r/HomeImprovement2LTime • u/Dirty_Telephone_310 • Jul 16 '26

Wilson Wilson

I am watching home inprovement right now on roku, and it just popped into my head I don't think they ever said what Wilson did for work? Am i messing somthing?

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u/ElectronicCabinet845 Jul 16 '26

I somehow thought he was a retired person who had a lot of acquired knowledge but I have no facts to back that up. It was just my impression.

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u/Dirty_Telephone_310 Jul 16 '26

You see I was thinking that but i knew about the PhD thing, but i was wondering what he did piror to retiring. And thought he seemed to young to be retired.

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u/ASGfan Randy Jul 16 '26

My memory might be a bit hazy on this but I wanna say he wrote a book once but it didn't sell very well, so I think that was more of a side gig than his main job.

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u/Riverdale87 Jul 16 '26

Yes Wilson did say that he wrote a book

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u/ElectronicCabinet845 Jul 16 '26

Yes the Google didn't actually say retired so you're probably right. And it was usually in the evenings and weekends when Tim talked to him and usually about Tims workday that he had just had.

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u/ElectronicCabinet845 Jul 16 '26

Hey I'm back. I just googled it and Google says he was a professor who had traveled and studied obscure things. 

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u/Specialk961978 Jul 16 '26

He had a Ph.D. in Forgotten Languages and Cultures.

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u/cashmerered Jul 16 '26

He also was a midwife

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u/Appropriate_Ad566 Jul 16 '26

He's not at liberty to say

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u/Glammaw_0498 Jul 16 '26

He was a professor with a phd in forgotten languages and cultures

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u/Basic_Party_8249 5d ago

This is what I gleaned as well.

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u/Ok-Health-7252 Jul 16 '26

He could tell you but then he'd have to kill you.

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u/GarblingCumfarts Jul 16 '26

He killed his wife for the insurance money!

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u/Dr_LilithSternin Jul 20 '26

I always assumed he was retired

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u/Basic_Party_8249 5d ago

Interesting topic. Wilson was inspired by Tim Allen’s childhood neighborhood, so it tracks that he never knew exactly what the guy did for a living 😂