Harem girls, British golfers, Indian palaces—it must be Africa! Erin, David and Dan get swept up in the romance of Ernest Goes to Africa, as Ernest and his lady love Rene flee from international jewel thieves (just like in that Illinois Smith movie).

In this episode:

• The romantic comedy of the Ernest movies
• A dizzying assortment of antagonists
• Ernest’s unforgivable yo-yo murder
• Rene - the female Ernest?
• Who works for who???
• Auntie Nelda: Still amazing
• Prince Kazim is disgusting
• Harem Ernest = Bugs Bunny
• Ernest Goes to Camp parallels
• The Battle of Truth and Battle Armor Thompson
• Is this a prequel?

Erin and David visit the locker room and strip down Slam Dunk Ernest some more! We bond over the subliminal messages, Quincy's brutal insults, loving Dr. Love, explore Barry's role as an Ernest middleman, and check out some Ernest fanfiction.

In this extra:

• Subliminal messages in advertising, and Slam Dunk Ernest
• Quincy’s brutal dad insults
• Lovin’ Dr. Love
• TJ posing as a female pro basketball player in Juwanna Mann (this is a real movie)
• Barry and other Ernest Middlemen
• Ernest Saves Equestria: The amazing Ernest/My Little Pony fanfiction

Erin, David, and special guest Cindy take a utopian flight through an unexpected religious allegory—featuring Ernie Ali Worrell, the Archangel of Basketball Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, demonic sports scout Zamiel Moloch, and GOD. This is SLAM DUNK ERNEST.

In this episode:

• Basketball team + Ernest = Cleaning company?????????
• Is the Clean Sweep team racist re: Ernest?
• Utopian Flights, the ugliest living shoes ever created
• Erma, the most overtly sexual straight-up love interest
• Devilish minions, angels, and God. Because Slam Dunk Ernest.
• Ernest as a false idol
• Little Quincy’s moral dilemma
• Ernest P. Worrell, unintentional role model
• Temptation and choice
• THIS IS SLAM DUNK ERNEST

We continue unraveling the tangled (and possibly sinister) ball of yarn that is Your World as I See It! Bunny's ad career, Coy's possible origins, and Ernest's videogame potential are discussed as we plummet deeper into the bowels of Ernest P. World.

In this episode:

• What IS this???????????????????????????????????
• Thanks to Phil Toms for Astor music!
• Ernest’s non-existent PC adventure game
• Rice
• Article on Bunny Jeanette
• Bunny Jeannette shills for John L. Sullivan
• Coy = old school Jim Varney character Virgil Simms?
• Virgil Simms: Daredevil and inventor
• The Astor Clement Meme Generator
• Jedi Ernest

Gain some culture with the long-suffering Astor Clement in "Your World as I See It". Erin, David, and special guest Valerie discuss Ernest's questionable family in terms even common persons like you can understand. But seriously—what IS this?

In this episode:

• What IS this? A sitcom pitch? Bumpers??
• Ernest’s over-educated alter-ego, Astor Clement
• Coy and Bunny Jeannette: Ernest’s…siblings. Parents? Somethings??
• Ernest’s undeniable Dyslexia
• Is Astor Clement a self-hating Worrell?
• Is Auntie Nelda Ernest’s aunt or just Everyaunt??
• WHY ARE THERE NO CREDITS???????????
• ????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Grab a number 2 pencil for some "Ernest Goes to School" extra credit! We discuss what the world looks like through Ernest goggles, tear-jerking meatloaf servers, Ernest's programming/irreparable brain damage, and some Worrell Halloween action.

In this extra:

• Ernest the Semi-reliable Narrator?
• David’s favorite character, the kindly lunchroom man
• What smart people order for lunch
• Robo-Ernest? Why?
• Ernest’s irreparable brain damage
• Ernest P. Worrell Halloween action

Go Muskrats! Ernest goes to school—with the aid of the world's first subatomic brain accelerator. Erin, David, and special guest Lauren cover all the major subjects: Nazi allusions, maniacal scientists, football glory, and what it means to be SMART.

In this episode:

• Ernest the 45-year-old schoolboy
• Gerta and Bobby’s dubiously Germanic mad science lab
• Axwell, hater of schools and joy
• Ernest’s first legit love interest, Ms. Flugal!
• “Smart” Ernest’s mad ego trip
• The BIG TEST
• THE BIG GAME
• An uncomfortable amount of Nazi allusions
• What does it mean to be smart?

Our hillside cannon trip continues with an "Ernest Rides Again" extra! We read listeners' sad Ernest theater experiences and lament Ernest's unmade alien encounter scripts (for real). Also, Erin cosplays Ernest at NYCC '15, to the confusion of many.

In this extra:

• Jim Varney talks “Ernest Rides Again” and “Water Babies”
• Is “Ernest Rides Again” underrated?
• “Ernest Spaced Out” never happened (WHY?)
• Why Elvis = Masculinity
• Erin’s Ernest P. Worrell cosplay adventure

Hop on your Revolutionary War cannon and ride down the mountain with us as we tackle "Ernest Rides Again"! Erin, David, and special guest Alisa discuss Indiana Worrell's drifter tendencies, Dr. Abner "Vern" Melon, the REAL Crown Jewels, and more.

In this episode:

• It’s not a western
• Indiana Ernest and the Truth About the Crown Jewels of England
• Dr. Abner Melon = Vern?
• Is Ernest OK?
• MI6 in an Ernest movie
• Ernest’s indestructible head

In this "Ernest Scared Stupid" extra, we take a look at The Art of the Title, a celebrity news writer goes swoony for Varney, Ernest gets stereotyped again, and we get presents.

In this extra:

• Barbara Laszewski talks to Art of the Title
• “Look Vern, It’s Jim Varney” writer falls in L-U-V
• Misconceptions about Ernest - Is he a redneck?
• Kenny knows the names of Ernest’s various personalities???
• Christmas come early: An Ernesty Gift of the Magi