Naturally, it's the voice of Steve. He's gone to the trouble of mounting speakers on his car to humiliate his brother further. Jamie hollers that he's abusing the restraining order, and Steve says, "Screw the restraining order!" Jamie gets huffy and almost hyperventilates, telling Ed that he is now going to sue his brother. He wants it all -- he wants to recoup the damages, he wants emotional damages, the works. Ed tells him he'll take care of it. Jamie tucks the hot dog into one of his chins for consumption later and storms off.
Back at the bowling alley, Phil is quizzing the young lovebirds to make sure they're fully prepared for the big day. He whether they've had their blood tests yet. They say that they plan on going to the clinic later that day. Phil, always the gentleman, says they can bypass the clinic and go see an old summer-camp buddy of his who works at a filling station and will fix them right up. Now that cracked me up. A greasy mechanic performing a blood test on these kids...that's comedy, kids. Ed and Carol walk up and say hi, Phil tells the kids to "beep [him]" about the blood test. Ari tells Ed and Carol that they've come up with the best idea: they're going to have Colonel Sanders be Ari's best man. Carol asks, "Isn't he dead?" and Ari says, "No. You're thinking of Arthur Treacher." That's two shining examples in a row of why Ed is such a great show: the blood-testing mechanic and the dumb kid who thinks Colonel Sanders will accompany him to the altar.
In his office, Ed says he doesn't think he can go through this and have anything to do with this wedding. Ed then goes on and on about how dumb this whole thing is and that the kids should wait. Jesus, Ed...we get it. You've now given exactly the same speech about four times in this episode already. The kids aren't taking the act of marriage as seriously as you would like. 10-4, you smarmy bastard. WE GET IT. Carol says that Ed's missing the point. The point is that it's not a bad thing to want Colonel Sanders at your wedding. It's a bad thing if only one of you wants the Colonel at your wedding. Phil struts in, saying that the kids got to him. He let down his guard and they nabbed him. He's agreed to take care of the catering free of charge. And if either one of them repeats that, he will get them. There are people in this town that must believe that Phil Stubbs is a "soulless merchant of fear." Ed snickers, but Phil flashes that soulless merchant of fear look. Ed's chuckles taper off when he realizes that Phil's serious.













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