# My Name is Earl Feb 9, 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793 "2006-02-10T02:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/1 "2006-02-10T02:40:19Z")
Great Episode. “I can’t have a Girlfriend, I’m Karma’s Bitch” Great Music, Little Homage to my 2 favorite college Frat movies, Animal house & Revenge of the Nerds. (Tricycle race) “This is like when that Hobbit Rudy first got on campus” 😃 Jim Just thought I would get this started. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/2 "2006-02-10T02:51:19Z")
A truly Joyless episode. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/3 "2006-02-10T03:07:24Z")
Joy-shmoy. Christine Taylor was on, and it appears she will be again. I especially liked the way her shoes made her calves pop out a little. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/4 "2006-02-10T03:18:28Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Joy-shmoy. Christine Taylor was on, and it appears she will be again. > > I especially liked the way her shoes made her calves pop out a little. I didn’t catch that. She was Marcia Brady in the movies I think and Ben Stiller’s wife. Jim ---
**Author:** ![thursday\_next](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@thursday\_next](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thursday_next)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/5 "2006-02-10T03:22:32Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > I didn’t catch that. She was Marcia Brady in the movies I think and Ben Stiller’s wife. > > Jim You sir, are correct. She’s also super hot. I really enjoyed the episode, but missed Joy and Crabman. I need to go find an Office Depot commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/6 "2006-02-10T03:23:14Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > …and Ben Stiller’s wife. For now. I’m just biding my time until I steal her from him. ---
**Author:** ![thursday\_next](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@thursday\_next](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thursday_next)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/7 "2006-02-10T03:26:08Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > For now. I’m just biding my time until I steal her from him. Cool, that leaves the delightful Mr. Stiller open for me. Muhwhahahaha. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/8 "2006-02-10T03:35:17Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > For now. I’m just biding my time until I steal her from him. [Okay, you guys forced me to the IMDB:](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852132/) Looks like you missed your first opportunity, she was from Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA and Attended Allentown Central Catholic High School (Allentown, PA, USA). Practically a neighbor for you. \*\*Ethan Suplee \*\* as \*\*Randy \*\* impresses me more each week, he can say more with a facial expression than almost any actor I can think of. He probably could have done silent films. He adds so many laughs. “I really like drinking beer and riding tricycles but if anyone hots be with a paddle, I am going to have to put them down” leading to the scene I always wanted to hear about. Dumb frat shit turned around. I thought he was just Lee’s buddy from the Kevin Smith movies. You know along for the ride. But he is really funny. Jim ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/9 "2006-02-10T03:39:56Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > \*\*Ethan Suplee \*\* as \*\*Randy \*\* impresses me more each week, he can say more with a facial expression than almost any actor I can think of. He probably could have done silent films. He adds so many laughs. > “I really like drinking beer and riding tricycles but if anyone hots be with a paddle, I am going to have to put them down” leading to the scene I always wanted to hear about. Dumb frat shit turned around. > > I thought he was just Lee’s buddy from the Kevin Smith movies. You know along for the ride. But he is really funny. > > Jim It’s hard to believe he’s the same guy who played the obese nazi skinhead in _American History X_. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/10 "2006-02-10T04:01:14Z")
“But the beer goes to your brain before it goes to your livers!” Ha! Livers. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/11 "2006-02-10T04:06:08Z")
“Hey a porn machine!” ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/12 "2006-02-10T04:37:37Z")
“Check it out! I almost hit Magnum P.I.!” Loved the paddling scene. Randy does have a grasp of kharma, doesn’t he? StG ---
**Author:** ![stochastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@stochastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stochastic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/13 "2006-02-10T07:48:59Z")
We’ve all wondered what town Earl lives in. It’s obvious that it’s filmed in the San Fernando Valley and other L.A. environs. But is his world really and truly “Anytown, U.S.A” or an actually defined location? Tonight we had a chance to find out: did anyone catch his address on the bee-themed postcard at the end? I didn’t record the episode; did anyone record it and do a freeze-frame on that? ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/14 "2006-02-10T09:32:45Z")
I thought the best part was watching Randy try to open the laptop. He finally pried it open from the side. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/15 "2006-02-10T10:00:31Z")
> [@stochastic](#): > > Tonight we had a chance to find out: did anyone catch his address on the bee-themed postcard at the end? I didn’t record the episode; did anyone record it and do a freeze-frame on that? Earl Hickey The Palms Motel, RM231 9005 Lincoln Blvd Camden USA No state or Zip and Earl’s thumb obscures the postmark. Sorry ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/16 "2006-02-10T11:39:27Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > I thought the best part was watching Randy try to open the laptop. He finally pried it open from the side. Correction … as stated earlier that was a “porn machine”. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/17 "2006-02-10T12:07:41Z")
As I said before I went to Frostburg State University so I was looking forward to seeing this one. Unfortunately the cable craped out when they got to FSU. I got to see Earl with the map, which was a real map, but right after that it cut out for a minute. I wanted to see what the campus looked like and if they said anything about any of the buildings. We did get the cable back after a minute or so. I thought it was a good episode, I hope they go back to Frostburg more often. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/18 "2006-02-10T12:33:55Z")
> [@stochastic](#): > > But is his world really and truly “Anytown, U.S.A” or an actually defined location? Frostburg is in Maryland, and it didn’t look he had to drive that far to get there. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/19 "2006-02-10T12:52:30Z")
> [@Paranoid Randroid](#): > > Frostburg is in Maryland, and it didn’t look he had to drive that far to get there. As was pointed out to me in another thread, the show’s creater Greg Garcia went to Frostburg. They mentioned Hagerstown (also in Maryland) in the episode “Stole Beer From A Golfer.” Greg Garcia also created and wrote for “Yes, Dear” and worked in lots of Maryland references in that show. One character wore a FSU shirt all the time. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793/20 "2006-02-10T13:34:54Z")
It was good, but not as good as it could have been with more of the hotel maid character. “Randy never thought he would find much satisfaction in watching a bunch of guys spank each other, but to his suprise he did.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-feb-9-2006/343793.md?page=2)