# My Name Is Earl- 1/4/07 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769 "2007-01-05T01:28:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/41 "2007-01-06T05:41:10Z")
That was a great “Earl.” Tim Stack is my god, though he got his IMDB count wrong: he’s at an even 100 NOT counting that show AND counting TWO entries for his “Quincy” two-parter. That reminds me–Channel 23 has dropped “Wild, Wild West” and has “Quincy” at noon tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/42 "2007-01-06T05:43:11Z")
Oh, and an “unknown number” of “Night Stand” puts him well past 100. Still, he’s not on TV enough. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/43 "2007-01-06T07:06:53Z")
[QUOTE=Antonius Block] **Miss Purl McKnittington** , we know that she [speaks Bengali](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_characters_on_My_Name_Is_Earl). So, my guess is that it’s something to do with the [Kama Sutra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamasutra) (admittedly not originally written in Bengali, but by the time it makes it to Camden County, who knows what translations it may have gone through?). Or, it’s a Masters in Daytime Hookerin’. [/QUOTE] Hmm, Bengali? I’ll assume her masters is in cultural anthropology, with a focus on courtship rituals and sexuality in the ancient world. Or gymnastics. “I still got one free hand!” ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/44 "2007-01-06T09:15:21Z")
I just got done watching it. GREAT SHOW. [QUOTE=Asgardking] Only complaint is no Catalina. [/QUOTE] It was several years back. They didn’t live at the motel yet so they didn’t know her. Of course, they could have fit her in the background of a scene. > [@Menocchio](#): > > ``` > Crabman's backstory is bizarre. There seems to be two contradictory lines. Either he's a local ne'erdowell thrown out of his grandmother's for growing pot (as seen in the pilot), or he's in the witness protection program (as seen in Y2K). They reference them both and don't make any attempt to reconcile the two. It's like two writers are fighting with each over it. It's great. I hope they never resolve it. > > ``` Crabmans Grandmother (to cop): Now, you can hear it on the other side of the apartment. We just moved to town and I haven’t gotten a good nights sleep yet. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/45 "2007-01-06T14:19:14Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] And I thought they wouldn’t have passed up the chance to foreshadow her _permanently_ standing on one leg. [/QUOTE] Thing is, that actress, Tracy Ashton, only has one leg, so the problem would be realistically showing her on two legs. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/46 "2007-01-06T16:24:41Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] Thing is, that actress, Tracy Ashton, only has one leg, so the problem would be realistically showing her on two legs. [/QUOTE] You mean, they’d have to, like, find a prosthetic leg with [a cosmetic cover](http://www.liberatingtech.com/products/RSLSteeper_SKINERGY_Silicone_Leg_Covers.asp)? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/47 "2007-01-06T16:45:01Z")
The show has never said the one-legged girl lost a leg as a result of anything Earl did or anything about how or why she only has one leg. Earl’s list item is that he “stole a car from a one-legged girl,” not that he had anything to do with her losing the leg. She could have been born that way for all we know. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/48 "2007-01-06T17:02:47Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] “I still got one free hand!” [/QUOTE] I loved the reason she was in the soda machine. Cop: Got your hand stuck again, Patty? Patty: No, but I’ve got an appointment with a guy who likes dead people. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/49 "2007-01-06T18:34:13Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] I loved the reason she was in the soda machine. Cop: Got your hand stuck again, Patty? Patty: No, but I’ve got an appointment with a guy who likes dead people. [/QUOTE] Thank you. I watched the episode twice, and could not understand what she was saying either time. And the second, I paid attention because I knew it was some sort of punchline. ---
**Author:** ![AZCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AZCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZCowboy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/50 "2007-01-06T22:08:03Z")
Can anyone help me identify the song that was playing right at the beginning of the show, as Earl was doing his voice-over with the folks in the bar, just before the COPS show comes on… I think it was a song by Alice Cooper, but I can’t figure out the song. ---
**Author:** ![Asgardking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Asgardking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asgardking)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/51 "2007-01-07T01:41:51Z")
[QUOTE=Seven] It was several years back. They didn’t live at the motel yet so they didn’t know her. [/QUOTE] She was in the Y2K episode so she was in town at the time. She was probably working at Club Chubby and could have been seen throwing trash on Joy or something. Look I just like seeing her, that’s all. ---
**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 7, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/52 "2007-01-07T04:04:40Z")
Another great line I forgot - Randy to the COPS cameraman (again, paraphrased): “I’m gonna run away now, 'cause the chase scenes always make it on the air.” (Sees the cop run into the house after Earl) “Um… maybe we could just chase each other?” ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/53 "2007-01-07T07:33:33Z")
It seemed like the actors were having fun, so I had fun with them. Still, if felt like a _Reno 911_ rip-off, rather than a _Cops_ rip-off. Only _Reno 911_ gets to rip off _Cops_. One of my least favorite episodes. But enjoyable anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/54 "2007-01-07T10:39:53Z")
[QUOTE=Asgardking] She was in the Y2K episode so she was in town at the time. She was probably working at Club Chubby and could have been seen throwing trash on Joy or something. Look I just like seeing her, that’s all. [/QUOTE] I’m right there with you. IMO, she can jump around on TV anyday. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/55 "2007-01-08T01:30:23Z")
[QUOTE=Asgardking] She was in the Y2K episode so she was in town at the time. She was probably working at Club Chubby and could have been seen throwing trash on Joy or something. Look I just like seeing her, that’s all. [/QUOTE] She had just arrived in Camden County via wooden crate. She was at the Big Lots-type store and said something about Americans having such beautiful churches. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![AZCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AZCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZCowboy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769/56 "2007-01-08T22:30:09Z")
BTW, got my answer to the song question elsewhere. It was “Right Place Wrong Time” by Dr. John… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-1-4-07/386769.md?page=2)