Jim Varney- Interview (Toy Story/Ernest) 10-23-95 [Reelin' In The Years Archives]

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@MrBezagreen 3 жыл бұрын

3:02 "I wanted to be an actor every since I could walk, since I was 8 years old". Every joke flies over the interviewer's head

@aaronhadley3454 Жыл бұрын

For real, Jim was letting some real bangers loose and this interviewer had no sense of humor.

@bOmBAsTiK Жыл бұрын

That wasn't a joke though, just Jim going from cliche to specific in his train of thought

@Kataxu Жыл бұрын

@@bOmBAsTiKNo. Its unbelievable that any healthy child would take 8 years to learn to walk. It is a joke. Its a form of self-deprecating humor, implying to the interviewing, jokingly, that he was a special needs child.

@jdubjdub645 Жыл бұрын

“It was a stretch” interviewer: huh?!

@precoius Жыл бұрын

He ends the interview with, “Alright, now we gotta go to Don Rickles.” Looks like he had a lot of interviews lined up for that day, so his mind was somewhere else. He wasn’t really listening to Jim’s answers, just thinking about the camera placement and rattling off boring questions about Jim Varney’s popularity and box office performance. It’s impressive how Jim Varney managed to be so charming in a very awkward situation. Overall, kind of a wasted interview.

@jackspry9736 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Jim Varney (June 15, 1949 - February 10, 2000), aged 50 You will be remembered as a legend.

@justicechadwell1944 4 ай бұрын

I was born 5 days after😢

@CreditsBean17 4 ай бұрын

He died during the production of "Atlantis: The Lost Empire".

@MrE1981 3 жыл бұрын

Interviewer needs to show some god damn respect.

@Wulfgeir 3 жыл бұрын

looks like the actor that plays Dr. Phil

@dradra2day 3 жыл бұрын

Calm down.

@lambliesdown1 2 жыл бұрын

Big time...

@christiananderson4909 2 жыл бұрын

Guy does sound like a bit of a prick.

@johndough2328 2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao, Seriously and at the end kinda annoyed me, but I love how Jim kinda throws sarcasm at the interviewer in the end of the interview after he says “thank you very much” and then sighs, Jim: We’re having entirely too much fun.

@mattbibb1622 Жыл бұрын

He was too pure for this world. RIP Jim

@Broomey95 Жыл бұрын

“We’re havin entirely too much fun.”😹😹 Jim was a class act. I miss him and his movies so much😭

@genuinejustin6269 3 ай бұрын

Jim Varney, Robin Williams, man these two created so many amazing memories for so many people.

@jimnfl7134 16 күн бұрын

but Robin killed himself, sorry it's hard to watch his movies because of that. Only Aladdin i have watched in the last 3-4 years.

@NinjaSushi2 2 жыл бұрын

I think every kid who grew up in the eighties and nineties grew up loving him.

@hughjanus9557 2 жыл бұрын

Grew up in the 90's and he was a big part of it.

@YvngDecayOfficial Жыл бұрын

This man’s legacy stretches I was born in 2002 and I grew up and loved this man’s movie he truly was the father figure to people who didn’t have one god just took him cause he did what he had to do

@TheUltimateMarioFan Жыл бұрын

I adore him.

@venom286__worldoftanks3 Жыл бұрын

yep

@ProjectRevoltNow Жыл бұрын

Born 1990. Watched Ernest saves Christmas for Xmas and then proceeded to watch 6 other Ernest movies lol.I loved Ernest as a kid and plan on buying all Ernest movies I can find on DVD

@TheNotbadphonedaddy Жыл бұрын

It's been 23 years, but God it doesn't feel like it. I really miss this man. Wish he never would've smoked. Wish he was still with us.

@Hewlett-Packard-Lovecraft 3 жыл бұрын

His heart was just TOO BIG for this world.

@RandomOne1999 3 жыл бұрын

FR he has such a nice wholesome smile

@professorpenne9962 11 ай бұрын

I actually feel bad watching the beverly hillbillies movie because when I first watched it, I was a kid looking at lea thompson and didn't know that would be one of the last roles he did.

@ZacSmash 2 ай бұрын

u can see it in jims smile he was just a genuine beautiful loving person. just good vibes coming off that man. one of the most recognizable voices to this day. what a kickass dude. rip brother.

@joelspring6201 3 жыл бұрын

Loved watching this guy playing Ernest as a child. Boy I miss the guy!!

@AxelBertilDahlstrom 3 жыл бұрын

This guy could have been a really good joker. I never realized it as a kid but damn.

@NinjaSushi2 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Just imagine him playing The Joker as a psychopathic killer.

@AxelBertilDahlstrom 2 жыл бұрын

@@NinjaSushi2 Seriously. his laugh would have been everything. Look too. Facial expressions, and everything. My money would say he would top everyone.

@KimBlaQue 2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@Keranu Жыл бұрын

He had some good acting skills, even his more serious roles. I think he would have nailed Joker.

@AxelBertilDahlstrom Жыл бұрын

@@Keranu It’s a shame they trapped him into earnest for so long. It’s even a bigger shame he was a smoker.

@taph. 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore this man. Rest in peace Jim Varney.

@curtfox91 3 жыл бұрын

Dumb interviewer didn’t even get the Slinky the dog joke when he said its a Stretch!!! 😒 that was so funny lol

@BeckVMH 4 ай бұрын

I don’t necessarily think he didn’t get it, he just sucked as a host. A bit of a head scratcher why he conducted the interview as he did.

@kendalberry9058 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Jim Varney (1949 - 2000)

@tobydauberman6679 2 жыл бұрын

Rip a grate man 😇

@NinjaSushi2 2 жыл бұрын

Damn. So he passed in 2000?

@goofusmaximus1482 2 жыл бұрын

@@NinjaSushi2 February 10th, 2000 from lung cancer.

@WilliamWatrous 15 күн бұрын

@@goofusmaximus1482 smoking related?

@goofusmaximus1482 15 күн бұрын

@WilliamWatrous yes it was. The same for Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman), both were heavy smokers who went to great lengths to NOT be seen by children, or even photographed smoking. Neither of them wanted to give an impression to children that smoking was cool.

@brendaoldenkamp9735 2 жыл бұрын

My husband and I saw him doing a comedy act way back in the 80s. Afterwards I turned to my husband and said this guy is gonna be a huge star. My husband didn't think so. But I could see he had immense talent. Not long after his star took off like a rocket through the sky.

@Iconhulk Жыл бұрын

Apparently by all commercials he was already done a star..

@danielsmith3405 2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Varney exhibits a grace with the interviewer that I do not possess.

@BeckVMH 4 ай бұрын

Exactly. That’s was really awkward. However, Jim made the best of it.

@embry1992 2 жыл бұрын

He was a very handsome man!! I miss him. Ernest shaped my childhood! He came to sign autographs at a furniture store in my hometown of Farmington, NM when I was about 5 or 6. I had strep throat and couldn’t go 😭

@Kavik1938 Жыл бұрын

His kindness and caring is still with me. He changed me when I felt no one cared.

@brendanbrady1291 Жыл бұрын

Jesus cares.

@mutalix 3 жыл бұрын

Jim Varney, was one of the most wholesome souls on this planet. He had such a gentle aura about him, his comedy was hilarious, his acting sublime, and put his heart into his craft. We lost him so damn early, but are incredibly fortunate to have so many memories in his commercials, movies and persona on tv. Rest easy Jim, so many of us miss you!

@stephaneroy3976 2 жыл бұрын

The type of adult that kids could call a buddy, is how I felt about him when I was young ;)

@onlyrevolutions2010 3 жыл бұрын

It's a shame no one made a movie about Vincent Price and cast Jim.

@zacharystokell7304 3 жыл бұрын

YES

@ReginaldForman 3 жыл бұрын

Wow i didnt realize that was something i need to see until just now...

@jonathanfunnell4167 3 жыл бұрын

LOVE BOTH VINCENT PRICE AND JIM VARNEY WITH ALL MY HEART

@BenjaminGessel 3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... If you had both Vincent Price and Jim Varney doing a movie, that sounds like a recipe for a GOOD Scooby Doo movie... 😁😁😁😁😁 Christopher Lee and/or Peter Cushing would be a nice touch... 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@ethanweeter2732 2 жыл бұрын

Now that you mention it, he looks just like him even down to the mustache.

@twistedsevenfold 3 жыл бұрын

This interviewer really bothered me. So cut and dry. No true interest and no true intent on really getting to know his career and motive. I grew up on Ernest and Jim Varney in general and god rest his soul and this interview deserves way more respect and way more views.

@elizabethh3726 Жыл бұрын

The interviewer I felt was so disrespectful. Jim was Jim and that's what made this enjoyable. I couldn't agree with your statement more. It's like do you not realize who is in front of you.

@drumsrox Жыл бұрын

I could like hear Him Breathing Lol so uncomfortable.

@MrBrinkman721 Жыл бұрын

The interviewer seemed very disrespectful. Especially when he said "and it's come to this playing slinky the dog". Like damn dude.

@OcultaManu Жыл бұрын

The interviewer was very much an ass.

@ARichardP Жыл бұрын

Yep, interviewer was way too damn dry, except for a couple moments. Jim handled it well.

@tigerlee9613 2 жыл бұрын

Such an interesting and likeable man. Love his voice and character.

@justinlloyd9348 3 жыл бұрын

Great look at Jim Varney. Interesting to hear that he was aware of how scary ERNEST SCARED STUPID was after seeing it on the big screen.

@nontew85 3 жыл бұрын

I really wanted to hear his commentary on making that one that’s my favorite Earnest film and I love to know the history behind it or his thoughts, But he’s right it’s pretty frightening for a kids movie and still holds up quite well for what it is.

@BJ-mb2ug 3 жыл бұрын

It scared me as a kid…

@UnoriginalEscobar Жыл бұрын

I’m 36 years old and i never knew Jim Varney was the voice of Slink. He was the greatest for me as a kid

@werewolflover8636 2 ай бұрын

This man dressed up like Earnest and visited sick children in hospitals while undergoing cancer treatments and right up until the day he died. Jim, we miss you! You were a huge part of my Generations childhood and we all still love you. God bless you and God speed.

@Bobaheisenberg 2 жыл бұрын

This side of this man is so awesome.. Such an amazing soul!

@chrisbaybay7326 Жыл бұрын

These jokes were funny but I swear he could take any of the lamest jokes I've ever heard and turn them into gold with his delivery. Loved Jim varney, a real comedic genius

@therocinante3443 3 жыл бұрын

Funny, Jim never took an interview seriously because nobody was ever serious about interviewing him.

@Kavik1938 Жыл бұрын

Jim Varney had something genuine he showed in his skits. He related to people and was just a genuine soul he was able to show others. Ernest saves Christmas and in Ernest goes to jail, his speech in the end of egtj, step up and take what you have and do the best is so moving. Plus, in saving Christmas, so many side stories. The girl who was on the run, bad childhood Ernest still cared about her without taking advantage of her. She needed to know she was loved no matter what.

@karahernandez4279 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this gem!! He was a real treasure.

@ugursariusta997 3 жыл бұрын

You are also a real and great treasure where do you live sweetheart ❤️💋❤️

@ugursariusta997 3 жыл бұрын

I love your name is Kara right means Dark Black

@johndough2328 2 жыл бұрын

@@ugursariusta997 REJECTED, lmfao

@ashe984 Жыл бұрын

Toy Story was my childhood and Jim seemed like such a very good hearted soul. He is such a legend and was a good funny actor.

@StephenLuke 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Jim Varney (1949-2000)

@sebastianmendez2678 3 жыл бұрын

Kids who were born during the early 2000's never even got to watch Toy Story 2 before Jim Varney died! How sad is that...

@professorpenne9962 11 ай бұрын

scratch that, they didn't even know about having an ernest movie rented for kids to watch and it was so good even the parents came in to watch it and laugh.

@sebastianmendez2678 11 ай бұрын

@@professorpenne9962 indeed, tru dat.

@gregorydelbeke3405 Жыл бұрын

i miss him so much he was such a good and funny actor . R.I.P Jim Varney

@srodparanormalhour4673 2 жыл бұрын

Gone to soon! Absolutely adored Jim Varney since I was a kid… would have loved to have met him in person!

@nicholasmardis9846 2 жыл бұрын

I use to watch Jim Varney on Saturday mornings when I was a kid , I am so sad he is no longer with us.

@jessepike3565 Жыл бұрын

Loved Ernest as kid and still watch his movies today and Ernest saves Christmas every year

@spike16965 10 ай бұрын

Same

@jessepike3565 10 ай бұрын

@@spike16965 Stephanie pike I have a first cousin with that name

@shazanali692 2 жыл бұрын

Jim varney, trust me where ever you are, you are big in europe, always watch your movies dude, thank you for the laughter

@professorpenne9962 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad people in europe also enjoy him, he was a very big part of people's childhoods and lives in north america. ernest movies are still shown on tv and talked about fondly.

@chrisstephens3196 Ай бұрын

I miss him so much. Just an amazing talent who loved everyone and truly gave his entire life to bring happiness to this world. Even when he was dying with cancer, he still dressed as Earnest and visited children’s’ hospitals. Just miss him terribly❤️

@chicagogrl2422 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jim. RIP gone too soon. What a talented man. We lost a lot of laughter and joy the day you left. ❤️❤️❤️

@PowerlifterRich Жыл бұрын

Miss him so much! One of the greats. Will always have a place in my childhood heart! Always!!!!

@jrwheeler81 2 жыл бұрын

I've always loved Jim. Such an amazing talent. I grew up watching Ernest movies in the 80s and early 90s. He looked pretty rough here. He was only 46 at the time of this interview, but looked a good 10-15 years older. That just goes to show the horrible effects that smoking has on the body. RIP, Jim. You were a legend. PS ~ whoever this interviewer was, he was AWFUL.

@hutchu1 2 жыл бұрын

I totally love this guy❤️

@ChrisJohnson-hk6es Жыл бұрын

He was a legend. I miss him

@ripster8766 Жыл бұрын

Jim varney is one of my heroes. The talent came easy but he worked hard and for a long time to get where he got. The physical humor is obvious but I still am surprised by some of the things he says in Ernest movies. I consider myself a bon vivant for being an Ernest fan.

@MrE1981 3 жыл бұрын

Love this man!

@dcraexon 3 жыл бұрын

👁 🎎

@JC-jl5tj 2 жыл бұрын

Varney would've played Joe Exotic in the Tiger King movie

@srodparanormalhour4673 2 жыл бұрын

Never thought of that. Great casting choice!

@mrcrackdonald_1 2 жыл бұрын

Woulda been too old but also yeah

@elcheekoful Жыл бұрын

Oh he could if totally played Joe Exotic.

@boomstickcritique902 Жыл бұрын

He feels like someone that Tarantino would hire.

@faerefolke 3 жыл бұрын

God, I miss him! Everything about him.

@vfxfan 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite Ernest movie growing up was Ernest Goes to Jail.

@Broomey95 Жыл бұрын

YES!! Goes to Jail and Scared Stupid are my top favorite Ernest movies lol

@anthonylilly6862 Жыл бұрын

Jim and I were set to do a shoot but sadly, it wasn't meant to be. I admired him greatly

@BenjaminGessel 9 ай бұрын

Going from playing Ernest to bring himself-Jim Varney…. You can see the HUGE difference…. 😁😁😁😁😁

@hectorlopez1069 3 жыл бұрын

Ernest goes to camp is my favorite.

@tobydauberman6679 2 жыл бұрын

Mine is is the garbage man vs trools

@srodparanormalhour4673 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite is Ernest Goes to Jail :)

@jeremybelcher1727 2 жыл бұрын

I'd say Ernest Goes to Jail is my favorite, but Ernest Goes to Camp is really good too!

@hectorlopez1069 2 жыл бұрын

@@srodparanormalhour4673 His twin is in prison and he wants to get out.

@zackfair6791 Жыл бұрын

I liked the TV series best. Sad it was only 1 season.

@loneeagle85 7 ай бұрын

Miss this amazing actor big part of my childhood

@jimwillson365 2 жыл бұрын

Camp, Jail, are my favorite...scared stupid and Xmas are good and probably underrated

@jenniferpower981 3 жыл бұрын

God I love Jim Varney,lovely,lovely Man.

@VidabuenaTV 13 күн бұрын

This man deserve a movie about him!

@SuperMmmdelicious 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't finish this interview because the jaskass interviewer.

@javonjovey3939 3 жыл бұрын

Dude sound like Vlad lol

@supermansflu 2 жыл бұрын

Best actor of my heart

@funnrun3399 10 ай бұрын

I can't believe Jim suffered with cancer and made movies and visited children's hospitals what a gentleman

@lgtexas2013 3 жыл бұрын

I love Ernest corny Laugh n smile so much hahaha man is a true legend ❤️❤️❤️ such a beautiful n gifted person

@KingTriton1837 3 жыл бұрын

Jebidiah Allardyce Farnsworth! 💙 "I can make Rhode Island dance! C'mon baby! Dance for me!". 🤣🤣🤣 RIP Mr. Varney!

@tinytanks 5 ай бұрын

sigh, Toy Story was such a seminal computer animation movie... if Jim Varney had lived, we would have had movie after movie with his voice talents in it. he would today be regarded as one of America's finest actors. it's such a bummer he died so young!!!

@marcella7739 9 ай бұрын

I miss Jim Varney movies God rest his soul.❤

@FortniteDad39 Жыл бұрын

My first Ernest movie was Goes To Camp I watched at my grandparents about a year after it came out. Fond memories and Ernest was a part of it all. Saves Christmas is a family holiday tradition to this day. There will never be another, knowwutimean Verney?

@Thugzilla90 8 күн бұрын

Jim Varney and Robin Williams was my childhood. They both made the 80s' and 90s'.

@__blakebaxter_wips Жыл бұрын

Every interview I've seen with Jim Varney is the same: Varney is golden, and the interviewer serves up bricks. Like fucking A, if you elitists knew the talent sitting in front of you, you'd wouldn't have squandered your time.

@andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697 2 жыл бұрын

such a great incredible actor and comedian

@ethanweeter2732 2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea Jim was in Toy Story.

@jobelle5470 2 жыл бұрын

SAME

@ihopcsx Жыл бұрын

50 is too damn young. Rest easy Jim

@Bounty_Hunter84 2 жыл бұрын

Jim is a legend because he took a Character for commercials and moved him into movies. And he was massive in America at the time. As far as i know no actor or very few brought a character from silver screen to the big screen. Rip Jim You Know Wut I Mean :D

@marksman4004 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching hey vern it's ernest from the first episode to the last. And every single one of his movies. Man I miss the 80s and 90s.

@spike16965 10 ай бұрын

I always loved his work ever since I was very little

@starcityrc3298 2 жыл бұрын

I miss him

@rawhydemusic8620 Ай бұрын

Man, I miss Jim... Ernest Goes to Camp was my favorite

@RIPdBOON 3 жыл бұрын

Grew up watching Ernest goes to camp. Never saw any other ones. Had no idea he was Slinky! R.I.P

@hutchu1 2 жыл бұрын

People are not gonna like this but I loved Jim Barney more then Tom Hanks. Ernest/slinky dog rest in peace you will forever be young

@rbc4989 2 жыл бұрын

Miss him so much

@RayBecker Жыл бұрын

Love Jim Varney. He was a rare breed of Celebrity and he reminds me of Bob Nelson. Funny as all get out and they didn't need to cuss all of the time. Jim left us way too soon. We're running out of Jim Varney's and Bob Nelson's.

@hectorlopez1069 3 жыл бұрын

Love his acting.

@BBall-dq9mt 2 жыл бұрын

Picture him as the Joker

@jobelle5470 2 жыл бұрын

God I love him

@torripritchard9480 3 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you!❤❤😱

@cocohontas91 Жыл бұрын

Loved Ernest so funny 😂

@TheTopherocks Жыл бұрын

What an awesome guy

@brandondressen6428 9 ай бұрын

I love Jim Varney

@Jmjm-wl7pd 3 жыл бұрын

Most people had mr rodgers or spongebob depending when they were growing up ernest was my mr rodgers growing up

@RocStarr913 3 жыл бұрын

I was so lucky that Hey Vern, It’s Ernest happened to be on television when I was a child, which was how I was first introduced to the character. I was from New York City, so I wasn’t really exposed to Ernest through the television commercials like most Americans were then. The TV series was short-lived, but Varney’s acting and comedic timing and the whole technical verve of that show really made a lifelong impact on me. There was something so oddly comforting about him and the Ernest character to my then-child eyes.

@danielwofford275 8 ай бұрын

Such style!!!

@CEEBrown 9 ай бұрын

I feel dumb as ever not knowing that he played the dog in Toy Story. Now it all makes sense with that voice. S M H Anywho, what a talentd guy and genuine soul.

@christimc33 Жыл бұрын

Africa, Camp & then Jail are my favs!!!!

@ChampaBayBeast 15 күн бұрын

Jim was a dude with a charisma level of 5000

@NinjaSushi2 2 жыл бұрын

He interrupts him to jump to the next question without letting him finish.

@bestmoviesever1 2 жыл бұрын

A good interviewer understands that is about being engaging while also being succinct and a good listener. Ultimately the goal is to get the interviewee talking. If you have some questions left over when the time is up, that is fine, better to be over prepared than under.

@littlejunkettes4122 Жыл бұрын

@@bestmoviesever1 So many interviewers are like that man, though. No respect.

@Vovanov18 3 жыл бұрын

I always thought that Jim Varney and Frank Silva (Killer Bob from Twin Peaks) kinda shared similar facial features.

@shapez73 9 ай бұрын

Charismatic to a T if I couldn't find any other way to describe JV. Such original acting but just a real human being. He's definitely missed 😢

@therealepicnessofpie9495 Ай бұрын

I miss him so much. Ernest movies were my childhood. If i could go back in time and tell him to not smoke or even bring him to the future. Even though he looks like my abusive step dad but with hair i always put ernest above him cause i didnt want him to ruin ernest for me.