Old House Beginings
malierold | 16 August, 2008 10:24
Like many successful programs, This Old House has found its way into the humorist's eye on occasion. The most famous example is Tool Time, the "show within a show" on the American television situation comedy Home Improvement. Tim Allen played Tim Taylor, a character inspired by Bob Vila, while Richard Karn portrayed Al Borland, a character based on Norm Abram. Bob Vila also guest starred from time to time as Tim's rival and archenemy.
Almost Live, a Seattle skit comedy show, also parodied This Old House as "This Here Place." Fox's In Living Color featured an occasional bit titled "This Old Box" in which Damon Wayans played a homeless person who discussed "renovating" a large cardboard box where he lived. The Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club did a parody called "This Old Home", which featured a house made of candy. Finally, long-running sketch comedy venue Saturday Night Live has parodied This Old House from time to time, notably in 1989 with John Larroquette and again in 2004 with Liam Neeson.
In the seventh season of the second series of ZOOM, there was a parody of This Old House which was known as "This Old Place." There a man played by Kyle Morrow would fix something (example: washing machine) and it would never end out as it would. On one occasion, he put a gown in a wahing machine and it came out as the shirt he was wearing currently
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