Early, The Osama Hunter

Episode Commentary: Fatal Distraction

After two minutes of this Squidbillies episode, it proves itself a winner, in the end, it wins for a completely different one.

It’s insane.

While “South Park’s” Eric Cartman dressed as “Dog, the Bounty Hunter” is funny, seeing Early Cuyler in that get-up, peeing into a cup while driving his monster truck, armed with a brand new GPS, to Afghanistan for Osama Bin Laden, is classic.

As most episodes of the show, that plot premise lasts a tad bit longer than a fart, [it would have been great to see the whole show dedicated to that premise, but that’s been done before on other shows, mainly “South Park”] only to take us on a semi-parody of the ’80s film “Fatal Attraction,” which is where the rest of the episode stays.

You’ll never guess who plays Glenn Close in this one.

Often times, the writing of this show is so outlandish that it keeps your eyes glued throughout. Between the hilarious characters and unmistakable dialogue, it’s more than enough to keep you entertained for the measly 12 minutes that encompass this episode. This time though, you’ll never expect the course of events that nearly lead to Early and his family’s demise.

You have to see it to believe it.

His escapades are normally ridiculous [in the best way possible that is] and filled with catchy one-liners, but this episode is special in the fact that this is one of the only times this white-trash “fish” is legitimately scared for his life. Seeing him try to solve the problem [or get solved trying] is of course, just as insane as the premise for this episode, but it works of course.

Throw in a few witty pop culture references, some alcohol drinking and elderly strippers and you have one heck of an episode.

And to think, all of this could have been avoided if Early bought the “Paul Stanley” GPS model instead.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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