Ernest in 'Rodents and the Postal System'

[SusanBaudelaire]

This is so sad to watch.

[Applemask]

They should have been blunter. "Hey Vern, I'm dyin'!. I'm-agonna die purty soon and it's all cuz'a them cancersticks, KnowhutImean?"

[bornagainjessie]

i just quit smoking 2 weeks ago and im glad of it though occasionally the temptation to smoke always tries to get me started again. but anytime the temptation does come i go to anti-smoking ads like these and the temptation goes away.

[SchizophrenicSamurai]

@bornagainjessie Try a more healthy habit. Every time you want a cig, eat a piece of cake. xD

[fajaklaus]

Upon receiving a diagnosis of lung cancer, Jim threw his last pack of cigarettes away and never bought another pack. The next day, he asked about making this commercial. Granted, he brought his death on himself, but he was truly a wonderful soul for doing this.

[ZazieRainyday]

prior to this PSA, Jim was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. he also reportedly threw away his cigs and quit smoking. it may have been too late, but he still had hope.

[coopercastille]

strange....Jim Varney died of cancer 0_o

[359lillian]

Smoking can KILL you! You should know better jim! YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER!!! DX

[Shanethefilmmaker]

@359lillian Dude telling Jim Varney not to smoke after making a PSA is like telling Paul Ruebens not to play a drug dealer after doing an Anti Crack commercial. Sure its hypocritical and stuff like that, but the fact of the matter is while he made a choice that probably killed him, it was his choice. If anything this commercial was basically him telling us "Don't make the same mistake I did."

[ExecuteRobot]

It's so sad... Giving up cigarettes is precisely what Jim Varney needed. :(

[slimv29]

A shame that he died of lung cancer.

[79agp]

I love ernest but its so weird i know personally and know of people who smoked many decades but live to be a ripe old age. Maybe he had something in his DNA that he couldnt handle that and it had its way with him. Who really knows maybe he had a problem and cigarettes aggravated it. RIP Ernest, im sure hes cracking kids up in heaven!

[TheAltair4]

Eerily ironic considering that he died of cancer himself.

[Johnlindsey289]

@TheAltair4

Sad and Atlantis was his last role

[Juliaflo]

@TheAltair4 .....From smoking.

Know what I mean?

[1138fattony]

yeah, I knowhatyamean.

[buttlord123]

This is just a bit ironic...don't ya think?

[TheRoCk8217]

@buttlord123 He already knew he had cancer when he made this PSA

[hutter2006]

@TheRoCk8217 no he didn't. look on imdb.com and it'll tell you.

[SchizophrenicSamurai]

@buttlord123 No, not really. Jim Varney was a heavy smoker. He made this after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. So not ironic but, uhm... planned I guess?

[hutter2006]

@SchizophrenicSamurai this came out in 1986. there was no way he could've done it when he was diagnosed.

[SchizophrenicSamurai]

@hutter2006 Hm, so it was.

[hutter2006]

@SchizophrenicSamurai if you don't believe me look it up on imdb.com

[InDeAskY1]

I just found out a couple of days ago that Jim Varney started smoking when he was just 15 years old in 1964. He only smoked for about 34 years before it killed him. It's such a shame to sell children those things. It's a shame to even start a bad habit like that. My grandfather started smoking at 12. He's 77 and still smoking. I guess everyone is affected differently.

[dakotadillow1]

WE MISS YOU

[027220]

Good message, but I don't think Vern would smoke that.

[InDeAskY1]

I used to smoke quite a bit for 9 years. I was somewhat of a heavy drinker as well. Not necessarily for the alcohol but because it made it easier not to feel...anything. Thank God I had long quit those terrible habits. I've been free of this stuff for over 6 years now. I wish Jim had listened to this ad and quit smoking. This should be scary enough to help all those out there still puffing away on a cigarette.

[ChickenHawkKicker]

how do you spell irony?

[GESSO217]

@ChickenHawkKicker I was thinking the exact same thing. Here's a guy in an Anti- smokeing commercial and he died from lung cancer because he was a smoker.

[NewPhoenixFilms]

@ChickenHawkKicker O-U-C-H-! cause the Irony hurts.

[InDeAskY1]

Eerie. He didn't want Vern to die of lung cancer from smoking and Jim was the one really smoking and then died of lung cancer. Well, I cared about Jim Varney and I didn't want him to smoke either. 3 packs a day is hard to fathom. I hate those nasty murdering cancer sticks!!!

[toothANDclaw13]

@chspittinfire irony

[meattube2009]

i wonder how much he thought about this ad while in the hospital with lung cancer

[hellblazer116]

Groundhogs are bringing Jim Varney his mail :(

[ZafirosBonitos]

if only Jim took Ernest's advice. RIP Jim Varney

[drahunter213]

weed? :O

[meattube2009]

@drahunter213 thats right my man jim was a reefer chief take that cigarette and put it in the left hand, ya feel me?

[broadcastmyass4u]

lokks like there was just a bunch of people off camera chain smoking and blowing in his face

[Messaiiina]

Such a shame he didn't take that advice.

[RainbowManification]

This commercial was so ironic.

[danloe555]

IRONY!!!!

[flabble43]

if he hadnt died toy story 3 would be that much better

[Trevorlikescheese101]

we miss u vern :(

[TheJakeAdams]

Ive produced a track on ernest :P

check it out on my profile :)

R.I.P jim :(

[whoo689]

"you better give up them joints, or the DEA will be bringing you your mail. knowwhatimean?"

[yankovic1234]

too bad he diede of lung cancer i heard that he stopped smoking too late and he died RIP Jim Varney

[billygrimmuwo]

Seriously the first time I saw this I bought this DVD from walmart which had all his old stuff like this and at the time I was a stoner and My bro and I couldnt stop laughing so if you smoke watch these commercials and be ready to laugh your ass off

[bolson567]

IRRONYYY

[lolgeed]

At the beginning, I'll bet you those coughs Ernest made were real. They were probably from his smoking. This is some weird stuff, R.I.P. Jim.

[TheSlopB0X]

damn! spooky indeed

[tobar1p]

='(

[troy2000me]

It is irony indeed. But now the message means a TONS more effective, the groundhogs are bringing him his mail. It is exactly true what he said. Just it was with himself.

[Arichat60]

Well, now everyone knows what not to do. I just wish they wouldn't.

[Arichat60]

Wouldn't smoke that is.

[johnfinbarburke]

god bless the man .. rip jim,.,.,. we mis u

[christei2]

it's so sad that he didn't listen to his own commercial....

[pillowby]

that's why they call it addiction

[huggyface]

Well people it can be overcome...I used to be addicted heavily to dip, chew, etc.-and had tried several times to quit, with no success. However, I finally mustered up enough willpower to "kick the can", when I was determined, flat-out, that the "weed" (tobacco) wasn't something I wanted to have kill me. I know it's addictive, but if I can quit anyone can. Varney just didn't want to badly enough. Sad he died from its effects, but his PSA would've been better received had he followed his advice.

[BSzili]

and he was the one, who died because smoking...

[huggyface]

Yeah, reckon he quit smoking now?

[theblowholes]

irony