80s babies can we even explain what 'Earnest' was and why he was something in pop culture to gen z and beyond??

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

It was just family friendly television with slap stick type humor.

80s had a lot of family oriented movies or was seeing a rising market in making films for kids.

My favorites were Ernest Goes to Camp and Ernest Goes to Jail. Ernest Scared Stupid get honorable mention

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Same lane as Peewee Herman and early Jim Carrey. They were real life cartoon characters.

I watched Ernest Scared Stupid with my nephew recently and it holds up

Pee wee was a much much better character but I see what you mean

Pee wee's big adventure is legit a 5 star classic

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I remember dude was a markiting genius. Back in the days before there was a cartoon network or disney or whatever, saturday morning cartoons were the shyt. He used to alway have his commercial then started off like "hey vern" nobody to today knows who the fukk vern is. But he still gathered enough attention to sell some tickets to dumb ass movies

dude was PROLIFIC with the ads...all ads talking to Vern...who didn't even exist...insane

 

[trap101-ETHout-Allegri-In]

Whole time he was a thing I was actually sitting in anticipation to hear him shout out "the word" with a hard ER..............

 

[MurderToCassette]

Crazy shyt is kids who have no idea who Ernest is would know Slinky Dog from Toy Story. Dude prolly made a grip off those movies.

 

[Leonard Washington]

Like someone else said, who the fukk is Vern? Are we supposed to be Vern?

 

[KalKal]

Crazy shyt is kids who have no idea who Ernest is would know Slinky Dog from Toy Story. Dude prolly made a grip off those movies.

Don't know how much HE made, but thanks to being in Toy Story movies that he was in have grossed over a Billion:

Jim Varney - Box Office

Jim Varney (Actor) - Movie Box Office Performance Summary and Breakdown

www.the-numbers.com

 

[NYChase718]

I remember these movies but not really. I know I thought that shyt was funny though. There was one where he was hoopin, absolutely ridiculous


I saw them on some streaming service, don’t remember which, and thought about showing one to my kids but i can already see them being like wtf is this

 

[InGodWeTrust]

Ernest Scared Stupid was great

 

[Fill Collins]

I'm Gen z and only saw him in family guy, thought he was a gay redneck and ppl just laughed at that

 

[feelosofer]

I remember watching those Earnest movies with my kids.

I watched Earnest goes to jail recently and it's aged surprisingly well. Like the humor holds up.

Anyone remember the ABC show?

 

[Flex Grossman]

Breh saved Christmas. If gen z can’t appreciate that, idk what to tell em

 

[nieman]

Ernest Scared Stupid is a good movie. He's a living cartoon placed in real situations that become absurd. It's a trope that always works.

Saved Christmas was also good. School was the absolute worst though

 

[Luke Cage]

He was basically a hillbilly b movie version of jim carrey

 

[WesCrook]

Same lane as Peewee Herman and early Jim Carrey. They were real life cartoon characters.

I watched Ernest Scared Stupid with my nephew recently and it holds up

Add Crocodile Dundee, though he wasn't as humorous.