My Name is Earl 10-5

Cafe Society
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Excellent episode, in spite of no Catalina (again!?).

Kitty from Arrested Development as the Bearded Lady. The giant from Twin Peaks as the Tall Man, who didn’t look down on Earl and Randy because they were different, just because he was so tall. The guy with the horn on his head who can’t travel by plane since 9/11.

Loved Joy’s interaction with her public defender, and Marlee Matlin’s reaction to Joy.

One thing confused me, though. When Randy blurted out something about never finding someone to love him. Sad and surprising, and they never went back to it. I thought at first that he would get a crush on the bearded lady, but he just stroked her beard for a minute.

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And that was the guy from “Andy Richter Controls the Universe” as Marlee Matlin’s translator.

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This episode really had me smiling at the end. It was really good.

Catalina was in the very beginning (doing the waxing) and at the very end – she was standing around the table at the bar with everyone.

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This was definitely a “feel-good” episode of the series (or as “feel-good” as “My Name is Earl” can get).

That said, we felt very, very bad for laughing so very, very hard at Joy’s reaction when Marlee Maitlin spoke to her.

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I thought the episode was written just for Randy. Lots of great lines. “Rasta nipples? I thought they were saying pasta nipples. I wondered how they knew what your nipples taste like.”

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“Well, we all make sacrifices.”

I’m betting that Randy’s lack of someone to love will be adddressed in a future episode. A Randy-centric episode-I don’t think it could get any better (or funnier) than that.

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Me too. But it followed one of Joy’s rare honest moments, and had perfect timing.

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Judy Greer will always be hot, even with a full beard and mustache. Growl.

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Amen!

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And that sundress! Yikes!

And oddly enough, the beard hurt her looks less than the randomly pointing nipples did on Arrested Development.

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One thing confused me, though. When Randy blurted out something about never finding someone to love him. Sad and surprising, and they never went back to it. I thought at first that he would get a crush on the bearded lady, but he just stroked her beard for a minute.
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That was odd! I thought that Randy and Catalina were at least semi-romantically involved! Or are they just friends?

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The characters are not always written coherently, though . . . Darnell is way too intelligent to leave Marlee Matlin a quarter and take her pencil–especially after he’s explained to Joy how smart some women can be. It was just a cheap gag at the expense of Darnell’s whole character; didn’t make sense.

I adore Jaimee Pressley; but Ethan Supplee and Randy are starting to annoy me . . .

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Jaysus but that was hilarious. Entire episode was definately a keeper… butt it did need some more Catalina.

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On the other hand, wasn’t there someone named “Cletus?” I harken back to your less-than-sophisticated neighbors…

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“Them’s mighty strong words comin’ from someone that can’t even hear 'em!”
Gave me bouncy jaw.

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Actually, one of the things I like about Earl is that almost all the episodes are “feel-good” in the sense that they have a real generosity of spirit and a real openness to understanding and relating to others without ever getting shmaltzy. It’s a show that understands that you can have humor that’s racy, edgy, or non-"p.c. " (like Joy’s priceless reaction) without needing to compromise the standard of holding people in genuine respect. A dumber show could easily wallow in the easy stereotypes this show invites, but Earl manages to transcend that regularly.

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I like how Earl hasn’t been obsessively focused on his list, but instead “just trying to be a better person.”
I, personally, have no problems with Darnell’s and Randy’s savant tendancies.

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Randy called dibs, but he worships her from afar. I don’t know that Randy would ever have the guts to go after a woman he likes.

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Bolding for emphasis:
Now that had to be a Freudian slip and not a misspelling.

I thought it was a good episode but not as funny as most.

Jim

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I’d like to add that I think Marilee Matlin is as smoking hot as ever.
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