I used to work for John Cherry. He used to come by my cube and say "You wanna go to lunch? I'll tell you some Ernest stories." He's such a nice guy and he loves to talk Ernest with his fans. One of the stories was when they were filming the courtroom scene, John couldn't be in the courtroom during the pen gag, because he was laughing too hard. He only got to see it after filming, and he hated that he couldn't have been there to see it in person.
One of my favorite pastimes as a kid was getting together with friends and brain-storming Ernest titles (the more absurd and heinous the better). Some highlights include: "Ernest Bites Down", "Ernest Eggs it On", "Ernest Botches a Eulogy", "Ernest Pleads Insanity", and, my personal favorite, "Vernest: Son of Ernest".
about the poster. i've been studying poster illustrations for awhile, reading old illustration books from the 80's and stuff, and it appears to be a mix of a collage and drawing. ernest appears to be a photo, black and white and then colorized (possibly with paint or a xeroxed photo with the reds toned down) the ground is a photo of a hole, maybe a few holes, but some of the holes are definitely added in (probably xeroxed and pasted on). the legs are a photo, but looks to be maybe outlined with a marker on the right leg. the wall is a composite of a few different photos of a wall. the sky is airbrushed. the barb wires are either paint or color pencil. the tower and lights are airbrushed. and the guards inside are drawn or painted.
Nice work on another thought-provoking discussion of the Ernest canon. While I don't agree that “Goes to Jail” is the best movie with Ernest in it, calling this the most “Ernest-y” film-no distractions from mining tycoons, Santa, trolls, etc.-is pretty accurate. (And thanks again for the "Ernest Goes to Podcast" shout-out.)
In addition to the alternate ending, the TV cut also included a few extra escape attempts (some clips of which show up in the end credits, despite the gags being cut from the film itself). Essentially, this was to bring the runtime of the movie closer to 90 minutes, to fit a two-hour timeslot.
I actually disagree with the comment about the best line being "he's gettin' away!". I think my favorite line is when Ernest goes back to his house for the first time after escaping prison, and he sees all of the velvet bedspreads and zebra carpets and playboy shit, and says "I've been vandalized! Be ELVIS!" But seriously, I really appreciate these videos. These movies are actually really underrated. I was born in '91. I grew up watching these movies because my mom loves them. We watch Ernest Saves Christmas pretty much every year. Ernest Goes to Jail was always my favorite though. It's the one I watched over and over as a kid. It's crazy that I've found a whole youtube series about long-form reviews of Ernest movies. The internet is amazing.
The Empire Strikes Back of Ernest films. Just the best. Varney is excellent. Chuck and Barry are sublime. Varney's Nash is completely distinct from Ernest. Never gets old and it's a riot. Love this film soooooooooooo much.
I hadn’t seen this movie in maybe 30 years. Rewatched it with my kid last night and I absolutely *laughed my ass off* at the soap gun gag. That was the highlight for me.
The guy playing Ruben actually did a one-man show where he played Martin Luther King Jr. with all his famous sermons/speeches, and he performed at my college campus one year during Chapel (sadly I was too nervous to approach and ask my NEED TO KNOW question; what was it like working with Jim Varney?)
I have been looking for that scene where earnest doesn't die to the electric chair for years. I had no idea it was from this movie but I remember catching on TV when I was 5 and it scared me so bad I had to turn it off and I couldn't sleep. I remember it being almost exactly the same as it is except Ernest being a vampire and the movie being in black and white for whatever reason.
The warden in this movie is pretty clearly based on the warden in Runaway Train, who also commands total authority even outside his prison. Runaway Train was directed by the same guy who did Tango and Cash. Seems like John Cherry has a pretty specific list of influences.
45:41 Not quite. Because Aunt Nelda mentioned in Saves Christmas "You have two sons: One good, one bad. And wouldn't you know it, with my luck, the good one dies." And later in Rides Again, she mentions to a goon "You're just like my son, Jaime. I had to teach him manors. He's dead now." So, it was her OTHER son that she had to bring to jail.
I can't wait for the episode where they spin a movie they've already talked about and just spend another hour rehashing their opinions. Eventually there's one movie left but they just can't get the wheel to hit it, so the podcast keeps going for 40+ episodes that are just them exhausted, trying to find anything new to say about their fifth viewing of Ernest Scared Stupid.
I loved this movie as a kid, but I notice all kinds of little things as a grown-up. Case in point, while I preferred the diagetic Multiple Personalities in Scared Stupid over the short successions of impressions Ernest did as he attempted to impersonate Nash, I was so freaking impressed with the SPOT-ON impression of Humphrey Bogart. I could watch a whole movie of him doing that. . . . were he still with us. RIP Jim Varney.
personally i found this movie a kinda fun comedy and i got laughfs out of it jim varney was good at taking a small thing and blowing it out of porportion
Easily the best Ernest movie. I can’t tell you how many times my brother and I watched this…. It’s gotta be in excess of 100… (we DID NOT have a very deep collection of VHS tapes, lol)
A funny thing about the pen scene for me is that I did the same thing in middle school once. It wasn't as messy but I took in a bunch of ink and was too embarrassed to point it out and sat in class with a mouth full of it.
I saw the TV version with the deleted scenes when I was nine. The theatrical version is on Amazon, which is what I just watched on my trip down memory lane. I have to say, I miss the deleted scenes. I think they really added to the movie.
With Ernest's house being littered with Rube Goldberg machines, and having a small dog, it's hard not to think of the breakfast scene in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985). Obviously, Ernest goes to Jail ages better.
I remember loving the scene when Bobby shoots that gingerbread man when it pops out of the toaster. Although I didn’t know why any of that happened (and still don’t).
Jim varney is one of my favorite celebrities and ernest goes to jail is one my favorite Jim varney movies and ernest scared stupid and ernest goes to school Jim varney was a legend most definitely I have two statues of him molded from clay one of him as ernest and him as Nash
I'm sure it's been said by you guys, by other people watching, and by myself, too, in the chat - but, I sincerely wish Jim Varney and Sam Raimi got to work together at some point. Like, it's an absolute dream to have an Ernest starred "Evil Dead," where Ernest is just making faces at the demons and being all witty and shit.
Here's an idea for how to do the rankings for future episodes, since all 3 of you seem to have different ideas. Each person keeps their own list, and each movie gets a point based on the position (on a list of 4 movies, 4 points to the top, 1 point to the bottom). At the end you add up the scores of each movie, so the movie with the most points is the best, and the least is the worst.
I half suspect that they're going to wrangle their rankings to a particular outcome. Similar to how they're using the wheel gimmick, if you catch my drift. I haven't seen any of these movies, so I don't know if this is remotely plausible, but it holds up so far! This is such a good premise for a show, and it holds up remarkably well despite me having zero prior interest in these movies.
I used to work for John Cherry. He used to come by my cube and say "You wanna go to lunch? I'll tell you some Ernest stories." He's such a nice guy and he loves to talk Ernest with his fans. One of the stories was when they were filming the courtroom scene, John couldn't be in the courtroom during the pen gag, because he was laughing too hard. He only got to see it after filming, and he hated that he couldn't have been there to see it in person.
HAVE U MEET JIM VARNEY?
Did he have a passion for working or did he Coke Sams his Ernest fortune away?
One of my favorite pastimes as a kid was getting together with friends and brain-storming Ernest titles (the more absurd and heinous the better). Some highlights include: "Ernest Bites Down", "Ernest Eggs it On", "Ernest Botches a Eulogy", "Ernest Pleads Insanity", and, my personal favorite, "Vernest: Son of Ernest".
"Vernest" sounds uncannily like a ship name...
@@emmamaki5862 it probably is, in some weird, messed up corner of the internet.
im gonna have to try putting those titles in an Ai video generator, id love to see what it creates.
The fucking cutaways in this series. The editing- god damn, thank you guys.
about the poster. i've been studying poster illustrations for awhile, reading old illustration books from the 80's and stuff, and it appears to be a mix of a collage and drawing. ernest appears to be a photo, black and white and then colorized (possibly with paint or a xeroxed photo with the reds toned down) the ground is a photo of a hole, maybe a few holes, but some of the holes are definitely added in (probably xeroxed and pasted on). the legs are a photo, but looks to be maybe outlined with a marker on the right leg. the wall is a composite of a few different photos of a wall. the sky is airbrushed. the barb wires are either paint or color pencil. the tower and lights are airbrushed. and the guards inside are drawn or painted.
I know absolutely nothing about these Ernest movies, but it's always so entertaining to watch these videos.
ernest goes to africa was definatlylooking back on it now was probly the weakest
I think my heart broke in half they way Ernest said he didn't want to die.
Nice work on another thought-provoking discussion of the Ernest canon. While I don't agree that “Goes to Jail” is the best movie with Ernest in it, calling this the most “Ernest-y” film-no distractions from mining tycoons, Santa, trolls, etc.-is pretty accurate. (And thanks again for the "Ernest Goes to Podcast" shout-out.)
Although Ernest Goes To Podcast is real I would have liked a runner of them constantly mentioning fake Ernest podcasts.
Going back through these its amazing to see Neil already mentally preparing to concede this one
"Is everyone who works here a moron?" I use this quote at work all the time.
I think that bit is my favorite in the movie...well, that and Ernest preparing for his date + the date.
The young generation of workers
@lukesmith9692 nah I work with a lot of older morons too
ernest's speech he makes when he's facing execution actually kinda makes me cry now knowing he's gone.
In addition to the alternate ending, the TV cut also included a few extra escape attempts (some clips of which show up in the end credits, despite the gags being cut from the film itself). Essentially, this was to bring the runtime of the movie closer to 90 minutes, to fit a two-hour timeslot.
Haha. Nothing explained the appeal of Ernest to me better than the sentence 'Raising Arizona is a good version of Ernest movie'.
I actually disagree with the comment about the best line being "he's gettin' away!".
I think my favorite line is when Ernest goes back to his house for the first time after escaping prison, and he sees all of the velvet bedspreads and zebra carpets and playboy shit, and says "I've been vandalized! Be ELVIS!"
But seriously, I really appreciate these videos. These movies are actually really underrated. I was born in '91. I grew up watching these movies because my mom loves them. We watch Ernest Saves Christmas pretty much every year. Ernest Goes to Jail was always my favorite though. It's the one I watched over and over as a kid. It's crazy that I've found a whole youtube series about long-form reviews of Ernest movies.
The internet is amazing.
I would have to agree with you about the best line; I laugh just thinking about it!
43:46 was HILARIOUS-
The Empire Strikes Back of Ernest films. Just the best. Varney is excellent. Chuck and Barry are sublime. Varney's Nash is completely distinct from Ernest. Never gets old and it's a riot. Love this film soooooooooooo much.
I've never seen an Ernest film but I'm captivated by this show.
I hadn’t seen this movie in maybe 30 years. Rewatched it with my kid last night and I absolutely *laughed my ass off* at the soap gun gag. That was the highlight for me.
The guy playing Ruben actually did a one-man show where he played Martin Luther King Jr. with all his famous sermons/speeches, and he performed at my college campus one year during Chapel (sadly I was too nervous to approach and ask my NEED TO KNOW question; what was it like working with Jim Varney?)
this is by far my favorite ernest flick
Absolutely CRIMINAL that these aren't the most-watched videos on youtube
Share it with your friends!
New ernestcast!! Somehow you guys manage to make it so captivating everytime!!
I have been looking for that scene where earnest doesn't die to the electric chair for years. I had no idea it was from this movie but I remember catching on TV when I was 5 and it scared me so bad I had to turn it off and I couldn't sleep. I remember it being almost exactly the same as it is except Ernest being a vampire and the movie being in black and white for whatever reason.
Always looking forward for these Ernest podcasts!
this morning was exhausting and let’s just say I’m really glad there’s a new Ernest Roulette waiting for me :4)
Came home from work to realise, not only do I not have class because of the holiday, but there's a new Ernest Roulette as well! Splendid!
The warden in this movie is pretty clearly based on the warden in Runaway Train, who also commands total authority even outside his prison. Runaway Train was directed by the same guy who did Tango and Cash. Seems like John Cherry has a pretty specific list of influences.
40:21 - How did I miss actually reading the whole script? That's hilarious!
I remember not wanting to see Goes to Jail as a kid for some reason. I guess the title alone scared me. But I ended up loving it.
TheWisestWizards I always wanted to see it but the title was the same too me. Its my 2nd favorite movie now
45:41 Not quite. Because Aunt Nelda mentioned in Saves Christmas "You have two sons: One good, one bad. And wouldn't you know it, with my luck, the good one dies." And later in Rides Again, she mentions to a goon "You're just like my son, Jaime. I had to teach him manors. He's dead now." So, it was her OTHER son that she had to bring to jail.
I remember seeing Camp all the way to Ernest Rides Again at the movie theaters growing up
I can't wait for the episode where they spin a movie they've already talked about and just spend another hour rehashing their opinions. Eventually there's one movie left but they just can't get the wheel to hit it, so the podcast keeps going for 40+ episodes that are just them exhausted, trying to find anything new to say about their fifth viewing of Ernest Scared Stupid.
I loved this movie as a kid, but I notice all kinds of little things as a grown-up.
Case in point, while I preferred the diagetic Multiple Personalities in Scared Stupid over the short successions of impressions Ernest did as he attempted to impersonate Nash, I was so freaking impressed with the SPOT-ON impression of Humphrey Bogart. I could watch a whole movie of him doing that. . . . were he still with us. RIP Jim Varney.
"I think we might have peaked early." yeah, dude. i had my shoes on and was about to head out the door. but this movie WAS my childhood.
Ernest Goes to Jail-- HELL YES!!!
RIGHT?
personally i found this movie a kinda fun comedy and i got laughfs out of it jim varney was good at taking a small thing and blowing it out of porportion
Easily the best Ernest movie. I can’t tell you how many times my brother and I watched this…. It’s gotta be in excess of 100… (we DID NOT have a very deep collection of VHS tapes, lol)
A funny thing about the pen scene for me is that I did the same thing in middle school once. It wasn't as messy but I took in a bunch of ink and was too embarrassed to point it out and sat in class with a mouth full of it.
I saw the TV version with the deleted scenes when I was nine. The theatrical version is on Amazon, which is what I just watched on my trip down memory lane. I have to say, I miss the deleted scenes. I think they really added to the movie.
21:09
Ernest Goes To Heaven... 🥺 😭😭😭
Fun fact: Jim Varney LOVED candy and said you couldn't reach your hand out in any part of his home and and it not land in a candy dish.
oh my god it's 52 minutes I love you guys
I cut half an hour out of this.
these videos deserve more views
I've come... I'm seeing... And I will patiently wait for the final line of this masterpiece every time.
Goddamn I love these ernest videos.
Tony Stark in Avengers got all his moves from Ernest.
rubin bartletts a very underatted ernest bad guy. i just find the guy so interesting.
The Warden is the space hippy with the guitar from Star Trek
i rented this one as a kid frommyfriends video store i remember it had an advertisement for aracniphobia
another fun fact when ppl saw jimvarney ppl started calling him vern he was hoping ppl would get it right and jim even said it kinda invades your life
Can I just point out that Ryan's shirt changes to grey in the intro for a single cutaway?
With Ernest's house being littered with Rube Goldberg machines, and having a small dog, it's hard not to think of the breakfast scene in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985). Obviously, Ernest goes to Jail ages better.
I remember loving the scene when Bobby shoots that gingerbread man when it pops out of the toaster. Although I didn’t know why any of that happened (and still don’t).
Jim varney is one of my favorite celebrities and ernest goes to jail is one my favorite Jim varney movies and ernest scared stupid and ernest goes to school
Jim varney was a legend most definitely I have two statues of him molded from clay one of him as ernest and him as Nash
How about reviewing Ernest’s Family Album? It’s good stuff, and it’s available on UA-cam
Bill Murray also did the soap gun joke in Charlie's Angels.
hands down the Best Ernest Movie
17:35 , that shit had me rolling
I'm sure it's been said by you guys, by other people watching, and by myself, too, in the chat - but, I sincerely wish Jim Varney and Sam Raimi got to work together at some point. Like, it's an absolute dream to have an Ernest starred "Evil Dead," where Ernest is just making faces at the demons and being all witty and shit.
I wonder if Ernest ever figured out he can make more money being a garbage man than a bank teller
Here's an idea for how to do the rankings for future episodes, since all 3 of you seem to have different ideas.
Each person keeps their own list, and each movie gets a point based on the position (on a list of 4 movies, 4 points to the top, 1 point to the bottom).
At the end you add up the scores of each movie, so the movie with the most points is the best, and the least is the worst.
Not a bad idea.
I half suspect that they're going to wrangle their rankings to a particular outcome. Similar to how they're using the wheel gimmick, if you catch my drift.
I haven't seen any of these movies, so I don't know if this is remotely plausible, but it holds up so far! This is such a good premise for a show, and it holds up remarkably well despite me having zero prior interest in these movies.
Zot is the slogan for University of California Irvine's aardvark mascot.
"We'll fix it next time."
"Or in post."
*ryan's shirt turns grey*
man, i'm sick of going to jail.
Thanks for noticing.
-Kevin
For another hilarious take on the failed soap gun escape, see 1969's Take the Money and Run.
43:45
ernest would NEVER.
Also cant wait for Ernest Goes to Hell!!
Arthurian Exorcist ernest takes Manhattan
Ernest In Space
Bean vs. Ernest
What's actually funny, is the skinny nerd looks like Bobby.
Finally. This menace has been put away for good.
Fingers crossed for Scared Stupid before the end of the month
0:14 Koy-Ernest-Qaatsi
I was a little disappointed that in the dryer scene they didn't make an AC/DC reference... cause come on, I can't be the only one that sees it!
so probably stupid question but theyre going in order right? that wheel serves fuck all purpose yes?
29:19 good title idea
Is ernest roulette replacing Plinkett reviews?
Something tells me that Slam Dunk Ernest doesn't have the cultural cachet Star Wars does.
Ernest is earnest.
My brother told me that Lyle is the guy from ace ventura pet detective an I think he’s right
Warning: Assholes in mirror are closer than they appear! Lol
Shouldn't one of you be wearing green for consistency?
To me, Charles Napier will always be Duke Phillips.
He's in The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps, too!
...Innn Jaaaaaail
Jim Carrey ripped off Jim Varney....so fucking true. God Bless America.
"Turning heel" is going from good to bad - That dude did the opposite, and "turned face". Sorry, wrestling geek out haha
WTF no imdb trivia? DISAPPOINTING
52 min really a bit long
Earnest is best Waifu ❤
I never liked this one too looney toonsish
I can't believe I watched these.
The original movies or this mini series?
@@KevinJamesVideo The podcasts lol