Tim Allen's last man standing up is conservative but not an asset

In "The first incarnation of man's six seasons," we held him to the progressives – not to the Democrats. The really noisy part of the Democratic Party, just like the really noisy part of the Republican Party, is an easy selection. We did it constantly. "

Mike, a Denver sporting goods store manager, husband and father of three, will take up his arms in an even more politically charged environment when "Man" will perform his first season Friday (8 EDT / PDT).

Mike is "a traditionalist and a Republican of Business" who stands out "because you really do not see a conservative character who is not an idiot or a villain (at the center) of the series," says executive producer Kevin Abbott. ("Roseanne" had such a character, until Roseanne Barr was fired in May.)

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Nancy Travis, left, and Tim Allen, the stars of "Last Man Standing," enjoy a while in the Outdoor Man store, which marks the final day of recording of the Fox television series. (Photo: Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY & # 39; HUI)

Some fans have speculated that "Man" had been canceled for political reasons, but Abbott said it had more to do with money, because ABC was not owner of the show. (Fox does.)

Mike's fiscal conservatism will be evident this season when he deals with the regulation of business and environmental studies, especially when it comes to the "People's Republic of California", a communist allusion made by Allen to the People's Republic of China.

"Man" addresses other topical issues, including the ban on traveling, firearms, drugs and health care, but strictly in the context of the Baxter family, and not as a broader political statement, like "Roseanne".

"It's more politics in terms of what's going on in people's lives, how does what's happening in politics affect (the family), how does that affect business?" Abbott says.

Mike is on the same length as a girl but suffers the repercussions of more liberal family members, including his wife and two other daughters. He plays in the first season with his son-in-law Ryan, who serves as an easy progressive foil. There is more political fodder coming this season when Ryan picks up Mike's father's marijuana dispensary.

But in an interview last week, he and Abbott say that it is not expected to refer directly to Trump in the show, who presented it as part of a joke on the Halloween costumes in 2016.

Mike "never mentions it," says Allen, and Abbott does not write the chair in scripts.

Allen says that he does not think either that there are new jokes about the president. "It's always about his appearance, his tweet, it's been done, it's done every night on Colbert, so there's nothing new."

Whether it's his politics or his comedic sensibility, Allen thinks there would have been a lot of documents with a Hillary Clinton presidency.

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Conservative Mike (Tim Allen), left, plays with his Liberal son-in-law, Ryan (Jordan Masterson), on Fox's "Last Man Standing". (Photo: Fox)

His defeat against Trump in 2016, when "Man" was on ABC, "took the wind off us," he says. "I was in paradise, saying," It will be an excellent next year because Hillary will be president. "We would have the pants, the left, the communists, the liberals … it would be so much more fun."

Allen, who was born in Colorado and grew up in Michigan, is not a fan of what he calls the liberal "Hollywood bubble" and agrees with some of Mike's opinions. "I love that it keeps repeating in California." Even my Liberal buddies go, "Have we just had another tax here?" "

The actor is also conservative, but he separates from Mike.

"Tim Allen is not Mike Baxter.If you want Tim Allen's opinion, come see me in Vegas," he says about his stand-up. "I'm a lot more anarchist because I'm a comedian, I take snaps for everyone, but it's literally to make you laugh."