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.
Synopsis[]
Early seeks employment in a difficult job market.
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[]
- Early Cuyler (Unknown Hinson)
- Russell "Rusty" Cuyler (Daniel McDevitt)
- Lil Cuyler (Patricia French)
- Sheriff (Charles Napier)
- Dan Halen (Todd Hanson)
- Reverend (Scott Hilley)
- Glenn's Wife (Dana Swanson)
- Donna's Ex-husband (Dave Willis)
- Snakeman
- Miguel (Fred Armisen)
- Authentic Mexican
- Stripper
- Narrator (Dave Willis)
Trivia[]
- This is the very first episode in the series to feature a Early Trucker Opening because it was absent in the pilot episode.
- Granny Cuyler doesn't appear in this episode, marking her very first absence.
- The Pocket Surgeon and Zesty Ranch Baby Tacos commercial use the production music Countdown by Killer Tracks/Universal Production Music and photoshopped baby respectively much like the Baby Hammock and Baby Death Trap commercials from the pilot episode.
- If you look at the articles and quotes on the newspaper of Early becoming CEO of Dan Halen Sheetrock International, they 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
- The headlines that you also see on the newspaper read:
- The Ignorant
- The B.F. Egyptian
- The Mountain Skeptic
- The headlines that you also see on the newspaper read:
Cultural References[]
- The title of the episode is a 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 the 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".
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
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Videos[]
Best Intentions Squidbillies Adult Swim
Living on a Knife Edge Squidbillies Adult Swim
Fire n Ice
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!"