Jump to content

Foreign Exchange Student: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Redirect per the discussion.
Undid revision 173718428 by TTN (talk)
Line 1: Line 1:
''This article is about the [[My Name Is Earl]] episode. For an article on foreign exchange students, see [[Student exchange program]].''
#REDIRECT [[List of My Name Is Earl episodes#Season 2: 2006-2007]]
{{Infobox Television episode
| Title = Foreign Exchange Student
| Series = My Name Is Earl
| Image = [[Image:Mnie39.jpg|250px]]<br>Young Earl attacks Pierre in the bathroom at school.
| Caption =
| Season = 2
| Episode = 39
| Airdate = [[February 1]], [[2007]]
| Production = 2ALJ15
| Writer = Michael A. Mariano
| Director = Marc Buckland
| Guests = [[Ernie Grunwald]]
| Episode list = [[List of My Name Is Earl episodes|List of ''My Name Is Earl'' episodes]]
| Prev = [[Kept a Guy Locked in a Truck]]
| Next = [[Blow (My Name Is Earl)|Blow]]
}}

"'''Foreign Exchange Student'''" is an [[episode]] of the [[United States|American]] [[sitcom]] ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''.

==Synopsis==
Earl decides to make up for having made fun of a French exchange student named Pierre by bringing him back to America in the hope of reuniting Pierre with his childhood crush. Meanwhile, Randy and Catalina try to adjust to life as a married couple.

==The List==
{{main article|The List (My Name Is Earl)}}
<!-- for items brought up in this episode only -->
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="background:#ffffe0"
|-
! Item !! Number !! Source !! Status
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|| Picked on a French kid || 44 || 2.15 || Completed when Earl helps the French foreign exchange student kiss some American women
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|}

==Songs==
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Song Title !! Artist
|-
| 1 ||[[Why Can't We Be Friends?]]|| [[War (band)|War]]
|-
| 2 ||[[Love Stinks]]|| [[The J. Geils Band]]
|-
| 3 ||Thank Heavens for Little Girls|| [[Maurice Chevalier]]
|-
| 4 ||You Got That Right|| [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
|}

==Trivia==
* Joy tells Catalina about the time she slept with a guy for cassettes, because "It was before CDs". Catalia then asks how old was Joy, because CDs came out in 19... and then Joy yells at her and walk away. CDs actually came out in late 1982, and if Joy is at her thirties in 2006, she must have slept with the guy from [[Sam Goody]] as a (really) young teenager.
* Joy tells Catalina twice "Don't you judge me!" This was said by her mom (Played by [[Brett Butler (comedian)|Brett Butler]]) several times in the episode ''[[White Lie Christmas]]''.
* "Screw the cheerleader, destroy the world" is visible on the chalkboard in the flashback scene with the French exchange student doing well with American girls. This parodies advertisements for the NBC show ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', which stated "save [[Claire Bennet|the cheerleader]], save the world"
* Pierre accuses Earl and Randy of "blocking the rooster", mistakenly translating the term "cock blocking".
* Randy sends away for and receives a Rainbow Sugar bits nitelight, from the cereal they have been eating. Earl also feeds some of the cereal to Pierre through the bullet hole in the wall.
* Catalina says she'll let Earl use the master key to the motel any time he wants.
* When listing great things about the US, Darnell (Crab Man) lists several varieties of marijuana.
* When Pierre headbutts Earl, it is a reference to [[Zinedine Zidane|Zinedine Zidane's]] famous [[headbutt]] in [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2006]].

==Quotes==
*

<br>
{{My Name Is Earl}}
[[Category:My Name Is Earl episodes]]

Revision as of 11:35, 11 December 2007

This article is about the My Name Is Earl episode. For an article on foreign exchange students, see Student exchange program.

"Foreign Exchange Student"

"Foreign Exchange Student" is an episode of the American sitcom My Name Is Earl.

Synopsis

Earl decides to make up for having made fun of a French exchange student named Pierre by bringing him back to America in the hope of reuniting Pierre with his childhood crush. Meanwhile, Randy and Catalina try to adjust to life as a married couple.

The List

Item Number Source Status
Picked on a French kid 44 2.15 Completed when Earl helps the French foreign exchange student kiss some American women

Songs

# Song Title Artist
1 Why Can't We Be Friends? War
2 Love Stinks The J. Geils Band
3 Thank Heavens for Little Girls Maurice Chevalier
4 You Got That Right Lynyrd Skynyrd

Trivia

  • Joy tells Catalina about the time she slept with a guy for cassettes, because "It was before CDs". Catalia then asks how old was Joy, because CDs came out in 19... and then Joy yells at her and walk away. CDs actually came out in late 1982, and if Joy is at her thirties in 2006, she must have slept with the guy from Sam Goody as a (really) young teenager.
  • Joy tells Catalina twice "Don't you judge me!" This was said by her mom (Played by Brett Butler) several times in the episode White Lie Christmas.
  • "Screw the cheerleader, destroy the world" is visible on the chalkboard in the flashback scene with the French exchange student doing well with American girls. This parodies advertisements for the NBC show Heroes, which stated "save the cheerleader, save the world"
  • Pierre accuses Earl and Randy of "blocking the rooster", mistakenly translating the term "cock blocking".
  • Randy sends away for and receives a Rainbow Sugar bits nitelight, from the cereal they have been eating. Earl also feeds some of the cereal to Pierre through the bullet hole in the wall.
  • Catalina says she'll let Earl use the master key to the motel any time he wants.
  • When listing great things about the US, Darnell (Crab Man) lists several varieties of marijuana.
  • When Pierre headbutts Earl, it is a reference to Zinedine Zidane's famous headbutt in World Cup 2006.

Quotes