# My Name Is Earl, 1/18 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537 "2007-01-19T01:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/21 "2007-01-19T14:42:36Z")
Not one of their best, and a definite letdown after last week’s deliriously funny “My Name is Randy… My Name is Joy… My Name is Crabman” show, but there were some good lines. The TwoP reference, and Catalina and the strippers showing up for the wake, were my favorite bits. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/22 "2007-01-19T17:40:56Z")
“I was going to say creepy and insane” “No, I’ll do it, I need the money. I get sued a lot.” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/23 "2007-01-19T18:29:28Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I don’t post over at TwoP, although I do get some of the recaps, but I’m sure they’re going nuts over there with the shout out. Does anyone have a link to a thread over there? They don’t recap MNIE, so I don’t know where to look. [/QUOTE] [Here](http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3129222&st=2625) is the thread at TwoP. If I’ve linked correctly, then at the top of the page should be a post by **whojackie** , which is apparently the character Josh’s handle. It looks like the My Name is Earl writers had been planning on this joke for a while, since \*\*whojackie \*\* has been posting since 2005 (including one post about how he has a murphy bed and had scared of dying in it). ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/24 "2007-01-19T18:43:45Z")
Oh, damn, that is too fricking cool! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/25 "2007-01-19T19:40:29Z")
The Earl writers sure aren’t resting on their laurels. (They do have laurels, don’t they?) The Cops episode, the My Name Is episode, the boys in Mexico retrieving Catalina, and now the Murphy bed/connected guy. I’m awed. I know it’s only TV, but I’m still awed. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/26 "2007-01-19T19:50:42Z")
When I saw this thread I thought of Joy _immediately_: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8168513#post8168513](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8168513#post8168513) ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/27 "2007-01-19T21:01:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sam Lowry] [Here](http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3129222&st=2625) is the thread at TwoP. If I’ve linked correctly, then at the top of the page should be a post by **whojackie** , which is apparently the character Josh’s handle. It looks like the My Name is Earl writers had been planning on this joke for a while, since \*\*whojackie \*\* has been posting since 2005 (including one post about how he has a murphy bed and had scared of dying in it). [/QUOTE] I’ve been following that thread all day and just got to the post where “Joy” posts from “Josh’s” computer (which Joy is keeping so the boys can look at porn when they turn 14) to announce that Josh is dead. “Crabman” posted under that username today, too. Joy also asks us geeks if we know how she can play Ms. Pac Man on the computer and gives an email address: [whojackie@gmail.com](mailto:whojackie@gmail.com). Someone reportedly sent an email to that address and supposedly got a reply from Greg Garcia. I don’t know how much cross-board talking we can do here, so I’ll leave it at that. What a great joke for the internet geeks! I love it! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/28 "2007-01-19T21:09:37Z")
[Here](http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=3129222&view=findpost&p=6875703)’s the link to “Joy”'s post. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/29 "2007-01-19T21:13:02Z")
Oh, and then Crabman posts soon after. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/30 "2007-01-19T22:27:22Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] [Here](http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=3129222&view=findpost&p=6875703)’s the link to “Joy”'s post. 😃 [/QUOTE] Oh, my God. Greg Garcia and team must be having a field day, and the TWoP folks are just peeing all over themselves with “joy.” Apparently they set up the joke back in November with a guy posting about how his Murphy bed scared him. _Bravo!_ I’m jealous. I want a shout-out now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/31 "2007-01-19T22:29:19Z")
[Wait a minute…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352919) are WE being set up??? Did we not post enough in response to warrant a shout out??? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/32 "2007-01-19T22:29:21Z")
Well, if you send a message via e-mail, GG is responding in person (or by proxy, I suppose), according to those at TWOP who’ve tried it… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/33 "2007-01-19T23:57:02Z")
The responses are funny as hell. Reading them is as good as watching deleted scenes. I wonder if anyone will tell Joy that Crabman is in the witness protection program. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/34 "2007-01-20T00:08:00Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] The responses are funny as hell. Reading them is as good as watching deleted scenes. I wonder if anyone will tell Joy that Crabman is in the witness protection program. [/QUOTE] They already covered that. She was so pissed off that he wouldn’t tell her about it she rented a billboard with his real name and face on it. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537/35 "2007-01-20T00:27:42Z")
:smack: I forgot all about that. It’s a bitch, getting this old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-18/388537.md?page=1)