JIM VARNEY 'ERNEST' PLAYS THE DULCIMER

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

Jim was everything that Chevy is not, warm, kind, and funny. Miss this man for real.

[@glennw.4570]

Chevy is a jerk. Love how Jim ignored him when chase pretended not to know who Buddy Ebsen was and that Zsa Zsa Gabor was in The Hillbillies. Not to mention Chase's digs about Varney being a mountaineer. By all accounts, Jim was a nice fellow. And Chevy is an ass. Not even that funny.

[@DonEdward]

Jim Varney was an absolute legend. He didn't get nearly enough recognition that he deserved.

[@kimhohlmayer7018]

Agree! One of my favorite actors gone way too soon.

[@laymansview5246]

I know what you mean Vern.

[@TexasTags]

When Chase said "Kids love them" I was like bishhhhhh I'm a damn adult n STILL love watching Ernest movies!

[@brandondmatthews]

Wow. That was horrible. It's like Chase didn't even want to be there.

[@TankR]

I was just about to reply with, "well, he was pretty well known and recognized in his time..." ...but then I had a think, remembered all the things I'm STILL learning about the guy, he was a Shakespeare trained actor!!! And most people will only ever know him for Ernest, which isnt a bad thing, he continues to entertain millions. Its just.....youre absolutely right, there wasnt enough hours in the day for Jim to show us all of his talents. Im just glad we got to see the ones we did. Miss you Jim. The world is a little less funny without you... Also Dr Otto is my spirit animal!!!

[@shaundiltz5821]

We need more Jim Varney today. He was so positive, loved this dude.

[@robertallen6710]

Genuine people are RARE nowadays...🧐

[@r3b3lvegan89]

“Play from your fucking HHEAARRTT!!!” Bill Hicks

[@USSBARBEL]

I had no idea he was musically inclined. Really nice.

[@bluebear1985]

I think his last role was when he once again provided the voice of Slinky the dog in "Toy Story 2". He passed away not too long after it came out in theatres.

[@janealexander1378]

@@USSBARBEL He was multi-talentedly inclined!

[@1JDS4U]

Jim playing Wildwood Flower is beautiful. I love and miss this very creative, soulful, wonderful guy.

[@glashoppah]

This.

[@carlathomas6257]

He'd have made mother Maybelle Carter proud!

[@krystal1722]

The fact that he chose to play an Appalachian song after all the crap Chevy was giving him about being a hillbilly... what a brilliant, lovable guy.

[@tubularguynine]

'Wildwood Flower', I believe.

[@billytwoknives6495]

@@tubularguynine Yes, 'Wildwood Flower'.

[@tubularguynine]

@@billytwoknives6495 - The first song I ever learned on a six-string. Wasn’t very good at it, so I played bass for 35 years… And I WAS good at that!

[@JoeandAngie]

@@tubularguynine by the Carters...just over the hill. Mother Maybelle started a guitar style style emulated today. Go to the Carter Fold in Hiltons, VA!!

[@needsaride15126]

Chevy Chase is a d**k.

[@laid07]

Man, I miss Jim. Such a wholesome fella.

[@WretchedPlebe]

Jim Varney outclassed Chase at every point.

[@djdonald243]

Chevy trying to be like Letterman, but he is just not likeable

[@marshatrue8220]

Went to school with Jim and a great kid!! Chevy is so condescending it’s ridiculous!!

[@canaan5337]

Chevy Chase is widely known to be one of the biggest assholes in Hollywood, the only bad thing I’ve heard about Jim Varney was he smoked too many cigarettes and that’s why he ain’t around anymore.

[@jamesgodlewski2441]

I only knew of Jim Varney as "Ernest" but this man exuded grace, class and poise besides a great sense of humor. I did not recognize him. Chevy didn't deserve to have Varney on his show.

[@bigfootpart4therevengeancing]

​@@djdonald243Neither is Letterman.

[@gearshifterg9756]

I had forgotten Chase had a T.V. show, and now I remember why it didn't last very long.

[@paanne1013]

He was a horrible talk show host and shows us what a jackass he is. Jim Varney has more class than Chevy Chase does.

[@rihamy2nd]

It’s easy to see why you had forgotten it, too lol

[@thekingsilverado3266]

Cocaine sorta makes things really long but short...

[@r3b3lvegan89]

Yeah the part where he had Goldie Hawn on and he embarrassed the shit out of her son and dropped a bday cake on him while dancing like a cornball…..COCAINE man

[@kennethmeeker6369]

Retards that issue 🤘

[@richardturk7162]

Jim was a very nice guy and quite articulate actually. He went to school in my city and some of my friends knew him growing up. I met him once with my friends when we were hanging out. Very polite and soft spoken is what I remember of him.

[@johndoe-ln4oi]

Chevy Chase is a true dullard. Varney was outstanding.

[@TgTheRedHood]

Man you got that right. Chevy in film in the 80’s, funny. Chevy anywhere outside those parameters awkward and uppity. Gosh I miss Jim.

[@greatadventures7378]

Chevy was hard to watch here

[@eddarby469]

Chevy put the age old struggle between rural living and "enlightened urban" living on display for everyone in these few minutes. They need us a lot more than we need them.

[@kodfkdleepd2876]

@@eddarby469 Can't have the rich without the poor. The rich need someone to look down on and to wipe their a55es for them... oh, and to steal from them(not the poor stealing from the rich, other way around... that is why the fraud market was invented... to make it easy to fleece).

[@janealexander1378]

@@TgTheRedHood chase was never funny to me.

[@lorenajaquier6088]

Jim showed so much grace...every insult rolled off his back.

[@rickdeckard1075]

+Lorena Jaquier yes. classy guy.

[@RashaadGenie]

Unflappable!

[@miltonmoore5294]

Oh, for crying out loud! Nobody was getting insulted. This was just common talk show banter, with witty remarks from both sides. I thought Chase did a wonderful job!

[@janedupree2327]

Yep I love that smile

[@TheresaPowers]

Grace. Varney was a one hit wonder asshole who screwed over every friend he had before he was Jed Clampett you flaming moron.

[@braddenty503]

OMG my uncle used to play that. He played at my graduation party. I have sooooo much more appreciation for rhe instrument now. Wish I had one

[@toobwoob5876]

The way his eyes sparkled at 2:50 when he recalled his father driving him around in the hollers, just really showcases how sweet of a guy he was.

[@tracypaxton1054]

I wish I could have met this gentleman.

[@BeBopScraBoo]

i made a delivery to a mine up at the end of a holler and the drive up the road that followed the stream with homesteads on either side was absolutely enchanting.

[@janealexander1378]

@@tracypaxton1054 So many of us do!

[@heatherbrodnax1474]

His eyes sparkled in every interview I've seen him in 🥰 a handsome and beautiful person gone too soon

[@veryberry39]

​@@BeBopScraBoo My mom grew up in a holler, and I got to spend a big chunk of my childhood there. Grandma's house was nestled right up against the mountain, and even her water supply was spring-fed. It really was enchanting! The silence and peace of the place, Mom sitting out front in the early mornings with a cup of coffee, before everything woke up... I miss it a lot sometimes.

[@kisslordorochimaru]

I love how Jim doesn't allow anyone to get him down or bring him down to their level!! people need to learn from Jim!! be happy,be positive and enjoy life no matter how many people try to ruin it with negativity!

[@PixiDusted]

My son & I are binge watching Ernest movies & it led me to this CC is such a pecker, no wonder his show didn’t last. Jim Varney was such a great personality. I didn’t appreciate him back then but certainly do now.

[@shawnbrinsey9030]

Jim Varney killin Chevy with kindness

[@chrisnixon1991]

There's one word for Jim that I can come up with...LEGEND!!!!

[@dthtoneocons1]

Everyone is this country has a little bit of Jim Varney in their hearts. Thanks Jim, forever grateful. (RIP)

[@eddarby469]

I'm not convinced Chevy has any Jim Varney in his heart, Tim.

[@15doz]

I know him best as Ernest P Worell I used to watch his show when I was little as well as the Ernest movies Scared stupid was the best

[@henryoil]

Chase condescends Varney's playing the musical instrument "Obviously takes a tremendous amount of training and there is a lot of technique involved." Varney then responds, "You wanna try?" Varney's polite, Southern way of telling him, put your money where your mouth is!

[@nickhill8612]

You're absolutely right. I would love to find a longer video of Jim playing that. Imagine sitting on the porch listening to this on a summer night. It would be great. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.

[@leftylou6070]

Training and Technique? I'd say it takes a lot of Practice Man, Practice.

[@warrenpuckett4203]

One grew up in Grandpa's Mansion. The grew other up in a clapboard house with a space heater. Might even had the luxury of a cast iron stove left over from the depression. I personally prefer the clapboard dwellers over the mansion dwellers. Got relatives that live in both.

[@baldeagle5297]

@@leftylou6070 It's really not that hard. There are various tunings, but DAD is a common one. The frets are spaced to avoid sharps or flats. You can just pick the string closest to you and strum the rest as drone strings. I had to build one for my niece and ended up making half a dozen for friends after they saw it.

[@OneMate4Life]

That's not condescending. That's recognizing and admiring the fact that to play well, one needs to practice *alot.*

[@tylertilwick6852]

He was such a genuine gentle soul. No phoniness or pretentiousness, just an all around humble kind man.

[@krystal1722]

Jim Varney just exuded warmth and sweetness ❤ So terribly missed.

[@quietcritic7784]

I've never seen Chase's show. Now I understand why so many people call him an asshole.

[@ImCarolB]

Wildwood Flower! The quintessential Appalachian song. We enjoyed Jim so much when my kids were growing up. What a guy.

[@ChadtheHammer]

"I understand you have hillbilly roots..." "Yep, I am a hillwilliam."

[@calista910]

i dont get that but it was funny

[@ChadtheHammer]

@@calista910 Bill is a shortened nickname for William. Hence "Hillbilly" is short for "Hillwilliam." That's the joke.

[@calista910]

@@ChadtheHammer really?! i never knew that. cool thanks for the explanation.

[@davanmani556]

There was a security guard when I worked at WTVI in Charlotte. He was from West Virginia and moved to Buffalo, NY. He joked that he became Mount William.

[@101Volts]

That's pretty funny, actually.

[@keithmayo1105]

Can't imagine why Chevy's talk show was canceled (SARCASM).

[@nickhill8612]

I don't know why it was cancelled either 😎

[@willnelson1931]

I looked it up the show only had 15 episodes. I can see why.

[@gibsonusa2]

Yeah, this was the last episode. I was in the audience. I was 13 and remember thinking "well, this is terrible."

[@jonathanpitman1]

I never would have known it was sarcasm if you hadn't said it (take a guess).

[@jrivers0005]

Fantastic actor, not such a great interviewer. But, you gotta admit, in an acting scenario, you just can't find funny like Chevy Chase anymore. We need another team like Chevy and Dan Aykroyd. "Spies Like Us" was magical!

[@rustyshackleford4059]

"HillWilliam" lol I live in one of those coal hollers. Up to six families now here.. Jim had to have the patience of a saint. Really miss that guy...

[@loucazin543]

A lovely man, you could tell straight away that he had/has a beautiful soul. I sometimes can’t help but feel there was a little sadness inside, but I feel that it’s true of so many wonderful comic geniuses. God bless you Jim, I grew up watching you over here in the UK, I had your Ernest goes to camp poster on my wall! And I make a special point of watching Ernest saves Christmas every year! You worked so hard to make so many people laugh, enjoy your rest in heaven you totally deserve it ❤️

[@bobabooey7088]

If you didn’t suffer early on it’s almost impossible to do good comedy

[@janealexander1378]

I will always love Jim Varney. He was magnificent as a prince on 'Rosanne' years ago and so multi-talented. He is missed!

[@bijibadness]

"I am a Hill-William." It's impossible not to like that man. What a fuckin' treasure. Straight up. Jim Varney is SO missed. I'd go see an Ernest reboot or whatever in a MINUTE. As long, of course, as he was Ernest. He made an iconic character, and I fully grew up on those movies. We miss ya, Jim. Thanks, man. Thanks everything, buddy. We miss you.

[@Pteromandias]

Yeah, no, I don't want a reboot. The character was built around Jim Varney. No one else could do it justice.

[@evilfearsME]

Straight up??? 🤣I didnt think children would watch this but they guess it just goes to show you, you never know.

[@phlogistanjones2722]

I never knew Mr Varney played the dulcimer. That piece was really moving. I will respect the gentle and generous soul that was Jim Varney and not say anything negative about Chevy but well... I think we all know how he treated Mr. Varney was not very nice. Jim Varney... How I miss you sir. R.I.P.

[@ryanschmit3948]

Jim Varney had a genius IQ in real life the complete opposite from his character ernest. Many times fans would meet him and expect him to be like his character ernest when it was anything but the case. Ive hear this bothered him a lot and he wanted to do more non ernest roles. Had he lived longer I think he would have, RIP Jim!

[@lorenzomagazzeni5425]

+Clyde Drake I miss him a lot. He was candy for kids,but he had other stuff like " entremanures" that a kid wouldn't understand but any adult would,

[@crescentfreshbret]

In other words, he was very "earnest" about proving his range.

[@jonathanwpressman]

Yeah from what I understand he was a virtuoso

[@dwaynejpeterkin]

And he was slinky in toy story he was bout to become a mega star

[@dryherbvoter]

Clyde Drake The Beverly Hillbillies film was awesome. He plays a father. Bloopers at the end too.

[@KB4QAA]

So sad that Jim died so young. What a great actor and man.

[@Hoaxer51]

No kidding, I was really hoping for another Beverly Hillbillies movie or two!

[@neighbourinblack]

Chevy Chase seemed like a complete tool in this video interview. Jim Varney was a class act and took it in stride.

[@kurtdewittphoto]

Wow, Jim Varney, my favorite childhood actor, playing Wildwood Flower on a Dulcimer, my favorite song from my childhood that my dad use to play on the guitar. That was special.

[@LilCraftyNook]

I recognized it immediately! I’ve been playing that the last few months!

[@FragranceAdmirer]

It is heartwarming the way the audience applauds Jim Varney. He deserves love and respect for all the happiness he brought people in his too-short life. Most comedians of today have a hard, sarcastic edge and base their humor on ridiculing other people, but Mr. Varney's humor was unique, innocent and sweet, making his characters the objects of his jokes. He was such a humble, gentle-natured, beautiful person. May God bless him in Heaven!

[@Keranu]

How can I get into fragrances?

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

Eloquently stated. Thank you.

[@obipwnshinobi134]

Damn Jim hitting my algo hard, the nostalgia runs wild with this guy. Ernest was such a gem, we were all truly lucky to be kids in the early 90s.

[@JimVarneyBiography]

Thank you so much for posting this. I am Jim's nephew Justin Lloyd. I recently wrote a book about my uncle and was aware of this appearance but had never seen it. Great stuff!!!

[@LouieNeira]

I consider your uncle such an inspiration! He was a genius and the only person who could keep up with Robin Williams. I recently read your book and found a kindred spirit in Jim. I wish I could've met him, but I think we're all so lucky to have had him in our lives and in our hearts.

[@JimVarneyBiography]

***** Thanks for those kind words Caryn.

[@JimVarneyBiography]

Louie Neira Thanks Louie. So happy you enjoyed it. I hope my book gave Jim's fans a better understanding of what a great talent and person he was.

[@bzd1983]

Justin Lloyd Ernest came to mind to me out of no where, I loved his movies in the 90's as a kid. Jim Varney was such a great comedic actor, he was great in the Beverly hillbillies too. He's not forgotten.

[@ChoctawNawtic4]

I always loved watching him as a kid, and I still do as an adult! It's neat to see him in an interview. (Although, he seems much too genuine to be talking to Chevy.) Anyway, he was very talented, and seemed very kind. RIP

[@Yuurei21]

I never had the chance to meet Jim Varney, but from I have read he was all heart and he had no regrets. I hope that he knew how much he was loved.

[@mkolland123]

Wow - Chevy was an awful interviewer. Jim Varney was a gentle soul.

[@jeonginnielvr]

Explains why his show was cut so short lol

[@unk8371]

Mike Holland Chevy is an arrogant prick. Don't get me wrong, he is a brilliant comedian and I love his movies. However, when he is either interviewing or being interviewed he's an asshole. Hollywood is a strange place. No one or no thing is as it appears.

[@grandcreator11]

Nick Herrera lol if u pay attention they kinda showed a bit of his assholeness in some of his films lol

[@davidturbo8566]

dylan steinman says the guy that has no picture

[@AlexP-jz9sg]

Chevy is a comedic genius, but definitely not cut out for the talk show medium. Love both of them.

[@candycainchurchwell8844]

He still has it. Even though he's in heaven. Still puts a smile on my face

[@sarahbreisch4750]

I'm so glad my kids recently fell in love with Ernest.

[@TheJHMAN1]

Miss Jim Varney , every thing I have ever read or heard about him, he was great person.

[@JayneCravens]

I've talked to actors who worked with Jim Varney, and they all sing his praises and a wonderful, sweet man and incredibly under-rated actor. Never heard a bad word agin' him. Chevy Chase, on the other hand...

[@jasonjames4254]

Jim Varney absolutely nailed Jed Clampett in the Beverly Hillbillies movie! The staggering array of different characters he could do prove he was one of the most underrated comedians.

[@kevinkendall3122]

Jim Varney playing the dulcimer,awesome,the man never forgot where he came from

[@vlex756]

Varney playing the dulcimer is likely the only wonderful moment that happened during that show's entire run.

[@dannyweatherbee7157]

May your spirit live on forever, James Albert, a"hillwilliam" Is one great energy... I love you!!!

[@shimma25]

I'd never seen an interview with Jim before but what a charming and classy guy he was - and a tremendous actor too. It's a shame he's not still with us.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Gosh we lost Jim way too soon. Just watched Ernest Saves Christmas again & there's a segment in it where he plays Florida man snake 🐍 handler that's pure gold. PURE gold.

[@stobbinsboy]

I love the Appalachian people and their ways. Mr. Varney was a gem. I can't wait to play something like that. Concerning Chas: My daddy said if you can't find anything nice to say, don't say anything...

[@NightRanger77]

Jim Varney seemed like a *genuinely* nice guy... something very rare in Hollywood. Gone too soon. Would have loved to have gotten a beer with him and shot the breeze.

[@KillSwitchNY]

I'm going to guess that's because he was never meant for Hollywood, but we are sure glad he got there!

[@ellensstory4429]

I always loved the Ernest movies.

[@Unknown-ln5ly]

Jim Varney should have met Dolly Parton, she was also proud of her Mountain roots. Both carried their heritage with pride.

[@willhenderson3602]

Varney was a great actor loved his movies.

[@ianward776]

RIP Jim Varney aka Ernest (1949-2000)

[@backwhenarmyoftwofirstcame2873]

Katherine, you are trash. He was actually quite an intelligent guy.

[@ernestp.worrell9354]

Katherine McChesney your so Rude!

[@jarrelldaniel4199]

The heavens have a very good man. Thank you God for letting Jim shine on us for the time he did. Forever in our hearts is Jim Varney.

[@nickhill8612]

I could listen to Jim play that all day. Imagine sitting on the porch on a summer night and listening to him.

[@ghostdtx]

Come on now Chevy.. "The Vern guy?" EVERYBODY knows he played ERNEST.

[@DrMurdercock]

Chevy's a douche an always was behind the scenes. Some of the old SNL cast has mentioned how much of an egotistical fuck he was/is.

[@candice_ecidnac]

@@DrMurdercock The Community cast has also mentioned how awful he was, and there are voicemails he left for Community creator Dan Harmon that also show what an egotistical, entitled, and rude asshole he is.

[@GODLETMEWINAMEN]

Always very funny and very underrated comedian,Rest In Peace Sir Jim Varney 🙏❣️

[@bb22602]

Wildwood Flower!! Well done, Jim! You left us way too soon, but I bet that dulicmer really stands out with the angel harps.

[@vvannaplayagam3292]

Thank you for all the laughs and smiles. One of the only guys I'll watch over and over again. I love you Ernest. Never Forgotten. Rip

[@reppi8742]

Ernest! Jim Varney was a great man! I have DVDs of all his movies. Ernest Saves Christmas is a classic - Nobody moves, nobody dies!😂

[@kylerenneberg3069]

My grandfather got to meet him when he was really young he was the spokesperson for the creamery my grandfather work for in Michigan

[@cak813]

I’ve seen several interviews now with Jim Varney and I get the feeling we only saw the tip of the iceberg with this very talented and versatile gentleman.

[@vinci8924]

5:15 Chevy: wanna hear him play? Audience: yeah!! Anything to get you to stop talking!!!

[@gracielou4075]

I love Varney’s face. It’s so expressive. He was a class act.

[@janealexander1378]

Did you catch him as a prince on 'Rosanne' ? He was magnificent! hope somehow he's reading all the love we're sending him here.

[@chelseasmith9804]

Love love love Jim Varney. He made my childhood wonderful watching the Ernest movies. It always made me proud that he was from Ky like me.

[@ChoctawNawtic4]

Nice. He was just great, and he seemed really kind! RIP!

[@scdriver007]

Jim had waaaay more talent and waaaay more funnier than Chevy Chase

[@johnmurphy7442]

And definitely more likeable

[@bigd3087]

Chase was just stifled in the position of a talk show syndicated to Fox network affiliates. It only lasted five weeks before the Vaudeville hook came a callin'.

[@theyrecousins]

For sure - I guess it’s not saying much when you’re dealing with Chevy chase. But Jim was a treasure, it would’ve been great to see him with a better host.

[@gyratgoldenwing1637]

frozen cavemen have more talent than Chevy Chase and are infinitely more likable.

[@xHektorx]

I was just thinking the same thing. I think Chevy knew he would be upstaged, because he starts off being cold to one of America's funniest people.

[@johnbutler4631]

Jim Varney was an absolute class act, and I see I'm not the first to observe that Chevy doesn't know the meaning of the term. Didn't know he ever had a show; now I know why I never knew.

[@dropkickmurphy4114]

Listen to the audience CHEER when Varney as Jed pulls out his double barrel shot gun!! ❤️

[@healthyamerican]

chevy knew he was next to a greater talent so he had to pretend he was smarter and better which made him look like a jerk...jim varney deserved a better interview

[@sleektruck22]

Jim Varney was such a brilliant man. May he rest in peace and may his legendary work live and inspire on forever.

[@magdalene2267]

Glad to see all the great things about Jim. I caught one of his movies on accident and been a fan since.👍🏿

[@brishohh]

Chevy Chase is an awful interviewer.. Cringe worthy. Jim varn seems like a nice guy.

[@garilee7875]

I fucking agree, fully! Chevy was so mean with his undertones of envey and jealousy it was so gut churning for me to watch!! But Jim held his beautiful chin up high and didn't let Chevy Chase get the best of him great on Jim's part!!!!

[@joshuawaltz9484]

Just loved Jim great actor very versatile. Loved Ernest, Jed Slinky Dog. Also a Shakespearean Actor.

[@angelawatson7318]

Jim Varney was such a cutie. I sure do miss him.

[@drkaufman]

I was thinking he’s a pretty handsome guy. That wide-angle lens really fools you.

[@wrestlefanatic77]

The world today needs more Jim Varney. We miss you terribly.

[@benprice1632]

And less people like Chase

[@rickschlessenger3464]

@@benprice1632 Amen to that.

[@janealexander1378]

One of a kind, sadly we'll not see his like again.

[@PaladinDusty]

One of the greatest injustices in showbusiness is all we let Jim Varney be was Ernest and he deserved to be so much more.

[@starseed39]

I miss him soooo much! He was a big part of my childhood. I loved watching him on 📺. Loved all his movies. I bet he would have been a awesome neighbor to have!!!

[@305donkryder8]

Jim Varney was truly a gem. A huge part of my childhood growing up was all of the Ernest films. definitely passed away too early. A man of many talents

[@mowerdog]

You can tell Chevy seems uncomfortable being himself. He does much better when told what to do and say. Loved him during the best days of SNL.

[@wallacebrandenburg3921]

I Loved Jim Varney! I’ve always been proud of the fact that he was Born and Raised in the same town as me, Lexington Kentucky.

[@mattlc713]

Wildwood Flower by The Carter Family is the song Jim played

[@benjamintielking4093]

And from The (legendary) Carter Family came the precious apple of Johnny Cash: June Carter Cash. (Country boys...ain't we smart?)

[@robertcuminale1212]

Mother Maybelle Carter has a unique guitarist. Because she did have someone to accompany her she worked p a way to play the lead and rhythm at the same time.

[@skynyrdnemoy2418]

Yessir that is the old wild wood flower.

[@mikeelek9713]

I loved hearing the late Jim Varney play the dulcimer, Bruce Hornsby, who also hails from Virginia, has been known to play this instrument at his concerts.

[@Bungle]

I can't watch Chevy Chase do anything because I always end up punching my screen. What an ass. Jim Varney seemed like a class act.

[@collegebro85]

I would watch a Jim Varney talk show any day and even think he would have given Carson a run for his money, lol...seriously, that guy had comedic talent and even on his worst day, he could always fall back on Ernest sketches!

[@robertphillips6296]

Chase’s personality doesn’t lend itself to this type of format.

[@jasonbloom2144]

Wow what a lesson in class from Jim. Makes me rethink how I react when someone is cruel. You don’t have to react in kind

[@MoonLanta]

Jim's in heaven, Chevy in rehab. Fitting!

[@davidpleyel6557]

I'm kind of taken aback by how much of an ass Chevy Chase was being to Jim. Jim didn't deserve it but I admired the fact that Jim stayed humble the whole time and just shrugged off any insults that came his way.

[@fknbastages]

Chase is a douche. Always has been. He would have made a great Rat Pack, character.

[@rickschlessenger3464]

Shows how Jim is the better man not some slithering snake like the Chev is.

[@illnickdotcom]

He's like seething at points and betrays his psychology with the theater count and concerns of being "upstaged."

[@numskul]

@@illnickdotcom seemed more like he was responding glibly to the question. And the upstaging comment seemed like inside joke with the actress, hence the wink at the camera. I got the impression that Chevy was talking down to Jim the entire time, including the question about the seats, which comes off like a real insider prick brag only someone in-the-business would make. The whole interview seemed like an attempt to make Jim seem out of place or like he didn’t belong. The crack about “kids love ya”… repeatedly calling him a hillbilly with that stank on it. Jim was able to judo roll all of it. Water off a duck’s ass. Maybe you’ve never had an entitled slob with connections and status talk down about your humble roots, but we know it when we hear it.

[@daleennis3140]

Jim was a genuine person, may God bless him, so much class,not a phoney,the world needs him today.

[@mr.k1896]

The thing about the dulcimer being the predecessor of the piano is true.

[@troykelso]

Jim Varney is awesome. Chevy Chase was so bad at this. Now I remember why his show only lasted six weeks.

[@buffbenjones6137]

He wasn't a very nice individual was he? Don't know much about him nowadays.

[@mattheweagle223]

He was a total asshole but not lovable like Letterman. Letterman would take a knee and play the fool. Chevy was trying to act like a BBC presenter

[@janealexander1378]

@@buffbenjones6137 don' wanna know.

[@silverlaptop2022]

I hope Jim made it to Heaven. I would love to hear more of his music🤗🌹🎵🎶

[@hcaliforniagirl]

He played, "Wildwood Flower", by the Carter Family

[@johndoylemc]

I saw Maybelle Cater play and sing "Wildwood Flower" live - March 1968 in Memphis.

[@FreemanPennington-je5tn]

Jim Varney was extremely talented I live in the south so I remember all of the commercials that he did

[@DrWho453]

Man, I loved this guy. I remember growing up in Rocky Mount and seeing him in the Pine State Ice Cream or milk commercials always gettings his hands shut up in the window when he tries to talk to Vern. I miss him and those commercials. I did not know he did a beverly Hillbillies movie. I will have to look for it online.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

"A hill William" ! ! I love it !

[@estebandufanzo5530]

Waiting for Bill Murray to pop up on stage and punch Chase

[@RDFspaniard]

"In comes MURRAY with the chair!! Chase is down!! Blood is everywhere and tears are flowing! Chase cries as murray works his legs with a sledgehammer, the crowd breaks out in tears of joy seeing chase finally brought down to size, perhaps even for the last time ever!! He's out!! His eyes roll back in his head, his pants fill with whatever it is that comes out of a dead person when they full release and jim leans over chases fresh corpse and asks, "you okay vern?" The crowd goes wild! GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!! DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!!!!!!!!"

[@lisamckennon3025]

@@RDFspaniard gawd, yer hysterical, man!

[@daphnewilliams403]

wow love the music

[@rondolinar]

Cloris is a dead ringer for Grannie. Jim was awesome. His commercials were epic.