# My Name Is Earl 10-18-2007 **URL:** \ **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:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/41 "2007-10-20T07:59:12Z")
Trivia: Pufnstuff was voiced by [Van Snowden](http://imdb.com/name/nm0811368/), who has voiced him since the original series 37 years ago. Question: what’s the game that was parodied by Randy in Joy’s cartoon? I’ve seen it but I can’t remember it’s name- a gigantic rolling ball gets larger and eventually picks up mountains and the like. “A purple Christina Aguilera went into a horny Carol Burnett.” (One day I’m going to find out just what the hell Mad-Libs are.) ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/42 "2007-10-20T14:39:29Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Trivia: Pufnstuff was voiced by [Van Snowden](http://imdb.com/name/nm0811368/), who has voiced him since the original series 37 years ago. Question: what’s the game that was parodied by Randy in Joy’s cartoon? I’ve seen it but I can’t remember it’s name- a gigantic rolling ball gets larger and eventually picks up mountains and the like. “A purple Christina Aguilera went into a horny Carol Burnett.” (One day I’m going to find out just what the hell Mad-Libs are.) [/QUOTE] [Here’s](http://www.eduplace.com/tales/) a link to an online version of Mad-Libs. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/43 "2007-10-20T19:21:50Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Question: what’s the game that was parodied by Randy in Joy’s cartoon? I’ve seen it but I can’t remember it’s name- a gigantic rolling ball gets larger and eventually picks up mountains and the like. [/QUOTE] [Katamari Damacy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katamari_Damacy) I loved this episode. One of the best ever. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/44 "2007-10-21T03:50:21Z")
I’m a huge _Earl_ fan, and I’d say meh this time around. I chuckled maybe two or three times and that was it. They’ve done much, much better than this. Randy’s fantasy was just painfully long and unfunny (although I liked that he had the germ of the idea for _Moby Dick_ - which Earl, of course, panned). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/45 "2007-10-21T10:38:00Z")
Funny - the thread is split on this one. For me, it was the first one in weeks that I enjoyed. Randy’s fantasy made me laugh. It wasn’t great, but it was better than I’ve seen the rest of the season. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247/46 "2007-10-22T18:22:02Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Quick question for those that hated the show: \*\*Are you old enough to have watched H.R. Puffenstuf as a kid? \*\* I have a feeling that for those that did watch it, this show was better than for those that did not. Jim [/QUOTE] I think you’re on to something there. I was expecting something goofy in Randy’s story, but suddenly seeing HR Pufnstuff was like an acid flashback, and I never even took acid. ETA: Laughed my ass off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-18-2007/423247.md?page=2)