ShiftingGears Stuns Fans With Mega Reunion Featuring Tim Allen And His TV Wives From Home Improvement And Last Man Standing
Shifting Gears is staging a major Home Improvement reunion: The Tim Allen comedy’s Season 2 premiere will reunite Allen with former co-stars Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn and Debbe Dunning.
What’s more, Last Man Standing‘s Nancy Travis, who guest-starred in Shifting Gears Season 1 as spirited widow Charlotte, will again reunite with Allen in Season 2.
While character details are being kept under ways, Deadline reports that Richardson, Karn and Dunning — better known to Home Improvement fans as Jill, Al and Heidi — will appear in the Wednesday, Oct. 1 season opener and support Allen’s character, Matt Parker, in an “unexpected way.”
Tim Allen, Debbe Dunning & Richard Karn on Home Improvement Courtesy of ABC
Allen has never shied from enlisting his former castmates to appear on his other shows. On Last Man Standing, Richardson guest-starred in two episodes as inconsiderate neighbor Helen Potts; Karn recurred in Season 2 as Bill McKendree, an architect who frequently did business with Mike at Outdoor Man; Jonathan Taylor Thomas appeared in Seasons 2 and 3 as Kristin’s boss John, and later made a cameo as Helen’s son Randy; and Blake Clark, who played Home Improvement hardware store owner Harry, popped up in a Season 5 episode as coffee house proprietor Clark. Additionally, Shifting Gears Season 1 included a cameo by Last Man recurring player Jay Leno.
Tim Allen, Nancy Travis & Patricia Richardson on Last Man Standing Courtesy of ABC
Shifting Gears Season 2 premieres Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 8/7c on ABC (and streams next day on Hulu)
