# My Name Is Earl 1/12/06 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761 "2006-01-13T02:40:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/21 "2006-01-13T14:14:46Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > I know it was probably purely coincidence, or good editing, but when Randy was trying to make the turtle yawn, the turtle kinda looked at the camera like “See the shit I hafta put up with?” 🙂 Did you notice that Randy’s yawn made Crabman yawn? I was thinking Earl was going to start, too. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/22 "2006-01-13T14:15:40Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > I loved when the fake bake wife came out of the tanning bed and Randy went running. Hell, I almost went running when she came out. She was almost anorexic and quite frightening. “Does karma have feet, Earl?” That reminds me of the Dana Carvey stand-up bit about his kids. His kids have been driving him nuts all day, and finally one looks at him with Big Puppy-Dog Eyes and asks, “Daddy, does God have feet?” and he melts from the cuteness, all the irritation melting away. I wonder if this will be a turning point for the show, with Earl realizing that he may be the instrument of karma, and he doesn’t have to stand back and take everything. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/23 "2006-01-13T14:54:32Z")
Fists of Karma. Damn! That was harsh! Deserved, but harsh! Great episode. Most of the funny lines have been mentioned. The World’s Greatest Lover Mug (“That’s mine!”) and Earl thinking Karma might have short-changed the boss at the urinal were great. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/24 "2006-01-13T15:59:06Z")
Did anyone else think the manager’s “World’s Greatest Lover” wife was going to seduce Earl (or vice versa) when he showed up at the house, and that would be Earl’s revenge? ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/25 "2006-01-13T16:05:41Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Have you watched The Office or Scrubs? Those are the other two fine sitcoms on these days, aside from Earl, and NBC has all three of them. Arrested Development was great too, but Fox finally pulled the plug after 2 1/2 seasons of critical acclaim and low ratings. I like Scrubs (Zach is yummy), but The Office just never grew on me. I’m not sure why. Perhaps it’s all the shouting? The asshole boss? The staff’s neuroses? It’s just a bit too much like real life to be funny. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/26 "2006-01-13T16:26:52Z")
Catalina, who is one of my favorite characters, didn’t have much to do this ep, but she did have that one good line about her uncle who had a nice house and hot wife, but then they found out that they both had mold in the basement. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/27 "2006-01-13T16:50:27Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > …Karma might have short-changed the boss at the urinal were great. And what the HELL was that about blowing on it??? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/28 "2006-01-13T16:59:23Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > And what the HELL was that about blowing on it??? That’s the kind of quality that earns you a “World’s Best Bottom” mug in appreciation. Duh. I also liked Randy’s anticipation and joy over the bun that was used to wipe off Earl’s forehead mayo. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/29 "2006-01-13T17:26:45Z")
Great episode, but I missed something: How did the punch reveal the boss as an adulterer? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/30 "2006-01-13T17:31:26Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > Great episode, but I missed something: > > How did the punch reveal the boss as an adulterer? Both his side-item and his wife (entree?) showed up at the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/31 "2006-01-13T17:43:39Z")
It was fun to see the usually likeable Jon Favreau as a scumbag (can you really think of another role where he was not a decent guy? Even in Very Bad Things…). I really bought it. ---
**Author:** ![ScoobyTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@ScoobyTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScoobyTX)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/32 "2006-01-13T20:56:03Z")
Anyone know why Jon Favreau has put on ~100 lbs lately? It took me quite a while to recognize him. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/33 "2006-01-13T20:59:57Z")
Jon Favreau has always been a big guy. He had to lose weight for _Swingers_ ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/34 "2006-01-13T21:06:46Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > “World’s Best Bottom” == dirtiest joke in prime time in my memory 😃 You don’t watch “Arrested Development”, do you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/35 "2006-01-14T02:37:21Z")
> [@ScoobyTX](#): > > Anyone know why Jon Favreau has put on ~100 lbs lately? It took me quite a while to recognize him. I think part of it is that he’s been doing more producing and directing than acting for the past few years, so there’s less importance attached to his appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/36 "2006-01-14T04:00:35Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > You don’t watch “Arrested Development”, do you? 😉 For example: Analrapist = analyst + therapist ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/37 "2006-01-14T20:06:37Z")
I liked this episode too, but the funniest part for us was the end-credits pillow talk about why Bill is a nickname for William. It was especially funny because me and my husband had that _exact same conversation_ while going to sleep the night before. Yeah, “World’s Best Bottom” was dirty (and funny), but not nearly as dirty as an average episode of _Arrested Development_. “I need to save my moisture!” ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-12-06/339761/38 "2006-01-15T01:05:16Z")
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