My Name Is EarlEarl and Joy’s Anniversary
Aired 13 Nov 2008
Laura Kelley, TwoCents Reviewer
It’s an auspicious day in Camden County: the anniversary of Earl’s doomed marriage to Joy. In honor of the occasion, Earl decides to fix the dent in the Crab Shack’s bar that he caused. Years ago, Earl stole Joy a tiny wedding cake and a bag of sprinkles for Randy. Unfortunately for Joy, Randy gets drunk and replaces the cake with cat feces. Earl is unfazed by this, because “my brother replaced our wedding cake with cat poo. I bet that happens in a lot of marriages.” Oh, how right you are, Earl.
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It’s an auspicious day in Camden County: the anniversary of Earl’s doomed marriage to Joy. In honor of the occasion, Earl decides to fix the dent in the Crab Shack’s bar that he caused. Years ago, Earl stole Joy a tiny wedding cake and a bag of sprinkles for Randy. Unfortunately for Joy, Randy gets drunk and replaces the cake with cat feces. Earl is unfazed by this, because “my brother replaced our wedding cake with cat poo. I bet that happens in a lot of marriages.” Oh, how right you are, Earl.
ReplyDeleteThe next day, Joy and Earl find a note from Randy that says he’ll kill himself at the Crab Shack at 3:00, but it’s actually a surprise anniversary party. And Randy, bring the considerate brother he always is, invites all the men from Joy’s “guys I’ve boned” book. Joy finds out the party isn’t Earl’s doing, and she vows to find someone better than him, to which he says “keep in mind this is Camden. I own my own car, I almost graduated high school, and I have a huge collection of cassette tapes. Good luck.” Too bad for Earl, because his cousin Blake comes in, having been invited for once boning Joy. Earl knows Blake is better than him, because he’s a professional backpack model, and he’s been better at everything since they were kids.
Meanwhile, while Darnell is out walking Mr. Turtle (a sight too adorable to be missed), he and Catalina are trapped together in a phone booth when killer bees attack. Back in the Crab Shack, Joy chooses Blake to protect her from the bees because all Earl has to protect her is a corndog stick, which he’s saving because there’s still corn dog on it and it might loosen up. Joy is turned against Earl even more when Randy shows an anniversary video he made of them that includes Earl giving Joy a Dutch oven (I had to ask my roommate what it was called, don’t judge me.) Blake bashes Earl’s head against the bar. Darnell and Catalina are joined by Patty the daytime hooker and Kenny, both of whom have goals they fear will remain unfulfilled when they are killed by the bees. Patty’s is to “give it up for free,” and apparently Darnell obliges with the request that they never speak of it again. Because of all that’s happened, Joy tells Earl they should break up, but Earl proves he cares about her by killing a bee with a corndog stick. Back in the present day, Joy buys Earl a corndog to celebrate their anniversary, and Randy tells Earl she was his favorite of all Earl’s wives. I totally agree.
I loved this episode. All the characters got screen time, and we got to see Mr. Turtle up close and personal, in a tiny leash and harness. This episode was really funny, and I’ll never look at corndogs the same way again. What did you all think? Leave your TwoCents in the comments below!