The Ernest movies were an ever present at the video shop in The late 80s. They looked terrible and I never hired them. I saw one on TV in the late 90s and realised I’d completely missed out. Yes the movies were formulaic but Jim Varney was hilarious.
On a recent vacation we made a side trip on the way home to visit Jim Varney's grave in Lexington Kentucky! It was the prettiest graveyard I think I've ever seen!
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galoisghost@aussie.zone · 67 pts · 19h
The Ernest movies were an ever present at the video shop in The late 80s. They looked terrible and I never hired them. I saw one on TV in the late 90s and realised I’d completely missed out. Yes the movies were formulaic but Jim Varney was hilarious.
danc4498@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 18h
Some movies you watch for the formula
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 18h
Hail Varney!
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 12h
It’s stupid. But good stupid.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 6h
mom absolutely loved his movies, so we never missed 'em.
Ioughttamow@fedia.io · 39 pts · 18h
That’s the importance of being Ernest
restingOface@quokk.au · 39 pts · 19h
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 17h
On a recent vacation we made a side trip on the way home to visit Jim Varney's grave in Lexington Kentucky! It was the prettiest graveyard I think I've ever seen!
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 18h
Classic Shakespearean actor turned into amazing nice guy Everyman. He was a gem. Ernest Goes To Camp is the first and only movie I have cried during.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 13h
Were you glad it was raining?
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 10h
All he needed was a friend 😭
SourDragon@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 11h
Ernest movies are the kinda cringe one can be proud to admit to loving
Delphia@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 7h
Jim Varney was also a smoker. But he went to great lengths to try to avoid kids seeing him doing it.
terranoid@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 5h
Oh shit you mean legit smoker, I thought you meant "smoking hot" in regards to the drag lol
Delphia@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 4h
Well Ive definitely done worse.
terminatortwo@piefed.social · 10 pts · 17h
I’m going to tell my kids the first one is Mac demarco
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 12h
Is it not?
adarza@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 6h
those were the days, back when netflix gave a month free to new accounts. even when you used a prepaid card, they tacked on the extra month.
decolo@piefed.social · 5 pts · 16h
John Cena biopic would go pretty hard
DummyWOW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 17h
Free trials? Ban evasion.
eestileib@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 15h
That's a pretty good Wilt Chamberlain cosplay actually
Surp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2h
Ernest scared stupid is a fucking classic.