@@tubularguynine by the Carters...just over the hill. Mother Maybelle started a guitar style style emulated today. Go to the Carter Fold in Hiltons, VA!!
Mike Holland Chevy is an arrogant prick. Don't get me wrong, he is a brilliant comedian and I love his movies. However, when he is either interviewing or being interviewed he's an asshole. Hollywood is a strange place. No one or no thing is as it appears.
Yea, "let's run a clip of the movie" by all means Chevy, it's your goddamn show. Jeezuz. What a failure. RIP Jim Varney, such a gentle soul indeed. Watching the ole clips on youtube makes me smile. Reminds me you can be a good person and make people laugh and not be some fuck up.
Yeah the part where he had Goldie Hawn on and he embarrassed the shit out of her son and dropped a bday cake on him while dancing like a cornball…..COCAINE man
I fucking agree, fully! Chevy was so mean with his undertones of envey and jealousy it was so gut churning for me to watch!! But Jim held his beautiful chin up high and didn't let Chevy Chase get the best of him great on Jim's part!!!!
There was a security guard when I worked at WTVI in Charlotte. He was from West Virginia and moved to Buffalo, NY. He joked that he became Mount William.
I think his last role was when he once again provided the voice of Slinky the dog in "Toy Story 2". He passed away not too long after it came out in theatres.
Fantastic actor, not such a great interviewer. But, you gotta admit, in an acting scenario, you just can't find funny like Chevy Chase anymore. We need another team like Chevy and Dan Aykroyd. "Spies Like Us" was magical!
I love how Jim doesn't allow anyone to get him down or bring him down to their level!! people need to learn from Jim!! be happy,be positive and enjoy life no matter how many people try to ruin it with negativity!
Chevy put the age old struggle between rural living and "enlightened urban" living on display for everyone in these few minutes. They need us a lot more than we need them.
@@eddarby469 Can't have the rich without the poor. The rich need someone to look down on and to wipe their a55es for them... oh, and to steal from them(not the poor stealing from the rich, other way around... that is why the fraud market was invented... to make it easy to fleece).
Chase was just stifled in the position of a talk show syndicated to Fox network affiliates. It only lasted five weeks before the Vaudeville hook came a callin'.
For sure - I guess it’s not saying much when you’re dealing with Chevy chase. But Jim was a treasure, it would’ve been great to see him with a better host.
Oh, for crying out loud! Nobody was getting insulted. This was just common talk show banter, with witty remarks from both sides. I thought Chase did a wonderful job!
Thanks to Neil and Larry... I didn't read your comments until after I had posted and both your comments gave validity to my observation. As a comedy actor Chevy Chase was great but in this format as a talk-show host he is completely out of his league. It was like he had no idea how to give a sincere compliment to such a good actor and all-round good person that Jim Varney was. Although there was no need for it, it was almost like he was jealous of Jim Varney's success. Just my opinion.
Anybody remember Pat Sajak's attempt at late night hosting? It was just as awkwardly bad as this. Neither show lasted any amount of time. Seth Meyers is just as terrible to watch. They've got the formatting of his show set up so that it dilutes his awfulness so that it keeps limping on and on. I keep hoping they'll finally get around to putting a bullet in it in order to make way for a better show. Stagnantly formulaic political satire has been the late night soup du jour for the last 3 years or so, and they seem happy to kill late night tv in such a sad way. Carson, Berle, and the others are all probably rolling around in their graves over what's become of the late night format they nurtured and made so successful.
Chase condescends Varney's playing the musical instrument "Obviously takes a tremendous amount of training and there is a lot of technique involved." Varney then responds, "You wanna try?" Varney's polite, Southern way of telling him, put your money where your mouth is!
You're absolutely right. I would love to find a longer video of Jim playing that. Imagine sitting on the porch listening to this on a summer night. It would be great. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.
One grew up in Grandpa's Mansion. The grew other up in a clapboard house with a space heater. Might even had the luxury of a cast iron stove left over from the depression. I personally prefer the clapboard dwellers over the mansion dwellers. Got relatives that live in both.
@@leftylou6070 It's really not that hard. There are various tunings, but DAD is a common one. The frets are spaced to avoid sharps or flats. You can just pick the string closest to you and strum the rest as drone strings. I had to build one for my niece and ended up making half a dozen for friends after they saw it.
Jim Varney had a genius IQ in real life the complete opposite from his character ernest. Many times fans would meet him and expect him to be like his character ernest when it was anything but the case. Ive hear this bothered him a lot and he wanted to do more non ernest roles. Had he lived longer I think he would have, RIP Jim!
i made a delivery to a mine up at the end of a holler and the drive up the road that followed the stream with homesteads on either side was absolutely enchanting.
@@BeBopScraBoo My mom grew up in a holler, and I got to spend a big chunk of my childhood there. Grandma's house was nestled right up against the mountain, and even her water supply was spring-fed. It really was enchanting! The silence and peace of the place, Mom sitting out front in the early mornings with a cup of coffee, before everything woke up... I miss it a lot sometimes.
Thank you so much for posting this. I am Jim's nephew Justin Lloyd. I recently wrote a book about my uncle and was aware of this appearance but had never seen it. Great stuff!!!
I consider your uncle such an inspiration! He was a genius and the only person who could keep up with Robin Williams. I recently read your book and found a kindred spirit in Jim. I wish I could've met him, but I think we're all so lucky to have had him in our lives and in our hearts.
Justin Lloyd Ernest came to mind to me out of no where, I loved his movies in the 90's as a kid. Jim Varney was such a great comedic actor, he was great in the Beverly hillbillies too. He's not forgotten.
I always loved watching him as a kid, and I still do as an adult! It's neat to see him in an interview. (Although, he seems much too genuine to be talking to Chevy.) Anyway, he was very talented, and seemed very kind. RIP
@@DrMurdercock The Community cast has also mentioned how awful he was, and there are voicemails he left for Community creator Dan Harmon that also show what an egotistical, entitled, and rude asshole he is.
chevy knew he was next to a greater talent so he had to pretend he was smarter and better which made him look like a jerk...jim varney deserved a better interview
Yeah I also felt Chevy's rhetoric had a condescending vibe. But Jim handled it very well, like everything he did in front of a camera. I can't believe he is gone. Jim Varney, if it wasn't funny, he would make it funny.
"In comes MURRAY with the chair!! Chase is down!! Blood is everywhere and tears are flowing! Chase cries as murray works his legs with a sledgehammer, the crowd breaks out in tears of joy seeing chase finally brought down to size, perhaps even for the last time ever!! He's out!! His eyes roll back in his head, his pants fill with whatever it is that comes out of a dead person when they full release and jim leans over chases fresh corpse and asks, "you okay vern?" The crowd goes wild! GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!! DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!!!!!!!!"
A lovely man, you could tell straight away that he had/has a beautiful soul. I sometimes can’t help but feel there was a little sadness inside, but I feel that it’s true of so many wonderful comic geniuses. God bless you Jim, I grew up watching you over here in the UK, I had your Ernest goes to camp poster on my wall! And I make a special point of watching Ernest saves Christmas every year! You worked so hard to make so many people laugh, enjoy your rest in heaven you totally deserve it ❤️
+OBAMAhopeless I agree. Personally, I like Chevy's movies, especially the Vacation movies. But as a talk show host, he came off as a jerk who looks down on everyone. I'm glad to see Jim Varney taking the condescending comments in stride, just show he was much more classy than Chase, while being 100 times more talented. It's little wonder his talk show host didn't last beyond a few episodes...
This is pretty rough to watch. I get the feeling that Chase did not prepare for this interview at all. He calls the Beverly Hillbillies the Clampet's. He then takes various shots at Varney, intended or not. To his credit Jim Varney played along and ignored them. Chase has some pretty funny movies but he is pretty awful and disrespectful
All insults aside, Chase was not a good interviewer or host and he was never comfortable in the format. His show was canceled after only a month. But I do think alot of these other comments are a bit too far
This is the first time I haven't liked Chevy Chase. If you take the time to go back and watch this twice, (as I did to be sure), you'll see there is hardly a "slice", (meaning each question/answer exchange etc), that chevy doesn't seem to be putting Jim down in one way or another. He's almost like the proverbial "school yard bully" in that he never, (or hardly ever), gives the poor guy a break. It might be partially because I always liked and respected Jim Varney and it's obvious that chevy chase was the more successful of the two but it was like... from the very start he got Jim "down" and never let him "up" (as a respected actor). It makes me love Jim Varney more and chevy chase less. (Yes I kept chases name in lower case on purpose. That's my way of showing as much disrespect as possible to chase. Since I'm a "nobody", that's the best I can do. RIP Jim.
This was apparently the last episode of Chase's show, and in subsequent years Chase's career fizzled out whereas Varney seemed to be slowly but surely getting more diverse roles until his life got cut short by cancer.
He treats Jim the way that bullies treat Ernest in the movies. Just looking down on him. Compare this with the attitude of the school superintendent (I think) in Ernest Goes to School, when Ernest wants to show him his vacuum cleaner (around the 8min mark),.Same energy,
@@gabrielsatter Yeah, Varney was an up-and-coming actor (even if he was largely confined to Ernest) whereas Chase being given his own TV show was practically a lifeline for a fading career. Outside of Community, his last really noteworthy role was Christmas Vacation and maybe Fletch Lives.
I think he was clearly and unsuccessfully hacking Letterman. When Letterman launched an insult, it was clear, calculated, smart, hilarious, and usually very deserved. RIP Jim indeed.
I'm kind of taken aback by how much of an ass Chevy Chase was being to Jim. Jim didn't deserve it but I admired the fact that Jim stayed humble the whole time and just shrugged off any insults that came his way.
@@illnickdotcom seemed more like he was responding glibly to the question. And the upstaging comment seemed like inside joke with the actress, hence the wink at the camera. I got the impression that Chevy was talking down to Jim the entire time, including the question about the seats, which comes off like a real insider prick brag only someone in-the-business would make. The whole interview seemed like an attempt to make Jim seem out of place or like he didn’t belong. The crack about “kids love ya”… repeatedly calling him a hillbilly with that stank on it. Jim was able to judo roll all of it. Water off a duck’s ass. Maybe you’ve never had an entitled slob with connections and status talk down about your humble roots, but we know it when we hear it.
Jim Varney seemed like a *genuinely* nice guy... something very rare in Hollywood. Gone too soon. Would have loved to have gotten a beer with him and shot the breeze.
"I am a Hill-William." It's impossible not to like that man. What a fuckin' treasure. Straight up. Jim Varney is SO missed. I'd go see an Ernest reboot or whatever in a MINUTE. As long, of course, as he was Ernest. He made an iconic character, and I fully grew up on those movies. We miss ya, Jim. Thanks, man. Thanks everything, buddy. We miss you.
Mother Maybelle Carter has a unique guitarist. Because she did have someone to accompany her she worked p a way to play the lead and rhythm at the same time.
Chevy comes off as condescending toward a man who is equally talented, and very likely more humerous. I've laughed at Chevy time and time again, but he has been swallowed up by history. Jim Varney is timeless, and even if Jim had grown tired of repeated typcasting as a result of Ernest, Ernest and his associated skit characters are brilliant and endure the test of time, similar to the Three Stooges.
Don't agree on this one. Chevy was just really stiff outside the boundaries of scripted comedy, and his interactions with live humans illustrated that. The sad irony is that some of his best comedic moments were total improvisations - unscripted, but executed within the confines of parameters the writers (which he sometimes was) laid out for him. Love Chevy, heard he's a prick, but he's also a national treasure, and to see him pseudo-pander to Jim Varney was cringeworthy. Jim was a rare dude. How about that dulcimer playing? Who the hell knows how to play dulcimer these days other than maybe Jeff Mangum?
I don't think Chevy is being condescending, I think he is more frustrated with trying to perform in the talk show medium so is coming off uncomfortable. Needless to say, his show didn't last long.
I do agree that Chase sucked as an interviewer, but "swallowed up by history" is a bit harsh. Vacation, Christmas Vacation, Caddyshack and Fletch are still talked about, about as much as Ernest films are. I do agree that Ernest P. Worrell is clearly more timeless than Chase's characters though.
Jim Varney absolutely nailed Jed Clampett in the Beverly Hillbillies movie! The staggering array of different characters he could do prove he was one of the most underrated comedians.
Eh, I really don't think Chevy means to be a dick. I think he's just a really bad interviewer and he's kind of socially awkward. I've heard that about him before. As long as he has a script, he's good! Ad lib, not so much.
Wow, Jim Varney, my favorite childhood actor, playing Wildwood Flower on a Dulcimer, my favorite song from my childhood that my dad use to play on the guitar. That was special.
Jim Varney was an absolute class act, and I see I'm not the first to observe that Chevy doesn't know the meaning of the term. Didn't know he ever had a show; now I know why I never knew.
I can’t tell if Chevy is serious or not, but it’s kind of hilarious how he keeps insulting Jim at every turn. You HAVE to believe Chevy really respected Jim for the body of work he had created at that point, so this has to be all in good fun, but some of his barbs hit a little close to home! Geez! Haha. I feel like I’m watching an episode of The Office, cause this was pretty awkward. But I can’t stop laughing! I sure hope Jim knew how beloved he was. Even as a kid, I recognized his voice in Toy Story. Loved the guy.
It is heartwarming the way the audience applauds Jim Varney. He deserves love and respect for all the happiness he brought people in his too-short life. Most comedians of today have a hard, sarcastic edge and base their humor on ridiculing other people, but Mr. Varney's humor was unique, innocent and sweet, making his characters the objects of his jokes. He was such a humble, gentle-natured, beautiful person. May God bless him in Heaven!
I also noticed how belittling and disrespectful Chevy is being to Jim. I thought Chevy starting the interviewing by saying to Jim, all he sees him do is the "vern guy," I knew right there Chevy was going to do a horrible job interviewing Jim. I am sure that is not what Jim wanted to hear, or wanted the audience to hear, just being the "vern guy" right off, when he was there to promote a break away role from Ernest in the "Beverly Hillbillies." I am sure it was important to make sure the audience recognized Jim as Ernest, but Chevy's intro just sounded rude. He could of just mentioned "Jim Varney is known for his role as Ernest" in the introduction before Jim came out. I also wondered if Chevy wasn't really listening to Jim either, kinda spaced out a couple of times. Toward the end of interview when Chevy asks about the new Ernest movie, Jim says right off it comes out next month, then when Jim finishes explaining the movie, Chevy asks when does the movie comes out? Was Chevy just being sure the audience heard when the movie was coming out, or was Chevy not really listening to Jim? Then when Jim brings out the duclimer he explains it is played flat on your lap, when he hands it to Chevy he tries to play it like a guitar. Again, was Chevy not really listening to Jim, or was he just trying to be funny by playing it like a guitar? He saw Jim was playing flat on his lap... I am not surprised by how Chevy acted, I have always figured he's a jerk in real life. While I do like some of the vacation movies. I only watch the vacation movies if I see them while flipping through channels, never owned copies of them or make a point to go out of my way to find them to watch. I have never been a fan of Chevy.
+Mandy Pandy also after Jim told him that Buddy Epsen (the original Jed) was in the movie as a different character and also plays Barnaby Jones, Chevy asks him a minute or so later "Did you meet the guy that played Jed"? um.....I thought that either Chevy wasn't paying attention to him or he was being rude...
Chevy was rude. Maybe because he was self medicating in the late 80's early 90's. Anyways, love the way Jim handled it. Chevy seemed emotionless and detached. Probably from the meds. Pill head
Well Jim died in 2000 and is still beloved to this day and you know what? His fans still want him. Chevy is somehow still alive at 567 and no one wants him anymore. He didn't even get a lead role in his own movie franchise so it's just goes to show you nice guys do finish first.
Gosh we lost Jim way too soon. Just watched Ernest Saves Christmas again & there's a segment in it where he plays Florida man snake 🐍 handler that's pure gold. PURE gold.
I love the Appalachian people and their ways. Mr. Varney was a gem. I can't wait to play something like that. Concerning Chas: My daddy said if you can't find anything nice to say, don't say anything...
Jim was an accomplished Shakespearean actor before the Ernest movies. Chevy Chase embarrassed himself by not knowing more about him before the interview.
I would watch a Jim Varney talk show any day and even think he would have given Carson a run for his money, lol...seriously, that guy had comedic talent and even on his worst day, he could always fall back on Ernest sketches!
chevy chase is a cringe..no talent and out of his league...he obviously didnt watch carson as a kid...because he learned nothing of how to make a guest feel good about being there
They're trying to say that his record of well over a thousand make a wish visits is beaten by John Cena doing 600..... Something about math not being in schools...
There sits one of the most witty, intelligent, genuinely likeable and talented celebrities of all time. Incidentally Chevy Chase is in this clip as well for some reason.
I have been mistaken for several celebrities in my life and Jim was one of those. I always thought it was just kind of a goofy guy and didn't quite know how to handle being compared to him. I am privileged to have been put in the same category as Jim, yes he is or I guess was a great and Noble person and
I'd never seen an interview with Jim before but what a charming and classy guy he was - and a tremendous actor too. It's a shame he's not still with us.
"You wanna hear him play?" Yeessss anything to cut through the uncomfortable feeling in the studio! lol I remember watching Chase's first show, Gawd it was hard to watch. He seemed so fucking lost as an interviewer.
The fact that he chose to play an Appalachian song after all the crap Chevy was giving him about being a hillbilly... what a brilliant, lovable guy.
'Wildwood Flower', I believe.
@@tubularguynine Yes, 'Wildwood Flower'.
@@billytwoknives6495 - The first song I ever learned on a six-string. Wasn’t very good at it, so I played bass for 35 years… And I WAS good at that!
@@tubularguynine by the Carters...just over the hill.
Mother Maybelle started a guitar style style emulated today.
Go to the Carter Fold in Hiltons, VA!!
Chevy Chase is a d**k.
Wow - Chevy was an awful interviewer. Jim Varney was a gentle soul.
Explains why his show was cut so short lol
Mike Holland Chevy is an arrogant prick. Don't get me wrong, he is a brilliant comedian and I love his movies. However, when he is either interviewing or being interviewed he's an asshole. Hollywood is a strange place. No one or no thing is as it appears.
Yea, "let's run a clip of the movie" by all means Chevy, it's your goddamn show. Jeezuz. What a failure. RIP Jim Varney, such a gentle soul indeed. Watching the ole clips on youtube makes me smile. Reminds me you can be a good person and make people laugh and not be some fuck up.
Nick Herrera lol if u pay attention they kinda showed a bit of his assholeness in some of his films lol
dylan steinman says the guy that has no picture
I had forgotten Chase had a T.V. show, and now I remember why it didn't last very long.
He was a horrible talk show host and shows us what a jackass he is. Jim Varney has more class than Chevy Chase does.
It’s easy to see why you had forgotten it, too lol
Cocaine sorta makes things really long but short...
Yeah the part where he had Goldie Hawn on and he embarrassed the shit out of her son and dropped a bday cake on him while dancing like a cornball…..COCAINE man
Retards that issue 🤘
Chevy Chase is an awful interviewer.. Cringe worthy. Jim varn seems like a nice guy.
I fucking agree, fully! Chevy was so mean with his undertones of envey and jealousy it was so gut churning for me to watch!! But Jim held his beautiful chin up high and didn't let Chevy Chase get the best of him great on Jim's part!!!!
"I understand you have hillbilly roots..."
"Yep, I am a hillwilliam."
i dont get that but it was funny
@@calista910 Bill is a shortened nickname for William. Hence "Hillbilly" is short for "Hillwilliam." That's the joke.
@@ChadtheHammer really?! i never knew that. cool thanks for the explanation.
There was a security guard when I worked at WTVI in Charlotte. He was from West Virginia and moved to Buffalo, NY. He joked that he became Mount William.
That's pretty funny, actually.
We need more Jim Varney today. He was so positive, loved this dude.
Genuine people are RARE nowadays...🧐
“Play from your fucking HHEAARRTT!!!” Bill Hicks
I had no idea he was musically inclined. Really nice.
I think his last role was when he once again provided the voice of Slinky the dog in "Toy Story 2". He passed away not too long after it came out in theatres.
@@USSBARBEL He was multi-talentedly inclined!
Can't imagine why Chevy's talk show was canceled (SARCASM).
I don't know why it was cancelled either 😎
I looked it up the show only had 15 episodes. I can see why.
Yeah, this was the last episode. I was in the audience. I was 13 and remember thinking "well, this is terrible."
I never would have known it was sarcasm if you hadn't said it (take a guess).
Fantastic actor, not such a great interviewer. But, you gotta admit, in an acting scenario, you just can't find funny like Chevy Chase anymore. We need another team like Chevy and Dan Aykroyd. "Spies Like Us" was magical!
I love how Jim doesn't allow anyone to get him down or bring him down to their level!! people need to learn from Jim!! be happy,be positive and enjoy life no matter how many people try to ruin it with negativity!
Chevy Chase is a true dullard. Varney was outstanding.
Man you got that right. Chevy in film in the 80’s, funny. Chevy anywhere outside those parameters awkward and uppity. Gosh I miss Jim.
Chevy was hard to watch here
Chevy put the age old struggle between rural living and "enlightened urban" living on display for everyone in these few minutes. They need us a lot more than we need them.
@@eddarby469 Can't have the rich without the poor. The rich need someone to look down on and to wipe their a55es for them... oh, and to steal from them(not the poor stealing from the rich, other way around... that is why the fraud market was invented... to make it easy to fleece).
@@Tglegos chase was never funny to me.
Jim had waaaay more talent and waaaay more funnier than Chevy Chase
And definitely more likeable
Chase was just stifled in the position of a talk show syndicated to Fox network affiliates. It only lasted five weeks before the Vaudeville hook came a callin'.
For sure - I guess it’s not saying much when you’re dealing with Chevy chase. But Jim was a treasure, it would’ve been great to see him with a better host.
frozen cavemen have more talent than Chevy Chase and are infinitely more likable.
I was just thinking the same thing. I think Chevy knew he would be upstaged, because he starts off being cold to one of America's funniest people.
Jim showed so much grace...every insult rolled off his back.
+Lorena Jaquier
yes. classy guy.
Unflappable!
Oh, for crying out
loud! Nobody was
getting insulted.
This was just common
talk show banter,
with witty remarks
from both sides.
I thought Chase did a wonderful job!
Yep I love that smile
Grace. Varney was a one hit wonder asshole who screwed over every friend he had before he was Jed Clampett you flaming moron.
Wow...Chevy Chase is a pretty terrible host.
Yeah. Good lord Chevy was awful. Lol.
But Jim's presence saved it... :)
Thanks to Neil and Larry... I didn't read your comments until after I had posted and both your comments gave validity to my observation. As a comedy actor Chevy Chase was great but in this format as a talk-show host he is completely out of his league. It was like he had no idea how to give a sincere compliment to such a good actor and all-round good person that Jim Varney was. Although there was no need for it, it was almost like he was jealous of Jim Varney's success. Just my opinion.
Anybody remember Pat Sajak's attempt at late night hosting?
It was just as awkwardly bad as this. Neither show lasted any amount of time.
Seth Meyers is just as terrible to watch. They've got the formatting of his show set up so that it dilutes his awfulness so that it keeps limping on and on.
I keep hoping they'll finally get around to putting a bullet in it in order to make way for a better show.
Stagnantly formulaic political satire has been the late night soup du jour for the last 3 years or so, and they seem happy to kill late night tv in such a sad way.
Carson, Berle, and the others are all probably rolling around in their graves over what's become of the late night format they nurtured and made so successful.
chevy acts like he is way above jim.trying to insult his work by not knowing the proper name.ex.that vern guy and the Clampetts
Chase condescends Varney's playing the musical instrument "Obviously takes a tremendous amount of training and there is a lot of technique involved." Varney then responds, "You wanna try?" Varney's polite, Southern way of telling him, put your money where your mouth is!
You're absolutely right.
I would love to find a longer video of Jim playing that.
Imagine sitting on the porch listening to this on a summer night.
It would be great.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.
Training and Technique? I'd say it takes a lot of Practice Man, Practice.
One grew up in Grandpa's Mansion. The grew other up in a clapboard house with a space heater. Might even had the luxury of a cast iron stove left over from the depression.
I personally prefer the clapboard dwellers over the mansion dwellers.
Got relatives that live in both.
@@leftylou6070 It's really not that hard. There are various tunings, but DAD is a common one. The frets are spaced to avoid sharps or flats. You can just pick the string closest to you and strum the rest as drone strings.
I had to build one for my niece and ended up making half a dozen for friends after they saw it.
That's not condescending. That's recognizing and admiring the fact that to play well, one needs to practice *alot.*
Jim Varney had a genius IQ in real life the complete opposite from his character ernest. Many times fans would meet him and expect him to be like his character ernest when it was anything but the case. Ive hear this bothered him a lot and he wanted to do more non ernest roles. Had he lived longer I think he would have, RIP Jim!
+Clyde Drake
I miss him a lot. He was candy for kids,but he had other stuff like " entremanures" that a kid wouldn't understand but any adult would,
In other words, he was very "earnest" about proving his range.
Yeah from what I understand he was a virtuoso
And he was slinky in toy story he was bout to become a mega star
Clyde Drake The Beverly Hillbillies film was awesome. He plays a father. Bloopers at the end too.
Chevy Chase seemed like a complete tool in this video interview. Jim Varney was a class act and took it in stride.
The way his eyes sparkled at 2:50 when he recalled his father driving him around in the hollers, just really showcases how sweet of a guy he was.
I wish I could have met this gentleman.
i made a delivery to a mine up at the end of a holler and the drive up the road that followed the stream with homesteads on either side was absolutely enchanting.
@@tracypaxton1054 So many of us do!
His eyes sparkled in every interview I've seen him in 🥰 a handsome and beautiful person gone too soon
@@BeBopScraBoo My mom grew up in a holler, and I got to spend a big chunk of my childhood there. Grandma's house was nestled right up against the mountain, and even her water supply was spring-fed. It really was enchanting! The silence and peace of the place, Mom sitting out front in the early mornings with a cup of coffee, before everything woke up... I miss it a lot sometimes.
Thank you so much for posting this. I am Jim's nephew Justin Lloyd. I recently wrote a book about my uncle and was aware of this appearance but had never seen it. Great stuff!!!
I consider your uncle such an inspiration! He was a genius and the only person who could keep up with Robin Williams. I recently read your book and found a kindred spirit in Jim. I wish I could've met him, but I think we're all so lucky to have had him in our lives and in our hearts.
***** Thanks for those kind words Caryn.
Louie Neira Thanks Louie. So happy you enjoyed it. I hope my book gave Jim's fans a better understanding of what a great talent and person he was.
Justin Lloyd Ernest came to mind to me out of no where, I loved his movies in the 90's as a kid. Jim Varney was such a great comedic actor, he was great in the Beverly hillbillies too. He's not forgotten.
I always loved watching him as a kid, and I still do as an adult! It's neat to see him in an interview. (Although, he seems much too genuine to be talking to Chevy.) Anyway, he was very talented, and seemed very kind. RIP
Come on now Chevy.. "The Vern guy?"
EVERYBODY knows he played ERNEST.
Chevy's a douche an always was behind the scenes. Some of the old SNL cast has mentioned how much of an egotistical fuck he was/is.
@@DrMurdercock The Community cast has also mentioned how awful he was, and there are voicemails he left for Community creator Dan Harmon that also show what an egotistical, entitled, and rude asshole he is.
chevy knew he was next to a greater talent so he had to pretend he was smarter and better which made him look like a jerk...jim varney deserved a better interview
no wonder chevys show got cancelled, he sucks!
Yeah I also felt Chevy's rhetoric had a condescending vibe. But Jim handled it very well, like everything he did in front of a camera. I can't believe he is gone. Jim Varney, if it wasn't funny, he would make it funny.
Chevy wasn't listening. Jim had to repeat himself a few times.
gunk wretch bill Murray and others said he was extremely rude and just a jerk .
This was one of his last shows, if not the _absolute_ last show.
Jim Varney killin Chevy with kindness
Everyone is this country has a little bit of Jim Varney in their hearts. Thanks Jim, forever grateful. (RIP)
I'm not convinced Chevy has any Jim Varney in his heart, Tim.
I know him best as Ernest P Worell I used to watch his show when I was little as well as the Ernest movies
Scared stupid was the best
Chevy Chase blows. Jim Varney rules.
Waiting for Bill Murray to pop up on stage and punch Chase
"In comes MURRAY with the chair!! Chase is down!! Blood is everywhere and tears are flowing! Chase cries as murray works his legs with a sledgehammer, the crowd breaks out in tears of joy seeing chase finally brought down to size, perhaps even for the last time ever!! He's out!! His eyes roll back in his head, his pants fill with whatever it is that comes out of a dead person when they full release and jim leans over chases fresh corpse and asks, "you okay vern?" The crowd goes wild! GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!! DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!!!!!!!!"
@@RDFspaniard gawd, yer hysterical, man!
Jim seemed like a folksy, genuine guy with a good heart. But dear GOD Chevy sucked as a TV show host, there is absolutely NO energy in that room.
A lovely man, you could tell straight away that he had/has a beautiful soul. I sometimes can’t help but feel there was a little sadness inside, but I feel that it’s true of so many wonderful comic geniuses.
God bless you Jim, I grew up watching you over here in the UK, I had your Ernest goes to camp poster on my wall! And I make a special point of watching Ernest saves Christmas every year! You worked so hard to make so many people laugh, enjoy your rest in heaven you totally deserve it ❤️
no one likes chevy. there is a reason why.
+OBAMAhopeless
Like: " I'm Chevy Chase and who are you ? Real.
+OBAMAhopeless I agree. Personally, I like Chevy's movies, especially the Vacation movies. But as a talk show host, he came off as a jerk who looks down on everyone. I'm glad to see Jim Varney taking the condescending comments in stride, just show he was much more classy than Chase, while being 100 times more talented. It's little wonder his talk show host didn't last beyond a few episodes...
He was raised up rich .
Dax Bradley I had no idea Chase had a talk show.
Just in the first few seconds of this clip. He's so freaking smug, like he's above even talking to Jim Varney, before he ever stepped out on stage.
The thing about the dulcimer being the predecessor of the piano is true.
Wildwood Flower!! Well done, Jim! You left us way too soon, but I bet that dulicmer really stands out with the angel harps.
You can tell Chevy seems uncomfortable being himself. He does much better when told what to do and say. Loved him during the best days of SNL.
Varney playing the dulcimer is likely the only wonderful moment that happened during that show's entire run.
This is pretty rough to watch. I get the feeling that Chase did not prepare for this interview at all. He calls the Beverly Hillbillies the Clampet's. He then takes various shots at Varney, intended or not. To his credit Jim Varney played along and ignored them.
Chase has some pretty funny movies but he is pretty awful and disrespectful
Chase also says, "I've only seen you do that Vern guy..." right out of Jiminy Glick....
CHEVY CHASE IS A PRICK FROM THE WORD GO...TREATS PEOPLE LIKE SHIT
All insults aside, Chase was not a good interviewer or host and he was never comfortable in the format. His show was canceled after only a month. But I do think alot of these other comments are a bit too far
Jim Varney just exuded warmth and sweetness ❤ So terribly missed.
I've never seen Chase's show. Now I understand why so many people call him an asshole.
Jim Varney is awesome.
Chevy Chase was so bad at this. Now I remember why his show only lasted six weeks.
He wasn't a very nice individual was he? Don't know much about him nowadays.
He was a total asshole but not lovable like Letterman. Letterman would take a knee and play the fool. Chevy was trying to act like a BBC presenter
@@buffbenjones6137 don' wanna know.
5:15 Chevy: wanna hear him play?
Audience: yeah!! Anything to get you to stop talking!!!
This is the first time I haven't liked Chevy Chase. If you take the time to go back and watch this twice, (as I did to be sure), you'll see there is hardly a "slice", (meaning each question/answer exchange etc), that chevy doesn't seem to be putting Jim down in one way or another. He's almost like the proverbial "school yard bully" in that he never, (or hardly ever), gives the poor guy a break. It might be partially because I always liked and respected Jim Varney and it's obvious that chevy chase was the more successful of the two but it was like... from the very start he got Jim "down" and never let him "up" (as a respected actor). It makes me love Jim Varney more and chevy chase less. (Yes I kept chases name in lower case on purpose. That's my way of showing as much disrespect as possible to chase. Since I'm a "nobody", that's the best I can do. RIP Jim.
This was apparently the last episode of Chase's show, and in subsequent years Chase's career fizzled out whereas Varney seemed to be slowly but surely getting more diverse roles until his life got cut short by cancer.
He treats Jim the way that bullies treat Ernest in the movies.
Just looking down on him.
Compare this with the attitude of the school superintendent (I think) in Ernest Goes to School, when Ernest wants to show him his vacuum cleaner (around the 8min mark),.Same energy,
I assure you that Varney was probably the more successful of the two at this point, respectability notwithstanding.
@@gabrielsatter Yeah, Varney was an up-and-coming actor (even if he was largely confined to Ernest) whereas Chase being given his own TV show was practically a lifeline for a fading career. Outside of Community, his last really noteworthy role was Christmas Vacation and maybe Fletch Lives.
I think he was clearly and unsuccessfully hacking Letterman. When Letterman launched an insult, it was clear, calculated, smart, hilarious, and usually very deserved. RIP Jim indeed.
I'm kind of taken aback by how much of an ass Chevy Chase was being to Jim. Jim didn't deserve it but I admired the fact that Jim stayed humble the whole time and just shrugged off any insults that came his way.
Chase is a douche. Always has been.
He would have made a great Rat Pack, character.
Shows how Jim is the better man not some slithering snake like the Chev is.
He's like seething at points and betrays his psychology with the theater count and concerns of being "upstaged."
@@illnickdotcom seemed more like he was responding glibly to the question. And the upstaging comment seemed like inside joke with the actress, hence the wink at the camera.
I got the impression that Chevy was talking down to Jim the entire time, including the question about the seats, which comes off like a real insider prick brag only someone in-the-business would make. The whole interview seemed like an attempt to make Jim seem out of place or like he didn’t belong. The crack about “kids love ya”… repeatedly calling him a hillbilly with that stank on it. Jim was able to judo roll all of it. Water off a duck’s ass. Maybe you’ve never had an entitled slob with connections and status talk down about your humble roots, but we know it when we hear it.
So sad that Jim died so young. What a great actor and man.
No kidding, I was really hoping for another Beverly Hillbillies movie or two!
Jim Varney seemed like a *genuinely* nice guy... something very rare in Hollywood. Gone too soon. Would have loved to have gotten a beer with him and shot the breeze.
I'm going to guess that's because he was never meant for Hollywood, but we are sure glad he got there!
I can't watch Chevy Chase do anything because I always end up punching my screen. What an ass. Jim Varney seemed like a class act.
"I am a Hill-William." It's impossible not to like that man. What a fuckin' treasure. Straight up. Jim Varney is SO missed. I'd go see an Ernest reboot or whatever in a MINUTE. As long, of course, as he was Ernest. He made an iconic character, and I fully grew up on those movies. We miss ya, Jim. Thanks, man. Thanks everything, buddy. We miss you.
Yeah, no, I don't want a reboot. The character was built around Jim Varney. No one else could do it justice.
Straight up??? 🤣I didnt think children would watch this but they guess it just goes to show you, you never know.
Wildwood Flower by The Carter Family is the song Jim played
And from The (legendary) Carter Family came the precious apple of Johnny Cash: June Carter Cash. (Country boys...ain't we smart?)
Mother Maybelle Carter has a unique guitarist. Because she did have someone to accompany her she worked p a way to play the lead and rhythm at the same time.
Yessir that is the old wild wood flower.
He still has it. Even though he's in heaven. Still puts a smile on my face
Chevy comes off as condescending toward a man who is equally talented, and very likely more humerous.
I've laughed at Chevy time and time again, but he has been swallowed up by history. Jim Varney is timeless, and even if Jim had grown tired of repeated typcasting as a result of Ernest, Ernest and his associated skit characters are brilliant and endure the test of time, similar to the Three Stooges.
+Collin Morris
Chevy was satirizing the pompous interviewers, he was soo good at it that many didn't get it.
Don't agree on this one. Chevy was just really stiff outside the boundaries of scripted comedy, and his interactions with live humans illustrated that. The sad irony is that some of his best comedic moments were total improvisations - unscripted, but executed within the confines of parameters the writers (which he sometimes was) laid out for him. Love Chevy, heard he's a prick, but he's also a national treasure, and to see him pseudo-pander to Jim Varney was cringeworthy. Jim was a rare dude. How about that dulcimer playing? Who the hell knows how to play dulcimer these days other than maybe Jeff Mangum?
I don't think Chevy is being condescending, I think he is more frustrated with trying to perform in the talk show medium so is coming off uncomfortable. Needless to say, his show didn't last long.
I do agree that Chase sucked as an interviewer, but "swallowed up by history" is a bit harsh. Vacation, Christmas Vacation, Caddyshack and Fletch are still talked about, about as much as Ernest films are. I do agree that Ernest P. Worrell is clearly more timeless than Chase's characters though.
Jim Varney absolutely nailed Jed Clampett in the Beverly Hillbillies movie! The staggering array of different characters he could do prove he was one of the most underrated comedians.
A Hill William lol.
Eh, I really don't think Chevy means to be a dick. I think he's just a really bad interviewer and he's kind of socially awkward. I've heard that about him before. As long as he has a script, he's good! Ad lib, not so much.
RIP Jim Varney aka Ernest (1949-2000)
Katherine, you are trash. He was actually quite an intelligent guy.
Katherine McChesney your so Rude!
Lol! Jim is a top notch, class act. Smooth as hell. Yeah, Chase is a bad host.
How long did Chevy Chase's Show last? I vaguely remember hearing about it, and then, seems like it was gone.
@@ronaldshank7589 Apparently with good reason
"I remember you as that Vern guy"
Dang it Chevy..... do you even know who you're interviewing?
Wow, Jim Varney, my favorite childhood actor, playing Wildwood Flower on a Dulcimer, my favorite song from my childhood that my dad use to play on the guitar. That was special.
I recognized it immediately! I’ve been playing that the last few months!
Jim Varney was an absolute class act, and I see I'm not the first to observe that Chevy doesn't know the meaning of the term. Didn't know he ever had a show; now I know why I never knew.
I can’t tell if Chevy is serious or not, but it’s kind of hilarious how he keeps insulting Jim at every turn. You HAVE to believe Chevy really respected Jim for the body of work he had created at that point, so this has to be all in good fun, but some of his barbs hit a little close to home! Geez! Haha. I feel like I’m watching an episode of The Office, cause this was pretty awkward. But I can’t stop laughing!
I sure hope Jim knew how beloved he was. Even as a kid, I recognized his voice in Toy Story. Loved the guy.
It is heartwarming the way the audience applauds Jim Varney. He deserves love and respect for all the happiness he brought people in his too-short life. Most comedians of today have a hard, sarcastic edge and base their humor on ridiculing other people, but Mr. Varney's humor was unique, innocent and sweet, making his characters the objects of his jokes. He was such a humble, gentle-natured, beautiful person. May God bless him in Heaven!
How can I get into fragrances?
My grandfather got to meet him when he was really young he was the spokesperson for the creamery my grandfather work for in Michigan
Wildwood Flower! The quintessential Appalachian song. We enjoyed Jim so much when my kids were growing up. What a guy.
Jim Varney playing the dulcimer,awesome,the man never forgot where he came from
Chevys' NEED to be THE Star made him a Horrible Talk Show Host, and pretty much destroyed his overall career.
Just saw Jim doing Shakespeare. This guy was talented. Chevys show was HORRIBLE.
Ernest goes to Heaven
Very well said. Jim was a huge talent and a sweet man.
I also noticed how belittling and disrespectful Chevy is being to Jim. I thought Chevy starting the interviewing by saying to Jim, all he sees him do is the "vern guy," I knew right there Chevy was going to do a horrible job interviewing Jim. I am sure that is not what Jim wanted to hear, or wanted the audience to hear, just being the "vern guy" right off, when he was there to promote a break away role from Ernest in the "Beverly Hillbillies." I am sure it was important to make sure the audience recognized Jim as Ernest, but Chevy's intro just sounded rude. He could of just mentioned "Jim Varney is known for his role as Ernest" in the introduction before Jim came out.
I also wondered if Chevy wasn't really listening to Jim either, kinda spaced out a couple of times. Toward the end of interview when Chevy asks about the new Ernest movie, Jim says right off it comes out next month, then when Jim finishes explaining the movie, Chevy asks when does the movie comes out? Was Chevy just being sure the audience heard when the movie was coming out, or was Chevy not really listening to Jim? Then when Jim brings out the duclimer he explains it is played flat on your lap, when he hands it to Chevy he tries to play it like a guitar. Again, was Chevy not really listening to Jim, or was he just trying to be funny by playing it like a guitar? He saw Jim was playing flat on his lap...
I am not surprised by how Chevy acted, I have always figured he's a jerk in real life. While I do like some of the vacation movies. I only watch the vacation movies if I see them while flipping through channels, never owned copies of them or make a point to go out of my way to find them to watch. I have never been a fan of Chevy.
Mandy Pandy You are correct...Chevy Chase is an all-around jerk. Always was, always will be.
+Mandy Pandy also after Jim told him that Buddy Epsen (the original Jed) was in the movie as a different character and also plays Barnaby Jones, Chevy asks him a minute or so later "Did you meet the guy that played Jed"? um.....I thought that either Chevy wasn't paying attention to him or he was being rude...
chey sechrist All I can say is, being a talk show host/interviewer is not Chevy's strong suit.
Chevy was rude. Maybe because he was self medicating in the late 80's early 90's. Anyways, love the way Jim handled it. Chevy seemed emotionless and detached. Probably from the meds. Pill head
Well Jim died in 2000 and is still beloved to this day and you know what? His fans still want him. Chevy is somehow still alive at 567 and no one wants him anymore. He didn't even get a lead role in his own movie franchise so it's just goes to show you nice guys do finish first.
He played, "Wildwood Flower", by the Carter Family
I saw Maybelle Cater play and sing "Wildwood Flower" live - March 1968 in Memphis.
Gosh we lost Jim way too soon. Just watched Ernest Saves Christmas again & there's a segment in it where he plays Florida man snake 🐍 handler that's pure gold. PURE gold.
Nice. He was just great, and he seemed really kind! RIP!
I love the Appalachian people and their ways. Mr. Varney was a gem. I can't wait to play something like that. Concerning Chas: My daddy said if you can't find anything nice to say, don't say anything...
I never had the chance to meet Jim Varney, but from I have read he was all heart and he had no regrets. I hope that he knew how much he was loved.
Starts at 5:10 if you want to skip Chevy Chase awkwardly trying to act like a human being.
Jim was an accomplished Shakespearean actor before the Ernest movies. Chevy Chase embarrassed himself by not knowing more about him before the interview.
I would watch a Jim Varney talk show any day and even think he would have given Carson a run for his money, lol...seriously, that guy had comedic talent and even on his worst day, he could always fall back on Ernest sketches!
Listen to the audience CHEER when Varney as Jed pulls out his double barrel shot gun!! ❤️
The precursor to the piano, knowwhadImean?
chevy chase is a cringe..no talent and out of his league...he obviously didnt watch carson as a kid...because he learned nothing of how to make a guest feel good about being there
Jim Varney was such a cutie. I sure do miss him.
I miss Jim
The heavens have a very good man. Thank you God for letting Jim shine on us for the time he did. Forever in our hearts is Jim Varney.
I could listen to Jim play that all day.
Imagine sitting on the porch on a summer night and listening to him.
So many people disrespect Jim, but he personally went to visit over 1000 children for make a wish. They can't ever live up to him.
They're trying to say that his record of well over a thousand make a wish visits is beaten by John Cena doing 600..... Something about math not being in schools...
God I can see why this show was cancelled. Chevy is awful and I know part of that is because he's being a condescending DICK to Jim.
Jim Varney died of lung cancer in February 2000, rest in peace.
There sits one of the most witty, intelligent, genuinely likeable and talented celebrities of all time. Incidentally Chevy Chase is in this clip as well for some reason.
Jim was everything a good person should be.
"All I ever see you do is the Vern guy."
He should have responded with "All I ever see you do is that Vacation Shit"
I have been mistaken for several celebrities in my life and Jim was one of those. I always thought it was just kind of a goofy guy and didn't quite know how to handle being compared to him. I am privileged to have been put in the same category as Jim, yes he is or I guess was a great and Noble person and
Jim's in heaven, Chevy in rehab. Fitting!
He was such a genuine gentle soul. No phoniness or pretentiousness, just an all around humble kind man.
I'd like to listen to an album of Jim playing the dulcimer.
Cloris is a dead ringer for Grannie. Jim was awesome. His commercials were epic.
I'd never seen an interview with Jim before but what a charming and classy guy he was - and a tremendous actor too. It's a shame he's not still with us.
Chevy was trying so hard to be Johnny!! FAIL!!!!!! Jim deserves a better interview!! RIP Jim Varney!! You were a true talent!! We miss you!!
Varney was a great actor loved his movies.
Chevy is such a condescending jerk. Jim had way more class.
"You wanna hear him play?" Yeessss anything to cut through the uncomfortable feeling in the studio! lol I remember watching Chase's first show, Gawd it was hard to watch. He seemed so fucking lost as an interviewer.
I will always love Jim Varney. He was magnificent as a prince on 'Rosanne' years ago and so multi-talented. He is missed!
The like I gave this video is for Jim Varney, not Chevy Chase or Chevy Chase’s ego.
A genuine dulcimer player, he carries picks in his pocket. 😁
So Jim sat there and was made fun but stayed a true professional. R.I.P Jim
and he still came out ahead of the "host" and made the host look like an a-hole for his condescending comments.
Jim Varney should have had his own show. He was great.
Jim Varney was extremely talented. RIP...
He only had one character
“Wildwood Flower” played a way that would make Mother Maybelle proud… and well over Chevy Chase’s head.
"HillWilliam" lol I live in one of those coal hollers. Up to six families now here.. Jim had to have the patience of a saint. Really miss that guy...