Last Man Standing marked Allen's return to the sitcom world after playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on Home Improvement from 1991 to 1999. "The word that keeps me alive is 'grateful.' I love what I do.

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Allen, 71, and Nancy Travis, 63, starred together as the fictional couple Mike and Vanessa Baxter on the beloved sitcom Last Man Standing from ... common sense average Joe, played by Allen.