Cost Dad the Election (22 Nov. 2005)

Earl convinces his dad to run for mayor again and tries to help, so that he can make up for ruining his last election.

Director:

Chris Koch

Writers:

Gregory Thomas Garcia (creator), Bobby Bowman

Stars:

Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Lee	...	Earl Hickey
Ethan Suplee	...	Randy Hickey
Jaime Pressly	...	Joy Turner
Nadine Velazquez	...	Catalina
Eddie Steeples	...	Darnell Turner
Beau Bridges	...	Carl Hickey
Nancy Lenehan	...	Kay Hickey
Niecy Nash	...	Rhonda Gibbs
Bill Suplee	...	Willie the One-Eyed Mailman
Kipp Shiotani	...	Marty Park
Cameron Clapp	...	Didi's Boyfriend
Tracy Ashton	...	Didi - One Legged Girl
Jack Axelrod	...	Electrolarynx Guy
George Frangides	...	Officer Bob Smiley
Vernard 'Bone' Hampton	...	Guard Taylor

Storyline

Earl convinces his dad to run for mayor again and tries to help, so that he can make up for ruining his last election.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 November 2005 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Amigos de Garcia Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the opening credits, there's a shot of Earls list and #65 is "Cost Dad the election". When the episode of Earl helping his Dad win the election, he refers to it as being #4 on his list.

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Quotes

Randy Hickey: Hey Earl.
Earl Hickey: Hey Randy.
Randy Hickey: If you could be any kind of animal in the whole world, what animal would you be?
Earl Hickey: A dog. I think I'd be a dog.
Randy Hickey: How come?
Earl Hickey: 'cause I like living inside and sitting on couches and most people let their dog live inside and sit on couches.
Randy Hickey: How about a cat? People let their cat live inside and sit on couches.
Earl Hickey: I'm allergic to cats. I wouldn't wanna go around and make myself sneeze.
Randy Hickey: Yeah.
Earl Hickey: Why? What kind of animal would you be if you could be any animal in the whole world?
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Soundtracks

"Higher Ground"
Performed by Stevie Wonder

User Reviews

It's the same old story

This episode starts in a different way with Earl trying to finally fix the problem for stealing a car from a girl who only has one leg, before the traditional opening credits. Actually is the second time we can see something about this point of the list but is not time yet to finally see how Earl tries to fix this problem. So suddenly the new objective of Earl is to help his father for be the mayor because sometime ago he ruined the election that his father was winning.

In this case will be the same old story but Earl realize that even if his father would win the new election, he can't erase him from the list because he was a real headache for his father so is going to take some more time and more dedication.

I liked this episode but I think it could be much more better since is the very first time that we can see the parents of Earl and Randy but still the flashbacks are hilarious, specially when Randy is dressed like a nun.