Episode #775: Ernest Saves Christmas
Added 2024-12-24 05:00:05 +0000 UTC“The answer to almost all questions we’re gonna ask here is: it’s Florida” - Chris, on the Ernest-related insanity in this movie
On this special Christmas Eve episode, we’re chatting about the silly Christmas cult fave, Ernest Saves Christmas! Why did this old Santa wait so long to give up his Santa power? What’s with Ernest hiding that “Keep the CHRIST in Christmas” bumper sticker in his glove box? Should Ernest even have a driver’s license? Is Santa sad over the fact his home country of Prussia dissolved in the late 1940s? And should this teen girl really be sleeping over at Ernest’s bungalow? PLUS: Ernest criticizes the Jedi’s bad human trafficking habits!
Ernest Saves Christmas stars Jim Varney, Oliver Clark, Noelle Parker, Gailard Sartain, Billie Bird, Bill Byrge, Robert Lesser, and Douglas Seale as Santa; directed by John Cherry.
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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Comments
There actually is a movie called Christmas Slay from 2015 and it seems like it's terrible.
Ray
2025-03-23 16:36:39 +0000 UTCCabin the fucking King of The Relic references
RJ Cunningham
2025-01-01 08:11:14 +0000 UTCOnly saw the summer camp one but the local commercial fan in me enjoys the hell out of the ads.
Ed Harris
2024-12-29 20:01:39 +0000 UTC🤣
Jessica
2024-12-29 17:07:15 +0000 UTC🤣
Jessica
2024-12-29 17:05:15 +0000 UTCOnly one of these I ever saw was the movie with the basketball shoes on the way home from boarding school some random Friday. So i'll be happy to check out one of, the good ones!
Zora McBride
2024-12-29 08:57:52 +0000 UTC"So Ernest is asshole-ing around" Steve made me spit out coffee in my car
JK
2024-12-28 20:00:27 +0000 UTCI watched this with my kids and they were NOT having it. They kept asking why the camera was always so close to his face AND why he always looked so sweaty 🤣🤣
Gerald
2024-12-27 21:25:08 +0000 UTCJust weary of sounding like “that guy” but I suppose if the SHOE fits… You see what I did there…
Jonnie Sea
2024-12-27 18:40:57 +0000 UTCIn Australia in the 80s and 90s we had the strange phenomenon of US and UK TV shows getting movie spin offs and the movies being released in Australia despite the TV shows never airing here. I remember seeing an ad for this on TV and being completely baffled by who Ernest was.
Craig
2024-12-26 12:03:17 +0000 UTCThe name’s Sea, Jonnie Footjob-under-the-table Sea.
Craig
2024-12-26 11:49:44 +0000 UTCI'm ashamed to admit I may need to re-listen because I don't remember the soda ring thing, haha. Nothing about that I can recall being relevant to any past Ernest property though.
Busiris
2024-12-26 00:41:22 +0000 UTCNew WHM episode he, he, he. I would love an episode where you guys do the Ernest laugh 10 times. I love that laugh, any small victory, he, he he.
Tristan
2024-12-25 15:58:46 +0000 UTCCan you confirm the soda ring thing (haven't seen the movie itself, so, sorry for being vague) was a reference to the show?
I.C. Weiner
2024-12-25 02:28:04 +0000 UTCWhy is that a sigh? If that happened to me that's how I would introduce myself
I.C. Weiner
2024-12-25 02:25:37 +0000 UTCSteve's story about his dad driving recklessly after seeing this reads as heart warming to me. Whenever I go see a movie with my 5 year old, I always track what he thinks was the funniest and 9/10 times try to emulate it in order to bond with him/get him to love me.
I.C. Weiner
2024-12-25 02:24:01 +0000 UTCMy favorite Ernest is Ernst Goes to Camp
Dawn Elicia Billings
2024-12-24 20:49:06 +0000 UTCDamnit…now I have to be “that guy” First Date… She had red hair… Restaurant… Sigh… Foot Job under the table… In fairness we had to wait for the table and enjoyed the bar for some time… Flipside, we had never met each other previously
Jonnie Sea
2024-12-24 19:36:05 +0000 UTCErnest in drag did "wrong kid died" 20 years before Dewey Cox!
Scott Plackemeier
2024-12-24 18:29:25 +0000 UTCAs if I don't already have enough regrets in my life, lmao.
Busiris
2024-12-24 18:12:39 +0000 UTCThat's where I recognised him from! Thank you!
Tony King
2024-12-24 18:10:15 +0000 UTCI just watched Slam Dunk Ernest for the first time the other night and dear god... - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2024-12-24 16:36:23 +0000 UTCBusiris, it kinda sounds like you're gearing up for an Ernest tattoo! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2024-12-24 16:35:32 +0000 UTCThank you, J.J.! At least you've got some taste in good humor! Happy Holidays! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2024-12-24 16:34:43 +0000 UTCErnest was 100% always "just asking questions" - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2024-12-24 16:23:21 +0000 UTCHoy FUCK - mind blown! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2024-12-24 16:23:04 +0000 UTCCan't believe that the guys clocked Marty the scumbag agent as the mayor from The Relic and not Mr. "Make Fists with Your Toes" from Die Hard
Dennis Stack
2024-12-24 15:50:20 +0000 UTCAfter seeing Ernest's " Put Christ Back in Christmas" sticker, I am convinced Ernest would have tried to stop the steal if he were real.
CharlesGrodin'sToupee
2024-12-24 15:22:31 +0000 UTCKareem Abdul-Jabbar's appearance in Slam Dunk Ernest as the Archangel of Basketball may be the most phoned-in performance I've seen from a professional athlete in a movie. It's almost impressive how much he doesn't give a shit there
Z
2024-12-24 14:29:28 +0000 UTC@AndrewJupin, the gang glossed over it but your “Gary Bird” joke got an honest-to-goodness laugh out of me, so fucking funny!!! Thanks for all the funny. Happy Holidays. :)
J.J.
2024-12-24 14:29:09 +0000 UTCloved this flick growing up. I think i only saw Goes to Jail, Scared Stupid, Saves Christmas...had no idea he made more of them in the late 90's, like going to africa
Frank Grimes
2024-12-24 13:42:58 +0000 UTCDude he looks incredible on that cover. *stuff Verne doesn't even know!
Dan Craftwerk
2024-12-24 10:37:17 +0000 UTCIt's okay to like a christmas! Also you should check out Jim's biography; The Importance of Being Ernest. It's a good read.
Chris Tobias
2024-12-24 09:53:04 +0000 UTCKind of great to see you guys return to Ernest after Scared Stupid in 2016 (episode 270! Literally over 500 episodes between them). Listened to most of the episode so far and it's a hoot. I'll hope that you guys someday touch upon Ernest Goes to Jail. I'm not proud to admit I've seen every Ernest thing. Every episode of his show, every special, every movie. I had a manic, insane period early in lockdown when I absorbed a TON of that stuff. I know more trivia about these movies and all the regular actors that show up in them than I care to admit publicly.
Busiris
2024-12-24 09:49:28 +0000 UTCJust watched this to better enhance this episode so I could follow along. Probably won’t watch another Ernest…although I’m morbidly curious about Ernest Goes to Africa🫥
Bolo Santosi
2024-12-24 08:04:13 +0000 UTCI was amazed at how much of this movie I remembered, considering the last time I watched it was around 30 years ago. It is terrible but I do have a certain soft spot for it, having watched it so much as a kid.
Tony King
2024-12-24 07:16:37 +0000 UTCI watched this and Prison a lot as a kid. A few years ago I watched all the Ernest movies including the Dr Otto movie. Slam dunk might be the worst one of all of them. If they took out Ernest it might be a way better movie, but at least it has the magic shoes that make noises like the possessed hand in Evil Dead 2.
Darryl Bowen
2024-12-24 05:05:51 +0000 UTC
