Writer:	Jon Beckerman, Rob Burnett
Director:	Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Star:	Josh Randall (Mike Burton),  Thomas Cavanagh (Ed Stevens),  Julie Bowen (Carol Vessey),  Jana Marie Hupp (Nancy Burton),  Lesley Boone (Molly Hudson),  Michael Ian Black (Phil Stubbs),  Rachel Cronin (Shirley Pifko),  Daryl "Chill" Mitchell (Eli Cartwright Goggins III (Episodes 45-83)),  Justin Long (Warren P. Cheswick),  Michael R. Genadry (Mark Vanacore (Episodes 45-83, recurring previously)),  Ginnifer Goodwin (Diane Snyder (Episodes 45-55, recurring previously))
Guest Star:	Kelly Ripa (Jennifer Bradley),  Dena Atlantic (Vivian Ghanda)

Featured Music:
"Buckets Of Rain" by Bob Dylan
"Jenifa (Taught Me)" by De La Soul (edit)

Eli (when Ed threatens to fire him and Phil): You ain't gonna fire no brother in a wheelchair!
Phil: Or a very, very light skinned brother who's allergic to cat dander. (edit) Ed (to Carol): You came at me with teeth bared, foaming at the mouth, like a rabid badger! (edit) Carol (to Ed): You won't just leave me alone to let me live my life. (edit) Phil (about Ed and Carol): He dressed up as Robin Hood, threw pancakes at her window, and then the two of them went at it like a couple of crazed basset hounds, no? (edit) Ed: I'm going to proceed to pummell Mike with my bare fists till the soul rises from his body, then I'm going to grab his soul by the neck and start giving it open handed slaps... (edit)

Phil's Scheme: Phil decides to be more like Ed and Eli and becomes a model employee. He comes in early and does as much work as he can. Ed asks him to plan Dennis' bachelor party. Acting unlike himself, Phil goes to get help from a guy who owns a petting zoo. It doesn't take long for the real Phil to come back and he organizes a huge bachelor party full of strippers. (edit)

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