Home Improvement was one of the most beloved sitcoms of the 1990s.
The show’s cast has gone in different directions.
And Tim Allen was stunned after this scary situation with a Home Improvement star.
Al Borland actor offers his theory for child star’s troubles after Home Improvement
ABC’s Home Improvement turned comedian Tim Allen and the show’s cast into major stars in the 1990s.
Former actor Zachery Ty Bryan played Brad Taylor on the sitcom, the oldest son of Allen’s character.
Bryan has struggled with legal problems in his adult life including multiple DUIs, domestic violence, and assault.
He became a child star at the age of 10 and grew up on the set of Home Improvement.
Actor Richard Karn who played Al Borland on the sitcom thought that Bryan becoming a child star played a role in his troubles later in life.
“When you got 12-year-olds in a position where they can buy their parents a house, that’s a very weird thing for that growing kid and ego of a 12-year-old and what the world is,” Karn said. “I’m sure that has something to do with it.”
Bryan was arrested for driving under the influence in October after refusing to take a sobriety test.
“I’m just a good dude, man. I don’t know why everybody – I’m sorry I like to drink,” Bryan told the police.
Richard Karn keeps in touch with some of the cast members of Home Improvement
Actors Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Taran Noah Smith played Allen’s two other sons on Home Improvement.
Karn revealed that they had been able to find success since they were child stars.
“Jonathan is trying to be a director,” Karn stated. “Taran is doing great work with potable water for Third World countries and Zac . . . had some . . . problems with marriage.”
The finale of Home Improvement aired in the spring of 1999 but Karn still keeps in touch with some of the members of the cast.
“I do keep in touch with Tim, and I keep in touch with Debbe Dunning, who played the ‘Tool Time’ girl,” Karn said. “I haven’t seen much of Pam Anderson. We’re just on different tracks.”
Karn and Allen briefly reunited for the History Channel reality show Assembly Required in 2021.
“Every once in a while I’ll see the boys and Pat [Patricia Richardson],” Karn continued. “Earl (Hindman) passed away, which is a shame because . . . he enjoyed life to its fullest.”
“Tim and I actually did a show together about two years ago for the History Channel called Assembly Required. Then, the second season was called More Power because they didn’t think we assembled very well, I guess,” Karn joked.
Karn was open to the idea of a Home Improvement reboot, an idea that Allen had floated before.
“A reboot would be a lot of fun to think about,” Karn said. “I don’t know what the reality would look like or where that could go. I don’t see a reboot necessarily, but it resonates.”
Home Improvement could be one reboot that fans could get behind.
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