Writer:	Jon Beckerman, Rob Burnett
Director:	Marc Buckland
Star:	Josh Randall (Mike Burton),  Thomas Cavanagh (Ed Stevens),  Julie Bowen (Carol Vessey),  Jana Marie Hupp (Nancy Burton),  Lesley Boone (Molly Hudson),  Mike Starr (Kenny Sandusky (Episodes 1-45)),  Michael Ian Black (Phil Stubbs),  Rachel Cronin (Shirley Pifko),  Justin Long (Warren P. Cheswick)
Recurring Role:	Robin Paul (Jessica Martell)
Guest Star:	Jessica D. Stone (Lois),  Gregory Harrison (Nick Stanton),  Ray Bokhour (Chuck),  Peter Appel (Jack Fundus),  Hazelle Goodman (Ramona),  Mickey Kelly (Duncan),  Salem Ludwig (Professor Keplim),  Paul Haber (Barry),  David Lipman (Godfrey),  Don Sparks (Woodshop Teacher),  Celia Tackaberry (Haircut Woman),  Savanna Samson (Cocoa),  Laurie Wallace (Kitten),  Susan Misner (Female Teacher),  Gregory Kordstishevsky (Shampoo Guy),  Matt Jay Manzella (Jock)

Featured Music:
"Better Days" by The Jayhawks
"Rescue Me" by Fontella Bass (edit)

Mike: These crazy Belgian bastards know how to live! (edit) Nick (final words to Carol): This right here, this was never about friendship. (edit) Mike: Bullfights and machismo. If you gave Hemingway some bullfights, and a little machismo, he was a happy, happy man. (edit) Kenny: I brought coffee... I didn't know what size you wanted, so I got small, medium and large. (edit) Kenny: I always wanted to go on a stakeout. One of my favorite movies is 'Stakeout'. Even better than that was the sequel, 'Another Stakeout'. They really took it to the next level. (edit)

$10 Bet: Mike dares Ed to walk up to a woman at the bar and ask to buy her a drink -- with nuts in his mouth. (edit) Godfrey Watch: Godfrey is the name of the history teacher who asked Carol out at the beginning of the episode. (edit) Phil produces the first-ever Stuckeybowl tv commercial. Ed rejects his first idea of using strippers in the ad, so Phil makes a strange 30-second commercial featuring himself as a high-school graduate and Kenny as his father. They finally mention Stuckeybowl in the final seconds of the commercial.

Shirley considers this the best commercial ever. (edit) Jack Fundus, the skywriting king, is named after the show's key grip, Kenneth Fundus. (edit)

Phil: NYPD Blue, baby... Check it out. Give me some Sipowicz... Sipowicz!

NYPD Blue is an ABC police drama and Sipowicz is the detective character played by Dennis Franz.
(edit) "Better Days" (episode title) is a song by The Jayhawks. It was played in this episode. (edit)