This "average Joe" American comic would seem an unlikely candidate to become a leading force in comedy, but Tim Allen's family sitcom Home Improvement rose to become one of television's most popular shows. The premise of the series grew out of Allen's stand up comedy act, a celebration and mild critique of man's obsession with machismo, power tools, and impressing women. His traditional style of verbal humor was complemented and sometimes exceeded by a
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This "average Joe" American comic would seem an unlikely candidate to become a leading force in comedy, but Tim Allen's family sitcom Home Improvement rose to become one of television's most popular shows. The premise of the series grew out of Allen's stand up comedy act, a celebration and mild critique of man's obsession with machismo, power tools, and impressing women. His traditional style of verbal humor was complemented and sometimes exceeded by a
