<P> Benny Baroni (Jimmy Labriola)--One of Tim's buddies who hangs out at the hardware store . Benny is a bit of a slacker and notoriously known as a freeloader--his trademark being drinking coffee and eating donuts . Benny has not had a job in years, mainly because he doesn't like to work . He makes money by gambling and betting on horse races . On one episode ("A House Divided", Season 4.18) While the "Tool Time" crew is fixing up Benny's aunt's house, the structure is blown up due to Benny's negligence and is not Tim's fault; furthermore when Tim and his family are moving furniture back into the twice repaired Benny's aunt house, Benny, rather than helping out, lies back on a lawn chair to watch the others do the work . He is also known for being inconsiderate of others; at one point, he even ate at a soup kitchen regularly to avoid paying for meals . One episode ("The Look", Season 5.07) Tim was selling season Pistons tickets (Tim had 2 tickets for each game and each pair cost $100) and Benny not able or willing to buy any of the tickets kept offering to go to the games with the people who were buying them, even people he didn't even know, so he could go to the games without paying for a ticket . Ironically in a rare instance of performing earnest work, Benny once appeared on an episode of Tool Time for "Tim and Al's Fantasy Kitchen", where he was shown cutting meat inside a walk - in freezer . </P> <Ul> <Li> Karen (Betsy Randle)--feminist friend of Jill who is very obnoxious towards Tim, often helping Jill mock and discourage Tim . Tim finds her irritating . While she finds her rivalry with Tim innocent and harmless, she has no qualms passively accusing Tim of being unfaithful, making Jill feel insecure about their marriage . Moved to California after Season 2 - this coincided with the start of her regular role of Amy Matthews on Boy Meets World, another ABC sitcom . </Li> <Li> Ilene Louise Markham, D.D.S. (Sherry Hursey)--an orthodontist, and Al's first serious girlfriend . On their wedding day, she and Al mutually agreed not to get married and ended their romance on a positive note . Her last appearance was in Season 6 . </Li> <Li> Marie Morton (Mariangela Pino)--neighbor of the Taylors; close friend of Jill . </Li> <Li> Joe Morton (Robert Picardo)--Marie's overactive and obnoxious husband; the "meat man" who irritates Tim, until Morton finds a hard to find jalopy replacement part for Tim; ran out on Marie in Season 5 - this coincided with Picardo's taking the role of "The Doctor" on Star Trek: Voyager . </Li> <Li> Jennifer Sudarski (Jessica Wesson)--Brad's first love interest who always called him "Bradley", later moved to Ohio . </Li> <Li> Angela (Kristen Clayton)--Former girlfriend of Brad, known for being a constant motor - mouth . She dumped Brad for a guy with his own car . Brad suffered from a bout of depression because of this, but eventually rebounded . </Li> <Li> Ashley (Leigh Ann Orsi)--girlfriend of Brad, went to boarding school from Season 5 onwards </Li> <Li> Beth (Anndi McAfee)--Randy's first girlfriend who left town </Li> <Li> Lauren (Courtney Peldon)--Randy's tomboy girlfriend, left for Costa Rica with him in Season 8 . </Li> <Li> Lillian "Nana" Patterson (Polly Holliday)--Jill's mother . Before Lillian's first appearance, she was joked at by Tim as being largely overweight, though in her first appearance, Lillian has become thin again, having used Tim's jokes on Tool Time as motivation . Lillian speaks with a very notable Southwestern accent and is caring and supportive to Jill whenever she has troubles . </Li> <Li> Colonel Fred Patterson (M. Emmet Walsh)--Jill's father, died in his sleep from a heart attack in Season 6 . He had a long career in the Army and his favorite movie is Patton . He somewhat gets along fine with Tim, but doesn't particularly respect him, never calling him by his name but instead calling him "Hey You". </Li> <Li> Delores Turner (Shirley Prestia)--Harry's overbearing and demanding wife; a New York Knicks fan who can devastate men with "The Look". Her worsening asthma causes Harry to sell the hardware store and move to Arizona in Season 8 . Delores and Harry are shown to constantly be arguing whenever they are seen together . Delores is shown several times to work at a local coffee shop as a waitress, where she continues to be sharp - tongued to customers </Li> <Li> Nancy Taylor (Jensen Daggett)--Wife of Marty Taylor . They are divorced in Season 8 . </Li> <Li> John Binford (Noble Willingham)--founder of Binford Tools, died early in Season 3 . </Li> <Li> Maureen "Producer" Binford (Vicki Lewis)--John Binford's overeager and annoying daughter, she ran Tool Time for a brief time during Season 2, constantly reminding Tim in a sing - song voice that she was the Producer of the show, which allowed her to cause many changes to the show that Tim hated . </Li> <Li> Trudy McHale (Megan Cavanagh)--an electrician and heiress to her family's fortune whom Al married in the final episode . </Li> <Li> Cal Borland (Keith Lehman)--Al's brother, a physicist . </Li> <Li> Felix Myman (Al Fann)--professional plumber and frequent participant in Tool Time's projects . </Li> <Li> Rock Flanagan (Casey Sander)--construction worker at K&B Construction . Somewhat loud, and charismatic, Rock always responds to guest appearances on Tool Time by saying, "It's always great to be here, Timmy!" In K&B's "all - tool band", his instrument is a grinder run over an empty oil drum . </Li> <Li> Dwayne Hoover (Gary McGurk)--construction worker at K&B Construction . The "straight man" of K&B, he always has to interrupt Pete whenever he is about to say a story that is too revealing by saying, "This is not the time, nor the place!" In K&B's band, he plays hammers on an anvil . </Li> <Li> Pete Bilker (Mickey Jones)--construction worker at K&B Construction . Whenever he is called by name from Rock, Pete usually responds, "That would be me ." In K&B's band, he plays empty plastic fuel cans as drums, using screwdrivers as drumsticks . </Li> <Li> Carrie Patterson (Tudi Roche--the real - life wife of Richard Karn), Jill's sister, a world - traveling photographer . </Li> <Li> Willow Branch Leaf Wilson (China Kantner)--Wilson's laid back niece, just goes by Willow, saying she "pruned it back". </Li> <Li> Lucille Taylor (Bonnie Bartlett)--Tim's widowed mother . </Li> <Li> Bud Harper (Charlie Robinson)--head of Binford Tools, Tim's boss . Bud interacts a lot with Tim and Al, even offering Tim season tickets to the Detroit Pistons . He does not particularly respect Al, even at one point suggesting Al get fired, however Tim defended Al from this . </Li> <Li> Jason (Jarrad Paul)--Eddie Haskell - like friend of Brad, often claims to be a fan of Tool Time even though he's never actually seen the show and gains favor with Tim by pretending to ask for advice about tools . </Li> <Li> Samantha Hayes (Maggie Lawson)--A college student who dated Brad, although she was four years his senior, which troubled Jill and Tim . In one episode, she and Brad impulsively decided to get married at their young age, but Tim and Jill successfully tricked them to realize their mistake . </Li> <Li> Patty (Tammy Lauren)--Jill's friend in season six and seven </Li> <Li> Morgan Wondell (Danny Zorn)--The much hated producer of Tool Time during the final season . He apparently has no interest in tool shows, and constantly made changes to the show's premise, even staging a Jerry Springer Show - like riot in the audience, and planning to stage more destructive accidents . Rather than let Wondell turn their show into "Trash Time", Tim, Al, and Heidi quit in the series finale . </Li> <Li> Milton (Milton Canady)--friend of Tim, often a guest on Tool Time; when he's around, people tend to make gay references, leading to him snapping "Hey, I don't go for that sort of thing!". </Li> <Li> Art Leonard (Dick O'Neill)--Tim's old shop teacher who inspired him to enter the world of tools; stops by several times; at one point has a fling with Tim's mother . </Li> <Li> George Sparky Henderson (Patrick Cronin)--friend of Tim and fellow car enthusiast . </Li> <Li> Antonio (Vasili Bogazianos)--a sarcastic waiter who is always seen serving the Taylors at high - class restaurants; constantly jokes about the Taylors being cheap . </Li> <Li> Alma Borland--Al's unseen, overbearing, obese mother; is the butt of many of Tim's jokes; dies of a sudden heart attack in Season 8 . </Li> <Li> Ronny (Kaylan Romero)--Mark's goth friend in season 7 . Almost never speaks a word and constantly disturbs Tim and Jill with his silent but haunting demeanor . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Karen (Betsy Randle)--feminist friend of Jill who is very obnoxious towards Tim, often helping Jill mock and discourage Tim . Tim finds her irritating . While she finds her rivalry with Tim innocent and harmless, she has no qualms passively accusing Tim of being unfaithful, making Jill feel insecure about their marriage . Moved to California after Season 2 - this coincided with the start of her regular role of Amy Matthews on Boy Meets World, another ABC sitcom . </Li> <Li> Ilene Louise Markham, D.D.S. (Sherry Hursey)--an orthodontist, and Al's first serious girlfriend . On their wedding day, she and Al mutually agreed not to get married and ended their romance on a positive note . Her last appearance was in Season 6 . </Li>

Who played jill's friend karen on home improvement