Overview
- Dunning says she "cried like a baby" after overhearing Allen suggest that Anderson could return and that the two could "share the role" of the Tool Time assistant.
- A stage manager reassured her that the role was not being shared, and a producer later said Allen was likely brainstorming and asked to dramatize the incident for the show.
- The tension informed season 6’s "The Kiss & the Kiss-Off," which aired May 20, 1997 and featured Anderson guest-starring as Lisa.
- Dunning says she had recently had a baby, which left her feeling especially vulnerable about job security.
- She appears Wednesday in the Shifting Gears season 2 premiere on ABC with Tim Allen, Richard Karn and Patricia Richardson, with episodes streaming the next day on Hulu.