Title
The Curious Case of Tyler Working at the Stool:
Tom teaches Tyler responsibility by challenging him to get a job.
Season: 1 Episode: 14
Total Episode Count: 14
Prod. no.: 1BQT14
Featuring: Tyler, Tom
Also Appearing: Shubie, Vera, Taylor, Sandals, Lenny, Harold, Gus, Jimmy, Lacey Stapleton, Mrs. Stapleton, Dr. Fist, Fabrizia, Elaine, Mr. Williams, Dick Clark
Plot: When Tom admires Sandals' new hat, Sandals mentions that his son Jimmy bought it for him with the money he earned on his new job at the slaughterhouse. When Tyler asks for a new bike, Tom believes it is time for him to learn some responsibility by earning the money himself. Attempts to find work at the slaughterhouse and the local paper fail to pan out. While Tom takes Tyler to The Broken Stool to collect their thoughts. Tyler's compulsion to clean and organize kicks in when he sees the mess around him and he straightens things out in short order. After also impressing Stool bartender Gus with his business acumen, Tyler is hired. Tyler quickly kills Tom and the gangs buzz when he reveals that Gus never kept the books on their tab but now he is. Tyler takes things further by expanding the business by enforcing a dress code, replacing American Football with European and chases off the gang when he needs their table for paying customers. Attempts to find an alternate hangout fail so Tom decides to get Tyler fired by complaining about him being underage. Tyler recognized the work of this father and plots an elaborate revenge, trimming his eyebrows over a period of several nights, changing his shirts to a smaller size, reworking the heels on his fins and replacing the gang's beer with non-alcoholic brew. When Tom finally loses the last of his eyebrows, he goes to see his doctor who tells him that he has Dipliatory Eyebrowias Alapecia, or DEA for short. The effect of the non-alcoholic beer cause the gang to break into a fight when they find they can't stand each other while sober. Tyler reveals his revenge while the gang are fighter and presents Dr. Fist who was in on the plot. They celebrate the end of the revenge with a round of drink shots.
Vera is in a funk because of being shown up by rich girl Lacey Stapleton and her new dog. After receiving some motherly advice from Shubie to show up LAcey, Vera presents Taylor as her adopted son. Mrs. Stapleton is so impressed that she invites Vera to present him at her fund raising benefit for C.H.O.D.E. - "Caucasian Heroes Offering Dollars Everywhere". At the benefit and at a loss of words, Vera stumbles through her speech, afarid of being found out as a fraud until Taylor appears to steal the spotlight to Vera's relief.
Trivia[]
- TBA
Rating[]
TV-14: DLS