There's at least one person who agrees - Ramona Ancrum (his "sweet Romeena"). They met when Ernest T. and one of his rocks crashed a party at Mrs. Wiley's house ("My Fair Ernest T. Bass," Episode #113). Later, Andy even spruces Ernest T. up and passes him off as a sophisticated gentleman at Mrs. Wiley's. That Doesn't last, however, and soon he is heading back to his cave in the hills.