Why “Amish” was bleeped from Earl: creator Greg Garcia responds

October 06th, 2006 | Category: My Name Is Earl

I mean it was pointed out to me, but not like in a… It was pointed out to me; somebody was watching whatever finalization they do at NBC, and they were like, “Hey, do you remember that that (line) was the Amish thing?” And I was like, “Yeah, ooh… we shot that so faraway ago, um… its location changes at our whim), I called Greg’s office to see whether I could get more details. After we got that comment here at TV Squad HQ (think of it as the old Letterman home office…

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When I posted

the question about why the word “Amish” was bleeped from last night’s My Name Is Earl, series creator Greg Garcia responded in the comments that the bleeping was his choice. Here is his response:

Joel Keller: So, you were the one who decided to bleep out the word “Amish” from last night’s episode?

Greg Garcia: Yeah. I don’t want to start the episode out like that.” I mean, it wasn’t like we were making fun of the Amish.

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