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OK, let me caveat this by saying I have been very sick for the past three days, severe sinus problems that have kept me bidridden the entire holiday period. Luckily my wife had everything under control and our two young boys got to enjoy Christmas despite my ailment.

Anyhow, for the very brief period I was out of bed yesterday, I was watching a re-run of <i>Home Improvement</i> on AFN yesterday afternoon, and I <b>swear</b> that in the beginning of the episode I saw an A-10 zap on the <i>Tool Time</i> set. The show started with a segment on ski maintenance (the premise of the episode [#194 first aired on February 23, 1999 (I looked it up)] was plans for a ski trip are put on hold when Jill needs an emergency hysterectomy) and Tim and Al had some Swedish guy on the show showing how to maintain wooden skis (Al's), and when the camera focused on Taylor (Tim Allen), you could see the standard A-10 decal (yellow shield with a head-on A-10 and a red lightning bolt) behind him on the wall. It is slightly out of focus but it sure as heck looks like it to me!

By chance does anyone out there have episodes of <i>Home Improvement</i> on video or DVD? The episode in question is titled <i>Love's Labour Lost (part 1)</i>. I would love to know if I was just seeing things or if there was in fact an A-10 zap on the wall; and if there was if anyone knew how it got there. Otherwise, I think I need to go see the doc! <img src=icon_smile_dead.gif border=0 align=middle>

Cheers! M2

By the way...<b>Merry Christmas everyone!</b>

M2

Max,

You're not nuts. There is an A-10 zap there on the Tool Time set (left side of the entrance door). There is also a USAFA WOB zap back there.

T-Giant

Well, at least if I am crazy, I am not alone! Seriously, thanks, I thought it may have been the medication but it just seemed so clear that I couldn't figure out what else it might have been. Now, the bigger question is how did it get there?

However, Tim Allen would surely growl over the growl of a GAU-8, doncha think?

Cheers! M2

Max,

We asked the same question when we saw the patches back at the Academy. Turns out that Tim Allen has been a huge fan and supporter of the military for a long time. All it took was for someone to send the zap and he put it up somewhere on the set. Most of the zaps were not visible to the cameras. However a select few made it on camera. Although I'm not sure exactly how he chose which ones ended up on camera, I would imagine that if some military guys actually delivered the patch and attended a taping, he was more likely to make it visible. Purely a guess, though.

T-Giant

Thanks for the gouge, I knew Allen is a big supporter of the military therefore it should come as no suprise. I guess I suspected that maybe one of the demo teams was on one of the shows and had placed it there or something along those lines. Either way, it was a trip to see it there and I am happy to learn I wasn't hallucinating!

Cheers! M2

Very nice "good to known" info, thanks M2 and TG! Hope you are feeling better soon M2!!!