TV SERIES · 2011– · USA
Last Man Standing
12 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
12 Interesting Facts About Last Man Standing
Interesting Facts (11)
- #001
After a Facebook campaign, it was announced on May 11, 2018 that Last Man Standing had been picked up for new episodes airing in fall 2018.
- #002
Mandy has very little interest in school, but Molly Ephraim, who plays her, is a Princeton graduate.
- #003
Kristin Baxter was recast after season one because the producers wanted her and her son older to shake up the family dynamic.
- #004
When Allen pushes Michigan as a college option for his daughters, it's a nod to his own home state; on Home Improvement, he also wore gear from various Michigan colleges, which they often sent him for the free publicity.
- #005
There are three movie posters in Ed's basement, and the one in the middle is Toy Story (1995), where Tim Allen voiced the lead.
- #006
The exterior of Amanda Fuller's (Kristen) and Jordan Masterson's (Ryan) house is the same one used for the Miller home in Still Standing (2002).
- #007
The house exterior doesn't match the interior set: the windows on the left outside are where the fireplace is inside, and the top of the front door is square from outside but round on the set.
- #008
His character may be a klutz, but Christoph Sanders is in real life an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Scouting.
- #009
The show takes place in Denver, Colorado, where Tim Allen (Mike Baxter) was born.
- #010
When FOX revived the show, some in the entertainment industry and press weren't thrilled: critic Scott Weinberg, no fan of Tim Allen, voiced his disgust on Twitter, and comedian-actor Billy Eichner sarcastically said he was enjoying his return to TV.
- #011
Nancy Travis plays a mother of three daughters, but in real life she has no daughters, just two sons.
Easter Eggs & References (1)
- #012
Tim Allen's Mike Baxter is an amateur (ham) radio operator with the call sign KA0XTT. Producer John Amodeo is a ham himself, and the station Mike uses is a working one; the call sign is a joking nod to Allen's old character Tim Taylor (XTT, as in ex-Tim Taylor). Allen eventually got his own amateur license, call sign KK6OTD, registered under his birth name (Tim Dick).
Related pages
- Catherine Bell — Last Man Standing comes up in the facts on that page
Sources & editorial notes
Reference databases
- IMDb
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