Bottom of the Food Chain

**Bottom of the Food Chain**is episode 14a of Edward and Eric. It premiered on Kids' WB on February 27, 1999.

## Synopsis

Bill and Paul compete with each other on who can impress the renowned food critic, Mac Donald.

## Cast

* Mark DeCarlo as Paul
* Clancy Brown as Bill
* Gordon Ramsay as Mac Donald
* Andrew Rannells as Edward
* Josh Peck as Eric
* Mike Pollock as Principal Walker
* Gary Sauls as Constantinos
* Edward Felker as Stanley
* Grey DeLisle as Sierra and Whitney

Although Joey doesn't physically appear, he is mentioned by Eric in the beginning.

## Trivia

* This episode is available to watch on the Shaggy Dog Story DVD and The Complete Second Season box set.
	+ Outside of the United States, it's on the Misadventures in the West DVD as opposed to the former.
* Although this episode premiered in 1999, the copyright date at the end of the credits is 1998.
* Bill dumping Mac Donald’s corpse into the East River is a reference to how a lot of dead bodies are dumped there.
* When Joey is a Big Fat Dummy premiered, this episode was paired up with it.
	+ Some TV guides still consider them sister episodes, listing them as "Joey is a Big Fat Dummy/Bottom of the Food Chain".
* This episode marks the first usage of Now You've Done It's second version.

## Transcript

(The episode opens in Pearson Pizza's kitchen, where Edward and Eric are volunteering. Edward sniffs a pepperoni and sighs, then he puts it on a pizza. Suddenly, we hear a whale's mating call)

**Edward:**Eric, did you hear that?

**Eric:**Beats me.

**Edward:**It sounds like the most hopeless sound ever.

**Eric:**You sure that wasn't Joey?

(Camera pans to Breault Burgers, and it fades into Bill's office, where Bill is counting the monthly profit on a chart)

**Bill:**NO! It can't be! The amount of customers have been lowering ever since February started! (weeps) I just don't know what the big deal is. Our only competition is down the street, where Pearson Pizza is. (groans) I just know that darned Paul is up to somethin'! (grunts even more)

**Whitney:**(walks in) Calm down, Bill, I already told you no more laxatives.

**Bill:**Oh, just leave me be, Whitney. We're low on customers.

**Whitney:**Haven't you considered, you know, cleaning the place up a little?

**Bill:**Well, yes, (he digs into his ear and pulls out a calendar from it, then he flips to September and points at the 25th) but only because Mac Donald is visiting Lakeside today!

**Whitney:**Who?

**Bill:**MAC DONALD! Why, he's the most important food critic the country has ever known!

(Cut to Pearson Pizza, making it feel like Paul just said exactly what Bill said)

**Paul:**And if I don't make him the best pizza, he'll give me a bad review and say how I used so much oil the U.S. will be out for me!

**Edward:**(salutes) Don't worry, we'll have this place set up in a jiffy.

(Cut to Bill "cleaning up" his restaurant. Instead of throwing out the trash, he just adds another trash bag to an empty trash can near the filled one)

**Bill:**All better! Right before he- (suddenly, we see a cab pulling up) HAS THE CHANCE TO ARRIVE!

(In the kitchen, Stanley and Sierra are constantly pushing each other)

**Stanley:**Oh yeah?

**Sierra:**Yeah!

**Stanley:**Oh yeah?

**Sierra:**Yeah!

**Bill:**(bursts in) RED ALERT! MAC DONALD IS COMING! (zips off)

**Stanley:**Wait, what were we fighting over?

**Sierra:**No idea, but I'm still gonna kill you.

**Stanley:**After we fix this up.

(In the blink of an eye, Stanley prepares a mountain of freshly-cooked cheeseburgers and cleans up the entire dining area. Sierra adds a piano to the dining area and gets rid of the insects near the kitchen)

**Bill:**Now listen, we want to impress Mac Donald, so I want both of you to show me some love and respect.

**Stanley:**NOW you're asking for those?

**Sierra:**Over my dead body.

(The door opens, and the siblings run faster than Usain Bolt needing to take a dump. Stanley goes behind the front desk. Sierra ends up running so fast that she accidentally trips and lands in the oven, which automatically shuts on her)

**Sierra:**Uh oh.

(The oven turns on)

(We see a shot of Mac Donald at the front door. He has an indifferent expression, and carefully walks in)

**Bill:**Welcome to Breault Burgers, home of the Breault Burger! (chuckles) Just in case you didn't get tha- (Mac Donald walks past him and his finger and nose deflate)

(He walks up to the counter and pulls up one finger)

**Stanley:**I'm not deaf - I don't speak sign language.

(He is still holding up his finger)

**Stanley:**Hey! Put that down or I'll snap it!

**Bill:**(whispering) He WANTS a normal burger.

(Stanley grunts and throws a cheeseburger onto a plate. He tosses the plate to a table with perfect aiming)

**Stanley:**There.