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"Know it all Ed" is the first episode of the second season of the animated comedy television series Ed, Edd n Eddy. It originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States on November 26, 1999 as a half-hour together with "Dear Ed". The series follows Ed (voiced by Matt Hill), Edd "Double D" (voiced by Samuel Vincent) and Eddy (voiced by Tony Sampson), three adolescent boys collectively known as "the Eds", unofficially lead by Eddy, who live in a suburban cul-de-sac.

In "Know it all Ed", the Eds find a box of turkey basters in the junkyard and re-sell them as imported Canadian squirt guns. Series creator Danny Antonucci directed the episode and co-wrote it with Jono Howard. It was met with positive reactions from reviewers. It is available as part of various DVD and digital releases.

Plot
The Eds discover a box full of turkey basters while fooling around and having fun at the junkyard. Edd tries to explain to Ed and Eddy what these are. Ed claims that these are alien exploratory probes dropped off to conserve fuel during a mutiny of pulsating brain mutants, while Eddy claims they are imported Canadian squirt guns. Edd is annoyed while Ed and Eddy missuse and fool around with the basters, and suddenly Eddy comes up with the scam re-selling the squirt guns to their cul-de-sac peers.

The Eds find the children in the lane, playing in a make-do bowling alley. The Eds demonstrate their product and the children are highly impressed and stampede towards the sales counter at "Double D's House of Import-Exports", buying the guns and other gadgets, filling up Eddy's jar with quarters. Eddy decides that they must keep the profit coming, and Eddy becomes "Marshall Eddy" and Edd "Double Deputy D". The two walk around the cul-de-sac, "ticketing" the children for the most minor, made up offenses. The fed-up children refuse to pay their fines; suddenly, Jonny and Plank's runaway wagon bounds through the lane and crashes into a tree. a tied-up Jonny crawls out, saying that they were set upon by something evil that sprayed them with perfume. Eddy claims that this happened because of the children refusing to pay their fees, and the children quickly cough up money to cover it. Eddy is happy until his money jar is ripped from his hands by Lee Kanker. The Eds reach into their pockets for his squirt guns, but find that they have been stolen. The Kanker Sisters, also the outlaws who plagued Jonny and Plank, arrive. The Eds try to run away, but the Kankers lasso and spray them with perfume before leaving.

Eddy swears revenge and the Eds free themselves and head out to the construction site, where are a battle between the Eds and the Kankers. The Eds try to squirt the Kankers with water, but when they run out of "ammunition", release they hadn't hit the Kankers even once. The Eds are frightened, but when the Kankers stop firing, Eddy is happy to see that the Kankers only hit their feet. Unfortunately, the guns were loaded rubber cement, glueing the Eds feet to the floor, rendering them powerless against the Kankers' kissing.

Production
After the first season performed "remarkably well" in Nielsen ratings, Ed, Edd n Eddy became one of the top-rated series on Cartoon Network, urging the studio to quickly order a second season of the show for a November 1999 broadcast date. "Know It all Ed" premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on November 26, 1999 together with "Dear Ed" as a half hour.

Created in the same year as its initial airing, "Know it all Ed" was first announced in a Take One article by Cartoon Network executive Linda Simensky, in which she wrote: "Will Canadians ever get to see the 'Canadian Squirt Gun' episode in season two?" It was directed by creator Danny Antonucci, co-written by Antonucci and Jono Howard, storyboarded by "Big" Jim Miller and Jason Surridge, and scored by series composer Patric Caird.

Reception
"Know it all Ed" was met with positive reactions from critics. David Cornelius of DVD Talk considered it one of five "highlight" episodes of season two. Dennis Prince of DVD Verdict scored the episoded with three-point-five out of five "jawbreakers".

The episode is featured on the Edifying Ed-Ventures DVD volume, released on May 10, 2005, and on the The Complete Second Season DVD, was released on April 24, 2007 both purchasable on Amazon.com and the Cartoon Network Shop. It is also available for download on the iTunes Store, where it can be bought separately, or as a part of season 2. It can also be streamed through Netflix.