# My Name is Earl 9/28 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552 "2006-09-29T00:38:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Big\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@Big\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_G)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/41 "2006-09-30T02:42:04Z")
My recording stopped after Michael and Jim’s conversation, when the two other guys came in to the “party”. Was there a little gag at the end like the gay detector last week? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@Big\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_G)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/42 "2006-09-30T02:43:11Z")
Sorry, wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/43 "2006-09-30T07:17:39Z")
Joy: “I didn’t have no caesarean! That’s where my prom date stabbed me!” That line killed me – just coming out of left field – Joy trying to defend herself against Catalina’s insults. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2006, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/44 "2006-09-30T07:37:53Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] \*H.Sapiens:\*Hey, good point. That might be significant: this time, instead of crossing off an item on his list, Earl was doing something good _just because it was something good._ Isn’t it kind of quaint that in Earl’s little town, the strip club is where you can see women _in bikinis_? [/QUOTE] Fucking FCC. Just think, if you could show Catalina totally naked ---
**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:** [September 30, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/45 "2006-09-30T17:27:54Z")
Near the beginning of the show Earl, Randy and Catalina are in the motel room. Randy says the he does not like Joy either. This is news to me. Joy insults everyone, but there does not seem to be special resentment between these two. Did anyone else find that strange? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/46 "2006-09-30T22:33:44Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] That line killed me – just coming out of left field – [/QUOTE] I think you’ve put your finger on the secret to this show…all the left field, non sequiter, OMG I want to hear more about THAT lines. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/47 "2006-10-01T01:27:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Fucking FCC. Just think, if you could show Catalina totally naked . . . . what? Wait a minute . . . . what? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/48 "2006-10-01T12:30:03Z")
[QUOTE=kingpengvin] Once again Joy makes goofy faces that I enjoy. The freeze frame before she is about to hurl is absolutely a scream! Following it with Crabman holding her hair while she is ralphing in the buckett (You know it’s love when…) is priceless. Still there is something about these last two episodes that feel off. I can’t put my finger on it… but something feels a little unEarlish [/QUOTE] I agree. Although any show with that much Catelina is a good show, I hope they move off this current story arc and back to Earl’s list. As others have said, I did like the fact that they went into such a long set up for such a bad pun. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/49 "2006-10-01T13:27:50Z")
Forgot to ask: What were the other offences that Joy had been convicted of? We had some bad weather here Thursday and the local station interupted Earl with a tornado warning and I missed the hearing. (The also had a graphic up during all of Earl and it too often blocked the good views of Catalina.) ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/50 "2006-10-01T13:47:53Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] Forgot to ask: What were the other offences that Joy had been convicted of? We had some bad weather here Thursday and the local station interupted Earl with a tornado warning and I missed the hearing. (The also had a graphic up during all of Earl and it too often blocked the good views of Catalina.) [/QUOTE] Back in the day, Joy decided to make some money by photocopying $20 bills. Strike 1. Then, while she was getting fingerprinted, she slapped the cop. Strike 2. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/51 "2006-10-01T14:06:25Z")
[QUOTE=Avarie537] Back in the day, Joy decided to make some money by photocopying $20 bills. Strike 1. Then, while she was getting fingerprinted, she slapped the cop. Strike 2. [/QUOTE] Thanks. They interupted right in the middle of the 20s coming out of the photcopier. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/52 "2006-10-01T15:06:38Z")
VCR/DVR alert: Jaime Presley is hosting SNL next week. Ought to be great. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/53 "2006-10-02T01:09:28Z")
[QUOTE=Avarie537] Back in the day, Joy decided to make some money by photocopying $20 bills. Strike 1. Then, while she was getting fingerprinted, she slapped the cop. Strike 2. [/QUOTE] I got that part, but would there be a strike 3 before you were convicted of the next crime? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/54 "2006-10-02T10:50:36Z")
[QUOTE=Mikemike2] I got that part, but would there be a strike 3 before you were convicted of the next crime? [/QUOTE] The third strike is what puts you away for good. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/55 "2006-10-02T11:43:23Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] The third strike is what puts you away for good. [/QUOTE] Yes, but I think **Mikemike2** ’s point is, she has not yet been _convicted_. Therefore is it really strike 3? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/56 "2006-10-02T13:50:43Z")
Joy’s facing a third strike is what caused her bail to be set at an unexpectedly high amount. Because Joy is facing a a “life” sentence and would be prone to flight, the nut crackin’ judge set her bail at a million. Earl went down to the courthouse thinking that the wad of money he was carrying (probably $1000 or so) would be enough to bail Joy out like it was in the past. Going to be interesting to see how Joy will weasel out of this one. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/57 "2006-10-02T16:26:00Z")
I also like the conversation between Earl and Darnell about when D was hiding in the closet while Joy danced for Earl one day. Very nice. I do agree that this episode was a little off, somehow. It felt to me a bit sleazy - they don’t need to resort to gratuitous boob shots to get ratings with the writers they have. There’s usually a certain innocence to the show that’s adds a lot to the general feel. That was missing this time around. It’s not a huge deal, but I noticed it. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/58 "2006-10-02T16:50:19Z")
[QUOTE=Smeghead] I also like the conversation between Earl and Darnell about when D was hiding in the closet while Joy danced for Earl one day. Very nice. I do agree that this episode was a little off, somehow. It felt to me a bit sleazy - they don’t need to resort to gratuitous boob shots to get ratings with the writers they have. There’s usually a certain innocence to the show that’s adds a lot to the general feel. That was missing this time around. It’s not a huge deal, but I noticed it. [/QUOTE] You’re not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/59 "2006-10-02T16:57:35Z")
[QUOTE=Smeghead] I do agree that this episode was a little off, somehow. It felt to me a bit sleazy - they don’t need to resort to gratuitous boob shots to get ratings with the writers they have. [/QUOTE] Unfortunately, this week Earl and The Office came in third behind Ugly Betty and Survivor. A distant third. Hopefully, this won’t change the way either show does things. Although I agree that this episode was more explicitly racy than I like. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552/60 "2006-10-02T18:18:16Z")
Since nobody has mentioned this yet, maybe I heard it wrong. Earl said something like “If someone exploded a bomb in the strip club that night, it would have killed every straight guy in Kansas.” The show takes place in Kansas? Or did he say something else? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-9-28/374552.md?page=4)