Ernest Saves Christmas is a 1988 Touchstone Pictures comedy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. It is the third film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, and chronicles Ernest's attempt to find a replacement for an aging Santa Claus. The movie received a PG rating from the MPAA.
Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) is working as a taxi driver in Orlando, Florida when he picks up a man at the airport (Douglas Seale) who c...
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Ernest Saves Christmas is a 1988 Touchstone Pictures comedy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. It is the third film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, and chronicles Ernest's attempt to find a replacement for an aging Santa Claus. The movie received a PG rating from the MPAA.
Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) is working as a taxi driver in Orlando, Florida when he picks up a man at the airport (Douglas Seale) who claims to be Santa Claus. The man tells Ernest that he is on his way to inform a local personality named Joe Curruthers (Oliver Clark) that he has been chosen to be the new Santa Claus. Carruthers hosts a children's program in the Orlando-area similar to Mister Roger's Neighborhood with emphasis on manners and integrity with the catchphrase "They never get old. They always stay new. Those three little words, Please and Thank You.".
While they are driving, a runaway teenage girl (Noelle Parker) who says she is named Harmony Starr joins Ernest...
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