MY.. Name... Is... EARL

[Ducky Momo]

Really?! Well hello Earl. *hehe* In my country Earl is a boy's name!

I just started watching this show on Netflix, it's really starting to pick up on the funny after the first few episodes.

Earl: I started to make you a magical fairy, but I ended up with ah… a magical clump. (holds up paper mache clump).
Natalie: Thanks. It’s a very nice clump. I’ll name him Alexander. Alexander the clump.
Earl: Or Pepe. How bout Pepe the clump?
Natalie: I don’t get it. Why Pepe?
Earl: Oh Pepe’s a name. I think its Mexican.
*ponders*
Earl: Yeah, it's Mexican.

[The Ichi]

I really need to get back to that show. I watched the first two seasons on DVD then just kind of stopped.

[Romeo Hotel]

I still don't get why that show was ever cancelled in the first place.

[Hypnotix]

That show was insanely good. Its such a shame that it was cancelled as soon as it was. I should've easily gone for two or three more seasons.

[Ash Kingston]

I gotta admit, I love My Name is Earl, although the third season was... really weird. Isn't it basically treated as non-canon by the show itself during the 4th season?

[Brandon Walsh is Insane.]

The first two seasons were excellent.

The third season... not so much.

The cliffhanger ending of the series is what made me hesitate to watch it, but I had already heard so many good things about it, I had to give in and give it a chance. And I'm glad I did.

I would stop watching the series around the time Billy is introduced, just to be safe

[bob]

May 15, 2011 1:01:32 GMT -5 Romeo Hotel said:

I still don't get why that show was ever cancelled in the first place.

Jay Leno

[sgt slobber]

I loved this show.

The people behind it now have a new show on called Rasing Hope which is equally awesome. Raising Hope also uses a lot of the My Name is Earl cast as guest stars.

[default]

I didn't mind the third season, but I'll admit I haven't really been rewatching them much. But yeah, it's cancellation was stupid. It was one of the best and freshest shows on TV, in my opinion. I even have the Crab-Man t-shirt.



It's cancellation was one of the major reason (behind Conan) that put me off all things NBC outside of SNL. I broke it for The Cape and due to the Comcast buyout and well...

"I can’t remember with chickens are you supposed to play dead or punch 'em in the nose?"

[Throwback]

Randy was my favorite character of the show.

I loved it when they finally showed us Darnell's history

[B'Cup x]

Only seen the first series, but I love what ive watched. My favourite episode is one of the early ones where Earl tries to get Randy to score atouchdown x

[Square]

May 15, 2011 1:01:32 GMT -5 Romeo Hotel said:

I still don't get why that show was ever cancelled in the first place.

Because of the way it was shot it was highly expensive for a comedy.

[Throwback]

"I'm high on shark adrenaline and I love it!!!!"

[Ducky Momo]

May 15, 2011 9:17:33 GMT -5 Square said:

May 15, 2011 1:01:32 GMT -5 Romeo Hotel said:

I still don't get why that show was ever cancelled in the first place.

Because of the way it was shot it was highly expensive for a comedy.

What made it so much more expensive? Is it because they weren't filming on one "home" set all the time?

[Welfare Willis]

The show was good, but I wasn't a big fan of Earl getting put into prison or the fact anyone who was a scientologist and knew Jason Lee ended up in the show.

[Virt McGirt]

May 15, 2011 21:56:26 GMT -5 Ducky Momo said:

May 15, 2011 9:17:33 GMT -5 Square said:

Because of the way it was shot it was highly expensive for a comedy.

What made it so much more expensive? Is it because they weren't filming on one "home" set all the time?

Well, it was filmed more like a movie than a standard sitcom, so, perhaps that had something to do with it.

also, I think things started to go sour for NBC once Jay Leno stepped down. (He subsequently came back, but that's a whole nother can of worms)

[default]

May 16, 2011 2:00:33 GMT -5 Virt McGirt said:

May 15, 2011 21:56:26 GMT -5 Ducky Momo said:

What made it so much more expensive? Is it because they weren't filming on one "home" set all the time?

Well, it was filmed more like a movie than a standard sitcom, so, perhaps that had something to do with it.

also, I think things started to go sour for NBC once Jay Leno stepped down. (He subsequently came back, but that's a whole nother can of worms)

Yeah, there were quite a lot of sets in comparison. The Motel, The Trailer, The Crabshack, then almost always a list related house, another list related place and some outside shots.

A lot of shows rely on around half the set changes. And even successful sitcoms would use some cost-effecient stuff like green screens for when characters were driving, etc. My Name Is Earl definitely didn't.

[Blindkarevik]

Earl: I gotta step outside and get some air.
Randy: *narrating* I knew Earl was lying because I was pretty sure there was air in here too.

That's the line I'll use if someone asks me what the show is like. If they laugh, I recommend it.. if they don't, the humor probably isn't for them.

[Young Game]

I liked the subtle "Big Lebowski" reference in the "No Heads and a Duffle Bag" episode.