Ernest P. Worrell, played by Jim Varney, was a TV pitchman who made the jump to film. The "Ernest" movies are charming and ...

A documentary about the life and career of Jim Varney, the actor who portrayed Ernest P. Worrell, is in post-production. The documentary, titled "The Importance of Being Ernest," will feature unseen ...

Hey Vern, it’s another annual Ernest Day in Dickson County this weekend. Yes, that famed catchphrase is required in every “Ernest P. Worrell” story. And, yep, Ernest Day is indeed a big deal, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — With just a few days until Father's Day, one of the best ways to know a dad is to know what makes him laugh. For that reason, a local man says many people kind of knew his ...

The concept of Ernest may seem alien to those below a certain age demographic, but for children of the 1980s and '90s, he was his own little phenomenon. Nashville-based advertising executive John R.