My Name is Earl

Didn't Pay Taxes

Season 1, Episode 17, Aired 3/2/06

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Earl attempts to cross off another deed of his list. This time it is trying to repay the government after failing to pay his taxes in the past.

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Jason Lee

Earl J. Hickey
Nadine Velazquez

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Eddie Steeples

Darnell Turner

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Governments can be confusing

9.5

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By jimbo_001, Dec 03, 2006 Report Abuse

Something as simple as paying taxes is bound to become complicated when Earl's involved and this episode has so many entertaining twists in his attempts to give the government five hundred bucks, which you'd expect would be easy.

Being sent to jail for filling a pothole with a prison crew (and not the baby killing the previous cop suspected was very amusing and after that punishment, you'd expect Earlto give up but no, he misbehaves on a water tower which gets more and more funny with a spectacular end.

Overall, whether you support or detest the government, you'll love this episode.moreless

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A very special episode for me

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By Madmon20, Sep 07, 2006 Report Abuse

The reason this episode is so special for is that it was the first one i've watched, and not only that, i began to watch 10 minutes into the episode, but the rest of the minutes made me understand that this show is was something special.
And when i started watching the rest of the episodes, i realized that this episode wasn't the best one, and that show is more then special, for me, it's the best one since seinfeld, and if it keeps getting better it may be even my favorite.moreless

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After not paying his taxes Earl is lieterally left hanging.

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By chazzock, Apr 28, 2006 Report Abuse

Earl feels guilty about not paying his taxes a few years ago so he tries to give the government back their money. Stupidly the people won't take it, probably the only time they wouldn't

When Earl and Randy try to break the law so that they can pay the money they end yp in a redicament far worse than that of owing money.

In the end they pay more than they originally set out to do so, but at least Earl has crossed something off his list.moreless

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For the first sight it seemed the worst, but watched it again, turned out it's as cool as the others.

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By SamuGS, Apr 26, 2006 Report Abuse

To tell the truth, it's really not the best original story, but the jokes are still outstanding... like the asbestos or the pothole scene. Also has a lot hidden references to other movies or cartoons I like very much.

And at the end, Earl tells the not so hidden message to respect the government for its work. With the other message: Do good things and good thing hapen Do bad things and bad things happen" it gives you a good example how to live (wrapped with a real funny garnish)

I like this Earl episode, still way better then other shows around.
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not the best but not the worst... as in all the episodes it did have its funny moments though

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By jasperbust, Mar 15, 2006 Report Abuse

well of course earl feels bad about not paying his taxes and has to put it onto the list and correct teh problem... so he trys and trys to correct the problem by just giving them the money but they wont accept... so this leads him into having a great idea of doing something illegal to get fined the amount of money he ows. not the most creative idea but throughout the episode it deffinitly has its really funny partsmoreless

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- When Earl is being lifted out of the water tower by the rescue workers he is holding the American Flag. This is impossible since the flag was on the floor, where they could not reach it, just like they could not reach the candy bars. Edit
- Featured Music: "Slowride" by Foghat "30 Days In The Hole" by Humble Pie "Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It Or Not)" sung by Randy and Earl "One Time One Night" by Los Lobos Edit
- List Trivia: Introduced and crossed off in this episode #265 (new) Didn't pay taxes. For some reason "Didn't pay taxes" was written twice on Earl's list. Edit
Notes
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- The Czech episode title is "Jak Earl neplatil daně", meaning "How Earl Didn't Pay Taxes". Edit
- Original International Air Dates: Czech Republic: October 5, 2009 on Prima COOL Edit
Quotes
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- Randy: (looking at old paycheck) How long are these things good for? There's no explanation date on it. Edit
- Randy: I'm going to try and enter your dream tonight. Earl: Huh? Randy: I'm going to concentrate real hard when I'm falling asleep and try and enter your dream. Earl: Why? Randy: I don't know, just to see what you're doing. Earl: How do you know I want you in my dream Randy? I mean, I could be with a lady or something. Edit
- Earl: Trespassing on a water tower, damage to a water tower, urinated in a water tower, and there was two of us. Cashier: $500 dollars. Earl: Done! Edit
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- Randy (while hanging in the water tower): Riiiiiiicola! This is a reference to Ricola Swiss Herb Drops. In the old commercial for these candies someone shouts "Ricola" in the mountains producing an echo. Edit
- Randy: You can paint a big fake train tunnel on the rock outside of town... maybe coyotes will run into it. Darnell: Or maybe road runners. This is a reference to the Looney Tunes cartoons starring Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner. Wile E. Coyote would pull outlandish stunts in his attempts to stop or capture The Road Runner including painting fake openings on large rocks or canyon walls. The two had become popular enough to earn their own series called "The Road Runner Show". Edit
- While hanging in the water tower, Randy and Earl sing 'Believe It or Not'. 'Believe It or Not' was the theme song to an early 1980's program called The Greatest American Hero. It was about a guy who is given a suit that gives him superpowers by aliens, but he loses the directions for it and is forced to figure it out himself. Edit