1988 Press Photo Jim Varney in Ernest Saves Christmas. - cvp94332

Left: You can go ahead and shout, you can go ahead and cry, you can go ahead and pout, and this is why: Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) is coming to town this holiday season in the new Touchstone Pictures comedy, "Ernest Saves Christmas," a yuletide comedy about the chaos that occurs when Santa, having decided to retire, enlists Ernest's help in finding a replacement. Right: Santa's choice (Oliver Clark, right) for the job gets an unsolicited piece of advice from his sleigh mate (Varney, left). A Touchstone Pictures presentation in association with Silver Screen Partners III, "Ernest Saves Christmas" is produced by Stacy Williams and Doug Claybourne. Executive producers are Martin Erlichman and Joseph L. Ackerman. The screenplay is by B. Kline and Ed Turner from the story by Ed Turner. Buena Vista distributes.

Photo is dated 1988.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.