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Betty White and Gay Kenny help deliver a hilarious "My Name is Earl"

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Michael Jensen

Thursday night's episode of My Name is Earl not only included an always welcome appearance by Gay Kenny (Greg Binkley) and his boyfriend Stuart Daniels (Mike O'Malley), but also featured Golden Girls alum Betty White as the guest star.

White continues to find roles that suit her to a T — here as a Crazy Witch Lady who is so freakin' brilliant I can't say enough good stuff about her. And I know it makes me a horrible person, but there is something endlessly amusing about watching someone as sweet as White get tasered and fall to the ground twitching. 

But I most appreciate that Earl once again showed how effortlessly and humorously it is able to weave Kenny and/or gay themes into its episodes. By treating Kenny just like the other characters, it finds laughs in his being gay without being cliche or offensive.

Gay Kenny and boyfriend Stuart

Here is the whole episode!

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    • Submitted by
    Michael Jensen
    on Fri, 2009-03-20 12:23.
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    Brent Hartinger's picture

    "You have a media disease!"

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    Brent Hartinger (345 points) (1098 posts)
    on Fri, 2009-03-20 12:47.
    I loved when they were chained up in the basement, and Kenny is deseperate to check his email, and Stuart says to him, "See? This is what I mean! You have a media disease!"

     

    Also, am I the only one who is finding Mike O'Malley increasingly hot? ;-)

     

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    Whitetee's picture

    You are so not the only one!

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    Whitetee (2875 points) (622 posts)
    on Sat, 2009-03-21 01:19.
    I would totally do him in a heartbeat! ;-)
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    Craig Young's picture

    First time I had seen the show in a while

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    Craig Young (1247 points) (350 posts)
    on Fri, 2009-03-20 13:52.
    I enjoyed it a lot. I think it was the ad showing that Betty White was going to be on the show that got me to stay tuned. I flipped between My Name is Earl and Ugly Betty, and I found myself staying with My Name is Earl. Ugly Betty has lost something. Maybe it's because the show is loosely based on (I am told) a show from Latin America that's about class, but the show is all camp so it never really goes anywhere. Whereas Earl has its moral compass built in with the list? I don't know - for some reason last night I really liked Earl more than Betty.
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    acer69's picture

    I'm not just some cheap piece of meat!

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    acer69 (71 points) (16 posts)
    on Fri, 2009-03-20 17:50.

    I'm Betty White, Bitch!

    I'd never watched the show, but I love Betty and decided to tune in last night.  It was great.  Betty's amazing in everything she does.  She's one of only two celebrities that I've ever sent a fan letter to, and she replied back with an autographed picture and a personalized note on Betty White stationary about the envelope I mailed the letter in (I collaged various pictures of her onto the envelope).  That was almost 10 years ago.  I also sent a letter to Bea Arthur, but he never replied back. ;-)

    By the way, my subject line is from her terrific "Late Late Show" Oscar appearance.

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