Tim Allen Shares What Tim ‘The Toolman’ Taylor Is Up to Now

Does everyone know what time it is? Tim Allen surely does. In the final time of Past Guy Standing, Fox is pulling out all the stops — which include reuniting Allen, 67, with one particular of the most well known figures he’s ever performed, Tim “The Toolman” Taylor from Property Advancement.

In the first promo for time 9, Mike Baxter arrives confront-to-encounter with Tim Taylor, some thing Allen under no circumstances thought would be attainable. In actuality, he explained to the writers, “Good luck,” when pitched the thought.

“There are some complex interactions amongst Disney and House Enhancement from way back when, and most of that is not general public and not seriously valid,” Allen instructed Us Weekly completely. “So, it was a blessing. I was astonished and satisfied that everybody labored together and let us do it.”

When it was time to get on the character, who he final played in the 1999 finale, it was not as straightforward as the comedian imagined it’d be.

“I didn’t even feel about what it’d be like participating in a character that I designed from my phase act 20 yrs ago. I like comedy laid on major of drama or drama laid on top rated of comedy,” he told Us, introducing that filming those scenes were the to start with they did without the need of a studio audience because of to the coronavirus protocols. “It bought really frightening. No studio audience, all masks, and every thing. On best of all that COVID stuff, we have to do our careers. It was not simple to disconnect from the uncomfortable, the sadness of what COVID’s done to all of us. Now we’re back making jokes. It was difficult for me to participate in these two figures and offer it — as an actor and also as a creator. Finally, it’s very intelligent what they did. It is really warm and entertaining.”

Outside of the pandemic, it also felt strange for Allen to be reprising the Toolman and bringing again the grunt once more.

“It seemed strange and put on and phony, but the way it is managed — it’s self-conscious. It is a second the place we crack the fourth wall to him,” the Santa Clause star claimed. “The grunting was portion of his deal and he kind of cops to that. He’s gotten old and he’s moved on. He no longer does Resource Time. I really don’t want to give also a lot absent, but it is actually pretty clever.”

The Never Stand As well Close to a Naked Person author included that the Toolman has “moved on with his life” and now will work for Binford Resources.

“He’s in Colorado for some conference — Binford resources is everywhere you go — and he notices a man that looks just like him,” he teased. “He claims, ‘You know, persons have instructed me I seem like you!’ And naturally, we play with that for pretty a bit.”

Last Gentleman Standing returns with its last year on Fox Sunday, January 3, at 8:30 p.m. ET.

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