Underground Ernie - BEHIND THE SCENES!

[@ARossiEsquire]

Very glad to have been a small part of Adam’s Ernie journey - long live this silly little show! (Btw sorry for basically ruining your life ❤️)

[@joshuaW5621]

Ah I’m sure Adam doesn’t mind. It’s cool to see the guy behind the wiki on here because I’m planning to add infoboxes and gallery subarticles to the wiki to make it look more professional.

[@WaksWorld05]

Learning that Underground Ernie was expected to run into 2012 for the London Olympics is funny, because IMAGINE if Ernie ran alongside Chuggington Season 3 and Thomas Season 16.

[@joshuaW5621]

Even as recently as 2014, Damien le Maistre was campaigning for it to come back.

[@jacobjcb8883]

That would be AMAZING! 3 train shows all running at the same time

[@AndriuV2]

*FUN FACT:* There's a Polish Dub of "Underground Ernie" called *"Zawiadowca Ernie"* which literally means "Stationmaster Ernie" in Polish. 23 Episodes are available on the Internet with this dub. However 3 episodes are considered to be *THE LOST MEDIA* - Episode 9 "The Magician's Assistant" - Episode 14 "Running Late" - Episode 25 "Techno Trouble!"

[@joshuaW5621]

Does anyone else find it funny that one of those lost episodes just so happens to be the one with Osaka in it?

[@PolishToad]

So, i was looking through chomikuj (A polish website mostly known for hosting users files.), and i can confirm that these three episodes are lost. The only interesting thing i found were some coloring pages that someone put there. Searching the titles of the episodes in polish also dosen't give any information. Considering the fact that these files were uploaded in 2013, we propably wont see those three episodes

[@AndriuV2]

​@@joshuaW5621 As a Pole I can tell you some information about Osaka's lost episode in Polish. The Polish site of *"Dubbingpedia"* says that Osaka was voiced by *Miłogost Reczek* the same guy who voiced *Stoick the Vast* from "How to Train Your Dragon" series in Polish Dub. And he also voiced *Victor* from "Cyberpunk 2077" in Polish Version.

[@Masterpiece_828]

R.I.P Those Three episodes😭😭😭

[@AndriuV2]

@@Masterpiece_828 Who knows, maybe *ONE DAY* these 3 episodes will be re-discovered...

[@PlayDontPause]

This isn't your average Ernie anymore. This is an Advanced, Optimal Ernie.

[@joshuaW5621]

With how much of a meme Ernie has become this year, sometimes I wonder if it might somehow come back someday.

[@youdontneedtoknow6621]

7:30 OMG I LITERALLY JUST GOT OFF WORK THERE. Adam I am so honoured you featured us in your video as an employee of nearly 2 years I had no idea this was ever a thing. If you wanna know anymore about my work and some Bts of that place lemme know and I’ll do my best to ask my higher ups. All the best Jac

[@joshuaW5621]

You work at the Eastleigh Lakeside Railway? That’s cool. I’ve recently been wondering what happened to that Jubilee model after the events stopped.

[@youdontneedtoknow6621]

@ ah so that’s interesting and this is gunna be a long reply (sorry in advance), so our team are perfectly capable of fixing whatever was wrong with that engine (no to brag or anything it’s just WEVE got at least one other electric engine that’s comes out regularly) So the major problem comes now. It’s not really ours. It’s a project by Southampton university and they loaned it to us for us to play with for a while. But that while became a year and that year became 2024 and it’s still in the back of our shed Every time we tried contacting them about it they would shuffle their feet so to speak and basically say “yeah in a minute” and leave it for us to deal with. So to conclude it’s in this in between where we don’t really wanna have to fix and run it because it’s not ours. But we can’t get rid of it cause it’s not out and we could be in trouble if we sold or damaged it. I hoped that’s cleared everything up, if you want any more answers I’ll do my best to ask around. 😊

[@joshuaW5621]

⁠@@youdontneedtoknow6621 thanks man. Also, if I ever visit your railway and that Jubilee is still there, can I request permission to go into the shed to have a look at it?

[@youdontneedtoknow6621]

@ how it’s laid out you could probably stand on the platform and look over the other engines and see it in the back corner. It’s not especially hard to miss, getting to see it up close is alot harder. Mostly because it’s behind two lines packed full of rolling stock and locomotives on its right and more so in front of it. Also that area is staff only generally. So I’m sorry but probably not

[@PerpIsPerp]

Thomas theorist : ❌ Ernie theorist : ✔️

[@UziTheDroneEngine]

He should of called him self Underground Adam

[@TheMr.L01]

Ernie Explainer

[@AquaticPanther369]

AAADAMMMMMMMMMM this is a great final video for Ernie!

[@TankEngine97]

With all this new information about Ernie coming out and how turbulent it's production was, it kind of reminds of TUGS in a way. That show also had a turbulent production with tight budgets and plans for a second season that ended up being cancelled. And now years later thanks to fans, both of these shows have cult followings.

[@joshuaW5621]

The only notable difference I can think of is that Ernie has twice as many episodes as Tugs.

[@TrainRstudios]

This is not a joke anymore. This is a beautiful addiction.

[@daviszdirector]

"I do kinda think they were cooking when they made this show. It's just a shame the final product came out kinda brunt" bros spitting BARS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@woodman3926]

I loved when Ernie said “It’s Ernie time” and then he Ernied all over the place, truly the EEERNIIEEEE of all time

[@dudewhatwouldhappenfan73]

As someone who's been appreciating this show ironically and unironically way before it would get its much deserved redemption this year, I couldn't be more satisfied to finally see multiple questions I've wondered about for so long finally getting some good answers! Especially all the concept art and storyboard material presented. Now to throw my two cents worth on the topic, I have something rather notable to add onto the history of Ernie's availability on KZbin. So, you know that one part when Alex mentions a friend of his uploaded the episodes he had onto the UndergroundErnieFan2006 channel? Well that very individual he was indirectly referring to....was me. Yes, I don't know how much that changes anything, but around the same timeframe of when Alex's short-lived endeavor was relevant I managed to have 9 episodes downloaded before that channel of his was taken down, then uploaded them onto the one I created that we all know today, but later on Alex sent an email to me about how he would offer all the other episodes he had with him to be put on there, and that's how it became the way it is now. I was also the one who originally edited the shitpost where the entire show was sped up to 3 minutes, which should give the greatest proof I ain't lying about all this: prntscr.com/_ocVag-0x1Bh It should also be noted that while it is true that I used to be friends with Alex throughout the mid and late 2010's, I ended up parting ways with him after the collapse of an old chat group that became rather uncomfortable by 2018, especially since it involved another person who almost completely ruined my life (won't go into detail on that though for obvious reasons) Also, if Alex is reading this, I would like to say I'm sorry for turning against you the way I did a couple years ago, and also for murmuring a few remarks about your legacy when I started making memes out of the show again by 2019. Now that I see the current direction of your life isn't as undesirable I used to think of it as, I'm up for rekindling our former connections if that's what you'd like to do. Until then, I hope you and Adam continue unlocking the secrets of the International Underground.

[@joshuaW5621]

Wow, that’s cool to know you ran the Underground Ernie channel.

[@xstudentjake5400]

You know how matpat from game theory was pretty much always associated with fnaf I feel like underground ernie is something adam is from thomas theorist is gonna be associated with

[@joshuaW5621]

Haha, imagine Ernie being his FNAF.

[@WaksWorld05]

A friend of mine said this but someone said Motorcity to me is what Underground Ernie is to Adam

[@Diecastcreations]

If the video doesn’t have ernieeeeeeee as each clip transitions then ill sadly have to report your channel 😔

[@True_BlueStudios]

Nah 💀

[@joshuaW5621]

Sad fact, upon my latest rewatch, I found out that the ERNIEEEEEEEEEEEE tune usually only pops up like twice an episode.

[@True_BlueStudios]

@@joshuaW5621 R.I.P Ernie (You were the happiest man alive.) 🪦 🧍‍♀️🧍🏿🧍🏿‍♂️👴🧓

[@CrazyFilms2024]

@@joshuaW5621add two more if you count the opening and ending

[@True_BlueStudios]

@@CrazyFilms2024 Ernie is now officially calling the police because he will not being getting another appearance

[@Heres_Domix]

16:05 Lil' correction: The Polish Dub just straight up uses the English intro, but a Guy is saying the Polish Title of the show and the episode. Overall I'm glad it got mentioned at all, as i had no idea so many Dubs of Ernie are lost media at some point!

[@Trainboy17]

The theme song slaps harder than being slapped by your bully at high school, In a good way because it's so good!

[@pennysanchez7656]

ERRRRRNIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEE

[@Ben-js8kq]

6:48 As a massive Sopranos fan, this clip of Paulie you included here is very much appreciated! 👍😉

[@trainlover16]

20:23 As someone who’s working on my own tv/web series at the moment, Raptordogs, that was a very motivating thing to hear. Thank you.

[@jacobjcb8883]

It's always refreshing to see you here Trainlover16

[@trainlover16]

@ Thanks Jacob. 🙂

[@JorgeBonilla-r5l]

To be honest, the sketches look way better than the final animation results. It would be easier if they did a blend of 2D animation and 3D animation, just like Little Einsteins.

[@joshuaW5621]

It’s kind of inspired me to make a reanimated version of the show someday.

[@Trainos]

If they reboot Ernie, they need to keep the theme song

[@joshuaW5621]

Totally

[@Jadentreyrungarsamy-b3b]

Fun fact:the music playing in the background in the Transport for London secton is the Transporters intro theme

[@E2ForLife]

We have storyboards for underground Ernie now yall.

[@GoofyCharizard]

Man I can only imagine a world where Eeeerrrrnieeee reached its full potential, no doubt it would've had the desired effect on the world. Who knows maybe it could've gotten a good persian cover.

[@thomasegcouplesandships1956]

I have so many ideas for new international trains for Underground Ernie, they include. • Madrid from Spain • Berlin from Germany • Venice from Italy • Bucharest from Romania • Warsaw from Poland • Kyiv from Ukraine • Brussels from Belgium • Edinburgh from Scotland • Cardiff from Wales • Dublin from Ireland • Athens from Greece • Lisbon from Portugal • Budapest from Hungary • Stockholm from Sweden • Bern from Switzerland • Antalya from Turkey • Nicosia from Cyprus • Amsterdam from The Netherlands • Copenhagen from Denmark • Reykjavik from Iceland • Helsinki from Finland • Vancouver from Canada • Mexico City from Mexico • Kingston from Jamaica • Rio De Janiero from Brazil • Buenos Aires from Argentina • Port of Spain from Trinidad and Tobago • Auckland from New Zealand • Nairobi from Kenya • Cape Town from South Africa • Cairo from Egypt • Port Louis from Mauritius • Beijing from China • Mumbai from India • Bangkok from Thailand • Hanoi from Vietnam • Jakarta from Indonesia • Pyongyang from North Korea • Seoul from South Korea • Tehran from Iran • Kabul from Afghanistan • Baghdad from Iraq • Islamabad from Pakistan • Damascus from Syria • Riyadh from Saudi Arabia • Doha from Qatar • Dhaka from Bangladesh • Colombo from Sri Lanka • Kathmandu from Nepal • Jerusalem from IsIsrael • Gaza from Palestine • Sana's from Yemen • Dubai from The United Arab Emirates Feel free to continue my list, and also, ERRRNNNIIIEEE!!!!

[@joshuaW5621]

He referenced the upcoming Dublin MetroLink in his review with his oc Paddy Wagon, as well as the Luas and DART.

[@thomasegcouplesandships1956]

@joshuaW5621 oh yeah

[@ThomasTogTid]

15:55 apperently there was a danish dub aswell, with a pretty Big danish actor voicing Ernie, yet i cant find Any clips of it

[@CTTE06]

1K likes and he has to rebrand to Ernie Theorist /j

[@michaelt9639]

Just love the ernieeeeeeeee meme I love your content I wish the theme song was on Spotify

[@aliminator1310]

MERRY CHRISTMAS, ADAM!!!

[@KoenOtto]

Make a video of yourself going to The Awdry Extravaganza 5 as Underground Ernie as your actual last ever Underground Ernie video. (not begging)

[@joshuaW5621]

Oh he will.

[@farmboy64]

This is the exact moment Ernie became underground Bravo vince

[@joshuaW5621]

Now I’m feeling a bit inspired to make Underground Ernie Reanimated someday.

[@WaksWorld05]

This is gonna be interesting

[@ryleeculla5570]

WTF is that speed man runs at brother nearly at the level of road runner 10:46

[@Lighting_Desk]

God this show was like a fever dream

[@jacob9349]

the ernie legacy stills continues

[@joshuaW5621]

This show is a bit like the 2013 animated movie Free Birds in the sense that it faded into obscurity for years and then in recent times has seen a resurgence online thanks to a big KZbinr talking about it and turning it into a meme.

[@RedSudrianLionProductions95]

You should do a retrospective of Bob the Builder.

[@gabes3dworldofficial]

Should do an underground ernie rewatch but you take a shot every time ERRRRNIIEEEEEE happens

[@retrogamelover2012]

Man, that Persian dub's attempt at a theme song just floored me with how hilariously terrible it was.

[@iannehuenguerreno9900]

I can resist to say it: ERRRRRNNNNIIIIIIIEEEEEEE🗣️🔥🔥

[@maiyo8518]

It looks a lot better when the characters are drawn

[@Real_Bartman_64]

Thear exists a danish dub of ernie, i couldn't find any clips of it, but it is on the dubbingpedia. The title of the dub was just the english title.

[@tillieproductions]

8:33 salsburys!?!?

[@mistermadmachine6311]

😮I can’t believe they had ride on jubilee and Ernie 1 at some point 😔too bad the poor eurostar had to break because of jubilee

[@rodrix_A238]

15:50 Everything but a Spanish-Latin dubbing :,v I will never be able to enjoy Underground Ernie in my language

[@JoshProductions07]

One thing you may have to put into consideration about the Persian dub is that it was probably illegally produced, as many Persian dubs of shows are. You know the Persian dub of Fireman Sam Series 5 used the original Mickey Mouse Club theme as an instrumental?

[@joshuaW5621]

Why do Persians make so many unlicensed dubs?

[@ToelwWorks]

When the Ernie is underground 👀

[@Just_Justin-ip7gn]

Yippie he posted

[@joshuaW5621]

Some of the concept art I’ve seen looks even more creepy than the show itself.

[@Wubbit-Vids]

14:52 “The Hammersmiths & City” sounds like a band name, specifically the “The Hammersmiths” part.

[@shouty_man]

my favourite part was when they said "its ernie time" and ernie'd all over the underground

[@D.D.D.STUDIO]

Underground ernie ❌ Underground victoria ✅ Yep

[@ThomasTheorist]

Victoria!

[@D.D.D.STUDIO]

@@ThomasTheorist and bakerloo

[@pcb1175]

@@D.D.D.STUDIOHammersmith & City too!

[@subtosmileythecooldog]

Jubilee

[@WaksWorld05]

@@pcb1175With Jubilee!

[@JosephRailwayStudios2000]

Fantastic Video.

[@Marconumber14thomasfan]

20:42 with adam you have a Ernie kastum

[@RogueProbe]

"We're worried we won't arrive"

[@Marconumber14thomasfan]

0:38 like Thomas the tank engine was also in 2D in the 70s

[@joshuaW5621]

Ah yes, Andrew Lloyd Webber's failed attempt at adapting the Railway Series.

[@Marconumber14thomasfan]

@@joshuaW5621 you are zo right but wie have instead AEG 🤮

[@Gregory_ferrandis]

⁠@Marconumber14thomasfan we* so* Please learn English

[@Kashi-K]

@5:30 god, why does Ernie look like a Gerry Anderson puppet

[@TammyPeri-ow4sr]

have you seen the secrets of the London underground it's great

[@The-Signal-Man]

I'm less worried about the lyrics of the Persian theme song and more about the instrumentation. It sounds like it came from a phone recording of someone on the keyboard

[@joshuaW5621]

It doesn’t even feel like the same song. They ruined this song.

[@subagiodedo5183]

Ernieeeeee

[@thomasbeevor9570]

10:46 GOTTA GO FAST

[@joshuaW5621]

Bro trying to be like Sonic.

[@aceproductions43]

What does Bert say when he's angry at his roommate?

[@joshuaW5621]

ERNIEEEEEE

[@TrainStudios4414]

​@joshuaW5621 Lalalala

[@ЧуднойЛинк]

Nobody is going to mention it, so I will. It appears that Moscow is based on a type of Russian subway train that was kind of bad and was discontinued soon after its creation.

[@joshuaW5621]

Why doesn’t that surprise me lol. Speaking of real life basis’, I’ve been curious about what types of trains the characters are based on cause that topic isn’t really as well known with Ernie compared to Thomas and Chuggington.

[@Aspecialfan-rp5py]

8:31 don’t you mean your kids?

[@edcola6671]

Godspeed, Ernie.

[@marcomacias3960]

i sense some uncanny valley with the human characters

[@thomasawl]

16:56 LOOK MAH I WAS ON THE THOMAS THEORIST SHOW

[@thomasawl]

seriously though i have the Persian theme disliked. I don’t care that no one can see this, i want the person who uploaded that to know how i feel

[@joshuaW5621]

At least your opinion on that poor cover has given you a bit of notoriety.

[@Iyad-n7y]

Finally!

[@8-bitEmmett]

can someone give me links for the other versions of the themes

[@leiagelwasser2168]

The reason those storyboards look as good as they do is probably because they are storyboards. Those look like very heavily shaded pencil drawings, A lot of that would have been flattened in 2D animation.

[@Razer_-fe9mo]

Persian Ernie is best Ernie.

[@BraidenTibay]

For god sakes if they have season 2 thry should make the engine more realistic and i don't know how they do it but redesign the engines call it underground Ernie remasters

[@alexthelnerj72]

ERNIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Nicecustomer]

20:42 yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeesssssss!!!!!

[@abanana]

errrrrnieeee

[@Josephcavagnaro]

ERNIEEEEEEE

[@Caden-z5d]

ERRRNIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@Nicecustomer]

20:29 noooooooo😢

[@YaBoyNamedGheee]

Its Ernover

[@beroach]

I JUST FOUND A SPANISH DUB OF UNDERGROUND ERNIE!

[@deadertonbreaderton]

A world without osaka would be hell

[@joshuaW5621]

I don’t know how to tie this in but we will never know what he sounds like in the Polish dub as his episode is one of the missing ones from that dub.

[@AndriuV2]

​@@joshuaW5621 As a Pole I can tell you some information about Osaka's lost episode in Polish. The Polish site of *"Dubbingpedia"* says that Osaka was voiced by *Miłogost Reczek* the same guy who voiced *Stoick the Vast* from "How to Train Your Dragon" series in Polish Dub. And he also voiced *Victor* from "Cyberpunk 2077" in Polish Version.

[@joshuaW5621]

@@AndriuV2 how do you know this much?

[@ryleeculla5570]

Underground ERRRNNIIIIIEEEEE

[@jshock]

Who would even pick it up in the US,Discovery Kids,Nick Jr,Playhouse Disney?

[@joshuaW5621]

Now I wonder if there would have been a US dub of this show if it aired in America.

[@imlovingtrains]

Underground ernie is bad but somehow good

[@mlgodzilla4206]

ERNIEEEEEEEMAXXING

[@theaverageteleporter7435]

No mention of underground Ernie’s website :(

[@ThomasTheorist]

Bruhhhhh i should have...😢

[@joshuaW5621]

@@ThomasTheorist so is there gonna be a part 2 or will someone else cover it?

[@theaverageteleporter7435]

@@ThomasTheoristthere is also the underground Ernie stuff that was on cbeebies website

[@LIZlogic]

Ernieeeeeeeeee

[@Busted_buffers]

Bert and Ernieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@TrainStudios4414]

Seasme Street

[@ZacharyCrawford-w3m]

I also do really love this❤😂😊😅🎉😢😮😢

[@JuliaLargo-k6m]

ERNIEEEEEEEEEEE

[@harrisonallen651]

*E R N I E E E*

[@harryfoley2294]

Errrrrrrnieeeeeeee

[@brettolson3905]

Yay!!

[@thegamingwolfkingofthemult37]

6:42 Cars The Video Game PS2 looking ass models. lol

[@traintimeboy]

Eeerrrrnnniiiie

[@BrentSudric]

TIL about "DLR Dave"\ TBH Jubilee with eyelids makes him look more approachable

[@jeremiahmcknight2254]

Ernieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@Gorilla_drip]

IM LATE AGAIN 😭😭😭

[@UziTheDroneEngine]

Underground Adam we know he gonna lose or break his keys again

[@joshuaW5621]

That would be a funny episode.

[@UziTheDroneEngine]

yes agree

[@Carterdraw]

I’m a Canadian

[@bernardothetankengine7218]

ernieeeeeeeeeeeeeee