Bohan, Carden, & Cherry: Ernest P. Worrell campaign
Robert SchnakenbergOverview
Kentucky native Jim Varney was a struggling comic actor looking for a break in 1980 when the Nashville ad agency of Carden & Cherry (now Bohan, Carden, & Cherry) tapped him to star in a series of regional television commercials for various products. Little did he know that he would become one of America's most recognizable advertising icons. In the guise of his dim-witted alter ego, Ernest P. Worrell, Varney went on to appear in more than 3,000 regional television ads, playing a nosy hayseed who was always butting...