# My Name Is Earl - 1/26/05 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793 "2006-01-27T02:11:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/41 "2006-01-27T17:45:18Z")
I am late today on Earl but my wife and I were noticing that Earl’s quest to give his friend, the “Jackass Tries to Rob a Liquor Store With a Crossbow”, a perfect day played out like a video adventure game, including the numerous resets. Catalina and the Pool Cue scene was eye popping. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/42 "2006-01-27T19:23:37Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > Camden, New Jersey, I believe. > > –Cliffy They mention Camden county. The area looks nothing like Camden, NJ, which is a big, not very nice, city surrounded by dense suburbs. We think this is set in Maryland - I believe there have been references to other Maryland cities, (Aberdeen?) and the whole border state trailer trash feel seems right. Not dissing Maryland - my daughter goes to U Maryland, and I like the state. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/43 "2006-01-27T19:28:04Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > They mention Camden county. The area looks nothing like Camden, NJ, which is a big, not very nice, city surrounded by dense suburbs. We think this is set in Maryland - I believe there have been references to other Maryland cities, (Aberdeen?) and the whole border state trailer trash feel seems right. > > Not dissing Maryland - my daughter goes to U Maryland, and I like the state. In any case it hasn’t been defined, ergo “Anytown, USA” is as correct as were probably supposed to get. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/44 "2006-01-27T19:45:14Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > They mention Camden county. The area looks nothing like Camden, NJ, which is a big, not very nice, city surrounded by dense suburbs. We think this is set in Maryland - I believe there have been references to other Maryland cities, (Aberdeen?) and the whole border state trailer trash feel seems right. > > Not dissing Maryland - my daughter goes to U Maryland, and I like the state. The Crab Shack is also very Maryland. It always reminds me of a restaurant in Baltimore called Crabby Dick’s. > [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > “Chubby” is also a slang term for an erection, so I assumed that’s what it meant. How did I make it this far through life without knowing that? :smack: Well, that certainly clears things up. Except for [this](http://www.benjerry.com/our_products/flavor_details.cfm?product_id=26). :eek: ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/45 "2006-01-27T19:52:16Z")
> [@The Weird One](#): > > The Crab Shack is also very Maryland. It always reminds me of a restaurant in Baltimore called Crabby Dick’s. > > How did I make it this far through life without knowing that? :smack: Well, that certainly clears things up. Except for [this](http://www.benjerry.com/our_products/flavor_details.cfm?product_id=26). :eek: You can read that two ways. If you are a wife and keep buying it for your hubby he will get chubby. If you are the hubby and by it for your wife, she might give you a reason to get a chubby. Jim (Should I have posted that?) ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/46 "2006-01-27T20:00:21Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > Was anyone else amused by the extensive search just to sit on the other side of a glass partition from the prisoners, so there wasn’t even an opportunity to pass anything? Yeah, that was a serious security check – even checking in their mouths – and all while they just hold a normal conversation. At least they didn’t get a cavity search (that we know of…!) ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/47 "2006-01-27T20:08:25Z")
Was I the only one who was expecting the newspaper to be more than just a newspaper? I figured it was a clever way for Earl’s friend to trick him into breaking him out as he’d promised, by having his uncle slip a file or something into the newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/48 "2006-01-27T20:10:33Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Yeah, that was a serious security check – even checking in their mouths – and all while they just hold a normal conversation. Wait a second! Did they do the mouth check at the beginning of the episode. Or only at the end of the episode. Presumably after the other prisoner had a chance to carry out the plan with his girlfriend. ---
**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 27, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/49 "2006-01-27T21:09:38Z")
I have to add… Randy’s expression when the other inmate asked Randy if he wanted to “chat” was priceless. Pure comedy gold. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/50 "2006-01-27T21:12:58Z")
Note that “Chubby” (cf. Chubby Checker) could also be the name of the club owner like _Chez Denise_. It would be even more Earl-ish if “Chubby” was a gal. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/51 "2006-01-27T23:06:57Z")
Great episode. It’s also good to see Jonesy getting work since Carnivale’s unfortunate cancallation. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/52 "2006-01-28T01:59:25Z")
Maryland? I thought it was supposed to be Texas. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/53 "2006-01-28T02:07:04Z")
I thought it was in West Springfield. ---
**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 28, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/54 "2006-01-28T02:16:54Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Maryland? I thought it was supposed to be Texas. I got a good look (HDTV) at Earl’s license plate. Black numbers on white background, no state name, no slogan, no year, no sticker. Just plain white. So it looks like they’re deliberately keeping the location vague. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/55 "2006-01-28T05:04:02Z")
The location of the show is vague and I’m sure it’s deliberately so. Also, the country where Catalina comes from is vague. Randy says he spoke “Mexican” to her, but Earl also said she came to the U.S. over water, which wouldn’t follow. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/56 "2006-01-28T05:24:01Z")
I was not only amused by the search at the jail to just chat through a glass partition, but also the fact that when Earl and Randy started wrestling Grandma to give her her eyedrops, the guys just stood there. Hey, their job was to search, and _only_ to search! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/57 "2006-01-28T07:39:42Z")
They’re in Shelbyville. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/58 "2006-01-29T17:08:19Z")
They have been vague about it’s location. They live in Camden County, but in “Stole Beer From A Golfer,” Randy took a bus to Hagerstown to get the dog back. Hagerstown is in Maryland, although there’s no Camden County. There are palm trees around the pool at the motel, but I figured that’s just because they’re filmimg in LA. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/59 "2006-01-29T19:44:08Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > Best episode in quite a while. A lot of great moments (most mentioned above). > > I did think Joy’s language was a bit out of left field. For the most part, the show has been family friendly. Sure there have been some bad words, but not a barrage like that. > > I hope that isn’t the trend. I don’t mind, but I thought the show was working well as an all audiences thing. The first scene of the first episode has Earl & Joy making out in a public rest room. The first bit of dialogue is “You have great breasts, [insert wrong name].” “My name is Joy.” “You have great breasts, Joy.” Joy then has Earl Jr by Darrell/Crabman. And Earl’s first major good deed is helping a gay guy gain the self confidence to find a boyfriend. Not exactly a poster show for “family friendly”. I love the show but if I had wee kids, they’d probably be sent to bed before I watched it. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793/60 "2006-01-30T00:27:06Z")
> [@milquetoast](#): > > It was past tense though. She _worked_ there, not _works_ there. For about a month (back in 1960…) Who the hell builds a strip club in the Marianas Trench? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-26-05/341793.md?page=4)