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The most original comedy since Arrested Development, My Name is Earl marked the launch of a lovable new loser. Earl Hickey (Jason Lee) sleeps all day and drinks all night. The pattern ends when he buys a scratch card--and wins $100,000. Seconds later, he's hit by a car and loses the ticket. While in the hospital, wife Joy (Emmy nominee Jaime Pressly) leaves him for Darnell the Crab Man (Eddie Steeples). Doped up on morphine, he's watching TV when Carson Daly says something about karma. Earl decides that's his problem: bad karma. He resolves to spend the rest of his life making up for all the harm he's ever done. In the pilot, Earl and brother Randy (Ethan Suplee) start by picking up litter around their motel (Joy got the trailer). While they're at it, Earl finds the lost ticket and collects his bounty. The plan is working! Along with comely maid Catalina (Nadine Velazquez), they set off to right more wrongs. Created by Greg Garcia and teamed with The Office, My Name is Earl put NBC back on the must-see comedy map. Unlike most sitcoms, it drops the studio audience in favor of flashbacks, freeze frames, first-person narration, and extensive So-Cal location work. A soundtrack heavy on blue collar favorites, like Lynyrd Skynyrd, completes the picture.
Throughout the season, Earl gives an old girlfriend self-respect ("Faked My Own Death"), plans his ex-wife's big day ("Joy's Wedding"), and makes up for the birthday he ruined ("Monkeys in Space"). First year guests include Brett Butler ("White Lie Christmas"), Juliette Lewis ("The Bounty Hunter"), and Emmy nominee Jon Favreau ("O Karma, Where Art Thou?"). Giovanni Ribisi and Beau Bridges also stop by as, respectively, Earl's pal Ralph and father Carl. Speaking of originality, "Dad's Car," which takes place during Mother's Day, features commentary from the mothers of Lee, Suplee, Garcia, and director Marc Buckland. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is going to be my Sunday-hangover marathon in-bed buddy. Charming-deadbeat Earl finds karma and decides to live his life according to rules he doesn't entirely understand by undoing all the bad stuff he's ever done. 15 episodes of funny, fresh, engaging and convincing comedy-drama built for repeat viewing - especially at those times when you just want to vegetate in the company of likable, entertaining, characters.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is basically THE BEST COMEDY OF 2005 it is so amusing. A joy to watch. There is nothing you can complain about when watching this comedy, because there is nothing wrong with it. This series is pure humour and you will love Earl's adventures form the pilot to the last, guaranteed. Brilliant!
Not to mention the extras are good especially the lost pilot entitled "Bad Karma" is pretty good as it lasts as long as a normal episode and you get to see the reverse effect on Earl. Even the outtakes are hilarious.
Even if you have never watched this show you will love it as this is genuinely one of the best American comedies ever.
Not to mention the extras are good especially the lost pilot entitled "Bad Karma" is pretty good as it lasts as long as a normal episode and you get to see the reverse effect on Earl. Even the outtakes are hilarious.
Even if you have never watched this show you will love it as this is genuinely one of the best American comedies ever.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
What happens when you write down everything bad you've ever done and then work your way through the list putting each one right? Well that's Earl's way of staving off Karma getting even with him in this hysterically funny show. Earl Hickey is or rather was a bad guy. What he could steal, he did. Whoever he could defraud, he did. But when he won $100,000 in the lottery and got mown down by a car he twigged that there was such a thing as Karma, cause and effect, so Earl made his list and set out to put his various misdemeanours right. Earl is accompanied along the way by his 'slow' brother Randy, sometimes hindering, sometimes helping, but always there.
"My Name is Earl" is amongst the best US imports for many years now after suffering seasons of homogenised humour repeated ad nauseum on E4 and Paramount. The humour is sometimes a little dark, but as yet I've not witnessed any extremes of language or anything particularly offensive - hey they can be funny without upsetting anyone! A quality show with some gut busting belly laughs. Pay specific attention to what Randy says in his "Forrest Gump" style, and don't forget to say "Hi Crabman" every time you see Darnell come into shot.
When this show hits the shelves in DVD form it is going to be a sell through hit. Hint to anyone who knows me: this would make a fine present :-)
"My Name is Earl" is amongst the best US imports for many years now after suffering seasons of homogenised humour repeated ad nauseum on E4 and Paramount. The humour is sometimes a little dark, but as yet I've not witnessed any extremes of language or anything particularly offensive - hey they can be funny without upsetting anyone! A quality show with some gut busting belly laughs. Pay specific attention to what Randy says in his "Forrest Gump" style, and don't forget to say "Hi Crabman" every time you see Darnell come into shot.
When this show hits the shelves in DVD form it is going to be a sell through hit. Hint to anyone who knows me: this would make a fine present :-)
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Great series
As most of the other reviews say, My Name Is Earl is a great series, though it did tail off slightly with season 4 which was the last season. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr K
An Aquired Taste But I Love It
It's a funny show, but has some deep meanings too- hence the references to KARMA a lot. Very good show.
Published 16 months ago by Michael Hudson
IDIOTS!!!
A great series.
No, a REALLY great series.
'My Name Is Earl' was a great show. Read more
No, a REALLY great series.
'My Name Is Earl' was a great show. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Red Rob
My name is Earl season 1
This product was in excellent condition upon arrival and was delivered very quickly good buy.
Published on 13 July 2009 by Lucy Prince
Region One!!
bit of a shock when it turned up as it was region one and unplayable on most of my equipment. Fortunately I had some software to enable me to rip it to my iphone, which is what I... Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2009 by D. Hamlett
Great
This is a really funny box set, great first season, Next set is on the way! After the last episode im very glad Earl didn't go the other way.
Published on 14 April 2009 by L. McArthur
Great Box Set...But slight box damage
Now, i'm a proud owner of 400+ DVD's. I take pride in my DVD collection and my DVD's have to be in pristine condition. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by Miss W Clarke
karma is a funny thing
when this was on TV i missed a lot of the episodes and the only one i saw was the last episode so i decided to buy this for myself and i could not believe what i had missed. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2008 by zac pope
Best US comedy series since "Friends"
In my opinion, "My Name Is Earl" is one of the best post-"Friends" US sitcoms, it's funny, origional and most episodes manage to deliver a good message. Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2007 by marky77
At last - a good American comedy!
I've heard the odd person over here say that American comedy is better than the comedy we produce ourselves. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2007 by GeekZilla
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