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On June 15, 1949, Jim Varney was born. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 OP
Oh, Ernest cyclonefence Jun 2024 #1
I liked his portrayal of a country hayseed as good-natured and genial, rather than backward and vicious. Aristus Jun 2024 #2
Great guy. OldBaldy1701E Jun 2024 #3
Cerritos Auto square (california car sales area) includes him in history documentary Demovictory9 Jun 2024 #4

cyclonefence

(5,051 posts)
1. Oh, Ernest
Mon Jun 17, 2024, 10:19 AM
Jun 2024

we hardly knew ye.

He had a short-lived but hilarious TV show, as well as his work in movies:

Aristus

(69,954 posts)
2. I liked his portrayal of a country hayseed as good-natured and genial, rather than backward and vicious.
Mon Jun 17, 2024, 10:42 AM
Jun 2024

His hilarious Southern malapropisms had the ring of truth. I grew up around proper-English-mangling Southerners.

OldBaldy1701E

(7,872 posts)
3. Great guy.
Mon Jun 17, 2024, 10:49 AM
Jun 2024

Met him while he was doing commercials. Very funny. I used to have all of his Saturday morning show, 'Hey Vern, It's Ernest!'.

Demovictory9

(35,773 posts)
4. Cerritos Auto square (california car sales area) includes him in history documentary
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 04:16 PM
Jun 2024

Commercials featuring barney helped put cerritos auto square on the map

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