Ernest Goes to Jail Page #7

Synopsis: Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash's sentence to the electric chair. 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.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Director(s): John R. Cherry III
Actors: Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson
Production: Touchstone Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
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PG
Year:
1990
81 min
753 Views

Play it, Sam.

The piano will cover up

the shot.

Don't make me climb

the coconut tree

That would be a catastrophe

I would not make it halfway,

you see

I'm wearing the wrong kind

of shoes

Don't make me climb

the coconut tree

I think I owe you an apology

But ask anyone who grew up

with me

I'm not one to easily bruise

Don't make me climb

No, don't make me climb

Don't make me climb

These aren't

my tree-climbing shoes

Hey, man, if I had known

you were back, man,

I wouldn't have worn

my wingtips.

Look, there's no tread left

on these.

See? Look.

You can't eat those coconuts

anyway, man.

Monkeys have been up there.

Eh, put that down!

Put that down!

Don't! Don't push, man.

Don't make me climb.

No, please don't make me

climb

No, don't make me climb

These aren't

my tree-climbing shoes

Ah, don't make me climb

No, don't make me climb

Don't make me climb

These aren't

my tree-climbing shoes

Wha...

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