Half the fun is recognizing the guests. There was Maude’s husband, Bug Pussy from The Sopranos, and Bubbles’ friend Johnny from The Wire. Who else?
Was Glenn played by the guy who was Claire’s boyfriend on Six Feet Under for awhile? The one who got her pregnant?
Loved all of Glenn’s curses but couldn’t decipher some of them.
“Woo woo woo. That’s a car alarm. I’m stealing a car! Woo Woo Woo!”
StG
I was also wondering who played Glenn. I recognized him, but couldn’t place him. I think you’re right.
It was good to see Big Pussy and Bill Macy, but I hope this prison term does not last too many episodes. It will get old quick.
Jim
Very obscure joke: Earl’s prisoner number (28301-016) was the same what Scooter Libby’s would have been. 
I agree that the next two seasons had better not have Earl (and Randy) stuck in jail.
Yeah, that was Ben Foster as Glenn. He was great. He was really funny, and really good at being frightening. I’m sure he’s a decent guy, but after seeing him as the crazy scary guy in My Name is Earl and the crazy killer in 3:10 to Yuma, I think if I ever saw Ben Foster in real life, I would start running away.
It’s hard to tell, without all that hair in his face. IMDB isn’t listing anything for him yet. There can’t be too many actors with that distinctive upper lip, can there?
I hope they get out of prison soon too. Maybe Joy will confess and get probation. And community service – I’d love to see Joy doing community service.
ETA: Thanks for clearing that up!
Wow, I had no idea that was the same guy that played “Eli” on Freaks & Geeks. He was the special needs kid that got his arm broken in a fall in one of the early episodes. Crazy.
Okay, this is bugging me - who is the old guy who wasn’t Dirty Old Neck (Skinny John)? I know he’s an old actor from the 70’s or 80’s - we both recognized him and couldn’t think of the name.
ETA: Oh, that’s who you mean by Maude’s husband. Bill Macy. I don’t know who Bug Pussy is.
So, Joy’s a teacher, is she?
Big Pussy. Vincent Pastore, from The Sopranos. This isn’t the first site that popped up when I googled “big pussy”,* but it’ll tell you all you need to know about him.
*But amazingly, it was the second.
Ben Foster also played a psycho, nazi, skinhead meth freak in Alpha Dog. Glenn was a kind of a toned down version of that character (I know it’s hard to believe his Earl character was toned down, but Glenn was about a 6 compared to his Alpha Dog character who was about a 93).
That kid is all over the place now. He was Angel in 'X-men 3", the aforementioned “3:10 to Yuma”, “Alpha Dog” “Hostage” with Bruce Willis, and he’s got “30 Days of Night” coming out soon as well.
Ok Earl trying to fit in with the white supremisists was a funny gag. I’m hoping Earl stays in Jail for half the season. Throwing Randy in seems to make that inevitable. Unless we get a few episodes of Randy trying to get arrested.
How about Joy Duct Taping Randys mouth so he would shut up at night, only to puncture it with a straw so he could breath. Why Randy didn’t just pull it off with his own hands that were not restrained in any way, just adds to his character being dumber than a rock.
“Hey, who thinks the Civil War isn’t really over, this is just half time?”
I laughed for a solid minute.
I loved the reference to the classic MAS*H episode when Father Francis Mulcahy had to give a soldier an emergency Tracheotomy using a pen.
Would you have hated Martin Luther King more if he was an Indian?
I loved the Shawshank Redemption reference in the beginning.
(misremembering the exact quote but)
Oh, sure. Unless he was a Cherokee. A Cherokee once saved my black grandfather from drowning.
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I loved the big display of shivs labeled, “Don’t Make These.” My husband cracked up at that; he’s from Huntsville, TX, briefly worked for the prison there, and his father has worked there (in the HR department) for nearly 20 years.
Which of Earl’s body parts did Glen say he was going to mail to the Pope?