Another Earl Thread

[Dell]

Slightly different spin (but probably still merge worthy)...

I'm coming around to believing Earl quitting is not another bit and was wondering... do you think Earl left the bosses with the option to rehire him if he ever realizes what he actually did?

Sounds like the guys may want him back if possible. I've worked for the government for so long that I don't know how things like this work in the real world.

[DavesLoveofPee]

what a weird dude....didnt think i would miss him but i kind of do....a great whipping boy

[jlehane3]

He handed them an opportunity to cut some losses.Sirius stock is laughable and the expenditures are over the top.It's not a "hostile takeover/buyout/merger" exactly,but look at the economy as the indicator of job cuts. It's not forever though in my opinion,as far as Earl parting with the show.In a way he needed this to get his head together,and he saved himself from a falling out by making the move himself,so he left on good terms with Ron at least. http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/j3lehane/BaJeeBeeearl-avatardnegpos.jpg

[otrdave]

Earl's just on vacation. It's just a bit.

[hedges]

I'd like to see Earl comeback. The guy had an encyclopediadic knowdedge of music. Not like that's a reason to keep someone around. I thought he was good for the show

[instrument]

What's to miss? Someone who sighs loudly whenever asked a question?

And I have no idea why someone links earl quitting to sirius stock...that's as crazy as earl.

[JayT]

Yes, its a bit - just like Dave and Casey's fake wedding -

Earl will be back.

[Rwalkr]

it's a bit. He's probably still celebrating the inauguration.

[Gerald]

I'm hard pressed to believe it's a stunt at this point unless Ron is really in on it by fabricating stories about Earl's key card and network email address being commandeered by security. I sympathize with Earl since I'm also a wreck in social pressure situations but I think he's nuts for jumping ship on a quality program like this. He should've just requested to have his on-air exposure dramatically limited.

[PapaBear]

I'm hard pressed to believe it's a stunt at this point unless Ron is really in on it by fabricating stories
Not to mention the fact that Ron has said "this is not a bit". Has Ron ever said that, and it not been true? Not that I can think of. I don't see him outright lying. Sure... He sometimes says things that aren't true, but he uses a comical tone to his voice when he does that.

[GameRelatedSig]

I almost hope it's just an extended bit, since as terrible a producer Earl may be, he's an endless source of fodder for the show.

[lleeder]

If its not a bit then why did Ron say "Its a bit" on his blog?

[OGC]

I don't know if it has anything to do with Earl's leaving but haven't you noticed that Fez has been on fire since Earl left ? I think the last couple of weeks have been the best sustained period of shows that the best the Buddies have had since coming to XM.

Why would anyone want to go back ?

[Fubex]

My BS detector was on at first, but then I did hear Ron say that this was not a bit as mentioned before. Plus there's points being brought up that might not have been brought up if this was a fake. Like Earl still coming into the studio acting like he still has a part in the show. I don't know. I've been wrong before but for some reason I feel this is real.

[drjoek]

Heres my guess

Earl asked for a transfer from the R&F show since he has been fucking it up for so long and is unwanted. The "I quit" part is the bit. He knew that was his last day and they set it up as an I'm quiting on the air angle. He's transfered somewhere else in the company doing what he always wanted and presumeably is more qualified for. Thats the only way he could have "quit" and kept showing up at XM for 2 weeks after. This isn't Seinfeld.
Its just like the Pitzy bit, did anybody actually think he quit just because he lost "spinning the hits"? He was let go, so on his last day they gave him a graceful way to leave the show and entertain us at the same time.

[jclassic]

I wasn't at first, but now I'm with with the believers. I say this isn't a bit but really, all I'm hoping for is they cut the guy some slack and not bring in the Bearded Earl Douglas character.

I'd much rather see The Bearded Opie Hughes.

[lleeder]

Heres my guess

Earl asked for a transfer from the R&F show since he has been fucking it up for so long and is unwanted. The "I quit" part is the bit. He knew that was his last day and they set it up as an I'm quiting on the air angle. He's transfered somewhere else in the company doing what he always wanted and presumeably is more qualified for. Thats the only way he could have "quit" and kept showing up at XM for 2 weeks after. This isn't Seinfeld.
Its just like the Pitzy bit, did anybody actually think he quit just because he lost "spinning the hits"? He was let go, so on his last day they gave him a graceful way to leave the show and entertain us at the same time.

Only Paul-o should be tearing down the 4th wall.

[drjoek]

Only Paul-o should be tearing down the 4th wall.

Oops
DrjoveranalizeK strikes again.

[Caseyelan]

Yes, its a bit - just like Dave and Casey's fake wedding -

Earl will be back.

:thumbdown:

[jlehane3]

What's to miss? Someone who sighs loudly whenever asked a question?-------------------
Earl's sighs are patented like Kenny Allen's SLURPS (contractual obligation).-------------------------------------------------------------
And I have no idea why someone links earl quitting to Sirius stock...that's as crazy as earl. My leaps to hasty conclusions over monumental hurdles of mismatched facts is a herculean effort at quick thumbnail sizing up of complex proceedings about which I know nothing as far as certainty,like people who bet on sports and think they know outcomes in advance. I shoot for 80% accuracy,and in this case the XM job losses in the last few months were my info base for drawing conclusions about Earl vs Sirius.Hatchet job...Chop Chop.


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My BS detector was on at first, but then I did hear Ron say that this was not a bit as mentioned before. Plus there's points being brought up that might not have been brought up if this was a fake. Like Earl still coming into the studio acting like he still has a part in the show. I don't know. I've been wrong before but for some reason I feel this is real.----------------- The Earl "showing up" episodes were so typical of his personality,since he is schizophrenic in his everyday life and contributions to the show.He's unwilling to face the facts and thinks he can make a comeback after the fact of quitting,and just charm his way back by pretending he's still in full swing busying himself with renewed effort,cleaning up his act,in short"play-acting". Oh Bajeebee...when will you ever learn? It still hasn't sunk in how he mishandled his career move.But Ron says it's not a bit and I believe.


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Fubex
I don't know if it has anything to do with Earl's leaving but haven't you noticed that Fez has been on fire since Earl left ? I think the last couple of weeks have been the best sustained period of shows that the best the Buddies have had since coming to XM. -------------------------------------------- Fez is on Fire as a weight has been removed from him (Earl)as simultaneously his personal life has shot up with excitement at some new possibilities as he opens himself up to the social/ going out side of Fez,which is the REAL Fez we all know and love.The bit that went so wrong 2 weeks ago went so RIGHT for him and the show. I must be off to leap monumental logical hurdles for NASA..............UP and A W A Y Y YYY


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[DavesLoveofPee]

Ive noticed that too...literally from the moment he broke his silence and started screaming at Earl hes been awesome. I onlt started listening to RNF about a year ago....did Fez used to be like this all the time?

[instrument]

Fez used to talk a lot more and was able to speak and react normally.

He could also cover for ron without saying the shows phone number to fill dead air.

[West.Coast.Skippy]

i work for the government too. i don't know how common this protection is, but within my bureaucracy an employee can rescind their resignation up to 3 days after tendering it. when earl resigned i wondered if he would have this same option. ron described that earl met with management and wanted to work exclusively on booking and the interview show, and that management didn't bite. their view was that earl quit siri. ron and dave do seem upset by earl leaving. i wonder if ron, in retrospect, would have rather had a more measured response that friday.

as to if it's a bit or not, like the above posters, i've heard ron renounce that this is a bit, and even snidely observe that some of us insist it is. i was going to start a poll here - for better or worse i don't have permission to do that - and ask how many of you think something could still be a bit if ron says its a 'straight shoot'.

but i think if earl can avoid homelessness and major debt amidst the present downturn, leaving siri could be the best move of his professional life.

[earlsgmaclit]

maybe Earl has just taken his dream vacation to a far off distance exotic land like Philadelphia or maybe he is interviewing ron wood somewhere........ no come to thinkof it he is proably in his lonely apartment in queens making cumsies

[wehitandrun]

I'm hoping it's not a bit and that Earl will never return. Sure he's fodder, just not of the entertaining variety.

[evil6]

I'll spoil the bit ahead of time by saying that you'll know it's a bit if you hear there's a surprise visit by either Saffron or Bujeebe.

It'll be like the old "Midnight Rider" bit.

[Dell]

I'll spoil the bit ahead of time by saying that you'll know it's a bit if you hear there's a surprise visit by either Saffron or Bujeebe.

It'll be like the old "Midnight Rider" bit.

You are the best... you must be from the insiide... what aftershave does FEZ use?

[albo60s]

I miss his tapdancing.

[Golfman]

I would love to see Earl come back, he is the start of so many great jokes. BRING BACK EARL!!!!!!!!!!

[bentcorner]

I wish it was a bit, but I've never felt as though it was. It was too under-worked to be a bit.

I thought Earl brought a lot to the show. He was the ultimate straight man for everyone else. Some of my favorite bits involved Earl in some shape or fashion. Kind of like how Mick Foley made every wrestler he ever faced in a pay-per-view look extremely good, Earl made everyone a lot funnier.

The bit where Dave does the impersonation of Earl's dead grandma is a classic.

[slames]

Does anyone remember why Earl left? He faked an illness to not have to participate and contribute. And in the process jeopardized both shows by drawing the attention of the bosses. Haven't we seen something even slightly interesting or edgy happen just to have someone (like Earl) screw things up too many times already? Not to mention his views on race and religion were exposed as imbecilic and incredibly malleable with as little as a question from Ron. He sucked and I'm glad he's gone.

[Drunk Dialer]

I thought it was a bit at first too, but I'm starting to believe he is really gone. Certain things had me sure it was a bit. When Ron claimed management told Earl that resigning on the air made it official, it really sounded like play. From HR's point of view they'd have requested a signed letter of resignation for it to be official. It's possible that they convinced Earl to follow through with his resignation, though. If Earl was still hanging around trying to work on a subset of his original responsibilities (booking guests) they would have had to terminate him. His resignation on the air wouldn't have been enough for corporate to force him out the door. Without the official resignation it would have been an involuntary termination. Either way, I'm starting to believe the faildozer is gone.