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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe knew Tim ALLEN is a wingnut, but surprise: He slammed Don LEMON on a network, scripted sitcom.
I seldom (as in *never*) venture off the cable outlets, but did looking for something specific and ended up on a "new" Tim ALLEN sitcom that looks like the old Tim ALLEN sitcom. I didn't know he was still on, from being off a couple of years ago. Waiting for the next half hour for what I was looking for, I left it there.
Didn't look at it, doing the DU with the noise in the background. Then the old ears perked up to hear this:
Tim ALLEN: There's something wrong with (you) anybody who watches Don LEMON.
Wow.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)UTUSN
(70,730 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,795 posts)I'm not a fan, but the premise of the show is a conservative outdoorsman type living in an all woman household and having to deal with "lady stuff".
Allen's character acts like a jerk, and usually gets some sort of comeuppance, and everyone learns a lesson.
I believe it was revived as a benefit of the success of The Roseanne Show reboot.
Definitely aimed at the conservative viewer, and is not very good, but is pretty bland.
UTUSN
(70,730 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)TwilightZone
(25,478 posts)he also said this in an interview about it:
"And I like pissing people off, and I said theres nothing, especially in this area, that pisses people off more than a very funny conservative."
And
"Liberals have a very small window of sense of humor about themselves, so I love poking at it."
So, I'd take his claim with a rather large grain of salt.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)Well, at least he and Trump share a common pastime - cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Johonny
(20,888 posts)and see how narrow conservatives window is...
marble falls
(57,185 posts)Tim Allen Gets Asked About Donald Trump. And He Doesnt Mince Any Words
Parker Lee
https://ijr.com/tim-allen-has-some-blunt-words-when-it-comes-to-the-smartest-thing-about-donald-trump/
Fans of Tim Allens Last Man Standing know that title character Mike Baxter isnt afraid to pull some political punches on the show.
Meanwhile, Allen whose personal views dont seem to stray too far from his characters is often called on to offer up his own political stances.
While celebrating the 100th episode of his hit ABC show, Allen was asked to share some of his views on Republican candidate Donald Trump and, in his usual fashion, he didnt mince any words.
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
Speaking to Fox411, the comedian said:
So the smartest thing about him, which is probably most overlooked, to me, is that he doesnt owe anybody anything and if he would just stick to fixing the bridges, roads and infrastructures thats what he knows how to do
just keep him doing that.
He says a lot of stupid stuff but what he can do, he should do.
Allen added that, to him, Trump is kind of in the spirit of old Greek tyrants in that they used to vote in a guy that had no encumbrances.
In the past, the actor has stated that he would throw his support behind Ohio Governor John Kasich, saying that the candidate is a Republican that a Democrat could vote for. Allen has said that he considers himself to be a center right kind of guy when it comes to politics.
Rosanne Barr played a character, too.
TwilightZone
(25,478 posts)Let us know when he plans to start, Tim.
marble falls
(57,185 posts)tblue37
(65,483 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,626 posts)He likely is in debt up to his eyeballs. That's why we can't see his taxes. His money came from his daddy (lost 1 billion in less than 10 years) and from laundering money from criminals and political enemies of the US. "Doesn't owe anybody" my ass!
marble falls
(57,185 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)or debt free or rich
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)The T.V. character is a bit more mild than real Tim Allen, but he's been saying racist and sexist stuff on his own as himself well before the show existed.
Gothmog
(145,549 posts)Initech
(100,100 posts)They're the same group that went crazy when ABC axed Roseanne Barr.
a kennedy
(29,706 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)But then another network picked it up after Conservatives cried too much. It's basically his old show with the funny toolman gimick ripped out of it, and no Wilson to set the dad straight.