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What's up with Earl?


Why's he always trying to hook up Valentine. Seems like he and Rhonda would have been a better match, since Valentine didn't like her initially, why didn't he call dibbs on her? Maybe he's railing Nancy and we just don't know it...

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Plus Earl seems to me to be a bit old for Rhonda.

"What difference do you think you can make, one man in all this madness?"

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i'm sure earl knows he's too old for some college girl, but just right for val. obviously earl loves val and want's what's best for him. he wants him to hook up with a women that's gonna straighten him up and make him a better man, instead of dating some worthless gold digger.

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Rhonda was a grad student, so I don't think Earl is too old for her. Plus, what if Val got hitched, Earl would be out his right-hand man.

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well i'm sure if val did get hitched, it would give earl a chance to focus more on getting hitched himself like he did in tremors 2.

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Val and Rhonda did get "hitched." Earl mentions it in Tremors 2.

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Earl being a bit older, had a thing going now and again with the pogo-stick-kid's Mom. Makes sense.

As to why he was always trying to hook up his buddy with nice women, I think he was trying to help the poor kid who was sort of confused sexually. He likes girls, even has a dream girl in mind, however, he wears a really GAY belt buckle. The heart buckle is a GIRLS rodeo buckle. NO manly cowboy would EVER wear one. Never! So ..
OH, and even a manly thing like having a schedule so you never have to do anything "right now", that is alien to the kid, but second nature to Earl. Manly vs gay.

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