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peacefulwarrior75 t1_jbvixfn wrote

Reply to comment by SoulingMyself in I just noticed when thinking of the popular modern sitcoms vs the popular sitcoms of the early/pre 2000s, many of the older ones used to be more centered around friends just hanging while modern are workplace set. Why do you think this is? by 3kool5you

Car 54 where are you

Gomer Pyle usmc

Andy Griffith Show is more workplace than family

Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Phil Silvers Show

and the nineties were full of them:

John Larroquette Show

Newsradio

Just Shoot Me

many others

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peacefulwarrior75 t1_j5j5tyz wrote

Reply to comment by kewizo in God, Severence is a great show. I’m floored. (No spoilers) by kewizo

They recycle a joke or two in the first episode, but the Lasso character is tweaked in some very important ways from those commercials. And the overall plot seems derivative of another sports movie AT FIRST. But it becomes a show that transcends comedy and touches some really deep emotions. One of the most important shows of recent memory, there’s a reason it won two consecutive emmys.

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peacefulwarrior75 t1_j2dmkhz wrote

Reply to comment by hatersaurusrex in TIL Ernest P. Worrell (Ernest Saves Christmas et al.) & Vern were originally created by advertising company Carden & Cherry to promote various local and national brands. Due to the commercials popularity, an Ernest television show and ten movies were made, knowwhatimean? by OptionalPlayer

And if you liked The Beastmaster, Ted was your man. We used to laugh that he must love that movie and would call down to the station on a weekend: “Hey - play Beastmaster!”
“Umm Mr. Turner, we have programming already scheduled, and we did just show that film earlier this week.”

“I own the station - and I want Beastmaster!”

“Of course, sir”

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peacefulwarrior75 t1_j2dkx5c wrote

Reply to comment by hatersaurusrex in TIL Ernest P. Worrell (Ernest Saves Christmas et al.) & Vern were originally created by advertising company Carden & Cherry to promote various local and national brands. Due to the commercials popularity, an Ernest television show and ten movies were made, knowwhatimean? by OptionalPlayer

Ironically Bobby Cox was the GM at the time (he had managed the Braves earlier in the 80s and was hired back as GM a few years later). Then in 1990 he fired the manager mid-season and said “fuck it i’m gonna manage this team myself”, and the rest was history.

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peacefulwarrior75 t1_j2djke2 wrote

Reply to comment by hatersaurusrex in TIL Ernest P. Worrell (Ernest Saves Christmas et al.) & Vern were originally created by advertising company Carden & Cherry to promote various local and national brands. Due to the commercials popularity, an Ernest television show and ten movies were made, knowwhatimean? by OptionalPlayer

He even did spots for the Atlanta Braves back in the 80s (it was a lot harder to sell tickets for them at the time)

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peacefulwarrior75 t1_j2djfep wrote

Reply to comment by spirit_of_a_goat in TIL Ernest P. Worrell (Ernest Saves Christmas et al.) & Vern were originally created by advertising company Carden & Cherry to promote various local and national brands. Due to the commercials popularity, an Ernest television show and ten movies were made, knowwhatimean? by OptionalPlayer

That movie was covered by How Did This Get Made, and June Diane Raphael famously said Bad Ernest is sexy lol. They kinda enjoyed the movie iirc. Maybe i’ll watch it with my kids sometime.

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peacefulwarrior75 t1_j2dirdg wrote

Reply to TIL Ernest P. Worrell (Ernest Saves Christmas et al.) & Vern were originally created by advertising company Carden & Cherry to promote various local and national brands. Due to the commercials popularity, an Ernest television show and ten movies were made, knowwhatimean? by OptionalPlayer

I’m sure the Ernest character was at least inspired by the classic Andy Griffith Show character, Ernest T. Bass.

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peacefulwarrior75 t1_j2dikuv wrote

Reply to TIL Ernest P. Worrell (Ernest Saves Christmas et al.) & Vern were originally created by advertising company Carden & Cherry to promote various local and national brands. Due to the commercials popularity, an Ernest television show and ten movies were made, knowwhatimean? by OptionalPlayer

I remember commercials with him; the schtick was “Vern” was the camera POV, so in essence the viewer is Vern - who is annoying Ernest’s next door neighbor. Ernest would come over and pester Vern about whatever product it was, and the camera as Vern would try to get away from him, never speaking.

The commercials were kinda funny. I was ASTOUNDED when an Ernest movie was made and couldn’t believe such a ridiculous thing existed. I’ve never seen a moment of those movies, but Jim Varney was a talented actor, RIP.

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