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Related: About this forumOn June 15, 1949, Jim Varney was born.
🎉Jim Varney was born on June 15, 1949
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On June 15, 1949, Jim Varney was born. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 17
OP
I liked his portrayal of a country hayseed as good-natured and genial, rather than backward and vicious.
Aristus
Jun 17
#2
Cerritos Auto square (california car sales area) includes him in history documentary
Demovictory9
Jun 18
#4
cyclonefence
(4,660 posts)1. Oh, Ernest
we hardly knew ye.
He had a short-lived but hilarious TV show, as well as his work in movies:
Aristus
(67,480 posts)2. I liked his portrayal of a country hayseed as good-natured and genial, rather than backward and vicious.
His hilarious Southern malapropisms had the ring of truth. I grew up around proper-English-mangling Southerners.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,718 posts)3. Great guy.
Met him while he was doing commercials. Very funny. I used to have all of his Saturday morning show, 'Hey Vern, It's Ernest!'.
Demovictory9
(33,101 posts)4. Cerritos Auto square (california car sales area) includes him in history documentary
Commercials featuring barney helped put cerritos auto square on the map