Lol makes sense. If I remember correctly, a friend got Mom and Dad a Ray Stevens tape in the late 90's (I was probably about 3), and for some reason we ended up leaving it behind at Grandma's house, but for many years up until I was a teenager, we would watch it just about every time we came over there. Eventually Grandma's VCR broke sometime in the late 2000's, and when she got rid of that, she donated her VHS tapes, including the Ray Stevens tape. Oh well, good thing there's UA-cam.
My grandparents had this tape when my cousin and I were kids and we wore it out growing up. I haven’t thought about it in probably a good 25-30 years. I’m 40 now and my grandma passed away almost 4 months ago. This is bringing back great memories.❤️
I had the tape this video appeared on when I was a kid, I watched it all the time. Some of the songs got funnier when I grew up and understood the jokes. Especially "It's Me Again Margaret."
My parents would tell us stories about “sitting up with the dead” as they did it OFTEN growing up and even in their married 20s and 30s. The last time THEY sat up with a dead someone, it was a great uncle and it was 1965!!! So we particularly LOVED this song and it never ever failed to make my Mother laugh like a child. This moment, as I’m typing, I’m leaving my Mother’s memorial service. We are going to eat dinner at my aunt’s farm and I will play this for my family. They will love it. Ty Ray Stevens.
As a kid this song freaked me out. As an adult it cracks me up picturing it going down. People do odd things when scared and situations unravel hilariously! Ray is a good one!
Finding this made my day! im 23 but when i was a kid i remember having a vhs tape with a bunch of these videos on it and my father and i would watch this every night before bed :) hes past now but these bring back such great memories.
Sami Youngs omg! when I was little my family used to camp in our cabin on the Mississippi. Well me and my cousin would be board and would watch movies to pay the time. Of the 4 VHS we had this was one of them and we used to love watching it! You hit the nail on the head when you said it brings back memories! I'm going to have to go watch the rest now. 😊
Sat up with my grandfather. Never heard of it. Grandma said she wasn't going to bed. I almost asked "Where's he gonna go?". My cousin kicked me HARD under the table.
Ray Stevens is an awesome artist. Not only is he funny, but he's talented and kid-friendly, too! Still is and always will be one of my favorite arists.
His song Margaret has been my all time favorite my mom's name was Margaret there wasn't a time I couldn't sing that song she laugh. She passed with copd after my strokes. She She say are you baked when we try git her to take a bath. She gut tickled lived her some ray Steven's.
What Ray Stevens sang about sitting up with the dead is true. I grew up in the South and I was in the 8th grade when my dad's aunt died. They had her body in a casket in her and my dad's uncle's house. I visited their house many times when I was growing up and it was a creepy feeling knowing that I have to sit up with a dead person in a house.
The tradition comes from the days before medical signs told you there was no life. So, you had to sit up with the body just in case the person wasn't truly dead. So, it's where the term "parlor" & "living room" came from
I remember going to people 's houses when the dead were brought into the parlor. The men would sit with the dead and the women sat in the kitchen. If there was a few kids we had to sleep cross way of the bed.
A lot of the very old houses used to have something called a"coffin door" that was only used at a death in the house to remove the coffin ⚰️ and body into the hearse. This was it's only purpose.
I LOVE RAY STEVENS! HE'S HILARIOUS & HAS GOD GIVEN TALENT TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH! THE FIRST SONG HE SONG I HEARD WAS THE STREAK WHEN I WAS A KID. WE SANG IT AND LAUUGHED & LAUGHED! STILL DO! LOL GOD BLESS YOU RAY STEVENS!❤🙏❤
I remember "The Streak", very well! But "Bridget The Midget" and "Ahab The Arab", "Everything Is Beautiful" were really popular too around that time!" I remembered "Ahab The Arab", because one of my older guy cousins used to sing it to us kids to make us laugh!
I'm 35 and your videos remind me of my dad who died 10 years ago. I remember when I was little dad would play the vhs of all these videos. Even all these years later, they make me laugh, and it's good to smile and remember my dad.
Yeah, my dad owned the album on CD when I was a kid, and regularly throughout the 90s and 00s he'd play it over the living room speakers at night. These songs remind me of simpler times sitting at the dinner table or in the living room. As well as the TV shows we'd watch when we were finished eating, like Star Trek: Voyager and Stargate: SG-1.
3:12 "You might as well come over here and sit down beside me, boy. Cuz I can see you ain't getting outta here tonight!" "...But I did." Best part of the whole song right there! ^_^
He was my first cassette, found it in the seats of my dad's 80's Jaguar when I was about four or five. His eyes lit up when I showed him! Told me I'll never forget these songs. He was right. I'm 25 now and he was the soundtrack to some of my best memories. I'd love to hear dad laugh to these songs again.
I haven't thought about this in years. When I was younger, my grandpa and grandma gave me a collection of Ray Stevens music videos on a VHS, and I laughed so hard. A lot of the jokes became long-running jokes in my family over time. My grandpa (papa) sadly passed away in 2003, and grandma now has stage 2 dementia. Ray Stevens will always remind me of them and the good moments my family managed to find between all the messed up trauma. Ray also reminds me of my dad (and weirdly looked just like him) during his rare good moments and the humor he has. Funny how one man singing funny songs brought some light into such a troubled family like we had.
Mr Stevens.. I wanted to say thank You for all of your entertainment and songs you have made... You have been a great part of my fondest memories of childhood and you brought great amusement to my family with your creative songs and videos. God bless you sir, and i thank you from the bottom of my heart.. Adam Gibbons
Saw Ray Stevens in Branson, MO a number of years ago! His show was wonderful especially if you want to take children! I have an autographed picture hanging on the wall by my computer! My grandchildren love The Day The Squirrel Got Loose!
Dead people can't hurt you but you can hurt yourself getting away from them.he can find humor in any situation I love his songs.😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
He knew how to tell a good story and make you LoL. Good clean comedy with no foul language!! Goes to show how much times have changed. Bless you Mr. Stevens!! ❤❤
Why in the World would it be necessary to sit up with the dead, if anything else happens, what can you do! "Hello, I'm Death, I've come for your Uncle, you can, however, if you wish, fight me, for your Uncle's Soul, if you win, He returns to life, if you lose, I get you, BOTH". ME; "Sorry, Uncle, too bad you're dead!, Cause, I AIN'T FIGHTING NOBODY, TONIGHT!"
my favorite part was always the gravedigger part "you ain't gettin' outta here tonight"......BUT I DID!" XD If they do a Zombieland 3 They should use this as the opening credit song! It'd be perfect!
I grew up on this man’s music. There hasn’t been many songs of his that didn’t at least make me smile. This isn’t my favorite song by Ray but it still cracks me up. My favorites are usually The Streak, Elvis in a UFO, or Power Tools. Keep making us laugh Ray. The world sure needs some people to lighten moods with the way things are at the moment.
And that preacher nearly knocked me down, he said "OOOHHHH, I'm headin out that kitchen door. AHE!!!". I hollered "Fred, that kitchen ain't got no door in it," he said "Don't worry son, it will have in a minute" I AIN'T NEVER SEEN SO MUCH JUMPING AND SHOVIN BEFORE. Cracks me up every time...
Man it took so long for me to find this again, I remember visiting family or going on road trips with my Dad, he got the Ray Stevens box set as a gift for Christmas and we both loved listening to the songs, years later and I'm living in another part of the state and he's living near the capital and I just remembered looking at something, I don't remember what and one of the Ray Stevens songs came up, I didn't remember all the words but I felt that pang of nostalgia and desperately seeking out the name of who made sung these songs. Finally I was like"was it Ray Stevens?.. yes it was Ray Stevens, I remember now!" And I couldn't be any happier seeing this again.
i have this one on my ray stevens dvd,man i fell over laughing when i saw it.i remember him from when i was a kid.my daughter heard harry the hairy ape and fell in love with the song.i remember the first time the streak came out and when the first time someone streaked a live baskeball game on tv in 1975 wearing only a pair of tennis shoes.man those were the good days.
I remember watching this on a compilation tape every time I went to my grandparents house when I was a kid. It's been years since I last saw this video.
I grew up in a small town called Grand Coulee and my grandma had this on vhs back in 1993 we used to watch this before going to bed every night. Wow what memories. I remember this video used to scare me.
I've heard dozens of Ray Stevens songs since I was a little kid. Guess we didn't have this album, 'cause this is my first time hearing this spOoOoOoky song. What a trip!
when i was younger my grandfather showed me this song, he passed away two months ago and i randomly remembered this song and it reminded me of him. i’m sure if he was alive right now he would be cackling about it all over.
i had this on vhs when i was like 3 ! my dad showed me a full collection of this guy , said he was great ! 15 years later and i still recognize him by this one song :D
We really owe this man more than we know...All the memories Ray Stevens has blessed us with...in the late 80s through 90s EVERY household had a Ray Stevens VHS
Yes, I'm with you! I grew up with Ray!!I'll love him till I die! Maybe he'll sit up with me one day! I promise I won't move, just sing to me all night! 😊
I was four when my grandfather died and was laid out in his coffin in the living room of his house. I vividly recall my aunt holding me so I could see him. 1956.
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Ray Stevens knew how to sing and tell a story at the same time. True comedy.
All songs are supposed to tell a story.
I think a Ray Stevens VHS tape came stock with any home in the late 80s and 90s lmao
Lol makes sense. If I remember correctly, a friend got Mom and Dad a Ray Stevens tape in the late 90's (I was probably about 3), and for some reason we ended up leaving it behind at Grandma's house, but for many years up until I was a teenager, we would watch it just about every time we came over there. Eventually Grandma's VCR broke sometime in the late 2000's, and when she got rid of that, she donated her VHS tapes, including the Ray Stevens tape. Oh well, good thing there's UA-cam.
We had one. Lolol 😂😂
I left my copy in the Forest Service Ranger Station bunkhouse. I hope people enjoyed it.
Hahahahahhaa YES
Hell yeah! Why not, ray Stevens is a good comedian singer
The way he says "But I did" kills me every time.
It’s the best!
THAT is timing, all the best comics, and, comedians have it, in spades!
ikr? it reminds me of the streak when he says “yeah i did” 3 times.
InstaBlaster...
“Next time i’m just gonna send FLOWERS!! Yeah...”
My grandparents had this tape when my cousin and I were kids and we wore it out growing up. I haven’t thought about it in probably a good 25-30 years. I’m 40 now and my grandma passed away almost 4 months ago. This is bringing back great memories.❤️
I did the same thing with my grandparents tape
I think Ray had to be around in the 60’s when I was a kid.
Me too@@janhoyle1462
Everyone's grandparents had this on VHS. I don't know where they got it or where it came from. I think it might be some sort of supernatural event.
I’ve been looking for this song for decades. But same situation. Grandparents had it on vhs
I love ray Stevens. Anyone else?
I LOVE Ray Stevens, he is SO FUNNY!!!!!!
Hell yeah!!
I had the tape this video appeared on when I was a kid, I watched it all the time.
Some of the songs got funnier when I grew up and understood the jokes.
Especially "It's Me Again Margaret."
Yes indeed
Me
My parents would tell us stories about “sitting up with the dead” as they did it OFTEN growing up and even in their married 20s and 30s. The last time THEY sat up with a dead someone, it was a great uncle and it was 1965!!! So we particularly LOVED this song and it never ever failed to make my Mother laugh like a child.
This moment, as I’m typing, I’m leaving my Mother’s memorial service. We are going to eat dinner at my aunt’s farm and I will play this for my family. They will love it. Ty Ray Stevens.
Great story, sorry for the loss of your Mom, ❤❤❤
@@AmyAllan-wd3cmthank you.
Condolences on your loss.
As a kid this song freaked me out. As an adult it cracks me up picturing it going down. People do odd things when scared and situations unravel hilariously! Ray is a good one!
Same! I used to cry watching this
Carolyn@@jordyw469
Same my grandma used to skip this one for me.
Agreed! 😅
So good👌🏼
It's actually a felony to have a funeral in a private residence unless you have upgraded heating & ventilation.
Finding this made my day! im 23 but when i was a kid i remember having a vhs tape with a bunch of these videos on it and my father and i would watch this every night before bed :) hes past now but these bring back such great memories.
I also had the Ray Stevens VHS tape. My grandparents had it and would watch it with me. The videos were great!
yeah i'm 23 too and I agree with you
I am 12 and I love old country
Sami Youngs im 20 and my pawpaw had two vhs and we wore them out but this was our favorite
Sami Youngs omg! when I was little my family used to camp in our cabin on the Mississippi. Well me and my cousin would be board and would watch movies to pay the time. Of the 4 VHS we had this was one of them and we used to love watching it! You hit the nail on the head when you said it brings back memories! I'm going to have to go watch the rest now. 😊
As a rapper believe it or not. Ray Stevens has been a huge inspiration
I rap too and I agree I actually want to make my own version of this track!!!! 🔥
Sat up with my grandfather. Never heard of it. Grandma said she wasn't going to bed. I almost asked "Where's he gonna go?". My cousin kicked me HARD under the table.
This has got to be one of (if not THE) best Ray Steven's songs ever made!
I agree.
What about Mississippi squirrel revival
The Streak is the best
Believe it or not, Ray was in his early 50's when this song came out (in 1990).
Love Mississippi squirrel and the streak too but my fave ray Stevens song is it's me again Margaret
most people don't realize how truthful this song actually is.
Amen
the Amish in our area still have home funerals.
I do....
Yes that's so true.good video
Yes, this was quite normal in the 19th and early 20th century periods. And some small towns still do this.
Ray Stevens is an awesome artist. Not only is he funny, but he's talented and kid-friendly, too! Still is and always will be one of my favorite arists.
the streak is borderline kid-friendly to be fair.
Though I still love Ray!!!
@@status8477 lol, it's one of those things that are so bizarre it wouldn't do any harm to show a kid.
Actually, children should only watch baptist ministers on TV, according to 2 Corinthians 4:18.
@@monerz1 uhh okay then? Lol I don't see what that has to do with anything we were discussing but alrighty
His song Margaret has been my all time favorite my mom's name was Margaret there wasn't a time I couldn't sing that song she laugh. She passed with copd after my strokes. She She say are you baked when we try git her to take a bath. She gut tickled lived her some ray Steven's.
2024 anyone? Yeah yeah
damn 4 hours ago! there must really be something in the air today.
🙋♀️April 2024
I'm always listening to Ray...he paved the way for other comedic artists
16/04/24@@DocFrizzle
Yes.
Uncle Fred done be gon' sit up with his OWN self.
Best Line!
Yes good video
Next time, I'm just gonna send flowers!
@@allisgrace1313 I think it's a three-way tie... That line, the one about the back door and the one where he's in the grave got out.
Next time imma send him flowers. Yeah.
if only songs could be this great again.
We have a local Real Oldies station in Seattle (KIXI-AM), but you can bet they wouldn't play Ray Stevens!
your comment has been in the section for a decade and now it has 200 likes
What Ray Stevens sang about sitting up with the dead is true. I grew up in the South and I was in the 8th grade when my dad's aunt died. They had her body in a casket in her and my dad's uncle's house. I visited their house many times when I was growing up and it was a creepy feeling knowing that I have to sit up with a dead person in a house.
The tradition comes from the days before medical signs told you there was no life. So, you had to sit up with the body just in case the person wasn't truly dead. So, it's where the term "parlor" & "living room" came from
yeah I don't think I'd like that one bit.
I remember going to people 's houses when the dead were brought into the parlor. The men would sit with the dead and the women sat in the kitchen. If there was a few kids we had to sleep cross way of the bed.
Creepy is a under statement
A lot of the very old houses used to have something called a"coffin door" that was only used at a death in the house to remove the coffin ⚰️ and body into the hearse. This was it's only purpose.
Can't thank my grandparents enough for introducing me to this man's music when I was about 7! What a legend!
Oh, does this bring back the "wakes" I've sat in.
he's one of the funniest singers out there!!
Girl Quite15 not to mention one of the most talented
Don't forget Weird Al..
I agree
"uncle fred is gonna sit up with his own self!" Thumbs up!! awesome song love All of Ray Stevens work, pure genius-ness.
I LOVE RAY STEVENS! HE'S HILARIOUS & HAS GOD GIVEN TALENT TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH! THE FIRST SONG HE SONG I HEARD WAS THE STREAK WHEN I WAS A KID. WE SANG IT AND LAUUGHED & LAUGHED! STILL DO! LOL GOD BLESS YOU RAY STEVENS!❤🙏❤
Why are you yelling?
You're just a young whipper snapper. That's good. ((-:
I can remember when Ahab the Arab first came out.
I remember "The Streak", very well! But "Bridget The Midget" and "Ahab The Arab", "Everything Is Beautiful" were really popular too around that time!" I remembered "Ahab The Arab", because one of my older guy cousins used to sing it to us kids to make us laugh!
Happy 82nd Birthday Harold Ray Ragsdale. Thank you for the life long memories of humorous songs and stories.. God Bless..
I'm 35 and your videos remind me of my dad who died 10 years ago. I remember when I was little dad would play the vhs of all these videos. Even all these years later, they make me laugh, and it's good to smile and remember my dad.
Yeah, my dad owned the album on CD when I was a kid, and regularly throughout the 90s and 00s he'd play it over the living room speakers at night.
These songs remind me of simpler times sitting at the dinner table or in the living room. As well as the TV shows we'd watch when we were finished eating, like Star Trek: Voyager and Stargate: SG-1.
I still have living relatives in Tennessee who remember staying up with the dead. It was common practice in the south.
The Amish in my area still do it
til some skank in cosmo bumped her gums about it...
we still do
3:12
"You might as well come over here and sit down beside me, boy. Cuz I can see you ain't getting outta here tonight!"
"...But I did."
Best part of the whole song right there! ^_^
+TheKhopesh BUT I DEEEEED
if I was there in the grave and as scared as he was and saw the town drunk ,ID BE OUT OF THERE IN A SECOND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Corrected it, thanks!
Love that part too!! childhood memories of watching all of best songs on a VHS tape lol
when uncle fred sat up; so did everyone else!!
that was funny!
This man will truly go down in history as a legend of spoof and piss-take, long may his hilarious and brilliantly constructed songs live.
We played this music video at my grandpa's funeral
Love you mo pah pah
Ray Stevens is a master of comedy. He's a real gem!!
I CAN REMEMBER WATCHING THIS VIDEO ON VHS ALL THE TIME WITH MY OLDER SISTER AND MY OLDER BROTHER AND MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID
"But I did." First time i heard that i hooooooowled with laughter for like half an hour
He was my first cassette, found it in the seats of my dad's 80's Jaguar when I was about four or five. His eyes lit up when I showed him! Told me I'll never forget these songs. He was right. I'm 25 now and he was the soundtrack to some of my best memories. I'd love to hear dad laugh to these songs again.
this used to absolutely horrify me as a kid and yet here i am jamming out to it like 7 years later
I grew up living with my Grandmother. She got me into Ray from the beginning and I was hooked from then on.
I haven't thought about this in years. When I was younger, my grandpa and grandma gave me a collection of Ray Stevens music videos on a VHS, and I laughed so hard. A lot of the jokes became long-running jokes in my family over time. My grandpa (papa) sadly passed away in 2003, and grandma now has stage 2 dementia. Ray Stevens will always remind me of them and the good moments my family managed to find between all the messed up trauma. Ray also reminds me of my dad (and weirdly looked just like him) during his rare good moments and the humor he has. Funny how one man singing funny songs brought some light into such a troubled family like we had.
You should play it for your grandma ❤
Lord, this reminds me of the last Wake I sat up for. In the South, a long time ago.
I want this song played at my funeral
Only good ole' Ray could get this crazy......
40 dislikes? What's to hate about this video? It's funny no matter who you are.
formerevolutionist I'm guessing the seven people who didn't like this video had a bad experience with sitting up with dead people.
that or they don't like country or he's rich or that he's famous
Well...ya know how them there haters are...they're just plum hateful$ Don't you pay 'em any mind, ok?
It was dead people sad that no one will sit with them any more.
They were probably PETA people who didn't like the toy cat tail getting stepped on lolz
Mr Stevens.. I wanted to say thank You for all of your entertainment and songs you have made...
You have been a great part of my fondest memories of childhood and you brought great amusement to my family with your creative songs and videos.
God bless you sir, and i thank you from the bottom of my heart..
Adam Gibbons
Even after all these years, these songs are the best.
Saw Ray Stevens in Branson, MO a number of years ago! His show was wonderful especially if you want to take children! I have an autographed picture hanging on the wall by my computer! My grandchildren love The Day The Squirrel Got Loose!
My great grandmother had the VHS on which these were featured - good stuff!
Chaney Robertson You too?
Dead people can't hurt you but you can hurt yourself getting away from them.he can find humor in any situation I love his songs.😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
He knew how to tell a good story and make you LoL. Good clean comedy with no foul language!! Goes to show how much times have changed. Bless you Mr. Stevens!! ❤❤
Ray Stevens, king of non-stop- laugh-riot musical videos.
I've been a huge Fan since I was 14yrs old, I'm 51 now, and still am a huge Fan. I got my kids hooked on your music, my Grandbabies are next!!🤩😍🥰
Ray is the funniest ever. Love his videos, and songs
My grandmother had this vhs and it was the best thing ever when we were kids!
Grew up watching the vhs in grandmas basement, mid 90's man i miss that.
This is a real thing, or was. My family did this long ago. My dad told me he remembered doing it as a young child.
not only is it a real thing, but it use to be common actually
Why in the World would it be necessary to sit up with the dead, if anything else happens, what can you do! "Hello, I'm Death, I've come for your Uncle, you can, however, if you wish, fight me, for your Uncle's Soul, if you win, He returns to life, if you lose, I get you, BOTH".
ME; "Sorry, Uncle, too bad you're dead!, Cause, I AIN'T FIGHTING NOBODY, TONIGHT!"
"..... They said that the dead can't hurt you 'cause they already left but what they left, sure can make you hurt yourself..." lol
numberonesongs
Don't worry son it will have one in a minet LOL 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
I've always loved Ray Stevens.
A true trow back I remember was 7 years old watching this with my grandparents
Down here in rural North Carolina. I remember as a kid that this was a customary practice for the older generation to sit up with the dead until dawn.
Same down here in rural South Carolina too. Also the older generations used to have picnics at the grave sites in the cemetery.
That was good. As a Pastor I hear all kinds of stories but, that one is great. Poor Uncle Fred!
God. This brings me back lol. I would watch this Everytime I went to my grandparents house lol
my favorite part was always the gravedigger part "you ain't gettin' outta here tonight"......BUT I DID!" XD
If they do a Zombieland 3 They should use this as the opening credit song! It'd be perfect!
This guy is an absolute riot, amazing stuff
Memories! My dad bought us his VHS tape back in the day and we wore it out. My Dad would crack up everytime with Ray Stevens videos/songs.🤣🤣❤
I grew up on this man’s music. There hasn’t been many songs of his that didn’t at least make me smile. This isn’t my favorite song by Ray but it still cracks me up. My favorites are usually The Streak, Elvis in a UFO, or Power Tools. Keep making us laugh Ray. The world sure needs some people to lighten moods with the way things are at the moment.
And that preacher nearly knocked me down, he said "OOOHHHH, I'm headin out that kitchen door. AHE!!!". I hollered "Fred, that kitchen ain't got no door in it," he said "Don't worry son, it will have in a minute" I AIN'T NEVER SEEN SO MUCH JUMPING AND SHOVIN BEFORE.
Cracks me up every time...
I think it says I hollered"Rev that kitchen aint got an door in it"
Me too
Man it took so long for me to find this again, I remember visiting family or going on road trips with my Dad, he got the Ray Stevens box set as a gift for Christmas and we both loved listening to the songs, years later and I'm living in another part of the state and he's living near the capital and I just remembered looking at something, I don't remember what and one of the Ray Stevens songs came up, I didn't remember all the words but I felt that pang of nostalgia and desperately seeking out the name of who made sung these songs. Finally I was like"was it Ray Stevens?.. yes it was Ray Stevens, I remember now!" And I couldn't be any happier seeing this again.
This song actually sent a chill up my spine when I was little, sounded a whole lot different coming out of our old TV.
Ray Stevens is really a favorite and funny singer , love all his music.
A older gentleman told this same story. He said folks bout tore the walls off that old house! Would have been around Louisville Ga in the 50’s.
i have this one on my ray stevens dvd,man i fell over laughing when i saw it.i remember him from when i was a kid.my daughter heard harry the hairy ape and fell in love with the song.i remember the first time the streak came out and when the first time someone streaked a live baskeball game on tv in 1975 wearing only a pair of tennis shoes.man those were the good days.
I love all your videos Ray.
I remember watching this on a compilation tape every time I went to my grandparents house when I was a kid. It's been years since I last saw this video.
I grew up in a small town called Grand Coulee and my grandma had this on vhs back in 1993 we used to watch this before going to bed every night. Wow what memories. I remember this video used to scare me.
I grew up listening to him and I’m still listening to him and I’m 18❤️
who in this world would "dislike" this .... nothing like Ray Stevens.
I've heard dozens of Ray Stevens songs since I was a little kid. Guess we didn't have this album, 'cause this is my first time hearing this spOoOoOoky song. What a trip!
look up when he went to the church that handled snakes
when i was younger my grandfather showed me this song, he passed away two months ago and i randomly remembered this song and it reminded me of him. i’m sure if he was alive right now he would be cackling about it all over.
Can you imagine being a kid, and, having to go through something like this!? Some people would be laughing at this, the rest of their lives!
I miss stuff like this. I'm showing my kids this stuff. Showing them what real entertainment is.
i had this on vhs when i was like 3 ! my dad showed me a full collection of this guy , said he was great ! 15 years later and i still recognize him by this one song :D
Love the music of Ray Stevens, I know i have seen the man playing Uncle Fred in more than one video. IS it just me or was Paul Bearer in the video?
Ray Stevens is one of a kind.
How can you not love this guy ??
Probably best memory I have as a kid is sitting in my grandma's living room watching these songs on vhs
I Was 4 & 5 watchin his videos!
This was my favorite one!
!8 and still watch em lol
We really owe this man more than we know...All the memories Ray Stevens has blessed us with...in the late 80s through 90s EVERY household had a Ray Stevens VHS
I grew up watching him when I was a kid on VHS at my grandparents house. Now my kids watch him. They are 13 and 16. He is a classic.
I love Ray Stevens. My grandpa loves to listen to his songs and so do my sisters and I.
I love ray Stevens good clean comedy
My favorite line from this song has always been "I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more, since the dead started sittin' up too" XD
Good ole Ray...been around for decades and still at it and still funny!!!!!
Have loved him for years!!!
Yes, I'm with you! I grew up with Ray!!I'll love him till I die! Maybe he'll sit up with me one day! I promise I won't move, just sing to me all night! 😊
This music video actually scared me when I was a little kid. I still have the VHS tape of music videos and I cherish it to this day.
I was four when my grandfather died and was laid out in his coffin in the living room of his house. I vividly recall my aunt holding me so I could see him. 1956.
ALWAYS love Ray Stevens songs!
i wish i could hear thsi song so that i could listen to it for ever and ever and ever. RIP Herb Mosely
I just answered a robocall, "Hello Margaret...Its me again Margaret...are ya naked Margaret!"...followed by a dirty little giggle. 🤣
😆LOL 😆!
Haha
😂 PERFECT
I remember my Uncle Steve playing this song, he loved Ray Stevens
This is the VHS soundtrack to my childhood in the 80s and 90s.
Congrats on the Hall of Fame Ray!
Yeah, I doubt there were many "grandparent" households that didnt have this vhs layin around somewhere.
We didn't, we had a cd that had hits from the 60's and 70's, 1 cd had his song the streak on it.
I can remember going to my grandparents house in north Mississippi and watching these videos with my grandfather
My grandparents still do. And I still watch them every time I go back home to visit.
🤣🤣 my dad's parents had it 😝
i remember having a compilation of ray stevens videos on VHS as a kid growing up in the 90s.
I LOVE RAY STEVENS!!!!!!!!!