Ernest Saves Christmas Part 1: Birth of Ernest, First Commercials and Signing with Disney
Behind The Bells Podcast
English - January 18, 2021 23:57 - 26 minutes - 50.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsFilm History TV & Film History christmas moviepodcast tvhistory christmaspodcast film filmpodcast holiday holidays movie moviehistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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"Trust people. It pays off more then you think"
In order to talk about Ernest Saves Christmas, I felt it was important to discuss Jim Varney's background, how he started to do commercials, how Ernest got his start, and why he got popular.
And believe it or not, Disney got on board after discovering Ernest was more popular then the governor of Indiana and even Mickey Mouse. Let's go for a ride!