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| Gregory Thomas Garcia | .... | executive producer (53 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Bobby Bowman | .... | executive producer / co-executive producer (52 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Jason Lee | .... | producer (50 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Marc Buckland | .... | executive producer (47 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Kim Hamberg | .... | associate producer / co-producer (45 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Henry J. Lange Jr. | .... | producer (45 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Kat Likkel | .... | producer / co-producer / ... (45 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Danielle Sanchez | .... | producer / co-producer / ... (45 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Timothy Stack | .... | consulting producer (45 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| John Hoberg | .... | producer / co-producer / ... (44 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Michael Pennie | .... | producer / supervising producer / ... (44 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Victor Fresco | .... | consulting producer (43 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Brad Copeland | .... | supervising producer / consulting producer (42 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Barbara Feldman | .... | co-executive producer / consulting producer (42 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| J.B. Cook | .... | consulting producer / supervising producer (35 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Michael Shipley | .... | consulting producer (28 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Matt Ward | .... | co-producer (27 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Mike Mariano | .... | producer / supervising producer (21 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Aaron Greenberg | .... | associate producer (20 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Patrick McCarthy | .... | supervising producer (13 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Matt Simon | .... | production associate producer / associate producer (13 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Erika Kaestle | .... | supervising producer (11 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Alan Kirschenbaum | .... | consulting producer (9 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Jessica Goldstein | .... | co-producer / producer (8 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Chrissy Pietrosh | .... | co-producer / producer (8 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Hilary Winston | .... | co-producer / producer (8 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Kevin Abbott | .... | consulting producer (5 episodes, 2008) |
| Vali Chandrasekaran | .... | co-producer (2 episodes, 2008) |
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| Rick Kelly | .... | second assistant director / first assistant director (62 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Stacy Schrader | .... | second second assistant director / second assistant director / ... (33 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Paul B. Pedreira | .... | first assistant director / assistant director (25 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Joan Cunningham | .... | first assistant director (21 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| John Riley | .... | second second assistant director (21 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Susan J. Hellmann | .... | second assistant director (16 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Aaron Critchlow | .... | second second assistant director / second assistant director (11 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Joe Fikes | .... | dga trainee (10 episodes, 2008) |
| Sarah Olivieri | .... | dga trainee (10 episodes, 2009) |
| Stephanie Kinch | .... | dga trainee (8 episodes, 2008) |
| Alicia Cho | .... | dga trainee (7 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Joe May | .... | second second assistant director (5 episodes, 2009) |
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| Kevin Shaw | .... | property master / assistant property master (59 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Monica Fedrick | .... | graphic designer (58 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Douglas Berkeley | .... | set designer (45 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Greg Hamlin | .... | construction coordinator (37 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Nino Candido | .... | property master (36 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| John Holliday | .... | construction foreman (36 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Pete Washburn | .... | set dresser (32 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Susie Thompson | .... | set dresser (31 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Stella Starlight | .... | graphic designer (30 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Gary Isbell | .... | leadman (24 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Raymard Camp | .... | set dressing gangboss (19 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Cynthia Kershaw | .... | art department coordinator (18 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Lynn Christopher | .... | set designer (12 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Nic Harvey | .... | art department intern (7 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Meg Harker | .... | art department coordinator (6 episodes, 2008) |
| John R. Boucher | .... | set dresser (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Michael O'Luasaigh | .... | propmaker (3 episodes, 2006) |
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| Frederick Jackson | .... | painter (unknown episodes) |
| Carisa Rosenthal | .... | on-set dresser (unknown episodes) |
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| Bob Minshall | .... | visual effects (38 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Tom Kendall | .... | visual effects producer (34 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Melissa Parent | .... | post production assistant (19 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Dan Carrington | .... | Flame artist / flame artist (10 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Scott Milne | .... | visual effects supervisor (10 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Rodrigo Washington | .... | visual effects artist (10 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Doug Spilatro | .... | visual effects (7 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Michael Roderick | .... | digital compositor (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Leon Nowlin | .... | compositor / digital compositor (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Dan Lopez | .... | visual effects (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Kurt McKeever | .... | digital effects artist: Encore Hollywood (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Alfredo Tognetti | .... | digital compositor / digital effects artist (2 episodes, 2008) |
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| Rick Cortes | .... | visual effects: MFX (unknown episodes) |
| Bryan Whitaker | .... | digital artist (unknown episodes) |
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| L. Andrew Sigler | .... | best boy grip / grip (63 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Sean Prichard | .... | grip / dolly grip: "b" camera (53 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Nathan Crum | .... | second assistant camera: "a" camera (49 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Alex Selkowitz | .... | grip (45 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Emily L.G. Goodwin | .... | loader / camera production assistant / ... (36 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Stephen Pazanti | .... | first assistant camera (27 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Jason Kay | .... | technocrane operator (26 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Christopher Jones | .... | film loader / assistant camera / ... (26 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Chris Lewis | .... | best boy electric (24 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Andy Sydney | .... | first assistant camera: "b" camera (24 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Shunil Borpujari | .... | key grip (23 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Cranston Gobbo | .... | dolly grip (23 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Vojislav Mikulic | .... | chief lighting technician (23 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Heather Lea | .... | first assistant camera (23 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Norman G. Langley | .... | camera operator: "a" camera (22 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Geoff Shotz | .... | camera operator: "b" camera (21 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Alex Fleming | .... | camera production assistant (18 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Michael Pizzuto | .... | first company grip / key grip (14 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Paul Horn | .... | camera operator: "a" camera / camera operator: "b" camera (14 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Peter Stone | .... | still photographer (13 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Scott Guthrie | .... | chief lighting technician (13 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Andre Ramirez | .... | grip (12 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Gary Katsuya Ushino | .... | first assistant camera: "a" camera (12 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Chad Persons | .... | Steadicam operator / camera operator: "b" camera / ... (10 episodes, 2007) |
| Ron Baldwin | .... | camera operator: "b" camera (8 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Grg Magidow | .... | first assistant camera: "a" camera (8 episodes, 2008) |
| Michael Yarish | .... | still photographer (7 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Michael S. Beckman | .... | rigging electrician (7 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Michael Stumpf | .... | Steadicam operator / camera operator: "a" camera (7 episodes, 2008) |
| Amos James | .... | grip (5 episodes, 2006) |
| Joey Maloney | .... | camera production assistant (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Charles Schner | .... | additional camera operator (4 episodes, 2008) |
| Michelle Pizanis | .... | second assistant camera / second assistant camera: "b" camera (3 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Morgan Jenkins | .... | key camera utility (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Gerardo Merino | .... | grip / dolly grip (3 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Randy Nolen | .... | camera operator: "b" camera (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Anna Ferrarie | .... | film loader (2 episodes, 2007) |
| John Hankammer | .... | camera operator: "b" camera / Steadicam operator / ... (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Eric McCandless | .... | still photographer (2 episodes, 2008-2009) |
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| Walter Byrnes | .... | rigging key grip (unknown episodes) |
| Justin M. Lubin | .... | still photographer (unknown episodes) |
| Andrea Miraglia | .... | grip (unknown episodes) |
| Ron Veto | .... | Steadicam operator (unknown episodes) |
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| Jennifer S. Jackson | .... | script supervisor (87 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Maggi Solso | .... | assistant location manager (69 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Brady Hazelwood | .... | set production assistant / executive assistant / ... (55 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Sean Conaway | .... | production assistant / assistant: G. Garcia (48 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Sara Huffman | .... | assistant to writer / script coordinator / ... (43 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Shel Gilbert | .... | payroll accountant (43 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Sarah Werner | .... | production coordinator (41 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Hunter Covington | .... | script coordinator / assistant to writer (38 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Carsen LaBella | .... | production assistant (36 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Hilary Winston | .... | story editor / executive story editor (35 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Wendall Hinkle | .... | key assistant location manager / location manager (33 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Christina Lewis | .... | production accountant (31 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Ashley Korman | .... | production assistant / post supervisor (27 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Michael Haddad | .... | craft service (27 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Ron Recio | .... | production assistant (24 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Elif Erginer | .... | assistant: Marc Buckland (24 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| George Goodwin | .... | first assistant accountant (24 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Ivan E. Schwarz | .... | location manager (23 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Matt Simon | .... | assistant: Greg Garcia (23 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Clete Francis | .... | utility stand-in (23 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Darren Willner | .... | assistant production coordinator (20 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Vali Chandrasekaran | .... | story editor / executive story editor (16 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Dominique Porter | .... | assistant: M. Buckland (16 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Matt Wolpert | .... | assistant: G. Garcia / assistant to writer (16 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Courtney Boches | .... | network publicity intern (15 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Marvin J. Bernstein | .... | location manager (15 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Jennifer Poirier | .... | assistant production coordinator (14 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Melissa Parent | .... | production assistant (13 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Gabe Uhr | .... | set production assistant (9 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Rob Hoffman | .... | set production assistant (8 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Liam Harty | .... | production assistant (8 episodes, 2008) |
| John Hall | .... | key set production assistant (7 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Ritchie Steven Filippi | .... | set production assistant (6 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Scott Cohn | .... | production accountant (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Dave Landaker | .... | video and computer playback operator (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Doris P. Bryce | .... | production accountant (4 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Matt Ward | .... | executive story editor (4 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Bill Pugin | .... | interpreter (3 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Daniel Rosenthal | .... | assistant location manager (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Kori Sparks | .... | set production assistant (3 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Debbie Cleaver | .... | production accountant (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Matthew Thompson | .... | assistant to writer / assistant to writers (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Mike Tsucalas | .... | set production assistant (2 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Mike Cochrane | .... | stand-in (2 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Stephen Bracken | .... | stand-in (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Daniel Veluzat | .... | location liaison (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Gina Gari | .... | assistant: G. Garcia / assistant: Greg Garcia (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Rachel Abendroth | .... | stand-in (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Tara Nicole Hughes | .... | associate choreographer (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Steven Ritt | .... | dog trainer (2 episodes, 2009) |
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| Nicholas Carpenter | .... | set production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| J.J. Dalton | .... | set production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Elan Dassani | .... | computer/video operator (unknown episodes) |
| Jamie French | .... | publicist (unknown episodes) |
| Shilo Frontierro | .... | set production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| David G. Harrington | .... | video/cgi playback (unknown episodes) |
| Apryl Hill | .... | set medic (unknown episodes) |
| Phill Kane | .... | assistant location manager (unknown episodes) |
| Gregg Kawecki | .... | production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Kym Stys | .... | stand-in (unknown episodes) |
| John Trujillo | .... | layout board (unknown episodes) |
| Stephanie Tull | .... | set production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Brad Wilder | .... | production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Oorala J. Yamada | .... | set production assistant (unknown episodes) |
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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.