Last Man Standing also embraced Allen's past in Home Improvement on a regular basis, including the actor who reprised Tim Taylor in an episode titled Dual Time. Some Home Improvement actors also made notable guest appearances on Last Man Standing, so here are all the casting crosses. The final season of Last Man Standing featured a crossover with Home Improvement, with Tim Allen repeating Tim Taylor; here's what he's been doing. Richardson, who played Tim Taylor's wife, Jill, in Home Improvement, appeared in Last Man Standing as Helen Potts.
In an interview with The Wrap, the showrunner of Last Man Standing, Kevin Abbott, revealed that it was difficult for Fox to get permission from Disney to use Home Improvement, which showed Wilson's face in the finale, Tim for the episode, and that Allen himself was very protective of the character. During the talk, Allen spoke about his current role and a previous role, Tim Taylor of Home Improvement, in an upcoming episode of Last Man Standing, an experience that the 67-year-old actor described as strange and creepy. Tim Allen will pay tribute to a beloved character from his 90s comedy Home Improvement during the special episode of Last Man Standing that will air Thursday night on Fox. The comedy was based on Allen's stand-up and cast him as Tim Taylor, host of a home improvement series called Tool Time with assistant Al and, in the first two seasons, Lisa by Pamela Anderson.
Last Man Standing chose to bring the character of Tim Taylor to the series in the final season to honor Home Improvement, but it wasn't the first time that the series paid homage to Allen's successful comedy. Last Man Standing provided an update on what Tim The Tool Man Taylor from Home Improvement has been doing since this last series ended. Allen wouldn't reveal secrets about the plot surrounding Tim Taylor's appearance, but he did scoff that his characters in Home Improvement and Last Man Standing don't exactly agree. Last Man Standing wasn't afraid to make references to Home Improvement throughout his career, including appearances by co-stars such as Richardson or Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
