In his 2007 essay, game designer and writer Allen Varney said that the game " can be beastly in play " since it " requires improvisation worthy of its namesake, and thus you need a particular kind of player and a particular mood for a session to proceed smoothly.

During the slot, a movie was televised, and Varney ( as one of his characters ) and a Leadco representative would be the only commercial breaks during the movie, promoting only Leadco.

* July 15 – Varney Speed Lines ( later to be Continental Airlines ) makes its first passenger-carrying flight.

The first plastic models were injection molded in cellulose acetate ( e. g. Frog Penguin and Varney Trains ), but currently most plastic models are injection-molded in polystyrene, and the parts are glued together, usually with a plastic solvent-based adhesive, although experienced modelers may also use epoxy, cyanoacrylate, and white glue where their particular properties would be advantageous.

The spots were structured in a way to allow the viewer to be " Vern ", as Varney looked directly in the camera whenever Vern was addressed.

It was around this time that Varney changed her name to Anna-Varney Cantodea ; Anna being a common female name, and cantodea, the Latin word for " I sing the goddess " ( whereas female singer would be " cantor deæ ").

While the lead character Reg Varney played a character intended to be significantly younger than himself, Lewis was made-up to look much older than his actual age, being only 32 when the programme began.

Meanwhile Leicester was preparing to entertain the queen at Kenilworth, where she had commanded that Amy should be introduced to her, and Varney was, accordingly, despatched with a letter begging the countess to appear at the revels pretending to be Varney's bride.

Varney, however, had shot the messenger on receiving his instructions, and had caused Amy to be conducted by Foster to an apartment reached by a long flight of stairs and a narrow wooden bridge.

Varney was 52 when the first series was filmed in 1968, although his character, who lived at home and was often trying to attract women, seemed to be in his mid-thirties.

In October 2010, the chairman of Sirleaf's Unity Party, Varney Sherman, argued that implementation of the recommendation would be unconstitutional, as Article 21 ( a ) of the Constitution prohibits ex post facto laws, and Sirleaf had broken no law by financially supporting Taylor that imposed a ban from public office as a penalty.

He has also been associated with the authorship of Varney the Vampire, now more often thought to be the work of Rymer.

Maynard performed very well in his second year of professional football, forming a partnership with Varney where the two proved to be one of the most productive partnerships, in terms of goal scoring, in League One with a total of 33 league goals between them.

Reviewing the combined edition of 1991, Allen Varney stated: " and GEV: two simulation board games of armored combat on a future battlefield are among the best the field has ever seen: fast, elegant, and endlessly replayable.

With Luke Varney gone after a £ 2 million transfer to Charlton Athletic, Maynard was seen as the club's main goalscoring threat.

James Albert " Jim " Varney, Jr. ( June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000 ) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, writer, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his role as Ernest P. Worrell, who was used in numerous television commercial campaigns and movies in the following years, giving Varney fame worldwide and playing Jed Clampett in the 1993 movie version of The Beverly Hillbillies.

Varney was born James Albert Varney, Jr., the fourth child and only son of Louise ( née Howard ; January 14, 1913 – August 22, 1994 ) and James Albert Varney, Sr. ( January 1, 1910 – January 11, 1985 ), on June 15, 1949 in Lexington, Kentucky, where he grew up.

Richard Fred " Pete " Varney Jr. ( born April 10, 1949 ) is an American college baseball coach and a former professional baseball catcher.

On October 11, 2010 it was announced publicly that in an Order signed on October 7, 2010 by US District Court Judge Matthew Kennelly, has permanently barred Louis R. ( Ron ) Varney, Jr, ASA Late Model Series, LLC and all those acting in concert or participation with them, including specifically ASALMS, LLC from any further use of the ASA or ASA LATE MODEL SERIES brand on or in connection with automobile race events anywhere in the United States.

He heard about the proposed northwest route and Varney ’ s plan and quickly drew up a petition and got signatures from three dozen postmasters from the towns surrounding Boise.

Guitarist Paul Gilbert first gained notoriety when he was featured in Mike Varney ’ s Spotlight Column in the February 1983 issue of Guitar Player magazine.

Though the earliest chapters give the standard motives of blood sustenance for Varney's actions toward the family, later ones suggest that Varney is motivated by monetary interests.

This machine was the first in the UK and was used by English comedy actor Reg Varney, at the time so as to ensure maximum publicity for the machines that were to become mainstream in the UK.

The Barclays Bank branch in Enfield was the first place in the world to have an ATM or cash machine ; it was officially opened in June 1967 by Reg Varney, a television actor and personality most famous for his lead role in the comedy series On the Buses.

After leaving high school and playing the club circuit around the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania areas with his brother Albert ( a singer ) for most of the 1980s, Greg Howe officially began his solo career after sending a demo tape to Shrapnel Records in 1987, upon which he was immediately signed by founder Mike Varney.

Around 1981-82, he first contacted Mike Varney, founder of Shrapnel Records, asking for a gig with Ozzy Osbourne.

When Varney was a boy, his mother would put the black and white TV on cartoons for him to watch.

Varney also starred as Ernest in a series of commercials that ran in the New Orleans area ( and throughout the Gulf South ) as a spokesman for natural gas utilities.

Varney also was noted for doing commercials for car dealerships across the country, most notably Cerritos Auto Square in Cerritos, California, Tysons Toyota in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and Audubon Chrysler in Henderson, Kentucky.

Varney portrayed Ernest in a series of commercials for Convenient Food Mart during the 1980s.

Varney also portrayed another character, " Auntie Nelda ", in numerous commercials long before he resurrected the character for the movies Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam, Ernest Saves Christmas, Ernest Goes to Jail, Ernest Scared Stupid, Ernest Goes to Camp, and Ernest Rides Again.

During the 1990s, Varney reprised his role as Ernest for Blake's Lotaburger, a fast food chain in New Mexico.

Ernest Goes to Camp brought Varney a nomination for " Worst New Star " at the 1987 Golden Raspberry Awards, but the movie was a huge hit, grossing $ 25 million at the box office.

In 1989, Varney won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for Hey Vern, It's Ernest ( 1988 ).

Varney, playing Ernest both times, was nominated for a Razzie Award one year ( 1988 ) and then won an Emmy Award the next year ( 1989 ).

Varney also lent his voice to Slinky Dog in Disney's Toy Story 1 and 2 in the Toy Story series ( Varney was replaced by Blake Clark in Toy Story 3 due to his death in 2000 ), and played numerous others, including " Cookie " Farnsworth, from Atlantis: The Lost Empire, released the year after his death ( Steve Barr replaced Varney for the sequel Atlantis: Milo's Return ), the carny character Cooter in the " Bart Carny " episode of The Simpsons, the character Walt Evergreen in the Duckman episode " You've Come a Wrong Way, Baby ", Prince Carlos Charmaine ( a royal suitor Jackie dates ) for a few episodes of the final season of the 1990s television series Roseanne, and Lothar Zogg in the 1998 film 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain, also starring Hulk Hogan and Loni Anderson as well as Toby Shephard in Jumanji.

All told, in 69 MLB games played, Varney batted. 247, with seven doubles and one triple, along with his five homers.

* Varney: All vocals, instruments and programming

In 1976, Varney was a regular cast member of the television show Johnny Cash and Friends.

Varney played an old Mariner in a low-budget horror film, Blood, Friends, and Money.

Over the course of the book, Varney is presented with increasing sympathy as a victim of circumstances.