# "My Name is Earl" season premiere, 9-21-06 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552 "2006-09-21T13:25:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/1 "2006-09-21T13:25:23Z")
Can’t wait - tonight’s the night! Earl, Randy, Joy, Darnell, Catalina, Patty the Daytime Whore and all of our favorite wacky Camden County characters return. According to our local newspaper’s TV listings, Earl sides with Joy in a dispute she has with Darnell, and an entertainment center doesn’t work out the way anyone expects. Hope they avoid sophomore slump. I’m definitely looking forward to it… C’mon back after the show to critique or gush. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/2 "2006-09-21T13:33:11Z")
Goddammit, I’m going to be out late tonight and I didn’t set the VCR. I thought it was _next_ week . . . ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/3 "2006-09-21T13:48:10Z")
Squeee!! I’m so excited! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/4 "2006-09-21T15:24:57Z")
I heard the Season 1 DVD set is quite good, so I’ll be picking it up today on my way home. I rarely but TV series, but every episode I remember is worth revisiting (and Greg Garcia, who made the best Emmy speech a few weeks ago, apparently has some equally good commentaries with cast & co.). ---
**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, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/5 "2006-09-21T16:15:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Greg Garcia, who made the best Emmy speech a few weeks ago, apparently has some equally good commentaries with cast & co. For the “Dad’s Car” episode, they have a commentary by Natalie Garcia, Mary Buckland, Carol Lee, and Debbie Suplee; the mothers of Greg, Marc, Jason, and Ethan. There’s also an “alternative” pilot episode where the hospitalized Earl switchs channels from Carson Daly to an episode of _Family Guy_ and decides to devote his life to following Stewie Griffin’s advice to seek vengeance on everyone who ever messed with him. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/6 "2006-09-21T17:30:41Z")
Bless you for starting this thread early on in the day! If I hadn’t seen it I wouldn’t have known to watch tonight! ---
**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:** [September 21, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/7 "2006-09-21T17:49:51Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] I heard the Season 1 DVD set is quite good, so I’ll be picking it up today on my way home. I rarely but TV series, but every episode I remember is worth revisiting (and Greg Garcia, who made the best Emmy speech a few weeks ago, apparently has some equally good commentaries with cast & co.). [/QUOTE] The DVDs are out? Sweet, I missed one show last season, I’m hoping I don’t miss any this one. I can’t wait for tonight, but for some reason I’m thinking the baby will be awake until 8:10. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/8 "2006-09-21T18:08:43Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Goddammit, I’m going to be out late tonight and I didn’t set the VCR. I thought it was _next_ week . . . [/QUOTE] I’ll send you a dozen roses if you’ll call Olivia de Havilland and ask her to record it for you. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/9 "2006-09-21T18:13:46Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] ..Patty the Daytime Whore … [/QUOTE] I like that it’s clarified she’s not just any old whore, but the ‘daytime’ whore. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 21, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/10 "2006-09-21T19:16:57Z")
Thanks **Elendil’s Heir** , I did not realize the start was tonight. 8pm EST by the way. I’m glad I checked the listings. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/11 "2006-09-21T19:51:40Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] I’ll send you a dozen roses if you’ll call Olivia de Havilland and ask her to record it for you. [/QUOTE] I’m shocked that **Eve** evens watches _Earl_. It seems so beneath her. I can just imagine her looking down her nose at Joy and saying, “Well, I never…” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/12 "2006-09-21T20:09:22Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] I’m shocked that **Eve** evens watches _Earl_. It seems so beneath her. I can just imagine her looking down her nose at Joy and saying, “Well, I never…” [/QUOTE] They remind me of the folks I knew when Ah dun lived in Bawlmer, hun . . . ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/13 "2006-09-21T22:34:58Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] They remind me of the folks I knew when Ah dun lived in Bawlmer, hun . . . [/QUOTE] :rolleyes: Oh, believe me, I know too many people that are _just like_ the characters on _Earl_. I don’t know any Daytime Hookers, but I know lots of Earls and Joys. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/14 "2006-09-21T22:52:52Z")
Does anyone else see the words “My Name is Earl” and start singing the PRince song, “My Name is Prince” only with the name Earl instead of Prince? ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/15 "2006-09-22T00:09:36Z")
Oh. My. God. Helium balloon thing funniest evah. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/16 "2006-09-22T00:14:32Z")
“It was a crime of principle, like when Rosa Parks stole that bus.” ---
**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:** [September 22, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/17 "2006-09-22T00:37:52Z")
[QUOTE=Operation Ripper] Oh. My. God. Helium balloon thing funniest evah. [/QUOTE] Loved that one and I loved Joy’s aside “He pulled a Ferris Bueller on Me”. Great first Episode. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/18 "2006-09-22T00:52:34Z")
CRAP CRAP CRAP DID IT ALWAYS START AT 8? I thought it was 9 ! %@#^^#%^@%$%%@@!!! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/19 "2006-09-22T00:55:13Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] CRAP CRAP CRAP DID IT ALWAYS START AT 8? I thought it was 9 ! %@#^^#%^@%$%%@@!!! [/QUOTE] This was a sneaky surprise that \*\*Elendil’s Heir \*\* saved {some of} us from. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552/20 "2006-09-22T00:56:57Z")
[QUOTE=Operation Ripper] Oh. My. God. Helium balloon thing funniest evah. [/QUOTE] I love it 😃 . That was great. I freakin’ love Ethan Suplee. E. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-season-premiere-9-21-06/373552.md?page=2)