Episodes cast for
"Home Improvement" (1991)

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Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
Year: 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

17 September 1991
Tim makes the dishwasher more powerful. Jill has a job interview.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jillian "Jill" Patterson Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa (as Pamela Denise Anderson)
	John Cothran Jr.	...	Phil

Season 1, Episode 2: Mow Better Blues

26 September 1991
At home: Tim is tuning up his ride-on lawnmower, Jill is making the boys donate unnecessary stuff for a rummage sale and Mark breaks his dad's precious 20-year old torque wrench. In the Tool Time show: Tim hides a blowtorch from Al "to make an important point".

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jillian "Jill" Patterson Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa

Season 1, Episode 3: Off Sides

1 October 1991
Tim and the boys are watching American football on TV when Jill reminds him that they have a dinner reservation at Chez Pierre because it was supposed to be their romantic night out. Tim has to give up the football - but sneaks a portable radio with an earpiece underneath his clothes into the restaurant in order to listen to the match. The boys get a peculiar new babysitter, Sir Larry Houdini!

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	BradTaylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	John Marshall Jones	...	Rick
	Deborah Lacey	...	Alice
	Rudolph Willrich	...	Franco
	Eric Christmas	...	Sir Larry Houdini (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 4: Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof

8 October 1991
In Tool Time: Tim is working on a wood table, with predictable results. Al is going to help out Lisa with her bookshelf. At home: Tim decides to install a huge new satellite dish all by himself. He is also jealous about a guy who's willing to help Jill prepare for a job interview on a Saturday.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	BradTaylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa (as Pamela Denise Anderson)
	Rocky Giordani	...	Delivery Man #1
	Sam McMurray	...	Rondall Kittleman
	Bari K. Willerford	...	Delivery Man #2

Season 1, Episode 5: Wild Kingdom

15 October 1991
Mark is bringing his cub scout pals for a visit. Tim has to re-light the pilot light of the furnace and he decides to show Randy and Brad how to do it. While in the basement, they discover something moving down there.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Cody Burger	...	Cub Scout #3
	Rickey D'Shon Collins	...	Cub Scout #1 (as Rickey Collins)
	Stephen Root	...	Exterminator
	Everett Wong	...	Cub Scout #2
	Adam Wylie	...	Jimmy Wagner

Season 1, Episode 6: Adventures in Fine Dining

22 October 1991
At home: When the Boys manage to get the whole family kicked out of a pizza place because of their behavior, Jill points out that since Tim has encouraged the boys' bad behavior, he should be the one to teach them how to behave. In Tool Time: Besides showing how to lay floor boards, Tim takes the time to give a speech about manners. He also demonstrates the new Binford nail gun. With predictable results.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jillian "Jill" Patterson Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa

Season 1, Episode 7: Nothing More Than Feelings

29 October 1991
Jill has ignored the car's oil warning light for two days and the car becomes inoperative. Tim then gives a speech in Tool Time about respect for the machines. He tells the audience about the oil light incident that happened "to a friend". Tim gets support from two audience members with similar experiences. When they start sharing experiences about each other's wives, Tim lets slip out that Jill drool A LOT in her sleep. With a predictable reaction from Jill when the show airs...

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Art LaFleur	...	Jim
	Ron Taylor	...	Kyle
	Tudi Roche	...	Audience (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 8: Flying Sauces

5 November 1991
In Tool Time: Tim has a tip on how to avoid hitting oneself on a finger while holding a nail. Tim also has received a fan letter which he decides to read out aloud to the audience. The writer of the letter and his friends are construction workers who have invented a way of "cooking with power and steel". Tim invites them to demonstrate this on the show. At home: Brad and Randy are ashamed of being seen in public with their "geek brother". Jill thinks she and Tim should tell Brad and Randy not to torment their little brother but Tim has another idea: they have to "out-torment" Brad and Randy. They try Jill's idea but when that seems to have no effect, Tim gets a chance to try his idea... Tim then finds some old 8-track tapes in the basement and he and Jill start quizzing each other about the music of the 1960s and 1970s.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa (as Pamela Denise Anderson)
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Mickey Jones	...	Pete Bilker
	Gary McGurk	...	Dwayne
	Casey Sander	...	Rock Lannigan

Season 1, Episode 9: Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

19 November 1991
Jill mentions the need for another sink in the bathroom and Tim promises to add one plus a whirlpool, and anything else Jill wants. Tim decides to make a Tool Time special about a bathroom re-do at his home because that way he does not have to pay for anything. Of course, things don't go as smoothly as planned...

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Al Fann	...	Felix
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Gary Bayer	...	Workman #1 (uncredited)
	Dorien Wilson	...	Workman #2 (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 10: Reach Out and Teach Someone

26 November 1991
Tim starts his dream hot rod project: he has only a frame to 1934 Ford Roadster to begin with, but it's a start. Jill is more interested in the clogged sink which to Tim is not an urgent matter to deal with. Because of that, Jill has already tried to unclog it herself and managed to drop Tim's precious screwdriver in. Suddenly Tim gets very upset and decides to teach the basics of plumbing to Jill. Soon they have a fight. Afterwards, Tim apologizes but Jill doesn't feel she owes him an apology in return. In Tool Time: Tim decides to teach basic home repair to women "in a simple language even a woman can understand".

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Ja'net DuBois	...	Judith
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Carol Mansell	...	Rose
	Jennifer Nash	...	Greta Post

Season 1, Episode 11: Look Who's Not Talking

10 December 1991
At home: Jill starts experiencing stage fright when the time to give a speech approaches. Tim promises to clean the house while Jill concentrates on the speech. True to his manners, Tim decides to rewire the vacuum cleaner with, you guessed it, more power! In Tool Time: Tim gives a house cleaning tip for men.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Shawn Shea	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 12: Yule Better Watch Out

17 December 1991
In Tool Time: Tim gives a Yuletime tip: never plug in a frayed wire, and grunts Jingle Bells. He also demonstrates his great invention: a rotating Christmas tree. With the usual results. At home: Tim has decided to beat Dr. Johnson in the neighborhood Christmas decoration contest. The competition soon gets out of control. Jill is upset that Randy did not get the part of Josef but the inn-keeper in the school Christmas pageant and decides to make Randy stand out by making him an outstanding costume. Mark learns a shocking secret: there is no Santa Claus.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Gary Bayer	...	Fireman #2
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	David Warshofsky	...	Fireman #1

Season 1, Episode 13: Up Your Alley

7 January 1992
In Tool Time: Tim demonstrates how to hang a drywall. At home: At Tim's suggestion, the family goes bowling. Tim's obsession for winning soon turns a time of family fun into bloody competition. Randy and Brad run into the bowling alley arcade bully.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Sean Baca	...	Chuck
	Lewis Dix Jr.	...	Roger
	Mickey Jones	...	Pete Bilker
	Gary McGurk	...	Dwayne
	Casey Sander	...	Rock Lannigan
	Nicholas Shields	...	Manager (as Nick Shields)

Season 1, Episode 14: For Whom the Belch Tolls

14 January 1992
It's family night at the Taylors. Randy would like to re-watch 'Bury Me Again', Tim suggests 'Bayonette Hell' but it's Jill's time to choose and she wants to see 'The Sound of Music'. Then Tim's college buddy Stu calls that he's in town. Tim agrees to meet him over a beer because Jill doesn't want him in their home. However, Tim can't tell Stu he is not welcome... In Tool Time: Tim demonstrates how to heat insulate a window.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Christopher McDonald	...	Stu Cutler

Season 1, Episode 15: Forever Jung

21 January 1992
At home: Brad is going on his first date. Jill's friend Karen is coming for a visit. Tim and she don't like each other. Karen mocks Tim about his power tools, saying that men buy them because they are insecure about their manhood, then claims men are aggressive and destructive. And that society is male-dominated. Tim claims his and Jill's relationship is an equal one but Karen comes up with tricky questions to test that. In Tool Time: Tim demonstrates how to apply laminate. The process involves a new instant glue, the use of which requires great care. Which Tim does not quite manage.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Betsy Randle	...	Karen Kelly
	Jessica Wesson	...	Jennifer Sudarsky

Season 1, Episode 16: Jill's Birthday

4 February 1992
At home: Jill's birthday is coming up and Tim has forgotten it. Luckily for him, the boys remind him. Jill says she doesn't need any presents - especially because the previous year, he got her a pressurized window washer. This year, she tells, Tim has to get her something thoughtful. In Tool Time: The show is shooting a makeover of a house - live. Tim has a truck on site. All that is needed for a catastrophe... Elsewhere: Tim learns a secret of Al's when they visit a women's clothes store to find a gift for Jill.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Gloria Dorson	...	Mrs. Chapman
	Greg Harms	...	Cameraman
	Patrick Thomas O'Brien	...	'Ink' Ingram (as Patrick T. O'Brien)
	Sarah Pasquin	...	Saleswoman #2
	Jeannine Renshaw	...	Joan
	Nancy Wagner	...	Saleswoman #1 (as Meghan Geary)

Season 1, Episode 17: What About Bob?

11 February 1992
In Tool Time: Al is excited because Bob Vila is in town signing his new book. When Al utters "I can't believe I actually got to talk to the pioneer of home repairs", Tim's ego can't take the blow. Then, Tool Time sponsor Mr. Binford announces that Bob Vila will be the guest in the following day's episode. What's even worse, Mr. Binford wants Tim to face Bob Vila in a challenge... At home: Tim makes Jill prep him for trivia questions. Randy has been bad at school - he got caught for bullying. Jill announces that she will invite the boy, Curtis, to come to their house so that Randy can apologize in person. However, when Curtis asks Jill how old she is and compares her to his grandma, then tells on the phone to his mom that their house is cooler and that Jill is much heavier than her, Jill's goodwill starts to evaporate.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Aaron Freeman	...	Curtis
	Bob Vila	...	Himself
	Noble Willingham	...	Mr. Binford

Season 1, Episode 18: Baby, It's Cold Outside

18 February 1992
Valentine's Day is coming up. Brad is trying to figure out a card for Jennifer. Tim has made a weekend reservation for him and Jill at Stone Creek Lodge. The boys will go to aunt Helen so that Tim and Jill have privacy. Or that's the plan. In Tool Time: The sponsor, Mr. John Binford, announces that Tim's family is to go camping for the weekend - and the whole experience will be filmed for Tool Time. Tim comes up with a plan: They will film it to look like the family camped the whole weekend, when they really only make a quick side trip on their way to aunt Helen. Or that's the plan.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Jessica Wesson	...	Jennifer Sadarski
	Noble Willingham	...	Mr. Binford

Season 1, Episode 19: Unchained Malady

25 February 1992
At home: Tim receives a chain letter with the instructions that it be sent forward to 10 people within 24 hours or else something bad will happen. Tim doesn't buy into that and disregards the letter, despite Jill's warnings. Randy breaks his new bike and has to figure out how to explain that to his parents. In Tool Time: Tim is late because his car battery had been dry and someone had parked in his space on the parking lot. He tells Al about the letter and he also warns Tim of the consequences. Turns out he sent Tim the letter and then later found a $20 bill on the street and won a shovel in a radio contest... and Lisa asks if she can stay the night at Al's place because the heating at her place does not work. Even after he accidentally dyes his hands green, Tim refuses to believe in the chain letter's curse because George Foreman himself is coming to make an appearance in Tool Time.

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	George Foreman	...	Himself
	Betsy Randle	...	Karen Kelly

Season 1, Episode 20: Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor

3 March 1992

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor
	Taran Noah Smith	...	Mark Taylor
	Richard Karn	...	Al Borland
	Pamela Anderson	...	Lisa
	Earl Billings	...	Mike
	Ernest Borgnine	...	Eddie Phillips
	Jack Elam	...	Hick Peterson

Season 1, Episode 21: A Battle of Wheels

17 March 1992

	Tim Allen	...	Tim Taylor
	Patricia Richardson	...	Jill Taylor
	Earl Hindman	...	Wilson Wilson, Jr.
	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Randy Taylor
	Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Brad Taylor