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Take This Job & Love It is the second episode from the first season of Squidbillies. It first aired on October 23, 2005 on [Adult Swim].


Plot[]

Early is fired from his job selling mattresses and must find new employment to avoid violating his parole. In the end he is hired as CEO of Dan Halen Sheetrock International, who, as Dan Halen describes, is responsible for any lawsuits that may, and in fact are, being pressed against the company.

Early's Trucker Hats[]

  • "World's greatest illegitimate Daddy"
  • "May I Help You My Child?"
  • "Groom"
  • Deer hat (seen on two newspapers)

Characters/Cast[]

Quotes[]

  • To view Quotes from this episode, click this link.
    • Early: "If you ain't like me go hang from a tree."
    • Reverend: "Brother Early. I fired you! Just yesterday."
    • Early: "Wonderful. So you have an opening, then."
    • Reverend: "I have a restraining order!"

Trivia[]

  • This is the first episode in the series to feature a Early truck opening, because the intro was absent in the pilot episode.
  • Granny Cuyler doesn't appear in this episode.
  • Early stated that he was over two hours and six days late for work. However, he is not actually fired for this, as he was instead fired for being rude to customers and destruction of property on his job.
  • Early makes references to him being in prison from the pilot episode as Early was trapped in prison for at least fifteen years. Early even thinks he will stay in jail for another five years.
  • The Pocket Surgeon and the Baby Taco commercials seen in the episode are similar to the Baby Hammock and Baby Death Trap commercials from the pilot episode, which also reuses the production music Countdown by Killer Tracks/Universal Production Music and the photoshop infant from the same episode.
  • This episode also features newspaper articles about Early becoming the "C.E.O." of the company. The newspaper articles and three quotes mentioned say:
    • Early Cuyler new C.E.O. - Squid to become corporate fail guy.
    • "Fire and Ice"
    • Nazareth reunites!
    • Dan Halen fills quota. - "I like some minorities, come on!"
    • Shirts declared optional
    • Moron takes reign
    • Oh, hell, Hell no.
    • Rejuvenates company with blind rage
    • Local truck stomps ass
    • Additionally, the newspapers are all under the headlines of The Ignorant, The B.F. Egyptian, and The Mountain Skeptic.

References & Allusions[]

  • The title of this episode is an obvious reference to the song, Take This Job and Shove It.
  • Mattress Christ has a sign that reads "The Last Temptation Of Price!". This is a reference to the 1988 film The Last Temptation Of Christ.
  • The experiences section on Early's hat-shaped résumé references Hank Williams Jr. songs, both "A Country Boy Can Survive" (skin a buck, run a troutline) and "All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight."

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