It has been a very long time since Instrument Time, however escape your energy instruments and perform a little grunt, as a result of Home Improvement‘s Tim Allen and Richard Karn are reuniting for a brand new present. Historical past introduced Tuesday that the blokes who performed the co-hosts of the fictional Instrument Time house enchancment present will reunite in actual life to host and executive-produce Meeting Required (working title), a actuality competitors present the place the nation’s finest DIY builders attempt to restore and rebuild broken-down home items.
Per Historical past, the present will “highlight one of the best and brightest builders from throughout the nation, at their house workshops, as they compete to breathe new life into on a regular basis home items in determined want of fixing.” The competitors will check the contestants’ capacity and ingenuity to not solely rebuild the merchandise, however to construct it even higher than earlier than. Allen and Karn will even discover the historical past of these things to pay tribute to the craftspeople and methods that made them.
“Let’s face it — we’re dwelling in a throwaway society,” Tim Allen stated in a press release. “We purchase, break, substitute… rinse and repeat. No matter occurred to restore and rebuild? There are some individuals who unfriend, unfollow, and get rid of something that offends, annoys, or breaks – so I’ve created a present to remind individuals of the satisfaction and pleasure that comes from rebuilding one thing on their very own. And who higher to affix me than my buddy from the outdated Instrument Time days – Richard Karn! Now we’re speaking Extra Energy! Albert Einstein as soon as stated, ‘I am not a genius, I am simply passionately curious.’ Effectively, let’s get curious! Even a chimpanzee would a minimum of present curiosity, proper? Wait – I feel I simply got here up with one other thought for the present! R-R-R!” (Wow, R-R-R is how Tim Allen spells out that one among his signature grunts! How does he spell the other one?)
Tim Allen and Richard Karn co-starred on the ABC sitcom House Enchancment from 1991 to 1999, which ran for 204 episodes and was one of many greatest exhibits of the ’90s. Allen at the moment stars on Last Man Standing.
Meeting Required (working title) is slated to premiere in 2021 on Historical past. House Enchancment is at the moment accessible to stream (for buy or rental) on Amazon.
Richard Karn and Tim Allen