# My Name Is Earl 11/01/07 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910 "2007-11-01T19:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 1, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/1 "2007-11-01T19:31:07Z")
I love this already just from the title: “Our Other Cops Is On.” The first Cops episode was so hilarious, this one just has to top it. And it’s an hour long, too. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/2 "2007-11-02T00:40:23Z")
The infrared camera was great! “Officer down! Not shot, I just fell. Officer up!” ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/3 "2007-11-02T01:11:49Z")
“My grandmom was in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Man, Hitler hated her.” This one was all in the delivery, but I laughed like an idiot at this one. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/4 "2007-11-02T01:35:39Z")
“Tim Stack, Tim Stack, set him on fire Set him on fire watch him burn to death.” ---
**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:** [November 2, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/5 "2007-11-02T01:37:09Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] “Tim Stack, Tim Stack, set him on fire Set him on fire watch him burn to death.” [/QUOTE] It was heartwarming to see Randy bonding with the prisoners, wasn’t it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/6 "2007-11-02T01:38:04Z")
Who is Dan Costino? ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/7 "2007-11-02T02:43:46Z")
I loved this episode. Too many great moments to count, alhtough Catalina in her stripper outfit somehow sticks in my mind. One favorite: “Look, a terrorist!” “I’m Sikh.” “I hope you feel better.” ---
**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:** [November 2, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/8 "2007-11-02T06:18:26Z")
I loved Tim Stack accidentally setting off the fireworks with the bumper car. And Kathy Kinney riding the electric scooter around. [QUOTE=Mikemike2] Who is Dan Costino? [/QUOTE] A little digging reveals that [Dan Coscino](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2752103/) was a production assistant on 11 episodes of _Yes Dear_, which was also created and written by Greg Garcia. My WAG: He’s nobody special, just “un amigo de Garcia.” In other words, just a buddy of Garcia’s that he stuck into the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/9 "2007-11-02T06:20:51Z")
Catalina is so fricking hot. Those outfits made my brain short out. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/10 "2007-11-02T06:26:05Z")
Damn…I missed it. tsfr ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/11 "2007-11-02T12:21:49Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] I loved Tim Stack accidentally setting off the fireworks with the bumper car. And Kathy Kinney riding the electric scooter around. A little digging reveals that [Dan Coscino](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2752103/) was a production assistant on 11 episodes of _Yes Dear_, which was also created and written by Greg Garcia. My WAG: He’s nobody special, just “un amigo de Garcia.” In other words, just a buddy of Garcia’s that he stuck into the episode. [/QUOTE] Dan Coscino has been in a couple episodes, always wearing a shirt with his name on it and always doing that little falsetto rocker scream. He was in the Free Earl music video and, of course, did the rocker scream. It’s almost like they’re trying to create a buzz about “who is Dan Coscino”, but outside of a couple people here and there, I don’t think anybody really cares. I thought this episode was one of the least funniest _Earl_s ever. Times 2. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/12 "2007-11-02T12:41:11Z")
I’ve realized the humor in MNIE is not in the comedy, but in the shock value. To quote Joy, “Oh, snap!” I did not need to see Randy’s hot naughty bits. :eek: “We have an eight year old, blonde, blue eyed boy…who does he belong to?” “I find you very attractive, Kenny, but I’m Catholic.” I was laughing mostly in shocked horror, but this episodes was light years ahead of the episode that never happened. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/13 "2007-11-02T12:52:42Z")
I seem to be in the minority here, but I thought this episode was terrible. I could hardly stand to sit through it, it was so stupid at times. That’s kind of how Earl is for me, though. It’s either spot on or way off. This week was way off for me and unfortunately it was stretched out to one hour. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/14 "2007-11-02T12:57:55Z")
[QUOTE=yellowval] I seem to be in the minority here, but I thought this episode was terrible. I could hardly stand to sit through it, it was so stupid at times. That’s kind of how Earl is for me, though. It’s either spot on or way off. This week was way off for me and unfortunately it was stretched out to one hour. [/QUOTE] I’m with you. It was just “set up, joke, set up, joke”. The jokes are too easy. . .cop mugging at the camera, and going, “we get this a lot”, or whatever. I switched away for most of it, but I still thought “officer up” was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/15 "2007-11-02T13:46:20Z")
I thought this was a terribly un-funny episode; one of the worst I’ve seen. I remember the other COPS episode being much better. I guess the writers have caught on to the appeal of a scantily-dressed Catalina. We’re getting to see her in the stripper outfit quite a lot this season. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/16 "2007-11-02T13:49:21Z")
[QUOTE=Eleanor of Aquitaine] I thought this was a terribly un-funny episode; one of the worst I’ve seen. I remember the other COPS episode being much better. I guess the writers have caught on to the appeal of a scantily-dressed Catalina. We’re getting to see her in the stripper outfit quite a lot this season. [/QUOTE] The season has been disappointing so far. I hope it improves. I think its humor has gotten lower and less clever. It looks like this show might have jumped the shark early. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/17 "2007-11-02T13:52:04Z")
Maybe the problem was that it was an hour show. Too much of a good thing. **ivylass** , yeah. I was thinking “They did **not** just do that!” when I should have been laughing. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/18 "2007-11-02T14:41:02Z")
I was under-whelmed, too. I know it’s always been shown as dumb, but this ep you wondered how the residents of Camden managed to breathe and feed themselves, they’re so mentally challanged. It’s like a whole town of Randys. Darnell is the only one who has two braincells to rub together. It seemed like before they were a bunch of rednecks and trailer trash, but not so stupid. StG ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/19 "2007-11-02T16:09:05Z")
It’s becoming a live action _The Simpsons_ or _Family Guy_. Not to say I didn’t laugh during the episode. “The nuts of our heart…” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-11-01-07/424910/20 "2007-11-02T17:16:07Z")
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