In news bound to make you feel old (apologies in advance) Saturday marks 25 years since the premiere of Tim Allen's iconic sitcom Home Improvement.
Along with Allen, who played Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, and Patricia Richardson who played his wife Jill, the series starred Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathon Taylor Thomas (AKA JTT) and Taran Noah Smith, as the Taylor's three sons.
And, if you had a crush on any – or all –of these boys then you're not alone.
I'm still single because I'm positive I will never love anyone more then the 10 yr old version of myself loved Johnathon Taylor Thomas.
— Cassie Daniels (@MsCassieDaniels) June 29, 2015
Omg, young Jonathan Taylor Thomas! But I had a bigger crush on Taran Noah Smith though [😛] pic.twitter.com/O4f1N6Uz1x
— Nur Almaz (@Almazingg) June 7, 2016
Home Improvement is on and it's reminding me of the embarrassing crush I had on Zachary Ty Bryan when I was a kid.
— Amy Roever (@AmyRoever) May 21, 2013
So, where are the three Taylor boys now?
Here's Zachery then, with that fabulous mullet:
And here he is now:
The 34-year-old is now a father of three: twin two-year-old girls Gemma and Taylor, and daughter Jordan who was born in June this year.
After Home Improvement, he appeared in Veronica Mars, ER and Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift.
It's terrifying how long Zachery Ty Bryan has been playing a teenager #TokyoDrift
— Brandon Forsyth (@brandonbookworm) March 31, 2015
Here's JTT then:
And here he is now:
Jonathan Taylor Thomas paid us a visit! Truly a great day. #JTT... - https://t.co/uyhQHClFRS #funny pic.twitter.com/ZfnDk0jB2a
— Funny Clone (@funnyclone) December 1, 2015
After his time as the Taylor's middle son, JTT studied at Harvard then graduated from Columbia in 2010. He also appeared in an episode of Tim Allen's Last Man Standing.
"I never took the fame too seriously," JTT told PEOPLE in 2013. "It was a great period in my life, but it doesn't define me. When I think back on the time, I look at it with a wink. I focus on the good moments I had, not that I was on a lot of magazine covers."
Along with his TV brother Zachery, the 34-year-old recently wrote an R-Rated pilot – something their TV mum Patricia revealed on a Reddit Q&A.; Watch this space.
Here's Taran Noah Smith as he was then:
@BradleyDowell @RipplinBuck Remember when Mark (Taran Noah Smith) turned Goth? pic.twitter.com/prZdSZ3TPl
— Joe Copeland (@DrGorillaFarts) August 30, 2016
And here he is now, pictured with mum Candy Bennici. In 2015 Bennici penned a book – based on her son's time on the hit show – called Stardom Happens: Nurturing your child in the entertainment business.
In-studio w/ #TaranNoahSmith & mom Candy Bennici talking about the book, Stardom Happens. #HomeImprovement #ChildStar pic.twitter.com/nHHj4BoSaf
— Marilu Henner Show (@MariluShow) August 14, 2015
Smith left showbiz and now works as an installation artist at festivals and museums. He also volunteered with the disaster relief organisation Communitere and worked as a charter sailboat captain in Santa Barbara.
Did you have a crush on these boys when you were young?
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