My Name Is Earl---I am paying attention

October 11, 2007

In the flashback episode of "My Name is Earl," I decided to translate what Catalina says to the Crabman in Spanish. She says:

"Disculpe. Disculpe Señor. Mira. Yo se que esto no tiene sentido con este programa porque como nuestros viesto yo viene despues de I-dos-K, pero en realidad quien pone atención a esos tipos de cosas."

"Excuse me sir. I know this makes no sense with the program, because as we have seen I came after I-2-K but in reality, who pays attention to those types of things?"

She says I-2-K but I think they meant Y2K. The Episode "Y2k."

Well, I do pay attention.

Watch the episode here

Update 10/13:

Reader Parrish Ethan Danforth e-mailed me the translation to what the Japanese fellow said:

He said, "I really hate doing Japanese stereotypes, but my agent said I should probably do it."

Then after a short exchange he says "Where is he? He's always doing this to me, Let's go."

Update 12/13:
The Smarmy Carny has different translation

Kudos to 'My Name Is Earl'!

[Picture above thanks to AfterElton.com]

So far Season 3 is proving to do no wrongs and just be overly entertaining. The two-parter opener was awesome, with a great spirited performance from Ben Foster, as a prisoner screwed by Earl as a kid and then had a poor outlook about himself. The episode on last Thursday October 4th episode, "The Gangs of Candem County" had a full-on male on male kiss, I think more than just one. Earl is sent to make two gang leaders kiss and make up, little did he know they already did... Hector and Jamal, leaders of respective race-themed gangs. Straight-ass IGN.com talks about what kind of storylines can be considered shocking these days. While AfterElton.com gages if the jokes were offensive or juvenile.

IGN.com reviews it:
It's difficult to gauge how outrageous a gay storyline is these days. Some still might find two men kissing a shock at 8pm, but it all depends on your level of tolerance. In this instance, the kiss and the plot in general didn't seem like a ratings stunt (unlike 30 Rock's "Seinfeldvision") but rather as part of a logical story that was told with both respect, and more importantly, humor.

AfterElton.com says:
What stands out about "Gangs of Camden County" is that Hector and Jamal's relationship is based on the two making a personal connection, not from a lack of options from being imprisoned. Earl has a history of treating its oddballs with respect and, along those lines, it avoided making Hector and Jamal's affection fodder for gross-out humor.

I think it was well done. I personally forgot it was network television watching it. Going in to it, seeing the relationship, I was thought it just would end there. I was hoping for it to show more and they did, they certainly were honest. When Earl advises the gang leaders to go public with their relationship, Hector refuses, leaving Jamal the spurned lover and thus causing violence to escalate further. Earl's plan to get the guys back together with Jamal eating a popsicle suggestively and the slow-motion hose-down of Jamal's tight white t-shirt. The funny part isn't that 'ooh, they are gay and this stuff women usually do and a gay guy doing it is stupid' but 'Hector really thinks this is hot and Jamal has a beer belly.'

Of course, Earl being in Jail now, we expect men on men action but the gang did it in a creative way and did a whole storyline revolving around it. And as AfterElton blog writer says, it isn't because of lack of options but that they genuinely love each other. That even in jail, they couldn't be together because of social phobias and not just because of them being gay. IGN.com calls it 'West Side Story,' which I find just funny because technically it isn't. Because that would have to be one gang member in love with the sibling of the other gang member.

You can watch the episode here on NBC.com!

My Own Kooky Spinoff Ideas

If 'Grey's Anatomy' is gettitng a spin-off why not 'Desperate Housewives'? or 'My Name is Earl'? or 'Heroes'? Well, here are my personal kooky ideas.

"By Edie"
Edie goes off to her own adventures in Los Angeles where she has her own realty firm with sexy employees and competition. She gets to be bitchy with people in California.

"Heaven's Gate"
All those that have passed on such as Mrs. Huber, Rex, Mary Alice, and possible guest stars as the two former Mrs. Hodges and Zach's dead grand father. The plot? They have to go down to Earth as angels or devils to help people.

"Anything But Desperate On Campus"
Andrew Van De Camp, which is described by Wikipedia as 'Bree sociopathic, atheist, bisexual teenage son,' goes to college and becomes the dorm supervisor guy and has to put up with other people's problems and just scoff at their problems while finding love and causing trouble with nobody the wiser.

My Name is Earl 1/11 Episode Review

In the episode "Buried Treasure" of "My Name is Earl" had different prespectives of different characters to explaina story other than Earl. Randy, Joy, the Crabman and more got their own intros and to say 'My Name is Randy', etc. it was hiralous. The most funny intro was Joy's. Much like stories that have different views, this was actually entertaining and uproarious.

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Spanish translation of Earl

Last night's episode of My Name is Earl had an animated sequence where his brother Randy sees everyone in claymation. He saw Catalina (Nadine Velazquez) and she spoke Spanish. "Esto iva ser yo sacando me la cavesa y limpiando el polvo con ella pero los dibijos animados son tan costos asi mejor me puedes ver balarrrr "

Which bascially means, "This was going to be me taking my head off and clean the dust with it but since animated drawings (animation) are so costly, you can just see me dance."

Mas o menos

My Name is Earl wins writing & directing

My Name is Earl wins for best writing for the pilot and best directing for pilot. Yay to them! Good luck to them all. It is a great show.