But instead of killing him, the electrocution gives Ernest superhuman powers, enabling him to escape from jail and foil Nash's attempt to rob the bank.

notably in Ernest Goes to Jail, which some think is the best of the series. Hollywood has given up on comedies, and we'll never get another franchise like Ernest, though Larry the Cable Guy made ...

as well as several movies like Ernest Goes To Jail and Ernest Saves Christmas. Chapman revealed that Byrge died at his own residence in his home state of Tennessee, while remembering her cousin to ...

including “Ernest Goes to Jail, ”Ernest Goes to School” and “Ernest Saves Christmas.” Chapman told TMZ that Byrge was discovered walking down the sidewalk, before he got cast in 1985’s ...

1990’s “Ernest Goes to Jail,” 1991’s “Ernest Scared Stupid” and 1994’s “Ernest Goes to School.” Within the “Ernest” franchise, Varney played the title character Ernest P.

ORANGE, N.J., Sept. 24. -- Ernest Melville, a circus rider, for several years with the Barnum Bailey Show, is in jail for stabbing his wife's stepfather with a carving knife. The assault took ...

Bill Byrge, remembered as the silent, silly Bobby in a number of Jim Varney's Ernest projects, has died at the age of 92 ...