Tim Allen Makes His First Appearance | Carson Tonight Show

Original Airdate: 11/13/1991
#johnnycarson #thetonightshow #timallen

[@thomasmartinscott]

I met Tim at a car show in Ridgway, CO. I asked him "Which car is yours?" Without a seconds hesitation he said, "Which one do you like, we'll start a rumor".

[@readytogo3186]

Hilarious!

[@dalzy1969]

Love Ridgway! Wish I bought that property there twenty years ago!!

[@thomasmartinscott]

@@dalzy1969 I know what you mean. I lived in Ouray for 9 years and spent half of my time in Ridgway. I Loved it. Still do. One of my best friends is John Billings, who makes the Grammy Awards. He moved the whole operation from CA to Ridgway back in the '90s.

[@SideMoneyGarage]

We met him at SEMA 2018 in Vegas. He saw my husband holding a photo of our pink Fairlane and commented, "Cool car!"

[@Struzzylive]

Yeah but how do we know Tim didn’t write all this with a mcgiver approved tooth pic

[@thomask4836]

Tim Allen is one of my all time favorites. What a great guy!

[@NinjaDildoShow]

Great guy, never meddum.

[@lillianmunster4734]

Yessss AWESOME 👍 I really like Tim. Watch him on Tool Time (reruns) Every day 🤩

[@OtterloopB]

​@@lillianmunster4734 Which is still hilarious, even 30 years later. I could watch Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, Seinfeld and Family Matters endlessly.

[@Tappedline]

we need more of the "Tim Allens" of the world.... Men are Men and Woman are Woman or even better Ladies...

[@lillianmunster4734]

@@Tappedline Lol 😆 Thanks 👍 Love me some Tim!!👏❤️

[@rhondafortson5205]

Tim Allen is the perfect example in an era when a comedian could present intelligent humor & the audience could Actually understand it!! George Carlin PERFECT. I feel sorry for comedians today. They play to an audience who has NO sense of humor with a Less than adequate IQ.

[@alyssarand6615]

-IQ's now !

[@gregpek1624]

And he's a Republican!!!

[@ericynot]

There are still some funny, intelligent comedians working. Jump on a little Bill Burr. Burr hits on a lot of topics that could easily set off some people's political correctness meters (race, domestic abuse, "gold digging whores", LBGT, abortion, etc.), but he's self-deprecating and so damn funny he gets away with it -- AND he's able to slip in some razor-edged observations about sensitive subjects while he's at it.

[@gregpek1624]

@The United Nation I beg your pardon? Where did that come from? I think you need to chill mate. We don't need such unsolicited hatred and idiocy

[@birdgirl2289]

@@gregpek1624 And he was a cocaine dealer and went to prison!

[@billmalone5050]

One of my favorite quotes from Tim Allen's comedy routine: "I've got tools that fix tools" !!!

[@uppityglivestockian]

I became a big fan when Allen went on his Men Are Pigs comedy tour and he's never disappointed. He's also a pretty darn good actor, despite his self-deprecating jokes about it. One of the best movies everyone should own a DVD copy of is Galaxyquest. His turn as a James T Kirk-like space ship captain on tv is frikkin brilliant. Of course, his Buzz Lightyear is eternal and no amount of Disney fckn with the character to please their cultural marxist employees or their Karen-wives and their country club buddies is gonna replace it. Unlike most convicts who come out of prison exactly the same as how they went in, or worse, Mr Dick learned the right lessons from his incarceration and has been tickling our funny bone pretty much ever since. Big thanks for the upload, fantastic.

[@WarofThoughts]

Not only that, but he had the best cocaine. He had that fire.

[@craigbirchfield417]

Best Star Trek spoof of all time. I've probably watched it six times. Good times.

[@4Everlast]

100%. Also had #1 TV show, #1 film in box office and #1 best selling book all in the same week and month! Ridiculous. I wish we see more of him in film, he'd be an interesting villain.

[@MisterTwister88]

Miss you Johnny

[@james1795]

Johnny can't hear you.

[@johnlang9135]

Johnny is coming back soon. He is in the witness protection program

[@james1795]

@@johnlang9135. Idiot.

[@LoveMusic9973]

Sure do🙏

[@kkampy4052]

Tim is one of my all time favorites. This was a very long appearance for a first time guest.

[@a2ndopynyn]

Making up for lost time.

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

yeah man good stuff. i think i actually saw this show back in the day. i'd been out of the marine corps for less than six months and had started watchin tv again and of course really liked tim and his schtick so i'm pretty sure i watched this one that november. thanks for posting.

[@redacted2275]

Tim Allen looks almost the same! Then again, Johnny stopped aging some time in the 70s... great video.

[@leoking8353]

Really? I really think Johnny looks quite old here compared to a video from even 10 years before

[@jasonjohnston94]

Tim Allen and Buddy Guy on the same night with Carson. Amazing!

[@dannmarceau]

Tim's a great actor, loved the show. Richard Karn "Al" and I grew up in the same area.

[@felin_de_la_nuit]

He'll always be Buzz LightYear to me 👨‍🚀💚💜💙🚀

[@trm4life]

I didn't realize Carson was still around when Home Improvement started! Mind blown! 💥

[@gerry-p9x]

Home premiered 91. Carson left , May. 92

[@christopherbucher7017]

Looking forward to my yearly rewatch of the Santa Clause movies - always a good time (at least the first two XD).

[@scottmccloud9029]

Yeah, me too.

[@dlmrb80]

Two of my favorite funnymen right here! Never be another Johnny. And Tim is one of the best ever!

[@pd9922]

Such a class act! Love him and all his work!

[@lonewulf44]

Cool that Tim Allen made it on before Carson left ... it's like a special thing to say you managed to be one that got on Carson.

[@nolabel7705]

12:49 "...save it for the next time. " Respect. Mr. Carson knew Mr. Allen was special back then!

[@bernlin2000]

There's nobody like Tim Allen, my TV Dad growing up for sure XD

[@james1795]

"XD" ??

[@2RCPRODUCTIONS]

Tim Allen was fantastic in this! He is one comedian/actor that has been a part of my family entertainment for years and I never thought about it till now. Started watching home improvement when I was dating my Wife, then came marriage and kids then it was Buzz lightyear, then it was the Santa Clause series, then it was last man standing, now I love the fact the guy is a Christian conservative car guy! Can’t get any better than that!😂👍

[@suze816]

Hilarious ! I love Tim Allen - Always makes me laugh out loud. 😃

[@karenleemallonee684]

Tim...so darn funny! 😆 Santa!!! 🎀

[@AmazingPhilippines1]

Great interview and love both Carson and Tim Allan.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Tim Allen!!💞💕💞💕And Johnny.

[@jay-day]

I was waitng for him to grunt. 😆😂🤣

[@jazzbutterworth]

Tim Allen is a PERFECT example of how anyone incuding a criminal can turn their life around!

[@ronrice2249]

I love watching Tim Allen. He has his own style of comedy. Very funny guy.

[@Bondek1996]

Tim the Tool Man Taylor "Back the truck up!"

[@frankconti6591]

🌾🇺🇸 ‘Tim Allen -kicks’ butt’ !!!🎉🥊🥊

[@susanwest8239]

Tim is super.

[@svjim1]

Yeah you can fix that oil light by putting duct tape over it.

[@Apb23]

🎉😂 TIM!!!! 💗💗💗💗

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Love ❤ Timster ...did you know Tim owns Allen's apple juice ...my high school 🏫 friend, Tim Allen, loved Allen's apple juice #truestory ...my friend Tim, used to buy the big cans of the stuff 🍎

[@jennifereubank4704]

I love handsome funny men! I watched you my whole life!❤😂😊

[@michaelsullivan3553]

Miss you so much Johnny

[@tomwashingtonjr848]

Wow ❤❤ truly love him on last man standing… fantastic …first time on Carson …gets invited over and talks for 10 minutes… wow 🎉❤

[@user-z6p4c]

yeah absolutely I’ve been married for 32years I was 22 and he was 26. he got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without him. He took a major hit the treatment was horrible for him. I could not do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss Him everyday.. seeing this makes me miss him even more I come to this page all the time just to have that nostalgia

[@markp5506]

Duct tape was originally "duck" tape, used in WW2 to seal ammo cans and make them water tight.

[@ravipeiris4388]

Talk about a guy who was able to turn his life around from being in prison to being a big star. What connects all these events is his humanity.

[@jmjanousek]

He is so much funnier as a conversationalist comedian than a standup comedian.

[@krisfrederick5001]

Home Improvement is one of the only shows my family watched together as a child before they divorced. And the last that I saw with my Father before he passed. I wouldn't say it died, they had said enough. And chose to end it. This is still endearing and hilarious to me, it has a special place in my heart and fall asleep to it often. So great to see him in the beginning of everything

[@agb1953]

Saw this when it first aired, back when late night talk shows were entertaining. Craig Ferguson was the last good host.

[@DebH.]

Love Tim Allen especially lately!

[@dauntae24]

He’s a convicted cocaine distributor.

[@DebH.]

@@dauntae24 I suspect you're a negative person judging by your channel that trolls, please don't comment under my post.

[@DebH.]

I reported dauntae24 for harassment. Extremely rude person!

[@dauntae24]

@@DebH. I reported you for being a snowflake.

[@dauntae24]

@@DebH. hey, how many of my videos have you watched? 😂

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

My high school friend, Tim Allen - the two of us - used to get together ...go barhopping ...trying to meet woman, and generally have a good time ...I was around 19, or 20 #truestory 📖 📕 📘 📗

[@LisaLisa001]

Dang it, ending it in the middle of a joke!

[@jeffreysmith236]

Love Tim from his beginning!!! 👏💘

[@bobleroe3859]

Tim should have been a guest on NPR's Car Talk

[@susanwest8239]

Johnny you are 👍 great.

[@mr.k2559]

OMGosh!! His line about shop teachers missing fingers was SOOO true. My grade 8 woodworking teacher was missing half of two fingers and he told us he lost them using a bandsaw when he was young. Don't know if was true but I was terrified using ANY power saw after that!

[@donnapuckett4992]

Tim the Toolman!!!!!

[@willy_b_coyote]

4:44 this is how you knew if Johnny Carson liked you or not: If he just clapped, he didn’t think you were funny. If he thought you were funny, he’d give the ok gesture.👌 And if he thought you were REALLY hilarious, he’d wave you over for an interview.

[@Newwaver2007]

Tim is Legend 😎

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Though at one time I thought Jay Leno was the greatest. When he took over the Tonight Show he lost much as he tried to be all things to all people. At least that's how I saw it. So after a few months I rarely watched Jay. I think Tim Allen would have made a very good host.

[@parkerkrynen]

My wood shop teacher was missing his thumb hjahjahah

[@Nancie680]

Seems like yesterday

[@DanielCochranSC]

31 years ago. Man I'm old *snicker*

[@123abcdef3]

Love Tim Allen!

[@CoconutDaddy]

That's a Shame Jonny Had to end it Abruptly

[@SteveAynesComedy]

Tim Allen one of my favorites on Johnny Carson!!!!

[@deormanrobey892]

I actually had a shop teacher missing a couple of fingers.

[@SideMoneyGarage]

Just saw a documentary. Tim says he bombed here. Forgot his glasses and missed his mark on the stage. And later Carson said to him, "You gotta be funnier. Then THAT."

[@connorbell6049]

I had just watched Galaxy Quest yesterday.

[@felin_de_la_nuit]

I watched Toy Story yesterday

[@Whit_Siever]

I just drove by the Kalamazoo State Prison

[@FM-not-AM]

Tim's one of those that can do hundreds of shows & movies without changing his voice & make the character different & to its own. THAT'S TALENT.

[@donnyvaughan9133]

It looked like Tim was sure Johnny wanted him to sit down many comedians didn't get that, you had to make Johnny laugh first.

[@ghost-bastivierspurrap9913]

"knuckles and a blue hat is all you see." Seinfeld took that.

[@tcolgan12]

Birmingham seaholm graduate

[@mexicanspec]

Wow, he drove the Viper 3 years before it was available to the public.

[@kingscorpion7346]

I was already following Tim Allen a few years before he finally got his sit-com, and I'm surprised (and Johnny looked like he was surprised about it too) that this was Tim's first time on the Tonight Show.

[@virginiacopeland7139]

There's no one else like Johnny Carson

[@hotrox2112]

"NO ONE"!....

[@HoldTheLine1990]

If Johnny only knew how many men have used tape and a paper clip to secure their ties😮 Classic show from a classic guy.

[@markallen3293]

If Johnny asks you to come over and sit down, you gotta it made...

[@foxg5315]

Think what you want about him, but he's still a funny guy.

[@patcampion716]

Guess we have to sit through a Biden ad, what's funny is, Biden is pulling out all the stops, advertising on a Repub KZbin vid, GTFOOH

[@joekuul8769]

He was amazing on The 5 O'clock Funnies on KLOS, a show that really helped break him big in the late 80's.

[@pnutbutrncrackers]

Detroit native? Baloney! As a Coloradan I'm offended, Tim. We both know you were born and grew up in Denver!

[@elsenored562]

*Duct tape & barbed wire* 7:14 Well, it's _duct_ tape

[@davidcatalano3781]

Thank you!

[@robingar4973]

I always thought his standard standup was like precision...delivered with laser focus

[@jillybean4480]

Love Tim Allen ❤️

[@FredPickett]

One of the best/Hosting One of the best/R.I.P. Johnny.

[@tiffanyfrehleyyeshuaismy0153]

… Hey Tim. 😉💙

[@timboslice1979]

Love Tim!!!!

[@ShatteredDreams90]

I swear when he grunts i actually understand what he's saying 😂😂😂

[@ikeskifan]

I do my dusting with a Milwaukee battery operated blower. Two speeds, that way you can use the lower speed on light things so you don't blow them to the other side of the room

[@asteverino8569]

Well, this was great!

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

JOHNNY CARSON 23 DE OCTUBRE DE 1925 23 DE ENERO DE 2005 98 AÑOS 79 AÑOS 19 AÑOS

[@johnbaker4847]

Miss Johnnie, Tim still FUNNIE!

[@chrisjohnston4445]

I'd always assumed he'd made his first appearance long before _Home Improvement!_

[@MichaelTowns]

That's definitely an early 90s tie.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

TIMOTHY ALLAN DICK 13 DE JUNIO DE 1953 69 AÑOS (70)

[@Michael-fr3xg]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@bettysmith4641]

Can't wait for his new movie The Santa Clauses to come out in November.

[@jamesdickman8315]

Is this when Tim started to build his car (THE Vik) ?

[@cathyoutland8354]

Both outstanding 👏 today🤮

[@VIRGONOMICS]

Genius

[@TheMrbc74]

To think Tim was a cocaine dealer and went to prison after ratting out his friends and went on to have the career he did

[@lexkanyima2195]

13 years to get a opportunity

[@santaclaus3077]

Fun fact: Tim did prison time for trafficking cocaine in the 70s or 80s

[@sabinchich999]

I was always wondering, if he was a snitch, because they didn't gave him a lot.. just read the article, yeah he was the Snitch 😳😒

[@BeckVMH]

Haha I happen to know a bit about drug dealers and they know it’s part of doing business.

[@gormandagher9415]

That was the 1970s

[@lepone2317]

Auegh?

[@emir0324]

Yo

[@bogotaangela6908]

TimAllen Follow AllenBerkEly? @#Mcmahons??

[@missmarple7639]

"Nazi:, now it's enough!