*So, you’re dead…now what?* SCTV was exciting. There was nothing else nearly as creative or irreverent on TV. This is a 60-second spoof ad with Harold Ramis as Maurice (Moe) Green. This first aired on SCTV on January 13, 1977. (A similarly themed “United Appeal for the Dead,” performed by Henry Gibson, appeared in Kentucky Fried Movie, released in August 1977.) #closedcaption #humor #sctv #secondcitytelevision #spoof #parody #commercial #ghostbusters #haroldramis
2 SCTV bits that i recall among many: the spoof of Ben Hur, where john candy plays Judah Ben Hur as Curly from the 3 stooges; and instead of finding his family at a leper colony, he finds them at a "leopard" colony. And 2- when they took about 10 minutes of an old b&w episode of The Cisco Kid, but dubbed in different dialogue. I recall almost wetting my pants from laughing so hard.
@@canaisyoung3601 NBC bought SCTV specifically so that they could shut it down before it became more popular than SNL. That's why they showed it at that late time slot. They thought nobody would stay up for it... LOL
@@davidjones8043 Absolutely Not. Not my role. Then again, I have been asked to be Hindu Love Goddess a couple of times...😝 (Not necessarily what you Think it means, you pervs. It's kind of like they find someone to say "Gentleman, start your engines", and Spring arrives.)
@@WickWars101 Same !! I haven't even left the house in 3 weeks! Take off PJs, Shower , put new PJS on .... repeat. Minus the coins I've hit all of the rest. Even go a day or 2 without eating till I decide to not be lazy. Like a poptart is too much trouble. People don't notice maybe I am?
Imagine being on acid while this was airing and you walk into the kitchen to get something to eat. All the sudden you hear Harold Ramis question if you’re alive from behind you and just like that it’s all over
God, psychedelics sound like so much fun. The closet I've come is sleep paralysis. And getting scared shitless in the middle of the night by demons is unironically a highlight in my life.
I took acid one time in my life. I took this hippie gal I was dating back in about 1070. We went to the drive in to see Midnight Cowboy. We get parked and she pulls this acid out of her purse and we split it. The entire movie had different colored spider webs shooting off the screen. When I got home later that night and got in bed. I had a big poster of a drag strip funny car that just went through the quarter mile and had two parachutes behind it. I looked at that poster and the parachutes were spinning around and I could see the cars suspension moving. Never did acid again.
I skate every single night. I skated so much my muscles in my foot broke. Now it's a full moon and I have to heal for the next week. I'm so extremely jealous and frustrated at people who complain about not living life and get fat. I don't get it. I have to climb a few trees every day or I lose my mind. Imagine being so privileged you complain about being a fat f*&%.
Disclaimer: #7 only applies if you are Greek and/or planning to take a trip across the River Styx, which costs 2 coins. Transport across the Sanzu River requires an additional 4 coins for security services due to the natives of said river being a vicious bunch that attack people to feed on their misery in order to escape into the mortal realm.
I sure hope the afterlife is a collection of our memories in energy form because I binge watched a lot of TV and I want something to watch when I’m in the afterlife.
There were coins on my eyes, but my co-worker took them off. Now he’s abusing his minimum wage employee. My 3 time traveling ghost friends and I are gonna go haunt him until he buys them a turkey.
So that pretty much sums up the last two years, working from home, sweatpants and sitting... i'd have all 7 if I had lost my appetite, instead I'm eating more than ever.
I loved when he portrayed "Officer Friendly" and he attacked this kid (Dave Thomas) until he confessed--then when his father showed up he ultimately went after him too--LOL!!
A friend of mine *thinks* he saw SCTV from the beginning, but he didn't even remember Harold Ramis as Station Manager Moe Green. The first year didn't get as wide distribution, but I know it was on where he was. Moe Green was a character Ramis had done even before SCTV, with National Lampoon's Radio Hour and also at Second City.
Samurai: *teleports in front of Morris* "omae wa mou shindeiru." Morris: "I'm sorry, Sir, but you may not be aware that you are already dead." *teleports behind samurai* Samurai: "Nani!?!" *explodes into a million pieces* Morris: "I tried to tell them, but they never listen" *phases out of reality* *Morris Wins! Fatality!*
''Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic''. Well, Dr. Egon Spengler sure got better in presenting ads on TV after Ghostbusters. So long Harold, you sure will be missed for generations to come!
Throughout medical institutes Nurses have a similar emblem on their Uniform Belts buckle, a bit sinister me thinks! The Caduceos, 2 serpants on a staff…
Nice working with you Dr. Venkman See ya on the other side Ray! God bless you Harold "Egon" Spengler You touched mine and so many of my generation's lives!
I was outside for a walk today, and I literally saw a book on the ground with the title: "So you're dead, now what?" And now few hours later this video pops up in my recommended. 😲
"If you're dead and still pissing off your family, friends or new owners of the house where you lived before dying, they may call some experts, myself included".
SCTV is better than anything on today...and it's not even close. Watching it felt like my little secret. When everyone was talking about SNL in class on Monday, I was still laughing out loud to the incredible talent of John, Joe, Gene, Dave, Rick, Harold, Catherine and Andrea. And later Marty Short. Thank you, Canada!
This just reminds me of those pill ads on tv with a lovely couple jumping around in a field “side effects may include nausea, heart failure, death, muscle pain” as if it’s just a common ailment
something about the thumbnail with him in low quality and almost greyscale against a black background with that medical symbol on it is really creepy and it made me click.
*So, you’re dead…now what?*
SCTV was exciting. There was nothing else nearly as creative or irreverent on TV.
This is a 60-second spoof ad with Harold Ramis as Maurice (Moe) Green. This first aired on SCTV on January 13, 1977. (A similarly themed “United Appeal for the Dead,” performed by Henry Gibson, appeared in Kentucky Fried Movie, released in August 1977.)
#closedcaption #humor #sctv #secondcitytelevision #spoof #parody #commercial #ghostbusters #haroldramis
Fridays and 1970s SNL came close to being irreverent, but, compared to this, it felt like those two shows were trying too hard.
Indeed, when SCTV was airing, 1 AM Saturdays in my area, I'd watch SNL chiefly to stay awake until SCTV came on.
Holy shit! Totally forgot about the Kentucky Fried Movie.
Big Jim Slade!
2 SCTV bits that i recall among many: the spoof of Ben Hur, where john candy plays Judah Ben Hur as Curly from the 3 stooges; and instead of finding his family at a leper colony, he finds them at a "leopard" colony. And 2- when they took about 10 minutes of an old b&w episode of The Cisco Kid, but dubbed in different dialogue. I recall almost wetting my pants from laughing so hard.
@@canaisyoung3601 NBC bought SCTV specifically so that they could shut it down before it became more popular than SNL. That's why they showed it at that late time slot. They thought nobody would stay up for it... LOL
The fact that he says he's a chiropractor just makes this all the better.
@Dirk Diggler
Bill Gates. Lol
Yep, given they're [accidental?] killers too XD
My point exactly
Chiropractors often call themselves "Dr. ____"
I never understood why that is a thing.
@@YourMomsFavoriteCommenter It’s a doctorate degree. But this original post comment is spot on
Me: "I have a headache."
Mom: "You might be dehydrated. Drink some water."
Doctor: "It could be stress."
WebMD:
Google:dead
😆😂
Never Google symptoms, they all end up in the same catch-all rule.
This comment needs more appreciation.
WebMD: Cancer
Imagine when you die, you get this video as a prologue to the afterlife.
Something to look forward to.
I think I've been dead for years now, but I haven't bothered to write to the address to get my free booklet.
Lmao
What afterlife?
@@bl00dsport86 Don't think YOU need to worry about that 😉
It’s actually the Ghost Busters tricking ghosts to turn themselves in.
Lol. Sygourney Weaver for "Dead for Head" You "Come" to the other side, and GET OFF MY LAWN 😃👍
alli could think of when i saw his face
U Read My Mind & Wrote My Comment.
@@laurabeane8862 ugh WHAT? Can you write anything coherent?
@@davidjones8043 Absolutely Not. Not my role. Then again, I have been asked to be Hindu Love Goddess a couple of times...😝
(Not necessarily what you Think it means, you pervs. It's kind of like they find someone to say "Gentleman, start your engines", and Spring arrives.)
"Don't be the last to know!" high level morbid humor, that
I know I love that
Well, thinking you never get know when you die
I Think I'm Dead I Missed that One, I'd Laugh but I'm Dead.
That
@@WickWars101 Same !! I haven't even left the house in 3 weeks! Take off PJs, Shower , put new PJS on .... repeat. Minus the coins I've hit all of the rest. Even go a day or 2 without eating till I decide to not be lazy. Like a poptart is too much trouble. People don't notice maybe I am?
I like it when Egon tells me I might be dead
as long as he's not telling me I'm UN-dead, while holding a 'weapon'.
Can't trap me! I am a free spirit!
He would know!
I get more of a 'Russell Ziske' vibe from this.
He shows concern I can appreciate that
This skit feels especially eery with Ramis against the black void
Seeing you here is like when a suprise celebrity guest shows up your favorite sitcom.
Ah, the blessed Al Gore Rhythm has brought you here, as well?
Rubin Hurricane Carter
I can assure you that Harold Ramis is living an incredible afterlife, whilst possibly still collecting spores, molds and fungus.
@@Gurgimunchingcrunching It doesn't seem long ago does it? It was actually 2014.
Imagine being on acid while this was airing and you walk into the kitchen to get something to eat. All the sudden you hear Harold Ramis question if you’re alive from behind you and just like that it’s all over
Doesn’t everyone?
nah id be distracted at all of the food in my fridge moving around lol
God, psychedelics sound like so much fun.
The closet I've come is sleep paralysis. And getting scared shitless in the middle of the night by demons is unironically a highlight in my life.
@@uniquename6925 its actually uncomfortable for inexperienced users, just dont do drugs in general
I took acid one time in my life. I took this hippie gal I was dating back in about 1070. We went to the drive in to see Midnight Cowboy. We get parked and she pulls this acid out of her purse and we split it. The entire movie had different colored spider webs shooting off the screen. When I got home later that night and got in bed. I had a big poster of a drag strip funny car that just went through the quarter mile and had two parachutes behind it. I looked at that poster and the parachutes were spinning around and I could see the cars suspension moving. Never did acid again.
Warning Sign #8: The guy in this video comes after you with a proton pack and a ghost trap.
RIP Harold Ramis, your work will never be forgotten
I reckon he figured out his death from these steps (RIP to him though)
Thank you for praying your prayers in a youtube comment section
Brilliant actor and writer. RIP Harold.
Harold is.. Was, the best. Hell ya.
Spoiler alert: Egon is back.
"I collect spores, molds, and fungus on my corpse."
@Trey Stephens Vampires are not dead. They are Undead.
@Trey Stephens Vampires are just too hygienic for my taste
@Trey Stephens no spores no mold no fungus
is the cleaning all that necessary
@Trey Stephens i just wanna see a moldy vampire
@@hansdado Tom Cruise was moldy when he was in New Orleans close to the end of Interview with the Vampire.
Most of these symptoms just sound like depression lmao
Ikr ngl smh
Oh hey critcrab how ya doin
waking up in a mausoleum with coins on your eyes, classic anxious depression
This gives me an idea for a new homebrew...
That’s the point of the joke... if you’re not actively taking care of yourself you might as well already be dead
This must be when the Ghost Busters were swamped with business and trying to be proactive.
This makes too much sense.
The ill fated Bust-At-Home initiative
Awww this actually made me sad knowing this legend is no longer with us. RIP Ramis
Yes ...
He should have ordered the brochure...
But does he know that yet?
Ghostbusters: Afterlife was beautifully made. RIP Egon.
“If you have experienced any of these symptoms you or your family may be entitled to compensation”
glad there's free legal consultation for the dead
Lol 😂 💰
Call 1-800-888-88888888888888...
Sue N. Ambulancechaser, Attorney-At-Law!!
@@denisemayosky1955 Lol 😂🎭🇺🇸
"If you or a family member has experienced any of these symptoms or died, please call for our free consultation."
He forgot low body temperature, but that settles it. I'm definitely dead.
Oh no! Do you feel like pizza for dinner tonight?
i hate that feeling, everytime i die. i should be getting use to it by now.
Me too, I might be dead.
Not an issue if you live in Egypt
Me too, I died. But my body temperature didn't drop. It's actually really hot... like fiery almost.
"prolonged absence of physical activity"
uh oh
E
S H I T
Sounds like a jenny Craig drop out 🤣
That's why I don't sleep. Checkmate.
I skate every single night. I skated so much my muscles in my foot broke. Now it's a full moon and I have to heal for the next week. I'm so extremely jealous and frustrated at people who complain about not living life and get fat. I don't get it. I have to climb a few trees every day or I lose my mind. Imagine being so privileged you complain about being a fat f*&%.
“Oh and I’ll capture your soul when you become a ghost”
"Did you know that each year more than 20,000 people die?"
*I'd say that's a safe guess*
I feel like this was what Harold Ramis saw when he died
He didn't die. He just got sucked into the containment unit.
"loss of apitite" crowd laughs uncontrollably.
"relaxed attitudes towards personal hygiene" slight chuckle
society.
@@deadytm and yet we live in one.
@@solonyetski 🤑
Pretty sure they didn't have a live audience.
@@garrykanter5773 live audience or not the laughter was amplified for that part for whatever reason.
I appreciate how the captions for "20000 people die" change to have a question mark at the last second. It's a neat trick.
I'm glad you caught that. I was very deliberate about it! 🙂
Disclaimer: #7 only applies if you are Greek and/or planning to take a trip across the River Styx, which costs 2 coins. Transport across the Sanzu River requires an additional 4 coins for security services due to the natives of said river being a vicious bunch that attack people to feed on their misery in order to escape into the mortal realm.
Thanks for the important tip! Don't worry I'm just joking
I hope they played this at Harold Ramis' funeral in 2014....he would have loved that....
I wrote for my free booklet but it went to the Dead Letter Office.
Rim shot
Mine went to LaRue, Ontario
All these warming signs sounds like people stuck in the house because of the pandemic.
Even the coins on eyes symptom?
@@canaisyoung3601 Hey man, you get _real_ inventive in the wee hours of the morning.
@@jonathantillian6528 Good point.
Stuck? Pandemic? Kek
@@Ezio999Auditore I guess you've been under a rock for a year. Or maybe YOU are dead lol
What a talent! Harold truly has a gift for timing, acting, directing and writing. I say has bc even though he passed in 2014, his work lives on.
Egon was my favourite Ghostbuster. I loved it when he just went crazy in the ball room. Peter: "Whoa whoa whoa. Nice shooting Tex."
this man is doing his damn hardest to hold back his own laughter
If this doesn't pop up when I die I'm gonna be quite put out
This is like the commercials that say "IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE HAS DIED FROM USING THIS PRODUCT, YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION"
Harold is brilliant, he keeps such a straight face while saying this, he must ne cracking up inside
I would laugh (then cry) if Harold Ramis was buried with a copy of “So You’re Dead…Now what?” in his coffin.
My soul knew him before I even recognized him. Egon, but not forgotten.
I like to imagine he's doing this PSA after death, completely oblivious of the irony. RIP....
All the people that died during the creation of this ad were added to the laugh track.
I sure hope the afterlife is a collection of our memories in energy form because I binge watched a lot of TV and I want something to watch when I’m in the afterlife.
That's exactly what I think the afterlife is! It's really strange you say that 😁👍
Sorry for the bad news, but No. it isn’t.
@@ImeneFreelance You don't know anything
That would be so lame.
Well that's better than what the bible says.
RIP Harold. We look forward to seeing you in the next Ghostbusters flick.
“Licensed chiropractor” always gets me
Clicked on this video for laughs, ended up with an existential crisis and a fear of being dead but not knowing.
4/5 stars.
Ermmm same here high five
I watched SCTV almost religiously but NEVER saw this skit. Has to be one of the most hilariously warped pieces Harold Ramis ever did.
After all the years, I still think this is one of the funniest things ever.
This is the first time I've seen this....and I have to agree this is Hilarious...!
@@eyecyou4677 I especially love the "Seven Simple Warning Signs," and most of all the last one: "The unexplained presence of coins on your eyelids."
This was not funny at all....
@@bloodlust9984 the coin part was kindda funny, made me laught
@@bloodlust9984 yes I thought the joke was that this wasn't funny at all lol the laugh tracks didn't helped either lol
"He's not dead. He's pining away" Monty Python, Dead Parrot sketch.
This needs to be the opening on an old 50s tv slowly panning across the room and zooming in as it plays to reveal its the beginning of BEETLEJUICE 2🙌🏼
8. You awaken to find yourself sitting in a cart with your arms bound, and a voice saying, "Hey you. You're finally awake..."
No...no no...nonononoNONONONONO SEND ME BACK, GOD NO, SEND ME BACK
There were coins on my eyes, but my co-worker took them off. Now he’s abusing his minimum wage employee. My 3 time traveling ghost friends and I are gonna go haunt him until he buys them a turkey.
Marley, is that you?
So that pretty much sums up the last two years, working from home, sweatpants and sitting... i'd have all 7 if I had lost my appetite, instead I'm eating more than ever.
i love how this dude was fighting laughter
Harold Ramis was one of my favourite SCTV cast members. So funny.
I loved when he portrayed "Officer Friendly" and he attacked this kid (Dave Thomas) until he confessed--then when his father showed up he ultimately went after him too--LOL!!
A friend of mine *thinks* he saw SCTV from the beginning, but he didn't even remember Harold Ramis as Station Manager Moe Green. The first year didn't get as wide distribution, but I know it was on where he was. Moe Green was a character Ramis had done even before SCTV, with National Lampoon's Radio Hour and also at Second City.
Could tell he was about to crack up on #7.
Classic, timeless comedy.
Thank you SCTV.
Dr. Green didn't die, he's on sabbatical writing the follow-up: 'The Afterlife On Any Budget.'
Thank you, Dr. Spangler
Egon moonlighting as a less educated doctor to fool the Ghosts into calling the Ghostbusters hotline.
Samurai: *teleports in front of Morris* "omae wa mou shindeiru."
Morris: "I'm sorry, Sir, but you may not be aware that you are already dead." *teleports behind samurai*
Samurai: "Nani!?!" *explodes into a million pieces*
Morris: "I tried to tell them, but they never listen" *phases out of reality*
*Morris Wins! Fatality!*
Dafuq?
You wa shock!!!
Just shut up dude.
@@reymeysterio6837 OK Doomer
@@reymeysterio6837 my guy trying to make funny comment so he can get attention
Just leave him alone dude. Let him do what he want
Someone finally explaining to me these coins. Couldn’t see jack with those.
If Harold was alive today, he'd pick apart Covid the way he picked apart death here. We lost a legend.
@@kristinadospoy7347 99.8% recovery rate is not a crisis
@@FUCKINGENIOUS reported
@@hil449 Why did you report them? They were right.
Algorithm is telling me I'm dead
A chiropractor telling you you're dead is absolutely ridiculous.
Looked up symptoms on WebMD:
WebMD: you're already dead by now
This was all written out in Tobin’s Spirit Guide.
Wow, this predated Beetlejuice by a decade! I wonder if this sketch inspired the Beetlejuice movie?
I like how he try’s not to break character midway
He looks like he's struggling to not laugh the whole time
I went to medical school.....I don't remember this lecture!!! (LOL!!)
I see now why comedians wait for the crowd to shut up
This is the strangest Ghostbusters commercial
I collect spores, molds, and fungus.
Damn, cant believe you uploaded the entirety of Beetlejuice to TH-cam without it getting flagged
''Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic''. Well, Dr. Egon Spengler sure got better in presenting ads on TV after Ghostbusters. So long Harold, you sure will be missed for generations to come!
I legitimately thought this was a Ghostbusters thing. I'm glad I clicked on it though funny stuff. This is like a proto-Ghostbusters.
Love the hand-molded staff/wing thingy
Throughout medical institutes Nurses have a similar emblem on their Uniform Belts buckle, a bit sinister me thinks!
The Caduceos, 2 serpants on a staff…
Nice working with you Dr. Venkman
See ya on the other side Ray!
God bless you Harold "Egon" Spengler
You touched mine and so many of my generation's lives!
I was outside for a walk today, and I literally saw a book on the ground with the title: "So you're dead, now what?" And now few hours later this video pops up in my recommended. 😲
"If you're dead and still pissing off your family, friends or new owners of the house where you lived before dying, they may call some experts, myself included".
There's a joke about Ramis being dead and a Ghostbuster in here somewhere.
If he nuts he’s a ghost *buster*
When we need this to make difference being alive or being dead.
Thank you Egon
This is my first time watching this I cracked up his dry sarcastic humor was amazing
It would have been so cool if after saying the title of the book, you hear the sound of a proton pack turning on and Harold smirks.
SCTV is better than anything on today...and it's not even close. Watching it felt like my little secret. When everyone was talking about SNL in class on Monday, I was still laughing out loud to the incredible talent of John, Joe, Gene, Dave, Rick, Harold, Catherine and Andrea. And later Marty Short. Thank you, Canada!
and don’t forget about Friday’s!
This and MadTV.
The irony is he’s not wrong .
Grew up on SCTV. They were so great. So much talent came out of that gang.
I wrote to Pueblo Colorado and got the pamphlet "Now You're Dead, So What?"
This thing reads like stereo instructions
All the good stuff used to come from the Pueblo.....
so what do you do?
@@thegreatbamboozler4837 yep, I remember it too. Why was it that all those random tv products came from Pueblo? 🤔 is seriously will like to know.
@@007Julie I always pictured this MASSIVE warehouse in pueblo....y'know like an Amazon location 40 years ago 🤣
"You may be already dead."
"NANI!!!"
なに⁈
死んでいますか？
We really should have gotten a decent Ghostbusters 3 while we had the chance.
This has me in stitches... Thnx YT algorithm, for suggesting this 7 year old video! !
i love how you can see hes having trouble containing his own laughter
He developed this caricature/manner, sublimely/subversive, calm &
somewhere between a G.P.& a car salesman.
Killer comedian.
Harold Ramis experienced the symptoms of being dead in 2014
Me in 2014: "So you're dead, now what?"
He was the last to know.
I'd love to hear Maurice LaMarche do this in his Egon Spengler voice
This just reminds me of those pill ads on tv with a lovely couple jumping around in a field “side effects may include nausea, heart failure, death, muscle pain” as if it’s just a common ailment
Now what? Ur gonna bust some ghost harold ramis
something about the thumbnail with him in low quality and almost greyscale against a black background with that medical symbol on it is really creepy and it made me click.
I’m waiting for the CDC to tell me these are also signs of Covid
I can't thumbs this up enough, I really can't.
I gotcha John C!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😂🤣👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
"Inability to remember the previous signs"
Me with ADHD: 👁️👄👁️💧
I recognized his voice, but I never would have guessed him from his appearance.
WARNING: Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT watch this on acid.
Don't do acid and watch this. 🤷♀️
Damn, this'd be golden if I couldn't hear them laughing.
someone's gotta make a version without the laughing track