# "My Name is Earl," 9-20-07 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981 "2007-09-21T13:38:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/1 "2007-09-21T13:38:17Z")
I missed it last night. Was it the season premiere? ::crossing fingers, hoping not:: ---
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/2 "2007-09-21T13:44:55Z")
Fear not, just last season’s finale. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/3 "2007-09-21T14:44:50Z")
Next week, then? Cool! ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/4 "2007-09-21T14:50:33Z")
The season finale, with extra scenes…which I couldn’t identify personally, but my DVR doesn’t lie… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/5 "2007-09-21T14:55:08Z")
If you figure 'em out, please tell us about them! ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/6 "2007-09-21T14:57:29Z")
I didn’t notice any new scenes either, but it did have an amusing music video I hadn’t seen called “Free Earl!”, with the characters performing and singing in “We Are the World” fashion, asking that the title character be released from prison. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/7 "2007-09-21T15:15:15Z")
[this doesn’t deserve its own thread] Last night’s _Office_ had a similar little time filler at the end- 5 minutes of the characters talking about how they spent their summer. Loved Ryan- he became quite the corporate prick. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/8 "2007-09-21T17:54:56Z")
IIRC, though, the season premiere for Earl is an hour long. _checks NBC website_ Yup, one hour long, starting at 8 PM. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/9 "2007-09-21T17:58:58Z")
[The Free Earl Video](http://youtube.com/watch?v=eW1VeVdMW0Y) Joy: “There are African children starving/all over this world…” The chorus is from the people he’s helped (Gay Kenny, “cancer kazoo” guy, etc.) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/10 "2007-09-22T05:51:13Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] [The Free Earl Video](http://youtube.com/watch?v=eW1VeVdMW0Y) Joy: “There are African children starving/all over this world…” The chorus is from the people he’s helped (Gay Kenny, “cancer kazoo” guy, etc.) [/QUOTE] yep. Totally frickin’ hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/11 "2007-09-22T10:59:06Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] [The Free Earl Video](http://youtube.com/watch?v=eW1VeVdMW0Y) Joy: “There are African children starving/all over this world…” The chorus is from the people he’s helped (Gay Kenny, “cancer kazoo” guy, etc.) [/QUOTE] Already gone. > [@](#): > > This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/12 "2007-09-22T11:27:56Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] Already gone. [/QUOTE] That’s bizarre. It was posted on NBC’s official YouTube channel. You’d think, being a major national broadcast network, that they would have properly acquired the rights first. On the other hand, maybe it’s the work of an overzealous intern at 20th. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/13 "2007-09-22T13:18:06Z")
It’s on Earl’s NBC website. The Office extras, too. Those have been online for a couple weeks…and a lot more of them. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/14 "2007-09-22T17:14:30Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Joy: “There are African children starving/all over this world…” [/QUOTE] Heh, I just got the subtle joke in there. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-20-07/419981/15 "2007-09-22T18:00:46Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] Already gone. [/QUOTE] Okay, this is what bugs me about corporate myopia: I can understand why you wouldn’t want an entire movie or an episode of a TV show on YouTube, but why in hell would you take down the Earl video? That is a _BOON_ to the show- it makes people remember “Oh yeah, I like that show, and it premieres this week”. A lot more people are going to find that by kismet on YouTube than on the NBC website (where you’re going to have to look for it- you’re not going to stumble over it by accident). YouTube is the Alexandria of serendipitous advertising- I actually bought the DVD for _Ugly Betty_ (Earl’s competition I believe) strictly because I thought the YouTube clips were funny. If I can understand when TO and when NOT TO remove things from YouTube for advertising reasons, why can’t suits who are already in the business and presumably have studied advertising? Corporidiots.