Early on, Tim Allen would deliberately misquote lines in some scenes to help child actors Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Taran Noah Smith, so that they would feel less pressure about getting their own lines wrong.
Patricia Richardson gave birth to twins three months before she began filming. She brought her twins to her initial interview, and the producers built a nursery in the studio for them.
Actress Frances Fisher was cast as Jill Taylor. However, during the filming of the pilot, audiences reacted poorly, saying that she made the character of Jill whiney and desperate. Patricia Richardson replaced her four days before the pilot episode.
After universities and colleges in Michigan sent Tim Allen sweaters and t-shirts to wear on the air, he did so and followed in the footsteps of Ted Knight in Too Close for Comfort (1980).
As promoted by Tim on "Tool Time," Binford Tools features in Toy Story (1995), which also starred Tim Allen. You can see the reference Woody tries to help Buzz escape from Andy's evil next-door neighbor's room. Woody pushes a red toolbox off the side of the counter, and when the toolbox comes into the shot, you can see the Binford logo on the toolbox.
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