My Name is Earl - Season 1 (2006, DVD)

The most original comedy since Arrested Development, My Name is Earl marked the launch of a lovable new loser. Earl Hickey (Jason Lee) sleeps all day and drinks all night. The pattern ends when he buys a "scratcher"--and wins $100,000. Seconds later, he's hit by a car and loses the ticket. While in the hospital, wife Joy (Emmy nominee Jaime Pressly) leaves him for Darnell the Crab Man (Eddie Steeples). Doped up on morphine, he's watching TV when Carson Daly says something about karma. Earl decides that's his problem: bad karma. He resolves to spend the rest of his life making up for all the harm he's ever done. In the pilot, Earl and brother Randy (Ethan Suplee) start by picking up litter around their motel (Joy got the trailer). While they're at it, Earl finds the lost ticket and collects his bounty. The plan is working! Along with comely maid Catalina (Nadine Velazquez), they set off to right more wrongs. Created by Greg Garcia and teamed with The Office, My Name is Earl put NBC back on the must-see comedy map. Unlike most sitcoms, it drops the studio audience in favor of flashbacks, freeze frames, first-person narration, and extensive So-Cal location work. A soundtrack heavy on blue collar favorites, like Lynyrd Skynyrd, completes the picture.
Throughout the season, Earl gives an old girlfriend self-respect ("Faked My Own Death"), plans his ex-wife's big day ("Joy's Wedding"), and makes up for the birthday he ruined ("Monkeys in Space"). First year guests include Brett Butler ("White Lie Christmas"), Juliette Lewis ("The Bounty Hunter"), and Emmy nominee Jon Favreau ("O Karma, Where Art Thou?"). Giovanni Ribisi and Beau Bridges also stop by as, respectively, Earl's pal Ralph and father Carl. Speaking of originality, "Dad's Car," which takes place during Mother's Day, features commentary from the mothers of Lee, Suplee, Garcia, and director Marc Buckland.

completely satisefied and happy with my purchase would definately buy from seller again looking forward to getting season 2 of my name is earl

Earl is the best show on tv. It has excellent humor with an off center delivery. TV is littered with so called 'reality' shows and big money high drama games shows, it is great to see a completely scripted show with truly creative writing and characters. It is more related to classic sitcoms with actual dialog rather than current setup-putdown unfunny sitcoms.

I HIGHLY recoomend it!

Though discs were previously viewed, they are in 'like new' condition. I am very pleased with this transaction!

earl is a very funny show about what can really happen in life. but not everyone can have that much bad carma. i recommed this show to everyone that has a sense of humor. be prepared to laugh out loud. very funny

My husband loves this show so I got ot for him for Christmas, This was the best price & got here so fast its perfect. Husband loved it.

I really loved being able to watch the show with no commercials. I buy a lot of t.v. shows so that i can enjoy them on my time with no commercials every 5mins.This is a really funny show.

got it in timely manner, condition were good, got what expected, would buy again from this seller, did not have any complain

My Name is Earl - Season 1, really funny stuff, Just recently started watching season three, so I bought the first 2 to catch, The seller inthematrixvideo
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As a fan of the series I don't like waiting for my favorite episodes to come on in rerun again so I was glad to see they released My Name is Earl on DVD.

The DVD comes with some fun and interesting special features including several of the episodes having commentary's by the various cast and crew.

Absolutly Hilarious watched it over and over again. I think Jamie Pressley is hot and an awesone actress. if you like to laugh i recomend this to anyone!!!!!!!

My Name is Earl Rocks, I cannot stop laughing at every show. Even my three year old loves the show!!

Received item so much sooner than expected. Item received was as described. Fast easy transaction.

This is just great red neck humor. Along the lines of the Blue Collar humor. If you like a good belly laugh, while not all hung up on being politically correct, this is for you! Lighten up and laugh a little!
I chose to buy this because my family became fans of the show this year. We bought this because we just had to catch up on what we missed. We weren't disappointed.
My name is Earl does have a message, what goes around comes around. Nothing too deep but it's there. Karma! It's true, just watch and see!

My name is Earl it's a fresh comedy show!! it's a hilarious show and it gives a good message!! Before i bought this i actually rented one disc to see if i would like it!! and wow i was hooked!! i bought it that next day and there is not one episode that i haven't liked!! so if your considering to buy this season!! than please do you will not be disappointed!!

This is a very funny series, well worth the purchase price and time to watch it. The chicks are hot, the guys are not, but they are dumb and it makes for great comedy. When Joy kicks butt, Y2K is launched or Earl falls in love, you'll laugh till you pop.

I purchased this for a gift and I am certain the recipient will love it.
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I bought this season for my boyfriend who absolutely loves this show. It's hilarious in a white-trailer trash kind of way... no, but really.. this show is great.

This extremely funny show is about Earl Hickey (Jason Lee), a petty thief, scam artist, and all around jerk.

Here's how the story goes...

One day while buying "a pack of smokes, a couple Lotto scratchers, and a tallboy at 10:00 in the mornin'" from a local convenience store, he is overjoyed to discover that he is the winner of $100,000.00. So overjoyed, in fact, that he runs into the street for a celebratory dance and is promptly hit by a car. Just before he loses consciousness, he sees his "lucky" lotto ticket get swept away in a gust of wind.

While recovering in a hospital, Earl reflects on his life and wonders why it sucks. He married his wife Joy (Jaime Pressly) after their booze-soaked first date, and was too drunk to realize that she was six months pregnant at the time. They named the kid Dodge because she remembers that his daddy drove a truck. A few months later, Joy was pregnant again. Earl Jr. had a decidedly darker complexion than Earl Sr. {he also had a bushy afro that looked suspiciously like that of Darnell (Eddie Steeples), a waiter at the Crab Shack} but Earl loves the kid anyway. Earl is also saddled with a sweet but dumb younger brother, Randy (Ethan Suplee). When Joy brings him divorce papers while he's lying in the hospital bed, Earl tries to decide how to get his life back in order. He gets his answer from an unusual source: while channel surfing, he stumbles across Carson Daly discussing the idea of karma...what goes around comes around.

Earl decides that he must have lost his Lotto ticket because of this karma thing, so he sets out to correct all of the wrongs he committed over the years. He makes up a list ranging from littering to faking his death to break up with a girl. He and Randy move into a crummy motel where they befriend housekeeper Catalina (Nadine Velazquez) and get to work crossing things off of his list. When his winning lottery ticket literally comes flying back into his life, Earl realizes that he has finally found his purpose.

Each episode consists of at least one of the evil-doings being scratched off the haggard yellow notebook paper kept in his pocket. But unlike many comedic shows, "My Name Is Earl" has a very touching aspect and moral story to every episode. Earl is not only able to scratch off a task, but he learns & grows through this new found addiction. The good acts become contagious and soon those around him are experiencing the new found wealth of karma. Maybe if we all took some lessons from Earl we'd live a much happier and wholesome life, a life that teaches others, while at the same time learning for ourselves.

The cast is amazing. You couldn't ask for a better fit for Jason Lee or Jamie Presley. The acting is so familiar to the characters, it's as if everyone was born for the role. The Hickey brothers fit each other so perfectly that you can't help but love their state in society.

Some of the episodes contain audio tracks with the creators & some of the actors. The audio tracks are interesting and will entertain anyone who finds the show even slightly funny.

The DVD set also contains deleted scenes & a blooper reel. There is also a behind the scenes feature, but the best featurette is entitled "Bad Karma." This featurette is a hilarious outtake on what things would have been like if Carson Daily wasn't Earl's influence, but someone else was. The strictly DVD release of the featurette makes the DVD worth the purchase and at least a couple rentals.

I watched the show a couple of times on TV. It wasn't until I bought this for my mom that I starting to really follow the story. I LOVE IT!
This DVD is just amazing! I can't wait for season 2 now.

This series is loaded with new comedic material that will keep you laughing. It has a great story line and the characters compliment each other perfectly. The story is well written and it leaves itself open to expanding the show to an endless series. It will make you laugh, cry, feel good, and you will find behavior common to yourself or to others in your life. Its not slapstick, outrageous, unbelievable or perceivable, nor is it Seinfeld. It is its own unique show. This is a must see. I am on edge just waiting for the next season to become available. Truly outstanding.

I decided to buy the season after renting in from Netflix on-line. I enjoyed watching the shows a lot. I found the season on Ebay so I bid and won it. I received it very quick and in great shape. I have watched it many times since I have bought it. Great show. Thanks.

MY boyfriend and I love to watch My Name is Earl. That is one of favorite TV shows of all time. When I get to come over on Thursday nites we watch Earl. Now that we have the DVD .. we can watch it anytime.

FUNNY right out of the starting gate -- non stop fun. Charming idea (Bad boy wins the lottery, looses the ticket, come to believe he lost the ticket because of Bad Karma, changes his ways -- gets the ticket back (proving Karma is real) and tries to undo all the bad he has done with hilarious results! Every single character in this comedy is a hoot. Each is well cast from Earls' gum snapping ex-wife Joy and her current husband (in the witness protection program) Crab Man, to Earl's younger and very simple brother Randy. The cast of recurring characters are equally charming and well cast. A guaranteed roll on the floor funny trip through a comedy most can relate to (although we really don't want to admit we know some of these people).

Life is grand, now that I have Earl! ha ha ha. Thank you so mush it was the perfect Chirstmas gift.