BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) SPOTTY PAST
Born Tim Alan Dick, he had a rough upbringing in Michigan. He had a lot of shit to deal with growing up, but was into the studio radio station while in college and classical piano. He would end up getting a bachelors in television and radio production. He fell on hard times when he was busted with about a pound and half of cocaine. He got busted for drug trafficking and served 2 years and 4 months. He’d get out and find himself back on stage before too long.
(THREE) KIDS MOVIES
He won the Hall of Fame award at the Kids Choice Awards in 1996. In 1999 he was named a “Disney Legend” for his work on Toy Story and Santa Clause. Both of those franchises were and still is pretty damn HUGE. Toy Story 3 was nominated for an Oscar for crying out loud!
(TWO) TV GLORY
He won a Golden Globe and was nominated for five. Home Improvement lasted from 91 to 99. The show was huge for awhile. It was on top of the ratings charts and made Allen an over-night super star. He was in huge movies in the 90’s the same time the show was rocking it. I never really thought about it, but I suppose Tim Allen is a big face of 90’s pop culture. We don’t credit him enough. We probably don’t want to, but fair is far.
(ONE) UNDERRATED
Tim Allen’s movies are often kids movies or stuff that’s a bit too fluffy for most. He still has some fun performances in movies and roles that people seem to ignore. Of course I have to talk about Galaxy Quest. That movie has become a cult hit over the years. He was also in Big Trouble. That movie got no love and seemed too brushed to the side. He was fun in that as well. There is SOME “edge” buried in there.
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