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Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

 -  Comedy | Family | Fantasy  -  11 November 1988 (USA)
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Ernest helps Santa Claus as he searches for his successor.

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An obnoxious and bumbling but well-meaning man attempts to help Santa Claus find a successor. Failure wouild mean that there would be no Christmas. Written by K. Rose <rcs@texas.net>

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santa claus | christmas | holiday | sequel | actor playing multiple roles | See more »

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A holiday comedy unlike any other! See more »

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Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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11 November 1988 (USA)  »

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Chaotische Weihnachten  »

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$6,000,000 (estimated)

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$28,202,109 (USA)
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Trivia

The only Ernest movie in which Vern "appears". See more »

Goofs

At the very beginning of the movie, the plane that lands is a 2 engine DC-9 (or possibly an MD-80, an updated version of a DC-9). But the plane at the gate is a 3 engine Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. See more »

Quotes

Santa Claus, aka 'Seth Applegate': Trust people. It pays off more often that you think.
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Crazy Credits

(closing wishes) Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! KnoWhutImean? See more »

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Follows Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) See more »

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Jim Varney at his best!!!
16 November 2001 | by (Hollywood) – See all my reviews

This, my personal favorite Ernest film, is arguably one of the funniest. And its holiday theme adds that extra something for a comedy franchise (like Christmas Vacation did for the National Lampoon films). Basic story has Ernest literally save Christmas, with predictable but sometimes hilarious results. If you ever thought Ernest's schtick was funny, you gotta see this. And if you wanna laugh for the holidays, you can do a lot worse than this.
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