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So they drop Brad, Randy and Mark off at Al's and head out west. Al has a big, fun, carefree weekend all planned out for he and the boys. He says even though women aren't allowed to operate them in combat, he would be willing to arrange for Jill to test drive a tank. When Tim climbs into the gunner's hatch, the .50 cal has a BFA on the barrel indicating there are blank rounds in the feed tray. Then when it starts to run away fire, supposed real rounds bounce off of the Humvee.
I start complaining that they are playing reruns of the reruns. As I am saying, "I just hate to wait all day to see Home Improvement and they play one I just saw..." when the youngest boy, turns around and I jumped up off the bed. Well it's a gold shirt with a purple 24 on it. In the scene where Tim drives through the golf course, there appears to be two people in the tank that Tim is supposed to be driving.
Tanks for the Memories
Why was the weapon on Red if not engaged? I know it's for comedy, but being former Military, you notice stuff like this. I then Google the episode to see if it's possible. This episode aired for the first time January 30, 1996. Kobe wasn't drafted until June 26, 1996 (and when he was, he wore #8.🤔 I do not feel like them playing this episode was a coincidence, however George Lynch wore #24 then.
I remember the night this episode aired, it was when Home Improvement first became syndicated. I have to say, Tanks for the Memories was pretty good. The jokes were funny, the story was good, the Tool Time board game was awesome, and we will be seeing it again at the end of Season 5.
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Tim is so enthralled that he asks his buddy, who he'd earlier referred to as "moon-pie face" if he could arrange it so Tim could drive a tank. McDougal assures him that if comes out to California where he's stationed, he could arrange it. When he gets home, he tells Jill about the trip, and wouldn't you know, she wants to come along. But she doesn't want to just hang around a hotel and spa, she wants to go out in the desert with Tim and drive a tank. Despite Tim's objections, Jill begs him like a child until he gives in.
PreviousHigh School ConfidentialNextThe Vasectomy OneTanks for the Memories is the fifteenth episode of the fifth season. This episode was produced towards the end of the fourth season but first premiered on September 11, 1995, as the show's first episode in syndication. It wasn't aired in primetime until January 30, 1996, during the show's fifth season. This accounts for various discrepancies, such as the boys' ages and hairstyles compared to the rest of the fifth season. Tim and Jill play each other in a tank driving competition, and Jill wins.
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However, Tim doesn't congratulate her because he thinks she humiliated him. I watch Home Improvement every night . Tonight's episode was the one where Jill and Tim went to California and ended up in a tank race.
This wouldn't be Tim's last run-in with military machinery, because at the start of Season 6, he and Al go aboard a navy carrier. At least they never got to go to the Air Force or else Tim might have crashed a plane. So for good laughs, a memorable experience of seeing both the right AND wrong way to drive a tank, I recommend Tanks for the Memories.
Tanks For The Memories
This episode is out of sequence, everyone's hair is different in this episode, making me think that it was filmed earlier and not shown until later in the season. The boys had different haircuts in the previous episode. Randy had just gotten a haircut, and in this episode, the kids are younger and have their longer hair right back. As part of a "Tool Time" salute to the armed forces, Tim drives a tank and doesn't do it very well.
In reality, a .50 cal round would go through a Humvee. The 88 next to the Humvee would have significant damage to it too. Only reason for live rounds would be gunnery ranges or live fire exercises. There'd be investigations on lots of stuff just in this scene in real life.
Tim is invited to a Marine base for a special Tool Time episode, but is embarrassed when Jill proves more capable at driving a tank. Tim accidentally fires an M2 .50 machine gun while on a tank. Ricochets are shown sparking all over other tanks while people dive for cover. A) Bullets don't spark when they ricochet, and B) the M2 had a blank firing adapter installed; it couldn't have been firing bullets.
When Tim and Jill are eating in the mess hall with the Lt. Col.'s; they eat in the main part of mess hall with enlisted men sitting at the same table. Officers never eat in the same are of a mess hall as the enlisted men. There is always a separate area if not a separate room.
Tim and Jill are invited to a Marine base and given the opportunity to drive tanks. Meanwhile, the boys stay with Al and play the Tool Time board game he invented. Tim and Al are doing a salute to the military, as you may recall Al was in the navy. He was stationed in Nevada, but he still looks upon his service with honor and respect.
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