This television episode refers to:
June 11, 1982
Earl is hiding in a cooler at the convenience store to avoid Natalie, the girl he faked his death to get out of a relationship with. Randy tells Earl that he looks like that funny monkey from the movie E.T. When Earl and Randy go to Natalie's house to cross her off the list, Natalie screams when she sees Earl, thinking he'd been dead for years. Randy says that her screaming is just like in the movie E.T. when that little girl first sees that funny monkey.