Trivia: Richard Karn's wife, Tudi Roche, occasionally made appearances on the show as Jill's sister Carrie.
Trivia: Frances Fisher was originally cast as Jill. Due to her lack of chemistry with Tim Allen, she was replaced by Patricia Richardson four days before the pilot began shooting.
Trivia: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who plays younger brother Randy, is actually slightly older than Zachary Ty Bryan, who plays oldest brother Brad.
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.
Trivia: Tim Allen has expressed a desire for the show to have a revival. However, instead of consisting of numerous episodes like other sitcom revivals have done, it would be a one-off one or two-hour special. The idea of a movie has also been floated. The opening would see the characters attending Wilson's funeral, as Earl Hindman, who played Wilson, died in 2003. The final season of Allen's other popular sitcom, Last Man Standing, confirmed Wilson's death.
Trivia: The role of Al was originally offered to Stephen Tobolowsky, who was also working on another project. Richard Karn was brought in to fill the role solely for the pilot episode, but once the series was picked up, it became clear to the producers that Tobolowsky would be unable to commit to the series, so Karn got the role full-time.
Trivia: Pamela Anderson alleges that Tim Allen flashed his privates at her on her first day on set, which he denies.
Trivia: Despite playing mother and the middle child of five daughters, Polly Holliday is only 13 years older than Patricia Richardson.
Answer: Tim's other brothers are named Rick and Steve. They never appeared on the show, and were only mentioned in passing.
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