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11 November 1988 (USA) more
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A holiday comedy unlike any other! more
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Ernest helps Santa Claus as he searches for his successor. full summary | add synopsis
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A Holiday Classic (Laugh All You Want) more (30 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jim Varney | ... | Ernest P. Worrel / Aster Clement, the governor's student / Auntie Nelda ('Mrs. Brock, Marty's Mother') / The Snake Guy |
 | Douglas Seale | ... | Santa Claus / 'Seth Applegate' / 'Mr. Santos' |
| Oliver Clark | ... | Joe Curruthers |
 | Noelle Parker | ... | Harmony Star / 'Pamela Trenton' |
| Gailard Sartain | ... | Chuck |
| Bill Byrge | ... | Bobby |
| Billie Bird | ... | Mary Morrissey |
| Robert Lesser | ... | Marty Brock |
| Key Howard | ... | Immigration Agent |
| Jack Swanson | ... | Businessman |
| Buddy Douglas | ... | Pyramus |
| Patty Maloney | ... | Thisbe |
| Beecher Martin | ... | Agent Skippy |
| Barry Brazell | ... | Cab Passenger |
| George Kaplan | ... | Mr. Dills |
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95 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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During filming, production ran into trouble when the reindeer began to shed their antlers, so replacement antlers had to be obtained. more
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: Ernest shouts to the nervous taxi passenger after pushing him on the conveyor belt, yet his lips don't move. more
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Ernest P. Worell:
[disguised as a snake rancher, referring to the venomous snakes in the back of his truck] Ya want one fer yer boy? I gave one to my boy last year...
[removes his hat]
Ernest P. Worell:
[singing] Rock of ages... a-cleft fer me... let me hide myself in thee... That's all these movie people want...”pisin"!
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References Cool Hand Luke (1967) more
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Maybe "Ernest Saves Christmas" will never be one of the most well-respected holiday comedies ever made. Maybe it didn't win the Best Picture Academy Award. Maybe it isn't a four-star movie or even a very popular one, but it's still a Christmas must every year. Underneath the layers of "Hee-Haw"-level blue-collar humor so synonymous with Ernest is a Christmas movie with heart-- surprising for the classic character. In a funny way, it almost seems like a different take on "Miracle on 34th Street"-- the old man who knows he's Santa Claus and the cynical young girl who says it isn't so. "Ernest Saves Christmas" remains one of the ideal holiday comedies around, whether it was a serious movie or not.