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A wonderful movie!
This perpetually hilarious film by comic genius Stevens is, for the most part, impossible to describe. It has a weird linear quality that is almost nonlinear; yet, the dream-like plot is thoroughly involving, and sometimes as suspenseful as a Hitchcock chase, from the first scene. The humor is broad but brilliant--especially Stevens' merciless take-off on Sigmund Freud, and his one-person parody of a family gospel band (I nearly died!). And the musical numbers alone would be worth the price of the video.

I wasn't expecting a comedy masterpiece, but that's what I got. And I'm not complaining. Why hasn't this guy made more movies?? Buy this!

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country comedy meets political correctness
this 1995 video is based on Ray's 1986 song "Dudley Dorite of the Highway Patrol". in the song, Dudley pulls Ray over for speeding (Ray's going 57 and one half miles per hour!) and it just so happens that Dudley's real name is 'Bubba', the illustrious potentate of the local shrine. it seems that the characters that Ray has sung about in his songs really exist and they are fighting mad that he has made them a laughing stock. the movie opens up with a camel roaring in a mock of MGM. we see young Ray playing piano seriously...until the woman leaves the room and he starts playing boogie woogie. time lapses and we see young Ray at the piano again. his teacher, adult Ray filmed from the stomach down and doing his German accent, demands that he 'get serious! no more of this monkey business!'. at that junction, we see an ape beating his chest and the first music video appears: "Gitarzan". this video is a hodgepoge of music videos interwoven with spoken dialogue. sort of like a new twist to a musical. anyway, cameos by several country comedians make their way into this film. Jerry Clower was more of a supporting player, acting as Ray's manager. in the movie, Ray's record label is bought out by a Japanese conglomerate. Integrity Records has been re-named SoSumi (pronounced "so sue me") and the new label boss is a hilarious parody of Paul Lynde. the boss wants Ray to get serious and become the Pavorotti of country music and he also wants Chet Atkins to drop the guitar and play the accordian! it's then that Ray is caught in the middle of protesters claiming that his songs are politically incorrect. pushed and shoved in the mob, Ray trips and falls backwards and wakes up in Chattanooga...a prelude into the next music number "The Woogie Boogie". Charlene MacKenzie, Ray's old flame, shows up hard of hearing and doing a great impersonation of Olive Oyl/Betty Boop. Dudley Dorite then attempts to arrest Ray because the cop's been hired by Harv Newland and Sister Bertha to bring Ray into custody for ruining their reputation, along with Ethel, Clyde, and Deputy Coy. this is a prelude into the music video of "Dudley Dorite". Ray's thrown in cell block 3, a dungeon. Charlene busts Ray out of jail and they hide in the audience of a traveling gospel show, a prelude to the music number "The Dooright Family". soon, the hilarious label executive and his underlings get into the action by joining in the pursuit of armed and dangerous fugitive Ray Stevens. i can go on and on about this zany comedy musical but i'll close by saying: get this movie if you can. it's hilarious from start to finish. it's clean, wholesome, cornball fun.