A few stray points concerning Ernest Saves Christmas that are either of vital ... filmed this in Orlando because at various points, Jim Varney's face is soaked in sweat - you can tell they ...

As children`s entertainment, ”Ernest Saves Christmas” barely scrapes by-it`s an uninspired though reasonably brisk 90 minutes-but amateur anthropologists should have a great time. The popular ...

Ernest Saves Christmas (Touchstone, 90 minutes, PG, $89.95): Filmed last year in Central Florida, this good-natured kiddie comedy stars Jim “KnoWhutImean?” Varney as Ernest P. Worrell ...

Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell, on set shooting a commercial circa 1986. Varney’s next film, Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) would go on to be the highest-grossing Ernest movie, making just over ...

All the time freed up by not being assaulted by doors, ladders, and buses gives Varney a chance to inject ... crates full of flying reindeer. Ernest Saves Christmas isn’t a great movie ...

But even rewatching the film as a bitter old 40-something, I can’t help but be charmed by its off-kilter sincerity and even Varney’s mugging. Ernest Saves Christmas may not be the greatest ...

Bill Byrge, who showed up as the quiet but feisty Bobby on a kids TV show and in four of the goofy Ernest comedies that starred Jim Varney ... workers in Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) and as ...

Worrell," to use the full name of the denim-vested comedic pest created by actor Jim Varney ... promising ("Ernest Saves Christmas") to the dubious ("Ernest Goes to Africa"). Varney, a chain ...

Bill Byrge, a comedian and actor known for his appearances alongside Jim Varney in various ... series “Hey Vern, It’s Ernest” and “Ernest Saves Christmas,” which is notable for ...

Ernest Saves Christmas is the second entry in the Ernest series and the third film in which the eponymous character appears. The cast includes Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell, Douglas Seale as ...

Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell, on set shooting a commercial circa 1986. Varney’s next film, Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) would go on to be the highest-grossing Ernest movie, making just over ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Bill Byrge, who showed up as the quiet but feisty Bobby on a kids TV show and in four of the goofy Ernest comedies that starred Jim Varney, has died. He was 86.