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He had a show last Man, standing on television, and on Hulu not added onto his page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8001:1B00:4C70:C8ED:D90F:6B5D:EE90 (talk) 18:12, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
He only made $50,000 for Toy Story? When he was making over a million per episode for Home improvement, before toy story came out?
Is Tim doing the voicework for the Pure Michigan ad campaign? That may be worth a mention somewhere. Tool2Die4 (talk) 13:23, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
IMHO the drugs and prison issue in the Personal life section deserves a new section. See, for example, the Winona Ryder article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winona_Ryder#2001_shoplifting_incident . What do you think? Thanks Kvsh5 (talk) 06:33, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
...looks like just something from the Biography channel, and is not something he stars in. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 14:51, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
I have many times heard Tim sarcastically state that GQ is his "most popular role" - rolls his eyes, smirks, breaks out laughing. Not sure that there are any stats anywhere that could prove it - just because Tim got paid to say it on a special release in order to somehow boost sales ... (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 17:52, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
How is Allen involved with this show?
24.18.252.30 (talk) 07:35, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
I thought I heard that he was running for governor. --DrStrangelove64 (talk) 16:12, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
I would like to suggest a correction be made to the year that Tim began his stand-up comedy career. It currently states that he began in 1975. However, according to the 'Comedy Section' on his official website found here (http://www.timallen.com/actor/comedy.php), it states that he began on March 23, 1979. Considering that there is no better source than Tim himself, making a correction just might be beneficial.
A second possible improvement to this page is to possibly expand on the story of Tim's arrest for cocaine back in 1978 at the Kalamazoo/Battlecreek International Airport. Here is a suggestion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamazoo/Battle_Creek_International_Airport#1978_Tim_Allen_incident
99.224.55.193 (talk) 18:23, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I know it's been several years. I would like to point out that under certain circumstances Tim Allen's website (a primary source) can be used about himself. Please see Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Using_the_subject_as_a_self-published_source. Make sure self-published material doesn't fall into the five categories. @Bwilkins: @Neurolanis: WhisperToMe (talk) 17:54, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
I am also slightly late to this discussion, but if the section "Legal issues" (what a wonderful euphemism) is correct, he was in prison for a few years starting from February 1979, which makes it unlikely that he did his first standup in March 1979. As a side note, the article is currently rather jarring if you read it in one go: here is his early life, here is his career, and oh yeah, here is his two year prison term for cocaine smuggling that we somehow forgot to mention up until now. Shouldn't it be more chronological? KarlFrei (talk) 18:21, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
Is there anyway to get a newer picture of Tim Allen on here? The one posted is almost twenty years old. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.111.17.110 (talk) 20:34, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
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On his TV show, he is an intelligent but jokingly-forward Conservative. He points out to his Liberal son-in-law-to-be and his beautiful daughters his patriotic American insights. More could be said. So it is no surprised that he tweets: "How does taxing the rich help the middle class succeed?" -- It is no surprise that media makes a big deal of this. [1] -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 16:10, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
According to Kelly File interview, anarchist. 68.185.2.34 (talk) 19:58, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
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Certainly, Tim Allen revealed that he was invited to the Donald Trump's presidential inauguration ceremony and participated on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in March 2017, but he did not attempt to clarify whether he would support Trump. He jusy insisted that anti-Trump groups was intolerant and told "I’m a comedian, I like going on both sides."[1] Even in the article presented as a source in Wikipedia, he is not stated to be a Trump supporter.
I think that the description in the Tim Allen#Personal life column should be rewritten to
What do you think of Wikipedians?
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According to his "Career" section, it has several of his arrests info, one in 1978 and again in 1997. Is it ok if we just move all this info separately in a subsection of the article? Instead of having all that info listed in his "Career" section. Because it probably might sound a little more appropriate to have them listed on there own in a subsection of the article in his "Personal life" section, it's just that having his arrest info in his "Career" section kinda makes it sound funny, that's just my thoughts on it. Also, sorry about me editing it all back and fourth by the way and getting irritated about it, I didn't wanna cause a controversy, and I'm really sorry. 2600:1000:B055:D13:8C84:1F38:E9EC:42B6 (talk) 02:59, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
Tim Allen is in the new movie No Safe Spaces. An editor objected to the listing based on this newspaper article.[2] It's a non-controversial claim that an actor is in a movie, and included a film clip of Allen in the movie. So let's just add another source,[3] as well as the clip itself.[4]. Is that sufficient? DougHill (talk) 01:50, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
In the bio block at the top and in the personal life section, it says that he has only two daughters, one with each wife. But the section on last man standing says that he draws on his experience of having three daughters. Which is correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by R3ddr4g0n421 (talk • contribs) 21:10, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
I think the correct name of the character he voices is "Buzz Lightyear", not "Buzzlighter"
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Source 33 is incorrect. He did not endorse Trump. He actually endorsed Kasich. See here: https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/13/tim-allen-interview/ 2604:CA00:12B:9B3B:0:0:661:27D (talk) 05:32, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
Why no mention of Mr Allen playing the part of President Joe Biden? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cornie James E (talk • contribs) 10:06, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
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In Tim Allen's Video Game section, add his reprisal of Buzz Lightyear in Disney Dreamlight Valley (2022) 209.204.200.47 (talk) 13:01, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Done Jiltedsquirrel (talk) 20:11, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
He also starred in the Disney movie Jungle 2 Jungle, which in turn is Disney movie as well 2600:100E:B047:8D64:EC2C:D232:1DA8:B896 (talk) 21:06, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
After being caught with more than half a kilo of cocaine, Tim Allen faced life imprisonment in 1978. So he decided to make a deal — which eventually led to fame and fortune. Allen grew up without a father after the age of 11. Largely believed to be the cause of his early delinquency. 2600:4040:2521:A200:25AD:A882:DBA2:8031 (talk) 02:42, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
This article says "following his release from prison" but never mentions his arrest or why he was sent to prison. It was cocaine trafficking. Links: [5] [6] [7] -- 2600:1700:4678:F080:5991:3897:E784:8467 (talk) 15:37, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
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@Lady_Lotus please explain how MOS:FIRST is justification for your revert. The rationale that you see eludes me. Regardless, per WP:LEAD, it should “summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies”. The current lead doesn’t mention this prominent controversy whatsoever. And looking at the current state, do we really need to include every film/tv show he’s starred in? It makes it look cluttered, and doesn’t add anything interesting. Perhaps keep any significant project which he’s received a significant award? The other, “lesser” projects can still be found in their filmography and career sections. Artificial Nagger (talk) 18:01, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
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Please change "He also has an impressive car collection," to "He also owns a car collection," due to biased language. In Pursuit Of Truth, 111hip 06:15, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
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Tim Allen hates Oil City, Pennsylvania 2600:4041:478:7900:6927:E4CF:2155:16A5 (talk) 22:24, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
The article is missing a word. It says "returned the role of Buzz Lightyear for Toy Story 3." Somebody needs to add the word "to" after "returned." 131.106.185.159 (talk) 07:54, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
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In his video game credits, Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit! needs to be removed from his filmography section because the game has no voice lines are there is no dialogue recorded by Tim Allen for the game, all the characters in the game are muted. 24.34.98.200 (talk) 20:26, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
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In the subsection talking about his car collection would someone be able to change the value of his Ferrari 330GTC from 3.4 million to about 500k, as the 330GTC is not worth anywhere near 3.4 million and a quick google search and past/current listings show the value is closer to 500k
here is the previous auction and current listing data:
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/ferrari/330gtc
A simple google search will also yield the same information 108.49.72.125 (talk) 20:59, 18 January 2024 (UTC)