Sittin' Up With The Dead-Ray Stevens

[genierenie20]

i have this on vhs still. ._.

[countryboy101x1]

i whatched thes vides when i was little

[marriedguyswag]

20 dead people don't like this

[SolidSniperWolfe]

I hollered "REV THAT KITCHEN AIN'T GOT NO DOOR IN IT!

"Don't worry son it will have in a minute" XD

btw @MajorHotLips, I love M*A*S*H as well :D

[gamer11474]

i love this song and i am 11

[TheNWBerry]

Makes me laugh so hard cos we did just this in KY when I was a kid.

[axelfan112]

this used to scare me but not anymore i thoughht the guy in the grave was a dead body brought back to life

[tuffenuff89]

this video used to scare the crap outta me....and it still does just not as bad

[bjfuller2000]

Wasn' t the guy who played Unlce Fred "Bobby" from the Ernest P. Worrell movies???

[CircusOfVideos]

@bjfuller2000 yeah

[MrsColorfulSocks]

i used to watch his videos as a little kid with my daddy, and this one scared me to death!(: haha.

[MajorHotlips]

@MrsColorfulSocks Same! My grandma had his tapes full of these videos and we'd watch them everytime we were over there!

[weirdgirl5685]

@MrsColorfulSocks Haha, guess I wasn't the only one like that. I watched his videos with my parents what I was a kid and this one always scared me too. But now that I'm older I love it LOL.

[AnnabellesMommy72810]

@MrsColorfulSocks Same here. We had this set on VHS. Loved the tape, I probably wore it out watching it so much, but this one always scared me! lol. My loved ones would have been alone back then, ain't no way I'm sitting up with a dead body overnight LOL

[wittlemunchikin]

I love Ray Stevens songs and videos. He rocks!!!!

[MYxxLxxCHIBI]

1:22 facepalm

[puppymomthree]

GREAT

[TheFalloutaddict50]

20 people are dead to me

[soxfan123123]

i remember watching this at my grandparents on weeekends

[DaRozeman]

The dead can't hurt ya cause they already left, but what they left can sure make you hurt yourself!! LOL

[tshilling]

"...you ain't getting outta here tonight."

"But I did!!"

AHAHAHAHA!!! Nothing beats good clean humor!

[johndian176]

Uncle Fred is Bill "Bobby" Byrge

[jamrockprincess]

I'd be sending flowers too after this one!! Lol

[DMoore6977]

The funny thing is I actually have an Uncle Fred LMAO

[lascivious92]

my FAVORITE ray stevens song.

I havent seen this in SOOOO long.

[tankarmor]

is there an award for EPIC EPICNESS? he deserves it

[hqfedlegion]

Who is the actor playing "Uncle Fred"? I have noticed that he uses a lot of the same people in his videos *which I LOVE* as they are as familiar as Ray is.

[Psychomorgan]

dude it has been forever!

[1manwalkingfreakshow]

Funny as usual... and the music and sound rocks pretty hard, too. Scary, redneck, and funny all at once. Ace job.

[buffyslayer30]

the town drunk dug up his uncles grave ray stevens uncle i mean thats so fucking cool and super.

[Lammy4ever7]

"You might as well come sit beside me, boy, 'cause you ain't gettin' outta here TONIGHT."

"......But I did."

ROTFL!!!

[Nateduclos92]

fukkin awesome

[buffyslayer30]

@Nateduclos92 Its more then fucking awsome its super and cool fucking super and cool i mean.

[nathanduclos]

fukkin hellz yea

[29joesph]

hes funny but there has been others that were just as good

[SamSparkus]

My fav part is when Uncle Fred sits up and the dood in the back facepalms lmao

[thegateman89]

He looks like Bob Villa in this video...

[pattistarr]

When I was a little girl I loved hearing the funny funeral stories the old folks would tell.

[makeupchick96]

This song used to scare me so bad when i was a kid!!!:)

[jazzdrake]

I love this video, but I remember when I was a kid that for some reason this video creeped me the heck out xD

[CPTBLK869]

@jazzdrake That's cause you have never set up with the dead, I can tell if you had you would have more scared when that cat screamed and wailed. "I aint siting up no more, since the dead started sitting up too.."Going to do this tonight at open mic in long beach and see city folks reactions. lol..

[vseas3]

I love it!!!!!!!!

[sickguitarist011]

i always loved this video i probably watched this collection ten times a day when i was five or six lol

[johnnythunders3]

Ray Stevens is a hatemongerer, and what's more he has no respect for the trials a family must go through in order to bury their loved ones. Everyone who likes Ray Stevens must also subscribe to a lifestyle of xenophobia and necrophiliac obsession of the dead. But, on the other six fingered hand...

[TroyBilt007]

@johnnythunders3 Oh please.....Stop taking a simple song so serious. It was meant to be fun. Thats all. Nothing more. Just a laugh at old time ways. Lighten up a bit.

[oldermusiclover]

@TroyBilt007 OH AMEAN

[windsheildwiper]

@johnnythunders3 screw you its just a song

[master6473]

I always laugh at the preacher and the kitchen door part.

[XSxarfaceX]

@master6473 me too, it's always been my favorite part. "don't worry son, it'll have in a minute"... and you see the man shaped hole in the wall.

[wiseman2131]

"Might as well come over and sit by me, 'cause you ain't getting out tonight!"

...But I did!

[thomaschavers]

@wiseman2131 The part with the town drunk is my favorite. That and when the logging chains snapped and up popped uncle fred.

[10kreider]

He kinda reminds me of al from home improvment with the flannel shirt on.

[alamanderflash]

Ray Stevens is a comedy GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thearl]

When I was younger and first saw this on VHS, I thought he said politicians, not morticians.

[Thearl]

Thanks for the post.

[aproprenne09]

this song is bout 2 make me pee my pants

[sdlightningbolts]

all time fav ray steven song...i must have watched this a million times as a kid

[MrStrangways1]

When I was a child this video scared me and kept me up at night, one of Steven's most well made videos.

[hottytoddyviking01]

@MrStrangways1 Ha I was the same way

[joshuabrooks21]

The guy who played Uncle Fred also played Bobby in the Ernest movies. I honestly think Ray Stevens, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Cledus T. Judd should do at least one song, or possibly a show together. That would be one funny combo, now wouldn't it?

[AutumnRoads]

@joshuabrooks21 My sides hurt just thinking about it!  Wonderful idea!

[joshuabrooks21]

@AutumnRoads Thanks

[Thearl]

@joshuabrooks21 - One hell of a funny combo there.

[joshuabrooks21]

@Thearl agreed

[ultraking312]

omg o_o hes a zombie ruuuuuuuuuuuuun *runs like hell*

[MrFredweasleysgurl]

HAHA this used to scare the shit out of me when I was little :) now that I'm a teen it doesn't bother me like it used to.

"But I did!"

[CxAmorous]

@MrFredweasleysgurl Me too!!!!

[Facade31909]

good job

[DRGAS339]

dude is a nutter

[DRGAS339]

he is a nutter

[pruemilano]

always and forever

[MajorHotlips]

Ray Stevens always was, and will continue to be, the MAN. :D

[camizowner]

Classic!!!!!!! True Story I swear!!!!! Back longgg before I was born, it was customary to do this..They didn't have to embalm the body..This story was handed down from generations..Like my grandparents on my mom's side..grandparents..The guy who died was a heavy smoker. So people are there at the family home-my mom was raised in...They thought he was dead..When in fact, he was in a coma!!!! He raised up and asked for a cigarette and scared the shit out of everyone there!!!!! LMFAO OMG

[MrFredweasleysgurl]

@camizowner HAHAHA XD awesome

[camizowner]

@MrFredweasleysgurl I swear to God, this was told to be a true story!!!!!!!! LMFAO

[AutumnRoads]

@camizowner Oh, man, I can just see it!

[kittycrazy1000]

you better come sit down over here by me boy cuz you aint gettin' outa' here tonight................but I did. lololol

[meri123luvluv]

lol....

[buffyslayer30]

a classic and one of grandfathers favorite comedy people.

[Aiesha2005]

He was the funnest man since the rat pack...

[270Gmoney]

I love this song I used to listen to it every day when I was little

[wiseman2131]

"Might as well sit over with me, cuz ya ain't gettin out tonight!"

...But I DID! xD

[debwoodard64]

this is so flippin funny i have enjoyed ray stevens funny song since i was a little kid

keep it up Mr. Stevens your great

[susiecollins1959]

There's an even better video of this. I did this once. People drinking and partying around. It was an odd experience but I can say I did it and that's what they wanted. A request is granted. Now that I think about it, if I had close family, I'd really like this as long as they had fun and put a few samples in the casket for me!

[horsesrock500]

that uncle fred is so freaky. "the dead startin sittin up too!" lol

[themodernlife]

"NEXT TIME im just gonna send em flowers" lmfao next time hahaahaa

[Zer0san]

Oh god this scared the crap out of me when I was a little kid. Old people are just creepy.

[MrFredweasleysgurl]

@Zer0san Same here!! :)

[deafpeoplerules]

rotflol "boys make tracks, and I ran  thru that screen door licklity split for town". I liked the part when he fell in the grave lol

[CowgirlBalletBekah]

"But I did."

ROFLROFLROFL!!!!!

[clydestill]

Hey Ray, we need some more comments. Go for it.... I need a laugh..

[aj3tmnt]

"Rev, that kitchen ain't got no door in it!"

"Don't worry son, it will have in a minute!"

Ha! This is my very favorite Ray Stevens song (and video)! Thanks for posting it :)

[irish89055]

yeah, aj... too funny.... my fav part the REV...

[irish89055]

@aj3tmnt yeah, my fav line too...  LMAO first time I saw this one..

[beardeddragonify]

I laughed myself silly. This is one of Ray's best.

[kittycrazy1000]

uncle fred cn' sit up with is own self

[TheCatwoman1996]

LOVE THIS SONG

[wvjed]

where the hell did he go?  he has the best material....i know i'm gettin old

[herbo910]

he just came out with a new song not too long ago called we the people its awesoem

[YoungJezus]

@herbo910 By awesome he means antiObama dribble.

[GLLW88]

he has a new song out. search "we the people" here on youtube. it's pretty good

[GLLW88]

and osama (yo' mama). that one's really good.

[Vivaldicellist]

This is indeed an adaptation of a story told by the Late Great Southern Columnist Lewis Grizzard

[sadsadbrokenheart]

i've seen gohst i've almost killed but you know what in the end i think we became friends

[staticbb]

lol it happens.

Happened when my grand daddy died when i stayed at his house. But it wasn't as creepy. He led me to his secret porn stash. I love my granpappy.

[39tommyboy]

now thats funny. roflmao. it reminds me of when we moved into our grandmothers house to stay since our house had burned down. so anyway. we got to cleaning up and moving old stuff around. and low and behold we found a old magazine belonging to my wifes grandpa. whats so funny is he was a pentecost preacher. roflmao.

[ThePinkDragon]

MY friend's Step dad asked To have that Played AT MIdnight after his wake. NOT sure if they Did. But  Hun SongI thinK THE LateGReat Lewis GARZard TOLD A sImilar sTORy

[cbas593]

This used to scare me too, first time I've told anyone about that too lol

[39tommyboy]

here in oklahoma we have a indian tradition to bring the dead home the night before the funeral. and sing and eat. and some would drink. but anyway we brought momma home that one night. and we was sitten there and my aunt walked into the room she was looking at momma when she fell over momma with a heart attack right there. so uncle leon dialed 911 and here come the ambulance well we was all standing around her and when the techs got there we had to move so they could work on her.

[39tommyboy]

part 2 of my story. so anyway we put aunt rita in the ambulance and then while they was getten ready to leave the fireman showed up for first alert and walked in. well we was trying to pick momma back up and put back in the coffen. so with everybody standing around momma they didnt see the casket. they told us to move so they could work on her. well we did. and they went to do cpr on momma and noticed the casket about then. that fireman let out a scream and cussed us out. he told us to move.lol

[mogirldotnet]

That's hilarious :)

[alabamagirl49]

@39tommyboy

hope that's a true story, cause it's funny as hell.

LOL

[KristinJean99]

it used to scare me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[infamousrenie]

This video used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid, but I LOVED watching Ray Stevens with my Grandaddy! Ah, memories.

[shleyaneanator]

i saw this when i was a little kid and my mom told me thats how her family still did it i was disturbed but awesome video

[ProtestantIRA]

This is my favorite Ray Stevens song/video. First time I watched it I was six and what I remember most from watchin that first time was the morticians trying to keep him in the casket!

[bigevil19902008]

I remember having the VHS of his greatest videos and i wore that tape out Ray Stevens always had me laughin

[fishordie2]

hahahaha i had that tape too! dang dude that tape was a major staple of my childhood. it made me who i am today haha. thanks to whoever posted this video. five stars.

[Chevypower265]

Me too! I think I might even still have it, but its in such bad shape you can't watch it anymore..lol. Good times!!! Lots of laughs!

[rickysgirl88]

My family still have the "sitting up with the dead" ..only I dont join them anymore..We build a bonfire and the younger generation has a poilite lil kegger OUTSIDE away far away from the body

[SephirothsQueen777]

@rickysgirl88 I don't blame you one single bit >_> I would even sleep outdoors until the funeral!!

[krkent6343]

Uncle looks so much like my 79 year old dad its uncanny. I bought the video for him years ago and he loved it. He's quite the prankster ad if he could go out that way he'd love it, me,not so much!

[MsAshley28]

I always sing this at my neighbor down the street, because when his grandmother died, they had the wake at home and someone had to sit up with the body. What made it worse is she had died in the house. That was one long and strange night!

[mawehe63]

wooohooo i get to play dead uncle fred for my schools fall festival ( there is a song portion at the end were the 7th and 8th grades perform a song )

[lecroix6370]

ehhhhhhhhhhhh i am 12 and this used to scare me so much and it still does just a little

[SmokeakaMicB]

This video scared me too when i was younger. Still was my favorite though, still is.

[curlytoes79]

haha...this would be great to play at halloween parties

[schemer1991]

today is halloween this song is great to listen on halloween

[Kagalei]

This video used to freak me out when I was younger. The dead guy just pops back up. Creepy.

[8888skysong]

My dad introduced me and ive never been the same

[amoderndaydrifter]

This guy is a freakin' genius...

[JaSamfan1982]

I have this tape and I love it so much. It is so funny. lol.

[Steve0Smith]

i found the tape my grandma had me watch when i was a kid of this song and many others thank god someone put these on youtube

[samgunc]

Dude! I watched this at my Grandma's house EVERYTIME I went over. LOL!

She said when she dies she'll leave it to me....hope she remembers...LOL!

[Steve0Smith]

lol no joke. she forgot she had her copy so i got it when i moved out. :)

[EMUmonster]

Dude we used to have a tape with a lot of ray stevens songs on it. I remember this one. Classic!

[phantomjumper]

i know! i did too. I think my grandma still has it...

[innerarbiter1097]

but i did thats my favorite part 5/5 i love ray stevens not in a gay way thow

[lilbigboy91]

I remember watching this tape... my grandparents used to take it away because this song scared me to tears lol

[motelcalifornia]

But I did!

LOL

[TeenRacer666]

...BUT I DID!

[83phatman]

Fun song!! And Uncle Fred's that silent guy from the Ernest movies. I can't remember his name, but he always hanging with the chubby guy from Hee Haw.

[unclebeastman]

his name was Bobby and the chubby guy was named chuck

[narithil]

My grandma had the tape too. My sister and I watched it about a million times. The best part is, we still find moments to quote "'Rev, that kitchen ain't got no door in it!' He said, 'Don't worry, son, it will have in a minute!'" That's the best part of the whole song.

[Adamantiger]

What really gets me is that Ray is so clean, yet his stuff is so hilarious. Both my grandparents had these tapes and we had to watch it EVERY time us grandkids were there.

This song use to scare me to death though

[alabamagirl49]

I love this video, Ray Stevens is the funniest comedian i ever heard.I love all his music

[slezy108]

in this video he looks like al from homeinprovment

[m3shad]

lol I'm convinced that every kid who grew up in the 90's grandparents had this vhs(including mine)..i forgot all about this until today..used to watch this stuff over and over when i'd visit the grandparents haha

[TeenRacer666]

I know mine did. Great tape, Im looking on EBAY right now for a copy.

[insane7077]

ray looks just like my uncle

[m3shad]

haha he looks alot like my grandfather and uncle also

[xohazenox]

this soo funny because my grandparents also had this lmao i loved it then and still do ray stevens is amazing!!! i also love its me again margret... the streak.... lol and purple people eater does anyone remember ray stevens purple people eater lol i love em all rip grandma but she loved this video!!!

[weareknown]

dude i remember when I was a kid growing up in the early 90s in Alabama my grandparents had this video and I watched it religiously. This one scared the fucking shit out 0of me.

[mowtheyard]

ha my grandparents had it too! haha this video scared the crap outta me when i was small lol but ray stevens is great!

[redneckgal427]

This song is one of my favorites. I used to love watching my grandpa's VHS of Ray Stevens with my grandparents. They're gone now, and I have the tape. I still watch it, too.

[myanimeaddict]

I had the VHS tape with this song on it too. I'm glad that I don't need a VCR to see these videos anymore, when there's Utube.

[RRydnew]

Isnt that Janie Frickie at 1:22 with the flowers on the hat to the left of the screen? I can hear her sing the backround of this song, yet, I was wondering if that was her in the video?

[curvy71]

i have this vhs that i bought at the flea mkt.

[botbagel]

'Well, when Uncle Fred sat up, so did everyone there'...ROTFLMAO!!  My last 'sit-in/up/n-shit was 67....How 'bout it youtubers???

[seiryu84]

My grandma has a video with all of these on it that I used to watch as a kid lol, brings back memories, haven't seen it in years, love it.

[texas81supporter]

me 2 i used to watch this with my grandparents as well

[sarcasticgrunt01]

LMFAO!

[blinky855]

priceless

[Flamingredrose9]

never heard this one, and its funny! I have set with a dead uncle, and I can tell you, I aint doin it no more either! Dear Aunt, wouldnt leave him, still believed in sitting up with em. No children, leaves me and my mom. We had a similar experience, I said something to my mother, she thought I THREW my voice as she put it, and it came from another direction. Spooky night, and I wasnt saved at the time. But thankfully, sitten up with the dead has gone out of style, cause I aint doin it either

[texas81supporter]

i had to sit and wait at 15 years old for the peopl to come get my grandpa it was me and a hospice nurse and him that was it and she left the room and i got up to move sumthin and i guess my arm was close to the bed but all of a sudden his arm fell or sumthin and it scared the holy hell outta me i shit my pants

[mykennie47]

hahaha i'm in love with him my grandma has his videos!! :D

[hEarZuGo]

my grandpa gave me a vhs tape with a few of these videos on it when i was about 6 and i still have it lol... im am 20 now.

[mykennie47]

haha cool! my grandma let me borrow hers for a year but then give it back when we came down to her house the next summer! Ray Stevens is AMAZING!!! me and my brother always sing the Mississippi squirrel song cuz we go to our gmas every summer!