<P> The NBC sitcom television series My Name Is Earl created by Greg Garcia features a variety of characters, most of whom live in the fictional town of Camden and Camden County . The show centers around Earl Hickey, a small - time crook who after an epiphany involving karma, makes a list of items in which he had done wrong to others, and proceeds to make amends to the people involved . The characters listed include Earl's immediate family, friends and acquaintances, as well as general townsfolk who have appeared over multiple episodes and storylines . </P> <P> Earl Jehosephat Hickey (played by Jason Lee)--The titular and viewpoint character, he has a long history of petty crimes and other repugnant acts of bullying classmates and taking advantage of others . In the opening episode, he wins a lottery scratcher but is immediately hit by a car; during his recovery where he watches a Carson Daly interview where the latter talks about karma, he realizes he has been a bad person and tries to turn his life around by making a list of all the bad things he has done and doing the good deeds to cross them off the list . He discovers that when he does good things, he is rewarded by karma, first by getting the lottery ticket back . But when he ignores the list, as especially demonstrated in the episode "The Professor", bad things continue to happen . One of the recurring gags regarding Earl is that he always has his eyes closed when his picture is taken . He has a mustache and tends to wear flannel shirts, although in his past, he also wears concert t - shirts from classic rock bands . He drives a 1973 red El Camino that once belonged to his friend Frank: it has a blue driver's side door, found in a tornado . Earl's father Carl intended to name him after himself, but put in an extra loop on his cursive letter' C' on the birth certificate . </P> <P> Randall Doo Hickey (played by Ethan Suplee)--Earl's younger brother . He and Earl used to commit a bunch of crimes together, but he goes along with Earl on his list . In "Monkeys in Space", when he tries to get a job, Earl finds that he is unable to fulfill his list item in time until Randy helps him . In the episode "Number One", he breaks down and questions the entire process . His character was initially described as equally nasty and tough but after Earl started working on the list, he becomes naive, child - like, and simplistic . In "Harassed a Reporter" he is upset that the reporter portrayed him as mentally retarded, but when she mentions that it could be karma, he is happy that karma noticed him and considered him important . </P> <P> Randy has a crush on Catalina, calling dibs on her when they first met . He dated a woman who liked cats in the episode "Larceny of a Kitty Cat", despite being allergic to them . Although he is afraid of birds, especially chickens, he is willing to forgo that for love as shown in "South of the Border (Part 1)", and in part 2, they get married at Catalina's village . In the episode "Foreign Exchange Student" he finally tells Catalina he loves her, but Catalina intentionally makes herself repulsive when they consummate the marriage later that night, after which Randy doesn't want to live with her anymore and just keeps it a green card marriage . </P>

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