# Ernest Goes to Camp

Ernest Goes to Camp is a 1987 movie starring Jim Varney as the popular TV commercial character Ernest P. Worrell as he tries to be a camp counselor.
    Directed by John R. Cherry III. Written by John R. Cherry III and Coke Sams.

## Dialogue

    [Nurse St. Cloud gives Ernest a shot]
    Ernest: I did it! I took the Lindbergh baby! I am Josef Mengele! Owwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
    [Jake is trying to get Ernest to taste his "Eggs erronious"]
    Jake: Now Ernest, would someone dressed up like this lie to you about food?
    Ernest: Fond as I am in Tibetian cooking, a hungry lion always hunts best. KnowhatImean?
    [Counselor Stennis is sitting in a lifeguard perch and is about to teach the boys a swimming lesson.]
    Counselor Stennis: Okay. Everybody to the line. All right, everybody in the water.
    [Everyone jumps in the water except for Moustafa]
    Some boys: Hey! C'mon, Moose!
    Counselor Stennis: Moustafa, Moose, whatever they call you. NOW! So you're the only one who can't swim? Well, you're gonna learn the Stennis way.
    Moustafa: No! NO! I can't swim!
    [Too late; Stennis picks up Moustafa and drops him into the water]
    Moustafa: [sinking fast] Help! Somebody help!
    [Ernest saves Moustafa from drowning]
    Moustafa: Thanks, Ernest. I could've made it.
    Ernest: Glad to help out.
    Counselor Stennis: Well, meatheads, we're gonna try this again. This time it's to the end of the lake and back. Everybody in the water.
    [The boys topple Stennis' lifeguard perch into the water]
    Counselor Stennis: [in severe agony] My leg! My leg!
    Danny: He’s learning to swim the Stennis way!
    [The boys laugh at Stennis' expense]
    Counselor Stennis: My leg! Aah!
    Mr. Tipton Ernest, Have you had any leadership experience?
    Ernest: I had an antfarm once.
    Mr. Tipton: Close enough.
    Nurse St. Cloud: And that was the ceremony of the Blade, the Stone and the Arrow.
    Ernest: Like in our culture: Paper, Rock, Scissors.
    [last lines]
    Mr. Tipton: What happened?
    Chief St. Cloud: Ernest broke the sign.
    Mr. Tipton: Well. At least no one was hurt.

## Cast

* Jim Varney - Ernest P. Worrell
* Victoria Racimo - Nurse St. Cloud
* John Vernon - Sherman Krader, the Head of the "Krader Mining Company"
* Iron Eyes Cody - Old Indian 'Chief St. Cloud'
* Lyle Alzado - Bronk Stinson, Krader's Foreman
* Gailard Sartain - Jake (Chef #1)
* Daniel Butler - Eddie (Chef #2)
* Patrick Day - Bobby Wayne
* Scott Menville - Crutchfield
* Danny Capri - Danny Simpson
* Jacob Vargas - Butch "Too Cool" Vargas
* Todd Loyd - Chip Ozgood
* Hakim Abdulsamad - Moustafa "Moose" Hakeem Jones
* Eddy Schumacher - Counselor Ross Stennis
* Richard Speight, Jr. - Brooks
* Andy Woodworth - Pennington
* Buck Ford - Attorney Elliott Diate
* Larry Black - Mr. Tipton, the Head Counselor of Kamp Kikikee
* Hugh Sinclair - Counselor Sparks
* Johnson West - Counselor Puckett
* Jean Wilson - State Supervisor
* Ivan Green - Mr. Stewart
* Christian Haas - Molly Stewart
* Brenda Haynes - Mrs. Stewart

## See also

* Ernest Goes to Jail
* Ernest Scared Stupid
* Ernest Saves Christmas

## External links

* Ernest Goes to Camp quotes at the Internet Movie Database