Launched from the stand-up comedy of Golden Globe winning actor Tim Allen, this Emmy award winning hit sitcom rests on the endearing, befuddled machismo of his character Tim Taylor.

Tim Taylor is the know-it-all, although slightly accident prone, master handyman who hosts ‘Tool Time,’ a local cable home improvement show. With his hefty tool belt and an endless variety of power tools, Tim approaches every project as an opportunity to reaffirm his masculinity.

The roar of a motor, the smell of voltage: these are the things that unleash the hairy ape locked deep inside every modern man, according to Tim. But for a guy whose answer to every household problem is ‘more power!’, Tim Taylor has a tough time exerting his power around his own home.

That's because Jill (Patricia Richardson), his loving wife, knows her hardware-hungry husband all too well. He may be Mr. Fix-It on TV, but when he starts eyeing the home appliances with that mechanical gleam in his eye, she knows better than to let him get near them -- and it's not just because the fire department has to be called every time he tries to fix something.  As the mother of three sons, Brad (Zachery Ty Bryan), Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Mark (Taran Smith), Jill knows plenty about how to handle mischievous boys, whether they're 7 or 37.

Even with the advice of Jill, his work-mate Al (Richard Kahn) and his mentor and eccentric neighbour Wilson (Earl Hindman), Tim learns raising three sons and being a supportive husband isn't always as easy as sanding down a door frame.