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Nothing More Than Feelings

‘Nothing More Than Feelings’

Season 1, Episode 7 -  Aired November 5, 1991

After Jill forgets to put oil in the car, Tim lands himself in hot water when he rants about her on Tool Time.

Quote from Al

Al: I was thinking about what you said the other day. About how I wouldn't understand what you were talking about until I was married.
Tim: So?
Al: Made me feel like I was desperate. Like I would never be able to find someone who'd marry me.
Tim: I didn't... That's not... I didn't... That's not what I meant.
Al: Well, I just wanted you to know that it really hurt me.
Tim: Hey, hey, hey. Al just shared a feeling. That's... That's... Yeah, that's all. Why don't we get to that circular saw now? That's what we ought to do.
Al: I mean, well, you have a wife and a family. You have no idea what it's like coming home to an empty one-bedroom apartment every night.
Tim: Al, you've got a great-looking apartment. I've been there, it's nice.
Al: Well, I just... I just think you wouldn't kid me so much if you knew well, just how very, very lonely I am. [sobs]
Kyle: I'm going back to my seat.
Jim: No kidding.
Tim: Al, hey, buddy...

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Quote from Tim

Jill: So you, uh, put a lot of work into that car.
Tim: Not really. Just had to remove the damaged short block, get all the damaged parts out, got a new short block, had it milled and bored for me. New piston rings, connecting rods, main bearings, oil pump, fuel pump, water pump, upper motor, polish and port the heads, a new canooter valve, rewired it, add more... Add a little more power, but that's about it, hon.
Jill: I didn't realize that that little oil light could be such a big problem.
Tim: It's just a car, honey. It's not a human being. It's not like the human being I love more than anything else in the world. You know why I like tools? Because they fix things. Tear down a motor, see the problem. It's right there - boom, it's fixed. I wish I could fix things between us that easily.
Jill: Is that an apology?
Tim: I don't think I can apologize enough for the things I do. All I can offer is a lifetime of grovelling at your feet.
Jill: That'd be a start.
Jill: I promise in the future I will always put oil in the car.
Tim: And I'll say nice things about your hair.
Jill: While grovelling?
Tim: You bet. [they hug] I'm... I'm prepared to offer cash gifts.

Quote from Tim

Tim: '84 they took the Padres, remember that?
Jim: No comparison. I'm talking '68. When baseball was baseball.
Kyle: You got that right, man. Tiger Stadium used to serve up a great pork sausage.
Jim: Yes, I know.
Kyle: I tell you, now you go out there. For a $1.85, what do you get?
Tim: I know what you're talkin'.
Kyle: A hot dog. Two bites and it's gone, huh? I mean, you gotta burp to find out what it tastes like.

Quote from Tim

Jill: Boys, finish your breakfast. Hurry up and brush your teeth. If you miss that bus, you're gonna be in big, big trouble.
Tim: Trouble already? Guys, pace yourselves. You've got all day to be evil. You don't wanna peak too soon.

Quote from Tim

Tim: Give the old man a kiss goodbye.
Jill: Did you brush?
Tim: Front and back.
Jill: Oh, honey, honey, you're gonna have to move my car, 'cause I'm blocking you.
Tim: Why don't you just park in your side of the driveway?
Both: Bikes.

Quote from Tim

Jim: I wish I could say something like that to my wife. She- She- She's got a hundred bottles in the shower. Yeah, conditioners and shampoos and rinses. What does she need all that stuff for?
All: Yeah.
Kyle: That's nothing, my wife...
Tim: Ginger.
Kyle: My wife has these mo-and-three-quarter-inch press-on-nails. Well, I'm at home watching Circus of the Stars, and I hear this tapping. I look over at the wife. She's tapping with her fingernail on the front of her teeth. Drives me nuts.

Quote from Tim

Tim: Let's talk about real emotion. Crying. When was the last time you cried? [Kyle turns around angrily towards Tim] Jim?
Jim: You mean "cried" cried or "cried because something heavy fell on you"? Once I dropped this spinet piano on my...
Tim: No, no, no, no, no. I need an emotional experience. A deep one that we can share with all of us.
Jim: Well, now that I think of it, there was one time when I almost cried.
Tim: Let it go, man.
Jim: It was 1968. The Tigers won the World Series.
Kyle: Oh, man. That was unbelievable.
Tim: It was like six home runs. Whoa, talk about emotions. Talk about emotions.

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