Jim Varney - Sgt. Glory Commercial for Purity Orange Juice (Early 1970s) | The Importance of Being Ernest: The Life of Actor Jim Varney

Before Jim Varney became widely known for the Ernest movies, such as 𝘌𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 and 𝘌𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘪𝘭, the Ernest P. Worrell character had already gained national popularity through a series of extremely successful commercials. This unprecedented phenomenon began years before the idea of making Ernest movies was even on the table. Forty years ago today, and a full three years before the first Ernest movie premiered, Jim Varney and Ernest Director

Today marks what would have been Johnny Cash's 92nd birthday. Readers of Jim Varney's biography, The Importance of Being Ernest: The Life of Actor Jim Varney will already know that Jim was a special friend to the Cash family. Jim and The Man in Black first met in 1974 when Jim found a small role on Cash's TV special 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯' 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, which is featured in this video. Cash was later "knocked out" by Jim's stand up act at the Ex