# My Name Is Earl - 2/08
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 9, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454 "2007-02-09T04:05:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/1 "2007-02-09T04:05:49Z")
“I didn’t wash the sheets after last night - I might not need you anyway!”
Can you say “the epitome of trailer trash?” I knew you could! 😃
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### Author:  [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/2 "2007-02-09T04:09:45Z")
“Randy, you know where babies come from?”
“Yeah, the bottom of that fuzzy lightnin’ bolt.”
I was _dying_!
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/3 "2007-02-09T04:14:56Z")
The actress playing Liberty had Jaime Pressley’s accent and mannerisms down cold. Even her facial expressions looked the same.
I liked the bizarro Crabman too.
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/4 "2007-02-09T04:30:37Z")
“Sir? Ma’am? Your pockets are hot!”
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### Author:  [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/5 "2007-02-09T04:48:31Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]
I liked the bizarro Crabman too.
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Maybe they’re related too. Did they bond or what?
But he needs a sammich! I’ve seen him in other things and he wasn’t that skinny.
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### Author:  [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/6 "2007-02-09T13:13:49Z")
For some reason “The Klanimal” was hilarious. That was one of the better eps in a few weeks, even my wife was laughing.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/7 "2007-02-09T13:55:10Z")
Pretty good episode. The Alternate husband was the kid for “[The New Guy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241760/)” I think, [DJ Qualls](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702809/).
Funny episode, I liked the fact that Randy chickened out of the wrestling role in the end.
My rough remembering of my favorite exchange:
_Legal Aide_: “There is nothing easier than a pamphlet”
_Crabman_: “Well actually there could be either a brochure or leaflet”
Jim
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/8 "2007-02-09T14:00:34Z")
[QUOTE=Susie Derkins]
“Randy, you know where babies come from?”
“Yeah, the bottom of that fuzzy lightnin’ bolt.”
I was _dying_!
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😃 That’s the one I came in to mention. Aw, and Crabman and Ray Ray\* with their pets. Sweet.
Was Crabman using Scope on Mr. Turtle? :smack: 😛
\*My Dad was Ray, I’m Ray Ray and I really want a Ray Ray Ray!"
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### Author:  [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/9 "2007-02-09T14:30:19Z")
“Are you done with the gum stuck to the side of the TV?”
“The red one, yes. The green one, no.”
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“Get to the back of the bus!” 😃
Pretty funny stuff. Bizarro Crabman is always popping up somewhere.
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### Author:  [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/10 "2007-02-09T14:37:24Z")
He was on Lost, too, as Hugo’s friend.
I’m glad we got a moment of Catalina longing for Randy. For a while I thought they just forgot about it, which annoyed me.
I love Joy, and her interaction with Crabman (“I’m sorry, sometimes I just respond to yelling”), so this was a great ep for me.
I thought it was also funny that in one shot they pulled too far back from Jaime’s face in the wrestling outfit, and you could see her baby belly.
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### Author:  [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/11 "2007-02-09T14:54:38Z")
I love how they’re writing in the cover for Pressly being pregnant. Surrogate mom- perfect.
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### Author:  [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/12 "2007-02-09T16:55:35Z")
Randy always wanted to be a wrestling villian, but he never thought that people might actually boo him. I love that.
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/13 "2007-02-09T17:22:39Z")
I thought Jamie Pressley said that babies on sitcoms were a last ditch effort to grab at ratings?
Still, I like the cleverness, and Joy realizing what was behind Liberty’s anger all these years.
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/14 "2007-02-09T17:32:13Z")
[QUOTE=Unauthorized Cinnamon]
I thought it was also funny that in one shot they pulled too far back from Jaime’s face in the wrestling outfit, and you could see her baby belly.
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Yeah, like last week when they had her in the background of one shot of Earl and didn’t attempt to hide her belly.
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### Author:  [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/15 "2007-02-09T17:38:47Z")
I thought the episode was funny. But I wasn’t convinced for a second that Joy had any compassion for Liberty. She’s never had any for anyone before. The feel good part last part of the episode just lost me.
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/16 "2007-02-09T17:41:35Z")
[QUOTE=LavenderBlue]
I thought the episode was funny. But I wasn’t convinced for a second that Joy had any compassion for Liberty. She’s never had any for anyone before. The feel good part last part of the episode just lost me.
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I don’t know. She’s been shown as genuinely loving her children before and I think she loves Darnell too, in her own way. She’s anti-social but not completely incapable of compassion.
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/17 "2007-02-09T17:45:39Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass]
I thought Jamie Pressley said that babies on sitcoms were a last ditch effort to grab at ratings?
Still, I like the cleverness, and Joy realizing what was behind Liberty’s anger all these years.
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That’s probably why they set it up so that the baby goes bye-bye as soon as it arrives.
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### Author:  [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/18 "2007-02-09T18:21:44Z")
[QUOTE=LavenderBlue]
I thought the episode was funny. But I wasn’t convinced for a second that Joy had any compassion for Liberty. She’s never had any for anyone before. The feel good part last part of the episode just lost me.
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Funny episode, but I noticed young Joy & Liberty sounded quite intelligent when they were giving their presentation as kids. Then when Joy & Crab Man were in bed she noticed she knows more big words than she thought.
I wonder if they’re trying to “smarten up” her character. That’d be a shame. Next thing you know Randy will start appearing more intelligent.
Maybe the movie _Idiocracy_ is making Hollywood nervous about negative portrayals of stupid people.
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### Author:  [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/19 "2007-02-09T18:25:42Z")
I think Joy is more ignorant than she is stupid. That woman is _crafty_, so she’s smart when it suits her. In the classroom debate, she may have studied extra hard just so Liberty wouldn’t show her up. She still wore a tube top to school though. 🙂
Randy, on the other hand, is just plain slow. He’s sweet, but dumb.
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-2-08/391454/20 "2007-02-09T18:35:21Z")
[QUOTE=Susie Derkins]
“Randy, you know where babies come from?”
“Yeah, the bottom of that fuzzy lightnin’ bolt.”
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I hate to admit it, but I don’t get this. Could somebody explain this joke to my dumb ass?
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