White Lie Christmas

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired
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As the holiday season comes under way a few secrets are exposed when Earl attempts to cross number 74 off of his list: "Always ruined Joy's Christmas." Earl, Randy and Catalina enter a radio contest to win a brand new car for Joy to make up for all of the thoughtless Christmas presents Earl gave her while they were married. While Randy and Catalina vie over the car, Earl finds out that Joy's parents believe that he's still their son-in-law and that he's just returned from the war in Iraq. Joy is afraid to tell her father, an alleged racist, that she is now married to Darnell, so Earl plays the part, afraid of ruining another one of her Christmases.moreless
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  • Only Earl could ruin Christmas that bad... or maybe not

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    By jimbo_001, Dec 03, 2006 Report Abuse
    This episode was yet another great episode of Earl, all of the lies piling on top of themselves as the episode progressed as we find out Joy's mother sent her parents broke, Joy's father has a second family, Catalina is an illegal immigrant and that Joy's parents think Earl's still their son-in-law home from Iraq.

    All of these lies are very entertaining and Darnell's reactions were very amusing throughout the episode and we realise that even though Christmas Eve was ruined, Christmas Day remained okay, meaning Joy had a christmas that wasn't just gifts of condoms or lost keys which is a satisfying ending to an episode with a lot of twists.moreless

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  • One Lie, Becomes Your Life

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    By danman5069, Mar 28, 2006 Report Abuse
    In this episode we learn alot of people in Joy's family and Joy herself lie alot. Like when Joy told her parents that Crabman's son was Earl just a back words abiono thats one of the funniest things ive ever heard. Also, with Joy's mom not being handicapped and her having a gambling problem and sells Earls car that was great. So in this ep. we learn that it is never write to lie which is a great morel.moreless

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  • Many Lies

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    By Milks23, Dec 22, 2005 Report Abuse
    Great episode:

    Pretending to your parents that your still married to your ex husband, so they would not find out that your now married to a black man.....typical episode for My Name is Earl.....but they do it so well, you can only laugh.

    Somewhere down the line I see Earl and Joy getting back together, although they were married before and he messed her life up, which is why her name is on the list so many times, but she pops up too often and I have a gut feeling.

    It was fun seeing the entire family have secrets being kept from each other, they should go on Maury or Jerry Springer.

    Overall, great episode.moreless

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  • Great episode

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    By attilasd, Dec 11, 2005 Report Abuse
    It was very nostalgic to see Blake Clark in the trailer park again (for those of you who don't know, he and Ethan Suplee both played trailer park residents on Boy Meets World back in the day). My favorite part had to be when Joy found out that her dad didn't hate black people, but that he was just trying to prevent her from dating her half-brother. Can you get more white-trash than that!? Really a great episode.moreless

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  • funny

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    By kail313, Dec 10, 2005 Report Abuse
    really funny i liked it because it was funny i dont know why i am writting this i just want to watch the epasode so i have to write some nonsence thingy i think so i am talking to my self just making more owrds so i can watch the epasode like the rest of u!

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    • Featured Music: "Santa Baby" "Don't Let Go" by Roy Hamilton "O Christmas Tree" by The Chipmunks "Jingle Bells" "Twas The Night Before Christmas" "A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives Edit
    • We learn that Catalina is an illegal alien. Edit
    • Joy's parents are supposed to be the #1 distributor of waterbeds in the area. But if you look inside their store, there isn't a single waterbed anywhere. Edit

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    • The Czech episode title is "Vánoce, lži a tajemství", meaning "Christmas, Lies And Secrets". Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Czech Republic: September 22, 2009 on Prima COOL Edit
    • Harland Williams had previously been in an episode of Gary and Mike, where his character- Mike- also participated in a car contests with the person keeping their hands on a car. Edit

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    • Randy: This is for a family at Christmas! You know, "Feliz Navi-blah!" Catalina: That means nothing. Randy: To you, maybe, but in America that means "Christmas" in Mexican. Edit
    • Buzz: (to Earl) Did you bring home any of that Middle Eastern sand with you? Check your shoes son, cause you can sell that stuff on the internet you know. I bought a towel from a sailor's bathroom, it had a dove on it. Can you believe that? A dove. That hypocritical son of a bitch. Edit
    • Joy: (opens present) Oh my god! Oh my god! (Finds keys in the box) Wait, these are my keys... Earl: I know. I found 'em. Edit

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    • Earl: If you're gonna try to fly a bicycle, you better make sure E.T. is sitting in your basket instead of a 12 pack of beer. E.T. was a film directed by Steven Spielberg, released in 1982, and staring an alien with the same name. E.T. was able to heal and levitate objects. Edit

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