Malcolm & Eddie - Season 1 Episode 18

Because of a cross town competitor's success in luring customers, Malcolm and Eddie decide to produce a television ad for their businesses. To create the commercial, they hire noted director Johnny Beaumont. Only once he gets started, Malcolm and Eddie find that that Johnny doesn't want them in it. Meanwhile, as Nicolette takes on her sister Tamika as a roommate, Tim wants Danielle to move out, but cannot find the nerve to ask her. When Love Boat star Ted Lange and TV legend Ed McMahon are hired as spokesmen, Malcolm and Eddie express their reservations about not being allowed to appear, too. So when Johnny up and quits the project, Lange and McMahon aren't far behind. However, in their attempt to create an ad with broad appeal, Malcolm and Eddie attract a new clientele. And only after it's too late does Malcolm find that he's now the proprietor of a gay bar. Although he and Eddie struggle to find a away out of their predicament, the money they make convinces them that the change may be for the better. But when they try to take further advantage of their new situation by hiring Tim to perform in drag, the two discover that their notions about homosexuality are way off target. Finally, as the bar loses its gay clientele just as quickly as it found them, Tim tries putting off Danielle with his cross dressing, only to have her offer to find him some better clothes.