We spoke at length with Ernest and the Dreamstone writer Corey Perkins and Jim Varney's biographer (and cousin) Justin Lloyd.
has already nearly tripled its initial funding goals on Kickstarter with more than a week to go in the drive. The real work is starting soon — and it’s notable not just because the planned graphic novel is definitely going to happen now…but because it shows there is still a good deal of enthusiasm for Ernest himself. The character will return in, along with Dr. Otto, another character performed by the late Jim Varney.
Of course, he’d probably feel like, “well, I’m good, “…but nobody’s going to play it as good as me,” perhaps, but that I think he would feel good about the fact that he made such an impact with that character, that people still want to see that character. He was so many different types of people in, in one person, but there were definitely a lot of elements of Ernest that were part of him. The curiosity that he had, the natural curiosity about things; wanting to be your friend; and probably most of all, just being authentic. I think no matter what you can say about Ernest, he was who he was, warts and all. I think that was a lot of Jim as well in that.I find the commercials interesting, because he was never Flo from Progressive.
It’s not like they were like, “Oh, we have what’ll work.” It was like, “Well, we don’t have enough money, so we’ll just have the camera guy hold it, and he’ll act like Vern. They stumbled upon something really genius, because there’s a reason why these commercials took over America and captured the hearts of so many people, and Ernest became such a pop culture sensation.
Having the camera so close to his face, they couldn’t use cue cards. So he did pretty much have to memorize all of those commercials. A lot of them, there was a good amount of dialogue.films, not only was Jim Varney involved in this, but there was also an awesome team of writers — really funny people — that were involved in writing these scripts, and it’s really brilliant some of the stuff they came up with.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Every Movie Starring Both Corey Haim & Corey Feldman, RankedCorey Haim and Corey Feldman from The Lost Boys
Read more »
Stuart Varney: Trump-Harris debate didn't give voters what they neededFOX Business' Stuart Varnery discussed the ABC News presidental debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia.
Read more »
Stuart Varney: A Trump debate win may seal the presidency despite the media's Harris biasFOX Business' Stuart Varney previewed the first presidential debate on ABC News between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Read more »
Stuart Varney: Hurricanes Milton and Helene are churning 'serious' long-term effectsFOX Business' Stuart Varney questioned the effectiveness of the federal government on the heels of Hurricane Helene and the ongoing preparations for Hurricane Milton.
Read more »
Stuart Varney: This is 'image polishing' week for Kamala HarrisFOX Business' Stuart Varney argued Donald Trump would never get the treatment from the press Kamala Harris will receive this week during her 'friendly' media blitz.
Read more »
Stuart Varney: Voters may prefer Trump's grit over 'smiley' Harris as crisis loomsFOX Business' Stuart Varney discussed Kamala Harris' media blitz with '60 Minutes,' 'The View,' Howard Stern and Stephen Colbert while Americans face catastrophe from Hurricane Helene.
Read more »