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Episode 1: Phil has been selling Kobe steaks out of the Stuckeybowl snack bar refrigerator, and offers some to new owner Ed.

Episode 2: Phil buys 500 sets of salt and pepper shakers (the "Imperial" model), as well a truckload of napkin holders, in the belief that people will steal them as Stuckeybowl souvenirs.

Episode 5: Phil takes over the production of the first-ever Stuckeybowl commercial (sporting a fake goatee), and although Ed rejects his first ideas for the ad (strippers), he manages to come up with a puzzling 30-second TV spot featuring himself as a wide-eyed high-school graduate and Kenny as his father. The only mention of Stuckeybowl is in the last few seconds. Shirley considers it to be the best commercial ever.

Episode 6: Phil becomes a "bowling sensei" to young prodigy Kevin Schwarz - he renames him "Shazzam Jacobsen", makes him come to the alley every morning at 5 a.m., and makes him gulp "smart drinks" (grape soda). Only problem: Phil can`t bowl a lick.

Episode 7: Phil, with financial assistance from Ed, hoards store-bought turkeys, marks them up to $300, and renames them "Fine Corinthian Turkeys" in the hope of reselling them to unsuspecting Stuckeyvillians.

Episode 8: Ed rejects Phil`s idea of holding cockfights in the Stuckeybowl basement, but "Open Mike Night" goes off without a hitch.

Episode 11: Phil settles on a catch phrase, "Shave my poodle," which he plans to put on lunchboxes and back-to-school items. He even plans a website, www.shavemypoodle.com.

Episode 12: Phil promises to pack Stuckeybowl "tighter than a Brazilian soccer stadium" with Meet the Gang from Happy Days Night. When he can`t hire any of the original cast, he opts for an odd set of "Happy Days" impersonators, including an African-American Fonzie.

Episode 13: Phil tries to get Jessica, Steve, and their bowling partners to give him $100 in exchange for allowing them to sign up for a league.

Episode 14: Phil turns the bowling alley into a Love-a-torium, dedicated to assisting the lonely hearts out there to finding their soulmate.

Episode 16: Phil wants Ed to cut him a percentage of Stuckeybowl`s profits. When Ed refuses, Phil engages in a variety of schemes to make Ed want to give him a share. He listens to self-improvement tapes and dresses up like Ed. Finally Ed consents to give Phil a cut of the shoe rental profits.

Episode 17: Phil interviews a gaggle of young, attractive women to replace Shirley in the snack bar. When Ed refuses to hire anyone new, Phil takes on his preferred candidate as an intern.

Episode 18: Phil organizes a concert with the townspeople of Stuckeyville (including Jessica, Donna, Gavin, Chuck, and other characters not seen for a while) to gather at Stuckeybowl and perform a song he wrote in honor of soon-to-retire music teacher Mrs. G. He gets the president of the board of ed. and the principal to attend the concert, but ultimately, the endeavor fails, simply because there isn`t enough money to keep Mrs. G on.

Episode 19: Phil coordinates Ari and Barbara`s wedding, calling in favors from all his friends around town. Though he does it for free, he insists that only Ed and Carol know this and keep it to themselves, so as not to destroy any other potentially lucrative schemes to come his way.

Episode 20: Phil tells Harry he "knows a guy" who can get the generic brand of hexamyacin--the guy turns out to be Mike Burton. Molly later spies Phil at the MENSA meeting, pretending to be Dr. Sittula and amazing a pretty young woman with his speculations about M.C. Escher. Phil also does his best to help Stuckeybowl become architecturally significant by trying to install flying buttresses.

Episode 21: Phil organizes Vegas night to bring business into the bowling alley.

Episode 22: Phil decides to try out for VH1`s latest program, Outragiacs. Kenny and Shirley follow him around town, videotaping his "outrageous" antics. The pinnacle of his outrageousness comes when he has himself crowned king of the junior prom. He is accepted as a finalist for the program.

Episode 23: Phil purchases a pony before leaving for New York. The pony later comes in handy as a bribe to the health inspector who wants to shut Stuckeybowl down.

Episode 24: Phil`s attempts at becoming a master magician fall flat. When he attempts to levitate, the woman watching him notices that his feet never leave the floor. The women catch him and Kenny cheating at the card trick he attempts. Phil even becomes claustrophobic after 8 seconds of being shut in a plexiglass box.

Episode 25: Phil is on the hunt for a missing bowling ball. He and Kenny use metal detectors to attempt to trace the metallic paint used in the balls decorations. They also unleash a pack of dogs (bloodhounds were too expensive) to try and have them sniff out the ball. In the end, Phil shows Ed that the ball has actually broken in half, and he is stalling for time while a new "Devastator" is made for Donny.

Episode 27: Phil searches for the snitch as Stuckeybowl`s "Guess how many gumballs are in the bowl?" contest has 22 correct entries. Despite putting pressure on Kenny and Shirley, neither will confess. In the end, it turns out the answer is clearly visible when the lights are dimmed for discobowling.

Episode 29: Phil gets Kenny and Shirley to dress up and they go through Stuckeyville pretending to be professional parade organizers, claiming to have organized the Macy`s Thanksgiving Parade. Their attempts at getting local businessmen to sign up to participate in the parade tank, and Ed takes over.

Episode 31: Phil wants to host "Christmas on Jupiter" as the theme to Stuckeybowl`s holiday party, complete with mutant reindeer and a two headed, laser emitting Santa Claus. Ed quickly vetoes this idea. During the charity event, Phil sets up a booth "Do It With Phil" (to counter the "Kiss Shirley" booth) which receives not one customer.

Episode 32: Phil picks up a book on body language and decides he can read people by their posture, facial expressions, etc. He guesses that Ed is Dutch and that Gary Saringo owns a hamster, both of which are of course incorrect.

Episode 33: Phil and Kenny decide to put Stuckeyville on the map by creating a food, a`la Buffalo, New York`s Buffalo Wings.

Episode 34: Phil plans a Dean Martin-style roast for a young Stuckeyvillian`s birthday party. Despite Ed`s objections, the party is a big success and a good time is had by all.

Episode 35: Phil becomes convinced that he can get Molly to give him a free ride through her class. She refuses to take the bait and insists that Phil buckle down and get to work, like the rest of the adults in her class. He refuses, so she corners him at Stuckeybowl and puts him to work. He manages to "pass" his first test, and as a result, decides to see the course through.

Episode 37: Phil attempts to use the trucking crisis to Stuckeybowl`s advantage. He markets beaded seat covers and other niceties to the truckers as they pass. He sets up a chapel in the pro-shop to meet the trucker`s spiritual needs. Despite the fact that he claims he is making a mint off these guys, Ed insists he close up operations, as the trucks are ruining Stuckeyville.

Episode 38: Ed asks Phil to hire a clown in order to make Stuckeybowl more kid-friendly. With the assistance of Kenny, Phil runs a vigorous clown interviewing camp, requiring applicants to make funny noises, pile into a small car, fall over, and other clown-esque activities. In the end, he finally selects one applicant, but then remains skeptical that he chose the right clown for the job.

Episode 39: Phil goes off to see if Roy Rogers is really dead, believing it to be a scheme to drum up business for the restaurant chain.

Episode 40: Phil decides to unionize the group at Stuckeybowl when Ed refuses to let him steal food from the snack bar for his personal use. He tries to convince Kenny and Shirley to join him, but they both refuse. He attempts to get hooked up with the AFL-CIO, but they don`t fall for it. Finally, he hires picketers from Home Depot, and Ed relents, giving him the left over hot dogs from each night.

Episode 42: Phil decides to promote a big fight in Stuckeyville, transforming himself into a Don King-like personality. He finds 2 dock workers, Roy and Carl, to become his boxing champs and gives them personas; Roy becomes Deadly Roy, the "good guy"; Carl becomes "The Irish Prince", a Russian born bred-for-boxing machine. He hypes the Phil Stubbs Weekly Boxing Series and draws a crowd at Stuckeybowl for the fight, where Roy and Carl`s lack of boxing experience is painfully evident. Phil is left with an empty house.

Episode 44: Phil puts in a bid to enter the talent show as a unicycle riding juggler. When it comes down to it, he hires a "stunt double" to perform the trick for him, figuring no one will notice the guy looks little like him. Phil loses the prize to his own stunt double.

Episode 46: In a bid to get Eli fired, Phil installs a petting zoo in the bowling alley.

Episode 47: Phil challenges Eli to a basketball duel over Ed`s office, while the vacationing Bosco is away. After unclaiming Eli has an unfair advantage, being able to sit during the entire game, Phil tries a wheelchair for himself. He later hires a physical therapist, Irene, and eventually builds himself a very tall wheelchair in order to gain an advantage.

Episode 48: When Phil learns that Curtis and Desmond are splitting up, he decides to attempt to bedazzle them with his own comedy material, hoping to be chosen by one to replace the other. Unfortunately his humor falls largely flat, both on the dueling DJs and the audience itself.

Episode 50: Phil decides to follow the good example of Eli and Ed and become a model employee--in to work early, bustling about doing his job. When Ed asks him to help organize Dennis`s bachelor party, he initially asks for help from a guy who owns a petting zoo. However, soon enough the real Phil shines through and a booming bachelor party full of strippers is in full swing.

Episode 52: Phil challenges Eli to Scrabble and if Eli loses, he must call the girl of his dreams and ask her out. Unfortunately, Phil loses the best of 7 tournament and his last 48 dollars to Eli.

Episode 54: Phil attempts to become Sam`s Hoagies`s "Jared Fogle" in the Subway tradition. His bid is rejected.

Episode 56: Mike hires Phil to loudly berate Dr. Jerome for a medical "mistake" in front of his other patients.

Episode 59: Phil learns that the Happy Birthday song is copyrighted and the people owning the copyright get roughly two million dollars per year when the song is used in movies and the like. He decides he will write a new birthday song and capitalize on it.

Episode 61: Phil convinces Ed to allow him to become President of the United States in the dream. He fires his stodgy vice president and replaces her with Mindy, a Victoria`s Secret model and decides to bomb Canada.

Episode 63: Phil decides he and Eli should be featured as an example of racial harmony in an issue of the Stuckeyville Progress. He manages to get Shirley to take pictures of him and Eli, who insists he wants no part in this scheme. Phil convinces the Progress`s editor to come into the bowling alley, but the editor is more interested in the story of Eli`s recovery than he is in Phil`s proposal.

Episode 65: Phil tries to ingratiate himself with film star Michael Winslow, in Stuckeyville to shoot a movie. He prepares what he thinks is a tray of food fit for a Hollywood bigwig. Despite Winslow`s insistence that he does have an agent, Phil brushes that aside in his attempt to get in good with the star.

Episode 66: Phil attempts to get a major fireworks show for Stuckeybowl`s anniversary from a reputable source for a grand total of 50 dollars. When he doesn`t get anywhere, he goes to the internet black market for all the materials he needs.

Episode 67: Phil interviews potential candidates to replace Frankie in the law office, including a woman who has no legal experience, but who Phil hires on the basis of her looks.

Episode 68: Phil passes himself off as a major VIP on Benny`s documentary. In addition to solving matters of national security, he poses as a man about town, but his cover is blown when he is stuck up in a tree after rescuing Shirley`s kite, and requires the assistance of the fire department to get down.

Episode 69: Phil becomes Warren`s first talk show guest when Warren shoots his pilot episode. Later, he tries to pass himself off as jockey material to Ed and Mike.

Episode 70: Eli enlists Phil`s help to get Jenny-fair out of the bowling alley. Phil pretends to be an aide to the mayor, and Jenny-fair falls for it, leaving the bowling alley. This opens the door for Eli to go into mass production of pie making.

Episode 71: Phil plans a funeral for Mr. William Fish, a bowler who was known for lobbing the ball down the lanes instead of the typical fluid bowling motion. When Fish dies on lane 6, and no family is located, Phil takes over the task of giving Mr. Fish a fond farewell, perhaps seeing something of himself in the deceased old man.

Episode 73: Phil`s attempt to scare away a prospective Stuckeybowl buyer backfires, when the buyer finds the Halloween-type pranks charming.

Episode 80: When Eli refuses to get him an audition for his proposed radio show about paranormal activity in Stuckeyville, Phil waits until Eli is occupied and sneaks into the broadcast booth and begins doing the show ?Beyond the Unknown?, with Shirley as his on-air guest. Unfortunately, Stuckeyville never got to enjoy the program because Phil and Shirley were quickly pre-empted by a test of the Emergency Broadcast System.

Episode 82: To help Lloyd evade capture, Phil provides him with fake travel documents (consisting of Phil?s cousin?s passport) and a disguise (consisting of black dye for Lloyd?s hair and beard, and a pair of dark sunglasses).

Episode 83: Phil, down to his last $12, spends one of them to purchase a ticket in the upcoming Mega Winnings lottery drawing. Even though, as Eli points out to him, this one dollar represents more than 8% of his entire net worth. When the merchant refuses to take back his original ticket and sell him one with the "correct" numbers, Eli buys the first ticket from him. Neither win.


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