Jim Varney - Wikipedia. Jim Varney. Varney in the film The Expert (1. Born. James Albert Varney Jr.(1. June 1. 5, 1. 94.

Lexington, Kentucky, U. S. Died. February 1. White House, Tennessee, U. S. Cause of death. Lung cancer. Resting place. Lexington Cemetery.

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Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Occupation. Actor, comedian, writer. Years active. 19. Known for. Ernest P. Watch Eric &Amp; Ernie Online Free 2016.

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June 1. 5, 1. 94. February 1. 0, 2. American actor, comedian, and writer, best known for his role as Ernest P. Worrell, who was used in numerous television commercial advertising campaigns and movies, earning him fame worldwide[1][2][3] and a Daytime Emmy Award. He gained further notability for playing Jed Clampett in the movie version of The Beverly Hillbillies (1. Slinky Dog in Toy Story (1. Toy Story 2 (1. 99.

Early life[edit]James Albert Varney Jr. Lexington, Kentucky.

He was the fourth child and only son of James Albert Varney Sr. Nancy Louise Varney (née Howard).[4][5]As a child, Varney displayed the ability to memorize long poems and significant portions of material from books, which he used to entertain family and friends. When Varney was a boy, his mother would put the black and white television on cartoons for him to watch. His mother discovered that Varney quickly began to imitate the cartoon characters, so she started him in children's theater when he was 8 years old. Varney began his interest in theater as a teenager, winning state titles in drama competitions while a student at Lafayette High School[6] (class of 1.

Lexington. At the age of 1. Ebenezer Scrooge in a local theater production, and by 1. Varney studied Shakespeare at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia and performed in an Opryland folk show in its first year of operation in the 1.

He listed a former teacher, Thelma Beeler, as being one of the main contributing factors in his becoming an actor. When he was 2. 4, Varney was an actor at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky. The theater was adjacent to an Old West- themed village and prior to the show the audience would tour the village where apprentices would play townsfolk.

Varney and the company usually played in the outdoor theater to audiences of only a few dozen people. Varney would regale the young apprentices by throwing knives into trees. He performed in Blithe Spirit, Boeing 7. Fire on the Mountain. He once jokingly threatened a long- haired apprentice, John Lino Ponzini, that he would take him up to Hazard, Kentucky where he (Ponzini) wouldn't make it down Main Street without the townsfolk giving him a crewcut.[3]Television commercials[edit]In 1.

Varney as "Ernest" advertised an appearance by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders at Beech Bend Park, an amusement park located near Bowling Green, Kentucky. The character was franchised for use in markets all over the country and was used often by dairies to advertise milk products. For example, the Midwestern dairy bar chain Braum's ran several advertisements using Ernest's catchphrase (as it was spelled in his registered trademark), "Kno.

Whut. Imean, Vern?" Purity Dairies, based in Nashville, Pine State Dairy in Raleigh, NC, and Oakhurst Dairy in Maine ran commercials that were nearly identical, but with the dairy name changed.[citation needed]For the same agency, Varney created a different character, Sgt. Glory, a humorless drill instructor who harangued cows of the client dairy into producing better milk. In another spot, Sgt. Glory's home was shown as he had a date, which was heavily decorated with the products of the sponsor and advertising specialty items that it was essentially devoid of any other decor. The Sgt. Glory character also appeared in an advertisement for a southern grocery chain, Pruitt's Food Town, in which he drilled the checkout clerks on proper behavior: "Bread on top. Repeat: Bread on top." He approaches one of them at the end of the commercial with a look of menace and says, "You're not smilin'." The checkout bagger gives a very nervous and forced smile.[citation needed]Varney also starred as Ernest in a series of commercials that ran in the New Orleans area (and throughout the Gulf South) as a spokesman for natural gas utilities. In one, he is seen kneeling down in front of Vern's desk under a lamp hanging from the ceiling, stating, "Natural Gas, Vern; it's hot, fast, and cheap.

Hot, fast, cheap; kinda like your first wife, Vern, you know, the pretty one!?" Vern then knocks the lamp into Ernest's head, knocking him down. Those same television advertisements also were featured on channels in the St. Louis area for Laclede Gas Company during the mid- 1. Metro Detroit area for Michigan Consolidated Gas Company.

Another TV ad for Laclede Gas featured Ernest saying, "Heat pump, schmeat pump."[citation needed] Varney also appeared in several Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy Stores commercials throughout the 1. These aired on Oklahoma television. Varney also was noted for doing commercials for car dealerships across the country, most notably Cerritos Auto Square in Cerritos, California, Tysons Toyota in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and Audubon Chrysler in Henderson, Kentucky.[7] Another favorite Ernest vehicle was promotions for various TV stations around the nation, including the news team and the weather departments.[citation needed]Varney portrayed Ernest in a series of commercials for Convenient Food Mart during the 1. In 1. 98. 2, Varney co- hosted the syndicated Pop! Goes the Country with singer Tom T. Hall. The show had just had a major overhaul and ended shortly after Varney hosted. Varney also portrayed another character, "Auntie Nelda", in numerous commercials long before he resurrected the character for the movies.

Dressed in drag and appearing to be a senior citizen, the commercials gave off the tone of a motherly lady encouraging one to do what was right (in this case, buy whatever product was being promoted). This character, along with the "Ernest" character, ran for a couple of years in Mississippi and Louisiana in commercials for Leadco Aluminum Siding, a company that would provide estimates for placing aluminum siding on a home. Leadco often bought two- hour slots in local markets. Watch Secrets Online Freeform here. During the slot, a movie was televised, and Varney (as one of his characters) and a Leadco representative would be the only commercial breaks during the movie, promoting only Leadco.[8]During the 1. Varney reprised his role as Ernest for Blake's Lotaburger, a fast food chain in New Mexico. In these commercials, Ernest typically would be trying to get into Vern's house to see what food Vern was eating.

After a lengthy description of whatever tasty morsel Vern had, Ernest would get locked out but would continue to shout from outside.[9]Ernest's popularity[edit]. Jim Varney's handprints, displayed at Disney. Varney's character Ernest proved so popular that it was spun off into a TV series, Hey Vern, It's Ernest! Ernest Goes to Camp (1. U. S. box office, on a $3 million production budget, and staying in the Box Office Top 5 for its first three weeks of release.

Though the film saw Varney nominated for the now- defunct Razzie Award for Worst New Star, only one year later Varney earned the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for Hey Vern, It's Ernest! The canon of theatrically- released Ernest films also includes Ernest Saves Christmas (1. Ernest Goes to Jail (1. Ernest Scared Stupid (1. Ernest Rides Again (1. After the financial failure of Ernest Rides Again, all further films were released direct- to- video: Ernest Goes to School (1. Slam Dunk Ernest (1.

Ernest Goes to Africa (1. Ernest in the Army (1. The Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot theme park featured Ernest. Epcot's Cranium Command attraction used the Ernest character in its pre- show as an example of a "lovable, but not the brightest person on the planet" type of person.

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