This Conversation Happens At Every Funeral | James Gregory

[@toddcooper2563]

I grew up in the north, but I have spent a huge part of my life in the south. The things that I have learned is: the further south you go, the better the hospitality, the better the food and the better the humor! This guy is at the top!

[@RiceaRoni354]

Me too and food in a funeral home was not a thing.

[@johnchandler1687]

Even if you don't know your neighbor very well, you send some kind of food to their home when there's a death. 😊

[@mommaoinnh2674]

From New England. Never been to a funeral where people bring food. After the cemetery, close relatives either go to a restaurant for a small buffet or a church basement for ‘funeral chicken’. Chicken, Butter, bread crumbs & lemon juice.

[@johnchandler1687]

@@mommaoinnh2674 You don't bring food to the funeral. You send it to the family's home. After leaving the cemetery family, friends ,etc. gather there for kind of a wake, usually.

[@artieanderson604]

​@mommaoinnh2674 Sounds like the chicken shoulda' been buried. I'm southern--father was deep, deep south who violated his code of southern ethics by marrying a woman from Kansas City (yes, that is an American foreigner even if she was born and raised in the United States). If I hadn't been raised with the idea that funerals include "a spread," I would consider it a morbid tradition based on forced social interaction. I don't know which is harder: funerals or the weddings where the bride is obviously "showing" and wears white. It's a southern thing.

[@GayleStephenson]

THIS MAN IS A TRUE COMEDIC GEM, AND A WONDERFUL MAN. HE WILL BE MISSED, I AM SO SAD HE HAS GONE, BUT HE IS SURELY IN HEAVEN WHERE HE BELONGS.

[@marie-christinezorn1037]

His inflections, tone, pauses, & gestures are the BEST!!!! My new-found fav comedian 🤣

[@dixiecroft6662]

An Irish foreign exchange student once gave me a Jeff Foxworthy _You Might Be a Redneck If_ joke book. He said it could easily have been a _You Might Be an Irishman If_ joke book; the mentality is the same ;)

[@ronkistner2672]

only prob is, he has stolen his whole act from Jerry Clowers-WHO WAS FUNNY

[@dixiecroft6662]

@@ronkistner2672 hard to find old school southern country comics who DON'T make jokes like them. And, yes, Jerry Clower is The Classic.

[@ron8256]

Rip

[@jonathancamp5051]

He passed away

[@khart14]

I'm 73 years old and you are without doubt the funniest comedian I have ever watched.

[@gingermurphy-phillips3449]

Me too! 73 yrs & love this sucker!!!

[@bennyrobertson4591]

I never heard of this man but he is funny

[@nana3491-w7b]

​@@gingermurphy-phillips3449So sad that he passed away. One of the funniest ever.

[@JennWithNoFilter]

Don't forget the "Bless her Heart" 😂

[@LauraBlair-ut5ns]

@JennWithNoFilter Down south we have a sort of saying.If you're gonna talk about somebody if you say 'bless his heart' or poor thing' it's not gossip or malicious. Yep.

[@GaryYork-tk2ow]

Mississippi born and raised with a Dad from Georgia and a Mom from Alabama. This is just like a family get-together at my Granny's in Georgia, and not just for a funeral. The men in the living room, and the women in the kitchen getting lunch or supper ready. You could hear the gossip even with the TV turned up.

[@NormanChester882]

I'm from Georgia, north Georgia, have a great Day

[@BarbaraWindham-tt6rl]

I'm 66 born and lived in Mississippi my whole life. Agree 100% about family and get togethers. Life or death...well meaning folks "expressing themselves" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Noledad77]

And it's "supper" and not "dinner" 😂

[@MonicaHelton]

Alabama born and raised. He speaks the truth! 😂

[@jimsousa-k8q]

Well he's gone now. .. just have to injoy what he left us😊

[@thomasburke7995]

Just change baked ham to baked ZITI and you have an Italian neighbor funeral.

[@anitabishop6520]

I’ve seen him in person for over 20 years! He’s absolutely fantastic!

[@patk1254]

Lucky you….

[@sirfrydryk360]

One of the funniness comedian ever! Right up there with Red Shelton, Benny Hill, and Tim Conway.

[@Recycledhooligan]

Jerry Clower as well

[@laurenbatson5918]

​@@Recycledhooliganthat's what I was going to say!

[@rogerherrington3180]

James must've been to some of my family gatherings. He's spot on.

[@robertnew4507]

Older southern Baptist types.

[@sburris65]

Being from the south, I can 100% confirm this true. Here in the south, food is first and foremost front and center at the funeral. Sorry about your memaw, here's a casserole.

[@richardcline1337]

And you can bet that casserole was brung by a member of the local Suth'un Baptist Church....they's experts on those thangs, especially the green bean ones!

[@sburris65]

@richardcline1337 ..my mom is a proud member of the church ladies casserole club in our small town.

[@richardcline1337]

@@sburris65 I never said I didn't like casseroles. I just said that's where they probably came from.

[@chuckg2016]

😂😂😂

[@lucycan6363]

​@richardcline1337 😅😅😅😅😅

[@ImallamaToo]

I've lived in Arkansas all of my life, and this is absolutely what happened when I was a kid and someone died. One lady brought a cake that was so bad, I was instructed to throw it down the hill behind the house and if she asked how it was to tell her it went so fast, she wouldn't believe it. 🤣

[@soco13466]

Perfect. "Hey, why don't you take that cake and feed the critters, when Aunt Isabel ain't lookin'!"

[@andsoitbegins464]

I laughed so hard at your story! Thanks for sharing!

[@joyeverlasting6124]

Hilarious! Thank you

[@Holly1960-]

😂😂😂 That is a Sprawl..I was rolling laughing

[@mcgregorgirl3974]

Hey! I'm an Arkansawyer (lol) too!!!!

[@sharonboone3118]

I love this man! He’s so funny!😂😂😂😂

[@melaniejohnson9398]

Yup as a respectable southern lady this is exactly true. Lol

[@saintguns6758]

Rest in peace James Gregory. You brought back many great memories!

[@kishiagoins2541]

Oh no I didn’t know he died 😢. He was hilarious.

[@stevenospam4216]

@@kishiagoins2541 May 9, 2024 😢

[@cecileroy557]

@@stevenospam4216 😢

[@doubleddaniels1902]

I am a black man from the country to. And everything thing he said happens at black funeral to. Don't mention a family reunion.

[@mariestreeting4213]

😆😆😆

[@Donna-cc1kt]

Lol!

[@germannoel84]

Working with black people all my life I have realized one thing we are way more alike than we are different and nothing like what the politicians make us out to be

[@claudiaporter4269]

The same for white families in the south. We are God's children.

[@Kuulei265]

Try a Hawaiian gathering. They have to drag several pots of steamed rice. Then fried rice. Then other types of rice. Every form of chicken cooked, and dim sum too. Then there is dessert. Enough food to feed half of Honolulu! Then talk that maybe they should stopped by a store and brought more food. It’s a disaster if the food runs out!!

[@Steve-wr6fg]

Thank You James for entertaining us. Your humor will live forever.

[@jant596]

I'm gonna miss him so much. I hope when I get to heaven, I can sit on his front porch and listen to him tell stories. I hope they brought a whole side of beef to his funeral cause he earned it. RIP James.

[@bulldawg5455]

So you don't think you'd rather sit at Jesus' feet in heaven than this guy's sky-porch?

[@joe-zj8js]

Just don't bring the spray butter😂

[@randybeard6040]

LoL, but I agree...

[@mermaidgirl9232]

RIP James you made us all laugh.

[@whicker59]

I've listened to many of James's videos........ I've laughed til I literally cried. Growing up n the South from a huge family of kin where grandparents go back to 1880s, I can identify with everything James is talking about.

[@jackiesanders1561]

Winn Dixie ham!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@Holly1960-]

😂😂😂

[@debgordon6542]

Or the Piggly Wiggly lol

[@repairworld2367]

Here in the UK it,s the same. Comments like"well you'd have thought they might have pushed the boat out on the wake" and " not much meat, just salad." Life (and death) is the best comedy around. Thank you

[@johnmcwatters480]

James Gregory and the southern truth .Amen😅

[@jeffbranchick1516]

Profoundly well said brother 👍🏻 RIP Mr. Gregory 🙏🏻 You’ve got the heavenly crowds cracking up 🥲

[@danawolford5325]

😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 we NEED more funny comedians like him...

[@rivards1]

This guy looks like Louie Anderson and Lorne Greene had a baby.

[@debragarrett]

My thoughts exactly 😂

[@donaldperez7981]

It's funny that you should mention that; I say this because I was thinking the same exact thing prior to reading your post.

[@jcook2433]

😂

[@ramonalee1]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jasonrodgers9063]

NOT wanting to picture that conception!

[@rrtownsend6432]

The funniest comedian I've ever seen. Saw him in Chattanooga several years ago.

[@stephenscudder64]

Southern humor is the best

[@LioraLand1]

Ohhhh the hand gestures, touching the ear- my grandmother did that whenever anything uncomfortable was being talked about

[@christinemorris8578]

This never gets old 😂.

[@drivernjax]

Even if I didn't know Mr. Gregory is from Georgia, just listening to this routine I'd know. I'm from southeast Georgia and, believe me, I've heard very similar conversations at the funerals I've attended. I don't know if he really is the funniest man in America but, if he isn't, he's in the top 5.

[@mikejackson1410]

Absolutely the truth, as many people know! Always gets me since I had an Aunt Elizabeth that matched this story. stab wounds!!!! Gotta love it!!

[@simplyhuman3982]

😂. 😮?. ?

[@Craig-wp3pz]

"Square meat and round bread......" 🍖 🍞 🥪 🥖 😮

[@lucycan6363]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@kellyanderson2846]

People think he is making this up and joking, but I promise you he is not... I'm from South Georgia, and I promise every thing he is saying is 1000% true😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@instantkarmaalways]

you people in the south are not right. THATS TO BE EXPECTED.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tdquick76]

Same. Candler county.

[@rockinredneck57]

RIP Funny man. May 9, 2024, we lost the Funniest Man in America.

[@treeeva]

Oh dear. This is just my second viewing of his. I just saw my 1st video of his an hour ago. Damn. Well my condolences to his family three months later.

[@lilitharam44]

Is Mr. James from MS? He sounds like it! Being born and raised in North, MS myself, I love his humour. This conversations sounds just like one my Great Grandma would have had with whomever was sitting next to her!

[@hoperemsen6335]

That'll preach - amen! And I'll add that at church fellowships/ dinner on the grounds, you can try to pass off a Publix cake by plating it on your Grandmama's best cake plate, bring your Mama's best cake knife...and those sweet lil old ladies on the fellowship committee are back in the church kitchen dragging you through concrete! "She coulda made a pan of brownies or cucumber sandwiches - petit fours - just as easy. What is this world coming to, ladies?!" (Y'all best keep your front rooms picked up, too! Go Dawgs!!)

[@tranurse]

A Publix cake or Publix wings get a pass. I’m from North Florida and live in Georgia now. And someone always makes some funky casserole.

[@jeanaprewitt9658]

You know you're country if, when you heard "grain silo", you knew exactly how the guy died.

[@BarbaraWindham-tt6rl]

My daughter got me onto Mr Gregory's comedy. Love it...true and honest. 66 years young living in Mississippi.. laughed so much I peed my drawers....😂😮

[@gingermurphy-phillips3449]

Don't you feel like you've known him all your life?!?! I do! Probably caught tadpoles out of the creek together! (Or helgemites & crawdads out of the small stream.)

[@jackbarrett7835]

Nobody diid it like James. Always clean, always funny with a lot of truth mixed in

[@MRR_Shadowolf]

Absolutely hilarious (and true) LOL

[@norskichick]

A couple days ago I lost a friend I’ve known and loved since 1969. I guarantee she is waiting at the gates today to shake his hand and welcome Mr. Gregory. And she’ll be thanking him for his overflowing heart full of laughter.

[@badeugenecops4741]

I am sorry about the loss of your friend.

[@Nick-u5p]

He was one of the best.R.I.P.

[@davidwiser1113]

Lordy this is sooo true. That’s my North Carolina family lol

[@sandspar]

I can't believe he has managed to keep eating well for so long by running that mouth. Saw him40 years ago in a small bar, still remember his jokes, so damn funny!

[@AngusHenry09]

This could not be more accurate. 😂😂😂

[@ChristChickAutistic]

This is every funeral, wedding, cemetery meeting, and reunion in my family, lolololol!😂😂😂😂

[@johnmcwatters480]

Kentucky fried or homemade fried,all the old women:can you believe she brought chicken 🐔 in a bucket 😅

[@bernadinetinker3028]

Not to mention '😊potato salad' bashing

[@terrimcnutt7968]

BBQ....so much BBQ

[@gypsyfiresign1064]

@@terrimcnutt7968can confirm!! I’m from near the BBQ capital of the world, Lexington NC & folk will argue all day about Eastern vs. Western NC BBQ 😂 And get downright ill about it!!

[@dirkevans3443]

@@gypsyfiresign1064 you’re 100% right! I’m Carolina born & bred from the Raleigh area(don’t even get me started 😡) and BBQ is damn near a Religious item here Oh, & btw, Eastern NC BBQ is better but I do love that red slaw y’all make LOL

[@mn8501]

So far I have only seen a couple. You are so spot on ❣️

[@SusanC-t9h]

No one,,no one can explain like him. He stepped on a lot of 😂 people.

[@joeturner4666]

RIP James you always busted my gut!

[@princeharming8963]

NOBODY... does it like James Gregory.

[@harmonysprogress]

Man he's been around for a bazillion years!!! Still funny as ever!!!!

[@ChristopherLee77]

That's Louie Anderson

[@harmonysprogress]

@@ChristopherLee77 James Gregory. Louie died some years back..

[@gegwen7440]

Square meat & round bread (or the other way around) had me chuckling for sure as I know old people as I am one.

[@ronniewatkins]

James is the best! Saw him in August!! Hilarious!! A new Bic? Well, jump! 😅😅😅

[@Trijem]

Thanks James! ❤ Loved it! 🐾🐺🐾

[@HughJassole-mo8yi]

@2:10 that is true! We used to get baked hams at Winn-Dixie for funerals, & sometimes Christmas.😅

[@edwardmeredith860]

You are a funny man.. Lol I usually smile that's it but you had me laughing out loud.

[@pgh45rpms]

Three bean salad and deviled eggs.

[@lorraineforster8164]

So funny, I have no experience with American life but did understand the humour.

[@vernondugas-dn9ie]

Grew up in southern La. This really hits me in the funny bone. You are hilarious😂

[@Jamesbryant-ds9sg]

"we just country folk" he nails it..

[@jeffero80]

James Gregory is alot like Jerry Clower ☺

[@tracyjohnson5023]

Love Jerry Clower ❤

[@andrewvelonis5940]

I know it's just a joke, but I don't think it's that old people like going to funerals. It's just that we have more funerals to go to.

[@battalion151R]

Yeah, but sooner or later things start slowin' down when all your friends seem to disappear.

[@nathanielovaughn2145]

​@@battalion151R😂😂😂😂

[@jdgoade1306]

Just passed away 3 days ago, a funny man, RIP.

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

RIP , sir. You made us laugh. 2024

[@LesterMoore]

Well ... all I can say is least ways nobody brung that salty green bean casserole. 🤭

[@juliebenich5459]

So true! In East Texas, it’s always about the food at the house after the funeral!

[@willsommervil6141]

He’s speaking the truth 💯🤣🤣🤣

[@Jamesbryant-ds9sg]

I love this guy's routine old pro...

[@angelraburn4401]

Oh my. I laughed so hard 😂😂 with a southern family I’ve been to the funeral reception at a trailer with buy one get one suckers still on the packages of cookies 😂😂😂 and my uncle wanting to show us his new cow. Beautiful ❤️😂😂

[@carolinematusevich889]

In my family, showing off is bringing the KFC to the wake.

[@johndavid8815]

We might be kin😊

[@chuckg2016]

Love it!!!

[@sheilacape4794]

It's all about the mustard!!!

[@calvinforcejr2382]

You have GOLDEN'S or French's. Witch one do they have After the funeral. With all of the food. People who live in the south. Have you seen. 🙂

[@judycloutier5623]

Love this ! ❤

[@AdaStinson-c7g]

So true from the south😊

[@jamievarni1530]

Square meat and round bread. What a conundrum.

[@CRYDERSB]

Yesssss

[@catherinesineath2073]

❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂

[@bethwillard7795]

Blessings always

[@sandyhill2564]

I love brown mustard.

[@yvettemaldonado3725]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 this man is hysterical

[@dirkevans3443]

From NC & this is 100% true My Granma (RIP) thought food would cure ANYTHING Seriously, you could have appendicitis and she’d go, “Aw Honey, you just need to eat something, what can I fix ya?” LOL, I sure miss her tho

[@neenernener]

Everyone knows chicken & dumplings are the only acceptable funeral food!

[@chriswilson9331]

I wonder what conversations.over food will be had at his funeral. Rest in Peace James. ✝️🕯️

[@danarbuckle6640]

Great timing!

[@lindamysweet1]

Thanks from Florida 😀😀😀

[@texaspapa9445]

I grew up in Georgia as a country boy, he’s telling the truth

[@johncoe6304]

Love James Gregory

[@lindagimenez586]

Comedic genius !!!

[@karencombs6306]

,😂 the best 😅

[@southernshawn77]

I been listening to him since the 90s.. I have seen him a dozen times over the yrs. He was Better than 99% of the comedians out there.. I don't understand how come that he was never a superstar.. He didn't reduce his comedy to nothing but filth... I met the man a few times after shows, and he even remembered me a couple times. I seen him once in Johnson City Tennessee.. I spoke to him after the show and bought a shirt. I asked him about his show, and he said everything had come from things and people in his past.. He was hilarious just talking like a normal person.. I will Never forget J.G....He will Truly be missed...RIP...

[@Jamesbryant-ds9sg]

a winn-dixie ham !!!

[@charlesbush7822]

Groucho Mark would be smiling.

[@warrenfloyd1484]

Ok who brought the pig tails and lizard lips?🤣👍

[@anndeecosita3586]

He’s hilarious. My family is Southern but our churches serve the meals at the repasts. Before a funeral we take food to the family and drop it off. That’s for them and their family not for the funeral. Since I moved to the Midwest, I’ve met people who don’t know what a repast is which blew my mind. A lot of people here also don’t do wakes which my family does. So many different cultures in the USA.

[@charlesproctor8808]

he takes me back to my childhood

[@Beasthunters123]

People were complaining about how they did the makeup on my loved one.

[@maxinerowe2925]

Love him

[@dopplerfred]

what gets me, he ain't wrong, love it 😂😂

[@trix4568]

😂😂😂😂😂. He show made my day.

[@rogeranderson1410]

Funniest Man in America

[@johnduffy6546]

You are a treasure!