''Knowhutimean? Hey Vern, It's My Family Album'' is an anthology of comedic

short subject A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

s directed by

John R. Cherry III John Robert Cherry III (October 11, 1948 – May 8, 2022) was an American film director and screenwriter, most notable for creating the character of Ernest P. Worrell, played by Jim Varney. Career A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Cherry atte ...

, and released direct-to-video in 1983. It was filmed in

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. As a whole, it is the first film to feature the advertising character

Ernest P. Worrell Ernest P. Worrell is a fictional character portrayed by American actor Jim Varney in a series of television commercials and later in a television series (''Hey Vern, It's Ernest!'') as well as a series of feature films. Ernest was created with ...

, played by Jim Varney (who also portrays numerous other characters throughout the picture).

Plot synopsis

The film is set up as a series of sketches featuring Jim Varney's various characters, some of which he introduced in his

stand-up comedy Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

routines: Davy, the frontiersman; Ace, the fighter pilot; Lloyd Rowe, the mean-spirited mountain man; Billy, the jive-talking carny; Rhetch, a reckless riverboat gambler; and Ernest's "Pa."

's appearances serve as a framing device, with the characters introduced as his relatives and the ever-insistent Ernest trying to tell the unwilling-as-usual Vern about the characters.

Home media

This comedy short anthology had its first DVD release from Mill Creek Entertainment on October 31, 2006 as part of the DVD box sets Maximum Ernest and Essential Ernest Collection along with ''"Your World As I See It"''. Image Entertainment re-released it on June 5, 2012 as part of Ernest's Wacky Adventures: Volume 2 and on January 12, 2016 along with ''"Your World As I See It"'' as part of Ultimate Ernest Collection.

External links

* * 1983 films American anthology films 1983 comedy films Films directed by John R. Cherry III American comedy films Ernest P. Worrell films Films shot in Tennessee 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub