Slam Dunk Ernest

First the good news: this cornball comedy is less appalling than its predecessor, ERNEST GOES TO SCHOOL. The bad news is that SLAM DUNK ERNEST is another piecemeal confection built around the antics of Varney, the man who's taken an archetypal American comedy figure (the bumbling clown with a romantic soul) and turned it into an oxymoron: a loveable redneck.

All his life, Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) dreams of hoop stardom. Feeling that white janitors can't jump, his building maintenance buddies led by Barry (Cylk Cozart) ignore his pleas to join their amateur team. After Ernest takes the heat for property damage in the mall during a practice session, the cle...