Written by Scott Jacobson, the episode sees the Belcher children—Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman), and Louise (Kristen Schaal)—discovering a lump of ambergris, which they decide to sell illegally with the assistance of former bank robber and family friend Mickey (guest voiced by Bill Hader) upon discovering its high monetary value.
Club and Paste were generally complimentary towards its humor and plot lines, with the latter review giving particular praise to Galifianakis' guest role as Felix Fischoeder.
Meanwhile, Felix takes over the restaurant's bathroom renovations, leading to a disastrous unveiling party where the plumbing doesn't work and the design confuses guests.
Directors: Don MacKinnon and Bernard Dirriman Writers: Loren Bouchard, Jim Dauterive, and Scott Jacobson Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, and Eugene Mirman Runtime: 21 minutes[1] "Ambergris" first aired in the United States on April 20, 2014 on Fox, as a part of the Animation Domination programming block.
[5] Ham was complimentary of Zach Galifianikis' guest performance as Felix, writing that he "does a great job playing this whole thing with some of the subtlety he brought to the otherwise unsubtle Due Date.