Continuity mistake: Whenever Earl, Joy and Randy go to visit Jasper in the flashback, his Russian bride is in the background. She shouldn't be around at this time as earlier in the show Jasper is barely introducing the gang to his Russian bride years after the flashback occurs (S1E12).
My Name Is Earl (2005)
1 mistake in Buried Treasure - chronological order
Starring: Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez
Randy: I should be on that show where you have to remember the names of things. What's it called again?
Teacher Earl - S1-E5
Trivia: One of the lamps stolen by Ralph is the 'special prize' leg lamp won by the father in A Christmas Story (1983).
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Answer: The premise of the show is he atones for mistakes he did in the past. Winning a car for Joy probably atones for something he did wrong regarding her in the past.
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