marie's fault and she finds out it wasn't, she accuses Tim for not understanding how important this night was for her. Al and the boys go to a miniature golf course and when Brad gets a hole-in-one, Al gets upset and then gets suspended from the golf course.
b: 3 Nov 93 pc: _________ w: Rosalind Moore & Howard J. Morris d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi
Wes Davidson, the new president of Binford Tools, meets Tim after the show and shows him a new prototype of a reciprocating saw that he wants Tim to promote on Tool Time. When Tim brings it home and takes it apart, he finds out that the saw is an inferior and bad tool. Therefore he doesn't want to promote it on the show but when he and Al visit Wes, he tells Tim that he is able to cancel the show unless Tim promotes the saw. Jill says she will be behind Tim whatever solution he chooses, but he comes out with an idea that both saves his job and stops production of the saw. The boys get to buy groceries for the first time and they have found a good way to save money to buy delicacies.
b: 10 Nov 93 pc: _________ w: Bruce Ferber d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi, Pete, Dwayne
Nana bought some bonds for the kids a long time ago and now the boys can get the money. They agree on going to a sporting memorabilia store and investing the money in baseball cards. When Tim sees a $140 autographed Indy car with remote control, he would really like to have it but he knows that the boys can't handle sharing one thing. They buy the car anyway but when they are eager to see it drive, they take it out in the garden and damage it. They try to repair it but Jill notices it and gets revenge big time. Tim and Al are doing salute to high steel and when visiting the building the K & B Construction guys are working on, Tim falls through the roof of a port-a-potty.
b: 17 Nov 93 pc: _________ w: Bob Bendetson & Bruce Ferber d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi, Ilene
It is Thanksgiving Day and Al and Ilene are coming over for Thanksgiving dinner. Tim has had a vision: He doesn't want the same old boring Christmas card photo. This time he wants to show the spirit of the Taylor family as they are. They will have to wear costumes at the North Pole in the "Christmas village" he is going to build. That means the boys have to wear elves costumes, which they don't want to and the snow machine doesn't work properly and smashes the garden door. On Tool Time, Tim and Al present the "man's bathroom" which has everything a man could need when sitting in it.
b: 24 Nov 93 pc: _________ w: Max Eisenberg d: Andy CadiffJill finds out that there is a school reunion and she wants to go, although she will undoubtedly meet her old friend Joanie Graham who stole her boyfriend, Jack, 20 years ago; therefore, Jill didn't go to her high school prom. When they all get together, Joanie wants to talk about "it" and Jill finds out the truth why she hasn't heard from Joanie since the incident. While they are talking, Tim and Jack are trying to fix the amplifier at the reunion. At home, Al is staying with the boys and Brad's new girlfriend Ashley. He tries very hard to control both Brad, Ashley and Randy's bronchitis but Randy locks him out of the house when it is getting too much. Fortunately, Wilson has some extra keys.
b: 1 Dec 93 pc: _________ w: Elliot Shoenman & Marley Sims d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi
It is Christmas time and Tim wants to win the Christmas lighting contest which Doc Johnson has won the last nine years. He doesn't understand why every time he puts something up on the roof, Doc has already done it right before him. He finds out that Randy has been talking to Doc's granddaughter and she pumped him for information. Brad wants to spend Christmas skiing with Tom Wheeler's family because they invited him but since it is on Christmas Day, Tim and Jill won't let him go. When the family except Brad are in the church, Tim walks home to talk to Brad, but he finds out that Brad is on his way to go skiing.
b: 15 Dec 93 pc: _________ w: B.K. Taylor d: Andy CadiffWhen Randy comes home from sledding, he is upset because he lost a race to Vinnie McGurn who challenged him. He wants to get even by beating him up but Tim suggests that he can improve the sled and that Randy should challenge Vinnie to another race. When he does, Randy sprains his arm and needs to go to the emergency room. Everybody there knows Tim and he is glad to be there without being a patient but that soon changes. Jill is upset because she doesn't like the idea that Randy could get hurt in the race but when she finds out that Randy wants to race because he has to fight back because he is the shortest boy in his class, she realizes that she was wrong after all.
b: 5 Jan 94 pc: _________ w: Rosalind Moore & Howard J. Morris d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi, Ilene
Al is not in a good mood and doesn't want to come to dinner at the Taylors' with Ilene. Tim gets Al to tell that he is upset because Ilene had a dream about Tim riding a golden stallion wearing tight bicycle shorts. Al wants to be the guy riding the horse and feels like he is not man enough for Ilene. Tim talks Al into coming for dinner anyway and when Al and Ilene arrive, she accidentally mentions a horse, and Tim starts joking about stallions and bicycle shorts. When Ilene realizes that Al told Tim and Tim told Jill about the dream, she breaks up with Al
b: 12 Jan 94 pc: _________ w: Paul Wolff d: Andy Cadiffrc: Ilene
Al wants to buy an ice fishing shanty and wants Tim to go fishing with him. At first Tim won't but when he finds out that Jill has invited Marie and Ilene over to watch musicals, talk about men and remove unnecessary body hair, he accepts to go fishing. When they arrive, Tim has brought a TV and watches football when Al wants to fish and talk. Since they don't catch anything, Tim suggests that they make the hole bigger. When he tries to do that, he falls through it and loses the car keys so they have to call Wilson to bring them a spare set. In addition, Tim "improves" the heater so the shanty burns down.
b: 26 Jan 94 pc: _________ w: Ron Bloomberg d: Peter FilsingerJill's father, a retired Army colonel, comes to visit. He asks for Jill's and Tim's opinions on a military book he has written. The book is very boring and Jill has trouble telling her father the truth. On a lighter note, Randy becomes a hockey goalie and Tim builds a puck machine so he can practice. After a couple of tweaks, the shooter works almost too well.
b: 9 Feb 94 pc: _________ w: Rosalind Moore & Howard J. Morris d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi
Brad complains that Randy bugs him all the time when he is on the phone. Tim wants to move Randy in with Mark but Jill thinks they can talk things through. When Jill is not home, Tim makes Mark and Brad switch rooms. Mark is happy about it but Randy isn't until Jill explains him the benefits. On Tool Time, Tim plays a prank on Al with a "soundproof" booth.
b: 2 Mar 94 pc: _________ w: Jon Vandergriff d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi
Tim and Al get some famous people together to build for Habitat for Humanity. Jill wants to help but Tim explains that married people shouldn't work together. Jill gets on Al's team together with other women-and Wilson. Tim thinks that he can build his house faster than the "girls" team but has to admit that "men are equal to women". Brad finds a gold locket on the street and gives it to Ashley but when he finds out it belongs to Marie, he has to get it back but is afraid to tell Ashley the truth.
b: 9 Mar 94 pc: _________ w: Rosalind Moore and Howard J. Morris and Elliot Shoenman & Marley Sims d: Andy Cadiff NOTE: Ray Baker was uncredited in his role as the building inspector. Also, Ray Baker was married to Patricia Richardson during the filming and airing of this episode. They divorced in 1996.rc: Heidi
After a taping of Tool Time, the staff begins to set up the Cooking with Irma decorations and Al and Tim talk with Irma. She tells them that she can't host next week's shows because her daughter had a baby. Therefore she wants Al to host the show with Tim as his assistant. They agree and when they do the show, Tim tries to crack jokes like on Tool Time, but the female audience only laughs at Al's cheap one-liners. Tim doesn't feel good about it and wants to quit but Jill makes him change his mind. Randy was been staring at a girl named Beth in the class photo and wants to meet her so Brad sets up a meeting at home. Randy tries to be cool but he only says dumb things but luckily Wilson is there to help him out.
b: 16 Mar 94 pc: _________ w: Bob Bendetson & Bruce Ferber d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi
When Jill throws a baby shower for a friend at work, Tim charms all the women there. Jill wants him to stay home afterwards for some romance but Tim has promised to go to the demolition derby with the boys. When he returns home and Jill is all excited, Tim spoils it all. After a talk to Wilson, Tim finds out what he has done wrong and makes up for it.
b: 30 Mar 94 pc: _________ w: Rosalind Moore & Howard J. Morris d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi, Benny
Tool Time features a "man's kitchen" with all the amenities. But when planning a big production for the fifth anniversary show, Tim finds out that the kitchen show has blown Tool Time's budget. So for the anniversary show we get a peek back at the first episode of Tool Time. Al and Jill surprise Tim with race car driver guest stars.
b: 6 Apr 94 pc: _________ w: Howard Bendetson & Art Everett d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi, Pete
Tool Time features changes at the K & B Construction site-and those changes include a woman foreman, Les. Tim challenges her to a battle of tools. For Mother's Day, Tim and the boys want to get rid of the swing set on their patio and surprise Jill with a hot tub in its place. The surprise is on them; however, she'd rather have an herb garden and Tim finds out that the swing set means more to them than he first thought.
b: 4 May 94 pc: _________ w: B.K. Taylor d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi, Ilene
Jill does research on cosmetic surgery and plays with a computer program that cam change a person's look. Jill then finds out that Tim would prefer her with surgery than the way she looks now. The boys play games with Tim where the winner has to clean up in the house.
b: 11 May 94 pc: _________ w: Tim Allen & Diane Ford d: Andy Cadiffrc: Heidi
Randy discovers a singles bulletin board on his computer. He poses as a 32-year-old dermatologist and corresponds with 25-year-old Molly in St. Louis. He plagiarizes the love letters Tim wrote to Jill in college, and Jill discovers the ruse when Molly comes for a surprise visit. Tim "helps" Mark with his science project. Six shuttle astronauts from the NASA Endeavor Space Shuttle Crew guest star on Tool Time.
b: 18 May 94 pc: _________ w: Matthew Miller & Barrie Nedler d: Peter Filsingerrc: Heidi
Tim suggests an auction of the "Tool Man" to help Jill raise money for the library. Jill appears on Tool Time as the auctioneer, and Al has a surprise entry-Bob Vila, who brings in more money in the auction than Tim. Tim challenges Bob to a hot rod race, but that presents a problem because Tim's car isn't even finished yet.
b: 25 May 94 pc: _________ w: Jon Vandergriff d: Andy Cadiff| Back to TOP of Page |
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