The Smarmy Carny

Just like last year, this season's final episode of My Name Is Earl included another inside joke for the Spanish-speaking public.

Earl visits multiple people in a desperate attempt to find a positive character witness for Joy. After failing with one of her old friends, her minister, and a celebrity, Earl tries to convince Catalina to be a character witness despite the abuse that Joy has heaped on Catalina.

Joy responds by saying the following sentences in Spanish:

Gracias por ver nuestro programa. Los vamos a extrañar este verano. ¿No te parece cómico que Earl piensa que yo le estoy diciéndole cuánto yo odio a Joy pero en realidad yo les estoy diciéndole cuánto los quiero?

Since the only understandable portions of the speech are "Earl" and "Joy," the non-Spanish-speaking audience is left to believe that Catalina goes on a brief tirade about Joy and her lack of character.

What Joy really said, however, was much more fun:

Thank you for watching our program. We are going to miss you this summer. Don't you think it's funny that Earl thinks I'm telling him how much I hate Joy when in reality I'm telling you how much I love you all?

The show has included a few Spanish language jokes from Catalina. Check out the My Name Is Earl category for the others.

Despite rumors (or April Fools' jokes) that Lost would be cancelled early, ABC and Lost producers announced that Lost will be on the air for three more 16-episode seasons, when the series and the storyline will end in 2010.

At the producers' request, ABC provided the solid end date so that the storyline could be timed out evenly. Making your storyline last 16 episodes is a whole lot different than making it last 48.

This announcement is also welcome news to television fans who have been disillusioned by several series' premature cancellation with no resolution, which happened to fans of Invasion, Kidnapped, Surface, Drive, and Daybreak.