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Was it intimidating to take on such a personal role?
Im blanking on the name of that show it wasabout a medical examiner.
But I look a lot like her dad!
Whos a world-class drummer, by the way.
He was in [70s jazz fusion band Weather Report] and everything.
So he helped me look like I know how to drum.
What kind of tips did he give you?He really helped me with how he holds the sticks.
He gave me a flair for what he did.
Which, you know, it required basic rock-and-roll drumming.
Were you a Steely Dan fan beforehand?Absolutely, their songs were always one of my playlists.
Im old, so they were up-and-coming when I was in high school and college.
Do you have a favorite drummer?Well, lets see.
When youre in high school you learn how to drum in class on your notebook.
It was really fun filming it.
It was more like doing an independent movie for a few months.
She was Mayas mom!
She wasnt trying to do more than what she was.
We got along well.
Its not like going to the 60s or 70s, which formewould be nostalgic.
Thats the big thing.
You had to do stuff over a landline telephone.
Are the clocks gonna work?
There was all that bizarre hysteria.
Even though you didnt have the explosion of MySpace or Facebook or any of those early things.
They had a lot more channels on television.
When I was growing up, you didnt have behind-the-scenes stuff like VH1 or E!
For the kids growing up in the year 2000, there was more information.
So, you had more of a transition from being oblivious to being sophisticated.
Its still really hard, because youre trying to navigate all these different groups.
And who are you?
Today, its still gonna be a lot of the same human reactions and traits.
Given Erskine and Konkles ages, they probably grew up watchingHome Improvement, right?
Its not really about me anymore, its about how the show influenced a generation of people.
In one scene, you might see a Jonathan Taylor Thomas poster on Annas bedroom door.
And since youre on the show, that would mean someone else must have played Al Borland in thePEN15universe.
Any idea who it couldve been?Well, it can be my son now.
Oh God, thanks for that idea!
I might pitch it to the writers.
Is your son old enough to play Al?Oh, yeah.
Hes younger than when I started out, but he looks like me.
Keep it in the family.Exactly.
Speaking of, will there ever be aHome Improvementreboot or reunion?Great strides are being made.
After that, maybe well look atHome Improvement.
Well see what the producers have in store.
What level of talks have there been?Talking to the actors who would have to be there.
I think theyre all in accord.
The producers, which are Wind Dancer and Disney, just have to come to terms.
They had a little bit of a falling out theyre trying to rectify.
Any idea what the show would look like?Yeah …we dont have Wilson, obviously.
So Tim thought it would be a great idea to have everybody meet at his funeral.
That would be a great jumping-off point.
What would Al have got into?
Maybe he would become a contractor again, or maybe he would have another little show likeYankee Workshop.
I think that would be nice.
