Wow, I never thought that I would see the day when picking up a casket would be video worthy.
@emmadalrymple41024 жыл бұрын
While I found this very informative as always, it was also good to see you having some lighter moments. Keith was amusing. Love your channel!
@People_R_Foolish4 жыл бұрын
Keith is mighty fine. He needs to be in more videos.
@bromeliad114 жыл бұрын
I like the trash pail on Keith's head..to funny.
@danlindberg19174 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Humor is always appreciated!
@scottschmidt23954 жыл бұрын
I named our casket jacks "Hans and Franz". People 40ish and older probably understand this
@kristinazubic96693 жыл бұрын
They gonna pump *pause* you up
@jrw58314 жыл бұрын
Love the humor in this video..........................
@garypixler73104 жыл бұрын
Great Video! As always light and airy with some fun.
@Gemashke4 жыл бұрын
What the heck was that weird robotic voice when you were walking to the other casket jack? Keith is hilarious!!! :)
@zachlafleur66517 ай бұрын
The third method would be the best (and only really safe one), to use with a heavy wooden casket, especially an oversized casket or one that is made with a thick base. Other than that, you would need more than two people to move it between church truck and bier, display room ,prep room, to and from funeral coach ,etc. This rose gold casket looks to be an oversized metal casket, possibly 16 gauge sheet metal or even a semi precious metal product such as copper, with elements of a wood casket such as the corner hardware in metal instead of carved or turned wood.
@treatmenice15644 жыл бұрын
I thought this was an awesome video! It felt so good to have a laugh at the end, honestly, you made my day!
@chrisfrance40764 жыл бұрын
I love your videos you are so informative and adorable. Also we need more Buckethead....I mean Keith!
@eo77444 жыл бұрын
I loved the bloopers 🖤🖤🖤
@AbsoluteSeo4 жыл бұрын
Do you have a video on what the income is like? I'm 18 and going to college soon for funeral service and mortuary science. I'm kind of nervous about everything and you're videos are a big help for me.
@atg35694 жыл бұрын
Eliseo Calderon can’t remember which video but she talks about how it’s a job where you make enough to get by. It’s a job which you do to help people if you get me. I’m 17 and I’m looking into apprenticeships in the funeral industry. Good luck
@alleycat11173 жыл бұрын
Why didn't the bier go under the casket when you had it sitting on the jacks?Do they make differt size jacks?
@davidmckinney65774 жыл бұрын
My local funeral home doesn't uses beir they just use a church truck the kind that fold. They used to use a coffee table in the eighties and just quit
@zachlafleur66517 ай бұрын
I believe that this is where the casket bier concept originated from. When funerals used to be held at people's homes, what would the coffin or casket be placed on for a wake or visitation? Most likely a very sturdy well built coffee table. All that was done was to evolve this into a purpose built fixture built to handle a few hundred pounds and add heavy duty casters to make it easily movable with even the heaviest weight that it could carry and this is how biers became commonplace. True, church trucks are lightweight and strong, most are foldable with triangular diamonded accordion type construction, but without a surround or a heavy duty tablecloth over them don't look all that good for a visitation.
@jenny-DD Жыл бұрын
Love the Bloopers
@foxmccloud70553 жыл бұрын
How much does a casket weigh with and without the body?
@jacquelynu.23754 жыл бұрын
Loved the bloopers
@goofygav81314 жыл бұрын
Imagine the coffin dance in this
@melindarose4 жыл бұрын
I have a question. I have two brothers who passed away. My first brother’s funeral was 2 weeks after his death, and he still looked like himself in his casket. Dead, but still himself. He died of opioid overdose, and heavily used heroine. The mortuary staff told us he likely looked good because heroine preserves you after death. My second brothers funeral was 2 days ago. It was held exactly 1 week after his death and viewing him was very traumatic for my family and I. He was very bloated, and double his size in his face, belly, neck, arms everything. He was also leaking a red tinted fluid that was on his casket pillow, what is this? He was an alcoholic, and died for reasons related to alcohol abuse. My question is, does drugs or alcohol, or a healthy lifestyle before death affect how the body starts to decompose? How does factors like that affect how a person looks in their casket? What factors DO come into play on how a body will look?
@poppycrew70134 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry about the loss of your brothers. You are in my thoughts.
@zachlafleur66517 ай бұрын
The red tinted fluid was most likely either blood that wasn't removed during the embalming process (not enough embalming fluid used for his body), or it could have been the embalming fluid itself where it was seeping from the injection site (not enough sealant was used at this site), or too much fluid was replaced into his body (what they would call overly juiced in the profession). Anyhow, usually alcohol dehydrated a person's body, so it is hard to say as to why his body was bloated and seeping instead, other than a hard to embalm and restore case. As for heroin preserving the first brother, that is something that I never knew, but wouldn't ever want to find out first hand, from personal experience, if you know what I mean. I didn't have any experience with that when I was younger or even now, but had far too much experience with alcohol when I was younger and am eternally grateful that I quit drinking when I did. Sorry to hear about two losses in your family, as I would be sure that you would be about mine as to where within the last year I have lost several friends, Church parishioners, one of my mother's cousins and my mother herself. It is bad enough when it is illness or natural causes, but drugs and alcohol, sometimes that is just too much.
@user-df8ev3rb1j3 ай бұрын
I work at a funeral home for Tom and it was good to see how other people do it basically we do it the same way you and your video audio
@jordanthompson86163 жыл бұрын
Would You have to reposition the Body when you get the casket adjusted or does the body not move?
@zachlafleur66517 ай бұрын
You might have to, but it all depends on how much the casket was moved and how level you were able to keep it while moving it. Usually, once the features are set, the body is embalmed and restored, it will stay in the pose that it is set in due to rigor mortis until that goes away a few days after death (and by then, they are usually buried or cremated). One mildly distressing thing that I experienced as a pallbearer at my aunt Pat Duchaine's funeral is that I felt and heard her body shift in her casket as we were loading her into the funeral coach. Since she died in Florida and was prepared there for burial in Michigan, she only had a Mass Of The Resurrection without an open casket visitation before in Michigan. I was going to ask if we could have opened the casket to make sure that she was positioned appropriately after that feeling and sound, but since we were outside the church and about to load up the coach, that wouldn't be correct, so I just let that go. So yeah, a body can shift and possibly have to be repositioned in a casket, particularly when said casket is carried at an angle such as for going up or down a staircase at a church before or after a funeral. By the way, my aunt was dead for six days when she was buried, so rigor mortis had probably left by then and that was why I had that feeling and sound.
@BeeBeeimonotfact4 жыл бұрын
I love the bloopers. I was wondering how you use the jacks and you got it so perfectly lined up.
@davidp23894 жыл бұрын
LOVED the Blooper Reel👍😉😛✔✔✔
@cynthiathomas66904 жыл бұрын
What's up Keith. Nice to see your partner in crime again.
@boobleeboo99474 жыл бұрын
Yes Kieth doesn’t want to be there! Bloops great!
@theorangecircle10664 жыл бұрын
Good video. Informative. Like the outtakes.
@David-jd5lp4 жыл бұрын
You gotta just love your smile
@1joshjosh15 ай бұрын
If I die and go to heaven I hope the angel that guides me up there looks like you. 😍
@gregortizjr29843 жыл бұрын
Got a question how heavy are the casket with somebody inside I got a funeral service this week for a loveone
@Donz112nz4 жыл бұрын
Aww Keith appreciation post 🖤
@MorrisMabalot4 жыл бұрын
I've seen some vids on people doing DIY wakes at their homes. What are your thoughts on that? Is there any kind of permission a person needs to get to do that kind of stuff at home?
@tropicalpresley4 жыл бұрын
Question.... Have you ever watched the show SIX FEET UNDER? If so what go you think of it ?
@LittleMissFuneral4 жыл бұрын
Cori Medina I actually have never seen it! So many people said it’s great. One of these days I’ll watch it!
@zachlafleur66517 ай бұрын
I have seen all of that show on DVD from my local library back in 2008, after the first run of the show between 2001 and 2005 because I really never had cable TV, let alone this premium channel HBO, but while really opening up what does go on behind the scenes in the funeral industry, there are a lot of dysfunctional elements added for entertainment value. Since it was an HBO original series, the standards are quite low when it comes to showing sex on TV in situations that just pop up out of nowhere, so if that is something that would bother you, just be aware that they tend to do that on that show and others such as the True Blood series about vampires in the southern U.S.
@damionrowe97632 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip
@HarborGuy3 жыл бұрын
Why do we need know this - the funeral home does this
@davidp23894 жыл бұрын
Those casket jacks don't look very sturdy... Have you ever had a collapse?
@robertbrooks70014 жыл бұрын
They don't collapse if used correctly.
@zachlafleur66517 ай бұрын
I know, they look like a heavy duty pair of step stools or part of a work platform. If they are made out of aluminum and it is thick enough, they should be both light weight and strong and shouldn't collapse (unless really overloaded, such as a heavy weight hardwood casket or especially a particleboard casket with a wood veneer on it).
@pattymccallum69244 жыл бұрын
Interesting video.
@tritonplayz10204 жыл бұрын
I’m from Rochester and I currently am looking heavily into the funeral industry do you have an recommendations for education? It seems the best thing in New York State is Hudson valley
@LittleMissFuneral4 жыл бұрын
Triton Playz Keith took online classes through McAllister in NYC and liked it. That might be a good option.
@brianabelleg4 жыл бұрын
and how can i direct a funeral because i been wanting to be a funeral director
@davidwhite85894 жыл бұрын
Need to go to mortuary school and then serve under a licensed professional for a year, then pass state and national tests.
@brianabelleg4 жыл бұрын
@@davidwhite8589 ok then
@alanwalker72654 жыл бұрын
Good one, thanks for sharing.
@susanpizano66804 жыл бұрын
Hi I was watching one of your other videos from year ago and I wanted to ask you a question about embalming what if my loved one was interested in contributing to her body to signs that you understand what I mean she wants to be work done and used for science purposes can you let me know how that works
@Singersavannah04 жыл бұрын
How much does a casket weigh without a body in there
@Booze1294 жыл бұрын
Singer Savannah I’d say 200 lbs maybe 400 lbs if it’s higher-end casket
@Singersavannah04 жыл бұрын
Booze129 yikes that’s a lot and imagine there being a person in there it probably weighs 10x more
@jgwalling4 жыл бұрын
Average is 240 lb. Some cheaper ones are 200 pounds
@johnblaesel54933 жыл бұрын
Very pretty casket!
@zachlafleur66517 ай бұрын
Also, really close to matching the bier that is being used. It is quite a complimentary setup.
@GwendolynWheeler20114 жыл бұрын
Could you do more book reviews plz? I just finished the last one and I LOVED it!!
@limeyosu20004 жыл бұрын
casket on a beer now that would require some skills!
@mrswilliamstoyou33254 жыл бұрын
Bier
@MikeMercury2 жыл бұрын
how heavy is an empty casket on average
@LittleMissFuneral2 жыл бұрын
About 150lbs for a 20 gauge
@briankoch69374 жыл бұрын
How do you handle obese people with oversized caskets
@brianabelleg4 жыл бұрын
keith is just to shy he needs to stop being shy
@mikewinn14844 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't Keith want to be on the camera? He's very photogenic.
@MikeMercury2 жыл бұрын
have you ever dropped a casket
@larryulery37294 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊 little Ms funeral
@henryfreeman77484 жыл бұрын
Was it empty, or does it make a difference
@rehpotsirhc214 жыл бұрын
id say empty i don't think they would be messing around with a casket with a person in it like this lol
@LittleMissFuneral4 жыл бұрын
Yes it was an empty casket
@KennyGorehound3 жыл бұрын
I see the appeal of wooden coffins.
@zachlafleur66517 ай бұрын
Oh yes, unless they have a base of solid wood about four inches thick or they are made of an engineered wood such as particleboard. If they are either, then they will be very heavy. Another bad thing about wood caskets is that since wood is porous (even after a while no matter how well it is finished with varnish or polyurethane), I have never seen a rubber gasketed wood casket, they just don't make them for that very reason. Unlike metal caskets, the low end ones are not gasketed, the mid to high end ones are, but not with wood, no matter the price point.
@user-fz3vd4lb1z4 жыл бұрын
Очень интересно и познавательно.
@Blazingflashover4 жыл бұрын
Bloopers were funny, now is there an actually head and feet end to caskets or not really?
@LittleMissFuneral4 жыл бұрын
Chadsbee Ramrod yes, especially if the casket is a “half couch” meaning the bottom half stays closed. If the casket top fully opens, you could lay out a person either way if needed.
@Blazingflashover4 жыл бұрын
Little Miss Funeral I find this all fascinating, when I was younger I wanted to go to mortuary school however my mother did not want me to become a funeral director, because she did not want the reminder of what’s to come looking out the kitchen window and seeing a hearse sitting in the driveway. Now that I’m older I’m still thinking about going to school for my FD license. I can actually say I’ve seen it all when it comes to the deceased. I’m so desensitized I don’t think I would become a good funeral director though.
@zachlafleur66517 ай бұрын
Another hint: the head end of a half couch is usually slightly longer than the foot end. Very important from a religious perspective when it is all set to be interred into the grave (so that the person rises looking to the east toward the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem). Other clues are the placement of the crank down opening (always at the foot end), and I believe this would be true with the reverse panel half couch as well?
@beverlydavid5814 жыл бұрын
I love your videos, but please speak slower. I don't want to miss your important information.
@dawnearly16004 жыл бұрын
No offense to Keith , Little Miss did better by herself .