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We wanted to give you a preview of our new show Movie Memory Machine, a podcast dedicated to forgotten movies. 

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Movie Memory Machine is a forgotten movie podcast. Each week the Machine sends us backward and forward through time and forces us to watch a wide release film that history has forgotten, then decide if we should send it back to modern memory or leave it drifting in the ether of space.

This episode the Machine sends us to August 4, 2006 to watch the Nickelodeon animated film Barnyard, with voices by Kevin James, Courtney Cox, and Sam Elliot.

The animals at a sleepy little farm deep in the country have a big secret: whenever the farmer isn’t looking, they all walk on two legs, talk, and engage in all sorts of lighthearted shenanigans. The leader of the animals is Ben (voiced by Sam Elliott), a tough and stoic Holstein cow who keeps all the others in line, makes sure humans don’t find about their anthropomorphic lifestyle, and defends the farm from the vicious coyotes that lurk beyond the fence. His carefree son Otis (voiced by Kevin James) is more interested in goofing around with his friends than learning the principles of leadership - until Ben dies in a coyote attack, and it falls to Otis to lead the farm. As he struggles to balance his inner party animal with the new responsibilities that have been thrust upon him, Otis relies on the wisdom of his friend Miles the Mule (voiced by Danny Glover) and flirts with Daisy (voiced by Courtney Cox), a widowed pregnant cow who has just arrived on the farm. 

Written and directed by Steve Oedekerk.

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Transmitting April 26, 2024 — subscribe now on your favorite podcatcher or visit https://www.moviememorymachine.com/

Movie Memory Machine is a podcast dedicated to films that are forgotten but not gone.

Each week the Machine sends us backward and forward through time and forces us to blow the dust off a wide release film that history has forgotten to decide if we should send it back to modern memory or leave it drifting in the ether of space.

Title: Joe Somebody (2001)

Joe Schaffer is leading a humdrum life that he never wanted, a low-level communications employee at a pharmaceutical company, but when he is confronted by the company bully and slapped in front of his daughter, he vows to turn his life around.

This episode was originally released: Jan 11, 2024

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Title: Insult to Injury

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 21

Broadcast date: Apr 15, 1997

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Marcelo Tubert, Michael Holden, Derek Wilder, Chet Nichols, Rick Cramer

Directed by: Geoffrey Nelson

Written by: Eric Horsted

This podcast episode was originally released: Aug 18, 2021

Episode Synopsis: Tim is over the moon when he learns that his next episode of Tool Time will break Bob Vila's record for most consecutive tool show appearances - and to mark the occasion, Al and Heidi have arranged for a live on-location shoot where Tim can lay asphalt using a steamroller. But when Tim badly injures his shoulder the day before the shoot, his doctor informs him that he'll need emergency surgery and cannot film the show. Unwilling to be shown up by his nemesis Bob Vila, Tim sneaks out of the hospital to film his record breaking show - and gets so badly re-injured in the process that he has to miss the air show he was going to take Mark to that weekend. With Mark and Jill both furious at him, Tim has to figure out a way heal his son's opinion of him while healing his shoulder injury.

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Title: My Son, the Driver

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 20

Broadcast date: Apr 1, 1997

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Tammy Lauren, George DeHoyo, Al Unser, Al Unser Jr., Al Richard Unser

Directed by: Andrew Tsao

Written by: Laurie Gelman

This podcast episode was originally released: Aug 4, 2021

Episode Synopsis: Brad has just gotten his driver’s license, and Jill is a nervous wreck. Before Brad takes the car out to celebrate with his friends, Jill sets a lengthy list of safety rules and insists that he be home by 10:00. Tim and Jill go to dinner with friends, where she spends the entire evening worrying about Brad getting into a car crash. Eventually, Brad calls to let them know he did get into a minor accident when he backed into a phone pole. In reality though, Brad rear-ended another driver and is lying to his parents so they won’t take away his driving privileges. But when his brothers blackmail him to play along with his lie, the driver he hit threatens to sue him, and the guilt over deceiving his parents begins to mount, Brad finally comes clean and accepts the consequences.

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Title: Communication Breakdown

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 19

Broadcast date: Mar 11, 1997

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: David DeLuise, Shirley Prestia, Blake Clark

Directed by: Geoffrey Nelson

Written by: Eric Horsted

This podcast episode was originally released: Jul 28, 2021

Episode Synopsis: Between Tim, Jill, and three teenaged boys, there's a lot of competition for the phone at the Taylor house - resulting in a testy argument between Tim and Mark when the boy refuses to get off the phone. When Tim finds out that Harry's son Dennis has a job installing home automation systems and other technology, he jumps at the chance to get a second phone line installed. But when Dennis has to leave halfway through the installation, Tim fiddles with the exposed wires and winds up ruining all of the house's phone lines - and when Harry finds out, he's furious at his son for leaving a job undone with Tim on the prowl. Harry and Dennis's conflict threatens to leave the Taylors phoneless - and prompts Tim to reconsider his own harsh treatment of Mark.

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Title: Something Old, Something Blue

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 18

Broadcast date: Feb 25, 1997

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Sherry Hursey, Blake Clark, Jimmy Labriola, Tammy Lauren, William O’Leary, Keith Lehman, Milton Canady

Directed by: John Pasquin

Written by: Elliot Shoenman, Marley Sims

This podcast episode was originally released: Jul 22, 2021

Episode Synopsis: At long last, Al is getting married to his longtime sweetheart Ilene. But when he confesses to Tim at his bachelor party that he’s been having second thoughts, Tim takes him to Jill to try and convince him that this wedding is the right idea. Al decides to go through with it, and on the day of the wedding Jill learns from Ilene that she too is having second thoughts. Moments before going to the altar, Al and Ilene finally have an honest conversation about their feelings and decide to call off the wedding.

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Title: Wilson’s World

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 17

Broadcast date: Feb 18, 1997

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Jimmy Labriola, Blake Clark, Adam Lawson, Robert Forrest, Jennie Vaughn, Josh Di Donato, Ray Pieva, Richard Phillips

Directed by: Andrew Tsao

Written by: Jennifer Celota

This podcast episode was originally released: Jul 15, 2021

Episode Synopsis: When Wilson attends a coffee house open mic night to share some wild stories from his world travels, he is humbled by a review from a theater critic who complains that he's out of touch with everyday Americans. Determined to get in touch with the common folk, Wilson starts shopping at big box stores, buying tons of pork rinds, and invites Tim and the guys over to watch the big game. Meanwhile, Tim and Al compete to see who can make the most delicious pairing of two seemingly unrelated foods.

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Title: A Funny Valentine

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 16

Broadcast date: Feb 11, 1997

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Anne Francis, Janeanne Garofalo, Anthony Russell

Directed by: Peter Bonerz

Written by: Charlie Hauck

This podcast episode was originally released: Jul 7, 2021

Episode Synopsis: Tim receives an invitation to meet with Liddy Talbot, a lounge singer who was the mother of one of his high school classmates. At a hotel bar where she’s singing, Liddy explains that she and Tim’s father dated before he met Tim’s mother. Liddy alludes to the fact that she and Tim’s father remained close after they broke up. Tim grows worried that his father had an affair with Liddy and he flees the meeting before he can learn anything else, not wanting to compromise his memories of his father as a decent man. After a chat with Wilson, Tim decides he needs to know the truth about his father no matter what and returns to the hotel. Liddy tells Tim that she and his father were nothing more than friends after they broke up, and that he loaned her money to buy her first piano - a debt that she now wants to repay to Tim.

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Title: Totally Tool Time

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 15

Broadcast date: Jan 28, 1997

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Harry Groener, Craig Richard Nelson, Gretchen German, Drew Carey, Peter Bonerz, Bo Brundin, Fredrik Cavil, David Powledge, Eric Saiet, Marilece Andrada, Milton Canady

Directed by: Peter Bonerz

Written by: Jon Vandergriff

This podcast episode was originally released: Jun 30, 2021

Episode Synopsis: Uff da! A group of Swedish broadcasters have arrived at Tool Time to see about buying the rights to air the show in Europe, and Tim, Al and their anxious producer Fred have to put on the best show of all time so they can make a good impression and become international superstars. With some help from Wilson, a manly gym and a special guest from the Cleveland area, they pull out all the stops to try and impress their Scandinavian guests - but things keep going wrong!

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Title: The Karate Kid Returns

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 14

Broadcast date: Jan 14, 1997

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Courtney Peldon, Wesley Mann, Josh Paddock, Michael Luckerman, Seth Dillon, Zachary Bostrom, Al Jardine, Matt Jardine, Bruce Johnston, Mike Love, Carl Wilson

Directed by: Geoffrey Nelson

Written by: Jon Vandergriff

This podcast episode was originally released: Jun 24, 2021

Episode Synopsis: Randy is excited to go shopping at the mall with his crush Lauren - even though Jill makes him bring Mark along. But things take a turn for the embarrassing when a hooligan at the shoestore tries to pick a fight with Randy and Mark intervenes, using his karate class skills to knock the bully backwards into a pile of shoeboxes. When a columnist for the school newspaper writes about how Randy is a wuss who had to be saved by his little brother, Randy tries to look cool for Lauren by punching the columnist in the face. Instead, this makes Lauren think he’s a jerk, so Randy writes a column of his own about how real men don’t resort to violence. Also, the Beach Boys guest star as Wilson’s cousins!

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Title: Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)

Our deadly leprechaun is in space to woo a beautiful princess who is impressed with his gold and desires to separate him from it.

This episode was originally released: Jun 16, 2021

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Title: Undue Influence (1996) - Part 2

When an attorney promises to help his dying wife's sister win a custody battle against her ex, he finds himself in the middle of a murky murder trial.

This episode was originally released: May 19, 2021

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Title: Big Trouble (2002)

When a nuclear weapon is stolen by two dumb criminals from two Russians, two cops must intervene along with two kids and two parents. However two hitmen try to eliminate a real estate baron who is at the center of this whole mess.

This episode was originally released: Dec 21, 2023

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Title: Undue Influence (1996) - Part 1

When an attorney promises to help his dying wife's sister win a custody battle against her ex, he finds himself in the middle of a murky murder trial.

This episode was originally released: Jan 17, 2024

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Title: The Flirting Game

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 13

Broadcast date: Jan 7, 1997

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Tammy Lauren, Rick Lenz, Mike Starr, Andrea C. Robinson, Jane Hallaren, Jolie Jackunas, Jordan Baker

Directed by: Peter Filsinger

Written by: Laurie Gelman

This podcast episode was originally released: Apr 21, 2021

Episode Synopsis: An attractive door to door saleswoman shows up at the Taylor house and easily convinces Tim to buy a whole case of household cleaner. Jill makes fun of Tim for falling victim to her feminine wiles - until she gets pulled over for speeding and flirts with the cop to get out of a ticket. Jill has an interview for a research assistant position at school and becomes terrified that she’s going to flirt with the professor in order to get the job.

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Title: No Place Like Home

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 12

Broadcast date: Dec 17, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Bonnie Bartlett, William O’Leary, Thom Sharp, Leslie Bibb, Jim Pirri, Todd Glass, Conner McClure

Directed by: Peter Filsinger

Written by: Elliot Shoenman, Marley Sims

This podcast episode was originally released: Apr 8, 2021

Episode Synopsis: It’s Christmas, and Tim and his brothers Marty and Jeff are helping their mother move out of their childhood home. This brings back a lot of old memories of how Tim and his father worked to repair and remodel the old house when he was a child. After the new owners of the house drop by and tell Tim about their plans to extensively remodel, Tim considers buying the house himself so the memories can be preserved. But Jill and Tim’s mother manage to convince him that he can keep the memories without having to buy a big old house.

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Title: Season 6, Episode 11: Soft Shoe for Two (1996)

When Mark is bullied by a kid at school for signing up for the talent show, he enlists the help of Al and Wilson to get back at the bully and win the talent competition.

This episode was originally released: Apr 1, 2021

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Title: Workin’ Man Blues

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 11

Broadcast date: Dec 10, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Mitch Rouse, Jarrad Paul, Caroline Keenan, J.P. Bumstead, Linda Li

Directed by: Peter Bonerz

Written by: Bruce Ferber, Lloyd Garver

This podcast episode was originally released: Mar 24, 2021

Episode Synopsis: In order to save up money to get a new car, Brad takes a job at a local sporting goods store - where his natural salesmanship and tenacious attitude quickly makes a good impression on his affable, sports car-driving, ski condo-owning 25-year-old boss, Rob. As Brad spends more and more time working with Rob - and less and less time working on the hot rod - Tim grows concerned that Rob is a bad influence who's stealing his boy away from him. When Brad skips his PSATs to work a shift at the store, Tim goes to the store to demand that Brad quit - but with some help from Rob, they're able to teach Brad the importance of making time for work, school, and everything else in life.

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Title: The Wood, the Bad and the Hungry

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 10

Broadcast date: Nov 26, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Jimmy Labriola, Blake Clark, William O’Leary, Sherry Hursey, Mario Andretti, Jack Arute, Lee Boek, Carmen Filpi

Directed by: Geoffrey Nelson

Written by: Adam England

This podcast episode was originally released: Mar 11, 2021

Episode Synopsis: It’s Thanksgiving, and Tim is dead set on not inviting his crude, slobbish, mooching friend Benny over to the house for dinner. After rebuffing Benny’s attempts to finagle an invite, Tim and Randy are shocked to see Benny in line at a charity soup kitchen for the homeless. After a guilt-induced claymation dream, Tim invites the seemingly destitute Benny over for Thanksgiving dinner - but the whole family is disgusted when they discover that Benny isn’t actually homeless but just goes to the shelter because he likes free soup.

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Title: The Tool Man Delivers

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 9

Broadcast date: Nov 19, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Tom Poston, Patrick Cronin,

Directed by: Peter Bonerz

Written by: Charlie Hauck

This podcast episode was originally released: Feb 25, 2021

Episode Synopsis: Tim is invited to an awards ceremony for Car Guys in Saginaw. En route to the awards banquet with a very pregnant Heidi, they get caught in traffic and she goes into labor, and Tim delivers the baby.

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Title: Jill and Her Sisters

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 8

Broadcast date: Nov 12, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Carlene Watkins, Maryedith Burrell, Tudi Roche, Shirley Prestia

Directed by: Andrew Tsao

Written by: Laurie Gelman

This podcast episode was originally released: Feb 10, 2021

Episode Synopsis: Jill’s sisters have all come to stay at the Taylor house so they can plan their parents’ 50th wedding anniversary party, and Tim and the boys are camping in a tent in the backyard to give them all some space. Jill has always had to play referee between her bickering siblings, and this weekend is no different. When her sisters’ conflicts over party planning get to be too much to handle, Jill blows up at them and storms out of the house. At the local diner, Jill talks to Wilson, who reminds her that being candid and setting boundaries with family is good and healthy. Back at home, Tim and the boys jump into the fray to help wrangle Jill’s sisters and plan an anniversary party for the ages.

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Title: I Was a Teenage Taylor

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 7

Broadcast date: Oct 29, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Larry Hankin, Cooper Karn

Directed by: Geoffrey Nelson

Written by: Eric Horsted

This podcast episode was originally released: Feb 3, 2021

Episode Synopsis: It's Halloween, and Brad and Randy's scary pranks have finally gone too far. In order to teach the boys a lesson, Tim convinces Jill to let him orchestrate a massive, elaborate prank - with a little help from Al, Wilson, and Tim's mysterious "Halloween guy" Larry - to scare the rambunctious whippersnappers straight. The resulting prank has more twists and turns than a Christopher Nolan movie, but in the end the whole Taylor family comes together to recognize the true meaning of Halloween: getting pranked by Tim.

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Title: Whose Car Is It Anyway?

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 6

Broadcast date: Oct 22, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Drew Pillsbury, Warran Tabata

Directed by: Andrew Tsao

Written by: Adam England

This podcast episode was originally released: Jan 28, 2021

Episode Synopsis: Jill has just inherited a bunch of money from a recently deceased aunt, who has stipulated that she has to spend the money on something frivolous for herself. To Tim’s great delight, she decides to buy a classic sports car - but to Tim’s great disgust, she cuts him out of the purchasing process and buys an Austin Healey roadster without telling him. Tim is disdainful of her choice to buy a British car, and in response she forbids him to drive it. When Tim secretly takes the car out for a spin anyway, he finds himself loving it - until a picture of him driving it winds up in the newspaper and he has to apologize to Jill for breaking his word.

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Title: Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

When their daughter leaves for the peace core, Luther and Nora Krank decide to do something for themselves by going on a cruise instead of celebrating Christmas. This however stud upsets the maniacally obsessed neighborhood.

This episode was originally released: Dec 14, 2023

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Title: Al’s Video

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 6

Broadcast date: Oct 15, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Sherry Hursey, Blake Clark, Vasili Bogazianos, Al Fann

Directed by: Andrew Tsao

Written by: Ruth Bennett

This podcast episode was originally released: Dec 30, 2020

Episode Synopsis: When Al gets the opportunity to produce and star in an instructional video about tools, he asks Tim to direct it in hopes of capturing some of the magic of Tool Time. But Tim turns out to be a perfectionist on set, wasting an entire day of shooting as he tries to emulate the style of his favorite tool video director, Herb Hitchcock. Behind schedule and over budget, Al is forced to fire Tim, leading to copious bad vibes and a sticky confrontation on the set of Tool Time. But after a chat with Wilson, Tim comes to realize that he needs to defer to Al's creative vision for his video, and the two rejoin forces to finish the film on schedule.

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Title: Burnin’ Love

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 4

Broadcast date: Oct 8, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Courtney Peldon, Jarrad Paul, Lucile Treganowan

Directed by: Geoffrey Nelson

Written by: Jon Vandergriff

This podcast episode was originally released: Dec 16, 2020

Episode Synopsis:

Randy has a crush on a girl at school named Lauren. However, Brad’s friend Jason decides to ask her out before Randy can. But time reveals the truth that Lauren prefers the smart, funny Randy to the crass Jason. Meanwhile, Tim meets his match on Tool Time with a guest—a FEMALE GUEST—who knows more about cars than he does, and Jill is invited to a school pot luck but asked not to contribute.

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Title: Workshop ’Til You Drop

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 3

Broadcast date: Oct 1, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Charles Robinson, Jim Jansen, Sherman Howard, Ada Maris, Susan Krebs, Nancy Linari, Rick Fitts

Directed by: Andrew Tsao

Written by: Charlie Hauck

This podcast episode was originally released: Dec 2, 2020

Episode Synopsis: Tim reluctantly accompanies Jill to a couples’ therapy seminar where she encourages him to share his innermost feelings about their marriage. When Tim volunteers that he feels like Jill is too critical of him and the rest of the group agrees, Jill gets defensive. But after a conversation with Wilson, Jill inexplicably decides that she really has been too critical of Tim this whole time and goes inside to apologize.

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Title: Future Shock

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 2

Broadcast date: Sept 24, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Shirley Prestia, Francesca P. Roberts, Bibi Osterwald, Sidney Chaikin, Jack Murdock, Don Perry

Directed by: Peter Bonerz

Written by: Elliot Shoenman, Marley Sims

This podcast episode was originally released: Nov 18, 2020

Episode Synopsis: Jill needs to use the shower so she can get to school for her psychology class, but Tim insists on showering before her because it’s a part of his morning routine. As a result, Jill misses half of her class, and gripes to her friends about men and their inflexible routines. That night, Jill has a nightmare about spending her twilight years caring for an old, decrepit Tim who refuses to change his ways. Not to be outdone, Tim then has several dreams about what the rest of his friends and family will be like when they’re old.

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Title: At Sea

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 1

Broadcast date: Sept 17, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: James Read, Kristen Clayton, Kivi Rogers, Harry Hutchinson

Directed by: Andrew Tsao

Written by: Bruce Ferber, Lloyd Garver

This podcast episode was originally released: Nov 4, 2020

Episode Synopsis: Tim and Al kick off a new season of Tool Time with a visit to the USS Constellation aircraft carrier to pay tribute to its powerful engines. But back at the Taylor house, there's a force at work that's even more powerful than an aircraft carrier's engine: Teenaged hormones. When Jill catches Brad and his girlfriend Angela doing some steamy studying in his bedroom, she grows concerned that her son needs to get "the talk" about sex - and he needs to hear it from his father. While Tim struggles at first to find the right metaphors, he's eventually able to teach Brad a heartfelt lesson about why it's important to cool his jets.

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Title: Season 5 Super Spectacular

A look back on season five of Home Improvement; favorite moments, character actors, the season MVP, and more!

This episode was originally released: Dec 17, 2018

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Title: Tom and Huck (1995)

Two best friends witness a murder and embark on a series of adventures in order to prove the innocence of the man wrongly accused of the crime.

This episode was originally released: Jul 15, 2020

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Title: Games, Flames, and Automobiles

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 26

Broadcast date: May 21, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Sherry Hursey, Wesley Thompson, James Hong, Keith Lehman

Directed by: Peter Filsinger

Written by: Jennifer Celotta

This podcast episode was originally released: Jul 2, 2020

Episode Synopsis: With his 37th birthday approaching, Al 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 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, Heidi, Jill, Ilene 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.

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Title: Alarmed by Burglars

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 25

Broadcast date: May 14, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: William O’Leary, Jimmy Labriola, Blake Clark, Jarrad Paul, Michael Milhoan, John Kapelos

Directed by: Geoffrey Nelson

Written by: Charlie Hauck

This podcast episode was originally released: Jun 25, 2020

Episode Synopsis: After burglars break into Wilson’s house and steal his African mucus cup, the Taylors get paranoid about crime and encourage Tim to go hog wild on outfitting their house with a state of the art home security system.

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Title: Shopping Around

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 24

Broadcast date: May 7, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Bonnie Bartlett, Dick O’Neill, Vasili Bogzaianos

Directed by: Andy Cadiff

Written by: Rosalind Moore, Howard J. Morris

This podcast episode was originally released: Jun 17, 2020

Episode Synopsis: 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.

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Title: The Shaggy Dog (2006)

Dave Douglas is an assistant DA assigned to defend a pharmaceutical company against someone who has set a fire to their facilities. However the pharmaceutical company is experimenting with an ancient Tibetan dog who, when escaped from its cage, bites Dave on the hand and turns him magically into a human – shaggy dog hybrid.

This episode was originally released: Dec 7, 2023

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Title: Mr. Wilson’s Opus

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 23

Broadcast date: Apr 30, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Laura Bell Bundy, Patrick Renna, David Brisbin

Directed by: Richard Compton

Written by: Bruce Ferber

This podcast episode was originally released: May 27, 2020

Episode Synopsis: When the director of Randy’s school production of Romeo and Juliet has to drop out at the last minute, Wilson steps in to take over. However, Wilson’s new-agey theater warmups and relentless perfectionism soon alienate most of the cast and crew. After an intervention from Tim, Wilson sees the error of his ways and commits to just rehearsing the play normally.

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Title: The Longest Day

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 22

Broadcast date: Apr 2, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Directed by: Andy Cadiff

Written by: Elliot Shoenman, Marley Sims

This podcast episode was originally released: May 13, 2020

Episode Synopsis: When Randy's doctor finds a lump in his neck, Tim and Jill 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, the Taylors finally get the good news - Randy is fine, and will just have to take a pill every day.

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Title: Engine and a Haircut, Two Fights

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 21

Broadcast date: Mar 12, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Joseph Whipp

Directed by: Andrew Tsao

Written by: Jon Vandergriff

This podcast episode was originally released: May 7, 2020

Episode Synopsis: Tim and Brad are at odds over how much power to add to the engine of the hot rod they’re restoring together. The rift between them gets even wider when Brad gets a ridiculous haircut that Tim doesn’t approve of. Tim refuses to accept this new haircut, seeing it as an affront to his authority as Brad’s father - until a conversation on Tool Time helps him to understand the importance of unconditionally accepting his son.

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Title: The Bud Bowl

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 20

Broadcast date: Mar 5, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Charles Robinson, Bever-Leigh Banfield, Kristen Clayton, Andi Eystad, Michael Munoz

Directed by: Andy Cadiff

Written by: Ruth Bennett

This podcast episode was originally released: Apr 23, 2020

Episode Synopsis: When Bud invites Tim and Jill to go bowling with him and his wife, Tim is thrilled at the opportunity to curry favor with the boss. He convinces Jill to skip a psychology lecture to join them, and when he learns that Bud is a sore loser, he convinces Jill to throw the game so Bud can win. Afterwards, Jill is angry that Tim expects her to sacrifice everything for his career - but when Tim learns that Bud isn't actually as sore of a loser as he thinks, he makes for all of his boorish behavior by buying Jill some flowers and saying I'm sorry one time.

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Title: Eye on Tim

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 19

Broadcast date: Feb 27, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Rosalind Allen, Dex Elliott Sanders

Directed by: Peter Bonerz

Written by: Bruce Ferber, Lloyd Garver

This podcast episode was originally released: Apr 15, 2020

Episode Synopsis: Jill is sick with a fever, and Tim is getting hot under the collar for other reasons when sexy local TV reporter Kelly Barnes begins following him for an in-depth profile. Jill gets jealous when she notices Tim being affectionate and attentive to Kelly in ways he used to be towards her. But when Tim and Kelly go out for a post-interview drink and Kelly propositions him, Tim turns her down cold and rushes home to help Jill deal with her cold.

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Title: When Harry Kept Delores

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 18

Broadcast date: Feb 20, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Blake Clark, Shirley Prestia, Jimmy Labriola, William O’Leary, Alan Jackson

Directed by: Andy Cadiff

Written by: Jon Vandergriff

This podcast episode was originally released: Apr 9, 2020

Episode Synopsis: When Harry's wife Dolores takes a more active role in running the hardware store, Tim and the guys are so incensed at her female antics that they persuade Harry to fire her - which results in the two of them splitting up. Although Harry seems outwardly happy, a newly insightful Tim suspects that Harry is actually very broken up about it, so after some advice from Wilson he goes to Dolores' diner to convince her to take him back. Also, country star Alan Jackson sings a song about how much he loves Mercury cars for some reason.

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Title: Fear of Flying

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 17

Broadcast date: Feb 13, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Charles Robinson, Pat Crawford Brown, Ken Bowersox, Katherine Thornton, Al Sacco, Frederick Leslie, Cody Coleman

Directed by: Andy Cadiff

Written by: Max Eisenberg

This podcast episode was originally released: Apr 2, 2020

Episode Synopsis: Mark’s new hobby is building model airplanes. But after Tim takes him to an air museum, Mark gets interested in taking flying lessons. Jill is a hard no on this, arguing that it’s far too dangerous. After some conflicts with Tim - and a visit from some astronauts on Tool Time - Jill talks to Wilson and realizes that her fears of Mark flying are rooted in the fear her mother felt whenever her father would fly from one military base to another for work. Wilson takes the whole family up in his plane so Mark can try his hand at flying, and Jill finally agrees to let him take lessons.

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Title: The Vasectomy One

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 16

Broadcast date: Feb 6, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Blake Clark, Jimmy Labriola, William O’Leary, Caroline McWilliams, Gretchen German, Kristen Clayton

Directed by: Andy Cadiff

Written by: Rosalind Moore, Howard J. Morris

This podcast episode was originally released: Mar 25, 2020

Episode Synopsis: When Jill discovers one of her 40something friends got pregnant - even though she was using the same form of birth control Tim and Jill use - she suggests that Tim get a vasectomy. Tim, predictably, doesn't love this idea, and after some heavy razzing from the guys at Harry's hardware and a standoffish meeting with a urologist, Tim tells Jill that he won't do it - because women just don't understand severe crotch pain. But after a talk with Wilson and a revealing conversation with Harry, Tim decides to go ahead with the procedure, as it will make it even easier for him and Jill to have sex all over the house at a moment's notice.

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Title: Tanks for the Memories

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 15

Broadcast date: Jan 30, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Tim Grimm, Vince Armstrong, Reed Rudy

Directed by: Andy Cadiff

Written by: Bruce Ferber, Lloyd Garver

This podcast episode was originally released: Mar 18, 2020

Episode Synopsis: Tim gets invited to a military base to drive a tank. Jill, an Army brat, wants to come along and drive a tank too. Shenanigans ensue, and Jill winds up being a much better tank driver than Tim. Tim reacts immaturely to this, until Wilson reminds him that it’s important to support your wife and be proud of her when she’s good at things.

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Title: High School Confidential

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 14

Broadcast date: Jan 16, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Miguel Sandoval, Milton Canady

Directed by: Andy Cadiff

Written by: Bruce Ferber, Lloyd Garver

This podcast episode was originally released: Mar 11, 2020

Episode Synopsis: When Randy's science teacher recommends that he start taking high school-level math and science classes, Tim and Jill are overjoyed that their son is such a brainiac. But Brad, who after lots of hard work and careful study has only just begun to get As in his grade-level courses, begins to feel upstaged by his genius brother. Meanwhile, Tim and Al build a manly bedroom.

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Title: A Dog for Christmas (2015)

The Madison family is hosting Christmas and amidst the chaos, their daughter only wants one thing this year: a dog.

This episode was originally released: Nov 23, 2023

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Title: Oh, Brother

Season, Episode: Season 5, Episode 13

Broadcast date: Jan 9, 1996

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: William O’Leary, Blake Clark, Jimmy Labriola, Kristen Clayton

Directed by: Andy Cadiff

Written by: Ruth Bennett

This podcast episode was originally released: Mar 4, 2020

Episode Synopsis: When Tim’s brother Marty loses his job, Tim quickly hires him to help build a new set for Tool Time. Jill cautions Tim that working with his brother could lead to unexpected conflict, but he dismisses her - until their first day of work together, which turns out to be a total disaster where they butt heads constantly. When their fighting gets so disruptive that the two get kicked out of Harry’s Hardware, they finally realize they need to reconcile, and agree never to work together again.

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Title: Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter (1995)

An 11 year old boy, an age old legend, a life long friendship.

This podcast episode was originally released: Feb 13, 2020

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Title: Magic Island (1995)

A bored teenager receives a pirate adventure book from his nanny-housekeeper and is sucked into the magic story book after reading it.

This episode was originally released: Feb 5, 2020

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