Jim Varney

The Rousters (1990)

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By 1990, Jim Varney was at the peak of his cultural visibility with a steady stream of Ernest features, national ad campaigns, and thirteen episodes of a CBS Saturday morning show behind him. His name and gas-station vaudeville shtick carried instant recognition, which made him valuable in the home-video market. Vidmark Entertainment had, by this … Read more

Fast Food (1989)

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Director Michael A. Simpson served up some tasty comedic chops with Sleepaway Camp II (my favourite camp carnage), but he really delivers the goods with this saucy tale of Burgers, fries and Spanish fly co-starring Jim Varney, Traci Lords, Clark Brandon, Kevin McCarthy, and Tracy Griffith. The flick’s fallen into history’s deep fryer, but for … Read more