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http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/08/04/last-man-standing-star-tim-allen-were-going-to-drill-hillary/
“We’re going to drill Hillary.” – Tim Allen
LOS ANGELES – Season 5 of “Last Man Standing” is going to get political with the presidential race upon us, and neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump is going to be safe from the wisecracking Mike Baxter, played by Tim Allen.
“We’re going to drill Hillary,” the star told FOX411 at the Television Critics Association Q&A session for his ABC series. “It will be horrible personally if Hillary continued [to lead the Democrats], but it will be great for the storyline if she continues.”
But the Democratic party isn’t the only one who will be under fire. Despite being a Republican, Allen isn’t throwing his support behind frontrunner Donald Trump.
“I sat with a group of liberal Jewish guys who said, ‘When Trump starts to make sense, we know the world is upside down,'” Allen says. Then he jokes, “Until I see what’s under that hair, I can’t really support him.”
How far the comedy is going to be allowed to go with its candidate bashing depends on ABC, which has several times expressed its unhappiness at Allen’s character labeling President Obama a communist.
Even as we can look forward to Clinton and Trump coming under ridicule, Allen did reveal the candidate who is getting his support: Republican John Kasich
“I went to see him at an L.A. town meeting, which is usually a very liberal forum,” said Allen, who has made his peace with being a Republican surrounded by Hollywood liberals. “He talked about poor people — the underprivileged and the working poor. It was very un-Republican. He’s a Republican that a Democrat could vote for.”
Politics wasn’t the only hot topic on the table. Because Mike Baxter is the owner of a series of sporting goods stores, some of which sell guns to people who hunt and target shoot on “Last Man Standing,” the show’s approach to guns and hunting was raised.
“We haven’t dealt with this thing on the show because it gets us into a debate that there’s no winnable side. [Mike] has to have a position,” Allen says.
The “Toy Story” star went on to relate his personal experience with firearms, saying he and his seven brothers grew up in Colorado, where they learned to clean and respect firearms at the YMCA.
“None of us hunt or use weapons, but all of us know how to treat them and not to point them at people, and if you do, you’d have to want to use it,” he says. “None of my brothers has ever shot a gun, but we know how to clean them.”
“Last Man Standing” returns for its fifth season Friday, September 25 on ABC.
JO Sweet Heart 08-21-2015, 07:59 PM I look forward to the returning of this show! :) :) :)
God bless you always!!! :) :) :)
Holly
P.S. Will Ryan and Kristyn be married already?
Tim Allen talks new season of 'Last Man Standing' http://bit.ly/1FxrPro via @seanhannity
JO Sweet Heart 09-25-2015, 05:04 PM ^^^ Thanks for the great clip! :) :) :)
God bless you and Tim always!!! :) :) :)
Holly
king of comedy 09-25-2015, 05:35 PM I hope not too political.
irehtman 09-25-2015, 10:18 PM Tim should be returning to the movies ASAP, along the way.
i love last man standing! cant wait for the s5 premiere in less than 30 mins here in l.a. something is wondering, why isn't s3 dvds listed here on the site? they were released last fall and s4 is supposed to coming soon.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/alexa-moutevelis-coombs/2015/10/03/fearless-last-man-standing-takes-liberal-scare
By Alexa Mouteveli… | October 3, 2015 | 4:36 PM EDT
Amidst all the shows with a blatant liberal agenda, “Last Man Standing” is a lone conservative voice on ABC; a gem hidden away in the 8pm Friday night slot. The latest episode of the sitcom, “Free Range Parents,” hits scaredy-cat overprotective parents, leftwing news, and even Hillary Clinton.
Mike Baxter (Tim Allen) is trying to get his son-in-law, Ryan, to allow his grandson to walk 6 blocks home from school by himself, but liberal Ryan worries too much about everything, from diabetes to free range parenting, or as Mike calls it, “childhood.”
-Look, he’s six blocks from here. Let him walk home.
-Mike, we’ve talked about this, okay? I think it’s way too dangerous.
-You think everything’s dangerous. You know, it’s starting to rub off on that kid. He looked at an ice cream truck, and he called it “The diabetes wagon.”
-Well, it is, okay? Do you want to know why kids scream for ice cream? Because they’re dying.
-Well, all of our kids walked home from Clark every day without any problems.
-MM. Except for our little brother Oliver.
-Oh, but it’s only been five years. Little Ollie might still turn up.
-You know what, don’t even joke about stuff like that, okay? There are child abductions all the time. That’s why I don’t buy into the whole free-range parenting thing.
-Okay, what is that? Is that where, like, the kids live on the farm and learn to make wooden furniture? Or wait — what’s amish?
-It’s this new movement where parents are letting their kids play outside unsupervised.
-We used to call that “Childhood.”
-I just don’t see the upside in letting Boyd walk home, all right?
-You know what, I work with children every day, Ryan, and they need to be given responsibility. I mean, a good kick in the ass would be better, but then I would be “Unfit as an educator.”
-That was fun today. Can I walk home by myself tomorrow?
-Uh, I don’t know about that, buddy.
-Come on, dad. Please? I’ll help you save the whales.
-We won’t serve whale at outdoor man grill.
-Fine. Okay? We will try it. But look, you come right home after school, okay? No stopping, no talking, no playing.
-Sounds like childhood in North Korea.
-Where you’re probably allowed to kick students in the ass. Lucky.
-Well, congratulations. You get to walk home from school. Tonight we celebrate with a big bowl of diabetes.
Mike’s old school message is clear: Just let kids play! He bemoans the fact that the liberal news media manipulates emotions by trying to scare you that “free enterprise might make somebody rich.”
-No, this is good. I’ve been trying to get him to let Boyd have a little more independence.
-No, this — this is exactly why we’re not selling toys here. These parents are too overprotective nowadays. My mom once for a birthday party gave me a plastic gun. On the box, it said “A great way to put out an eye.”
-Okay, Ryan means well. He just watches the news too much.
-The lefty news. All they’re scared about is free enterprise might make somebody rich.
In his final video monologue on scare tactics, fear, and courage, Mike talks about what distinguishes people from animals: “Human beings are blessed with reason.” The problem is that some of us, like his liberal son-in-law, are too scared to use it. Then he takes a parting shot at Hillary Clinton:
Hey, Mike Baxter for outdoor man here to talk about scare tactics. Sadly, they work. I’m just enjoying some mixed nut– oh. You see, the part of the brain that triggers fear works faster than the part that controls reason. For some people — little kids who are afraid of the dark and certain son-in-laws who are afraid of… Well, just about everything, the reason part of the brain never really kicks in.
As a contrast, animals don’t have reason. That’s why the stupid coyote always ends up in midair holding that stick of dynamite. And that’s why my dog panics every time the doorbell rings. He goes nuts, and I try to explain to him, “Listen, burglars don’t ring the doorbell.” And you just get that look from the dog. Human beings are blessed with reason. But it’s harder to use it when the media bombards you with terrifying images — tsunamis, plane crashes, the new colonel Sanders. That’s why I’m declaring outdoor man a fear-free zone, because we don’t sell fear. We sell courage, we sell engagement between man and nature in the form of kayaks, climbing gear, and — on sale this month — casting rods. You see, the world is kind of the opposite of Hillary Clinton. It actually gets less scary the better you know it. I’ll leave you with a quote. “Fearless is not the absence of fear. Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.” And what great philosopher said that? Aristotle? Schopenhauer? Descartes? No, it — it was Taylor Swift. If that ain’t scary, I don’t know what is.
Now that’s an empowering, common sense conservative message that sadly is sorely lacking on television, and in today’s society in general. It’s a rare show that’s fearless enough to take on the left’s sacred cows – perhaps the last one standing.
Tim Allen SHUDDERS at the Thought of Another Obama Term (http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/alexa-moutevelis-coombs/2015/11/15/tim-allen-shudders-thought-another-obama-term-we-do)
In the episode “The Big Sleepover” (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/32075-season-5-discussion/#entry1710633) of Last Man Standing (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1828327/board), Eve’s friend has overstayed her welcome at the Baxter household and interfered with Mike’s (Tim Allen) relationship with his daughter. Eve finally finds a way to get her friend to find another place to stay because she doesn’t want her dad “moping around like Obama got a third term.”
Mr. Television 11-17-2015, 08:25 PM Tim Allen SHUDDERS at the Thought of Another Obama Term (http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/alexa-moutevelis-coombs/2015/11/15/tim-allen-shudders-thought-another-obama-term-we-do)
You and me both Tim.
king of comedy 11-17-2015, 08:35 PM What would Tim say if Hilary ran for president?
What would Tim say if Hilary ran for president?
Comedian Tim Allen Riles the Liberals: 'The Clintons Are Like Herpes' (http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2016/01/29/comedian-tim-allen-riles-liberals-jokes-clintons-are-herpes)
Vahan 01-31-2016, 11:47 AM Comedian Tim Allen Riles the Liberals: 'The Clintons Are Like Herpes' (http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2016/01/29/comedian-tim-allen-riles-liberals-jokes-clintons-are-herpes)
No, herpes are people like you who hate all Liberals, and divide this country further and further apart. You do realize that Tom Hanks, whom you've called a dear friend, is also a Liberal, right?
Mr. Television 01-31-2016, 11:53 AM :lol:
JO Sweet Heart 01-31-2016, 01:59 PM Comedian Tim Allen Riles the Liberals: 'The Clintons Are Like Herpes' (http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2016/01/29/comedian-tim-allen-riles-liberals-jokes-clintons-are-herpes)
I love Tim! :) :) :)
God bless you and him always!!! :) :) :)
Holly
Vahan 01-31-2016, 02:08 PM I love Tim! :) :) :)
God bless you and him always!!! :) :) :)
Holly
He doesn't realize that he's also spewing hate towards Tom Hanks, who is also a Liberal.
P.S. The right says Tom Hanks is the scum of the Earth. One right-winger on one blog said "Tom Hanks should rot in hell", another right-winger said to Hanks "Go choke on your own chocolates!".
P.P.S. Tim Allen was a convicted drug dealer.
Vahan 01-31-2016, 02:28 PM Here's the right-winger who said this about Tom Hanks:
TheePolitinator -Sep. 26, 2012 at 11:49am
Anyone else notice the trend here? these are real “people”, from humble beginnings, didn’t start off with the silver spoon and worked for their success. The rest of the hollyweird morons like Tom Hanks and the likes can rot in hell for all I care.
Mr. Television 01-31-2016, 04:45 PM Here's the right-winger who said this about Tom Hanks:
TheePolitinator -Sep. 26, 2012 at 11:49am
Anyone else notice the trend here? these are real “people”, from humble beginnings, didn’t start off with the silver spoon and worked for their success. The rest of the hollyweird morons like Tom Hanks and the likes can rot in hell for all I care.
Who cares what that kook says. He doesn't speak for all right wingers. Do you want me to go to all the leftest blogs and post all the hate that goes on there. It goes both ways. There are nuts in both parties.
Vahan 01-31-2016, 04:46 PM Who cares what that kook says. He doesn't speak for all right wingers. Do you want me to go to all the leftest blogs and post all the hate that goes on there. It goes both ways. There are nuts in both parties.
I already implied this in another thread. That I know it wouldn't be any different if Hanks or some other Hollywood Liberal had been a right-winger, and the person who said that vile thing towards him was a left-winger.
Mr. Television 01-31-2016, 04:48 PM I already implied this in another thread. That I know it wouldn't be any different if Hanks or some other Hollywood Liberal had been a right-winger, and the person who said that vile thing towards him was a left-winger.
And I do like Tom Hanks, always have.
JO Sweet Heart 01-31-2016, 08:17 PM He doesn't realize that he's also spewing hate towards Tom Hanks, who is also a Liberal.
P.S. The right says Tom Hanks is the scum of the Earth. One right-winger on one blog said "Tom Hanks should rot in hell", another right-winger said to Hanks "Go choke on your own chocolates!".
P.P.S. Tim Allen was a convicted drug dealer.
I already knew about Tim's drug past.
God bless you and him always!!! :) :) :)
Holly
P.S. Keep in mind that its in his past, not his present. :) :) :)
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/alexa-moutevelis-coombs/2016/02/05/tim-allen-obamas-turned-eight-year-nightmare
By Alexa Moutevelis Coombs | February 5, 2016 | 9:57 PM EST
Maybe ABC got a message from the higher ups that the show Last Man Standing was getting a little too conservative and anti-Obama for their liking. This week for the first time this season, in the episode "Home Sweet Loan," (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/32075-season-5-discussion/?view=getnewpost) when Mike Baxter (Tim Allen) gave a great line mocking Obama, his hippy-dippy liberal son-in-law came back with a rejoinder defending him:
<blockquote>-Mike: I thought you guys were thinking of moving out and buying a house. Boyd would be able to play in a yard instead of going to the park to look at girls'...minds.
-Kristin: Yeah, we're not really in a rush. We have a five-year plan.
-Mike: Well, sometimes, plans don't work out like that. I had a four-year plan with Obama. It's turned into an eight-year nightmare.
-Ryan: My nightmare is being buried alive, and yours is eight years of prosperity? That's weird.
-Mike: I just don't like the guy. Get off my back.
Ok, so the idea that Obama gave us eight years of prosperity IS a complete joke that had me LOLing - just not in the way the liberal writers were intending.</blockquote>
- See more at: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/alexa-moutevelis-coombs/2016/02/05/tim-allen-obamas-turned-eight-year-nightmare#sthash.l5AfBtHS.dpuf
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/alexa-moutevelis-coombs/2016/03/11/tim-allen-last-man-standing-obamacare-failed
By Alexa Moutevelis Coombs | March 11, 2016 | 11:57 PM EST
Tim Allen (as Mike Baxer) is always good for a conservative political joke (http://newsbusters.org/search/site/%22last%20man%20standing%22) on ABC's Last Man Standing (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/32075-season-5-discussion/page-2). Tonight he took a jab at the failure of Obamacare.
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/alexa-moutevelis-coombs/2016/04/08/tim-allen-predicts-trump-internment-camps-last-man
By Alexa Moutevelis Coombs | April 8, 2016 | 11:54 PM EDT
Tim Allen's character Mike Baxter on ABC's Last Man Standing (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/32075-season-5-discussion/?view=getnewpost) is well known to be right of center. He spends most of his time taking swipes at Obama and the Clintons, but tonight he took a BIG hit at Donald Trump.
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