…but is this really necessary?
Category: My Name Is Earl (Page 3 of 4)
Did anybody else happen to catch the mockcommercials on NBC tonight featuring the cast of “The Office”? I nearly missed them while speeding through the other stupid ads (i heart TiVo), but was lucky enough to see them all; there was even one that aired during “My Name Is Earl.” Originality: this is exactly why the series is doing as well as it is. NBC has definitely got something here. Maybe next week we’ll see the cast of “Scrubs” doing fake PSA’s of their own. We can only hope.
In lieu of a new episode of “My Name Is Earl” this evening, we thought we’d bring you a newsbrief about the show…but you won’t be able to see it ’til Season 1 makes it to DVD. Apparently, when the set emerges later this year, it will include a special 15-minute bonus episode which proposes what would’ve happened if Earl, while flipping down the channels on that fateful day, missed the Carson Daly episode that taught him about karma…and instead landed on an episode of “Family Guy.”
By God, that just might be worth buying the set for.
Okay, let’s pretend you’re a producer for “My Name Is Earl,” and you’ve got an upcoming episode that features a white-trash female bounty hunter angry at having been jilted by America’s favorite lovable ex-con. Whom do you cast?
Come on, this is an easy one. Think of someone who has pretty much only ever played white trash (or, hint, a mentally retarded girl who is not a creepy, poorly-coiffed haiku writer in real life), someone whom even Earl with his relatively low standards would dump the first chance he got.
Give up? The answer appears after the jump.
Juliette Lewis will play the female bounty hunter. Turns out Juliette’s sister Brandy is engaged to Ethan Suplee, who plays Earl’s brother Randy on the show.
See how easy it is to work in casting? Sometimes these roles just cast themselves…and you still get paid the same amount either way. Must be nice.
The power of the white-trash ‘stache knows no bounds. Seeking to regain its former ‘Must-See TV’ luster on Thursday nights, NBC has revamped its lineup to reincorporate the two-hour sitcom block that worked so well for them in the past. Jason Lee’s freshman hit comedy “My Name is Earl” moves from Tuesdays to anchor the key 9pm (8pm Central) Thursday time slot previously held by “The Apprentice.” Meanwhile, ratings-deprived spinoff “Joey” will be off the air until at least March, replaced by “Will & Grace.”
The Thursday-night makeover is a step in the right direction. Joey has been floundering for weeks, and, between Donald and Martha, audiences are suffering from “Apprentice” overload this season. There’s still another new round of the Rug-Wearing One’s ego-fest left to air in the spring, but so far the real estate mogul’s program is without a home.
Will it make a difference? CBS is already entrenched on Thursday nights, with “Survivor” and “CSI” a bone-crunching one-two punch, and “Without a Trace” a strong (and less aged than “E.R.”) follow-up. “Will & Grace” will likely do better than “Joey”, but even Will and friends are showing their age, and the ongoing guest-star stunt-casting is a thinly-veiled cry for help. NBC just might have to get used to playing second fiddle, especially with UPN (of all networks!) now making a dent on Thursdays as well.
Perhaps Joey’s writers need to work on a storyline in which he is stranded on a desert island for 39 days, forced to use only his sharply-honed forensic skills to solve the murder of a missing child…
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