well, they got the deep down dirt. we turn to the new power suck mode. >> when i started working with tim allen on home improvement, i had never seen his act. i didn't know what it was. i only new one thing. i was sort of amazed that the guys i was working with built a show around it, but they did and it was great. >> his comedy was very, very specific, and it catered to the man. he had a set that was tailor made for a point of view that was for television. but he did have to tone it down. >> it was actually a very uncomfortable transition from tim allen the comedian to tim allen the abc sitcom star. because i don't work wonderfully