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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Ed Turner (story)
B. Kline (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
11 November 1988 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A holiday comedy unlike any other! more
Plot:
Ernest helps Santa Claus as he searches for his successor. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Great Start, But 'Santa' Dropped The Sleigh more (31 total)
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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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Runtime:
95 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The only Ernest movie in which Vern "appears". more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Ernest runs away from the conveyor belt he says "have a nice day" but his mouth doesn't move. more
Quotes:
Ernest P. Worell: You know, I don't tell many people this, but Christmas is just about my favorite time. Ever since I was a little kid, I always felt like it was my own personal holiday. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Star Wars (1977) more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Great Start, But 'Santa' Dropped The Sleigh, 7 January 2007
4/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

This movie started off great; the first 30 minutes are very funny and clever with some interesting characters. That's the good news. The bad news is that the film then gets too repetitive and then it gets downright stupid.

What we wind up getting is a Santa Claus with "magical" powers with a lot of New Age baloney thrown in the mix. It's just ridiculous and hardly the kind of "Christmas movie" I would expect from Jim Varney's "Ernest."

To be fair, it still had a decent amount of laughs and is profanity-free but just not a film I could recommend.

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