Tim Allen - Stand-Up Comedian (late 1980s)

[@mooocowcowcowmooo]

Years of watching Home Improvement this is my first time ever seeing his stand up. This explains so much lol.

[@KimKim-oc8rc]

That's what I said

[@Hotshotter3000]

I was thinking the exact same thing. I wouldn't be surprised if this series of stand up is what explained the entire Home Improvement series.

[@JasonWicklund]

Hotshotter3000 it was. where have you been?

[@theirishambassador]

***** if you noticed his bit about the garbage disposal was an episode in Tool Time.

[@themacocko6311]

Hotshotter3000 Home Improvement even says "based on the comedy of Tim Allen".

[@JakkleRunnerCashman-mk8jm]

Seeing Tim Allen stand-up for the first time and it's 2024. I loved his TV SitCom as a child. I grew my hair long with a shaved undercut after seeing his oldest TV son with that haircut

[@Donchayito]

This stand up routine is what created home improvement. These were the days

[@vermonter62]

I heard this routine back when Allen first started doing it, & laughed so hard! I've been a fan of his ever since.

[@jasonlewis460]

I wish he returns

[@roddyboethius1722]

It's no annoying. It's an idiot acting like a monkey 🐒

[@johnexcellii8927]

Tim Allen and his grunt was sure was something back in the 80's & it was home improvement and now it's Last Man Standing !there's pretty good shows right there!!

[@dougrebertus1992]

Love LMS! Funny as hell.

[@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.

[@jacobaobert]

that avocado joke hasn''t dated much but the sears joke...

[@jacobrengen]

Jacob Obert Yes I know they they used to sell toilets now they are in the toilet

[@marioiacolucci]

@Allison Bauch same here yuck

[@berryb745]

5 year update.. still the same 😂

[@MigPlz91LivestreamOnly]

Can anyone imagine adding this dialouge to scenes with Buzz Lightyear? it might make Toy Story a hell of a movie.

[@RaunchyCommentor]

YTP

[@jacobspeeds]

So this is where home improvement got the grunting from :P

[@AldermachXI]

Yup. The show clearly stated in the credits "Based on the stand-up comedy of Tim Allen"

[@jacobspeeds]

+AldermachXI yea but i never really what exactly it was based on

[@RobertHurleyJr]

yeah i didn't know it was based on pigs either

[@RobertHurleyJr]

hate the snarkiness in ALdermachXI comment btw

[@lenb7275]

jacobspeeds u never watched home improvement?

[@skilletburritos8464]

grew up watching home improvement re-runs on FOX around the time it was on its last season on ABC, coming home from school like 7th - 8th grade. FOX ran such a great block of television after school: Simpsons, Home Improvement, Seinfleld, etc.. Late 90s/early 00's as a fuckin kid with his own TV, great times.

[@nicoleraheem1195]

Yep 😄 Great time to be a kid

[@muckster_84]

@@nicoleraheem1195 Heck yeah I would have been in 8th grade in 1998 I remember show so well…I personally think it’s a top 10 all time.

[@gypdarin1458]

What a well polished and clever bit. Tim Allen, Ray Romano, Roseanne, Kevin James, Bob Newhart, and Rosie O Donell had their standup chops overshadowed by their tv fame.

[@arsnel366]

My mom and dad saw this back in the day and they knew he was going to be a big star

[@roddyboethius1722]

Because it's a simple, idiotic bit that anyone can do

[@timkarlic6798]

Im proud to share my first name with this legend.

[@jeanninebaker2891]

Ok you negative people, you have to understand that when Tim Allen was doing his standup back then, the grunting and all was something very new and off the wall which is part of the reason it was so funny. No one expected it, or the subjects he spoke about. The 80's were a nice time to be alive! Of course there were problems, but not like there have been since. His jokes come from a place of lightheartedness because that was the atmosphere in that time.

[@Bulletproof_Trump]

Yeah, 80s were a wonderful time. People weren't grafted to their electronics, and jokes were allowed. Truly the golden age

[@ianalyzeeverysecondiexist]

Loved him as Tim "The Toolman" Taylor, and the way he always repeated the quotes in a wrong way from Wilson, when they had their conversations at the fence. "Like that Chinese boy, who smelled his own yogurt ", and "you can teach a fish how to dance, but once it's old, you're stuck with it"😅

[@AHowardAz]

KLOS in LA had him on many times on their five o'clock funnies. Absolute rolling in laughter, so damn funny. This was great to see again.

[@justinquaylepate1358]

I'm thinking this is from 1987-88 ? Very impressive Tim. I have no doubt that this is what started HOME IMPROVEMENT

[@clatyonvonisaacs9791]

I think this is from the Showtime Special from1990

[@DrewsToyStory]

Such a classic 🤣 Tim is the best!!

[@markyounger1240]

Boy, you could sure predict his sitcom from this.

[@OldBuford]

Sears stock must have skyrocketed whenever this guy did a show...and now Sears is in the toilet, theses are sad times my friends

[@jackson5116]

they didn't need any help, they were the number one retailer in the world in the 80's.

[@davidribroma2425]

They were pioneers of remote shopping, and they just let it go by... just let it go by :-(

[@edwhite7078]

Make Tim Allen great again

[@MichaelD8393]

Tim's gotta make comedy great again 😂😂😂😂

[@mcmjr405]

Last man standing.. best episode was the home improvement reunion!

[@cabronicusmaximuschingonic1062]

Not possible. He had to be "great" at one point... Guy never has. Heck, never even been close to "Mildly amusing" levels, EVER! Sorry I had to break it to you like that, dude.

[@mcmjr405]

Yootub Apesta you just don’t know good comedy or the truth when you hear it. Maybe you’re a feminist or whiny soy boy. 🤷‍♂️

[@redpillsociety6479]

Yootub Apesta YOU. Don’t have a good sense of humor.

[@MattSapienzaComedy]

I'd never thought I see the day that Buzz Lightyear did stand up

[@BillyMorriceTV]

Or where a stand up would play buzz lightyear since this was a good 20 years before toy story .

[@marioiacolucci]

MattSapienzaComedy you're funny!

[@mikesmithz]

Wait until you find out Buzz used to be a cocaine trafficker and has been in prison!

[@your_local_questerian]

I already knew that about Jason, I'm good for now. Had no idea Nesmith apparently was a drug trafficker.

[@mistergamerguy]

"Come on bitch break somethin!" ROFLMAO!!!

[@warmfuzzydeath]

This still holds up... so funny

[@samarcibora9338]

warmfuzzydeath haha no

[@lhays117]

Really? How? It was literally just a guy rambling about how obsessed he is about tools while making grunting noises. That’s not real standup. That’s just some boomer behaving derpy on stage for a few minutes.

[@warmfuzzydeath]

@@lhays117 it's subjective

[@lhays117]

@@warmfuzzydeath nope

[@warmfuzzydeath]

@@lhays117 lol

[@Cuuuuuuurtis]

If you've never seen Home Improvement this is basically the entire series

[@nicoleraheem1195]

😂

[@clatyonvonisaacs9791]

Saw it on Showtime and was a year or so before he got the TV show and me and my friend were grunting and talking like this after we saw it for a month. Literally a year later when the show came on everyone was doing it and we telling everyone "may you idiots are so last year"

[@djmegahurtz]

7:05 oh he wasn’t playing about cooking that dope boy ⛄️ lmaooo

[@jillybean9563]

I love him!!!!

[@blairanddjsdad]

Love Tim Allen

[@monsterjambrony]

His grunts are hilarious, but sometimes he just does them for no reason.

[@valentenaupton8223]

Oh yes, Sears!!!! Tim is great

[@WildHorsesOfCourse]

That Avocado issue is still a problem, only everywhere now :(

[@matthindelang6877]

Tim Allen is Sears only remaining hope.

[@jackson5116]

he wouldn't touch them with a 10 mile pole! Fast Eddie has ruined their image.

[@Mikewee777]

Matt H , Sears died.

[@William1987GTA1]

1:36 lmao! Nice job on the editing. Looks like a couple of rear baggers.

[@ticnatz]

I liked that a lot more than I thought I would.......

[@LoneWolf-wp9dn]

A young Bill Engvall saw this and said "veeeeery interesting"

[@bradlafferty6076]

What a tight set

[@shamsolfaisaly9359]

So this was how it started 😂😂😂

[@makalani28]

Incredibly funny!

[@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia]

Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo is where it all started for Tim

[@ShanaHagerlisreal2014]

Thank goodness he got clean!

[@ajs5392]

I saw Tim on HBO/Showtime stand-up when he started out in the 80's. I knew this guy was going places. I made sure to watch his future stand-up appearances when I could. I refused to watch Home Improvement, however... not because of him... because bad language was still censored on network TV, even though he didn't use it much, it still often took away from the impact of the humor when cut out or the act was slightly altered to PG. This is a PG performance. CHECK OUT UNCENSORED Rodney Dangerfield's 1989 TV special, "Opening Night at Rodney's Place."

[@ophiuchus992]

Fucking love Tim Allen

[@PressF4togoon]

6:31 "Come on, bitch, break something!"

[@pbsfundingaddict790]

Avocado this, avocado that. You want an avocado with that? I feel ya, Tim.

[@berniepokorski2489]

At 3:56 in the video, the guy in the audience reminds me of Tom Hanks when he was younger; think "BIG"........

[@jst7714]

Sears should have had Tim Allen on their commercials, step aside Bob Vila.

[@eqe2e23e]

thank you

[@PatFrenchLeafsFan1]

So, this is what Tim Taylor should've looked like on the Tool Time pilot in 1989, but instead he had long hair and a beard rather than the actor himself Tim Allen who had shorter hair.

[@nicoleraheem1195]

Lol right

[@PatFrenchLeafsFan1]

@Kenny Delta Yeah. LOL! That's what I'm trying to say.

[@monsterjambrony]

6:03 I want everyone to say "Swiper no swiping."

[@Jonathanest90s]

And I’m going to see him tonight

[@sterjs]

2:01 RIP Sears

[@jackson5116]

At least they made it to 2019, so that's something!

[@zolafuckass8606]

I'm just here because I love grunting.

[@-covid-20]

This is brilliant...grunting getting back to caveman instincts...what a simple line of thought to make a person wealthy....funny funny stuff.....

[@preludepatrick]

From a cocaine bust and vulgar comedy to a family show...ahh, the American dream.

[@SurahOnline]

Haha 😀

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

add bob sagat

[@mline1111]

Nope. He was down and dirty long before Full House. I remember him doing stand up in San Francisco. He was surprised they wanted him, according to the behind the scenes TV movie.

[@valentenaupton8223]

preludepatrick These are priceless

[@billbudd2535]

You've got the wrong guy.

[@Binfordtools6100]

I liked the part when he talked about tools.

[@adamrounds1670]

I forgot how funny he was lol people forget that was nearly 30 years ago! That grunt made him alot of money! Back then men were into building shit an tools not computers !

[@joshsummers8606]

+Adam Rounds damn straight

[@joshsummers8606]

true

[@chemtrailedcanadian4974]

I miss those days when men were into tools and shit and not comps, vid games, and everything for little children lol they also liked women back then :) yep i miss those days lol

[@Ephisus]

RIP sears.

[@uptown3636]

I think there's a sitcom pitch hidden in this set...

[@SledgeNE]

Interesting to see this. :-) The first appearance of the toolman.

[@torontorox]

Happy Birthday!

[@FutureAbe]

You know that thing where you drag a joke out a bit too long?

[@redpillsociety6479]

Mythagoras The audience doesn’t

[@ryanr4156]

1.9K likes says otherwise

[@Nope-sq6dv]

Guy probably pays people to do/fix things. He doesn’t get it...

[@armysniperman80]

@@Nope-sq6dv Well people won't do it for free - what about it?

[@jackrenglish]

GREAT GUY

[@valentenaupton8223]

The original CAVE MAN!!!! LOL

[@Nickoliatan]

There is a difference between those that call him buzz lightyear and those that call him Tim Taylor.

[@dbcooper470]

Nice jacket i want it

[@MooyakAttack]

You want a tweed blazer? Lol ok...

[@cindervarela5118]

Some people consider this vulgar? And they call the next generation sensitive. I mean they are too, but JFC.

[@jhooty14]

Reminds me of hank from breaking bad

[@jackson5116]

2:01 too bad they'll all be gone 30 years after this joke was told!

[@zainbhayani1539]

I came from CinemaSins

[@bruceflashback3877]

Tim Allen was at his best before he landed the Home Improvment series.

[@dannyrm6498]

came here because of Maron..

[@tylerclemens6095]

mechanic and landscaper. agreed

[@BeaudoinMotorsports]

Wowzers

[@jacobrengen]

He looks exactly the same

[@jovonashford]

MIKE CACOPHONY fellowship of the pheonix 🎃

[@bestfrikndonuts]

Hey look it’s funny man Tim Allen

[@KennySherwood10]

hahaha so great

[@Ray-iz4kg]

He needs to do a bit about Sears closing down. Ohhhh Nooooo

[@haydencooper_]

He really looks like he could be JTT's real dad doesn't he.

[@muckster_84]

What’s crazy you say that is as a kid I was always told I look like JTT…and another funny thing is I always thought my dad looked like Tim Allen. My dad and I would have been a couple years younger each than them.

[@haydencooper_]

😄​@@muckster_84

[@Dontjuststareatit]

Tim’s real.

[@chesmaster2ky]

Really funny!

[@newstart49]

Only one Tim!

[@PikesvilleAl]

pre-Home Depot

[@OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999]

TIM ALLEN DID STAND-UP!!!! OH FUCK NO!!!!! 😂😂😂

[@aphroditeg2712]

I see California has not changed.

[@johnbozic9920]

Before he was with Builder Square!

[@MsMars.]

LOL. Funny and so true. Men and women are so different--thank goodness. :-) Although, I'll admit I do occasionally like to buy some "guy" stuff, like the "Saws-All" for example. Can't say that my nipples ever got hard in the tool aisle, though, LOL.

[@TheMusicmak3r]

Sears R.I.P

[@wicketandfriendsparody8068]

WE TIM TO SAVE SEARS GODDAMiT!!!¿¿¿ HRR HGGHH HGGGHH HGGGH!!!?¿¿

[@kewlbreez77]

Tom Hanks @ 3:55

[@brandonnmartinez5064]

It's gettin awful hot in here 😂😂😂😂😂

[@BeaudoinMotorsports]

I KNOW HOW TO GET TO SEARS!!! and then they closed....

[@SilkandScrooge]

He should talk to Joe "we are just monkeys" Rogan .

[@meeramoran7196]

Don’t touch my tools

[@jjtheslayer69]

tools i love tools

[@joshsummers8606]

+jay “ogbobbydilmer” yay that makes two of us

[@newstart49]

+josh summers Three.

[@joshsummers8606]

awesome

[@__2561]

Not. A . Black. In. Sight.

[@willyhillydude]

Roger Smith Must have been nice

[@bradlafferty4493]

No comp tickets at comedy clubs back then

[@aphroditeg2712]

The Democrat plantation locks them in at night, that's why.

[@2ndmerqury5]

I think Louis CK has heard this.

[@danicegewiss862]

Sears is where you get that. Sears? Not anymore. I believe Lowe's carries their Craftsman tools now.

[@ArisFilms]

DP