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(S02E03) Who would have thought that we would have gotten a lesson in acceptance and tolerance of others from, of all people, Earl Hickey?

After watching the classic movie "Freaks" this past weekend, I had wondered if we'd see anything in the mass media that depicted people who were considered "freaks" anymore without encountering a great deal of controversy. Leave it to My Name Is Earl to bring it forward, but doing it in such a way that it warms your heart in the end.

I've always thought Bobby Knight should be in a reality show, but this wasn't exactly what I was envisioning. The legendary but explosive Texas Tech basketball coach tried out 33 walk-ons in front of cameras last September, the results of which will begin airing Sunday on ESPN. In the show, entitled Knight School, the coach drills the nervous kids who, as the name "walk-on" suggests, came from the general campus population, and quickly pares the group down. The winner of the tryout gets a chance to be on end of the Division I team's bench next season (what, you think this guy's ever going to see any decent game time?).

Of course, Knight's infamous temper will be on display from time to time, but any curse words that come spilling out of his mouth will be bleeped. I think that's a shame. I'm also guessing that if we don't hear Knight swear, we also won't see him tossing chairs or choking players, which is also a shame. That is why Knight really needs to do the reality show I'd want him to do, which would show his life away from the basketball court. I mean, if he gets that pissed off when someone misses a layup in practice, he must blow a gasket if McDonald's puts too much ketchup on his Quarter Pounder, right?