You Know What I Mean Vern

Fictional character

Ernest P. Worrell
Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell
First appearance	1980
Created by	Carden & Cherry Ad Agency[one]
Portrayed by	Jim Varney
In-universe data
Allonym	Ernest Powertools Worrell[two]
Gender	Male person
Family	Pa Worrell (male parent) Ma Worrell (mother) Bunny J. Rogers (sister) Coy Worrell (brother)
Spouse	Edna Worrell
Children	Ernie P. Worrell
Relatives	Meet below

Ernest P. Worrell is a fictional character, portrayed past Jim Varney in a series of goggle box commercials and later on in a telly series (Hey Vern, Information technology's Ernest!) as well every bit a series of feature films. Ernest was created with Varney by the Nashville advertizement bureau Carden & Cherry and was used in various local television ad campaigns.^[3] The only national products he promoted were The Coca-Cola Company's sodas,^[4] Chex, and Taco John'southward.^[5] 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, most often scripted to be comedic and fast-paced.

The rubber-faced Ernest, almost always dressed in a denim vest and baseball cap, appeared at the door of an unseen, unheard, and seemingly unwilling neighbor named Vernon, or "Vern" for short. 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 monologue due to Vern never responding – inevitably rambled around to a favorable description of the sponsor's product, followed past his signature close, "KnowhutImean?"^[6]

While Vern never has whatever spoken lines, it is implied that he finds Ernest to exist an unwelcome pest due to him trying to slam his door in Ernest's face on a few occasions. Vern also shakes his head "No" whenever Ernest invites him to exercise something. Ernest, despite having good intentions, is utterly oblivious to Vern's apparent distress regarding him and ever regards Vern as his closest buddy and confidant.

History [edit]

The Ernest ads were shot with a handheld motion picture camera at the Nashville-surface area home of producer John Cherry Iii and Jerry Carden, beginning in 1980. As their number of clients increased, Varney sometimes did upwards of 25 dissimilar versions of a spot in a single day. Producer Coke Sams stated that Varney had a photographic retention and would read through the script one time then insert the various products' names on dissimilar takes.^{[vii] [viii]} The commercials and the character had definite impact; children especially seemed to imitate Ernest and "KnoWhutimean?" became a catchphrase.

Carden & Cherry had begun receiving requests from major national companies to use Ernest, but were largely unable to agree to virtually of them because of conflicts with the exclusive rights local companies received when they had requested Ernest commercials.^[eight] Carden & Crimson responded past transitioning the character to flick and television. Ernest's start feature-film appearance was as one of Varney's numerous characters in the scientific discipline fiction horror spoof Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam, which introduced several supporting actors who would reappear throughout the Ernest franchise, including Bill Byrge, Myke R. Mueller, and Jackie Welch.^[9]

A Saturday morn sketch one-act series, Hey Vern, It'southward Ernest!, followed shortly thereafter, which won Varney a Daytime Emmy Award for his performance. A serial of five characteristic-length comedies starred Ernest between 1987 and 1993, followed by four more than direct-to-video entries; all ix were directed by either John Ruby or Coke Sams. The movies were not critically well-received; yet, they were produced on very low budgets and were quite assisting.

In the films, Ernest is apparently somewhat aware of his farthermost resistance to harm, as in Ernest Rides Again, he seemed barely fazed by nails bending after being fired at his skull, remarking "Good thing they hit the hard finish", he as well commented that he would be dead "If I wasn't this close to being an actual drawing." To allow Varney to human action out his numerous other characters, Ernest is portrayed as a principal of disguise, able to pose as one of any number of relatives to become out of a predicament. He likewise is impervious to electrocution, instead becoming a powerful electromagnet and "polarized" from gravity (among other surreal side furnishings) when striking with a large shock: this is a major plot device in Ernest Goes to Jail and also appears in Ernest Rides Once more. The film serial portrays Ernest as a working-class bachelor holding various minimum-wage and blue-collar jobs, such equally a gas station attendant, janitor, sanitation worker and construction worker.

In his Ernest role, Varney appeared in dozens of Cerritos Machine Square commercials for many years on Los Angeles surface area goggle box stations; he too appeared in commercials for Audubon Chrysler Heart in Henderson, Kentucky, John 50. Sullivan auto dealerships in the Sacramento, California area, the Pontiac, Michigan-based electronics store ABC Warehouse, and the Oklahoma Metropolis-based Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy Store. In the Southeast, the Ernest graphic symbol was the spokesman for Purity milk. In New Mexico, he appeared in commercials for Blake'south Lotaburger. In northern Virginia Ernest appeared a serial of commercials for Tyson's Toyota. In S Dakota, he appeared in commercials for Lewis Drug.

In Houston, he did commercials promoting Channel 2 News KPRC-Boob tube. In 2005, v years after Varney's expiry, the Ernest P. Worrell character returned in new commercials equally a CGI cartoon, created by an animation visitor called face2face and produced past Ernest originators Carden & Cherry. Ernest was voiced past John C. Hudgens, an advertizement and circulate producer from Little Rock, Arkansas, who besides played an Ernest type character in some regional alive activity commercials.

Family [edit]

Ernest has a large family made upwardly of people with similar traits to him, all of whom were portrayed by Jim Varney. Varney, as Worrell, mentioned that his family was from Kentucky (Varney'due south existent-life birthplace) when he hosted Happy New Twelvemonth, America on CBS December 31, 1988. Almost of Worrell's family unit members had their appearance in either Hey Vern, It's My Family Anthology, Your World equally I Meet It, or Varney's stand up-upwards routine.

Edna Worrell

Ernest's married woman according to the tv set commercials and Hey Vern, It's My Family Album. According to Ernest, Edna makes a slap-up deep dish pie. Her heart initial is too said to be P. in Ernest's newsletter during the 1980s. In the film series, Ernest has become a confirmed bachelor, living lone with his dog.

Ace Worrell

A fighter pilot who served in the army. His relation to Ernest is unknown though he is believed to exist a slap-up uncle.

Astor Cloudless

Ernest'south uncle, a wealthy college professor who likes to brag almost his rich status and unusual intelligence and was the principal narrator of Your World As I See It. Astor was as well 1 of Ernest'due south disguises in Ernest Saves Christmas.

Bunny Jeannette Rogers

The slow-witted and dislocated sis of Ernest who runs her own quirky hair salon called "Bunny'south Dazzler World." Her beautifying tactics often involve painful torture for her clients.

Lloyd Rowe

Ernest'due south not bad uncle, a mean-spirited, impoverished Appalachian mountain homo. He was Ernest's disguise as "The Snake Guy" in Ernest Saves Christmas. Lloyd was one of Varney's stand up-up characters before the creation of Ernest; he was originally conceived as the Appalachian answer to a mountaintop guru with an obese wife named Ruth and an even more massive, indestructible eight-year-quondam son named Mistake.

Auntie Nelda

Ernest's elderly, sarcastic and dramatic peachy-aunt. She regularly complains well-nigh her son Izzy not visiting enough, noting that her other son Hymie had ever treated her well but died. Her tardily husband Morris was cremated and she withal harangues his ashes. She tries to become men to notice her by interim innocent all the time. 1 of Varney's nigh frequent characters, Auntie Nelda was one of Ernest's "multiple personalities" in Ernest Scared Stupid and one of his disguises in Ernest Saves Christmas, Ernest Goes to Jail, Ernest Rides Again, and Ernest Goes to Africa. Auntie Nelda was likewise used equally i of Dr. Otto'south disguises in Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam and was a regular segment on Hey Vern, It's Ernest!

Coy Worrell

Ernest's redneck brother who is stuck in a 1950s rockabilly mindset and runs a store that sells car parts. He is a Bears fan, has well-nigh no thoughts on any substantive bug (shrugging his shoulders and responding "dunno" whenever asked) is quite proud of the tattoo collection on his body. Coy has been married at to the lowest degree twice: offset to Rayette Worrell and then to Anita Worrell.

Baton "Boogie" Worrell

Ernest's cousin, a carny who operates the Scrambler at an entertainment park, speaks to his patrons in rhyming jive, and dances to a disco shell. While he frequently makes passes at attractive female patrons, he is in fact a married human with a teenage son and speaks with a normal vocalization outside of work.

Davy Worrell

Ernest's light-headed swell, nifty uncle who was a war veteran in the tardily 19th century. He helped his ground forces troop win a boxing against a Native American tribe led by Chief Running Vern, fifty-fifty though his troop was not even present at the time. He is a spoof of frontiersman Davy Crockett.

Rhetch Worrell

Ernest's great, nifty-granddaddy who was popular with women and had a girlfriend named Verna. He was a heavy gambler and incredibly stupid.

Pa Worrell

Ernest'southward elderly father, a World War 2 veteran who has a politically incorrect view of the world. His first proper name is never revealed. He is an avid fisherman and is friends with an African roughshod named Qui Qua.

Ma Worrell

Ernest's elderly mother. She is known to be a adept cook and according to Ernest she used to make a great chocolate milk, which is Ernest's favorite drinkable.

Reverend Phineas Worrell

A afar English-born antecedent of Ernest in "Ernest Scared Stupid". He helped banish a troll named Trantor, who Ernest accidentally released several generations later. Phineas was unique among the known Worrell family unit in that he appeared to take a relatively serious disposition and appeared to be quite intelligent for the brief moment that he was shown. However, as Trantor was beingness banished, the troll placed a curse on the Worrell family that would make members of the family considerably less intelligent with each successive generation, ultimately culminating in a fellow member of the family that would release Trantor.

Ernie P. Worrell

Ernest's son. But mentioned in one case by Ernest while answering fan mail service in his own newsletter. (In the films and commercials, Ernest is usually portrayed as a confirmed bachelor with no children.)

Dingus Worrell

A potato, who Ernest says came over during the potato famine and went on to go a yam magnate.

Pets [edit]

Ernest also had several pets during the course of his career. They are listed beneath in gild of appearance.

Shorty

Ernest's first dog. She appeared in several commercials normally having given nativity to a litter of puppies in the dorsum of Vern'southward new pick upwards truck while out driving with Ernest. Shorty'due south verbal breed is unknown equally she was portrayed by a different breed in each of her appearances. In the Hey Vern, It'due south Ernest episode "Hey Vern, It'southward Magic", Shorty was a male and Vern's dog. He was portrayed by a Border Collie on the show.

Pokey

A box turtle that Ernest had adopted from "actual nature" in Ernest Goes to Camp. Pokey and his family were used as "turtle paratroopers" during the battle with the miners toward the stop of the moving-picture show.

Ants

In Ernest Goes to Camp, Ernest mentions that he once had an pismire farm.

Rover

Ernest's second dog. Ernest'due south pursuit of Rover was the subject of a Hey Vern, It's Ernest! episode. Ernest spent the episode saving upwards to buy Rover but Vern ended up buying him get-go only to requite him to Ernest at the finish.

Rimshot

Ernest'due south 3rd domestic dog, a male Jack Russell Terrier. Rimshot is Ernest'south best known pet. He is characterized as very smart. He was featured in ii of the movies, Ernest Goes to Jail and Ernest Scared Stupid, in which he was also shown to be very brave and tough, as he would stand up to the main villains which would unremarkably lead to his near demise.

Jake

Ernest's Fantail (goldfish) in Ernest Goes to Africa. Sadly, Jake died when Ernest accidentally broke his fish bowl and then dropped him into the kitchen garbage disposal and mistakenly hitting the wrong switch.

Specials [edit]

• Hey Vern, Information technology's My Family Album (1983) (direct-to-video)
• The Ernest Film Festival (1986) (direct-to-video)

• A compilation of Ernest commercials
• re-released as Ernest Greatest Hits Book One (1992) (directly-to-video)

• Hey Vern, Win $10,000...Or Simply Count On Having Fun! (1987) (straight-to-video)

• A compilation of Ernest commercials, the VHS included a sweepstakes in which viewers who correctly counted the total mentions of the words "Vern" and "Knowhutimean?" in the video and submitted their answer before Apr 1, 1988 would be entered into a random drawing to win a $x,000 prize.
• re-released equally Ernest Greatest Hits Volume Two (1992) (direct-to-video)

• Ernest Goes to Splash Mount (1989) (TV special)
• Your World As I See It (1994) (direct-to-video)

Ernest also hosted Happy New year's day, America for CBS in the late 1980s; Varney also briefly gave Ernest an appearance on HBO'southward New Year special (which was co-hosted by Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson) heading into 1985.

Films and television [edit]

Films

• 1985 Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Axle as Unnamed Cameo Function, Dr. Otto'south Disguise
• 1987 Ernest Goes to Military camp
• 1988 Ernest Saves Christmas
• 1990 Ernest Goes to Jail
• 1991 Ernest Scared Stupid
• 1993 Ernest Rides Again
• 1994 Ernest Goes to Schoolhouse (straight-to-video)
• 1995 Slam Douse Ernest (direct-to-video)
• 1997 Ernest Goes to Africa (direct-to-video)
• 1998 Ernest in the Ground forces (straight-to-video)

Television

• 1988 Hey Vern, It's Ernest!

Scrapped films [edit]

In 1990, seven Ernest films were reported to be in evolution.^[iii] Coke Sams said in 2011 that Ernest Spaced Out may have gotten as far as a flick treatment. Sams said near the motion-picture show, "I believe that was kind of a Lost in Space epic. Information technology seems like there were astronauts and maybe a space sheathing."^[10]

Soon after the release of Ernest Goes to Camp, several more films were being contemplated. One being Ernest in the Regular army which went on to be the last Ernest film made. Others considered were Ernest the Bellhop and Ernest in Paradise.^[11]

Sams said a script had been written for Ernest and the Voodoo Curse: "We went back to the Abbott & Costello See Frankenstein kind of thing. It had a really bad guy and happened on an island like Hawaii. ... So we had Voodoo and a high priest. Information technology was like the idiot version of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Nosotros had lines of zombies, Voodoo potions, and Ernest pretending to be a zombie. Ernest and the Voodoo Expletive actually was pretty funny. There was a woman in it, who had one blueish eye and one brownish eye. She was supposed to be the adult female of Ernest's dreams. Of form, she would take aught to practise with him."^[10]

By 2003, Jim Varney'southward IMDb biography page stated that he had died before he could terminate filming a tenth Ernest picture, titled Ernest the Pirate, which had been stated to exist scheduled for release in 2000.^[12] In Nov 2011, Sams said the moving-picture show never existed. Varney had really been in consideration for a role in the 1999 film Pirates of the Plain.^[x]

Parodies [edit]

Ernest has been parodied in numerous tv set series, including Beavis and Butt-Head, Family Guy and The Simpsons. Some of the "fake" Ernest films from The Simpsons include Ernest Needs a Kidney, Ernest vs. the Pope, Ernest Goes to Broadway, Ernest Goes Straight to Video, and Ernest Goes Somewhere Cheap (footage from Ernest Goes Somewhere Inexpensive was shown in the episode "Cape Feare", in which Ernest is seen in a public library with Vern and gets his caput stuck in a toilet). In the Family Guy episode "Road to Rhode Isle", Peter remembers the time he went to Blockbuster two minutes earlier closing and was forced to cull between Ernest Goes to the Embankment and Ernest Doesn't Go to the Beach.

In the Beavis and Barrel-Head episode "At the Movies," the boys are watching Ernest at the drive-in. Ernest is inside the Statue of Liberty and comes across a door with a sign that reads "Practice Non ENTER". Still, Ernest misreads it as "donut entry" and opens the door, falling through the statue'south nose. Other TV shows that have referenced the Ernest movies include ALF, Saved by the Bell, Mystery Scientific discipline Theater 3000, Kenan & Kel, The Nanny, How I Met Your Mother, The Large Bang Theory, Teen Titans Go, Paradise PD, and many more.

He has recently been spoofed past Arkansas-based spokesman John Lee in television receiver commercials for Englert Leaf Guard gutters.

Commercials on dwelling house video [edit]

Almost of Ernest's commercials were released on VHS tapes from Disney'southward Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures Habitation Video. Many are also available on DVD from Mill Creek Entertainment and Paradigm Entertainment.

Trade [edit]

A comedic paperback book titled Hey, Vern! It's the Ernest P. Worrell Book of Noesis was published by Carden & Cherry in 1985,^[xiii] which was re-released with the championship Information technology's the Ernest P. Worrell Book of Knawledge [sic] in 1986.^[14] Information technology was followed by the book Ask Ernest: What, When, Where, Why, Who Cares?, published by Rutledge Hill Press in 1993.^[15] Both books were designed equally if Ernest had created his own homemade zine, featuring a varied collection of jokes, puns, musings, and art.

A sixteen-inch (41 cm) Ernest talking doll based on the Tv set series Hey Vern, It'southward Ernest! was produced past Kenner in 1989.

Reboot [edit]

In October 2012, a film reboot was announced, tentatively titled Son of Ernest. As suggested by the title the film volition focus on Ernest's long lost son, presumably Ernie P. Worrell every bit mentioned above. No update had been given ever since.^[xvi]

References [edit]

1. ^ "Jim Varney; Rod DeLuise Comedic Actor Played Rube Ernest P. Worrell in Commercials, Movies". Los Angeles Times. Feb eleven, 2000. Retrieved October half dozen, 2010.
2. ^ Worrell, Ernest (1985). Hey, Vern! it's the Ernest P. Worrell Volume of Knowledge. Carden & Cherry Advertising Agency. ISBN9780934319003 . Retrieved September 21, 2015.
3. ^ ^{a b} Kalafut, Kathy (Apr 13, 1990). "Hey Vern, I'k a star". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on Oct xix, 2007. Retrieved Oct 6, 2010.
4. ^ "Ernest in 'Quite the Little Shopper'". YouTube. November 14, 2007. Retrieved September i, 2013.
5. ^ "Taco John'south Advert with Jim Varney as Ernest". YouTube. April v, 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
6. ^ "Histrion Jim "Ernest" Varney dies at 50". Salon. Archived from the original on June xv, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
7. ^ Keel, Beverly. "The Importance of Being Ernest". Weekly Wire. Nashville Scene. Retrieved February nineteen, 2015.
8. ^ ^{a b} Willman, Chris (November 16, 1993). "Actor Varney Comfortable equally Ernest". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved Oct 6, 2010.
9. ^ Dubois, Stephanie (July eight, 1989). "Jim Varney Hopes Cards And Messages Keep Pouring In To Save Poor Ernest". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved October six, 2010.
10. ^ ^{a b c} Armstrong, Josh (October 24, 2011). "Hey Vern, It'southward Ernest collaborator Coke Sams!". KnowTheArtist.com. Archived from the original on Nov 30, 2011.
11. ^ "THE IMPORTANCE OF Existence ERNEST". Los Angeles Times. May 31, 1987. Retrieved January xviii, 2022.
12. ^ "Biography for Jim Varney". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on October nine, 2003.
13. ^ Hey, Vern! it's the Ernest P. Worrell book of knowledge. Carden & Cerise Advertizement Agency. 1985. OCLC 12585955.
14. ^ It's the Ernest P. Worrell book of knawledge. Carden & Cherry Advertising Agency. 1986. OCLC 13924201.
15. ^ Worrell, Ernest P. (October 1993). Enquire Ernest!: What, When, Where, Why, Who Cares?. Rutledge Colina Press. ISBN9781558532472 . Retrieved March 28, 2019.
16. ^ Anderton, Ethan (October 12, 2012). "Son of Ernest to serve as reboot of long running one-act series". FirstShowing.cyberspace.

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