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21 - Ernest Analogues, Part 1
Manage episode 285985718 series 2884189
No one compares to Ernest! And yet, we spent so much time comparing Ernest's cultural counterparts that we need 2 episodes to do it. From the dawn of moving pictures to the 80s, part 1 stirs up a pot of Chaplin, Pee-wee, Bill and Ted, and loads more.
In this episode:
- What is an Ernest Analogue?
- Can’t we stop talking about Ernest? (No)
- Charlie Chaplin’s timeless “the Tramp”
- Daffy Duck and Duck Amuck
- Ernest T. Bass - coincidence?!
- Jim Varney almost played Stan Laurel in The New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy
- Rocky Balboa
- James Bond
- Inspector Clouseau
- Columbo, the Ernest who figured it out
- Jim Henson, Muppets, and advertising
- Joe Isuzu
- Time to Make the Donuts- Fred the Dunkin’ Donuts Guy
- Randy Savage is THE CREAM OF THE CROP
- John Cena and the Cena Family ads
- PeeWee Herman!
- Bill and Ted, most excellent analogues
- Doc Brown, the Ernest Scared Stupid Ernest of Hill Valley
- Too many characters
47 episodes
Manage episode 285985718 series 2884189
No one compares to Ernest! And yet, we spent so much time comparing Ernest's cultural counterparts that we need 2 episodes to do it. From the dawn of moving pictures to the 80s, part 1 stirs up a pot of Chaplin, Pee-wee, Bill and Ted, and loads more.
In this episode:
- What is an Ernest Analogue?
- Can’t we stop talking about Ernest? (No)
- Charlie Chaplin’s timeless “the Tramp”
- Daffy Duck and Duck Amuck
- Ernest T. Bass - coincidence?!
- Jim Varney almost played Stan Laurel in The New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy
- Rocky Balboa
- James Bond
- Inspector Clouseau
- Columbo, the Ernest who figured it out
- Jim Henson, Muppets, and advertising
- Joe Isuzu
- Time to Make the Donuts- Fred the Dunkin’ Donuts Guy
- Randy Savage is THE CREAM OF THE CROP
- John Cena and the Cena Family ads
- PeeWee Herman!
- Bill and Ted, most excellent analogues
- Doc Brown, the Ernest Scared Stupid Ernest of Hill Valley
- Too many characters
47 episodes
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