Tim Allen pays tribute to House Improvement character Wilson in Last Male Standing sneak peek

Tim Allen will honor a beloved character from his ’90s sitcom Dwelling Improvement for the duration of the distinctive Previous Male Standing crossover episode airing Thursday night on Fox.

In the episode, titled “Dual Time,” Mike Baxter (Allen) has a tete-a-tete with Tim Taylor (also played by Allen), a dwelling repairman who could be his twin. The Resource Gentleman provides up Wilson, his former neighbor who only showed half his facial area peeking higher than the picket fence that divided their houses all through their lots of yard conversations.

Wilson was portrayed by Earl Hindman across 202 Property Advancement episodes that aired involving 1991 and 1999. The actor died of lung most cancers in 2003, at 61.

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In the exclusive clip earlier mentioned, Mike asks Tim, “Who was Wilson?”

“Just one of my neighbors, in fact,” Tim replies. “For many, numerous a long time, I shared a ton of stuff with him. He passed away.” He afterwards provides, “I overlook Wilson. I miss a ton of things.”

Allen tells EW of the tribute, “Earl intended the earth to me and everyone at Property Improvement. It was an organic and natural instant to settle on, the two on the established and in our hearts.”

Fox declared in Oct that the ninth year of Very last Male Standing, which kicked off Jan. 3, would be its very last. The time premiere introduced a series of time jumps that discovered Mike and his wife, Vanessa (Nancy Travis), with two new grandchildren, and also coping with possessing their center daughter, Mandy (Molly McCook), and her spouse, Kyle (Christoph Sanders), residing with them.

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In an distinctive clip from ‘Last Male Standing,’ Tim Allen pays tribute to the ‘Home Improvement’ character Wilson, who was performed by Earl Hindman just before his loss of life in 2003.

“Dual Time” will air tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.

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