Ernest Saves Christmas - Filming Locations - 24 years later

0:10 We don't even

0:10 ask

0:12 you

0:26 to cold ain't it, Burn? I'm out here

0:26 getting ready to do the filming

0:27 locations of Ernest Saves Christmas. I'm

0:30 moving, moving, moving, moving, moving,

0:32 moving, moving in my convenient cup. I'm

0:34 moving, moving, moving, moving, moving.

0:38 I think I'll have a donut.

0:47 We've arrived at the train station.

0:47 Check that out. You can see this in this

0:49 movie shot where it says Orlando.

1:06 I got to go catch a train to somewhere.

1:09 Anywhere. See you later.

1:13 All

1:14 right. See you.

1:40 Santa's bag. She's a thief. This girl

1:40 right here is a thief. But it's pretty

1:42 cool because this whole place hasn't

1:43 changed in over 20 years. Pretty

1:46 interesting. Even those phone booths

1:48 down there are exactly the same. 640 to

1:51 Miami and arriving on time.

2:05 You don't still believe in that stuff,

2:05 do you?

2:25 But if Santa goes to our own house, I

2:25 forgot something. I'll be right back.

2:28 Stop talking about it. There's no such

2:30 thing as Santa Claus.

2:33 Where do you get off? Don't say that to

2:35 her. There is a Santa Claus and this is

2:37 his magic sack. If that's Santa sack,

2:41 why do you have it? Announcing the

2:43 arrival of the 640 Christmas.

2:51 I've got something really cool to show

2:52 you. Check out this road here with the

2:54 brick.

3:21 Christmas Eve. I was lying in bed and I

3:24 thought I heard a noise in the heat

3:26 ducts and finally turning himself into

3:29 sort of this big blob and oozing through

3:32 the vent covers.

4:12 Both Ginger and I are both huge Jim

4:14 Barney fans. In fact, we're going to

4:15 recreate some Jim Barney stuff from his

4:17 commercials. Fact, we have the Jim

4:18 Barney mask here. Ernest, we're going to

4:20 utilize it. So, look for it. Hard to

4:23 believe it's been 24 years since Ernest

4:25 Saves Christmas came out.

4:31 Hey V, before you go out in the water,

4:34 don't forget to put on your life vest.

4:37 But you're not supposed to play with

4:38 them. You're supposed to play with this.

4:50 See these birds? They're attack birds.

4:50 One thing you shouldn't do to attack

4:52 birds is this.

5:17 mean? Know what I mean? This is the spot

5:17 where Jim Barney as Ernest dressed up as

5:19 the old woman to try to find out where

5:21 the guy was. The white truck was parked

5:23 right there and Ernest walked right up

5:25 those stairs as the old woman.

5:37 These steps might as well be Mount

5:37 Everest. Well, he's these stairs might

5:41 as well be Mount Everest. You can

5:44 definitely see this palm tree here when

5:46 Santa Claus is talking to the girl back

5:48 and forth. Well, I hope Ernest has

5:50 success finding Joe. Don't side with

5:53 him, honey. There's no future in it.

5:55 Just tell me where he is. Victory is at

5:59 hand.

6:01 Victory is at hand. Now, we have to move

6:04 on to what I like to call plan B. Let's

6:08 get moving. All right, another scout.

6:17 Now looking for the spot at the

6:17 beginning of the movie where the girl

6:19 ran away from her tab. I wonder where

6:21 that could be

6:23 over there. Right along in this area

6:25 here used to be a restaurant in the

6:28 movie. The girl would have ran out of

6:30 the last area. The camera would have

6:32 been facing this way and hanging right

6:34 up there was an Orlando Magic fanatic

6:38 sign. Hey.

6:41 Hey.

6:42 Hey. Hold it. Hold it. You forgot

6:45 something. Dreey, Mr.

6:49 Hey, hold it. Hold it. You forgot

6:55 If you look over there and you see the

6:56 pattern of the sidewalk, it's still the

6:58 same as it was in the movie. Just like

7:00 this with these little octagon looking

7:03 things. I don't know what those are. Are

7:04 those

7:05 octagons? Um, what are those? I have no

7:08 idea what those are called. Anyway, this

7:11 spherical looking circle.

7:15 Not me. You know, it's my brother. He

7:16 does this to me all the time. I swear we

7:18 go out, right? And he says he has the

7:19 money and then we eat and then he says

7:21 he has to go to the bathroom. Kangaroo

7:22 came out of nowhere. They just like

7:24 bounced in there and grabbed it.

7:25 Probably cuz it's shiny. They like shiny

7:26 things. I don't know. And then he took

7:27 off and oh, there's

7:29 kangaroo.

7:32 Hey. Hey.

7:35 Santa Claus would have been standing

7:36 right here. And here comes the girl

7:38 running. She's running away towards

7:40 Ernest.

7:42 Hey,

7:45 the cab Ernest was driving would have

7:46 drove right down in here, past all this

7:48 behind us. Stopped right where those

7:51 cars are.

8:03 Is she all right?

8:03 Please, Mr. Go, go go go go go.

8:15 They're driving down this road. You can

8:17 see a lot of the stuff in the

8:18 background. So, pretend I'm in a taxi

8:20 and I'm Earnest, except not as handsome.

8:22 When Ernest does the John Wayne

8:24 imitation, it's right up here. And you

8:26 can look out his side window in the

8:28 taxi. You can see that building there in

8:30 the shot. And you can also see this

8:32 building behind Ernest's head would have

8:35 been right here. And that building is

8:37 behind him. Well, not to worry, little

8:40 lady. You're safe with us.

8:49 We're on our way to Orlando

8:49 International Airport. Terminal B is

8:52 where Ernest was driving the cab. And

8:53 check that out. Straight ahead is a cab.

8:55 Would have came around this corner

8:57 really, really fast. He would have hit a

8:59 bump, would have ramped up basically

9:01 where that police car is. Ramped off and

9:04 wrecked right here. We'll make it. Don't

9:06 worry, we'll be airborne before you know

9:09 it.

9:19 Right out of there is where Santa Claus

9:20 walked out straight ahead. Look at those

9:22 two white doors to your left. Those two

9:25 white doors are in this shot right here.

9:27 I lost count. I don't know. Taxi,

9:30 mister. I'm a taxi. I'm a taxi. Here.

9:32 You got one.

9:35 for the immediate. This is the building

9:37 where the soontobe Santa Claus, when he

9:39 rejected Santa for the first time, met

9:41 with the TV executives. Straight up

9:44 there in that top window.

9:51 Well, I see no need to beat around the

9:51 bush. We know why we're here. Joe, we

9:54 want you to do the picture. If you like

9:56 these videos, make sure you give me a

9:57 thumbs up and subscribe. And don't just

9:59 rely on the last few uploads I've given

10:01 you. Why not dig back and be old school?

10:04 Also, Ginger's getting attacked by a

10:06 gator. Why not check out her YouTube

10:09 channel? Also, go to original

10:12 ginger.com. I have a YouTube page, too.

10:16 Surprised? These scenes here were

10:19 actually filmed on the back lot of MGM

10:22 Studios in Orlando, Florida. Now,

10:24 Hollywood Studios owned by Disney. All

10:26 these houses are gone. Vern's house that

10:29 Ernest is pulling up to here is

10:31 completely leveled now. These pictures

10:33 here were from when I was a child about

10:36 20 years ago. We went on the back tram

10:38 tour. These are pictures of Vern's

10:40 house.

10:43 Yeah, Vern's always happy to see me.

10:45 He's my best buddy and he throws the

10:47 greatest parties.

11:08 Big deals on the way. Hey, babe. Pock it

11:08 in the shade. What do you say? All

11:09 right. How you doing that? It's ironic

11:10 that we're at the Shakespeare Theater

11:12 because Jim Barney actually was a

11:14 Shakespearean actor. In the movie over

11:16 here where the desk was right here. Now

11:19 it's all completely different.

11:26 If you get lost, come back and I'll help

11:26 you.

11:28 Isn't that nice? They explain

11:42 everything. Those doors are still the

11:42 same cuz that's where like the Santa

11:44 Claus and the other guy were having

11:46 their little conversation right there.

11:48 Not very bright, but

11:51 he grew up with this guy. I think his

11:54 name was Vern. What is with you and this

11:57 rummy? You've already blown your

11:59 appointment with Derek.

12:13 I do hope he gets something going for

12:13 him real soon. Oh, I imagine he'll have

12:15 his hands full very shortly. And that's

12:18 why we don't see dinosaurs around

12:20 anymore. All these walls here are newly

12:22 put in. And back there would have been a

12:23 mural with like some children's stuff

12:25 and the puppet show would have been back

12:26 in there. And the way you can tell is

12:28 this door was open and the Santa Claus

12:31 guy was standing here and the girl was

12:32 here. If you look to the left, that fire

12:35 hydrant's still there, the same. And

12:37 those doors down there are newly added.

12:39 That was actually a straight hallway.

12:41 Pretty cool.

12:44 Very shortly.

12:46 And that's why we don't see dinosaurs

12:50 around anymore. These are the glass

12:52 doors. You'll remember. You can see me

12:54 basically where I'm standing. If I was

12:56 up against there, Ernest would have had

12:58 his face mashed up against those windows

13:01 trying to get Santa's attention inside.

13:12 Santa, are you in

13:12 there? I got you,

13:14 sack. Is anybody in there?

13:21 Right here is where Ernest came straight

13:21 down towards the ground and stopped

13:25 before he hit the ground with the

13:27 reindeer. Straight ahead that

13:40 way, air brakes.

13:47 Right over in here is where Ernest would

13:48 have pulled up and the sleigh would have

13:49 been and he would have made this

13:50 statement. Ernest P. Wald at your

13:54 service. Ernest P. World Aerial Taxi at

13:58 your service.

14:10 Nice threads.

14:16 This is the only one of the original

14:16 benches left, like the one Santa Claus

14:17 was sitting in. Some things never stay

14:20 the same. Progress. You know what I

14:21 mean?

14:28 Hey Vern, got the condiments. Is that

14:28 one of them new bronze hamburgers?

14:37 Yep. 199. It is.

14:37 Got the burger. No lettuce.

Ernest Saves Christmas - Filming Locations - 24 years later

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