Dr. Otto grows a hand out of the top of his head and tries to destroy the world.
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| Jim Varney | ... | Dr. Otto / Rudd Hardtact / Laughin' Jack / Guy Dandy / Auntie Nelda / Ernest P. Worrell | |
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Glenn Petach | ... | Otto's Head Hand |
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Myke R. Mueller | ... | Lance |
| Jackie Welch | ... | Doris | |
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Daniel Butler | ... | Slave Willie / Kegler |
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Esther Huston | ... | Tina |
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Tina Goetze | ... | Rhonda Sue |
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Jennifer Wood | ... | Monique |
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David Landon | ... | Bank Pres. Rutherford |
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Mac Bennett | ... | V.P. #1 |
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Winslow Stillman | ... | Lance's Dad |
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Mary Jane Harvill | ... | Lance's Mom |
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Irv Kane | ... | Herr Vonschnick |
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Leslie Potter | ... | Mme. Vonschnick |
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Bill Middleton | ... | Man at Autoteller |
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Ernest P. Worrel tries out a strange contraption he bought cheaply called the Changing Coffin. The machine turns him into his opposite - a mad scientist and supervillain bent on world domination called Dr. Otto. He plans to use his Gloom Beam to render all the computers that keep people's financial records and bank accounts useless which would make him the only one with access to all this dough. Bumbling hero Lance Sterling and his cautious sidekick Doris are sent to Dr. Otto's lair to stop him. There, they must face various scary alter egos of Dr. Otto as well as his manservant, Willie the Robot.
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19 July 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Slave Willie: Bouillabaisse cannot be hurried, doctor!
Dr. Otto: [a moan comes from the refrigerator, he shoots it several times] Now, battery breath, now!
Slave Willie: It really does need a few more moments for the ingredients to marinate in their essences.
Dr. Otto: Now all of a sudden I have a Julia Child to deal with.
Slave Willie: But doctor,
[Otto sticks Willie's hand into a blender]
Slave Willie: no,wait,not liquefy,doctor!
[Otto turns blender on, Willie screams]
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Dr. Otto: [as Auntie Nelda,enters the kitchen] Hurry up sockethead,they're waiting to eat!Slave Willie: Bouillabaisse cannot be hurried, doctor!
Dr. Otto: [a moan comes from the refrigerator, he shoots it several times] Now, battery breath, now!
Slave Willie: It really does need a few more moments for the ingredients to marinate in their essences.
Dr. Otto: Now all of a sudden I have a Julia Child to deal with.
Slave Willie: But doctor,
[Otto sticks Willie's hand into a blender]
Slave Willie: no,wait,not liquefy,doctor!
[Otto turns blender on, Willie screams]
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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.