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Actors:	Lulu, Ray Stevens, Clark Carr, Carol Robinson, Tom Solari
Format:	Color, Live, NTSC
Language:	English
Number of Tapes:	1
Studio:	Curb Records
VHS Tape Release Date:	April 19, 1994
Average Customer Rating:	based on 2 reviews

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11 of 12 found the following review helpful:

fast-paced and wildly funny Feb 04, 2003
this home video came out in 1993. it was sold over television and print ads and it quickly reached Double-Platinum status. to be accurate, double-platinum for a home video requires sales of 200,000 copies or more (300,000 copies for Triple-Platinum, etc.) however, CDs and cassettes need a whopping 2,000,000 in sales to reach double-platinum, etc. with that in mind, Ray sold a ton of home videos in between 1992 and 1995. the RIAA reported that Ray's video sales were somewhere around 3,000,000...which is A LOT when you're dealing with the concept of home videos and, not to mention the unique approach of selling them over television and newspapers ads!Ray Stevens Live! captures moments recorded at his famed Branson, Missouri theatre in late 1992 and early 1993. for the record, Ray had his theatre up and running during the spring, summer, and fall months of 1991, 1992, and 1993 before growing "bored and crazy" with the exhaustive two shows a day/six days a week grind. on this first live video, (a second was only available to fan club members) we see Ray get introduced by his brother, John. Ray drives out on stage in his Hawaiian "flowerty shirt" on a harley davidson motorcycle, before launching into "Shriner's Convention". he then makes a few jokes about his love life before singing "Can He Love You Half as Much As I?" (a 1986 song). he exits the stage and his famed video screen dangles down to show a newsman, a reporter, and a bumpkin talking about a U.F.O. spotting. this leads into the song "I Saw Elvis in a U.F.O.". Ray is decked out like Elvis and pink aliens are running all around the stage and they jump into the audience and start to run up and down the aisles. a spaceship hovers over-head and a puff of smoke bursts all over the stage and Ray/Elvis is beamed aboard the U.F.O.! after that bit of hilarity, Ray strolls out in a camel singing the first lines of "Ahab the Arab"...but this leads into more joke-telling and a parody of James Bond and Johnny Rivers. "Secret Agent Man" is retitled "Information Man" as the song topic is geared toward pesky phone operators. further on we see Ray, Jane, and the monkey perform "Gitarzan". "Sex Symbols", a duet with his dummy named Julio, is next. after that, he launches into the subject of hats and he does a great impersonation of Gabby Hayes and Walter Brennen. the action cuts away before he can perform "It's Me Again, Margaret" (that performance is edited into the live volume two sequel from late 1993) but it instead shows his performance of "You Gotta Have a Hat", his 1991 song satirizing young country singers. things get serious with an abbreviated performance of "Amazing Grace" and this leads into "Misty". "The Streak" is the next song and he closes with "Everything is Beautiful". even though i gave away most of the concert, you have to see it visually to really appreciate it. Ray is one of the finest comedian/singer-songwriters that Nashville can call their own. Ray Stevens Live! gives you a peek at all the hilarity and mayhem that made his theatre consistently sold-out during his three season stay (1991, 1992, and 1993).

17 of 20 found the following review helpful:

Operator! Room 321! Dec 06, 2000
Ray Stevens: Live is a hilarious video of the Ray Stevens Show in Branson, Missouri. It includes performances of the songs "Shriner's Convention," "Gitarzan," "Everything is Beutiful," and "Ahab the Arab." 1,000,000 laughs!