Star Still Shining –
March 19, 2020 – “This world is not like it was in ‘Home Improvement,’” said Allen, noting the show’s significance. “In ‘Home Improvement,’ I believe 24 million viewers on a Tuesday night.”
On the subject, Allen reminisced about live simulcasting an episode on the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
“It looked like it was phony,” he recalled. “It looked like it was floating around in there, doing a tool time. I’ve got all the stuff at my shop, I’m a space freak. I just love that stuff and I said ‘What kind of money was this? Who did this?’ where they’re floating around because the joke was: I was doing a tool time and they’re all sleepy because it was so boring.”