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My Name Is Earl: Teacher Earl

 

Episode Score

 
9.1 Superb
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Air Date

Tuesday October 18, 2005

Production Code

1ALJ04

Episode Summary

Earl decides to teach English as a second language to cross "Made fun of people with accents" off his karma list. While Ralph, an old friend, is released from prison, Earl tries to convince him in the ways of karma. However, Ralph ends up kidnapping Randy trying to get his hands on Earl's lotto winnings.

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    9.4 Superb

    Who could forget Earl as a teacher? hide show

    Not only is this a hilarious and well plotted episode, it is also a classic in my books, if for nothing else, the hilarious ending where Randy and Earl call Karma, as if it was a pet and it worked.

    Ralph was a very good character to be introduced because it shows sort of a present Earl trying to fix past Earl that he once created and of course it fails. Randy siding with Ralph was interesting and led to a great moment where Earl learns Randy wasn't stuck in a chimney so he'd learnt from the past two times.

    The scenes of Earl teasing foreign people are priceless and if you haven't seen this episode, I suggest you do.

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    9 Superb

    Earls friend gives karma a try hide show

    An absolute classic
    i love the disguise
    i love the lamps
    i love the crazy accents
    "i dont know what she said but shes lying"

    The torture scene was a fantastically sadistic but polite piece of work.
    The rescue of the duo was inspired "Karma"


    One of the best of the season
    a great bit of telly

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    7.2 Good

    Fine example and well written again! hide show

    The show is a fine example and well-written of how
    It will be a huge hit as it finds its audience to
    Match with great writing and acting! Earl teaches english
    As a second language to make up for his lack of
    Being a jerk to people who have foreign languages as I
    Cracked myself up and nearly lost it! Very funny show!

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    7.8 Good

    Nicely done. hide show

    Earl as teacher is something that should make any Educationists jump off a cliff, but it makes a decent comedy.

    The plus in this episode was Giovanni Ribisi...I love his work and he played the part with perfection.

    Overall, a splendid episode, and in the end Earl's students came to his aid.

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    9.6 Superb

    Another great ep. hide show

    Earl makes up for laughing at people with funny accents by teaching English classes to foreigners, I love things that Earl teaches them to say like where he lives and others and in the end KArma pull threw when Earl was in troblem and the people he made fun of before came and helped him.

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  • When Randy leaves the bathroom, look at his hair. You can see the fake mullet attached to his hair to protect his head when it gets hit. []
  • List Trivia:

    Introduced and crossed off in this episode
    #27 Made fun of people with accents. []
  • Featured Music:
    "Amos Moses" by Jerry Reed (Ralph enters the Crab Shack, Ralph chased by the police)
    "Bad Company" by Bad Company
    "Rock Candy" by Montrose
    "Flirtin' With Disaster" by Molly Hatchet
    "One Love" by Bob Marley []
  • International Episode Titles:
    Czech Republic: Earl učitel (Earl, the Teacher) []
  • Original International Air Dates:
    Germany: August 15, 2008 on RTL
    Czech Republic: September 14, 2009 on Prima COOL []
  • Abdoulaye N'Gom (Nescobar A Lop Lop) also portrays the Wildlife Refuge Director in the queue video for Kilamanjaro Safari at Disney's Animal Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. []
  • Ralph: You know in the joint the guards pay me 12 cents an hour to do their taxes for them? Man those guys are going to be screwed! []
  • Earl: All right, guys. Let's try some basic directions. To get to the library, you need to take a left at the light. Ok?
    Indian storekeeper: My - name - is - Earl.
    Earl: These people were not gonna find the library. []
  • (Joy is teaching Kim Lee english)
    Joy: Okay, so when you're doin' somebody's nails, you say, "I do good job."
    Kim: I do good job.
    Joy: Okay, now, "I give you big infection."
    Kim: I give you big infection.
    Joy: (clapping in approval) That is so good. (Kim claps along) Uh-huh. []
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  • "....is on your Touched By an Angel list..."
    Touched By an Angel was a tv show that ran from 1994-2003 and featured two angels sent to earth to help people with their problems []
  • "Seacrest Out" is the catchphrase of Ryan Seacrest, host of "On Air With Ryan Seacrest", "American Idol" and other variety shows []
  • Randy asks Earl to call Karma and Earl replied that it was Karma not Lassie.

    Lassie is the most well-known "rescue" dog of all time, with appearances in highly popular books, movies, and several long-lived variations of a TV show. She would regularly rescue someone by demonstrating high intelligence for a dog and being preternaturally good at communicating dangers and situations to humans. []
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