LOL! awesome review Vern!

WOW I never heard of Jim Varney and I'm really sad I didn't because he looked and acted like a really cool and funny guy. Lee could you recommend what was his greatest Ernest P. Worrell appearance because I want to see his work and maybe start with his best or I'll just go chronologically. Still thank you for presenting this great man.

Chronologically is the way to go, though my favorite is Ernest Scared Stupid.

There are also a few VHS tapes that collect a lot of his commercials, as well as some TV specials. Some had to be recorded off of TV, like Ernest Goes to Splash Mountain (which is thankfully available on YouTube). The commercials are like a bonus movie. The guy did commercials for over 100 U.S. cities.

The last four movies were direct-to-VHS and weren't all that good, even for an Ernest movie. I'd watch those last. I've still yet to sit through Ernest Goes to Africa and Ernest in the Army, but I'll give them a shot someday.

Let's say that this will be the last time Still Gaming covers Jim Varney, but not Lee's last time.

Lee didn't mention the fact that Jim had a television series called "Hey, Vern, it's Ernest". That's where people saw the most of him. As for great movies, I recommend Ernest Goes to Camp, Ernest Goes to Jail and Ernest Scared Stupid to start.

The video loaded really slow for me, so I was forced to stare into Ernest's eyes for a minute. I think it stole part of my soul...

Anyway, great (if completely unexpected) review, Lee!

For a moment I thought you were going to review a videogame of that movie, but that's not the case and I love it!.
XD

Lee is moving into movies.... new series lee?

Oh man, makes me so nostalgic for Ernest Scared Stupid, that was one of my all time favorites.

Nicely done, I remember watching almost every movie that he was the star of back in the day, when I was little.. I'm pretty sure I've got them all on VHS's somewhere around my living room.

This review makes ya wanna watch some good old Ernest movies, simply to enjoy the classic madness that only he could bring to the screen... Know what ah mean, Vern?

WTF?

Someone else who actually knows this movie. I'll admit... as crappy as it is, I do kinda like it. As a kid though, I thought it was weird... wait, it IS weird...

...but I did chuckle at the end.

"Know what I mean, Vern?"

Very well timed on Varney's part.

And nothing of value was lost.

I grew up on Ernest. The man taught me some serious lessons like 'Rubber + Live Wires = Good!' and 'Troll + Milk = Diarrhea and Brussels Sprouts'. This doesn't seem like anything he'd do, but then again actors have committed bigger atrocities

(insert good actor in bad movie here)

A little short for my taste but your charisma makes me wanna watch it again. Good shot, Lee.

And this is when, seeing there are already more than 5 comments, botguy gave up posting his.

Cool. So now I know where all those characters that he portrays through his TV show and a few other movies came from.

I loved Ernest back in the day. Jim Varney was such a funny guy. I still remember the day that he unfortunately died...

Hey Lee - now I finally know what the wallpaper from your YouTube account is from!

The memories, oh the good memories. I still have to find these movies on DVD, I absolutely love that character! Nice to know a little history on Ernest, I'd have to say one my favorites out of the Ernest films had to be Ernest goes to jail.

And this movie has the second worst ending of a "kids movie" I've seen, the worst being Time Bandits. The "hero" has the option of pressing two buttons, one labeled Right and one Wrong. He can't decide, and the ghostly image of his parents appear to help him choose between right and wrong. You don't really see which one he chooses, but it turns out to be the wrong one and "all the money goes bad".
It's odd to think that Jim Varney is a classically trained Shakespearian(sic) actor, when his most notable role was a somewhat idiotic redneck. And who's doing the voice of the slinky dog in Toy Story 3, now that he's dead? According to the YouTube comments, it's my mom...

I love the Ernest movies, I've got the DVD box set and everything.

I'll always remember the title of the news report where I learnt of his sad death...

"Ernest Goes to Heaven".

Funny but quite sad.

Oh God, I remember this movie. And yes, Varney's characters were the only saving graces from Lance (most annoying wannabe Marty Stu in film history) Sterling. That and the robot with the bucket head - that was kind of funny.

Excellent review of a MSTie worthy film. This also reminds me of Jim Varney's TV show, with the hand on his head. I actually miss that.

what you are doing movie reviews now!?!

The instant you said "Hand growing out of his head" the movie flashed back into my head. Thanks for the look back at at this odd little gem.

Growing up in the 80s there were a ton of Ernest movies. Ernest Goes to Camp was definitely my favorite growing up. Ernest Scared Stupid would be next, then Ernest Goes to Jail, then Ernest Saves Christmas.

God bless Earnest, He was very hilarious.

I'm big fan of the Ernest's movies

lol

RIP Jim Varney

I loved the movies and the TV show back when I was a kid, though I never knew this movie existed. Great review Lee.

Case Closed!