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Trivia: Prior to appearing in this show, Richard Karn was the manager for an apartment complex, a job that he kept after the show started airing. He finally left the job when some tenants asked him to repair a sink and found they had several friends there to show them that Al Borland was their landlord.

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Mark's Big Break - S8-E16

Trivia: Tim Allen could not participate in any of the dance choreography for the Greased Lightning segment of this episode because of a back injury.

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Mark's Big Break - S8-E16

Trivia: Richard Karn specifically requested to have his hair styled in a pompadour for the Greased Lightning segment of the episode.

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Fifth Anniversary - S3-E21

Trivia: Richard Karn only had three weeks to grow his beard back after shaving it for this episode.

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Season 7 generally

Trivia: According to Taran-Noah Smith, the Gothic phase Mark went through for all of season seven was the idea of the show's head writer, whose own son was going through a similar phase. Smith actually came face to face with the son the first time he went through wardrobe for the style change.

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Season 3 generally

Trivia: According to Debbe Dunning on the Pod Meets World podcast, when casting for a new tool girl to replace the departing Pamela Anderson, the producers said they were looking for a Debbe Dunning-type, but not Debbe Dunning. She decided to audition anyway and was told to wear the same revealing outfit she wore as Kiki in a previous episode. When she arrived to audition, all the other hopefuls were wearing jeans and T-shirts, and Dunning was told the producers would not see her dressed that way.

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Season 6 generally

Trivia: Debbe Dunning gained 52 lbs. while pregnant, which she attributed to craft services being readily available on set. She was told she would have to lose all that weight after having her baby, which she said she was able to do rather quickly.

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The Kiss And The Kiss-Off - S6-E25

Trivia: Tim Allen got the idea of bringing Pamela Anderson back to guest in this episode after he ran into her in Las Vegas. Much like the plot of the episode, Debbe Dunning was very upset with Tim Allen over this decision. Dunning was later secured a background spot on Anderson's show Baywatch as recompense.

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Trivia: Blake Clark revealed on the Pod Meets World podcast that someone floated the idea of doing a spinoff show for Harry's Hardware, but the idea was rejected because Clark wasn't considered a romantic lead.

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Trivia: Pamela Anderson alleges that Tim Allen flashed his privates at her on her first day on set, which he denies.

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Young At Heart - S8-E17

Revealing mistake: When Tim gives Jill the framed photo of the two of them on their way to the Doobie Brothers concert, you can tell Tim has just been photoshopped into an existing picture of Patricia Richardson, as he is slightly out of focus despite the fact that they are standing next to each other. (00:13:24)

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Jill's Surprise Party - S5-E4

Revealing mistake: At the end of the episode before Tim opens the front door for Julie Zwicky, you can see the actress' silhouette in the window pane for several moments before she rings the doorbell, showing her to be waiting for her cue.

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Season 8 generally

Deliberate mistake: Tim babysits his 4-year-old niece in the season 7 episode Say Goodnight, Gracie, but in season 8, which takes place the following year, Gracie and her twin sister Claire have been aged up to around 8 years old.

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An Older Woman - S7-E13

Trivia: In this episode, it's mentioned that Tim is 3 years older than Jill. In real life, Patricia Richardson is 2 years older than Tim Allen.

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Trivia: Despite playing mother and the middle child of five daughters, Polly Holliday is only 13 years older than Patricia Richardson.

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Young At Heart - S8-E17

Continuity mistake: When Tim slams on the brakes at the red light, his hand ends up on Alex's right breast, and she is facing forward and glancing down at his hand. When Jill looks at the corresponding traffic ticket that Tim got, the photo shows his hand is now in her decollete area and she is looking directly at him. (00:08:05 - 00:10:47)

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What a Drag - S7-E16

Other mistake: When Tim and Jill are staking out in Wilson's backyard to see which of their sons hid the marijuana, Jill mentions that it's only 10° outside. However, their breath is never visible throughout the scene.

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Bright Christmas - S7-E11

Character mistake: Jill mentions that her parents were married for 50 years, and her mother corrects her and says it was 51 years and 7 months. However, the season 6 episode Jill And Her Sisters was about the aforementioned ladies planning their parents' 50th wedding anniversary, and the penultimate episode of the season, Taps, saw Jill's father die a few months after the former episode. Since only a few months had passed, there's no way Jill's parents could have been married for 51 years and 7 months.

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Losing My Religion - S7-E8

Trivia: Dan Aykroyd appears in this episode as Reverend Mike Webber, his character from the short-lived sitcom Soul Man.

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The Tool Man Delivers - S6-E9

Trivia: The shot of a flame-engulfed Tim being thrown from an exploding building in the epilogue is footage from the film Darkman.

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