Ernest Scared Stupid: Miak!

Ernest Scared Stupid is the funniest Ernest movie. I don’t care what anyone says. Ernest goes to Jail was worst. Of the four I saw that is.

1. Stupid
2. Christmas
3. Camp






4. Jail

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Ernest Scared Stupid is the funniest Ernest movie. I don’t care what anyone says.

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Camp is easily #1. It's the best by far.

Scared Stupid is solid though. My five year old absolutely loves it.

Filmed in East Nashville, right around where I used to live. Recognize many settings in the movie. One of my favs. I think its on youtube for free.

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Was just thinking I haven't seen a good dumb comedy in a while. I don’t think I've ever watched any of the Ernest movies. Gonna try to find them this weekend.

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Camp is the best of the bunch for sure. SS is solid but a little more stupid (intentionally). I’ve seen Christmas and Jail too I think, and they both suck. So I gave up after that. I think there’s even one where he joins the NBA or some shite.

But Camp is legit good and was back when they tried to make a legit movie. And it hits the nostalgia vibe HARD for me too. My son loves Camp as well. Thankfully he’s liked a lot of the shite I did when I was a kid so far.

I bought an Ernest box set collection a few years ago and one of the dvds in it was a short documentary type showing some of the commercials he did for local businesses before he made movies. shite was hilarious.

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where he joins the NBA or some shite.

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Hadn't heard about that one, but just looked it up and saw that he had 14 roles as Ernest
Knowhutimean? Hey Vern, It's My Family Album - 1983
Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam - 1985
Ernest's Greatest Hits Volume 1 (The Ernest Film Festival) - 1986
Ernest Goes to Camp - 1987
Hey Vern, Win $10,000...Or Just Count on Having Fun! - 1987
Ernest Saves Christmas - 1988
Ernest Goes to Jail - 1990
Ernest Scared Stupid - 1991
Ernest's Greatest Hits Volume 2 - 1992
Ernest Rides Again - 1993
Ernest Goes to School - 1994
Slam Dunk Ernest - 1995
Ernest Goes to Africa - 1997
Ernest in the Army - 1998

Realized I forgot TV shows with that character
Hey Vern, It's Ernest! - 1988
Happy New Year, America - 1988/89
Ernest Goes to Splash Mountain - 1989
Disneyland - 1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration - 1990

Camp is #1 for me due to when it came out and my age (9). By the time Stupid came out, I was a teenager and didn't care for kids movies. I found it later in life when my kid was 8 and he absolutely loves it.

Camp is the best one though, objectively. It will make you laugh and cry. Excellent plots interwoven, excellent themes interwoven. It is a wholly better movie than any other Ernest production. Perfect recipe of campiness, sillyness, seriousness, humor, and drama.

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where he joins the NBA or some shite.

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Slam Dunk Ernest

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Did he have a famous line in commercials? Kind of like Larry The Cable Guy’s “get er done” ?

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I think his famous line is basically “Know what I mean?”