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 | karma | list | low life | ne'er do well | 

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Taglines:

In my past life, I'd have stolen this magazine. Now I'm in it. Must be Karma...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Channel 4 [UK] Channel 7 Network [Australia]

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

When Earl and Randy are returning the items they stole from the convenience store, Earl refers to it as the Quick Stop, the store made famous in Clerks (1994), and referenced in the other movies, in which Jason Lee and Ethan Suplee appeared.

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Goofs

In the scenes where pregnant "Joy" is in the shower, the body double is wearing flesh colored panties, just barely visible at the bottom of the screen. This goof is likely not visible on CRT televisions that over-scan.

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Quotes

[Randy opens the door]
Earl: Randy?
Randy: No.
[Closes the door again]

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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 Bad Movie Beatdown: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2012)

User Reviews

pilot was fantastic, can it continue...

OK, it was only one episode, but it was very funny. Jason Lee, best known to me, from Mumford and most Kevin Smith movies, was perfect. His dumb brother, Randy, played by Kevin Smith alum, Ethan Suplee was fun as well. Jaime Pressly oddly was the best cast. ALthough I believed the brothers were redneck bums, down on there luck, house breaking into losers...Jaime was the best suited to her character. She was picture perfect as the just a little too old, old time beauty queen tramp. She was a blast. In fact all the characters had features of them that stood out. I'm marking Tuesday night at 8 pm on my calender. This show (if one show is any indication...) is a keeper.

9 out of 10 or better.

update...

Season One is just ending, and yes, the show chugged along nicely throughout the season. Too bad it's already changed nights (to Thursday opposite CSI) but that's a small price to pay for a funny show like this one. Here's to a great second season, cheers.