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My Name Is Earl: Season 4, Episode 12

Reading Is a Fundamental Case (4 Dec. 2008)

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Earl and Randy discover that an old friend is living in the woods in a Bookmobile they stole years earlier, and that he has gone completely crazy.

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Earl and Randy discover that an old friend is living in the woods in a Bookmobile they stole years earlier, and that he has gone completely crazy.

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When Earl and Randy drive back to the stolen bus from the night where they acted as band members, the door on Earl's El Camino is still blue. Although during the previous episode "Nature's Game Show" Earl discovers the car with the missing blue door and decides to return it, he does not manage to do so in the following episode, therefore, the door on his car remains blue. See more »

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