When Earl asked if Frostburg was the college that Bullwinkle attended, of course Randy knew immediately that it was Wassamatta U., and that he lived in Frostbite Falls.
That’s one of my favorite things about Randy. He does that alot, mixing up movies in a funny way.
My big complaint about this ep?
NOT ENOUGH CATALINA!!!
But then, MOST episodes actually have that quality, but this one seemed particulary Catalina-less. No Catalina makes me a sad panda. 
Christine Taylor is certainyl very easy on the eyes, but Catalina is easier, especially when dancing at Joy’s wedding or doing a mock strip tease with a pool cue (and how about a flashback to when she worked at Club Chubby, huh? Is that so much to ask?!)
I think the Flashback is a very excellent idea.
I especially liked the way her shoes made her shirt more low cut and gave her significant cleavage.
I really liked the episode. It really hit me how much deaper this show is than most sitcoms. Especially towards the end where Earl was narrating and talking (I think) about how crossing things off the list isn’t the most important thing, that being a better person in general was.
This show keeps pumping out great episodes! Last night’s may have been my favorite of the entire season.
“Bees? So that’s how we’re playing now?”
It is funny how he looks up like he is talking to God when he speaks of Karma.
Holy Jesus! I never, never would’ve made that connection. I saw the movie a few years ago, but I can still picture the guy. Crap, that’s weird.
This episode just didn’t have as many laughs for me as usual. I was really annoyed that he didn’t take an hour to go fix the bus stop, and then join his proto-girlfriend at the party. I mean, it didn’t start 'til 2 pm, that leaves him plenty of time.
Well, with your logic or mine, The Weird One, it might be possible to fix the sign and still get to the party. But we know from past episodes that for Earl, getting up early means getting up before noon. 
He was also one of the 2 stupid Brothers in Evolution.
Jim
I’m just so happy that this show is popular. Most shows with a “good message” are godawful tripe like 7th Heaven that anyone with half a brain can only watch ironically. Think about it: it’s a show that promotes goodness, personal responsibility and acceptance of all kinds of people, but it’s also funny and has likable, relatable characters and doesn’t suck at all. Amazing.
Didn’t Earl say it was going to take him all night to drive there? If that was the case I guess he didn’t want to be up all night driving back and forth.
I also just found out, because of my cable problems, that the were walking to Dunkle Hall, I think 75% of my classes were there. He was also in Diehl Hall, my best friend from College lived there the first year. Now I can’t wait until it’s either repeated or it comes out on DVD.
I don’t know if it was all night, but it was definitely a significant drive; at least a few hours each way.
This was the first episode that I really noticed that Earl is telling the story in past tense. And they way he refered to the professor in the narration seemed like he either did end up with her or atleast they are close friends.
Heh - I liked that.
I also liked the beginning, where Randy puts on the dead guy’s hat and then pulls out a tube and reads “lice cream”, and throws it away because he doesn’t need it. Went sailing right over The Mister’s head. 
It is quite an achievement.
I think the little cynical or subversive touches go a long way towards making the show work – sort of how like candy floss’s ridiculous sweetness is repellent to anyone with a bit of taste, while the way that the sweetness of good chocolate is mitigated by the bitterness of cocoa gives it some appeal for people with a more refined palate. 
Ha! I just remembered my favourite bit: When the student that Earl punched asked how he’d know when the hash brownies were kicking in. “Believe me, you’ll know.” --and then the knock at the door and that fantastic prosthetic make-up job. “I think it’s kicking in!” “Cool.” “No! Not cool!”
Bwahahaha. “It wants me to punch him!”
Earl quick! The fishes are back again!
That laptop had one hell of a battery, considering it spent a year in the hands of people who knew so little they didn’t understand what the screensaver was. They didn’t seem to have a way to charge it up, and probably didn’t know they needed to.
And they didn’t need beat the joke to death. That’s what I like best about this show.
He just put on the hat, read the label on the tube, “Huh, lice cream. I don’t need that.” And Cataline pocketed it because she knew he would be needing it later. End of joke. I like when stuff is subtle.
Oh, and the screen saver thing was a riot, even though that wasn’t as subtle.
“The fishes are back!”
“Where’s the little blue one?”
I’m so glad I have DVR. I missed Randy’s funniest line of the night, after eating a Jell-O shot
“They’re so smart, they figured out how to put booze in food, but you can’t eat too much or else you’ll pass out and they’ll write ‘balls’ on your forehead with permanent marker.”
I am so embarrassed. I missed it too. And I thought about it for a second! I wasn’t focusing on the hat! I was focusing on Catalina’s expression.
Slinking away in shame here, because it wasn’t that sly…