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Earl Hindman dies at 61; played Wilson on 'Home Improvement'

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The Kentucky Wizard

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Dec 30, 2003, 10:58:41 AM12/30/03
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NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Earl Hindman, best known for playing a
neighbor whose face was forever obscured by a fence on the
television show Home Improvement, died of lung cancer Monday in
Stamford, Conn. He was 61.
As Wilson, the neighbor of Tim Allen's character on the
long-running sitcom, Hindman dispensed folksy advice from behind
a white picket fence, with only his eyes and forehead visible to
audiences. Before appearing on the show, he played Detective Lt.
Bob Reid for 16 years on the daytime drama Ryan's Hope.

He made his name in New York theater, appearing in Dark of the
Moon off-Broadway in 1970 and in The Basic Training of Pavlo
Hummel at the Public Theater in 1971. He also acted in two
short-lived Broadway plays and in several movies, including The
Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) and Final (2001).

He was born in Bisbee, Ariz., and studied acting at the
University of Arizona in Tucson.


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Bruce B. Reynolds

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Dec 30, 2003, 7:45:41 PM12/30/03
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The funeral parlor is preparing a special coffin with a half-half-lid, so that
only
the top of his face will be visible at
the viewing.
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Bruce B. Reynolds, Trailing Edge Technologies, Glenside PA

The Kentucky Wizard

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Dec 30, 2003, 9:50:33 PM12/30/03
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David Carson wrote:
> Isn't there a moderately famous blond model who got her big
acting break
> on "Home Improvement", and went on to become a bit of a
celebrity? The
> name escapes me ...

Yeah, I believe that indeed was the case. Can't seem to recall
her name as well, but it's right on the tip of my tongue,
something like Samantha Sanderson .......... oh well, something
like that.

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Jamie

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Dec 30, 2003, 11:13:24 PM12/30/03
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her name was Pamela Anderson. she was the first tool time girl


Jamie

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Corby Gilmore

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Dec 30, 2003, 11:57:11 PM12/30/03
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"The Kentucky Wizard" (Kentuck...@hotmail.com) writes:
> NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Earl Hindman, best known for playing a
> neighbor whose face was forever obscured by a fence on the
> television show Home Improvement, died of lung cancer Monday in
> Stamford, Conn. He was 61.

Earl Hindman was, for me, the best thing about "Home Improvement"; that
includes Heidi the Tool-Time lady.

A lock for 2004, to be sure.
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Corby Gilmore
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Carmen Dioxide

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Dec 31, 2003, 1:06:10 AM12/31/03
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"The Kentucky Wizard" <Kentuck...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<YPqIb.175799$8y1.537444@attbi_s52>...

It was Amela Pamderson. Please get your facts straight. ;-D

The Kentucky Wizard

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Dec 31, 2003, 2:55:43 AM12/31/03
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Well, shoot! I was close, that should count for something. I
remember that she married this horse, er, I mean, she married
this guy, and I think he played in a country band. His name was
something like Bobby Lee, Johnny Lee, Eddie Lee .... something
or another. I never did get the fella's last name though. I
think they even made a cartoon as well.

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Idgitator

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Dec 31, 2003, 4:33:28 AM12/31/03
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>From: ai...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA

>Earl Hindman was, for me, the best thing about "Home Improvement"; that
>includes Heidi the Tool-Time lady.
>
> A lock for 2004, to be sure.

Yes, but will they show his picture, or just a fence, with a hat and two eyes
peaking over it?

Hoodude

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Dec 31, 2003, 7:24:44 AM12/31/03
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:03:05 -0600, David Carson <da...@neosoft.com>
wrote:

>Isn't there a moderately famous blond model who got her big acting break
>on "Home Improvement", and went on to become a bit of a celebrity? The
>name escapes me ...

That was no model; it was a whore.

Jim Beaver

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Dec 31, 2003, 11:58:38 AM12/31/03
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"Idgitator" <idgi...@aol.come-again> wrote in message
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At the end of tapings of HOME IMPROVEMENT, the cast would come out for a
curtain call for the live audience. Earl would carry a little miniature
fence on a stick which he would hold up to cover the bottom of his face.

Jim Beaver


ASUuserwriter

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Dec 31, 2003, 2:36:42 PM12/31/03
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If you have the three episode finale VHS, their final curtain call is on there,
and Earl (if I recall) does not have the fence with him, but does in the
retrospective on the tape (which was aired after the show finale).
Eliza

Hoodude

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Dec 31, 2003, 4:00:45 PM12/31/03
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:58:08 -0500, Jeff George
<geor...@comcast.net.munged> wrote:

>>>Isn't there a moderately famous blond model who got her big acting break
>>>on "Home Improvement", and went on to become a bit of a celebrity? The
>>>name escapes me ...

>>That was no model; it was a whore.

>Is there a difference?

There can be.

kathleen frank

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Dec 31, 2003, 7:15:43 PM12/31/03
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perhaps pamela sue anderson?

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Brian Gleason

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> > David Carson wrote:
> > > Isn't there a moderately famous blond model who got her big
> > acting break
> > > on "Home Improvement", and went on to become a bit of a
> > celebrity? The
> > > name escapes me ...

"kathleen frank" top-posted:

perhaps pamela sue anderson?


Kathleen! Congratulations! David is sending you valuable prizes right now.


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