Ernest Goes to School
America's favorite class clown finally makes the grade!
A lighthearted family comedy built on slapstick humor and the earnest (if bumbling) underdog journey of a well-meaning janitor pursuing his diploma.
Jim Varney's recurring dim-bulb character Ernest P. Worrell returns in this film as a school janitor seeking to obtain a high school diploma.
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
