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Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
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11 November 1988 (USA)
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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 fun Christmas film
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(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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During filming, production ran into trouble when the reindeer began to shed their antlers, so replacement antlers had to be obtained.
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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.
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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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[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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Christmas is coming, too bad he's in the driver's seat This is a story about how Santa Claus is trying to find a replacement but he is having trouble doing things on his own so a teenage girl and zany cab driver (Ernest) work together to help Santa save Christmas before it's too late for everyone. Will they succeed? Or will Ernest's accident prone nature destroy their chances.
Well out of all the Ernest movies that were out there I found only about 4 of them to be any good and this one is definitely one of the good ones. Jim Varney is a great character actor and I feel bad that he had been caged into this role so many times. Of course he is very good at the role and it shows with this film. The comedy is slapstick in nature but highly entertaining with good character interaciton. The acting is passable overall and the story is a fairly good heartwarming one. At this time of year there are a few movies that I consider classic must see's and this is one of those.