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Shifting gears? I love Tim and he is back with a car related show and still doing the funny anti dem jokes. Only problem I have, is the ones playing the daughter and her two kids suck a big bag o dicks!! They are so bad that as much as I love Tim Allen, I will not be watching it much longer and doubt it will even get a second season...:spdchk:
Louie Detroit
03-09-2025, 9:18am
I’d rather run my balls over a coarse grater than watch sitcoms.
04 commemorative
03-09-2025, 9:28am
Never really watched his shows....looks woke from the pic.
96 Vette CE
03-09-2025, 9:31am
I've been meaning to catch it, but keep forgetting when it's on. I do have it on demand though. Tim is a true car guy and has a beautiful collection of cars :yesnod:
Aerovette
03-09-2025, 9:46am
The daughter was terrible on Two Broke Girls so I had no expectation of improvement.
96 Vette CE
03-09-2025, 9:52am
The daughter was terrible on Two Broke Girls so I had no expectation of improvement.
She's got a couple nice assets :yesnod:
Swany00
03-09-2025, 9:58am
she'll tank the show
KenHorse
03-09-2025, 10:09am
Loved Last Man Standing. It was funny, witty and you could really relate to the characters.
This new one (Shifting Gears), we watched 2 or 3 but found it wholly unfunny and the characters, annoying. It's all about the writing and this one has shitty writers.
Not to mention, listening to his daughter's voice is like fingernails on a blackboard.....
16again
03-09-2025, 10:13am
Watched a few episodes over last couple months. Not nearly as good as his last 2 sitcoms.
Heck, I watch Last Man Standing reruns every week. Those I find funny.
ricks327
03-09-2025, 10:13am
I don't care for his new show, like someone else said, poor writing.
Wathen1955
03-09-2025, 11:35am
The last sitcom I watched was the Big Bang Theory, well at least the first 6 seasons. Nerds trying to get laid. After that, it got somewhat boring.
Humanoid 3.0
03-09-2025, 1:02pm
nope
Frankie the Fink
03-09-2025, 1:50pm
Resurrecting a funny show, or even trying to come close almost never works...
The original show is often a reflection of the times, peoples' attitudes and with a fresh, young approach...that you just can't remanufacture.
KenHorse
03-09-2025, 2:04pm
Resurrecting a funny show, or even trying to come close almost never works...
The original show is often a reflection of the times, peoples' attitudes and with a fresh, young approach...that you just can't remanufacture.
Well, his original show was Home Improvement and that was a good one too unlike this latest offering
Loved Last Man Standing. It was funny, witty and you could really relate to the characters.
This new one (Shifting Gears), we watched 2 or 3 but found it wholly unfunny and the characters, annoying. It's all about the writing and this one has shitty writers.
Not to mention, listening to his daughter's voice is like fingernails on a blackboard.....
:yesnod: The Last Man Standing reboot was horrible though. They lost the magic that the original had.
Frankie the Fink
03-09-2025, 2:12pm
Well, his original show was Home Improvement and that was a good one too unlike this latest offering
The rumor was when Seinfeld wrapped up years ago that Jerry was offered $5 million dollars per episode if he would continue it.
He sagely knew that the series best days were behind it and let it ride as a testament to comedic urban angst that still resonates today. Its iconic now vs becoming a parody of itself.
KenHorse
03-09-2025, 2:33pm
:yesnod: The Last Man Standing reboot was horrible though. They lost the magic that the original had.
Are you referring to the move to Fox after CBS cancelled it?
The rumor was when Seinfeld wrapped up years ago that Jerry was offered $5 million dollars per episode if he would continue it.
He sagely knew that the series best days were behind it and let it ride as a testament to comedic urban angst that still resonates today. Its iconic now vs becoming a parody of itself.
Exactly. It's about timing and having a feel for the surroundings. Seinfeld's instincts and timing are excellent. Which is why he can afford some really cool old Porsches.
I never watched Seinfeld when it came out 35+ years ago. I saw the re-runs maybe 20 years ago and really enjoyed them. The whole cast had a chemistry you can't make up or force to happen. Shows that 'flow' like that are hard to come by, but when they appear, they are great.
Are you referring to the move to Fox after CBS cancelled it?
:yesnod: The brunette daughter was replaced with a blonde, and I'm pretty sure that the writers must have been different too...
Never really watched his shows....looks woke from the pic.
I haven't watched the show but had the same thought from looking at that pic.
125458
Anyone know if he's gay and/or trans as well :island14:
The daughter was terrible on Two Broke Girls so I had no expectation of improvement.
Obnoxious & annoying. No idea how that show lasted longer than the pilot episode.
I haven't watched the show but had the same thought from looking at that pic.
125458
Anyone know if he's gay and/or trans as well :island14:
Obnoxious & annoying. No idea how that show lasted longer than the pilot episode.
Agreed. And I don't understand how someone in a wheelchair could work in an automotive shop... Can't do engine work, can't spray the paint (roof accessibility), etc. Maybe rebuild engines once they're out? Have to have a lot of engine rebuilding to do to make that make sense as a shop owner...
KenHorse
03-09-2025, 3:26pm
I haven't watched the show but had the same thought from looking at that pic.
125458
Anyone know if he's gay and/or trans as well :island14:
From what I've seen, the new show isn't woke at all, it just has shitty writing. And the guy in the wheelchair is the same actor who was in NCIS:New Orleans
From what I've seen, the new show isn't woke at all, it just has shitty writing. And the guy in the wheelchair is the same actor who was in NCIS:New Orleans
:iagree: The few shows that had less of the daughter and her kids were pretty good. Tim still throws jabs at the demoncrats and is still pretty funny. One show they had the actress who played his wife on last man standing make an appearance. That was a good one! I was hoping she would be a permanent fixture on the show and less of the other three.:yesnod:
The last sitcom I watched was the Big Bang Theory, well at least the first 6 seasons. Nerds trying to get laid. After that, it got somewhat boring.
The Big Bang Theory from start to finish, is the best ongoing character development in sitcom on history.
It’s well done and entertaining.
Although I probably hate every single person who acted in that show.
The Big Bang Theory from start to finish, is the best ongoing character development in sitcom on history.
It’s well done and entertaining.
Although I probably hate every single person who acted in that show.
:skep:
125468
The Big Bang Theory from start to finish, is the best ongoing character development in sitcom on history.
It’s well done and entertaining.
Although I probably hate every single person who acted in that show.
That and How I Met Your Mother were the last sitcoms I watched. The genre has devolved considerably
04 commemorative
03-09-2025, 5:45pm
The rumor was when Seinfeld wrapped up years ago that Jerry was offered $5 million dollars per episode if he would continue it.
He sagely knew that the series best days were behind it and let it ride as a testament to comedic urban angst that still resonates today. Its iconic now vs becoming a parody of itself.
Can you even imagine what "All in The Family" would look like as a remake :funnier:
That and How I Met Your Mother were the last sitcoms I watched. The genre has devolved considerably
125469
I couldn't resist :Jeff '79:
Can you even imagine what "All in The Family" would look like as a remake :funnier:
Liberal heads would explode 🤯🤣
Force-1
03-09-2025, 9:38pm
Not a fan of Shifting Gears, but I do like Going Dutch - Denis Leary rocks!
tjfontaine
03-09-2025, 10:32pm
wife has been watching - it is just another show that delivers a line then a laugh track - really sophomoric writing ...
Frankie the Fink
03-10-2025, 6:06am
Can you even imagine what "All in The Family" would look like as a remake :funnier:
You can actually watch the reruns of this and yeah, Norman Lear was a ground-breaking producer with edgy and witty series, the left would have him in chains nowadays...
You can actually watch the reruns of this and yeah, Norman Lear was a ground-breaking producer with edgy and witty series, the left would have him in chains nowadays...
He’s a leftist like the rest of them. His intention was to use the Archie character to disparage conservatives. But Americans loved Archie and his unfiltered truth.
Frankie the Fink
03-10-2025, 7:28am
He put it all out there in pioneering venues that could have cost him his career, and, leftist or not his work fostered open discussions about topics that are so polarizing now people avoid them.
04 commemorative
03-10-2025, 8:21am
He’s a leftist like the rest of them. His intention was to use the Archie character to disparage conservatives. But Americans loved Archie and his unfiltered truth.
Like President Trump said in his speech....How did that work out for you :funnier:
Onebadcad
03-10-2025, 8:55am
Watched LMS, as wife was hot.
Enjoyed the politics on the show, which is why it found a new home on FOX.
Found this on his car collection:
Shelby GT350R: A high-performance car with a stripped-down interior and racing seats
Chevrolet Impala SSLT5: A custom-built car with the LT5 engine, which is also used in the Corvette ZR1
1964 Chevrolet Chevelle SS: A two-door car with vinyl bucket seats, a deluxe steering wheel, and a Muncie four-speed transmission
1946 Ford Custom: A car with a flathead V8 and a chrome chassis that appeared in the TV show Home Improvement
1933 Ford Custom: The first hotrod built for the TV show Home Improvement
High-performance vehicles Ford RS200 and Ford GT
1946 Ford Custom
1933 Ford Custom
1972 Ford Bronco
Volvo P1800
Jaguar E-Type
Porsche 911
Porsche 356
Cobra FC
50 Cadillac series 60 short wheel base
Frankie the Fink
03-10-2025, 11:02am
A '65 Shelby GT350R was a rarity, and, if it was below car number 252, has racing mods later versions did not, the RAREST of the rare...
KenHorse
03-10-2025, 11:10am
125469
I couldn't resist :Jeff '79:
He hid his gayness well in that series
Onebadcad
03-10-2025, 11:46am
A '65 Shelby GT350R was a rarity, and, if it was below car number 252, has racing mods later versions did not, the RAREST of the rare...
I did some research, appears the GT350R IS NOT vintage, probably only a few years old, the one with the 5.2, I think flat-plane, sold as track ready.
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1ogk5S.img?w=640&h=360&m=6&x=87&y=29&s=45&d=45
Onebadcad
03-10-2025, 11:48am
A '65 Shelby GT350R was a rarity, and, if it was below car number 252, has racing mods later versions did not, the RAREST of the rare...
Frankie,
You know your car shit!!
FROM AI:
A 1965 Shelby GT350, a highly sought-after classic, can fetch prices ranging from $400,000 to over $1 million at auction, depending on condition, history, and rarity.
Average Auction Price:
You can expect to pay around $479,000 for a 1965 Shelby GT350 in good condition with average spec.
High-End Prices:
The highest selling price of a 1965 Shelby GT350 at auction over the last three years was $990,000.
Frankie the Fink
03-11-2025, 6:55am
I was a Mustang guy before Corvettes, I had a chance to buy a '65 Shelby (a real one) in the late 80s for $52,000. It might as well have been a million to me back then, no way I could swing it.
GT350R models before #252 had lowered upper control arms and other features the later cars did not - supposedly provided 10% better cornering.
I did a lot of the Shelby mods to this car, Monte Carlo bar, export brace, rear sway bar, bigger front sway bar, lowered upper control arms KYB shocks (couldn't afford Koni's) and 351 heads on the original 289. Holley 'double-pumper' 650 cfm carb.
I estimate it had 325hp... I beat on it like a rented mule and it never once let me down.
RedLS1GTO
03-11-2025, 7:56am
Agreed. And I don't understand how someone in a wheelchair could work in an automotive shop... Can't do engine work, can't spray the paint (roof accessibility), etc. Maybe rebuild engines once they're out? Have to have a lot of engine rebuilding to do to make that make sense as a shop owner...
Everything else aside, my paraplegic father has wrenched on more cars and is a better mechanic than just about anybody I know.
Are there physical limitations? Sure. He just completed a restoration of a boat over the winter. He did it all by designing and building lifts and hoists to get both him and the parts where they need to be to do the work. Most fully able bodied men I know couldn't get a 500 pound outboard Merc engine off by themselves... but a 70+ year old paraplegic did it just fine, rebuilt it, and put it back on without any help.
He's also sprayed cars. Pretty easy to build a ramp to get high enough.
The physical limitations are a lot less of a hinderance than the mental limitations that most folks have.
I'm not arguing that we need gay black paraplegics in shows to meet quotas, but the argument that someone can't be a mechanic because they're in a wheelchair is ignorant.
04 commemorative
03-11-2025, 9:35am
I was a Mustang guy before Corvettes, I had a chance to buy a '65 Shelby (a real one) in the late 80s for $52,000. It might as well have been a million to me back then, no way I could swing it.
GT350R models before #252 had lowered upper control arms and other features the later cars did not - supposedly provided 10% better cornering.
I did a lot of the Shelby mods to this car, Monte Carlo bar, export brace, rear sway bar, bigger front sway bar, lowered upper control arms KYB shocks (couldn't afford Koni's) and 351 heads on the original 289. Holley 'double-pumper' 650 cfm carb.
I estimate it had 325hp... I beat on it like a rented mule and it never once let me down.
I was also and still would love a great 64/64 to 69 mustang.
I had the chance to buy a 67 Shelby but I was making $90.00 a week so same thing...might as well have been a million. This was my 67 and I did a lot to it too.
Tikiman
03-11-2025, 10:14am
Everything else aside, my paraplegic father has wrenched on more cars and is a better mechanic than just about anybody I know.
Are there physical limitations? Sure. He just completed a restoration of a boat over the winter. He did it all by designing and building lifts and hoists to get both him and the parts where they need to be to do the work. Most fully able bodied men I know couldn't get a 500 pound outboard Merc engine off by themselves... but a 70+ year old paraplegic did it just fine, rebuilt it, and put it back on without any help.
He's also sprayed cars. Pretty easy to build a ramp to get high enough.
The physical limitations are a lot less of a hinderance than the mental limitations that most folks have.
I'm not arguing that we need gay black paraplegics in shows to meet quotas, but the argument that someone can't be a mechanic because they're in a wheelchair is ignorant.
Proving the old saying, "Where there is a will, there is a way". :cert:
MadInNc
03-11-2025, 12:42pm
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mtnman
03-11-2025, 12:54pm
Everything else aside, my paraplegic father has wrenched on more cars and is a better mechanic than just about anybody I know.
Are there physical limitations? Sure. He just completed a restoration of a boat over the winter. He did it all by designing and building lifts and hoists to get both him and the parts where they need to be to do the work. Most fully able bodied men I know couldn't get a 500 pound outboard Merc engine off by themselves... but a 70+ year old paraplegic did it just fine, rebuilt it, and put it back on without any help.
He's also sprayed cars. Pretty easy to build a ramp to get high enough.
The physical limitations are a lot less of a hinderance than the mental limitations that most folks have.
I'm not arguing that we need gay black paraplegics in shows to meet quotas, but the argument that someone can't be a mechanic because they're in a wheelchair is ignorant.
That's awesome! :cert: It's awesome that he's been able to come up with workarounds to 'get er done'.
And yes - I fully admit I'm ignorant on the matter. But on the show - they are seemingly purposefully vague about his role, and how he meets the demands of his role. It seems more of a DEI checkmark than anything else.
Don't know what the premise is, but Jay Leno will guest star this week.
I'll watch it.
Edit:
Just found out I won't be able to watch.
Local ABC affiliate is covering a State Supreme Court debate (Musk vs Soros candidates).
Oh well, I'll watch MT or some other cable channel instead.
RedLS1GTO
03-11-2025, 1:31pm
And yes - I fully admit I'm ignorant on the matter. But on the show - they are seemingly purposefully vague about his role, and how he meets the demands of his role. It seems more of a DEI checkmark than anything else.
I admittedly haven't seen the show and have no doubt that it's exactly what you said in this case... :lol:
As good as my father is, he's probably not the guy who you would want to do it professionally. It does admittedly take him more time than you'd want to take in a shop turning things around for profit.
Chemdawg69
03-11-2025, 1:41pm
That's awesome! :cert: It's awesome that he's been able to come up with workarounds to 'get er done'.
And yes - I fully admit I'm ignorant on the matter. But on the show - they are seemingly purposefully vague about his role, and how he meets the demands of his role. It seems more of a DEI checkmark than anything else.
I've watched Tim Allen's new show every week and have seen him sitting in front of his sewing machine numerous times across multiple shows.
DJ_Critterus
03-11-2025, 2:24pm
Not a fan of Shifting Gears, but I do like Going Dutch - Denis Leary rocks!
I tried watching Going Dutch, but couldn't get into it at all. these shows where they pit a woke liberal against an obviously conservative character are annoying as hell. It even got to be too much with Last Man Standing even though the liberal husband/baby daddy turned more conservative. The story lines were just too outrageously stupid to keep my interest when they went that way.
04 commemorative
03-11-2025, 4:54pm
Most sitcoms suck....we hardly watch network tv these days
Most sitcoms suck....we hardly watch network tv these days
Agree.
I’m done with the networks.
Done with most cable channels.
Pretty much done with TV.
John Wiz
03-11-2025, 6:55pm
I watch it. It has it's good and bad moments and deals with some more serious topics than his last shows did. Episode 4 - Grief hit really close to home for me, and really summed up how I feel.
That's awesome! :cert: It's awesome that he's been able to come up with workarounds to 'get er done'.
And yes - I fully admit I'm ignorant on the matter. But on the show - they are seemingly purposefully vague about his role, and how he meets the demands of his role. It seems more of a DEI checkmark than anything else.
If Im not mistaken, I believe he does the upholstery work....:yesnod:
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