Hey Vern, It's Ernest!

Overview

Hey Vern, It's Ernest! is a short lived American children's television program. It aired on Saturday mornings on CBS for one season in 1988. Each episode involved short sketches based around a certain theme or scenario, featuring the popular fictional character Ernest P. Worrell, his unseen friend Vern, and various others. The series was a production of Ernest creator John Cherry's production company, The Emshell Producers' Group, in association with CBS, and was distributed by DIC Entertainment. The series was later rerun on The Family Channel in the early 1990s.

Episodes

S01E01 Hey Vern, It's Outer Space

September 17, 1988 30 min
Ernest finds what appears to be a space pod that will explode and destroy the entire world. So he tries every trick in the book to get rid of it. At the end, it is...

S01E02 Hey Vern, It's Clothing

September 24, 1988 30 min
Ernest decides to throw a costume party but cannot decide what to dress up as until he finally decides to dress up like a chicken. After he sends the invitations, all his guests come dressed...

S01E03 Hey Vern, It's Scary Things

October 1, 1988 30 min
Ernest thinks that he and Vern are haunted by The Boogieman, so Ernest tries to set a trap to capture him until he decides that there is no such thing as The Boogieman. At the...

S01E04 Hey Vern, It's Movies

October 8, 1988 30 min
Ernest decides to make a movie starring him to enter a film festival for a chance to become a real movie star. He has Willie The Home-Made Robot be his co-star. In the end, Willie...

S01E05 Hey Vern, It's Magic

October 15, 1988 30 min
Ernest performs a magic trick that causes Vern's dog, Shortie to literally disappear. Ernest tries to undo that mishap before Vern really gets upset.

S01E06 Hey Vern, It's Sports

October 22, 1988 30 min
Ernest decides to try out for a wrestling matc against Chainsaw Chester. After he gets himself a costume, he decides to make his name as a porfessional wrestler ""Ernest The Furnace. In the ends, Chainsaw...

S01E07 Hey Vern, It's Pets

October 29, 1988 30 min
Ernest want to have a dog of his own, so he decides to make Vern's house a pet day care center, so he can make some money. In the end, Ernest thinks the dog he...

S01E08 Hey Vern, It's Hobbies

November 5, 1988 30 min
Ernest and Vern chase after and try to catch a very rare species of butterfly, the ""Hunny WunnY""

S01E09 Hey Vern, It's Food

November 12, 1988 30 min
Ernest and Vern enter a baking contest to win a year supply of ""Gooey Boy Muffin Cakes""

S01E10 Hey Vern, It's Holidays

December 3, 1988 30 min
Ernest decides to try and get himself into The Guiness Book of World Records by being the first person to celebrate every major holiday of the year from New Year's Day to Christmas in just...

S01E11 Hey Vern, It's School

December 10, 1988 30 min
Ernest wants to get a special wrist watch that does almost everything. So he decides to deserve to get himself that watch by passing every class and getting good grades at his school. In the...

S01E12 Hey Vern, It's Lost and Found

December 17, 1988 30 min
Ernest and Vern go on a treasure hunt in and around the house and find everything that they have been missing in the end.

S01E13 Hey Vern, It's Talent

December 24, 1988 30 min
Ernest and Vern put on a talent show.

Cast

Jim Varney
Jim Varney
Ernest
Gailard Sartain
Gailard Sartain
Chuck
Debi Derryberry
Debi Derryberry
Skeeter
Bill Byrge
Bill Byrge
Bobby
Mac Bennett
Mac Bennett
George's Roommate

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