Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Who is Ernest P. Worrell? Well, he's a comedic icon played by actor Jim Varney. Who is Jim Varney? A Kentucky legend who will soon ...

Before the era of streaming, viewing options were limited. That meant if it was on TV and good, everyone knew what it was. And everyone knew who Ernest was in the 80s and 90s. He was a fixture of that ...

"Ernest Goes to Camp" proved that Jim Varney had the talent and drive to transition from being a humble pitchman into a movie star. He would go on to turn Ernest into a cultural icon for countless ...