Home Improvement - The Complete Fourth Season

Rating NR Formats DVD Genre television series Starring Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Earl Hindman, Taran Noah Smith, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Zachery Ty Bryan, Richard Karn Directed by Andy Cadiff, Peter Filsinger Publisher Buena Vista Home Entertainment External Links Official Walt Disney Home Entertainment

In the pantheon of great television family comedies, Home Improvement has cemented its place as one of the funniest of all time. Based on the stand up comedy of Tim Allen's "Men are Pigs" routine, Home Improvement has stood the test of time, and Allen has literally grunted his way into television history. The fourth season of Home Improvement showcases how well written the series was, and is packaged nicely in this three disc set.

As fans of the series will remember, Home Improvement follows the exploits of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor (Allen) as a husband, father of three young boys, and host of a cable tool show. Tim Taylor continuously finds himself in one hilarious predicament after another either with his hosting duties or with his wife. Though the Tim Taylor character prides himself on being a man's man, the audience gets to see him as a loving father and good friend.

The Complete Fourth Season set contains three discs with all 26 episodes. Every episode follows the same routine of Tim usually screwing something up, going to his neighbor for advice, messing the advice up, but still somehow fixing whatever problem he originally created, but the plotlines due fluctuate. Within the fourth season we see Tim's wife, Jill, (Patricia Richardson) go back to college, Tim's best friend Al ( Richard Karn) become one of Detroit's most eligible bachelors, and Tim's sage like neighbor, Wilson, (Earl Hindman) go on his first date in twenty years. This season also contains the popular holiday episode "'Twas The Nightmare Before Christmas" in which Tim tries to win the neighborhood house decorating contest.

The downside as with most television series season DVD's is the limited special features. The only extra this set contains is a blooper real with never before seen footage. There is really nothing special about it, and the miscues shown as part of the reel look like they were added on rather hurriedly. I believe some cast and crew interviews would have been a better choice.

Home Improvement is an Emmy Award winning comedy series that has found its own niche on the list of great television family comedies. With excellent writing and a superb cast the show was funny, entertaining, and gave the viewers a look at a family that could just as easily have been your own neighbors. The fourth season of this remarkable series is packaged nicely in this three disc set. This is an absolute must have for any fan of the series, and the shows are funny enough even those that never followed the series would still be entertained by them. Home Improvement The Complete Fourth Season three disc set, would be a welcome addition to the collection of any fan of family comedy.