Before blockbuster hits such as "Ernest Goes to Camp", "Ernest Goes To Jail", "Ernest in the Army", "Ernest Rides Again", "Slam Dunk Ernest", "Ernest Goes to Africa", "Ernest goes to School", "Ernest Saves Chrismas", or (my favorite) "Ernest, Scared Stupid" Jim Varney had a weekly Saturday morning show circa 1988 called "Hey Vern, It's Ernest".It was the highlight of me and my brothers' week. Hey Vern, It's Ernest was an offbeat comedy/variety/sketch show for kids in the tradition of PeeWee's Playhouse, Ren & Stimpy, and SBSP. The premise was that Jim Varney, an unsung comic genius, would play his character-Ernest P. Worrell- and a lot of other little characters like an old woman in a neck brace and a plotting evil alien watching earth, Doctor Otto. Remember his neighbors Chuck and Bobby and his dog Rimshot? I do. While in character as Earnest, Varney would start out the scene with the line, "Hey, Vern!" addressing the camera. And he would end each scene with the line, "Know whudda mean, Vern?"
GEEEEEEEEEEENIUS!
The sad thing is that you can't really get the show on DVD anywhere. The movies are readily available, but they are compromised reinterpretations of the original show. Also, Varney died at the tender age of 50. Goodnight, sweet prince.
Well, you also can't find anything from that classic TV show on youtube but'cept for the theme song here:
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Doug, did we ever watch Ernest? i can't remember.
actually he also did commercial for john l. sullivan auto dealerships in sacramento i remember those from when i was really young, may be 8, making it 1984 or 85.
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