"My Name Is Earl" (2005) [TV-Series 2005-????]
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Genre:
Comedy (more)
Tagline: Karma is a funny thing.
Plot Outline: A ne'er do well wins $100,000 in the lottery and decides to right all the wrongs from his past with his newfound realization. (more)
Seasons:
1
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2
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User Comments:
Great new show! If you like the Coen brothers films, you might love this
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User Rating:
 
8.9/10 (1,377 votes)
Runtime:
30 min (including commercials)
Country:
USA
Language:
Spanish / English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:M (some episodes) / Australia:PG / UK:12 (Season 1 DVD) / USA:TV-PG
Trivia:
Although Lee and Suplee had worked together before, Garcia didn't discover Suplee because of that. Garcia discovered him while watching the DVD version of Without a Paddle, looking at the film because another actor in it had been recommended to him. What convinced Garcia to bring Suplee in for an audition were comments about him he heard on the DVD's commentary track. One of the actors in the commentary told the story of a dispute between the film's director and Suplee. The scene the actor described was one where Suplee's character was supposed to be pointing a gun at some people Suplee and others had captured. The commentary noted that Suplee had insisted that he shouldn't point his gun at them after all, since in Suplee's mind, it had taken so long to capture the people that it had given the character time to rethink his motives. Suplee got his way in the scene, over the director's objections. The fact that Suplee would think so much about such a small detail was enough to get Suplee an audition. Garcia and the show's writers have subsequently used Suplee's attention to detail to the show's advantage, in various "pestered by a bee" background activities that Suplee's character does in various scenes. The first such scene was an improvisation in the pilot, where Suplee is looking up at the ceiling with his mouth open.
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Quotes:
[repeated line]
Joy:
Oh, snap!
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes.
Another 8 wins
&
22 nominations
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User Comments:
77 out of 84 people found the following comment useful:-
Great new show! If you like the Coen brothers films, you might love this, 21 September 2005
Author:
Billie from United States
I saw the first episode of "My Name Is Earl" last night, (9 p.m. on
NBC) and I just had to plug it. I thought it was brilliant -
wonderfully cast, written, and directed. I hope the show is a hit and
keeps it up.
If the Coen brothers wrote and directed a TV sitcom, it could be very
much like this show.
The premise is simple: Earl (the very likable Jason Lee, often seen in
Kevin Smith films, and whose on screen demeanor sometimes reminds me of
Chevy Chase in his youthful prime) is Earl, a small-time raggedy thief
who snags a $100,000 winning lottery ticket. Seconds later he's mowed
down by a car, and the ticket floats away in the breeze. While
recovering in the hospital, doped up on morphine, he watches a TV show
with MTV host Carson Daly talking about doing good deeds so that good
things will happen to you...and he comes up with the the idea of
repairing his mess of a life by making a list of all the people he's
harmed in the past, tracking them down one by one, and making amends
however he can.
When Earl briefly thinks of backing out on his plan, the ticket
miraculously floats back seemingly out of nowhere..inspiring him to
keep up the good work. Karma is a funny thing, as the tagline says.
The inimitable evil vixen Jaime Pressley (as his trashy ex-wife Joy) is
part of a great supporting cast, and the superior writing and directing
of the show gives it a comedic, quirky quality that reminded my husband
and myself of Coen brothers' films such as "Raising Arizona". I hope
the show can keep the quality up as the season progresses. The bar's
been set pretty high with this first episode.
Anyway, "My Name Is Earl" is on NBC on Tuesdays at 9:00. Give it a
whirl, and let's keep this one on the air, as long as the creators can
maintain the quality of its premiere. As long as it keeps its sharp wit
and avoids sinking into maudlin sentimentality, it should stay a
winner.
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