{"id":1433,"date":"2012-01-03T22:23:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T03:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2012-01-03T22:23:58","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T03:23:58","slug":"prime-time-improvement-with-tim-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/01\/prime-time-improvement-with-tim-allen.html","title":{"rendered":"Prime Time Improvement With Tim Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s tough not to like Tim Allen after all he&#8217;s been through.<\/p>\n<p>The great comedian and TV star once hit rock bottom, after all, with a drug trafficking charge that sent him to prison for over two years. He was also charged with DUI in 1997 in another incident.<\/p>\n<p>Allen has made serious mistakes, to be sure, but he acts in a humble and contrite manner that reminds us the importance of forgiveness and moving on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1435\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/248\/2012\/01\/tim-allen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1435 \" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/248\/2012\/01\/tim-allen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Allen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Allen&#8217;s done so much &#8220;clean&#8221; and positive work too with Toy Story, The Santa Clause movies and of course Home Improvement.<\/p>\n<p>His latest role, as the father figure in ABC&#8217;s Last Man Standing may not have the durability of &#8220;Tim Taylor&#8221; but it&#8217;s good to see Tim Allen on TV again.<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t say that for everyone on television these days.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Matt\u2019s features on Yanks stars of the present and past at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yanksgoyard.com\/author\/mattster\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/yanksgoyard.com\/author\/mattster\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s tough not to like Tim Allen after all he&#8217;s been through. 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