Posted on 01/29/2016 5:57:55 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The man who made “more power!” a household grunt wants decidedly less power given to the federal government — and offers up a colorful metaphor about one family’s quest to grasp it for life. Tim Allen, star of the long-running sitcom Home Improvement and the new Last Man Standing, talked to the Hollywood Reporter about his conservative political orientation and its emergence in the show. Despite having a “liberal” writing staff, Allen pushes to express his own point of view, albeit somewhat more moderated than in real life:
Do you have more comedic leeway now than you did on Home Improvement?
Definitely. But you know what? I’ve earned it. I don’t say that lightly. I’ve been on a successful show and learned from the best. But I find Last Man Standing actually rougher than Home Improvement. We’re getting away with a lot of stuff. I’m really shocked. This is a meaner, sharper comedy than I’m used to. There’s a lot of times our very liberal writing staff will come up with stuff that even my character would say, “I don’t know if I can say that.”
When asked why Last Man Standing has taken slaps at Hillary Clinton but none at Donald Trump, Allen expresses skepticism about Trump’s staying power, which might make the jokes stale. The Clintons will never fade away, Allen argues memorably:
It’s a little surprising to me. We have a very liberal writing staff, so I’m surprised they haven’t taken a shot at him. But we’re not sure he’s going to last, whereas the Clintons are like herpes: Just when you think they’re gone, they show up again.
That’s the headline shot, of course, the kind of one-liner that a comedian would be expected to deliver about a politician. Allen takes his politics a little more seriously, though, and especially his disdain for what he calls “free-s**t” demagoguery:
What riles you up the most?
Unearned responses, unearned praise, unearned income: I have opinions about it. When you watch the debates, on both sides you see clowns who say shit that ain’t ever going to happen, but lately one party is the free shit party. They are just telling people they’re going to get all sorts of free shit. When you say you’re going to get free education, free health care -- f--, free brown loafers -- of course everybody’s going to say yes to that. But you don’t mean it. That’s how you rack up debt, and debt is killing us. Whatever party is going to get us out of debt is my party.
Allen isn’t backing Trump, and calls his remarks about immigrants “ignorant,” but says Trump might be a worthwhile choice for one particular area — infrastructure:
Trump can’t send everybody to Mexico or whatever the f-- he said. But give that guy the roads, bridges, infrastructure, power grid -- just have him fix that shit for four years. He’s good at that. And he’s a businessman so he understands how debt load works. Forget the stupid shit he says about immigrants. That’s just ignorant. But he might be able to do the stuff that really needs fixing.
Be sure to read it all. Perhaps Allen might get inspired to speak out more on conservative issues; he certainly feels pretty fearless at the moment. That’s remarkable enough in Hollywood for conservatives to note the moment.
I think I’m in love.
I don’t like or watch too many TV shows. But I loved Tim The Tool Man. The bit where he walked through the wet cement with Bob Vila was as funny as it gets. Add in his being a car guy and I like him even more.
He's right. Darn, makes me sick that we may have to deal with the Clintons popping up again and again over the next 40 years, just like with Jimmy Carter. Yuck, Tim Allen is right - the Clintons are like herpes. We'll never get rid of them.
Liked the show but nobody who would do a real shop
show would do it with a necktie on.....unless it
was a pull away tie and even that would be out of place.
Bill’s health is almost as bad as Hillary’s.Do you think either one of them can last another 5 years?
Folks have been saying that on FR since he left office in 2001.
Remember that leftys with gold plated health plans tend to live a very long time (Soros, Castros, Carter, etc)
Perhaps America’s most successful drug snitch.
Watch that scene carefully. The guy that smoothed that cement down was quite ready to kill Tim.
Well,I can dream can’t I?
I know, right. Hard to believe Tim Allen was a coke dealer.
The community organizers will use Hillary’s suspect health in the campaign.
The Dem VP will be a minority and they will be “wink-winking” in the ‘hoods about her.
Maybe he’s trolling for a POTUS pardon?
George Burns lasted a long time with cigars and booze. Bill and Hillary have a penchant for them.
I remember at the height of Home Improvement mania, he said in an interview that he had plenty to say about the ridiculousness of the Drug War, but wanted to wait until the show was over to speak out. I guess he’s still waiting.
Bill’s health is almost as bad as Hillary’s.Do you think either one of them can last another 5 years?
He will probably die of a Viagra overdose.
Certainly! They have full access to all medical advantages.
“Bill’s health is almost as bad as Hillary’s.Do you think either one of them can last another 5 years?”
I certainly hope NOT. People who have done the stuff they’ve done to their countrymen don’t deserve long lives. Anyone who prays for their country’s survival cannot pray for these two for any “special favors.”
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