Ernest Goes to Camp

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Bumbling bank janitor Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, and soon finds himself in trouble when he is covertly switched with a look-a-like crime boss. Ernest must escape from jail to expose the mix-up.

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22 shared reasons

actor: Jeffrey Buckner Ford actor: Jim Varney actor: Daniel Butler actor: Mac Bennett actor: Mike Hutchinson actor: Gailard Sartain certification: PG character: Ernest P. Worrell country: US crew: Martin Erlichman crew: Stacy Williams crew: Carol Sue Byron crew: Terry Arthur director: John Cherry franchise: Ernest Collection genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en popularityBand: niche rating: 5 studio: Emshell Producers studio: Touchstone Pictures

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81 min PG US EN Comedy Family Crime 169 votes

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When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.

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24 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney actor: Daniel Butler actor: Mike Hutchinson actor: Gailard Sartain certification: PG character: Ernest P. Worrell country: US crew: Martin Erlichman crew: Stacy Williams crew: Carol Sue Byron crew: Terry Arthur crew: Loolee De Leon decade: 1980s director: John Cherry franchise: Ernest Collection genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en popularityBand: niche rating: 5 runtimeRange: movie:91-120 studio: Emshell Producers studio: Silver Screen Partners III studio: Touchstone Pictures

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91 min PG US EN Comedy Family 206 votes

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Well-intentioned, eternally bumbling Ernest P. Worrell accidentally releases an evil demon from its sacred tomb. As the demon flexes its power and goes on a ruinous rampage, good-guy Ernest tries to step in to save the town from mass destruction. Trouble is, a 200-year-old curse has scared Ernest stupid, and that means hilarity all around! So, kick back and let the laugh-ridden adventures begin.

Why this

21 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney actor: Daniel Butler actor: Larry Black actor: Mike Hutchinson certification: PG country: US crew: Martin Erlichman crew: Stacy Williams crew: Terry Arthur director: John Cherry franchise: Ernest Collection genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en popularityBand: niche rating: 5 runtimeRange: movie:91-120 studio: Emshell Producers studio: Touchstone Pictures writer: Coke Sams writer: John Cherry

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91 min PG US EN Comedy Family Horror 206 votes

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Evil baddie Dr. Otto Von-Schnick-ick-ick tries to take over the planet by first destroying all of our financial systems, collapsing the world's economy and sending populations across the globe into mass panic! Only one goody-goody can stop him.. or can he? The oblivious Lance Sterling is on the case! With the aid of his underappreciated assistant Doris, will Lance manage to save the day and defeat Doctor Otto before the mad scientist's megalomaniacal plan is fulfilled? Or will the villain succeed in distracting them to their doom with his many convincing costumes, courtesy of his own convenient Changing Coffin? Tune in to find out!

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17 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney actor: Daniel Butler actor: Mac Bennett certification: PG cinematographer: Jim May composer: Shane Keister country: US crew: Glenn Petach crew: Kathy Emily Cherry decade: 1980s director: John Cherry genre: Comedy language: en rating: 5 runtimeRange: movie:91-120 writer: Coke Sams writer: John Cherry

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91 min PG US EN Comedy Science Fiction Adventure 26 votes

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Buffoonish Ernest and his dimwitted pal Abner unearth a huge cannon reputed to contain the crown jewels of England.

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13 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney certification: PG character: Ernest P. Worrell crew: Stacy Williams crew: Terry Arthur director: John Cherry franchise: Ernest Collection genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en runtimeRange: movie:91-120 studio: Emshell Producers writer: John Cherry

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99 min PG CA EN Comedy Family 60 votes

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The title says it all. There's a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene wants a man of action, and doesn't think that Ernest fits the bill. After the bad guys come looking for the stolen diamonds and kidnap Rene, all of her fantasies come true as Ernest has to go to Africa to rescue her.

Why this

11 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney certification: PG character: Ernest P. Worrell country: US director: John Cherry franchise: Ernest Collection genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en studio: Emshell Producers writer: John Cherry

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90 min PG US EN Comedy Family Adventure 64 votes

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Ernest P. Worrell becomes a basketball star after an angel bearing an uncanny resemblance to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gives him a pair of magic sneakers.

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12 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney certification: PG character: Ernest P. Worrell crew: Terry Arthur director: John Cherry franchise: Ernest Collection genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en runtimeRange: movie:91-120 studio: Emshell Producers writer: John Cherry

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93 min PG CA EN Comedy Family Romance 59 votes

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Ernest finds his old family album in the attic and discusses his family members from the album to his neighbor, Vern.

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10 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney actor: Mac Bennett cinematographer: Jim May decade: 1980s director: John Cherry genre: Comedy language: en rating: 5 writer: Coke Sams writer: John Cherry

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57 min NO EN Comedy 8 votes

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Jim Varney's recurring dim-bulb character Ernest P. Worrell returns in this film as a school janitor seeking to obtain a high school diploma.

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11 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney certification: PG character: Ernest P. Worrell crew: Stacy Williams crew: Terry Arthur franchise: Ernest Collection genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en studio: Emshell Producers writer: Coke Sams

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89 min PG CA EN Family Comedy 83 votes

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Hey Vern, It's Ernest! is a short lived American children's television program. It aired on Saturday mornings on CBS for one season in 1988. Each episode involved short sketches based around a certain theme or scenario, featuring the popular fictional character Ernest P. Worrell, his unseen friend Vern, and various others. The series was a production of Ernest creator John Cherry's production company, The Emshell Producers' Group, in association with CBS, and was distributed by DIC Entertainment. The series was later rerun on The Family Channel in the early 1990s.

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9 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney actor: Mac Bennett actor: Gailard Sartain country: US decade: 1980s genre: Comedy language: en rating: 5 studio: Emshell Producers

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30 min CBS Ended 1 seasons 13 aired NR US EN Comedy 9 votes

Seasons

• Season 113 episodes

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Ernest P. Worrell is now in the military as a soldier. Once he begins, him and his team investigates a dictator who was responsible for the wars in the nearly village. Suddenly, Ernest finds a lost boy and has to keep him safe until his father recovers.

Why this

8 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney certification: PG director: John Cherry franchise: Ernest Collection genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en writer: John Cherry

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85 min PG ZA EN Comedy Family 56 votes

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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 April 1, 1988 would be entered into a random drawing to win a $10,000 prize.

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8 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney cinematographer: Jim May decade: 1980s director: John Cherry genre: Comedy language: en rating: 5 year: 1987

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55 min NO EN Comedy 3 votes

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This movie looks at the last years (not days, as implied in the title) of famous outlaws, Frank and Jesse James. The film opens in 1877 with the brothers trying to settle down after 15 years of thievery. Frank is shown to be a book-loving and family-oriented man, while brother Jesse is a money-hungry womanizer. The movie follows their lives through Jesse's death at the hands of the "rotten little coward" Bob Ford and Frank's death in 1892.

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9 shared reasons

actor: Jeffrey Buckner Ford actor: Daniel Butler actor: Mac Bennett certification: PG country: US decade: 1980s language: en rating: 5 runtimeRange: movie:91-120

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120 min PG US EN TV Movie Action Drama Western 12 votes

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Mild-mannered dirt-poor hill-dweller Jed Clampett strikes it rich when oil is discovered on his property. At cousin Pearl's insistence, he moves his family to Beverly Hills to better enjoy his newfound wealth.

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9 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney certification: PG character: Jake country: US genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en popularityBand: niche runtimeRange: movie:91-120

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93 min PG US EN Comedy Family 581 votes

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'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

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9 shared reasons

actor: Danny Capri certification: PG country: US decade: 1980s genre: Comedy language: en runtimeRange: movie:91-120 studio: Silver Screen Partners III studio: Touchstone Pictures

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104 min PG US EN Fantasy Animation Comedy Crime 6,116 votes

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Detective Scott Turner has three days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemeanors. When Amos Reed is murdered, Scott sets himself on the case, but the closest thing to a witness to the murder is Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott has to take care of—to avoid Hooch being 'put to sleep'.

Why this

9 shared reasons

certification: PG country: US decade: 1980s genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en runtimeRange: movie:91-120 studio: Silver Screen Partners III studio: Touchstone Pictures

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99 min PG US EN Action Comedy Thriller Crime Family 1,417 votes

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Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor with a bizarre approach to business.

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9 shared reasons

actor: Jacob Vargas certification: PG country: US genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en popularityBand: niche rating: 5 runtimeRange: movie:91-120

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92 min PG US EN Family Comedy 673 votes

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In this dystopian-musical-comedy, corporations and self-appointed guardians of "decency" and "morality" have society in a fascist choke-hold. It's up to a rag-tag group of actors, artists, and musicians to save the world the only way they know how - through the power of - wait for it - Performance Art! Led by the legendary Existo, his faithful sidekick Maxine, provocateur Marcel, and Vigo, this troupe of subversive insurgents have the Religio-Capitalist Complex in their cross-hairs. But the powers-that-be know Existo's weak spot - his ravenous libido - and seek to exploit it to derail the Revolution with a secret weapon - a curly-haired corporate-pop singer named Penelope.

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8 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney actor: Gailard Sartain cinematographer: Jim May country: US crew: Terry Arthur language: en runtimeRange: movie:91-120 writer: Coke Sams

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94 min R US EN 4 votes

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Con man Ray is going after one last heist – a stash of rare coins – when his estranged son Timmy unexpectedly shows up. Ray is too preoccupied with his robbery to spend time with his son, so Timmy blackmails him into acting like a father, hiding the coins and promises to return them only after Ray takes him to amusement parks and baseball games.

Why this

9 shared reasons

actor: Gailard Sartain certification: PG country: US genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en popularityBand: niche rating: 5 runtimeRange: movie:91-120

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109 min PG US EN Comedy Crime Family 215 votes

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Hey Vern! Your ol' buddy Ernest is back in a new video that features Commercials, Bloopers, Behind-the-Scenes looks, and special surprises! Ernest sells things like ice cream, soft drinks, dairy products, even beer! He also has public service announcements on drunk driving and more. It also shows how Ernest commercials are made, and with the bloopers, how they're attempted to be made. It also features many of Ernest's long lived routines: the window slamming on his hands, falling off a ladder, trying to fix the TV and getting electrocuted, him propping the window with an Acme window stop, removing it and the window falls on him again, Ernest starting to fall off the ladder but tosses an anchor onto the roof, Vern cuts the rope and Ernest goes sailing to the ground.

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6 shared reasons

actor: Jim Varney director: John Cherry genre: Comedy genre: Family language: en rating: 5

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53 min NO EN Family Comedy 11 votes