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Talk to Me

‘Talk to Me’

Season 4, Episode 20 -  Aired March 14, 1995

After Jill asks Tim to open up and then criticizes him for feeling like he is being taken for granted, he delivers his complaint on Tool Time.

Quote from Tim

Tim: Welcome to Tool Time. All right, what we're gonna have is, like, a Tool Time seminar on how to talk to your ladies. All right. Between the two of you, which one of your girlfriends talks the
most?
Dave: That's mine.
Jim: No way. Mine, without a doubt.
Dave: No, Phyllis is always talking up a storm.
Jim: Excuse me. Hurricane Lorraine? Need I say more?
Dave: Phyllis throws shoes.
Jim: Oh, come on. I've seen worse...
Tim: Guys, could we?

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Quote from Tim

Tim: Dave, you're gonna be Lorraine. Now, I want you to tell everybody what Lorraine says to Jim to get him in trouble.
Dave: All right, all right, I know this one. Jim, you said you were gonna be home last night, but I came by your house and you weren't there. Where were you?
Jim: Where was I?
Tim: [blows horn] Tool Time tip. Women always know men are lying when they repeat the question.

Quote from Randy

Brad: Hey, Mom. How was your day?
Jill: It was fine until I went into the student lounge and saw a bunch of people watching Tool Time.
Brad: You didn't notice the part where Dad called you an old hen, now, did you?
Jill: Yes, I did.
Randy: I guess that would make Dad a dead duck.

Quote from Jill

Jill: Hi, honey, what are you doing?
Mark: Well, Dad's in the basement waiting for me to drop this tennis ball down the vent. He thinks it will knock the ring loose.
Tim: [o.s.] All right, Mark, I'm all ready.
Jill: Please, allow me.
Tim: [o.s.] Come on, let me have it. [clattering] [thud] Ow! I said a tennis ball, not a croquet ball.
Mark: It wasn't me.
Tim: [o.s.] Well, who was it?
Jill: The old hen.
Tim: Hi, henny. I mean, honey. I suppose you... Oh. I suppose you saw the show today.
Jill: You are so pathetic. Why is it that I have to drag everything out of you at home, but you're more than willing to go blab about your feelings in front of a bunch of strangers on Tool Time? [Tim puts a helmet on]
Tim: Well, because on Tool Time I can say whatever I want... and people don't hit me in the head with croquet balls. Jill! [Tim waits a moment and removes his helmet] [thud] Ow!

Quote from Randy

Tim: Come on, guys. You're supposed to be cleaning the house, aren't you?
Brad: Sorry, Dad. I mean, if us out here is bothering you, just say something. Why do we have to drag it out of you?
Randy: Yeah, Dad, how come you can share things with strangers on Tool Time, but not with your own sons?
Tim: I feel like sharing my feelings right now with both of you.

Quote from Tim

Tim: You said your girlfriend didn't watch it, you said that she hated me.
Dave: Her mother taped it.
Jim: Yeah, she loves Al.
Tim: What do you want me to do, guys?
Jim: Just go out there and tell them it's all your fault.
Tim: Jim, Dave, you wanna help out? We'll do it together, okay?
Jim: Oh, no, no.
Dave: No! I'm not going out there with you. You're dangerous.
Al: Now you know how I feel.

Quote from Tim

Tim: Thank you. Oh. Thank you, Heidi. Oh, you're too kind. Welcome to Tool Time. I am Tim "The Blues Man" Taylor. And you all know my assistant Al... [harmonica plays] "The Reason I Got The Blues" Borland.

Quote from Tim

Tim: You've gotta do this. To have a good relationship, you gotta talk about it. Dave, come on up here. Want to say something to Phyllis?
Dave: I guess so. Hi, Phyllis. Uh, I just want to state publicly that I'm sorry for anything that I might have said, or will ever say in the future.
Tim: All right.
Dave: And most importantly...
Tim: Phyl, listen to this.
Dave: I'll never listen to Tim again.
Al: The only Tool Time tip you'll ever need.

Quote from Tim

Tim: All right, Jim, you want to say something to Phyllis? Excuse me, to Lorraine.
Jim: Yeah. Lorraine, honey, remember we were at the restaurant yesterday and we were talking about getting married, and you looked deep in my eyes and you said: "Pick a date, you pig, or die"? Well, I thought about it. May 28.
Tim: That's the lndy 500 weekend.
Jim: Uh, June 4.
Al: Congratulations, Lorraine.
Jim: But to show I'm serious, I got a ring.
Tim: [whistles] That's a beauty. Can I see that?
Jim: Yeah, sure.
Tim: Hey, Marv, if you can focus on this, come on in close. Look at the size of that thing, huh? [drops the ring] You know, I have never seen that drain before.

Quote from Tim

Tim: Come here. I made a scale model of the office I'll build you when you become a psychologist. Here's your desk, here's your chair, and here's your nut.
Jill: Where am I?
Tim: Seated at the desk.
Jill: And why did you do this?
Tim: I thought it would cheer you up. I was beginning to think you might have the blues and maybe we should talk.
Jill: So you're saying you want to talk?
Tim: Why do you think I'm laying down?

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