Slam Dunk Ernest is a 1995 American direct-to-video sports comedy film. It is the eighth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, and the seventh in the Ernest series. It was directed by Ernest creator John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. In this film, Ernest joins his employer's basketball team and later becomes a star with the help of an angel (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). It was the third and final Ernest film to be shot in Vancouver, British Columbia.