The Birthday Party (My Name Is Earl)

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My Name Is Earl episode

"The Birthday Party"

Episode no.:

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Airdate:

February 15, 2007

Writer(s):

Hilary Winston

Director:

Eyal Gordin

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My Name Is Earl Season 2 September 2006 - present
Very Bad Things Jump for Joy Sticks & Stones Larceny of a Kitty Cat Van Hickey Made a Lady Think I Was God Mailbox Robbed a Stoner Blind Born a Gamblin' Man South of the Border, Part Uno South of the Border, Part Dos Our "Cops" Is On Buried Treasure Kept a Guy Locked in a Truck Foreign Exchange Student Blow The Birthday Party Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy Harassed a Reporter TBA TBA Two Balls, Two Strikes The Trial

"The Birthday Party" is an episode of the American sitcom My Name Is Earl.

1 Synopsis
2 The List
3 Songs
4 Trivia
5 Quotes

[edit] Synopsis

It's Earl's birthday, and Earl expects everyone to celebrate him for all the things he's crossed off his list in the past year. During the party at the Crab Shack, Earl's friends and parents wind up rehashing all the terrible things he's done and hasn't yet resolved. Frustrated, Earl leaves his own party and heads home to his motel. After avoiding Didi (the one-legged girl) in the motel parking lot, Earl is surprised to find all of the party guests waiting in his motel room to throw him a surprise party. Randy explains that the first party at the Crab Shack had been a prank. Earl receives the good wishes he had been hoping for, and for his birthday gift, each guest chooses an item and crosses it off his list. Didi, however, is left outside, furious, and Earl realizes he will eventually have to deal with her.

[edit] The List

Main article: The List (My Name Is Earl)

Item	Number	Source	Status
Played pranks on Randy	Unknown	2.17	Forgiven for it on his Birthday, Note: May be labeled something else
Urinated on living room rug	Unknown	2.17	Forgiven for it on his Birthday, Note: May be labeled something else
Got Darnell stoned	Unknown	2.17	Forgiven for it on his Birthday, Note: May be labeled something else
Hurt Donny Jones with a vase	Unknown	2.17	Forgiven for it on his Birthday, Note: May be labeled something else
Made fun of pregnant Joy	Unknown	2.17	Forgiven for it on his Birthday, Note: May be labeled something else
Stole a car from a one-legged girl	86	1.1, 1.2, 1.9, 1.14, NBC.com	Attempted in 1.9, but was chased away and attacked by her handicapped boyfriend. Was confronted by her in 2.17 but he ran away.
Nearly got my Parents divorced	Unknown	2.17	Forgiven for it on his Birthday, Note: May be labeled something else
???	161	2.17	Forgiven for it on his Birthday, Note: May be labeled something else
Stole multiple car parts	Unknown	2.17	Forgiven for it on his Birthday, Note: May be labeled something else, may be multiple items

[edit] Songs

#	Song Title	Artist
1	Heartbreaker	Pat Benatar
2	Fat Bottomed Girls	Queen
3	That's the Way (I Like It)	KC and the Sunshine Band
4	Funky Cold Medina	Tone Lōc

[edit] Trivia

Interestingly, Nescobar-A-Lop-Lop also crosses an item off of the list even though he has only known the "good Earl."
Nescobar A-Lop-Lop also continues with his compulsion to steal pens in this episode, which was first reference in "Born a Gamblin' Man".
As on all his birthdays (except last year), Earl eventually gets drunk enough to breakdance, as mentioned in "Joy's Wedding".
The story of how Earl stole a car from a one-legged girl is finally revealed: Earl got drunk and slept with Didi. When he awoke the next morning and saw her prosthetic leg, he panicked and fled, stealing her car in the process.
While picking up Didi, Earl tells her she's "got great boobs" and mistakenly calls her Peggy, just as he did with Joy in the pilot.
In the episode Monkeys in Space Didi yells at Earl, "I told my parents we were getting married!" while chasing him out of Yummy's Donut Shop. This doesn't seem to fit with the relationship details revealed in this episode.
Donny Jones re-appears in this episode as well.