Ernest P. Worrell is a fictional character most principally portrayed by the late American

United States

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 actor Jim Varney

Jim Varney

James Albert "Jim" Varney, Jr. was an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, writer, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his role as Ernest P...

 in a series of television

Television

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 commercials, and later in a television series (Hey Vern, It's Ernest!

Hey Vern, It's Ernest!

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...

) as well as a series of feature film

Film

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s. Ernest was created by the Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

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 advertising

Advertising

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 agency Carden and Cherry and was used in various local television ad campaigns. The only national products he promoted were The Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company

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's Sprite

Sprite

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, TaB

Tab (soft drink)

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 and Mello Yello

Mello Yello

Mello Yello is a caffeinated, citrus-flavored soft drink produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company. It was introduced on March 1, 1979 to compete with PepsiCo's Mountain Dew. There have been three flavored variants of Mello Yello. Mello Yello Cherry was released in response to Mountain Dew...

 soda brands.

The first Ernest commercial, filmed in 1980, advertised an appearance by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

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 at Beech Bend Park

Beech Bend Park

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, an amusement park

Amusement park

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 located near Bowling Green

Bowling Green, Kentucky

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, Kentucky

Kentucky

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.