My Name Is Earl

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The items in Earl's list shown during the opening sequence read as follows: - 56: Stole Liquor from Liquor store - 57: Told Joy Dan Dodd messed himself on the (rest cut out of frame) - 58: Fixed a high school football game - 59: Everything I did to Dad - 60: Pulled fire alarm - 61: Stole Mom's car (but I gave it back) - 62: Faked death to break up with a girl - 63: Wasted electricity - 64: Spray Painted The bridge - 65: Cost Dad the election - 66: Let mice out at school play - 67: Stole beer from a golfer - 68: Blew up mailboxes - 69: Cheated on School tests a lot
Part of the show's ad campaign before the series aired included billboard ads with Earl's picture and one of the items from his list printed on the billboard (i.e. "Cheated my way through the seventh grade...twice", "Stole a car from a one-legged girl", "Faked my death to break up with a girl" etc.), with the tag line "...I'm sorry".
Every time Earl's picture (or otherwise graven image) is taken, his eyes are closed. This is considered to be a nod to Forrest Gump, in which every photograph of Forrest shows him with his eyes closed.
The close-up of Earl's driver license shows he lives in Pimmit Hills Trailer Park, Space C-13, Camden County. His date of birth is 4/25/1970 (Jason Lee's birthday), his height is 6'1", his weight is 190, his eyes (closed in the picture, of course) and hair are brown, and he is an organ donor. It's a class 1 license, #023052378, expiring on 4/25/2009, issued on 4/25/1970?
Producer Gregory Thomas Garcia first pitched the show to Fox, which passed on it. About 18 months later executives at NBC got interested after reading the pilot script that Garcia had sent to several networks.
Although Jason Lee and Ethan Suplee had worked together before, producer Gregory Thomas Garcia didn't discover Suplee because of that--he discovered him while watching the DVD version of Without a Paddle because another actor in it had been recommended to him. What convinced Garcia to bring Suplee in for an audition were comments about him he heard on the DVD's commentary track. One of the actors in the commentary told the story of a dispute between the film's director and Suplee. The scene the actor described was one where Suplee's character was supposed to be pointing a gun at some people Suplee and others had captured. The commentary noted that Suplee had insisted that he shouldn't point his gun at them after all, since in Suplee's mind, it had taken so long to capture the people that it had given the character time to rethink his motives. Suplee got his way in the scene, over the director's objections. The fact that Suplee would think so much about such a small detail was enough to get him an audition. Garcia and the show's writers have subsequently used Suplee's attention to detail to the show's advantage, in various "pestered by a bee" background activities that Suplee's character does in various scenes. The first such scene was an improvisation in the pilot, where Suplee is looking up at the ceiling with his mouth open.
Twice when Randy (Ethan Suplee) is woken up he mutters "Poopy trim!". This is a reference to the Kevin Smith film Mallrats, where Suplee said the same thing when he was brought out of a daze.
When Earl and Randy are returning the items they stole from the convenience store, Earl refers to it as the Quick Stop, the store made famous in Kevin Smith's Clerks. (1994) and referenced in the other movies in which both Jason Lee and Ethan Suplee starred.
After helping Kenny James and crossing out his name out of his list in the first episode, Earl says he has 258 lines left.
Catalina's full name is Catalina Rana Aruca, as revealed on episode "Inside Probe," with Geraldo Rivera.
In series creator Gregory Thomas Garcia's next show Raising Hope, a newscast in the background of the pilot episode mentions a "local man" who "finally finished" going through his list of wrongs that he had committed.
Earl moved out of his parents' house on 03/14/89, according to his father in "Dad's Car" - dad uses those numbers as the combination for his gun safe.
Earl's truck is a 1973 Chevy El Camino SS with a 454 cubic inch V-8.
The phrase "son of a bitch" is used once in every episode.
Earl's list is introduced and he completes two of the items from it, they are: #136: "I've been a litterbug" and #64: "Picked on Kenny James".
The man Randy dances with in the gay bar is Gregory Thomas Garcia, the series' creator.
Earl completes the following items on his list in this episode: - #102: "Harmed and possibly killed innocent people with second hand smoke". - #112: "Let Donny Jones serve jail time for a crime I committed (Took Donny away from his mother for two years)".
Earl completes the following items on his list in this episode: - #58: "Fixed a high school football game". - #260: "Took away Randy's touchdown". (Note: It is unclear of Earl crosses this one off of his list or not, Randy insists that he should, though).
Jason Lee's real-life partner, Beth Riesgraf, guest stars as Natalie.
The item on the list in this episode; "Faked My Own Death", appears to be number 62 on the list during the opening of the show, but Earl mentions that it is number 84.
Earl completes the following item(s) on his list in this episode: - #62 or #84 (Number is unclear, see above.): "Faked death to break up with a girl". - #203: "Stole various snacks and drinks from the local Quick Stop".
Earl completes the following item on his list in this episode: - #27: "Made fun of people with accents".
Earl completes the following item on his list in this episode: - #153: "Broke Joy's fancy figurine".
In the episode Stole Beer from a Golfer, the Camden Fair is featuring the car from Smokey & The Bandit. Burt Reynolds, who played The Bandit, would later guest star on My Name Is Earl as Chubby the most successful man in Camden.
Earl completes the following item(s) on his list in this episode: - #261: "Ruined Joy's wedding". - #262: "Slept with Crab Man's fiancée".
Earl completes the following item on his list in this episode: - #74: "Always ruined Joy's Christmas".
The slogans used for The Right Choice Ranch: - Touching Bad Boys Since 1963. - Bringing Boys To Their Knees Since 1963. - Forcing Boys To Turn Around Since 1963. - We Don't Do Anything Inappropriate to The Boys Since 1963.
It appears that Catalina is cursing out Joy in Spanish. Actually, what she says is "I want to thank all the Spanish speaking Latinos who faithfully tune in to watch the show every week. And to those of you who aren't Latino, I want to congratulate you for learning a second language."
Earl completes the following item on his list in this episode: - #202: "Stole a wallet from guy in gas station bathroom".
While the gang is working at the office building, we see Darnell (Crab Man), pushing a mail cart and handing out office supplies. This is what 'Eddie Steeples' did during a highly popular commercial for OfficeMax.