RETURN OF THE ERNEST FILM CLUB @ FILM ROW

Name: RETURN OF THE ERNEST FILM CLUB @ FILM ROW
Start: 2025-08-16T18:00:00-05:00
Location: The Paramount on Film Row

Schedule

Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Paramount on Film Row | Oklahoma City, OK

When: Saturday, August 16th, 6:00pm
Where: FILM ROW SCREENING ROOM (inside the Paramount Building), 701 W Sheridan Ave, OKC, OK
Price: FREE
We're back with the return of THE ERNEST FILM CLUB! In November 2020, we kicked off a series of screenings of the films of Jim Varney's timeless character - ERNEST P. WORRELL. We held these shows in the lobby of the Rodeo Cinema in the OKC Stockyards. The last time we got together was a showing of SNOWBOARD ACADEMY in January of 2022. It's been 3 and a half years, but we're back! Knowwhatimean???
We're teaming up with the OKLAHOMA FILM EXCHANGE at the old Film Room Screening Room to help raise money to KEEP FILM ON FILM ROW! The OFX is fundraising all August with fun screenings and events. Make sure to follow them for more fun shenanigans!
The very first meeting of the ERNEST FILM CLUB was to watch ERNEST GOES TO JAIL, which is my personal favorite Ernest film. For this special one-night-only return, we'll be revisiting this 1990 comedy classic! Dim-witted Ernest (Jim Varney) is a janitor at a bank who gets called for jury duty. It turns out that the murder defendant, Felix Nash (also Varney), is a dead ringer for Ernest. Nash's lawyer (Jeffrey Buckner Ford) arranges a switch, and Ernest finds himself on death row while Nash goes to work at the bank, scheming up a way to rob it. Ernest then sets in motion a plan to escape jail, foil Nash's plot, snag the bank clerk job he covets and rescue his favorite teller, Charlotte (Barbara Bush). TWO ERNESTS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
Also, special guest RAYGUN BUSCH (from Chat Pile) will be hosting with us!
We'll be screening some classic Ernest commercials and TV episodes before the show, so come early and hang with us! We'll also be having an ERNEST LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST!!
"Death row? You mean like the chair, the hot seat, dead meat, deep 6, it's over pal, you're outta here bub, the groundhogs are bringing you your mail, you're picking turnips with a step ladder, the no tomorrow row? That kind of row? Oh no. The row?" - Ernest P. Worrell

**PRESENTED ON ORIGINAL VHS IN GLORIOUS PAN & SCAN**
You can get adult beverages and snacks from the nearby CORE4 BREWERY, THE STUDY, and OKCIDER!
Rodeo Cinema on Film Row is located within the historic Paramount Building at 701 W Sheridan Ave, Oklahoma City, OK.
DOORS OPEN AND THE FUN BEGINS @ 6:00PM