Do good things, and good things will happen to you. That’s the general karma based theme of NBC’s hit comedy My Name Is Earl. If it’s to be believed, Earl (aka Jason Lee) must have killed a bag full of kittens.

It’s the only answer hecklerspray can think of, as he’s been stricken with the skin welting kids disease chicken pox. What we would suggest Lee do is get out there real quick and mow a widows lawn, take some orphans to a zoo or hug his dear old mammy.  Only then may karma ease his incredible pain.

The star of the new hit show My Name Is Earl (that’s Jason Lee [DVDs] for
those of you not in the know) has been smitten from on high, or way
down low – from his supposed friend karma, that is. Having somehow
caught chicken pox, production on his show has been shut down until he
recovers. It makes sense though, as he is the star. 

Earl‘s creator Greg Garcia has his own theory as to where this
ailment came from:

"Well, I mean, first of all, we think it’s
chicken pox, I saw him shake Charlie Sheen’s hand at the Golden Globes,
and the next morning he woke up with bumps all over him, so it could be
anything."

Adult chicken pox, shingles (as laymen like to call them), or Herpes
Zoster (as medically educated laymen like to call them), is much worse
than the kind most people contract as kids. Hospitalisation is not
uncommon, and oven mitts often appear on hands for the duration of the
itchies. The exact cause of the oven mitts is unknown, but they are
reported to look ridiculous.

Though the onset of Lee’s disease is a mystery to all, there is one
thing in all of this that is a bona-fide certainty. Don’t scratch your
face, Jason. Hollywood is far too cruel to grant a pock-marked man
work. Your audience will sicken from watching your scarred
performance, chasing them into the horrible open arms of an
intellectual tragedy like ABC’s Freddie sitcom (which as far as we’re
told is far more "sit" than "com"). Your friends, acquaintances and
pets will likely leave you, and the only thing you’d have left is your
giant moustache and your dear old Mammy. Jason, seriously, don’t
scratch your face.

Read more:

‘My Name Is Earl’ star Jason Lee recovering from chicken pox - USA Today 

[story by Shawn Lindseth]