# My Name is Earl 10/4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643 "2007-10-05T15:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/21 "2007-10-06T04:31:07Z")
Just watched it. Loved the bucket-head, but my favorite moments were: \*The sign in the warden’s office: _FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS SHIV_ \*Beginnings of the romance: “They learned they were both afraid of spiders, they both hated being around negative people and getting interrupted when they were shooting up…” \*“I love you… and you’re the first person I ever said that to I didn’t kill” And it was cool seeing Nelson play such a nebbish too. Y’know, while this was a comedy, it would really work great as a drama and as an update on Romeo & Juliet (_West Side Story_ meets _Boyz in the Hood_ on _Brokeback Mountain_). I wonder if the electric fence was an intentional nod to _Bent_. The only thing I don’t like about EARL is it’s on at the same time as Ugly Betty and I work Thursday evenings- thank Og for Full Episodes on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/22 "2007-10-06T05:36:47Z")
omg, everyone is forgetting Craig T. Nelson playing Playstation in a National Recruiters Office on September 10th, 2001 saying “Of course you don’t need any training. What? Pfft, we’re not going to war”… AWEASOME! C.T.N will be a fun character for how ever long they keep him. He just really dislikes his job. Him putting up that poster to block out the inmates, complaining that people go so upset when he had the prisoners build ladders, wonderful. The second season had me pretty worried right up until the last few episodes. But season three, IMHO, is doing great. Keeping Earl in jail and having him earn points off his sentence is a good way to keep him doing his deeds yet not have him Patrick Duffy/ Dallas himself out of a life altering event like going to jail. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/23 "2007-10-06T14:38:13Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] Him putting up that poster to block out the inmates, complaining that people go so upset when he had the prisoners build ladders, wonderful. [/QUOTE] “No one talks about the 750 inmates who _didn’t_ escape!” “I like you Earl, you’re a half-full kind of guy!” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/24 "2007-10-06T14:55:30Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Y’know, while this was a comedy, it would really work great as a drama and as an update on Romeo & Juliet (_West Side Story_ meets _Boyz in the Hood_ on _Brokeback Mountain_). I wonder if the electric fence was an intentional nod to _Bent_. [/QUOTE] I noticed the similarity to West Side Story. And as to the electric fence, I thought of the POW in The Great Escape who just couldn’t take it any more and just walked toward the fence, knowing he’d be shot. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/25 "2007-10-06T18:21:16Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] The second season had me pretty worried right up until the last few episodes. But season three, IMHO, is doing great. Keeping Earl in jail and having him earn points off his sentence is a good way to keep him doing his deeds yet not have him Patrick Duffy/ Dallas himself out of a life altering event like going to jail. [/QUOTE] Plus, CTN’s wife is the governor, who can grant pardons, which I’m guessing may come in handy. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/26 "2007-10-06T18:22:31Z")
“You are just lucky that I am a woman of integrity and that your brother is in prison for a felony I committed!” ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/27 "2007-10-06T18:42:01Z")
Was the guy who played Jamal the same guy who played [U-Turn](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1191866/) on _Weeds_? It looked like him to me but I have a really small TV. Also, he’s not credited on IMDB (yet). That’d be funny if it was U-Turn. He was a real badass on _Weeds_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/28 "2007-10-06T18:58:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Plus, CTN’s wife is the governor, who can grant pardons, which I’m guessing may come in handy. [/QUOTE] That hadn’t occurred to me, but – of course! It makes total sense. That’s literally the show’s get-out-of-jail-free card. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/29 "2007-10-06T20:57:09Z")
I guess I’m in the minority here. Earl is going to lose me soon. I’m hating this season so far. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/30 "2007-10-06T21:55:25Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] I guess I’m in the minority here. Earl is going to lose me soon. I’m hating this season so far. [/QUOTE] I think there are many of us that can’t wait for Earl to get of Jail. I mentioned it in last weeks thread and had some agreement. However, I am not hating the shows and it looks like we get more Randy and Earl together next week. To me that is the where they get their best comedy. Jim ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/31 "2007-10-06T23:33:59Z")
Here’s something I realized: Earl made no mention of his list. Is that the first time? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/32 "2007-10-07T04:48:30Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] Here’s something I realized: Earl made no mention of his list. Is that the first time? [/QUOTE] In “Our Cops Is On”, Earl didn’t cross anything off his list, although it reminded him of some things to add: [ul] [li]Kidnapped a cameraman[/li][li]Stole a police car[/li][li]Peed in the back of a cop car[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/33 "2007-10-07T15:41:54Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] Here’s something I realized: Earl made no mention of his list. Is that the first time? [/QUOTE] It’s understandable since he turned in the list, along with his clothes and other possessions, when he was being processed into prison. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643/34 "2007-10-07T18:14:42Z")
I know, but even in the exception **cochrane** , the list was mentioned. In this episode it was not (last week, making it up to the guy he got out of prison _was_ something on his list). I’d have to see it again, but I don’t even think “Karma” was mentioned, either. What makes this all interesting is that Earl is now doing good things even without having to cross them off his list. And putting and end to the gang fights certainly wasn’t on his list – he didn’t know anyone until he went to prison. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-10-4/421643.md?page=1)