Driving Miss Ethyl

Season 4, Episode 4, Aired
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Earl must drive Ethyl to her high school reunion, and the kids drive Fran crazy when she tries to get them to pose for a family portrait.
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      • This episode was nominated for the best prime-time sitcom of 1994, but it lost to the 5th season of the Simpsons. Edit
      • Ethel is the only living survivor at her high school reunion. Which makes you wonder why exactly they had a reunion to begin with?! Edit

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      • Earl: There's one member of my family that's still missing. Charlene: Gee, Aunt Pearl is awful far away. Earl: No, it's not Aunt Pearl. Robbie: Well, Cousin Gus is dead. Fran: So is Grandpa Louie. Charlene: We don't have a pet. Robbie: Maybe he means the TV... Ethyl: It's ME, you buffoons, ME! Edit
      • Ethyl: (singing with the radio) Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree, it's been three long years, do you still want me? Earl: (to himself) I'm never gonna make it. Ethyl: If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree, I'm gonna get on the bus, forget about us, and put the blame on meeee, if I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak treeee. Earl: That's it. Ethyl: Not so fast, there's more. Earl: No there's not, the song just ended. Ethyl: Did not. Earl: Did too! (Earl rips out the car radio and tosses it out the window) Earl: And you'll be next out the window if you don't shut up! Edit
      • (Earl and Ethyl are in the car) Ethel: (hitting Earl with her cane) It's too fast! You're driving too fast! I don't like it when It's too fast! Earl: Will you let me get out of the driveway! Edit

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      • The Golden Girls When Ethyl refers to her friends Dorothy, Rose and Blanche, she refers the cast from the 1985 sitcom, The Golden Girls. Edit
      • Driving Miss Daisy: The title of the episode is a reference to the 1989 film, Driving Miss Daisy. Edit

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