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[–] 71 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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.

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  • [–] 38 points 2 months ago
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    That’s the importance of being Ernest

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  • [–] 36 points 2 months ago

    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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  • [–] 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Jim Varney was also a smoker. But he went to great lengths to try to avoid kids seeing him doing it.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago

    Ernest movies are the kinda cringe one can be proud to admit to loving

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    John Cena biopic would go pretty hard

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Ernest scared stupid is a fucking classic.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    That's a pretty good Wilt Chamberlain cosplay actually

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