Ernest P. Worrell is a dim-witted character played by Jim Varney. He rose to fame in a series of TV commercials, which were followed by the TV series Hey Vern, It's Ernest and several films, beginning with 1987's Ernest Goes to Camp. One Ernest commercial was seen in the Muppet Babies episode "Remote Control Cornballs" as Baby Rowlf channel surfs past a channel. Apparently a fan, Rowlf asks, "Does this guy crack you up, or what?" He also appears in the Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration.
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| - Ernest P. Worrell is a dim-witted character played by Jim Varney. He rose to fame in a series of TV commercials, which were followed by the TV series Hey Vern, It's Ernest and several films, beginning with 1987's Ernest Goes to Camp. One Ernest commercial was seen in the Muppet Babies episode "Remote Control Cornballs" as Baby Rowlf channel surfs past a channel. Apparently a fan, Rowlf asks, "Does this guy crack you up, or what?" He also appears in the Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration.
- The first Ernest commercial, filmed in 1980, advertised an appearance by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders at Beech Bend Park, an amusement park located near Bowling Green, Kentucky. The format of the commercials seldom varied. The rubber-faced Ernest, almost always dressed in a denim vest and baseball cap, appeared at the door of a unseen and unheard but seemingly-unwilling neighbor named Vern. The spots were structured in a way to allow the viewer to be "Vern", as Varney looked directly in the camera whenever Vern was addressed. Ernest's seemingly pointless conversations with Vern – which were actually a soliloquy due to Vern never responding – inevitably rambled around to a favorable description of the sponsor's product, followed by his signature close, "Know whut I mean?".
- The first Ernest commercial, filmed in 1980, advertised an appearance by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders at Beech Bend Park, an amusement park located near Bowling Green, Kentucky. The format of the commercials seldom varied. The rubber-faced Ernest, almost always dressed in a denim vest and baseball cap, appeared at the door of a unseen and unheard but seemingly-unwilling neighbor named Vern. The spots were structured in a way to allow the viewer to be "Vern", as Varney looked directly in the camera whenever Vern was addressed. Ernest's seemingly pointless conversations with Vern; which were actually a soliloquy due to Vern never responding; inevitably rambled around to a favorable description of the sponsor's product, followed by his signature close, "KnoWhutImean?".
- Ernest P. Worrell is a fictional character in a series of television commercials, and later in a television series (Hey Vern, It's Ernest!) as well as a series of feature films. Ernest was created by the Nashville advertising agency Carden and Cherry and was used in various local television ad campaigns. The only national products he promoted were Coca-Cola, Sprite, TaB, Mello Yello, Chex, and Taco John's. The first Ernest commercial, filmed in 1980, advertised an appearance by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders at Beech Bend Park, an amusement park near Bowling Green, Kentucky. The format of the commercials seldom varied. The rubber-faced Ernest, almost always dressed in a denim vest and baseball cap, appeared at the door of an unseen and unheard but seemingly unwilling neighbor named Vern.
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Goal
| - To help Santa find a replacement for him in the job of being Santa
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| - Communicating with Vern and other friends
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| - Slender, brown hair, blue eyes, both aqua baseball cap and T-shirt, both blue jeans and vest, brown boots
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| - Clumsy, funny, kind, good hearted, brave
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| - Various relatives and ancestors
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Created by
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Enemies
| - Sherman Krader , Felix Nash and Rubin Bartlett , Trantor and other trolls , Doctor Glencliff , Coach Decker in "Ernest Goes to School")Mister Zamiel and Moloch , Prince Kazim , President Almar Habib Tufuti
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Occupation
| - Janitor, camp couselor, taxi driver, prisoner, schoolteacher
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Family
| - Various relatives and ancestors
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Friends
| - Vern, Harmony Starr , Chuck , Bobby , Tom Tulip , Lyle Kenny
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