Very little has been written seriously about Pitts's home and family life; most written references contain little but nonsense. However, Pitts does frequently mention such information in his monologues. He is of indeterminate
middle age and is unhappily married to his wife of twenty-five years, Pearl, with whom he has two children: his son, Earl Jr., whose age varies between teen years and early 20s and who frequently comes to his father for advice, and his teenage daughter Sandra Dee (named after, but no relation to the
actress of the same name), who is noted for her presumed ugliness and is more of a nuisance. He has a little-mentioned brother, Merle Pitts. Earl has a day job as an automotive worker and a night job as a bartender at the Duck Inn, a local tavern. His experiences and interactions with the bar patrons serve as fodder for many of his monologues. He claims to be a cousin of actor
Brad Pitt. Earl's hometown is not explicitly stated in most cases; Pitts himself states that he hails from
Water Valley, Mississippi but tries to sound like he comes from a generic small town near the listener—for instance,
KERN in
Bakersfield, California, a Pitts affiliate, claimed Pitts to be from nearby
Oildale, and
KSCS in
Arlington, Texas claimed for many years he was the former mayor of
Gun Barrel City, Texas. Earl's website states he spent many, if not all, of his early years in Rooster Ear, Mississippi, a fictitious town of his own creation. The "Uhmerikun" part of Pitts' outro originated at the turn of the 20th century; prior to that, the outro was slightly longer, with Pitts saying "Earl Pitts, Native Uhmerikun Redneck. Pitts off!" The outro was changed as a gesture toward not offending any listeners. ==See also==