Cerritos Auto Square Ernest P Worrell Commercials 1995

I know this is not the complete set but as I will make a part 2 later on down the line, as I find more.

[@MathMatt17]

Jim Varney was pure genius. ❤

[@tvvortex9622]

💯

[@Diesel436]

You can tell this is from the 90s because his voice sounded more high pitched

[@devinpaul9026]

"Catastrophic converter"! These were from my area as a kid. I wasn't IN the area yet at this point, so I never saw these, but I came to SoCal from NorCal real young and stayed there for a good lot of years and miss parts of it a whole hell of a lot.

[@tvvortex9622]

Heck yeah dude, right on. I am from SoCal, the Inland Empire has changed a lot over the years, but even with all the warts, I still love it here. Thanks for watching!

[@phenylalaninemusic]

I was from Burbank so I saw these alot. How did I miss “catastrophic converter”? 🤣🤣🤣

[@jr2904]

I miss Jim Varney. I grew up with these commercials, and Cal Worthington

[@bernardhfox]

Lol ,miss you dude.

[@SkycladWanderer]

Heh vern, I'm losing it!

[@michaelfagan-dg7pb]

ernest

[@MisterMikeTexas]

And Ernest got coal in his stocking for life after his encounter with Saint Nick! 😆😆

[@thegameshowgeek]

I really want to pay El lesso dinero for un auto newevo.

[@robinstewart6422]

Wait a minute that’s Ernest when he was a baby I was looking forward see his cute face and Santa Claus says what a cute little lad and he was born in 1949 and I was born in 1977

[@robinstewart6422]

Ernest honey is that you when you a baby and you want to be Santa little helper and you got teeth babies don’t have teeth yet I want to see you when you were a baby I miss you my childhood friend

[@themarkiscookin]

I wonder how much money he made doing all these commercials

[@Horselings]

He did well, but wasn't paid huge money for the commercials. Commercials are usually a one-off payment without percentages or residuals, so $25,000 for a one-minute spot was fairly normal. He made more for his films, and his family still gets residuals on those. Jim had a nice home in the TN hills, but it wasn't 'palatial'. Just a nice, southern style home. He had some acreage with it, with woods and a pretty meadow that had a stream running through it. He once showed me the Civil War headstone (5-6, I think) under a big oak tree by the stream.

[@roygarcia4200]

R.I.P Jim Varney

[@codytaylor2663]

Oh My.

[@Horselings]

TV Vortex, do you happen to have the ad with Jim Varney and a Chinese Shar Pei dog that he calls 'Shorty' in the ad? That was our dog, T'ko, and I'd really love to find that clip. I will keep watching for it on your channel as you add more Jim Varney ads, just in case. :) Jim was a friend. He was such a nice, warm, intelligent guy, and in real life was so different from his character, Ernest. He was also a fabulous Shakespearean actor who could give you chillbumps with his monologues of Hamlet and King Lear. Miss him a lot.

[@tvvortex9622]

That's really awesome. I have seen some of his other work, and I do agree he was skilled as an actor. Yeah I know what ad you are referring to, it exists on Ernest's Greatest Hits Volume 1, which is here on KZbin in full. You can also search Ernest Before Lunch to easily find it. I do not have that ad in any of my videos and I am unaware if there is a Southern California version of it. The one I've seen is for Boulder Toyota. All my tapes are from SoCal and they are all basically unlabeled, which means I do not know what we're gonna get until we see it.

[@Horselings]

@@tvvortex9622 Thank you! I'll look for it. I did find two other ads he did calling two other dogs 'Shorty', so must've been a part of his schtick. lol Our dog was a Chinese Shar Pei, so will do some digging. Thanks for the info! If I find it, I'll post it here in replies.

[@tvvortex9622]

@Hold Your Horses Ah my mistake, I see now that it must be a different dog in the commercial I mentioned. I will keep am eye open. Any idea what the commercial was advertising?

[@shooshatowers8059]

Would've been great in a prince/pauper movie where he played dual roles of hick and Olivier-esque stage actor! Miss him.

[@Horselings]

@@shooshatowers8059 He would have loved doing that.

[@unclesporkums]

Thanks SO much!