23 - The Unmade Ernest Movies
Ernest Goes to Podcast
English - May 22, 2019 12:00 - 2 hours - 111 MB - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsTV & Film advertising 1990s character movies jim varney ernest commercials 1980s Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We've pored over every Ernest film they ever made—but what about the ones they didn't? Erin, David, and Dan unearth a treasure trove of unmade Ernest pitches, buried deep in an ocean of untapped potential. And the race is on!
In this episode:
Know the Artist: Interview with Coke Sams (web archive link)Lair of Lost Films blog: Unproduced Ernest FilmsErnest the Pirate = Pirates of the Plain (trailer)Ernest/Dr. Otto and the Song of Tarantula Women Ernest in ParadiseErnest and the Bold CrusaderErnest Spaced OutRocketmanErnest and the Curse of the Voodoo KingErnest and the Water BabyDrawings of the Water Baby by John Cherry (from his book “Keeper of the Clown”)All the what-might-have-beensPitching our dream Ernest genre moviesAdditional sources:Jim Varney interview by Donald Porter (1987)“Ernest’s Transition from TV to Film” in EW (1990)“Ernest Spaced Out” in LA Times clipping (1989)Unmade Ernest movies in The Tennessean clipping (1989)“Hey Vern! Jim Varney’s For Real!” (1990)