Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater (1958)

[XjayXcoreX]

Most people don't know this, but this guy created the Wilhelm Scream... and he dated my grandma. I feel so fancy.

[emochick956]

lol in my class sang this song in elementary for a school play

[gerrytheman18]

Karl Pilkington brought me here... perfect.

[suunritadasi]

I like short shorts

[MrBlake6332]

@timeassassin32 LOL I am, although I already knew what the song was (I'm only 13, don't judge lol my teacher in 5th grade played this, quietly, during math class sometimes.) I just wanted to hear it again lol

[timeassassin32]

Who is here because of Tobuscus lazy vlog

[Haight27Ashbury]

This, 4 some reason, reminds me of Christians.

What does that mean???

[ladylias621]

I was playing a game with some friends and one of the things was listing holiday songs. Well, all of my friends were listing off Christmas songs, which I could have easily done and beat them all, but instead I started listing off Halloween songs. This ofcourse being one of them. :)

[mrfayge]

oh god why reddit

[purezelda]

1,337,130 views!? 1337!!

[CammieInOz]

Tequilllaaaaaaa :))

[ihartthecandy]

thank god for psycadellic MUSHROOMS.

[gunrad95]

@MiniSpasticNinja nah man i do 2... and its on my gma's jukebox

[rad4life1]

It's God! lmao!

[Mohonnova]

Brings back memories, lol.

[sharkattack134]

my favorite song as a kid!

[ChrisBurtonCanada]

You can only wish that the Big Bopper did a cover of this song then he would have a record.

He would do a cover of this song if you was still alive if he didnt die in 1959.

This is awesome.

[JCKustom13]

The built a hot rod named after this song

[COMING4U]

wasn't he a cast member on the tv series, Rawhide?

[egcarby]

@COMING4U Yes he was on Rawhide--he was Pete Nolan, the scout./

[Cheyenne02001]

Lol I like short shorts whyd they put those words in this song???????

[GumKitty16]

@Cheyenne02001 to make this song funny ::]

[glorybra]

@Cheyenne02001 Who Wears Short Shorts was a popular rock 'n' roll song back then.

[colmonhs]

This is morbid.

[xmccax1234567890]

A private investigator ? I doubt. IMHO.

[RedVynil]

This MAY have been his his only big hit as Sheb Wooley (which I SERIOUSLY doubt), but her had a number of them under his real name, Ben Colder.

[rgadave]

A bit different from the bloke in the first 'frames' of High Noon !.

[juanpablo6toon]

hahahahahhahahaah

[ed76542]

I hate to admit this, but this is from my teen years. That's o.k. I still like it.

[kromed488]

Thumbs up if the Chipmunks brought you here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[iwuvyoudismuch123]

hahahaha!

[publicatdamagnificen]

The Minnesota Vikings

[christinegoetz]

what has been going on around in our brains all these year?

[PepulzGuys]

Sheb Wooley did the Wilhem Scream! :D

[tebyanian252]

Thumbs up if you're here because of Karl Pilkington.

[MrWWEguy101]

gotta love the oldies

[neilembo55]

Fun old tune LoL :0))



[Violet2r1]

MAN 123456

[JohnReidRx7]

this guy is a bigot against purple people eaters

[zbaybzgurl]

I'm in the new generation (I'm 16) and I miss this kind of music! pointless, fun, entertaining, and i hate to use this word, but groovy music. Todays "music" makes me want to vomit...

Anyway, Happy Halloween. :)

[GreekJR2]

@zbaybzgurl I think that just proves you're young and you haven't heard enough music from your own generation outside of the radio or tv.

[zbaybzgurl]

@GreekJR2 I listen to music more than i sleep. I listen to local bands, school bands, student writers, pop, country, rock, rap, soul, jazz, a little bit of opera here and there, and i also listen to all of the stacks of records in my basement on a frequent basis. I don't really even watch TV, I'd rather read, play piano, sing, walk, go outside, or listen to music. The best kind of music is on a 45 (and those amazing christmas tunes). Give me an example of today's music that is like this, please.

[XBlackRoseAlchemistX]

"It's eating purple people" Oh I am safe then :D

[pwned1121]

I like it.

[blackdogfive]

thank-you JohnnyThunderzzz, :) :)

[TheGamegirl123]

THis song sucks eggs!!

[gabidennison]

@TheGamegirl123 do not listen to it than ,so simple!!!!!!

[cindyao]

COOLNESS!!

[Vamkitty]

54 people are purple people eaters and they don't like being called strange.

[wolfredbane]

CRACKED!

[sp00kynek0]

i was born in the 90s & i like this xD

[hintzcowgirl]

my art teacher plays this song every day. so my whole class made a dance to it. it gets us all goin durin 1st hour. probably my other teachers dont like it but oh well. i love it

[MahayJ26]

It's ok we're safe, he only eats purple people :)

[MiniSpasticNinja]

Is it bad that I had a Flying Purple People Eater toy that danced and sang this song? I kept it as a child and I adored it so much, and I still do. (:

[mollymitch1]

@MiniSpasticNinja I'd love to see that.

[lizolizowa]

@MiniSpasticNinja I did too!

[luv4inuyashaankagome]

Hahaha if aliens are purple maybe thats why we never see any:) He ate them ^-^

[ChrisYonts]

NOTHING BEATS THE ORIGINAL!

[gmodfan11]

WHat kind of person has one eye, one horn and flys? and who eats those people?

[MilkMaidRum]

We're dancing to this song in my Zumba for halloween. I'd never heard it before!

[glennhul1]

aaa the purple people eater ate me

[squirt14065]

hope he still is around!! love this song!!!

[Jbiebzinspires]

I just heard this last night! I LOVE this song! hahhahahahaha

[tophrocks96]

when i was in like kindergarden how we'd sing this song.

[dog1701]

Sheb Wooley was an actor, songer, songwriter and comedian. He played the scout on Rawhide and a bad guy in High Noon. He also had several comedy records under the name Ben Colder.

[HarukaKitsune]

wow.... i feel old DX i remember listening to this as a kid on one of my moms records

[ta2fiend]

The songs about a bad LSD trip

[siasti]

I think this song conclusively proves that Americans are insane!

[rorigiles]

Logging in from Wellington, New Zealand. A HUGE hit here in New Zealand. I was eleven when it was released and we all learned all the words real quick. We would sing it all day and and night! Thanks for the vid.

[Brace67]

Sheb Wooley was also a very good actor. He played one of the killers in the classic western movie High Noon with Gary Cooper.

[disneyfan81]

@Brace67 He also had a recurring role as Pete Nolan on the TV western "Rawhide" (better known for Clint Eastwood's big break).

[sackomatik]

What drugs were people taking back then

[redfordforpresident]

@sackomatik Pregnant moms took the drug Thalydomide and had Flipper, King of the Sea, Babies. That's what the TV show Flipper is about. Mother's Little Helper, the Beatles song. Mothers who ate tuna, tuna nets kill dolphins, and any flesh at all, had Sarah Palin Monster Babies. The serial killer Son of Sam predicted this--Mr. Monster was his signature. He is the grown-up future version of Trig Palin, soon to be a serial killer in your neighborhood. Ah, the good ole days of Flipper Babies.

[teddyrsa]

what avery happen to the movie they made out of this song?

[chgosatrap]

lol  from my childhood~

[iluvreborns99]

haha the flying purple people eaters is our team name at school! we have these teams thing yea its weird

[Webber362]

this song reminds me of a purple mack and peterbilt i seen

[DrTorture28]

Karl Pilkington from the Ricky Gervais XFM Radio show (18th January 2003) brought me here.

[vicsflick]

agree



[shaunclarey77]

It's a penis!

[ilovepoopooalot]

i love this song

[Clareeedoyle]

51 people must have gotten nighmares from this song

[theAbeElement]

hahaha! that's not what I imagined the purple people eater to look like!

[CHAYASALOMON]

Whats the hell...?

[Baskerville22]

Sheb was one of the Mitchell gang in the movie High Noon

[tonymonopoly11]

WOW! FOR 1958 THIS IS GOOD QUALITY. FUNNY SONG. :)

[RonSafreed]

When I was a kid back in the sixties I had this song on an old 45&an old record player with 4 speeds- 78, 45, 33&16 rpm. Does anyone know who made 16 rpm vinyl records?

[waterskippers]

@RonSafreed If you search Youtube for "16 rpm" you'll find quite a few. It's actually 16 and 2/3 RPM just like 33 is really 33 and 1/3 RPM but most people just round.

[EnglishNightmares]

I remember my teacher performing this song, and the class singing along to this at my primary school in year 2 :)

[JHMerkaba]

I remember this from '80, elementary school assembly. They played this and some other weird one about a kid who said "I don't care" to everything, a cartoon for kids you know? they were singin' and dancing' around in it, then the kid got eaten by a lion. The kid was in the belly of the lion, singin, "I don't care if im the belly of a lion, I just don't care." I will never forget the day I was introduced to murderous one eyed monsters and suicidal children...

[Happy0Bunny0Rox]

Yeah, I was born in the wrong era... >.<

[pilkipediaTV]

pw Stupendous!

[tysox42]

Is it a purple thing that eats people? Or is it a thing that eats purple people?

[HickysBoy]

@tysox42 I've asked that question since I first heard the song in 1958....

[axcounta]

@tysox42 i think it eats purple people lol

[disneyfan81]

@tysox42 Well according to the book "Disco Duck: Adventures in Novelty Music", Sheb came up with the song after his son told him the riddle, "What has one eye, one horn, is purple, and eats people?" (I really don't need to tell you the answer). Also, what TV show was this footage from? Ed Sullivan, maybe?

[GetThisThingCrunk]

@tysox42 it says right in the song he eats purple people.

[Dion1957]

Sheb was in "HIGH NOON"..no shit. He was one of the bad guys.

[carmal4shadow]

This made me automatically happy.

[Jimmie475]

Not everyone that comes up with some little catchy phrase takes drugs..........

[yourfavoritefatkidd]

I'm sorry but dude someone sold you bad weed if you saw that shit

[TheWolfpack666]

this guy was on some good drugs

[rockinrobintweets]

@TheWolfpack666 writting or singing a FUN song dosent mean you take drugs. Back in the day both songwriters AND singers had an imageation and liked / enjoyed GOOD FUN. iT S JUST A CLEAN FUN SONG AND i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee IT.

[MrLion616]

@rockinrobintweets>>>>>>>>>>We­ll obviously you've never taken drugs or written a song before....it opens up the pineal gland and thats where dreams, creativity and good music come from! How do you know the writer wasn't high as a sputnik lol when he wrote it.

[rockinrobintweets]

@MrLion616 I dont write songs but I write poetry and I never took drugs. The thing is I have no clue if the guy DID or DIDNT take drugs. I just dont ASUME he did. While I dont know he didnt take drugs I know you dont know that he DID. Oh well, on with the show

[MrLion616]

@rockinrobintweets How would you know that I don't know. Is that not assuming? Well with lyrics like "It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater Sure looks strange to me".... sounds like an acid-trip to me

PS....maybe a little 4:20 might expand your mind. On with the buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[inkheart1198]

yay cracked

[gantt2000]

lol i used to love this song as a kid

[millenniumf1138]

I remember hearing this song when I was a kid and thinking it was an Alvin and the Chipmunks song. Great tune!

[ilovepoopooalot]

i love this song

[Clinton52732]

Just heard this on the radio last Saturday; hadn't heard it in years! Sure brought back some memories and a grin on my face!

[parkerreno005]

47 people were purple and got eaten :)

[ForCarolToEnjoy]

Ha Ha a walk down memory lane for certain......

[123buddyholly]

Remember the western Rawhide back in the 60's?. Sheb Wooley was the scout. It also stared a very young Clint Eastwood. It came on every friday evening for about six or seven seasons, maybe longer.

[GirzMyla213]

This guy voiced the Wilhelm Scream!

[hank3rox]

I looked this up after reading 'Christine' & expected it to be a really obscure record. I'm really surprised to see so many views. Good song all the same :-)

[redfordforpresident]

Is Sheb Wooley Jewish? Notice the enlarged nose. My German mom said Jews had the map of Israel all over their faces.

[drakten33]

BEST SONG EVER IT DOES NOT GET BETTER THAN THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATER! he is my idle

[TheTonymonk]

Chipmunks just nailed this!

[TheDiceman912]

this song sure is unique for it's time

[Gcfanatic28]

Awesome

[philweinstock]

Great rock song - good for any band.

[sold1million]

300000

[liliokalani90]

OMG this brings back memories!!! i used to dance around and sing this song with my momma, this song and a few others lmao

[BrendaMidnightMoon]

Oh, God!  I'm a 10 year old kid again!

[tjlewis2344]

This song is ok

[thedroogfulable]

i bet this guy died of auto erotic asphyxiation

[TimThomason]

"Well I saw the thing coming out of the sky,

it had one long horn and one big eye,

I commenced to shakin' and I said...

AAghAGH!!"

[MeganF2k10]

sorry, can't find the one i know

[jasonvoorhees285]

101.1 wcbsfm bring back the 50.s

[1halloweenchic1]

the of the purle people eater sounds lke chip or dale and this song is aweeeessssssssssoooooooommmmmm­meeeeeeeee

[antifolkhero]

This video is so washed out that the entire thing is nightmare-ish.

[Dion1957]

This is one of the guys Gary Cooper shot in "HIGH NOON"

[greengreat0]

sembra una canzonetta da Oratorio , 1958, uno dei più semplici esempi di programmazione mimica fono-linguistica .. ;-) davvero, insieme all'educazione civica dovrebbero insegnare l'ipnotismo nelle Scuole Statali, non inteso, per ipntizzare la gente, ma per far capire a giovani come queste cose possano influenzare la loro vita! (eh)

[greengreat0]

sembra una canzonetta da Oratorio , 1958, uno dei più semplici esempi di programmazione mimica fono-linguistica .. ;-)

[wavegirl3]

This version is terrible

[msjacob1234]

'Tequila' and 'We Like Short Shorts' were popular songs around the time that this song came out. This really brings back memories of being about 4 years old and dancing around to this song. great fun

[dylanlawless1]

Karl Pilkington sent me here

[sophiegirl251]

Omg I remember this from 1st grade xD

[gallonofpcp]

What the fuck is this song about?

[tylerburdick48]

@gallonofpcp who care just try listenen to it in acid

[lazykidreviews]

@gallonofpcp I think its about a one horned one eyed flying purple people eater... just my guess.

[BrittanySparkles85]

The Purple People Eater likes short shorts?? How in the hell is this information relevant to the rest of the song?? 1:10 & 1:35

....he also likes tequila?!

[Atrotonic]

<3 I love this <3

[pamkayvan]

This was funny when I was 10 years old in 1958 and it is still funny.

[blueagate]

This track still makes me laugh all these years later even with all the fancy special effects in movies you can still create a picture of the purple eater in your mind. Thanks for posting!

[AllsterFalls]

haha...................i'm in the sixth grade and my grade and 5th are doing a program(play) called "ROCK ON!" and this is one of the songs!!!!!

[JessicaYanez8543]

I was sent by mysteryseekercom XD

[HippyamongHicks]

........what the fuck did I just watch? How did I get here? This is utterly confusing.

[PerditaDolorosa]

@HippyamongHicks

are you the purple people eater?

[WytZox1]

Along with Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley was also a castmember on RAWHIDE.

[PrairieLady72]

I'm dating myself, I remember when this was on the television tube, LOL

[SourExplosion]

this was the name of my soccer team in first grade

[AnnaSwiftpaw]

I love this song!!!

[Kisshufan555]

ONE EYED, ONE HORNED, FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER!!!!! ♥

[MrLava1979]

vintage awsome video lol

[CyberSodomy]

Wilhelm!

[chanctonbury63]

Wow! This really is rock/pop prehistory.

[Nerdhot]

ONE EYED ONE EYED PURPLE EATER >__<;

[cashkolie]

My Aunt loves this joint. She was born back then. I like this song to, and im only 22'yrs.

[webbj11]

Amazing.

[WhiteDragon103]

Rule 34?

[doowaditti]

Oh the Good Ole days

[natestube24]

the purple people eater sound like the chipmunks alvin LOL :) dont you think ??

[pamkayvan]

I remember well when this was on the raido.

[MEDINAHSHRINER]

Tippy toes Rock an Rol flying Purple people eater What da duck is dat...

I liked it since the fifties

[tristinXTX]

Used to have this to help me fall asleep when I was being babysat.

[CaptainAshSpearow]

Sheb Wooley is the prime suspect of the creator of the Wilhelm scream; the sound you hear most often when someone screams in a movie.

[Cariad28]

@CaptainAshSpearow That is SO cool! I checked it out on Wikipedia!

[tbugtreybob]

im 3rd cousins with sheb wooley :)