# My Name is Earl 12/7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291 "2006-12-08T01:13:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/21 "2006-12-08T21:59:28Z")
[QUOTE=gytalf2000] By the way, I am totally smitten with Catalina! I hope they give her more screen time in future episodes – she is just so sexy! [/QUOTE] Her mouth seemed less full of saliva this time. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/22 "2006-12-08T22:00:20Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I’m showing my ignorance here…I keep hearing “Snap” as a phrase, usually used in the context of “Oh, no, you didn’t just do that.” Where does that come from? [/QUOTE] I always thought it was supposed to be a G-rated version of “Oh shit!” since you say it when something has gone wrong. Strangely enough, I’ve only heard it in Disney-produced media: _Chicken Little, That’s So Raven_, etc. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/23 "2006-12-08T22:03:49Z")
I’ve heard **House** say “Snap” more than once, in a very sarcastic way. StG ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/24 "2006-12-08T22:41:19Z")
We used to say snap (back in our marijuana induced foggy days.) It was a versatile word - you could say, “I’ve got no snap,” meaning “I can’t concentrate.” Or, speaking to someone who was less than sober, “You’ve got to snap, dude! The cops are here!” Or just talking about an airhead, “She’s got no snap.” It’s being used now in a similar way, but the parts of speech are different, I think. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/25 "2006-12-08T23:33:05Z")
There was a thread a few months ago about what the heck “oh snap” meant, largely based on Joy’s usage. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/26 "2006-12-09T01:27:25Z")
I loved how the rock music changed - English lyrics in USA, Spanish lyrics in Mexico ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/27 "2006-12-09T01:34:52Z")
…and “I just got hit by a hot penny!” ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/28 "2006-12-09T08:08:31Z")
[QUOTE=gytalf2000] By the way, I am totally smitten with Catalina! I hope they give her more screen time in future episodes – she is just so sexy! [/QUOTE] She is very sexy. So why does she still have to clean hotel rooms? They show her as a stripper (oh, hahahaha, that’s so hilarious) and it makes zero sense that she’d still be as broke as she is. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/29 "2006-12-09T08:28:27Z")
[QUOTE=Indygrrl] … and it makes zero sense that she’d still be as broke as she is. [/QUOTE] It looks like a fair bit of the money she earns goes towards paying ransoms for kidnapped relatives. ---
**Author:** ![running\_piglet\_cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@running\_piglet\_cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_piglet_cheese)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/30 "2006-12-09T12:30:13Z")
What about the scene with Joy admiring the dancing Santa? Then she starts imitating his dance moves, shaking the tush. Great stuff. Also loved Darnell’s diatribe on Yin and Yang. “I’m yin and you’re yang. I’m the nice one. We can’t both be yin. A family doesn’t work without yin and yang!” I know I’m butchering this scene horribly. Maybe someone who recorded it can more accurately tell it. I’m just so mad at myself for not recording it. I know there were some great lines I just missed because of laughing so hard. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/31 "2006-12-09T17:15:18Z")
“When it gets to about nine minutes I try to make sure I’m behind her.” ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/32 "2006-12-09T17:55:53Z")
[QUOTE=middleman] “When it gets to about nine minutes I try to make sure I’m behind her.” [/QUOTE] That was probably my favorite line of the episode. As for “Snap”… You guys must be some oldies or some younguns. “Snap” is as current a saying as “Word”. That’s mid-90s terminolgy and Joy’s usage of it is supposed to play into the ‘behind the times’ aspect of their world. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/33 "2006-12-09T18:05:51Z")
[QUOTE=Indygrrl] She is very sexy. So why does she still have to clean hotel rooms? They show her as a stripper (oh, hahahaha, that’s so hilarious) and it makes zero sense that she’d still be as broke as she is. [/QUOTE] Just last week they made a big deal out of sending home $600 a week to keep kidnappers from harming her little brother. So she is working two jobs to help out her family. Jim {or try not to apply to much logic or the show might shatter, let’s not even talk about the passports} ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/34 "2006-12-09T21:44:02Z")
[QUOTE=Push You Down] That was probably my favorite line of the episode. As for “Snap”… You guys must be some oldies or some younguns. “Snap” is as current a saying as “Word”. That’s mid-90s terminolgy and Joy’s usage of it is supposed to play into the ‘behind the times’ aspect of their world. [/QUOTE] …I’m almost 35 so I’m probably between the oldies/younguns categories. For me, it’s a matter of not being involved in the hip culture that comes up with such phrases. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/35 "2006-12-10T03:08:13Z")
I’m 27 and very un-hip, and I use “snap!” in place of “sweet!” FWIW This Earl being a selfish baby thing was sort of wearing on me, too, but then I realized it was actually a really good way to remind us that before Earl’s epiphany he really was a “bad” dude - doing mean things, stealing, beating people up, etc. A lot more like Giovanni Ribisi’s character. So we’ve got to remember that at his core Earl really is a self-centered ass and this episode showed us how he’s NOT infallible and still not the goody-goody we know him as, as viewers. Earl is really just having to try hard to not be the same selfish guy he used to be. ---
**Author:** ![running\_piglet\_cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@running\_piglet\_cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_piglet_cheese)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/36 "2006-12-10T08:19:35Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Just last week they made a big deal out of sending home $600 a week to keep kidnappers from harming her little brother. So she is working two jobs to help out her family. Obviously with all the excitement after gambling with Catalina’s money, Earl did forget to mail the money for her brother. The last two fingers on his hand are bandaged. But why was brother running around with Bandito Dude if he was supposed to be kidnapped? And why did he take Earl’s pants? ---
**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:** [December 10, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/37 "2006-12-10T13:47:11Z")
[QUOTE=running piglet cheese] [QUOTE=What Exit?] Just last week they made a big deal out of sending home $600 a week to keep kidnappers from harming her little brother. So she is working two jobs to help out her family. [/quote] Obviously with all the excitement after gambling with Catalina’s money, Earl did forget to mail the money for her brother. The last two fingers on his hand are bandaged. But why was brother running around with Bandito Dude if he was supposed to be kidnapped? And why did he take Earl’s pants? [/QUOTE] My WAG: once the supply of money was cut off, they allowed the weasel to eat his fingers as threatened, but then turned him loose. Jim {Yeah, that’s the ticket!} ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/38 "2006-12-11T00:10:22Z")
A favorite scene not yet mentioned: Randy doing cartwheels down the fire pit. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/39 "2006-12-11T03:40:26Z")
William Schallert! ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291/40 "2006-12-11T13:17:50Z")
Not to derail this thread too much but “Oh, snap” has been around since at least the 80s. It used to just be a generic expression of surprise or disdain. Give a listen to Biz Markie’s “[Just a Friend](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/biz+markie/just+a+friend_20018799.html)”. > [@](#): > > Yo, could you tell me where is door three? > They showed me where it was for the moment > I didnt know I was in for such an event > So I came to her room and opened the door > **Oh, snap!** guess what I saw? > A fella tongue-kissin my girl in the mouth, > I was so in shock my heart went down south [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-12-7/383291.md?page=3)