tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721496858742471361.post2482200833887741800..comments2024-01-26T07:11:42.749-05:00Comments on Let's Get Out Of Here!: A-Z Challenge 2015: V is for Jim Varney!Craig Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721496858742471361.post-82126871830599582692015-05-02T21:59:40.936-04:002015-05-02T21:59:40.936-04:00I'm glad you got to enjoy something with him -...I'm glad you got to enjoy something with him - and at the perfect time in your life. The later movies were all very low budget and mostly (if not completely) shot in South Africa (?) and to be honest I've not seen them all either. I got a box set of them for cheap on DVD - but I got what I paid for and the discs were unplayably defective. I've since added different editions to the video vault, so one day I should have the entire Ernest ouevre under my belt...Craig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721496858742471361.post-41501025904687949432015-04-27T12:41:10.574-04:002015-04-27T12:41:10.574-04:00Varney always seemed like a strange one to me; bei...Varney always seemed like a strange one to me; being on the other side of the Atlantic mean't we didn't get those commercials, so I just assumed it was a character made up for the movies. As a kid I loved them - Ernest Scared Stupid, Saves Christmas and Goes to Jail seem to have stuck in my head the most, and after Scared Stupid, I was probably growing out of watching this sort of thing, so never saw the later movies.It was great to hear him in Toy Story, though - admittedly I was sad to see his name absent on the 3rd film, as I had no idea he had died. RIP Jim!JP Mulvanettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381363705787780363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721496858742471361.post-47138083073431991582015-04-27T09:28:35.277-04:002015-04-27T09:28:35.277-04:00Thanks, Bob - when the challenge is over I will be...Thanks, Bob - when the challenge is over I will be coming by your blog for more visits. Craig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721496858742471361.post-52989527450291932642015-04-25T12:59:11.763-04:002015-04-25T12:59:11.763-04:00First I need to look into this Dr. Otto movie stat...First I need to look into this Dr. Otto movie stat! We still watch Ernest scared stupid every Halloween. It is truly hard not to miss Jim Varney. Now if you would excuse me I need to dig up my Hey Vern DVD pop some corn and reminisce. Awesome post.Bob Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02218170399251710882noreply@blogger.com