We could have had "Ernest Goes To Washington" and that's going to haunt me.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

We could have had "Ernest Goes To Washington" and that's going to haunt me.

On April Fools Day, 1986, the White House reporters gathered for what they were told was a briefing on "economic monetary policy and so forth."
Instead they were introduced to Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell who entertained them for 15 minutes.

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[EYESORE 9001]

1. I never found him funny

Bucolic pig-ignorant cocksurety is all too real and should be shunned instead of lauded.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I don't even know what that means. Know what I mean?

I miss "Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!" I'd watch it if it were on.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. It's a point of pride

‘I don’t know noner that shit. Don’t need to.’ It’s like a creed.

[EYESORE 9001]

4. I hear 'Larry the Cable Guy' is available

[paleotn]

5. The trumper prototype.

[paleotn]

6. Long, long ago. In a galaxy far away....

When I was an undergrad, I worked at the local Sears auto center on weekends. I sold Jim Varney a battery for his car one Sunday afternoon. Seemed a decent guy. That was in "Ernest's" commercial days, before the movies or that press corp appearance.