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