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About Wilson

posted 9 years ago by hubcap18
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We never see Wilson's mouth. We usually see him looking over the tall fence that seperates his house from Tim's. When he painting a self-portrait, the portrait is of him looking over the fence. During a curtain call, he holds a portion of the fence under his nose. When he has to rescue Tim and Al from an ice-fishing cabin when they have car trouble ("Hi de ho stranded neighbors!") he arrives wearing a coat that covers his mouth area. I think he was once in the audience of Tool Time, wtih his mouth obscured by other audeince meembers.

Other than a comedic running gag, is there a reason we never see his mouth?

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[–] PreachCaleb 9 years ago

From the trivia section:

"The character Wilson is based on Tim Allen's childhood memories of when he was too short to see over a fence, and was therefore unable to see his neighbor."

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[–] rob-2423 8 years ago

Actually, this is untrue. I remember seeing an interview with the cast, and it was mentioned that Earl had made that part of his character for comedy only in the first episode, and they just ran with it from there because it got laughs.

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[–] Kel_Vernsen 8 years ago

What was so funny for having Wilson hide half his face. I don't get it.

[–] terryc316 8 years ago

Actually, the trivia section and PreachCaleb are right. Tim has mentioned in countless interviews over the years that it was, indeed, based on his childhood/parents' home, and not being able to see their neighbors' face over the fence when he was little.

[–] austin_sod 8 years ago

We did, actually. In the episode where Wilson was watching the kids and Mark was making a plaster of his face with paper. The paper covered his eyes but not his mouth. Even though half his face was hidden, I always found it strange that they showed the wrong half.

[–] miaangel345 8 years ago

There's an episode in Season 5 where you definitely see more of him when he is directing Randy's school play.

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