4th Season 1994

  1. "Back in the Saddle Shoes Again"
    gs: Mariangela Pino [ Marie ]

    rc: Heidi

    Tim is less than sensitive when Jill is laid off and decides that she wants to go back to college. Initially Tim has reservations as he is afraid that he will lose her to smarter guys. On Tool Time, Al and Tim have a dry-walling competition which Al easily wins.

    b: 20 Sep 94 pc: _________ w: Bruce Ferber d: Andy Cadiff
  2. "Don't Tell Momma"
    gs: Daniel Bryan Cartmell [ Scotty ], Tom LaGrua [ Eddie McCormack ]

    Tim lectures Jill about improper care of her car after she touches up a scratch with nail polish. However, on a special Tool Time, Tim drops a three-ton beam on Jill's car and tries to hide the car from her. Meanwhile Brad and Randy get kicked off the school bus for gluing Vinnie McGurn's butt crack, as he was bullying them. As Randy puts it, "As of three p.m., he's closed for business."

    b: 27 Sep 94 pc: _________ w: Rosalind Moore & Howard J. Morris d: Andy Cadiff
  3. "Death Begins at Forty"
    gs: Al Fann [ Felix ]

    rc: Heidi, Harry, Benny

    Harry, the hardware store owner, has a heart attack, and Tim begins to worry about his health, as he is approaching his 40th birthday. Wilson tells Tim that everything will be okay, as he said that he had a heart attack, and he's fine now. The boys give Tim a `Tool Man', and Jill arranges for Tim to fly in a jet. On Tool Time, Tim and Al are shrunk to go inside a small block 350 engine.

    b: 4 Oct 94 pc: _________ w: Bob Bendetson d: Andy Cadiff
  4. "The Eyes Don't Have It"
    gs: Anndi McAfee [ Beth ]

    rc: Heidi

    Mark's teacher wants to meet with Tim and Jill; Mark is having problems at school. Tim and Jill try to figure out what is wrong. Jill thinks that the problem could be that she is neglecting Mark, because of Tim and her busy schedules but both miss the real problem: Mark needs glasses and is afraid of looking stupid. Al bores the studio audience, Heidi and Tim with the history of linoleum.

    b: 11 Oct 94 pc: _________ w: Jon Vandergriff d: Andy Cadiff
  5. "He Ain't Heavy, He's Just Irresponsible"

    rc: Heidi, Marty

    Tim's brother, Marty, comes by and tells Tim he leaving his wife and newborn twins. Tim tells Marty that things will get better, but that turns Marty against Tim. Also Tim puts a hole in the floor while trying to install a central vacuum. Jill needs to finish her psychology paper, but there are too many distractions.

    b: 18 Oct 94 pc: _________ w: Elliot Shoenman & Marley Sims d: Andy Cadiff
  6. "Borland Ambition"

    rc: Heidi, Harry, Ilene, Benny

    Jill says no to Tim's desire to buy into a hardware store, so Al buys into it instead, and is less than a "silent partner". Tim is also annoyed when Al starts advertising Harry's Hardware on Tool Time. Tim saves Al's relationship with Ilene as Al is spending too much time in the hardware store. Meanwhile, Mark wins a Halloween competition when he goes dressed as Al

    b: 25 Oct 94 pc: _________ w: Bob Bendetson & Bruce Ferber d: Andy Cadiff
  7. "Let's Go to the Videotape"
    gs: Tom LaGrua [ Eddie McCormack ], Bill Saluga [ Man #1 ], Ed Hooks [ Man #2 ], Lowell Sanders [ Man #3 ]

    rc: Heidi, Harry, Ilene

    Tim videotapes Jill's speech at the library, then accidentally leaves the record button on when he critiques her performance for his hardware store buddies. When Jill screens the tape, she sees Tim referring to her as "the big bopper of boredom". Tim redeems himself by reading Jill's psychology books, and re-recording a competition with the guys at the hardware store.

    b: 8 Nov 94 pc: _________ w: Howard J. Morris d: Andy Cadiff
  8. "Quibbling Siblings"

    rc: Heidi

    Jill tries to explain to Tim that middle son Randy's scrapping with his brothers is really a bid for his share of Tim's attention, which the boy feels he is definitely not getting. This is made worse when Brad is made Tim's assistant on Tool Time when Al can't make it. Meanwhile, Brad is very nervous around Heidi as he has a crush on her.

    b: 15 Nov 94 pc: _________ w: Paul Wolff d: Andy Cadiff
  9. "My Dinner with Wilson (a.k.a. My Dinner at Wilson's)"
    gs: James Cromwell [ Fred ], Julie Cobb [ Francine ], William Thomas Jr. [ Appraiser ], Noelle North [ Voice ]

    While entertaining the Taylor family for Thanksgiving, Wilson announces that he's moving away. But Tim tries to keep Wilson as a neighbor-and gets a peek at life from the other side of the fence. However, Tim advises Wilson for once, quoting Mario Andretti, and Wilson decides to stay.

    b: 22 Nov 94 pc: _________ w: Elliot Shoenman & Marley Sims d: Andy Cadiff
  10. "Ye Olde Shoppe Teacher"
    gs: Dick O'Neill [ Art Leonard ], Murray Rubinstein [ Larry ], Michael Kaufman [ Frankie ]

    rc: Heidi, Benny

    Tim is paid a visit by his favorite high-school shop teacher, Mr. Leonard. Jill learns that this is the man who first recognized, aided and abetted Tim's unnatural need for "more power". But guest-appearing on Tool Time, Mr. Leonard has to admit that arthritis has ruined his hands and he can't cut metal any more. But when Tim tries to help out, Mr. Leonard get angry and leaves. After a talk to Wilson, Tim decides to pay Mr. Leonard a visit.

    b: 29 Nov 94 pc: _________ w: Howard J. Morris d: Andy Cadiff
  11. "Some Like It Hot Rod"
    gs: Ben Gillespie [ Mikey ], John Webb [ Norman ], Christopher Ogden [ Steven ]

    rc: Heidi

    Tim has a shot at getting the family hot rod featured in a major automotive magazine, but Jill almost spoils it because of her own busy agenda with Mark's fourth-grade Christmas Pageant. She has to use the garage, so she puts the hot rod outside right before a snowstorm. Trying to make it the deadline anyway, Tim acquires help from Al to clean up the hot rod, but they both fall asleep.

    b: 6 Dec 94 pc: _________ w: Neil Kramer & Ned Teitelbaum d: Andy Cadiff
  12. "'Twas the Night Before Chaos"
    gs: M. Emmet Walsh [ The Colonel ], Polly Holliday [ Lillian ], Jensen Daggett [ Nancy ]

    rc: Heidi, Marty

    Tim's brother Marty and his wife Nancy are visiting for the holidays with their new twin baby girls. Jill's parents also come from Texas and their bickering threatens to spoil Christmas. Jill and Tim try to help her parents solve their marital problems. As usual, Tim goes all out to beat Doc Johnson in the lighting contest. On the Christmas edition of Tool Time, we see ice sculpting with a chain saw.

    b: 13 Dec 94 pc: _________ w: Rosalind Moore d: Andy Cadiff
  13. "The Route of All Evil"
    gs: Mariangela Pino [ Marie ]

    rc: Heidi

    Brad's plying of his early-morning newspaper route causes his schoolwork to suffer, but he's afraid to quit the job and disappoint Tim so instead he pays Mark to do his duties and Randy to do his homework. Jill is so busy with her finals that Marie agrees to do the cooking which delights Tim and the boys. On Tool Time, Tim and Al present burglar alarms.

    b: 3 Jan 95 pc: _________ w: Lloyd Garver d: Andy Cadiff
  14. "Brother, Can You Spare a Hot Rod?"
    gs: Bruce McGill [ Doug O'Brien ], Larry Flash Jenkins [ Bud ], Anndi McAfee [ Beth ], Jay Leno [ Jay ], Laura Hill [ Salesclerk ], Rocky Giordani [ Fred (uncredited) ], Bob Neches [ (uncredited) ]

    Tim gets his hot rod in a show and without consulting his family, he decides to sell it. Tim has a tough time coming up with a reason he did it-other than all the little zeros that have made it a big-money deal. Desperately trying to get the car back, Tim and Brad decide to buy one to rebuild instead. Even though Randy doesn't like it, Jill takes him shopping for clothes. He's afraid she'll embarrass him in front of someone he knows.

    b: 10 Jan 95 pc: _________ w: Jan Vandergriff d: Andy Cadiff
  15. "Super Bowl Fever"
    gs: David Krieg [ Himself ], Kelvin Pritchitt [ Himself ], Chris Spielman [ Himself ], Murray Rubinstein [ Larry ]

    rc: Pete, Harry, Benny

    Tim's plans for the Super Bowl party to end all parties are interrupted when Jill comes down with a fever and Tim has to devote his time to her care. But The Super Bowl comes only once a year, and Tim tries, unsuccessfully, to take care of his wife and entertain the guys.

    b: 31 Jan 95 pc: _________ w: Rosalind Moore & Howard J. Morris d: Andy Cadiff
  16. "Bachelor of the Year"
    gs: Cecily Adams [ Dana ], Dorothy Brooks [ Shelley ], Jolie Jackunas [ Christine ], Sonia Jackson [ Receptionist ], Peg Dirolf [ Woman #1 ], Rose Portillo [ Woman #2 ], Lucy Liu [ Woman #3 ], Rebecca Staab [ Debbie Carver (uncredited) ]

    rc: Heidi, Ilene

    Mark has to do a school project on the most interesting person he knows. Of course Tim thinks it should be himself, while Mark decides he'd rather do it on Wilson. Al gets written up in a Detroit magazine as one of the city's "Most Eligible Bachelors" and the women begin flocking after him. Al's ego inflates ten times its normal, his behavior changes and he alienates everyone around him, especially Ilene. Finally, Tim brings Al down to earth by being a true friend and telling Al the "truth," that one of the reasons the women were going crazy over him was because they added an extra zero on to what his salary was in the magazine article.

    b: 7 Feb 95 pc: _________ w: Rosalind Moore d: Peter Filsinger
  17. "It's My Party"
    gs: Francesca P. Roberts [ Marge ], Mark L. Taylor [ Bert Russell ], Kimberly Cullum [ Michelle ], John Volstad [ Bob ], Andrew Amic-Angelo [ Sherman ], David Carter [ Dance Double ]

    rc: Heidi

    Tim wants to throw a snowmobile party for Randy's birthday party but Randy would rather have a coed party, and Tim decides to build a polished dance floor instead-with 16 layers of polish. At the party, Randy decides to ask a girl named Michelle to dance, but she falls and hurts her ankle. She has a very protective father who nearly didn't let her go to the party, so he's not impressed with the news and the fact that Tim runs around the house with no trousers on.

    b: 14 Feb 95 pc: _________ w: Thad Mumford d: Andy Cadiff
  18. "A House Divided"
    gs: Ralph Manza [ Stan ]

    rc: Heidi, Harry, Benny

    Tim's free-loading friend, Benny, moves into his aunt's house while she is away. There is a gas leak and Tim does a Tool Time special but accidentally blows up the house. Benny moves in with the Taylors' and drives them nuts, so they rebuild the blown-up house to get rid of Benny.

    b: 21 Feb 95 pc: _________ w: Bruce Ferber & Lloyd Garver d: Andy Cadiff
  19. "The Naked Truth"
    gs: Jensen Daggett [ Nancy ], Earl Billings [ Mike ], Johnson West [ Stage Manager ], Milton Canady [ Construction Worker ]

    rc: Heidi, Marty

    Tim gets flustered when, thinking he is surprising Jill in the shower, he walks-clothed only in his birthday suit-into the master bathroom and sees his sister-in-law, Nancy, naked in the shower. Tim convinces her to keep it a secret. Almost immediately, however, Tim's guilt starts rising to the surface. His problem is compounded when his brother reveals he got the job he was interviewing for and will be moving to Detroit with his family. Finally, unable to put up with Tim's odd behavior anymore, his sister-in-law confesses the dark secret to Jill and her husband.

    b: 28 Feb 95 pc: _________ w: Elliot Shoenman & Marley Sims d: Andy Cadiff
  20. "Talk to Me"
    gs: Jim Breuer [ Jim ], Dave Chappelle [ Dave ]

    rc: Heidi

    Jill gets mad when, after she gives Tim a lecture about helping around the house, she overhears him on Tool Time say that women are born to nag. This comment, which was offered to two young bachelors who needed some help with their girlfriends, causes Jill to get even angrier at him. Wilson helps Tim see that part of Jill's anger may be related to her impending graduate school exam, so Tim makes up on the air and helps the two bachelors mend fences at the same time.

    b: 14 Mar 95 pc: _________ w: Carmen Finestra & David McFadzean and Matt Williams d: Andy Cadiff
  21. "No, No, Godot"
    gs: Robby Gordon [ Himself ], Derrick Walker [ Himself ], Max Gail [ Officer Carl Keegan ], Mike Grief [ George ], Jennifer Lyon-Buchanan [ Woman in Audience ], Sam Whipple [ Usher ], Clive Rosengren [ Policeman ], Randy Kovitz [ Man in Audience ], Rif Hutton [ Man at Arena ], Raffi Di Blasio [ Boy ]

    rc: Ilene

    Tim and Al dodge a night at the theater to scalp hockey tickets, then get arrested and spend 45 minutes in jail. Brad and Randy want to go to a party while Wilson is baby-sitting so Mark paper-maches Wilson.

    b: 21 Mar 95 pc: _________ w: Bob Bendetson d: Andy Cadiff
  22. "Tool Time After Dark (1)"

    Tim overindulges on Polish food and is kept awake through the night with an upset stomach. He takes advantage of the occasion to review tapes of some outstanding episodes of Tool Time.

    b: 11 Apr 95 pc: _________ w: Elliot Shoenman & Marley Sims d: Andy Cadiff

    NOTE: This episode originally aired as a one-hour special.
  23. "Tool Time After Dark (2)"

    Tim overindulges on Polish food and is kept awake through the night with an upset stomach. He takes advantage of the occasion to review tapes of some outstanding episodes of Tool Time.

    b: 11 Apr 95 pc: _________ w: Elliot Shoenman & Marley Sims d: Andy Cadiff

    NOTE: This episode originally aired as a one-hour special.
  24. "Sisters and Brothers"
    gs: Jensen Daggett [ Nancy ], Tudi Roche [ Carrie ], Keith Lehman [ Cal Borland ]

    rc: Heidi, Marty

    Tim gets stuck in the middle when Jill's career-driven sister, Carrie, comes to observe Jill's world so she can decide if the married life would suit her, too. Meanwhile Tim's brother, Marty, moves to Detroit and Al and his brother Cal have it out on Tool Time.

    b: 2 May 95 pc: _________ w: Rosalind Moore d: Andy Cadiff

    NOTE: This was the 100th episode produced.

    Tudi Roche is married to Richard Karn in real life.


  25. "A Marked Man"
    gs: Deb Selby [ Herself ], Steve Selby [ Himself ], Jay Lacopo [ Customer ]

    rc: Heidi, Harry

    Deb Selby, a husband calling contest champion demonstrates her calls so loudly that Tim loses his hearing for a few days. Al hesitantly approaches Tim about the possibility that one of the boys have stolen an expensive Swiss Army pocketknife from the hardware store. When Tim and Jill question the boys, no one confesses and Jill doubts her sons would steal and lie. However, when putting laundry away, Tim searches their room while Jill convinces him not too because she trusts her kids. The missing knife turns up in Mark's dirty laundry and Tim loses his temper and overreacts, leaving Jill to calm him down. Mark does not come home from school and the parents frantically call around and find him at the hardware store. Mark admits he stole the knife to impress his brothers.

    b: 9 May 95 pc: _________ w: Jon Vandergriff d: Peter Filsinger
  26. "Wilson's Girlfriend"
    gs: Beth Dixon [ Judith ], Michelle Williams [ Jessica Lutz ]

    Jill decides to set up her professor, Judith, with Wilson. Initially, Wilson and Judith hit it off, but she confides to Jill that Wilson won't open up to her. Jill tells Tim, who offers a little love advice to his fence buddy. Wilson heeds the advice and saves the relationship. Meanwhile, Brad tries everything, including makeup, to cover a pimple before his big date with a girl named Jessica.

    b: 23 May 95 pc: _________ w: Howard J. Morris d: Andy Cadiff

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