Pison Snakes

[LyndaHudson]

God bless you, Jim Varney. You left us too soon, but you gave us plenty of joy and laughter while you were here.

[AzienMunro]

Hahahaha! Look at how Jim Varney gets into character at 0:04, absolutely hilarious!

[wildcat200586]

lol one of his favorite moments ;)

[leelulove24]

wow he has some fat ass fingers 0:35

[LadyLotus74]

LOL!!! I love that character. :-)

[TheMathMagician60]

Yes, a bit of lost humor in there someplace that only Jim could pull off.

[bradleymayse]

I've always loved the fact that even though a pizon snake killed his son, he still recommends it as a good Christmas gift!

[Gracechild24]

This is just hilarious. Pure hilarity at its finest. RIP Jim Varney

[KingMopar7]

Auntie Nelda and Uncle Lloyd....definately two of Jim's best characters!!

[baylorwhite1]

careful now...they'll knot up on ye

[MrMjfan78]

A funny scene.Great movie.

[SuperSaiyan4Jared]

in that scene he reminds me of the hunter in The Rescuers Down Under

[steviep1871]

Ernest Saves Christmas

[79agp]

You want one for your boy lmao

[Fettster777]

Which movie is this from?

[cameltooth1]

@Fettster777 It's from Ernest Saves Christmas. One of the best Ernest movies, if not the best.

[bolatluver29]

day be PISON!!!

[lbuch80]

I've watched this clip every day for the past week. I just love it! Jim is/was so funny!

[blastforyou]

@lbuch80 The news of the escaped egyptian cobra snake from the Bronx zoo in New york prodded my memory of this Ernest character. I can just picture him showing up at the Bronx zoo gate and stating "Im here to catch the pison snake". Jim's characters were some of the funniest on tv and film and when I'm feeling down I will recollect some of these funny scenes.

[lbuch80]

@blastforyou That's too funny! Yeah, I can see Jim now, "Is this where that there pison snake be? You gotta be careful wit dem Egyptian pison snakes. They'll knot up on ya." Lol!

[slania91]

Is this where the HAAAAAARROR movie folk be?! xD

[TheMathMagician60]

He's singing Rock of Ages, and old Christian hymn which would be appropriate for the death of his "son".

[ktulu318]

What is he singing?! lmao I never could understand it.

[wvchuck211]

an old hymn titled "Rock of Ages"

[DLRisVH]

"And the next, SNAP, yer dead meat. Deep six!"

Jim was brilliant!!!

R.I.P.

[Shabadoop]

Wait a minute..... Who's Ernest "T." Worrell?

[SuperAwesomeAtheist]

@Shabadoop

Good point! Must be Ernest P. Worrell's twin brother, lol.

[HereKittyKittee]

such a xmas clasic...

dem pison snakes

[B3NZOF3RRARI]

one day your a strapin healthy man and the next paddddddd snap

[B3NZOF3RRARI]

one day you'll be a strapin healthy man and the next ....

[MrScatterblaster]

I'm from Central Ky. and folks say pizon here too. It means poison.  I don't even understand why there's even a debate about. It's def. poison.

[1933gman]

That's all these movie people want....Pison!

[kingrex2005]

Ya want one for yer boy?

[iaxford]

people from the south are stupid

[msanthropez]

@iaxford south of what? America, Africa, India, etc.

[crissygail21]

omg he is freaky awesome... i love ernest

[FotnoLafontaine]

What he's saying is Piz'nus (Pies-nuss) which is the Southern Appalachian pronunciation of poisonous, not "pythons". Ask anyone born and raised in the the Appalachian mountains like Jim Varney was, and they'll tell you the same.

[Leedoggie6677]

pythons

[TheMathMagician60]

Yes, good explanation about the "pizon". Those raised in Appalachia like Jim Varney are well aware of this unique pronunciation.

[oceanpyrate]

@TheMathMagician60 Do you have "Ernest and Pops Goes Fishing?" That was hilarious! Please post if you do.

[jacobvoelzke]

@oceanpyrate seriously! if you ever find that please let me know. best clip ever. "did i ever tell you about the time me and qui quoy got shipwrecked in denver?"

[DoubleVisionandco]

"Pizon" is how many southerners, especially mountainous people would say meaning "poisonous" Some people I know who live deep in the country away from any cities still say it like this. Pythons aren`t venomous and aren`t known to bite instead they constrict to kill plus they aren`t native to the USA until people bought them as pets and let them go free. The term "pizon" was being used in the 1800`s, well before Pythons were ever brought to America.

[Cessnuts69]

Hah, Earnests the man. I love when hes singin at the end. And its "poison". Says a bite will kill the guy, and hes usin rattles in the back. Pythons arent poisonous and the dont rattle. And when a snake "knots" up on ya, curls up so it can lunge.

[Ataturkistan]

careful now lol

i like his belt

[Wesleech]

i never really thought about it but... i think that he really is saying python and not poison.. but.. who cares, funny either way.

[Annie10k]

Dang!... He was funny Man.....

Uh...

The close ups are Hillarious man...

:)

Love U Earnest

[bossr07]

I bet no one even sees the lady dressed up like a bee in the background...lol

[chasepracukowski]

This is sooo funnny :)

[FarginBastiges]

"That's all these movie people wont...pison!"

I love how the truck says Apopka Snake Ranch.

[lonesomepete]

@FarginBastiges I thought he was sayin' "pythons" which made it even funnier and the guard dumber when you heard the rattling!

[geezerhack]

WTF. It's Python snakes. Python. Not poison. Not Pison. Jim Varney and I are both from Lexington Kentucky, and the way he's saying all this makes perfect sense to me.

[Magnuspictor79]

@geezerhack It's actually pison, as in the Southern Appalachian dialect for poison. I'm from Eastern Kentucky; Pike County to be exact; and it is a common term one hears around here. He's doing an impersonation of the hillbilly stereotype. Sorry, but being from Lexington does not give you insight into this particular character Jim is playing. You've probably never heard of a ghost being called a haint either.

[geezerhack]

@Magnuspictor79

But Jim's from Lexington. No poisonous snakes will "knot up on ye". He's referring to a Python. "pahhhth'n" much like "Pahhhk" county where you're from. I may be from Lexington/Paris but that doesn't mean i haven't been around. I have family in Wolfe Co. I've "heared" things said alot of ways, including "haint".

I firmly believe Jim means PYTHON in this.

[Magnuspictor79]

@geezerhack @geezerhack He's clearly saying pison with an S. What kind of pythons have rattles by the way? It makes no sense that a "hillbilly" would be bringing pythons to a movie set. Just google the dialogue for the movie and you can see find several transcribed scripts that refer to him saying pison or poison.

[Magnuspictor79]

@geezerhack Jim is from Lexington, but the character he is portraying is a Southern Appalachian stereotype. My great uncle was one of the last mountain men around this area and he would capture copperheads and rattlesnakes to sell to the snake handling churches. He also kept a pit full of poisonous snakes and charged tourists to take a peek.

[Magnuspictor79]

@geezerhack What he means by "knot up on ye" is that they'll coil up on you when they're ready to strike. Notice he makes the striking motion a little after that.

[Magnuspictor79]

@Magnuspictor79 errr...excuse me I meant he makes the striking motion before that.

[Magnuspictor79]

@geezerhack Lol, just checked out your favorites and it seems we have several similarities in musical taste, so I'll overlook your "citified talkin". It's awesome you have the Basil Poledouris "Anvil of Crom" on there. I have the complete soundtrack myself and I think it's probably one of the most beautiful soundtracks to grace the big screen. It really makes the movie. I'm a huge Conan fan and have the Robert E. Howard collection as well as his Kull, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn stories.

[Magnuspictor79]

@geezerhack Love Maiden, Steve Earle, and Townes Van Zandt as well. You wouldn't happen to like the Steeldrivers would you? I knew their lead singer, Chris Stapleton. He's from Paintsville, KY.

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

"That's all these movie people want. Pison!"

[tourmalinehunter]

gotta get em all riled up ... rrraahhrhahrhhahhrhhahhhrhr ...rrrraaaahhhrhhhahahhhhrhhha­hhahhhrhrhhhahahahh....

[edgehead31593]

this man was hilarious

RIP

[ph1in]

pause it at 0:12

[abram1018]

Nothing better than listening to Jim Varney sing rock of ages

[Joeskateapool]

I don't think the bad movies matter,Jim was doing what he loved before he passed and that's all that matters....... "Yewh want one for yer boy?"

[TaKeNprinsec94]

my friend can make the facial expressions and talk and walk just like him!!! It's so funny. LOL!!!!

[DoubleVisionandco]

Long Live the memory of Jim Varney the great. He did some great movies that were really funny and completely innocent. No bad language, no violence. He proved good movies could still be made without it. On the bad side, some of his movies were really corny, like "earnest goes to camp" and even so "earnest goes to jail" was corny, it was funny as well.

[dloc231]

wow will we ever see talent like jim varney again?

[yoda779]

Just want to point out its Ernest P. not Ernest T. , great clip.

[tourmalinehunter]

you want one for your boy ? Gave one to my boy last year ....lmfao .

[Thehackercat]

It's Ernest P. Worrell!  Get your Ernests straight. Ernest T. Bass is from the Andy Griffith Show.

[DoubleVisionandco]

First time we seen this movie not long after it first came out on pay per view. When it got to this scene we rolled with laugher, when it was over we rewound the tape we recorded it on and rewatched this, we laughed until we cried.

[StanOfGB]

Great actor!

[BobbyTheDumbKing]

Harr movie folks!!

[blackesteyes13]

You know what's weird....the ignition on that year model Ford truck was to the right of the steering wheel, but he reaches for the left when he fires it up at the end...."them movie folks" must've modded it or something.

[geezerhack]

@blackesteyes13 Nope! Thats a 1968 Ford F-100 Ranger. I have one just like it, but restored/hot rodded. The factory ignition is on the left. It's the damnedest thing. No modification.

[blackesteyes13]

"That's all these movie people wants....PISON!"

[LazyJLazy]

you want one for your boy? lmao

[666WCW]

It's Ernest P. Worrell, not T. Worrell

[wvprogressive1933]

It's Ernest T. Bass-- the best rock thrower in the county and Phil Collins lookalike.

[cnablo84]

At :58 he looks into the camera. After that he looks in the camera and camera-left towards the direction of the security officer. I wonder if that's because Jim Varney was so used to looking into the camera as it was "Vern" in a lot of the commercials he used to do???

[Cessnuts69]

Yeah and when they get knotted up on ya, they get real CRAZY! Hah, I love when hes singin too.

[pbrskater26]

It's python's not pisons

[jdmx]

@pbrskater26 Nah, dude. He's saying "poison"

[celestejoy]

i love the part (i think it might be later in the movie?) where ernest is looking down into the bed of the truck and comes back up with snakes on his face, hahaha.

[AspergersDude2008]

Did anyone else besides me laugh hysterically when Ernest hits the guy in the head with his hat when I was a kid? I still find that part funny as hell today.

[Pilaf1984]

"Careful..they'll knot up on ye!"

[robflm256]

LOL!!

[tofee35]

SNAP!

[HungryCampDog]

I got like 3 pythons, I often take my big one out up town in my back pack (or to the supermarket-"can i check your bag sir?" - "sure go right ahead") or to the bar I work at. Its a shame Jim left the world, the one thing we need more of is Laughs, Clasic :) ... "one snake?? Damnation I was gonna' ask for a whoooole mess of em'!

[aerosmith0420]

when he gets the snake mad! hahaha!

[BrianMorrison71]

You want one fer yer boy? I gave one to my boy last year...Rock of ages...LMAO

[laceyschism]

I think its moments like this from Jim Varney that we should remember and not all the bad movies after, he was very good at making child friendly movies that were very simple and yet have stood the test of time.

[787ram]

dems is POISON!!!!!!!!

[Champ675]

@787ram Lol!!!!!!

[poppa8169]

This is one of my favorite parts!

[787ram]

dems is pOISON!!!!!!!!!!

[EMG81JSX]

it's not "PISON" snakes, it's "PYTHON"!! A rattlesnake is a type of python snake.....lord, how clueless are some people.

[Zoidus]

Hmm, actually I must confess I also thought it was "pison" (as in an accented mispronounciation of "poison"), but upon listening to it again, I realised it IS "python".

[hunk84]

lol I love when he starts singing

[xxxlotus000]

"Rooock of ages....cleft fer meeee. That's all these Hollywood people want....PISON!"

[tourmalinehunter]

"Gave one to my boy last year " too God rest his soul . LOL . As funny as anything I have ever seen in a movie in my life . Miss you much Jim Varney .

[blackesteyes13]

I want his truck so bad. I would leave the Apopka Snake Farm block letters on the door.

[fastchevy49]

I think he was saying..."PYTHONS" not PISONS...

[xperimnt]

They be pison! PISON snakes!

It sounds more like poison when he says it at the end.

God rest Jim Varney. May you be forever at peace with the King.

[MadStowned]

itd be hilarious if he went "I got a FUCK load of snakes fer them harr movie folks."

[2gr6rydar]

uncle lloyd is the shit man...so F'n funny. jim varney you are missed.

[yesidoROCK]

them snakes PPOIISSSON

[ilovecoolcolors]

HAHAHAHAHahaha

[BulliedbyFather]

description is wrong its Ernest P. Worrell not Ernest T. Worrell

[KittyMel05]

LOL this scene is so hilarious PISON SNAKE! LMAO

[10ecn]

So funny. This guy was "the" original Slingblade. PISON !

[IcthysSapien]

Hahaha! Great! :D

[dutchmcgee101]

I love uncle Lloyd. My favorite.

[NicksGoinToHollywood]

lol, but you should have put the part that comes a little later when the movie studio dumps real snakes in the back of his truck. but still a good vid.

[blackesteyes13]

I like how right off the bat the guard's like "Okay, what's in the truck?", as if he has to deal with 5 or 6 guys a day trying to sneak on-set with a truckload of...something.

[monabriggs]

I wish it was a "hot day" today....poison snakes and all.

[1050HzSineWaveTone]

i think the security guard's a sissy.

[ajatkinson2004]

He sounds like Carl from slingblade lol!!!

[KRAFTWERK2K6]

I allways liked that direct to camera acting with widelense ^^. Jim Varney was just awesome! The Christmas Ernest was allways my favorite.

[riderjack]

Classic!

[BOMBDYLAN6677]

its ernest P. warrell

[randy92782]

actually it's Ernest P. Worrell ;) but i gotcha lol

[COF86]

"... and the next, Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... SNAP!" LMFAO

[AzienMunro]

lol!!! I love it at 0:05 when Jim Varney jumps into character. The seconds leading up to that he looks quite calm behind the wheel.

[1050HzSineWaveTone]

Lylod: Especailly on a day like today were it's real...HOT!

(Security Guard jumps)

Llyod: You want one for yer boy?!

[1050HzSineWaveTone]

Pison! PISON SNAKES!

[1050HzSineWaveTone]

at 0:25-0:28 The Security Guard jumps everytime Llyod said: 'Pison!'

XDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[1050HzSineWaveTone]

"They be Pison! PISON!!"

"Especailly on a day were it's real...HOT!"

[Lightning7smith]

they be pison

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

"That's all 'ese movie people want. Poison!"

[blackesteyes13]

Careful now, they'll knot up on ya!

[Leinieslightman]

HA HA HA HA HA

[LeaveItToJeremy]

ROFL!! ernest AKA jim varney is so hilarious!! lol :D

[joelface]

oh my goodness! yesss!!! so hilarious.

[prospectplaya]

thank god to whoever uploaded this....

do you want one for your boy?!?

hilarious

[BillyCrank]

lol im from same town where jim is they say i look like him lol

[SalthePhotographer]

He starts singing Rock of Ages LMAO!!

[shamansblues33]

My most favorite scene from this movie!