I remember watching this when I was a kid. The only part I remembered in detail was him saying there wasn't a lot of oxygen at the top. I would have been 8 at the time. Ernest was huge and the hype for Splash Mountain was huge. This special made the ride look really scary, much more so than it actually is. Back in the days before the internet a special like this was a treat because there really was no other way for me to look up the details of what a new ride at Disneyland was like.
I don't ever remember this but this is cool anyways.....I remember they had a video or two similar to this concerning Barbies birthday and a dance video thing.
I'm from UK... but I defo remember seeing this on TV whilst over on holiday in Florida... might've been a rerun before the soft opening of the WDW version of Splash Mountain in 1992. 👍
I saw the ending for this special as a kid and it never re-aired. Thank you for uploading this for us Ernest fans. We need a new Erenest P Worrell in today's world.
"Thats as tight as Italian hemp has been since the senseless and brutal hanging of Cole Younger's horse. " Ill never forget that line in a million years. lol the writers for earnest where on a whole nother level.
Damn I miss the 80s!!!! We had the best times. Today crap sucks. Please take me back!!! Lol I would give anything (besides my kids) to be able to relive it all. I didn't really think to appreciate it then, but now I truly miss it within my soul and all the memories.
At 10:24, you can hear Bruce Gordon say "They're some of the favorites" after mentioning that the adorable characters from the movie, Song of the South are what leads this attraction. Even though Disney hasn't released Song of the South in the USA since its 1986 theatrical release, Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and Brer Bear are still to this day some of the favorites and why Disney is making a big mistake erasing them and removing Splash Mountain.
I just went on this for the first time last month. I remember watching this when it first aired. I'd wanted to go on it since. It's real interesting to watch this now. I literally cringed when he casually had his feet up, and the fact there was no bar or whatever that came down. And now ernest has his own ride. Kind of cool.
Disney was proud of Song of the South in the 1980s. The movie was released twice in that decade, in 1980 and 1986 - just three years before the ride opened. My guess is that Disney hadn't planned on withholding the movie at the time they made the attraction.
@@davidwallgren7575why I don’t understand is why couldn’t just make an all new ride for tiana? If they wanted to retheme splash mountain They could’ve just made it tangled 🙄
Man, I was about to be mad as hell at that impatient interviewer clown at 10:00 before my stupid ass realised that she was meant to be doing that as the gag..
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R.I.P. Jim Varney.. and Splash Mountain
Also Ralph story❤
😢so true
It's hard to understate just how gigantic Jim was in the 80's to 90's. He was a cultural touchstone.
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Vests and gray were my childhood joy. I still like his outfit 😂
RIP Jim Varney 🙌🏼😂 AND Splash Mountain 💦🐰🦊🐻 Thanks for the memories!!!
R.I.P. Jim Varney & Splash Mountain 😝 🤚 💦 🏔️ 🐰 🦊 🐻 🏰 🪵 🎢 thanks for the memories, too.
@@jamieimai9328RIP Jim Varney, Splash Mountain, and John Cherry. Thanks for the memories
I remember watching this when I was a kid. The only part I remembered in detail was him saying there wasn't a lot of oxygen at the top. I would have been 8 at the time. Ernest was huge and the hype for Splash Mountain was huge. This special made the ride look really scary, much more so than it actually is. Back in the days before the internet a special like this was a treat because there really was no other way for me to look up the details of what a new ride at Disneyland was like.
I was 10. I remember the oxygen mask gag.
I watched it as a kid too, I was 12. I remembered the “wish I’d brought a book” line. So awesome to watch this.
I don't ever remember this but this is cool anyways.....I remember they had a video or two similar to this concerning Barbies birthday and a dance video thing.
I remember the part where he is going through at the beginning and saying, "Look at all the critters!" I would have been 8.
Very 80s
Nice to see ya Dallin
There needs to to be a statue of Ernest in front of splash mountain to honor him!!!!
Splash Mountain is no more!
Now it's Tiana's Bayou Adventure.
@@mateomeza1278 Very sad, isn't it?
They’d just tear it down anyway
Jim Varney was one of a kind💛
this is so great to see such a rarity of an ernest gem
R.I.P.
Jim Varney
how did he pass
The first guy to ride splash mountain I remember riding splash mountain with his best buddy the camera man.
I was 7 when this aired in 89 and I went to Disneyland and universal Hollywood first time 30 years ago at 11 and this was my favorite ride since
I Will Always Miss And Love Jim Varney The Great Erenst P Worrell.
I'm from UK... but I defo remember seeing this on TV whilst over on holiday in Florida... might've been a rerun before the soft opening of the WDW version of Splash Mountain in 1992. 👍
What a little treasure this was. I have never seen this thank you Ernest for still entertaining us! I love you Ernest!
I saw the ending for this special as a kid and it never re-aired. Thank you for uploading this for us Ernest fans. We need a new Erenest P Worrell in today's world.
He mispronounced Jim Varneys title
Rest In Peace Splash Mountain 😑😭🌊⛰🏞🐻🦊🐰🪵
Jim Varney should've worked with Mike Judge.
It would been beyond epic.
RIP Jim Varney.
I miss him so much
"Thats as tight as Italian hemp has been since the senseless and brutal hanging of Cole Younger's horse. " Ill never forget that line in a million years. lol the writers for earnest where on a whole nother level.
Damn I miss the 80s!!!! We had the best times. Today crap sucks. Please take me back!!! Lol I would give anything (besides my kids) to be able to relive it all. I didn't really think to appreciate it then, but now I truly miss it within my soul and all the memories.
I wish I could go back see this. I missed the special. Had to share the TV between my siblings and step dad back than.
I mean there was a lot of fucked up shit in the 80s too
At 10:24, you can hear Bruce Gordon say "They're some of the favorites" after mentioning that the adorable characters from the movie, Song of the South are what leads this attraction. Even though Disney hasn't released Song of the South in the USA since its 1986 theatrical release, Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and Brer Bear are still to this day some of the favorites and why Disney is making a big mistake erasing them and removing Splash Mountain.
The vengeful ghost of Jim Varney will not abide by the permanent closure of Splash Mountain!
On this day Disneyland officially closed Splash Mountain ☹️
They don’t make ‘em cheesy like they used to. I wish I grew up watching Pee-Wee and Ernest
Same here
Classic Ernest
I wish they still did special like this
Going to miss this ride. Hope Tianna's Bayou Adventure will be good.
This is great! I miss my ol daddyo'
Watching this again because I was robbed of riding it for the last time
Oh, thanks so much for uploading! This is wonderful! Varney is the best! Brings back lots of memories of riding Splash Mountain as a kid, too! ❤️❤️❤️
Sad that both the ride and Jim "Ernest" Varney are no longer with us! RIP "YOU ARE MISSED"!
With the new re theme,will the ghost of ernest go again to the bayu?.
That would be interesting
When he ride on that splash Mountain it makes me laughed so hard😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 18:46
I guess u been n it that laughing place too long lol and please follow me on UA-cam #DisneyDiva and thank you and be safe and sound.
You and both me pal
Good luck Ernest! And remember. We care.
This man was one of kind lol
If Song of the South ever gets an official blu ray release this should be a bonus feature on it. R.I.P. Jim Varney and Splash Mountain.
Rip Splash Mountain 😭🌊⛰🏞🐻🦊🐰🪵
Farewell Splash Mountain 😭🌊⛰🏞🐻🦊🐰🪵
15:32 - Brer Rabbit acting out what Ernest is saying always stuck with me.
I just went on this for the first time last month. I remember watching this when it first aired. I'd wanted to go on it since. It's real interesting to watch this now. I literally cringed when he casually had his feet up, and the fact there was no bar or whatever that came down. And now ernest has his own ride. Kind of cool.
There's an Ernest ride?!
Úna Parkinson he might mean the Slinky Dog Dash ride
I haven’t seen this in 33 plus years thank you
It's good that this went well and he didn't die!
I envy the people who got to meet him in person on that day--also, poor Earnest XD
Last Podcast on the LEft brought me here, thank God I never saw this when I was a kid or I would have never went on that ride lol.
Podcast The Ride brought me here!
❤❤❤❤ I knew I loved this guy more than just his amazing movies
Ernest goes to splash mountain needs to released on dvd and Dr. Otto and the riddle of the gloom beam.
There's a 10 disc best or Ernest DVD set that includes it, I have it too
AWESOME! AWESOME! Ernest is soooo cool!!!!!!!!!!
That reporter didn't let the producer of the ride speak!
Haha. I love that part!
A Howard Cossell moment.
Let's just say this whole special is scripted.
Part of the joke lol
Hahahah😂😂😂
I remember this! Thank you for posting.
Now that Spalsh will be closing it made me remember it's opening and how ibwatched this on tv when I was young.
I haven't seen this video in 31 years, since I was 5!
Jim Varney Is That The Guy Who Played Slinky The Dog From The Toy Story Trilogy From 1995 To 2010. Thanks Mate. X
really
He died in 2001 and was onky the voice of slinky dog in the furst 2 toy stories
Luke Green although In TS3 his closest friend, Blake Clark voiced Slinky
He gets to ride by himself he’s brave
He's with Vern though haha
#savesplashmountain Viva la Splash Mountain!!
#WelcomeTiana
19:03 Waaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Omg my mom loves earnest.this is neat thanks for posting.
Please, call me 'Splastronaut' from now on.
they mentioned "song of the south"?!
Disney was proud of Song of the South in the 1980s. The movie was released twice in that decade, in 1980 and 1986 - just three years before the ride opened. My guess is that Disney hadn't planned on withholding the movie at the time they made the attraction.
So what?
You mean “they”
If this were on Disney + I wouldn’t have canceled my subscription
Yeah, it'd be a shame if they kept a fun archive of their older sillier Disney Channel content, instead of making it a Marvel/Star Wars treadmill.
Earnest is the original Vlogger!
Had to come here today… Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, my oh my, it’s the last ride today… 😢
Now it was going down the bayou going down the bayou
Happy 31st birthday Splash Mountain!
21:18-22:01 If you lesson closely in the credits you can clearly hear the background music Cocktail Lounge from SpongeBob,
What do Jim Varney and Splash Mountain have in common?
They were both killed by cancer.
1. Not funny
2. That's so not what happened with the ride
@@davidwallgren7575k.
So was he the first? That's awesome!
That was great!
Since I was little my childhood funny,
Totally remember watching this when I was 8
Wish I brought a book 😂😂😂 gets me every time
Lol they actually stepped on him at the end
Slink! Its you!
they should build an Ernest Splash Mountain at Disney World
Rip Ralph story, Jim varney and splash mountain ❤. Can't wait for the cast member preview in late 2024
RIP both
Jim Varney
And
Splash Mountain🥺😢😭
That is so me with that oxygen pump lol after that ride lol.
On this day Walt Disney World official closed Splash Mountain January 22, 2023
I was a huge Ernest fan, but I don’t remember this at all. Never saw it.
19:03
I wish i could watch this years ago
Spongebob cocktail lounge music at the end!!!!
When he lost that clip broad lol
on tv Disneyland looks so big
And sadly, like Jim Varney, the original Splash will soon no longer be with us.
Oh it will, different theme, but same concept
@@davidwallgren7575why I don’t understand is why couldn’t just make an all new ride for tiana?
If they wanted to retheme splash mountain
They could’ve just made it tangled
🙄
@@Expressionlesscorpse Oh shush, you don't know what you're talking about
LMAOOOO the interview with Bruce Gordon
What year was this made?
Around 1989
kparc Parc 1937
‘89
Go Ernest!!!
I'll never forget riding by myself twice in my own log in 2022 around 11:45pm😂
19:00 “We’re going off the track! We’re gonna crash!”
Man, I was about to be mad as hell at that impatient interviewer clown at 10:00 before my stupid ass realised that she was meant to be doing that as the gag..
was this ever put on dvd? or even vhs? i dont think so
16:32 isn't vern at his house cleaning up the mess that ernest made
Wish I'd brought a book hahaha
God, if only it was actually this exciting.
That lady reporter in the grey suit needed to give that guy a chance to even speak other than 1 word.
I think it was part of the joke.
18:52 Just before Thanos snaps his fingers
All this build-up for a freakin' *LOG FLUME.*
17:42 He passed U, Doofus!
Ernest may have some competition in the greatest daredevil title with Super Dave Osborne
Tony Baxter is the person who invented this ride and he's not even in this!??
@Gabe Davis I was kinda making a joke. I know that it's not supposed to be taken seriously
Or the clip broad find him lol
how funny fun ride too is it true people picketed this ride when it first opened? dont know