# My Name is Earl - Premire **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635 "2005-09-21T01:21:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/1 "2005-09-21T01:21:59Z")
Well, all in all, I was pretty impressed. The maid was dead sexy, and the gay bar scene at the end was pretty funny. Also, I’m happy to see Jamie Pressly’s breasts getting work. My question for you is, what do they do for the 259th episode? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/2 "2005-09-21T01:24:04Z")
I hope it lasts that long. I liked it, mostly because I lurve Jason Lee. My only hope is that Earl has some items that take multiple weeks to cross off. Oh, and Jamie Pressley? Is looking to’ up! Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/3 "2005-09-21T01:26:11Z")
It wasn’t hilarious, but it was a good show that I’ll keep watching if I don’t have to work. Good stuff! > [@Omniscient](#): > > My question for you is, what do they do for the 259th episode? Start working on Randy’s stuff? It’s ten-plus years off. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/4 "2005-09-21T01:29:16Z")
I liked it too. Politically incorrect but in a good (new) way – not for shock value, but just because that’s how some folks act and think. Biggest chuckle for me – when he’s running from Kenny’s house and says something like “I know now that I didn’t have to run.” ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/5 "2005-09-21T01:31:47Z")
“Karma. The secret of life. Straight from the mouth of Carson Daly to my morphine-laced ears.” I loved it. Especially the part where they discovered the gay porn and backed slowly out of the house in shock and horror. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/6 "2005-09-21T01:34:31Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Biggest chuckle for me – when he’s running from Kenny’s house and says something like “I know now that I didn’t have to run.” Me too, I was thinking about quoting it in the OP. Quality line. It’s formulaic and all, but still was enjoyable. I expect it to get better as the show gets developed. Pilots are always a bit hit or miss, even for good shows. Certainly was a hell of alot better than _The Office_ so far. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/7 "2005-09-21T01:38:50Z")
I think it’s off to a good start…I never knew that Nena was considered gay-friendly music… ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/8 "2005-09-21T01:39:50Z")
I’d give it a solid B, which is pretty high for a sit-com. Some of the jokes were a bit lame (nobody has even _heard_ of karma? I see it mentioned on bumper stickers regularly), but Jason Lee is pretty darned watchable, so I’ll hang in. Jamie Pressley seems to be turning into a troll doll, but the maid was hot. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/9 "2005-09-21T01:45:36Z")
> [@sleeepy2](#): > > (nobody has even _heard_ of karma? I see it mentioned on bumper stickers regularly) Well, if you buy into the characters as redneck, high-school drop-outs it doesn’t feel like such a stretch that they hadn’t heard of a tenet of Buddhism, and eastern religions as a whole. He plays scratch-off lottery tickets for god’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![John\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@John\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_F)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/10 "2005-09-21T01:48:07Z")
I like it. Earl struggling to find the word homosexual-_american_? was pretty damn funny. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/11 "2005-09-21T01:50:22Z")
I liked it. I’ll be tuning in next week. Who is Jamie Pressly? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/12 "2005-09-21T01:53:45Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Who is Jamie Pressly? Played the cheating, blonde ex-Wife. Had a pretty good run a few years back as a scorching hot FHM/Maxim cover girl and seems to always find herself playing the role of hot, white-trash skank. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/13 "2005-09-21T01:54:13Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Who is Jamie Pressly? A Tara Reid wanna-be. She played Earl’s wife. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/14 "2005-09-21T02:15:22Z")
We definitely enjoyed it. It was more than a little over the top, but that didn’t detract from the fun. Plus we’ve both known enough folks like Earl to buy the premise without much of a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/15 "2005-09-21T02:21:49Z")
A nitpick, but it’s Jaime Pressly. And Nadine Velazquez plays Catalina. The show looks promising. I’ll keep watching it to see how it develops. I like Jason Lee. And it’s nice to see Ethan Suplee getting a job from someone besides Kevin Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/16 "2005-09-21T02:40:11Z")
Anyone else notice Leo Fitzpatrick from Kids and Bully? He was the guy on the bicycle. He’s not exactly mainstream, so I thought it was pretty interesting that they cast him- though it seems he’s only listed for the pilot. Good show, though. For a premiere, at least (The Office was just paaainful-- hmm, kind of like the second season of the UK version, I guess). I, too, enjoyed the sweetly ignorant gay jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/17 "2005-09-21T02:40:18Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > A nitpick, but it’s Jaime Pressly. And Nadine Velazquez plays Catalina. > > The show looks promising. I’ll keep watching it to see how it develops. I like Jason Lee. And it’s nice to see Ethan Suplee getting a job from someone besides Kevin Smith. Well, I’d say co-starring in a sitcom starring Smith regular Jason Lee is _almost_ the same as “getting a job” from Kevin Smith! ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/18 "2005-09-21T02:49:31Z")
One thing that surprised me a bit was that Jason Lee’s performance was definitely a cut above the typical television rendering of anybody poor, white and rural as an illiterate, mean-spirited, mulletted, gap-toothed goober. Earl’s definitely a mess – a drunk, a thief and ignorant in a lot of ways – but is at least capable of growth and comes off as a real person and not just a “slack-jawed Cletus” stereotype. Of course, maybe I’m just excited to see a sitcom that isn’t set in New York. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/19 "2005-09-21T02:53:03Z")
“Hey, Crab-Man.” “Hey, Earl.” Still being cool with the black guy that cuckolds you with your wife? Priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635/20 "2005-09-21T02:59:42Z")
I got in late (8:08 pm CST) but I liked it. A lot. My hubby and I laughed at several scenes. I will definitely be back. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-premire/322635.md?page=2)