<Li> Other famous guests include Drake Bell in the third season episode "Swing Time", Jack Elam, and Ernest Borgnine, who both appeared in the first season episode "Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor ." </Li> <Li> Dan Aykroyd makes a guest appearance as a blues - loving minister in the episode "Losing My Religion" during the seventh season, the character he was currently playing at the time in the series Soul Man, a series that was also created by the creators of Home Improvement that lasted two seasons . Aykroyd helps Tim understand Tim's son Randy's decision to no longer go to church after he starts volunteering at a hospice . </Li> <Li> Robert Picardo, best known as The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager, made two appearances on the show as Tim's neighbor, Joe "The Meat Man" Morton . He appeared in "A Sew, Sew Evening," and "Blow - Up," both early on in the third season . It was explained by his wife Marie (Mariangela Pino) in the fifth season episode "Jill's Surprise Party" that he had left her for a younger woman who worked at his plant (the real reason why Picardo was no longer seen was his role on Voyager). </Li> <Li> Rodney Dangerfield and Alex Rocco appeared together in the 1997 Thanksgiving episode in which they both appeared in a luxury box at the Pontiac Silverdome . </Li>

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