# My Name Is Earl 10-18-2007
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 19, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247 "2007-10-19T00:24:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/1 "2007-10-19T00:24:56Z")
Worst. Episode. EVAR!
–FCOD
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### Author:  [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/2 "2007-10-19T00:37:13Z")
**bullshit** … :eek: ,did I say that ?..lol
Ripple was so cool…perfect words for a great episode.
nothing left to do but
smile smile smile…
🙂🙂🙂
ymmv
tsfr
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### Author:  [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/3 "2007-10-19T00:41:24Z")
[QUOTE=FlyingCowOfDoom]
Worst. Episode. EVAR!
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Best. Whoosh. EVAR!
(Unless you weren’t kidding.)
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### Author:  [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/4 "2007-10-19T00:43:18Z")
I’m not kidding. That episode sucked Cartman’s balls! It was insanely boring. The only time I even cracked a smile was when Joy was laughing in Catalina’s imagination, but even then it wasn’t because the show was being funny, it’s because it wasn’t being insanely boring at that moment.
–FCOD
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/5 "2007-10-19T00:43:39Z")
It was a filler episode. It had good parts and bad parts.
I loved Crabman’s Video, right down to the credits. This must have been filmed very early in Jamie’s pregnancy or before.
Randy’s story was all over the place and over the top, but having H.R. Puffinstuff in it cracked me up.
Jim
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/6 "2007-10-19T00:50:27Z")
Not really a good one – better in concept than execution, and the stories all went on too long, though there were some good moments here and there, mostly in the small touches. For instance, I loved the oversized rope that was used to tie up Earl and Catalina, and the bad dubbing in the Catalina sequence. But overall, it was a weak episode.
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### Author:  [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/7 "2007-10-19T01:02:58Z")
You guys are a tough crowd!
Ticks me off though – the announcer says “Stay tuned for more Earl” and there’s never any more Earl, just commercials and ads for ER. Is that supposed to be a joke – saying there’s more Earl when there’s no more Earl?
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### Author:  [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/8 "2007-10-19T01:06:05Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam]
Ticks me off though – the announcer says “Stay tuned for more Earl” and there’s never any more Earl, just commercials and ads for ER. Is that supposed to be a joke – saying there’s more Earl when there’s no more Earl?
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Apparently, NBC considers credits to be part of the show- which, I guess, they technically are.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/9 "2007-10-19T01:33:57Z")
I liked it, or maybe I just have some plans for Catalina involving rope.
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### Author:  [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/10 "2007-10-19T03:32:09Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?]
I loved Crabman’s Video, right down to the credits. This must have been filmed very early in Jamie’s pregnancy or before.
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Actually, she had her baby four months ago, before this season even started filming. I saw her on Leno the other night; she said how she worked out like mad with a trainer to get back in shape, only to get back to the show and realize her character was still pregnant so she’d have to wear a fake baby bump. So that’s her post-baby body. Pretty darned impressive, if you ask me!
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### Author:  [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/11 "2007-10-19T04:40:25Z")
I hated it. I didn’t laugh once. I hope they go back to normal episodes eventually.
I don’t’ know, maybe I’m in a bad mood or something.
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### Author:  [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/12 "2007-10-19T05:03:16Z")
Joy “Mean? What’s mean is not having daiquirísfor 9 months and still having your kid come out slow in the brain”
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### Author:  [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/13 "2007-10-19T05:06:07Z")
Whose evening programs were interrupted by the bad weather coverage?
We had severe storms ripping through the Ohio Valley.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/14 "2007-10-19T06:37:08Z")
Great episode. I liked it better than this week’s South Park.
Sonny: Earl, how do you spell hematoma?
Earl: Sonny, if you’re going to make up a word, just make up how to spell it, too.
Earl: The doctor always said you were borderline artistic.
Randy: Well, I think I’m all the way artistic, now.
Hola, Churro man!
Darnell’s video ruled. Great song, too.
“Everybody can feel trapped in their everyday life, But when you lose your everyday life, sometimes that can be your best fantasy.” – Amen to that. As one who has been forced out of his everyday life a couple of times, I can testify that that is true. That almost brought a tear to my eye.
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### Author:  [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/15 "2007-10-19T11:13:32Z")
“World’s Best God”
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/16 "2007-10-19T12:17:12Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Tiger]
Actually, she had her baby four months ago, before this season even started filming. I saw her on Leno the other night; she said how she worked out like mad with a trainer to get back in shape, only to get back to the show and realize her character was still pregnant so she’d have to wear a fake baby bump. So that’s her post-baby body. Pretty darned impressive, if you ask me!
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Well damn, that is impressive.
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/17 "2007-10-19T12:27:40Z")
**Hated it hated it hated it**. Stupid, pointless, boring, I was cringing in embarrassment for the actors.
I vote we treat this like Star Trek V. This episode never happened. We will wipe it from our memories and go on.
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### Author:  [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/18 "2007-10-19T12:58:44Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass]
**Hated it hated it hated it**. Stupid, pointless, boring, I was cringing in embarrassment for the actors.
I vote we treat this like Star Trek V. This episode never happened. We will wipe it from our memories and go on.
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I second this.
–FCOD
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/19 "2007-10-19T13:01:21Z")
I thought it was great! H.R. Puf-n-Stuff! Catalina pole-dancing! The gymnast that kept popping up in Earl’s story was hilarious. As was the guy chained to the wall in class, and the teacher’s helmet.
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### Author:  [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/20 "2007-10-19T13:34:28Z")
It was a nice change of pace, but then again this entire season so far has been a switch from the “list item of the week” format. Wouldn’t want to watch an entire series of this, but for a single episode, it was pretty good.
Odd that they led with their best segment though.
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