Who's the worse insurance risk: Steve Urkel or Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

catlover79 · 07-28-2013, 05:52 PM

You be the judge.

Zoneboy · 07-28-2013, 06:08 PM

catlover79 · 07-28-2013, 06:18 PM

howierules86 · 07-29-2013, 08:49 AM

Home Improvement had the problem of three different producers helming the show at different times: John Pasquin (1991-94), Frank McKemy (1994-97), & Alan Padula (1997-99). The changes in the opening sequences and writing direction were much more noticeable to me than the cast.

As for Family Matters, its main problem came in Season 4 (1992-93) when it became so obvious that the writers were trying too hard to have practically every episode focus on Steve Urkel and his clones/inventions (and Carl getting the brunt of the torture in the process). It seems that too many people forget that this show was originally supposed to be a spin-off of Perfect Strangers for Jo Marie Payton. Nine times out of ten, if you ask a random person if they remember watching Family Matters, they'll usually respond, "That show with Urkel?"

MacLeaper · 07-29-2013, 12:36 PM

Funny.

Marvo301 · 07-29-2013, 01:43 PM

Steve Urkel had a lot of accidents (did I do that??) whereas as Tim blew a lot of stuff up in the course of performing his duties as host of Tool Time!! I have no idea how Binford could have afforded the insurance they must have needed to keep the show on the air! Or how they could even find a company willing to sell them a policy!!

catlover79 · 07-29-2013, 06:31 PM

It's amazing they were able to keep Tool Time on the air with the amount of money it cost to insure Tim!!

DJM77 · 07-29-2013, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by howierules86

Nine times out of ten, if you ask a random person if they remember watching Family Matters, they'll usually respond, "That show with Urkel?"

Conversations I've had before...

Person: What's Family Matters?
Me: Urkel
Person: Oh

Person: What's the name of that show?
Me: Home Improvement
Person: Oh, all I could think of was Tool Time.

tooltime1996 · 08-24-2013, 11:14 AM

I think it's Tim "The Toolman" Taylor" for worse insurance risk!

tvfan25 · 08-24-2013, 02:43 PM

I vote for Tim Taylor too. Yeah, Urkel's went through the roof a couple times and backed into a garage, but he's had a lot of minor accidents in my opinion. Tim Taylor has blown up a house, dropped a beam on a vehicle, broken the windows in his house numerous times, fires, etc. He's had a lot of major accidents. I'm an insurance agent and I know I wouldn't insure him!

retrofan05 · 08-24-2013, 06:17 PM

Steve was quite the klutz, but his accidents weren't nearly as severe as some of Tim's.

Tubehead · 08-26-2013, 12:07 AM

I always think they should hire al instead of tim it seemed al knew more about tools then tim

comedyfreak · 08-26-2013, 09:50 AM

I'd think it was a tie.

Ryan Chamberlain · 09-16-2013, 05:42 PM

Steve. Unless Tim burned down a restaurant. I didn't watch HI too much.

catlover79 · 09-17-2013, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weareclouds

Steve. Unless Tim burned down a restaurant. I didn't watch HI too much.

No, but Tim did burn down a friend's cabin after leaving a lit lantern upon leaving after an ice-fishing trip.

07-28-2013, 05:52 PM	#1
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07-28-2013, 06:08 PM	#2
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07-29-2013, 08:49 AM	#4
howierules86 Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 05, 2007 Location: Opelika, AL Posts: 29,533	Home Improvement had the problem of three different producers helming the show at different times: John Pasquin (1991-94), Frank McKemy (1994-97), & Alan Padula (1997-99). The changes in the opening sequences and writing direction were much more noticeable to me than the cast. As for Family Matters, its main problem came in Season 4 (1992-93) when it became so obvious that the writers were trying too hard to have practically every episode focus on Steve Urkel and his clones/inventions (and Carl getting the brunt of the torture in the process). It seems that too many people forget that this show was originally supposed to be a spin-off of Perfect Strangers for Jo Marie Payton. Nine times out of ten, if you ask a random person if they remember watching Family Matters, they'll usually respond, "That show with Urkel?"
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07-29-2013, 01:43 PM	#6
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07-29-2013, 06:31 PM	#7
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	It's amazing they were able to keep Tool Time on the air with the amount of money it cost to insure Tim!!

08-24-2013, 11:14 AM	#9
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08-24-2013, 02:43 PM	#10
tvfan25 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 10, 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 634	I vote for Tim Taylor too. Yeah, Urkel's went through the roof a couple times and backed into a garage, but he's had a lot of minor accidents in my opinion. Tim Taylor has blown up a house, dropped a beam on a vehicle, broken the windows in his house numerous times, fires, etc. He's had a lot of major accidents. I'm an insurance agent and I know I wouldn't insure him!

08-24-2013, 06:17 PM	#11
retrofan05 Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 25, 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,111	Steve was quite the klutz, but his accidents weren't nearly as severe as some of Tim's.

08-26-2013, 12:07 AM	#12
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09-16-2013, 05:42 PM	#14
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