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Before he hit Hollywood, he used the woodworking skills he acquired from his old man to first build sets and scenery for local theaters in Chicago, and later, after moving to Los Angeles, to construct decks and cabins in between scoring pre-Swanson TV parts. In 2001, Offerman opened his eponymous woodshop, where today, he still fashions hand-crafted items like fine furniture, canoes, and ukuleles for fun. (Check out his wares here.)
There’s one more thing that links both men for life: a fanatical love of Lagavulin, a single malt whisky named for the tiny village in which it’s distilled on the Isle of Islay, Scotland. Swanson frequently professed his adoration for the Scotch on