I remember watching this when I was a kid. The only part I remembered in detail was him saying there wasn't a lot of oxygen at the top. I would have been 8 at the time. Ernest was huge and the hype for Splash Mountain was huge. This special made the ride look really scary, much more so than it actually is. Back in the days before the internet a special like this was a treat because there really was no other way for me to look up the details of what a new ride at Disneyland was like.
I don't ever remember this but this is cool anyways.....I remember they had a video or two similar to this concerning Barbies birthday and a dance video thing.
"Thats as tight as Italian hemp has been since the senseless and brutal hanging of Cole Younger's horse. " Ill never forget that line in a million years. lol the writers for earnest where on a whole nother level.
I saw the ending for this special as a kid and it never re-aired. Thank you for uploading this for us Ernest fans. We need a new Erenest P Worrell in today's world.
I'm from UK... but I defo remember seeing this on TV whilst over on holiday in Florida... might've been a rerun before the soft opening of the WDW version of Splash Mountain in 1992. 👍
Damn I miss the 80s!!!! We had the best times. Today crap sucks. Please take me back!!! Lol I would give anything (besides my kids) to be able to relive it all. I didn't really think to appreciate it then, but now I truly miss it within my soul and all the memories.
At 10:24, you can hear Bruce Gordon say "They're some of the favorites" after mentioning that the adorable characters from the movie, Song of the South are what leads this attraction. Even though Disney hasn't released Song of the South in the USA since its 1986 theatrical release, Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and Brer Bear are still to this day some of the favorites and why Disney is making a big mistake erasing them and removing Splash Mountain.
I just went on this for the first time last month. I remember watching this when it first aired. I'd wanted to go on it since. It's real interesting to watch this now. I literally cringed when he casually had his feet up, and the fact there was no bar or whatever that came down. And now ernest has his own ride. Kind of cool.
@@davidwallgren7575why I don’t understand is why couldn’t just make an all new ride for tiana? If they wanted to retheme splash mountain They could’ve just made it tangled 🙄
Disney was proud of Song of the South in the 1980s. The movie was released twice in that decade, in 1980 and 1986 - just three years before the ride opened. My guess is that Disney hadn't planned on withholding the movie at the time they made the attraction.
Man, I was about to be mad as hell at that impatient interviewer clown at 10:00 before my stupid ass realised that she was meant to be doing that as the gag..
It's hard to understate just how gigantic Jim was in the 80's to 90's. He was a cultural touchstone.
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RIP Jim Varney 🙌🏼😂 AND Splash Mountain 💦🐰🦊🐻 Thanks for the memories!!!
R.I.P. Jim Varney & Splash Mountain 😝 🤚 💦 🏔️ 🐰 🦊 🐻 🏰 🪵 🎢 thanks for the memories, too.
I remember watching this when I was a kid. The only part I remembered in detail was him saying there wasn't a lot of oxygen at the top. I would have been 8 at the time. Ernest was huge and the hype for Splash Mountain was huge. This special made the ride look really scary, much more so than it actually is. Back in the days before the internet a special like this was a treat because there really was no other way for me to look up the details of what a new ride at Disneyland was like.
I was 10. I remember the oxygen mask gag.
I watched it as a kid too, I was 12. I remembered the “wish I’d brought a book” line. So awesome to watch this.
I don't ever remember this but this is cool anyways.....I remember they had a video or two similar to this concerning Barbies birthday and a dance video thing.
I remember the part where he is going through at the beginning and saying, "Look at all the critters!" I would have been 8.
R.I.P. Jim Varney.. and Splash Mountain
Also Ralph story❤
What a little treasure this was. I have never seen this thank you Ernest for still entertaining us! I love you Ernest!
There needs to to be a statue of Ernest in front of splash mountain to honor him!!!!
Splash Mountain is no more!
Now it's Tiana's Bayou Adventure.
@@mateomeza1278 Very sad, isn't it?
They’d just tear it down anyway
this is so great to see such a rarity of an ernest gem
Jim Varney was one of a kind💛
"Thats as tight as Italian hemp has been since the senseless and brutal hanging of Cole Younger's horse. " Ill never forget that line in a million years. lol the writers for earnest where on a whole nother level.
Jim Varney should've worked with Mike Judge.
It would been beyond epic.
RIP Jim Varney.
R.I.P.
Jim Varney
how did he pass
The first guy to ride splash mountain I remember riding splash mountain with his best buddy the camera man.
I miss him so much
I saw the ending for this special as a kid and it never re-aired. Thank you for uploading this for us Ernest fans. We need a new Erenest P Worrell in today's world.
He mispronounced Jim Varneys title
On this day Disneyland officially closed Splash Mountain ☹️
I'm from UK... but I defo remember seeing this on TV whilst over on holiday in Florida... might've been a rerun before the soft opening of the WDW version of Splash Mountain in 1992. 👍
Rest In Peace Splash Mountain 😑😭🌊⛰🏞🐻🦊🐰🪵
Good luck Ernest! And remember. We care.
Damn I miss the 80s!!!! We had the best times. Today crap sucks. Please take me back!!! Lol I would give anything (besides my kids) to be able to relive it all. I didn't really think to appreciate it then, but now I truly miss it within my soul and all the memories.
I wish I could go back see this. I missed the special. Had to share the TV between my siblings and step dad back than.
I mean there was a lot of fucked up shit in the 80s too
I Will Always Miss And Love Jim Varney The Great Erenst P Worrell.
They don’t make ‘em cheesy like they used to. I wish I grew up watching Pee-Wee and Ernest
Same here
Very 80s
Nice to see ya Dallin
I was 7 when this aired in 89 and I went to Disneyland and universal Hollywood first time 30 years ago at 11 and this was my favorite ride since
The vengeful ghost of Jim Varney will not abide by the permanent closure of Splash Mountain!
Watching this again because I was robbed of riding it for the last time
I wish they still did special like this
Classic Ernest
This man was one of kind lol
Oh, thanks so much for uploading! This is wonderful! Varney is the best! Brings back lots of memories of riding Splash Mountain as a kid, too! ❤️❤️❤️
Farewell Splash Mountain 😭🌊⛰🏞🐻🦊🐰🪵
This is great! I miss my ol daddyo'
At 10:24, you can hear Bruce Gordon say "They're some of the favorites" after mentioning that the adorable characters from the movie, Song of the South are what leads this attraction. Even though Disney hasn't released Song of the South in the USA since its 1986 theatrical release, Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and Brer Bear are still to this day some of the favorites and why Disney is making a big mistake erasing them and removing Splash Mountain.
I just went on this for the first time last month. I remember watching this when it first aired. I'd wanted to go on it since. It's real interesting to watch this now. I literally cringed when he casually had his feet up, and the fact there was no bar or whatever that came down. And now ernest has his own ride. Kind of cool.
There's an Ernest ride?!
Úna Parkinson he might mean the Slinky Dog Dash ride
Rip Splash Mountain 😭🌊⛰🏞🐻🦊🐰🪵
It's good that this went well and he didn't die!
I envy the people who got to meet him in person on that day--also, poor Earnest XD
Sad that both the ride and Jim "Ernest" Varney are no longer with us! RIP "YOU ARE MISSED"!
That reporter didn't let the producer of the ride speak!
Haha. I love that part!
A Howard Cossell moment.
Let's just say this whole special is scripted.
Part of the joke lol
Hahahah😂😂😂
If this were on Disney + I wouldn’t have canceled my subscription
Yeah, it'd be a shame if they kept a fun archive of their older sillier Disney Channel content, instead of making it a Marvel/Star Wars treadmill.
When he ride on that splash Mountain it makes me laughed so hard😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 18:46
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You and both me pal
If Song of the South ever gets an official blu ray release this should be a bonus feature on it. R.I.P. Jim Varney and Splash Mountain.
Going to miss this ride. Hope Tianna's Bayou Adventure will be good.
With the new re theme,will the ghost of ernest go again to the bayu?.
That would be interesting
I haven't seen this video in 31 years, since I was 5!
I haven’t seen this in 33 plus years thank you
He gets to ride by himself he’s brave
He's with Vern though haha
❤❤❤❤ I knew I loved this guy more than just his amazing movies
Please, call me 'Splastronaut' from now on.
Earnest is the original Vlogger!
Rip Ralph story, Jim varney and splash mountain ❤. Can't wait for the cast member preview in late 2024
What do Jim Varney and Splash Mountain have in common?
They were both killed by cancer.
1. Not funny
2. That's so not what happened with the ride
Ernest goes to splash mountain needs to released on dvd and Dr. Otto and the riddle of the gloom beam.
There's a 10 disc best or Ernest DVD set that includes it, I have it too
Now that Spalsh will be closing it made me remember it's opening and how ibwatched this on tv when I was young.
they should build an Ernest Splash Mountain at Disney World
Happy 31st birthday Splash Mountain!
Last Podcast on the LEft brought me here, thank God I never saw this when I was a kid or I would have never went on that ride lol.
Podcast The Ride brought me here!
I remember this! Thank you for posting.
AWESOME! AWESOME! Ernest is soooo cool!!!!!!!!!!
Had to come here today… Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, my oh my, it’s the last ride today… 😢
Now it was going down the bayou going down the bayou
RIP both
Jim Varney
And
Splash Mountain🥺😢😭
On this day Walt Disney World official closed Splash Mountain January 22, 2023
And sadly, like Jim Varney, the original Splash will soon no longer be with us.
Oh it will, different theme, but same concept
@@davidwallgren7575why I don’t understand is why couldn’t just make an all new ride for tiana?
If they wanted to retheme splash mountain
They could’ve just made it tangled
🙄
@@Expressionlesscorpse Oh shush, you don't know what you're talking about
Omg my mom loves earnest.this is neat thanks for posting.
#savesplashmountain Viva la Splash Mountain!!
#WelcomeTiana
I'll never forget riding by myself twice in my own log in 2022 around 11:45pm😂
Totally remember watching this when I was 8
Slink! Its you!
19:03 Waaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Jim Varney Is That The Guy Who Played Slinky The Dog From The Toy Story Trilogy From 1995 To 2010. Thanks Mate. X
really
He died in 2001 and was onky the voice of slinky dog in the furst 2 toy stories
Luke Green although In TS3 his closest friend, Blake Clark voiced Slinky
Since I was little my childhood funny,
Lol they actually stepped on him at the end
they mentioned "song of the south"?!
Disney was proud of Song of the South in the 1980s. The movie was released twice in that decade, in 1980 and 1986 - just three years before the ride opened. My guess is that Disney hadn't planned on withholding the movie at the time they made the attraction.
So what?
You mean “they”
LMAOOOO the interview with Bruce Gordon
Wish I brought a book 😂😂😂 gets me every time
God, if only it was actually this exciting.
That was great!
That is so me with that oxygen pump lol after that ride lol.
So was he the first? That's awesome!
I was a huge Ernest fan, but I don’t remember this at all. Never saw it.
Spongebob cocktail lounge music at the end!!!!
When he lost that clip broad lol
All this build-up for a freakin' *LOG FLUME.*
I wish i could watch this years ago
Go Ernest!!!
Wish I'd brought a book hahaha
19:03
Drop? Like Fall like in Free fall like a fall down and go boom fall drop?
WAHHHHHHHHHH
LOL
That lady reporter in the grey suit needed to give that guy a chance to even speak other than 1 word.
I think it was part of the joke.
19:00 “We’re going off the track! We’re gonna crash!”
on tv Disneyland looks so big
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was this ever put on dvd? or even vhs? i dont think so
What year was this made?
Around 1989
kparc Parc 1937
‘89
18:52 Just before Thanos snaps his fingers
Ernest may have some competition in the greatest daredevil title with Super Dave Osborne
Man, I was about to be mad as hell at that impatient interviewer clown at 10:00 before my stupid ass realised that she was meant to be doing that as the gag..
"MAKE AMERICA THE 80'S AGAIN"
Goodbye Splash Mountain.
Hello my fav princess tiana lol
Screw George Floyd and all those who call me a racist for saying that.
I ride splash mountain once.
17:42 He passed U, Doofus!
Sadly, another one to add to Things not here anymore by ralph story.
Today it will be cell phone all up in your face. Lol.