Thomas and Allen appeared onscreen together again in 1998 on Allen’s new show, Last Man Standing. When Thomas’s character is introduced to Allen, the comedian has the right alternative to offer a basic deadpan line, saying, “Man, you look familiar”. Due to the fact that a few the characters in Home Improvements also provided the voices for animated movies, a few subtle in-jokes can be noticed. In the Halloween episode, Randy offers a trick or treater dressed as a lion seven candies while handing only one to the child wearing a Buzz Lightyear costume. This is in reference to the fact that Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who played Randy, additionally supplied the voice for Simba in The Lion King, whereas Tim Allen voiced Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story. Despite the success of the series, when Tim Allen and his co-star Patricia Richardson were approached about doing a ninth season, they both refused.
Betsy Randle as Karen KellyAny time Karen came into the Taylor household, she would usually give her feminist opinions, possibly just to look at Tim squirm. Karen and Jill had an in depth friendship, however in season two, she moved to California along with her boyfriend and she or …
