Earl takes a header... [Archive] - Page 2

jclassic

01-12-2009, 06:06 PM

I am in HR and from an HR standpoint - i would fire Danny immediately for the tackling of Earl. As a business, you cannot tolerate any physical horseplay that warrants an injury. Regardless of Earl's memory issues or the bullying of him to exonerate Danny, the main issue is the bahavior of Danny and his physical attack. He should be immediately escorted off the property. Now, if Earl should go it should be for performance issues - not because he was hurt (or possibly faking).

Not an Earl apologist, but can't say I could ever disagree with you in this case. If what I'm reading from this thread is really how it went down (I haven't listened to the show yet), I gotta say I'm disappointed in Ron & Fez. Reputation and quality of work aside it comes down to the guy who lands on his head takes the blame to protect the guy who caused it. And it looks like so many of the posters are for it and are adding this to the myriad of reasons to fire the guy.
The fact that this is how it's going down reeks of an elaborate bit to me because there's no way any company listening to that would allow it if they weren't all in on it.

Serpico1103

01-12-2009, 06:12 PM

Not an Earl apologist, but can't say I could ever disagree with you in this case. If what I'm reading from this thread is really how it went down (I haven't listened to the show yet), I gotta say I'm disappointed in Ron & Fez. Reputation and quality of work aside it comes down to the guy who lands on his head takes the blame to protect the guy who caused it. And it looks like so many of the posters are for it and are adding this to the myriad of reasons to fire the guy.
The fact that this is how it's going down reeks of an elaborate bit to me because there's no way any company listening to that would allow it if they weren't all in on it.

So, ESD didn't have shit on his hand and chase members of O&A with it? They get away with plenty. No one is mad at Earl for hurting his head. It just seems weird that he reacts the same to having his head "slammed" into the floor as he does when he smells febreeze, hears a story about Mikey D's dick, is placed in a coffin, or is threatened with being thrown out a window.
He could have said, "I am fine. Don't call the EMTs." And then went to the hospital himself if he really was concerned. But vague passive Earl allowed it to continue.

The Jays

01-12-2009, 06:15 PM

dude i feel like it looks like i'm picking on you, but again, i have to disagree. people faint all the time without knowing what the hell happened. you hate earl. we get it.

faking or not, everything he did seems to be pretty normal for someone in that predicament.

Eh, you're right. I have no evidence to back up what I'm saying, I'm really just throwing whatever I can think of together. I just think he's a liar, and I am not a fan of him anymore, not after this. I don't want anything to threaten to take either O and A or R and F off the air.

jclassic

01-12-2009, 06:18 PM

So, ESD didn't have shit on his hand and chase members of O&A with it? They get away with plenty. No one is mad at Earl for hurting his head. It just seems weird that he reacts the same to having his head "slammed" into the floor as he does when he smells febreeze, hears a story about Mikey D's dick, is placed in a coffin, or is threatened with being thrown out a window.
He could have said, "I am fine. Don't call the EMTs." And then went to the hospital himself if he really was concerned. But vague passive Earl allowed it to continue.

I'm under the impression the second you hit your head, it's not up to you anymore and they just look at you for precautions because a company would much rather have a waste of a visit then the disaster of having a guy not checked up come up with something (no matter how small the odds in this case).
Having not listened to the show yet (I'm behind, I listen at work with audible), I can't see this being any worse than Erock's cinnamon challenge and nothing's ever come of it. Granted it's a new company, but things seem to come and go regardless.

ann.culter

01-12-2009, 06:21 PM

It was a bit and pulled off wonderfully.

Evidence:

1. The build-up on the midnight show on how Earl is going to defend Fez. Also, the light smack talk about how weak O&A are.

2. Way before Earl came on the O&A show Danny tried to find Po, but Po was getting Anthony's car. This conflicts with what Ron had said. Ron said at the beginning of R&F that "This was going to be the fun day, O&A were going to stay late and we were going to explain the Fez not talking bit....." Why would Po get Anthony's car if he was going to be staying late on Ron & Fez.

3. The plan was not fully comminicated to Op. He said late in the show, "Hey didn't Ron and Fez want to start their show early today or something? When are they coming in?" The response to his questions were, "No, that changed, they aren't coming in early."

4. In the video, Jimmy's hands are stifly held by his side as he tried to show concern for Earl.

Philly Franko

01-12-2009, 06:25 PM

:nono:Earl has a mini panic attack stops breathing for a second or two and blacks out. ever see the video of him playing ESD in Basketball. he must have a strange medical condition, you do NOT Look like you are going to die after 1 min of hoops. even if you are in bad shape.Why can he not be a real man and tell the truth. ronnie B says he is great hanging out on the street, not shy or stammering/stuttering, he has fun ,acts normal, and is 100% a more likeable person/personality then he is on the radio. he sucks at his job...I am sick of him....with his awesome Knowledge of music, there are many XM/Sirius stations that he would be great on. save the shows and transfer earl, it is not funny anymore. i was pissed when he made fezzie talk.anyone agree?

Serpico1103

01-12-2009, 06:28 PM

I'm under the impression the second you hit your head, it's not up to you anymore and they just look at you for precautions because a company would much rather have a waste of a visit then the disaster of having a guy not checked up come up with something (no matter how small the odds in this case).
Having not listened to the show yet (I'm behind, I listen at work with audible), I can't see this being any worse than Erock's cinnamon challenge and nothing's ever come of it. Granted it's a new company, but things seem to come and go regardless.

The "company" knows what you tell them. If Earl would have answered Opie instead of acting like a mute for several minutes he could have said," I am fine, let me just sit a bit." No need for an ambulance. If he was really out, then I am sure Po or someone would have taken him to the ER. That would be taking one for the team. Instead Earl acted like hitting your head makes you go mute. He could have said,"Holy shit I think I cracked my skull" or "I am fine, just a slip." But he said NOTHING. Because that is what he does. When a bit is not ready does he tell Ron, no he waits until Ron asks for it then says,"Um, no, I understand, I am working on, um, its, no, I am doing my best."
He has an "act", it has hurt the shows entertainment value for years, Friday it almost hurt the O&A show alot more.

barjockey

01-12-2009, 07:28 PM

Maybe Earl should be on the next very special episode of House

Tenbatsuzen

01-12-2009, 07:31 PM

Maybe Earl should be on the next very special episode of House

IT'S NOT LUPUS

Slumbag

01-12-2009, 07:32 PM

He could have said, "I am fine. Don't call the EMTs." And then went to the hospital himself if he really was concerned. But vague passive Earl allowed it to continue.
That's kind of what I'm starting to think happened.
I think he legitimately got KO'd for a second, then recovered and was OK. By that point, Jim had called an ambulance, so Earl just went along with it because he didn't want anyone pissed off at him.

The Jays

01-12-2009, 08:02 PM

That's exactly what I think. I think he's too passive and unwilling to stir anything that he will try to adapt to any situation and go with the flow, and the only way he knows how to inject any bit of himself into any situation is by fainting or pretending to be sick, because he sees how much attention Fez gets from it.

evil6

01-12-2009, 08:12 PM

I listened to Earl with O&A this morning. Yea they asked him explain himself, told him that he may be causing people to be disciplined, asked Earl to resign, but they all kinda sounded casual about the whole thing and didn't seem to take this too serious. Eventually they lost interest in it and moved on.

So everything is hunky dory with both shows. The fainting goat bit was another success. Earl took one for the team. Fez is back to talking again. :clap:

Sloppy2nds

01-13-2009, 05:37 AM

biggestmexi

01-13-2009, 05:57 AM

Earl takes a header?
http://www.bbexhaust.com/truck/srt10/images/srt10-headers.jpg

I thought for sure he would take some new wheels for his ride in.
http://news.cnet.com/i/ne/p/2007/CrownVicSpinners_550x354.jpg

Freitag

01-13-2009, 06:19 AM

I was kinda looking forward to a week of Sheepy.

You know what, I was too. I was thinking there would be a whole Morris Day/Jerome relationship there.

Sloppy2nds

01-13-2009, 06:48 AM

You know what, I was too. I was thinking there would be a whole Morris Day/Jerome relationship there.

Fez/Sheepy's 'Jungle Love', OH WE OH WE OH

toolshed

01-13-2009, 07:24 AM

Fez/Sheepy's 'Jungle Love', OH WE OH WE OH

I think he wants to blow him, blow him...

Freitag

01-13-2009, 07:55 AM

Now I've got a vision of the entire show as the Time. Ronnie B on guitar, Earl on keyboards, Dave on drums.

Death Metal Moe

01-13-2009, 07:57 AM

alabamatrucker

01-13-2009, 08:19 AM

It was all a work. You guys who constantly think you so smart and awesome should realize this. It shouldnt take a truckdriver from alabama to break the fucking news.

Geez

AT

toolshed

01-13-2009, 09:10 AM

Now I've got a vision of the entire show as the Time. Ronnie B on guitar, Earl on keyboards, Dave on drums.

hint hint Photoshop Mike

Sharadoc

01-13-2009, 12:59 PM

It's either a bit that went kinda weird or an Earl exaggeration that once he got so deep he had to keep the lie up so it just got worse and worse.

Either way I hope O&A don't have Earl on air for another 30 minutes again, that was painful.

Agreed. I think the bit went wrong when Earl hit his head, and instead of shaking it off and going back to the original bit, he decided that it would be okay if he took all the attention. I think that's what made Ron so obviously angry - they worked on a long bit and Earl put the brakes on instead.

Remember, he's been doing the "I don't know what's wrong" bit that he did last time he went in for the sleep study. That wierd voice, sounding half out of it - that's the way he was for a couple of weeks, something going on with a "friend - medical thing."

The thing that really annoyed me is that we were going to have an AFRO show on Friday, then have the silent Fez bit for a week - it would have been really fun radio. Instead it's yelling, arguing, annoying behavior. Other than the fact that Earl seems truly unwilling to work hard for the show, I think we're all mad at the potential radio gold we all missed. That's what Earl took away from us.

Gvac

01-13-2009, 01:04 PM

robot artist

01-13-2009, 01:13 PM

On the plus side of this whole debacle, Ron's kept Earl off mic so far this week.

For that I am eternally grateful.

If I start to miss him I'll just add in my own "and I understand that..." and "yes, but..." as I see fit.

Don't forget to start every other sentence with "Once again" ...even if you're saying something for the first time.

Meataball23

01-13-2009, 05:06 PM

On the plus side of this whole debacle, Ron's kept Earl off mic so far this week.

For that I am eternally grateful.

If I start to miss him I'll just add in my own "and I understand that..." and "yes, but..." as I see fit.

As much as Im excited about the fact that hes been off mic this week....I STILL DONT KNOW WHY HES ON THE RON AND FEZ STAFF!!!!!

Is this bc he didnt do anything that was actually fireable? Or is it b/c we'll never ever leave the show ever, and for as long as we'll all be lucky enough to listen to the ron and fez show, that fucking joke earl will have to be a part of it.

UDTSealCap

01-13-2009, 05:29 PM

As much as Im excited about the fact that hes been off mic this week....I STILL DONT KNOW WHY HES ON THE RON AND FEZ STAFF!!!!!

Is this bc he didnt do anything that was actually fireable? Or is it b/c we'll never ever leave the show ever, and for as long as we'll all be lucky enough to listen to the ron and fez show, that fucking joke earl will have to be a part of it.

Maybe its because having someone take out your leg from under you causing you to lose your balance, falling, hitting your head, and losing consciousness is not grounds for termination. Now taking someone's legs out from under them and causing all that to happen should be a fireable offense but we all know that won't happen because the person responsible is friends with one of the show's hosts so of course the black guy gets the bus backed on him and all the fans are fine with it because we've all been conditioned to believe that Earl is a fuckup.

Had this turned out the other way and it was Danny on the ground knocked out all the sheep would once again agree with O and A (but mainly "A") and demand that Earl be fired for assaulting Danny.

Hell, I remember on this very site the people who went nuts demanding Earl be fired after the choking incident even though that was so obviously a bit.

Perhaps Danny should be the honorable one and admit that perhaps the fucking around got carried away and he overdid the leg lift causing Earl to fall.

jclassic

01-13-2009, 05:36 PM

Maybe its because having someone take out your leg from under you causing you to lose your balance, falling, hitting your head, and losing consciousness is not grounds for termination. Now taking someone's legs out from under them and causing all that to happen should be a fireable offense but we all know that won't happen because the person responsible is friends with one of the show's hosts so of course the black guy gets the bus backed on him and all the fans are fine with it because we've all been conditioned to believe that Earl is a fuckup.

Had this turned out the other way and it was Danny on the ground knocked out all the sheep would once again agree with O and A (but mainly "A") and demand that Earl be fired for assaulting Danny.

Perhaps Danny should be the honorable one and admit that perhaps the fucking around got carried away and he overdid the leg lift causing Earl to fall.

Having listened to the show, I think what happened on Friday wasn't a bit but everything from then on was just to get us to talk. I've mostly lurked and been going to this board so much more often now. Am I really supposed to believe that Corporate (I love that they've made their bosses into a mock heel wrestling stable) is swayed by YouTube clips?

Gotta say though, Friday's R&F and Monday's O&A sounded like something you'd see in a video about workplace hostility and having scumbag bosses tell you to not defend yourself, think of others first. Ron and Fez pretty much told the guy to not say his side of the story. In the end it all works out, but honestly... I like AFRO shows but we're all better off without the shows intermingling... East Side Dave, New Lilly, Earl... why bother? If it doesn't work with Sirius then just let it be.

Serpico1103

01-13-2009, 05:42 PM

Maybe its because having someone take out your leg from under you causing you to lose your balance, falling, hitting your head, and losing consciousness is not grounds for termination......... uts demanding Earl be fired after the choking incident even though that was so obviously a bit.

Perhaps Danny should be the honorable one and admit that perhaps the fucking around got carried away and he overdid the leg lift causing Earl to fall.

Earl choking ESD was not a bit, just like Earl's other angry outbursts that he has repeatedly said he would seek help about, but has not. Another example of Earl coasting.
The show always has people wrestling around, but only when Earl is involved does this drama follow.
Don't you find it odd that Earl reacts the same to hitting his head on the floor as he does to febreeze and stories about a dick filled with blood?
Earl fainted, due to the stress of the event, not the hit to his head. Fainted like he has always done.

Dan 'Hampton

01-13-2009, 05:43 PM

Where is the video of Danny "tripping earl" and don't say paltalk. I mean quality video.

Slumbag

01-13-2009, 06:40 PM

Earl choking ESD was not a bit, just like Earl's other angry outbursts that he has repeatedly said he would seek help about, but has not. Another example of Earl coasting.

That sounded 100% bit.
It was absolutely hysterical, but Dave going "What did I even saaaaaaaayyyy?", and his insane giggling.

C'mon.

Serpico1103

01-13-2009, 06:48 PM

That sounded 100% bit.
It was absolutely hysterical, but Dave going "What did I even saaaaaaaayyyy?", and his insane giggling.

C'mon.

Dave hammed it up. But Earl was pissed. It was not rehearsed. Earl was lashing out, sadly he is incapable of hurting ESD. Did you see the basketball game, Lilly would have kicked Earl's ass.