I learned about this song a week ago and I still can't get it out of my head.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Friday, May 04, 2007
My Name is Earl, Rudy
Earl isn't one of those shows I go out of my way to get to, but if it's on, I'll partake. I'm glad I watched last night. It was on for something like 33 minutes and 28 seconds, or some kind of funky time like that NBC tends to use from time to time.
Jist of the episode: Earl is working on the loading dock of an appliance store when he decides he wants to work up front in sales. Neither the guys working on the docks -- the "Dockers" -- and the ones working in sales -- the "Dickies -- like that he's trying to make the switch. The head boss says if Earl can sell $5,000 of stuff by the end of the week he can stay in sales.
Both groups do whatever they can to make sure Earl doesn't succeed. When it seems like Earl is about to give up, the scene happens.
Charles Dutton comes in and says, "So you didn't sell $5,000 worth. Big deal. There are bigger tragedies in life."
I realized then that they were going to do the same scene from Rudy. All of a sudden I realized how it wasn't a coincidence that Dutton, Sean Astin, and the guy who played Notre Dame head coach Dan Devine in the movie were all in this particular episode of Earl. Dutton does his whole spiel and then to top it off all the Dockers come into the boss's office -- played by the same guy who played Dan Devine -- and lay down their credit cards to buy enough items for Earl to get the promotion.
I was having to laugh at this inwardly while holding a sleeping baby. Loved it.
For a look at how Hollywood tends to dramatize things, check out the final play of that ND/Georgia Tech game from the movie and then in real life.
Jist of the episode: Earl is working on the loading dock of an appliance store when he decides he wants to work up front in sales. Neither the guys working on the docks -- the "Dockers" -- and the ones working in sales -- the "Dickies -- like that he's trying to make the switch. The head boss says if Earl can sell $5,000 of stuff by the end of the week he can stay in sales.
Both groups do whatever they can to make sure Earl doesn't succeed. When it seems like Earl is about to give up, the scene happens.
Charles Dutton comes in and says, "So you didn't sell $5,000 worth. Big deal. There are bigger tragedies in life."
I realized then that they were going to do the same scene from Rudy. All of a sudden I realized how it wasn't a coincidence that Dutton, Sean Astin, and the guy who played Notre Dame head coach Dan Devine in the movie were all in this particular episode of Earl. Dutton does his whole spiel and then to top it off all the Dockers come into the boss's office -- played by the same guy who played Dan Devine -- and lay down their credit cards to buy enough items for Earl to get the promotion.
I was having to laugh at this inwardly while holding a sleeping baby. Loved it.
For a look at how Hollywood tends to dramatize things, check out the final play of that ND/Georgia Tech game from the movie and then in real life.
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