Ernest. A famous name for many reasons, including Kentucky's own Jim Varney. Ernest P. Worrell "goes to camp" and "saves Christmas," but now is a documentary.

Growing up, I watched the various Ernest movies more than any young kid should. From the days of catching Ernest Scared Stupid on cable to being gifted a copy of Ernest Goes to Camp on VHS to ...

So began a long partnership between the two, which included the 1988 film Ernest Saves Christmas and TV show, Hey, Vern, It’s Ernest!, 1990’s Ernest Goes to Jail, 1991’s Ernest Scared Stupid ...

Byrge, who played Bobby in the Ernest franchise, earned film credits in Ernest Saves Christmas (1988), Ernest Goes To Jail (1990), Ernest Scared Stupid (1991), and Ernest Goes To School (1994).

Bill Byrge, an actor who played Bobby in several of the "Ernest" comedy films, died on Monday at the age of 92 in Nashville, Tennessee.

He co-starred in the two other Disney-released “Ernest” movies – 1990’s “Ernest Goes to Jail” and 1991’s “Ernest Scared Stupid,” all of which were modest hits (and now cult ...

Bill Byrge, an actor who appeared in many of the “Ernest” comedy films as “Bobby,” died on Thursday at the age of 92 in Nashville, Tenn. Byrge’s cousin, Sharon Chapman, confirmed his ...

I’m not saying Ernest Scared Stupid is one of the best ‘90s movies or anything like that, but the classic Halloween comedy has been one of my favorites since I first watched it as a kid ...

Ernest Scared Stupid follows the titular character as he scrambles to deal with the aftermath of an honest mistake. Actually, that’s probably the setup for about 90% of Ernest films.

And now, because it's October and why not, I leave you with this particularly memorable sequence from 1991's Ernest Scared Stupid, which I will probably never forget as long as I live.

We spoke at length with Ernest and the Dreamstone writer Corey Perkins and Jim Varney's biographer (and cousin) Justin Lloyd.