[9], "Weekend Box Office Results for April 6–8, 1990", "Review/Film;Ernest Again, Invulnerable To Life's Inanimate Objects", Knowhutimean? Ernest Goes to Jail is a 1990 American comedy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. The reviews for the movie were universally negative.[4][5][6]. From Coraline to ParaNorman check out some of our favorite family-friendly movie picks to watch this Halloween. He uses his super powers to fly through the skylight of the bank with a bomb that Nash had attached to the vault which leads to a spectacular mid-air explosion. The last line is a classic, as is Ernest's gangster impressions, his best moment on film. An alternate edit of this film aired on NBC in August 1994, which contained several additional scenes not found on its home media releases, including an alternative ending scene where Ernest now works as a bank clerk, but another electrical mishap causes a file cabinet to fly towards him. This is the second most successful of the Ernest films, behind Ernest Saves Christmas. In 1986, Byrge began appearing alongside longtime co-star Gailard Sartain in a series of "Me and My Brother Bobby" commercials, produced by the Nashville advertising company Carden and Cherry, the same company responsible for the Ernest P. Worrell commercials with Jim Varney. Ernest takes a bath at home in a tumble dry washing machine and uses a blow dryer with a wind-tunnel force for his evening dinner with Charlotte in a restaurant. Ernest joins the Army reserves so he can drive the bigrigs, but ends up being sent into combat! Bill Byrge (born July 16, 1932) is an American character actor and comedian, best known for his work as Bobby in various Ernest P. Worrell projects. They also released the film for the first time on Blu-ray on March 29, 2011 in a single disc Double Feature set along with Ernest Goes to Camp. Bank janitor Ernest P. Worrell is called to jury duty and soon finds himself in trouble when the lookalike defendant's attorney arranges a switch and has Ernest sent to prison in his client's place. Byrge has also been involved in a number of music videos and theater productions in his hometown of Nashville. He later receives in the mail a summons to jury duty in court and tells the two watchmen about it. Buffoonish Ernest and his dimwitted pal Abner unearth a huge cannon reputed to contain the crown jewels of England. Was this review helpful to you? Ernest accidentally unleashes an ugly troll that plots to transform children into wooden dolls in the town of Briarville, Missouri. In 1986, Byrge began appearing alongside longtime co-star Gailard Sartain in a series of "Me and My Brother Bobby" commercials, produced by the Nashville advertising company Carden and Cherry, the same company responsible for the Ernest P. Worrell commercials with Jim Varney. This FAQ is empty. View production, box office, & company info. How can you not laugh at least once at this movie. Everyone's favorite know-it-all neighbor, the beloved Ernest P. Worell, must head to Africa to save the girl of his dreams from a group of diamond smugglers. Ernest also does not know that he is in prison when he comes to. The electrocution fails, and he is transformed into a type of superhuman, with the ability to shoot lightning bolts from his hands, which shocks other jail members. Ernest then goes to the bank, in his old clothes, only to find that Nash has assumed his identity and is in the process of robbing the bank and is holding Chuck and Charlotte hostage. 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. 5 of 6 people found this review helpful. While having lunch, a guard tells them to stand up and be quiet, when he notices Ernest is making a lot of noise, which almost sends him into the cell. During the ensuing battle between the two of them he gets electrocuted yet again when Nash throws him against an electric cage that the bank had rigged to drop from the ceiling to catch robbers. Jim Varney's recurring dim-bulb character Ernest P. Worrell returns in this film as a school maintenance man seeking to obtain a high school diploma. A feature adaptation of the classic television show, when nice guy redneck Jed Clampett strikes it rich when he finds black oil, and moves him and his kin to posh Beverly Hills. But instead of killing him, the electrocution gives Ernest superhuman powers, enabling him to escape from jail and foil Nash's attempt to rob the bank. Basic premise was Sartain and Byrge were, "Twin brothers who didn't look anything alike", while the schtick was loud-mouth Chuck (Sartain) would endorse a certain product, and in some cases, would bungle something in the process, while his quiet and collected twin brother Bobby (Byrge) would mostly agree with whatever Chuck's sentiments were with a simple, yet enthusiastic nod. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash's sentence to the electric chair. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Afterwards, Sartain was absent from remaining Ernest films, but Byrge continued to portray Bobby, and was paired with somewhat similar characters, including a younger brother Tom (Dallas native John Cadenhead) in Ernest Scared Stupid, and alongside Linda Kash's character Gerta in Ernest Goes to School which was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ernest is on Saturday morning. Add the first question. This has his best lines and is a crowning achievement among the brainless screwball comedies. Now Ernest has become polarized and gained the ability to fly. Funny Man" and throws him into the cell right in front of Lyle who pushes him back while the first attempt fails. 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