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Daniel Butler (additional dialogue)
John R. Cherry III (writer)
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Ernest P. Worrell grows a hand out of the top of his head and tries to destroy the world. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Jim Varney ... Dr. Otto / Rudd Hardtact / Laughin' Jack / Guy Dandy / Auntie Nelda / Ernest P. Worrell
Glenn Petach ... Otto's Head Hand
Myke R. Mueller ... Lance
Jackie Welch ... Doris
Daniel Butler ... Slave Willie / Kegler
Esther Huston ... Tina
Tina Goetze ... Rhonda Sue
Jennifer Wood ... Monique
David Landon ... Bank Pres. Rutherford
Mac Bennett ... V.P. #1
Winslow Stillman ... Lance's Dad
Mary Jane Harvill ... Lance's Mom
Irv Kane ... Herr Vonschnick
Leslie Potter ... Mme. Vonschnick
Bill Middleton ... Man at Autoteller
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97 min
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Lance: [reading from Otto's riddle] "It was he who had an eye,but could not see.It was he who served Bouillabaisse,when he was a she".
Doris: Bouillabaisse,it originated on the coast of France.
Lance: I know that.As you know,I'm a gourmet cook.
Doris: Yeah,it shows.
Lance: There is not an ounce of fat on my body! I'm on the metric system!
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Followed by Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) more
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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Jim Varney alone is worth the viewing..., 16 September 2001
Author: markbond from Rochester

The only reason that the movie is considered to be part of the Ernest P. Worrell series is because the character of Ernest appears for 2 minutes at the beginning and end of the film. But you should not track down a copy of the film only to see Ernest. The best part of the movie is the very dark, very funny characters that come right out of Jim Varney's imagination.

This is a very dark comedy about an evil, dispicable, deformed guy named "Dr. Otto Von Schnick-ick-ick-ick". He had a horrible childhood which he blames on his parents (whom prayed nightly that Otto would run away), and on his days in High School. Now, he hates everyone and everything, and hopes to destroy the world with his "gloom beam". He is heard to remark, 'my gloom beam will level entire cities, and maybe, hopefully, take out a couple homeless orphans and their puppies as a bonus!!'

Varney also plays 4 other characters in the film. A stuttering Australian mercenary that runs a Day Care Center for teaching children how to become militia. A Pirate with a parrot permanently on his shoulder who calls everyone "Jim". The old woman with the neck brace (who appears in every Ernest movie) who complains about her sons who no longer care for her. And 'Jim Dandy'- the richest man on Earth.

this is a must for any Ernest fan, and for everyone else, watch the movie, but fast forward whenever Jim Varney isn't on screen.

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