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On Thursday, March 27, 1997 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Steven Tyler wrote:
> eq...@mindspring.com wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:41:52 GMT, hip...@spacelab.net (Hipster)
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Folks:
> > >
> > >You know that guy from "This Old House" and "The Renovation Guide"? I
> > >remarked to my wife that he seemed like a decent chap (at least as
> > >much as any other TV muckety-muck, anyway) and she said "Oh no!
> > >Someone in my office said he sold a house to someone and the pipes
> > >were all rotten, and the porch was falling off, and they are suing
> > >him, etc., etc." I tried searching for recent events and news items
> > >that might confirm or deny this, but no luck. Anyone know anything
> > >about this?
> >
> > Bob Vila originally hosted "This Old House", a PBS home improvement
> > program. He then started doing commercial advertisements for Sears
> > tools. "This Old House" producers felt that hosting a PBS program
> > and doing commercial advertisements were incompatible and asked him to
> > choose one or the other. Mr Vila chose commercial television.
> >
> > Bob Vila now hosts a syndicated home improvement program called "Home
> > Again", sponsored by Sears. Some years ago they renovated a home on
> > the California coast. In Malibu, I believe.
> >
> > That house was later sold to Conrad Bains, a television actor. You
> > may remember him as the dad from that program with the little kid who
> > kept saying "What you talkin' bout Willis?" The name escapes me at
> > the moment.
> >
> > According to news reports, Mr Bains is suing the production company
> > and others involved in the renovation. He claims the house suffers
> > from substandard construction, including leaking plumbing, making the
> > house unlivable.
> >
> > I've often wondered about the quality of workmanship on programs of
> > this type. Often they showcase new and untried materials and
> > techniques. Likewise, having construction interrupted for a camera
> > shot can't help the quality of workmanship.
> >
> > Much of the labor and materials are donated. Small, local companies
> > donate their time in order to stand in front of a camera wearing a
> > "John Doe's Plumbing and Heating" t-shirt. How much time are they
> > actually willing to put into a project for which they aren't paid?
> Steve Delurks:
> Permit me to join your thread. Conrad Bains never appeared on Diff'rent
> Strokes as a regular character. He played Mindy's Father in Mork &
> Mindy, much as it shames to realize that I still know this fact. Bains
> bought the house from Vila and later sued Vila for fraud and Breach of
> Contract (?). I don't know if the suit was settled yet.
> Here's the kicker: At his deposition, Vila admitted that: A) He had
> never worked as a contractor. B) He had never worked for a contractor.
> C) He had never worked as a builder. This was in a news cast. I don't
> remember the news show.
> Thanks,
> Steve

Just finding this now in 2022. For the record, his name was Conrad Janis, not Conrad Bains. I was friends with him and his wife Maria Grimm. They both died in the last year. Back in 1997, my ex (Hans) and I ran a construction company called Renaissance Builders. Because of my friendship with Conrad and Maria, we stepped in and helped them with the Bob Vila situation. The house was a mess. We evaluated the problems. Wrote recommendations. Hans even attended a deposition about it. Once Conrad won the lawsuit, Hans did some of the repairs. Bob Vila was a hack and should never have been involved with construction.

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