My Name Is Earl 

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.

Creator:

Gregory Thomas Garcia

Stars:

Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 15 wins & 70 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jason Lee	...	Earl Hickey 96 episodes, 2005-2009
Ethan Suplee	...	Randy Hickey 96 episodes, 2005-2009
Jaime Pressly	...	Joy Turner 96 episodes, 2005-2009
Nadine Velazquez	...	Catalina 96 episodes, 2005-2009
Eddie Steeples	...	Darnell Turner 96 episodes, 2005-2009

Storyline

Earl is a low-life who buys a winning lottery ticket, only to get hit by a car, losing the ticket in the process. He then realizes in the hospital that his bad luck is the result of karma in which fate punishes him for all the rotten things he's ever done in his life; therefore, he then decides to dedicate his life to making amends to all the people he has hurt in his life.

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Plot Keywords:

heavy metal | 21th century | karma | list | low life | 

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Taglines:

Karma is a funny thing!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

NBC [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

20 September 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Earl

Filming Locations:

Beaumont, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television,Amigos de Garcia Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although Jason Lee and Ethan Suplee had worked together before, producer Gregory Thomas Garcia didn't discover Suplee because of that; he discovered him while watching the DVD version of Without a Paddle (2004), 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 director Steven Brill 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 Brill's objections. The fact that Suplee would think so much about such a small detail was enough to get him 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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Goofs

When Joy is shown counterfeiting 20's in 1996, they are the bills that were redesigned in 2004.

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Quotes

Joy: [to Darnell] When the bar closes let's do it on the pool table like Jodie Foster did in that porno.

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Crazy Credits

The "Amigos de Garcia" production company card in the closing credits features a different friend of Executive Producer 'Gregory Thomas Garcia' every week.

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Connections

Referenced in Sports Jeopardy!: Episode #3.9 (2016)

User Reviews

good stuff

This show was really funny. Jason Lee kills me any time anything comes out of his mouth in this show. His character is like Brodie from Mallrats all grown up. Ethan Slupe looks like he's shed a few pounds, but he's also GREAT in his role. These small town rednecks that everyone in town probably crosses the street when they see these 2 brothers walking their way on the same sidewalk. Wise cracks in true Lee style, with his goofy smile-almost as funny as the punchline to most of the jokes on the show. It's almost as good as if Kevin Smith himself directed & produced the show himself I hope this show continues to be as funny as the pilot & stays on the air for years and years to come.