Mmmm Roy Clark. Tops!

Dont forget glen canpbell

True, but don't forget the grandaddy of em all, Chet Atkins.

Perhaps...but stay tuned! Plenty of young talent coming along every day. Jim could actually PLAY and was a born comedian and entertainer

With a name like yours, I'd change it.

I remember his show on TV, I was just a kid but I remember it. A very talented man!!

There was a LOT of filth in the seventies. Derek and Clive did their best work

You might like BIll Bailey.

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And to make oneself look like an idiot playing is even harder to do, it takes real talent to make it look like he's inferior!

@@darrell3118 like Chaplin on skates :)

Very common technique but sure he is great

Well, Duh!

Duh. Thanks captain dumbass

He's great , absolutely great but don't be silly, there are thousands

@@kippsguitar6539 Tommy Emmanuel blows him out of the water.

@@steatipygous but hes a shit comedian

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The guy is funny, but I was disappointed. I kept waiting for him to stop the comedy bit and break into a serious rendition of Classical Gas. Many years ago, I bought a 45-single of Classical Gas, so I know how the song is supposed to go.

Stellar Guitar Player. No.

Is he still alive? Is he still performing?

@@gomogo2000 No and yes.

There are no bars in Branson

Jim Stafford is definitely alive he plays now and then in Branson and also Terry is playing other places

Calling BS Fake News Dude !

There is no talent to put on a variety show.

@@stebstebanesier6205 Not anymore. Not anymore. ;(

We NEED MORE REAL SHOWS...NOT more GARBAGE "reality"!

That is a Pure Dee Fact.

I saw him in Sparks, Nevada and in Branson, MO.

Was?

Have to agree, that man could play

True but most guitarists know who he is and admire his talent.

InspiredBy Gilly, me too

I've had the pleasure of being around him on a few occasions. You're absolutely right, he has always been down to earth and a gentleman.

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You know he was married to Bobbie Gentry for a while, well long enough to have a son with her

Does anyone else remember Bobbie Gentry? I adored her. Beautiful. Talented. Southern! @@califdad4

@@AKHWJ3ST of course I remember her, she's quietly living in a gated community can't remember the state , Tennessee or something close, in highschool she moved in with her mom and her husband in Palm Springs California

I don't know how that got past the CBS censors

@@bugs3483 well....it was a VERY difficult cord...🤔😏

Not sure that he did. I remember this episode. Relatively sure SB got canceled shortly afterwards regardless of the fact they were hugely popular. They always pushed the envelope. JS is a beautiful talent, though. Glad we got to enjoy him.

@@lauriedault5094 A “slip” of the left middle finger at about 3:30. Subtle and hilarious

Keith Purdue

I am amazed at this talented man!! Yes, Keith Purdue.. Jim Stafford is indeed a genius..

Keith Purdue I've never heard you play,so I can't comment on that. But,if you continue working real hard at it, you just might have a shot at comedy! I'm not joking! By the way, was it any of your ancestors that started Purdue University in Lafayette, IN? Just wondering! LOL

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You did a joke on the comments without the guitar. Be proud of it

Best joke was giving the finger to the spot light guy.

Cats are like Baptists.....my favorite joke as well.

Fk n a...I'm a baptist and I loved that joke!

How do you recognize the Baptists at the liquor store? They don't say hello to each other.

When a human is yelling at a cat, the human is the one who looks stupid.

GREAT TALENT!

Still around as far as I know, with his own Branson, MO showroom.

@@olensoifer9901 Unfortunately after a 30 year run his theater closed during the pandemic and never reopened. It was recently bulldozed. Great talent

Or "Let's spend the night together" or "Come on baby light my fire". Even married couples couldn't be shown together in bed, even if they were just propped up reading a book. Prudes. Censors are rolling over in their graves now.

@@UserName_no1 Actually I was shocked that on the Brady Bunch, Mike and Carol were shown getting into bed together and sharing a good night kiss which was shocking back in about 1969. On the Dick Van Dyke show, they had separate twin beds and I don't remember seeing them in clothes other than him in a suit and her in a dress. Dear God, I've never liked to wear a dress, and as soon as I would get home from work, I was in shorts or sweats just depending on the season. Amazing how the time has changed. What is interesting is that back in the early-mid 70's I think, they outlawed advertising tobacco products on tv and to this day they still can't do it. I was so embarrassed back then when they started advertising "Feminine hygiene products". My parents were in their 50's and I wanted to vanish. These days, no big deal, now they have ED pills and they're advertising meds for a bent dick. Now boys get to be embarrassed in front of their moms for the same reasons. Times have truly changed. I need to go back and listen to George Carlins bit on "7 words you can't say on tv" because I think one or two can be crossed off his list. Thanks for giving me a laugh!!

@@survivrs Yeah, when I referenced banned song lyrics (e.g. Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, and The Doors) I was going back to the days of black&white TV and Ed Sullivan. Censorship occured before then (e.g. Chuck Barry's My Ding-a-ling) but that's when it came out on Front Street. Every once in a while a songwriter would slip something in. Case in point Harry Nilsson's Gotta Get Up e.g. " he would come to town and pound her for a couple of days"..... But the televised coverage of Woodstock (69) (no bras) and the Vietnam war (mid 60s onward) (the image of an Asian civilian summarily executed by a North Vietnamese military officer on a Cambodian street on the 6 o'clock news) changed everything. *Funny* how learning about the sexual orientation of leading men like 'Rock' Hudson and Darren Stevens(mid 60s onward), and Mike Brady (early to mid 70s), would flip our perceptions on their head(s), pun intended. I get your point about banning tobacco products (to this day) and allowing terms pertaining to one's genitals today. You can say vagina, but not cunt (only on cable/internet) or penis, but not dick. You can prick your finger, but you can't finger your prick~George Carlin (RIP). The 7 words are shit, piss, cunt, fuck, cock sucker, mother fucker, and tits. We can now say ass, bitch, fart, turd, twat, and pecker depending on the context in which it is delivered. Yeah I'm a big fan of the Critical Thinker. Sorely missed. Another thing that I found subliminally disturbing was the misogynistic depiction of women in cartoons and sitcom tv. Or the derogatory depiction of minorities. Allowing late night tv in the mid 60s to early 70s to tackle that Puritan bubble was key. As were prime time shows like All in the Family, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and the immortal Sanford and Son. Ahhh, the days of innocence.

@@UserName_no1 Ahh yes, there's The Who's "who are you" and at least once it comes out as "who the fuck are you"?!

@ Thomas Bower... You're not old, you are experienced!

No, Jim Plunkett went to Stanford. You're confusing us geezers.

Exactly 😊 Where are you from?

I had no idea

His comedy and his talent will never be compared. His "Wild wood flower."

Roy Clark has nothing on Jim Stafford....neither in the clown department nor in guitar mastery. Stafford clearly knows his stuff. Jerry Reed is another one that you can throw into this mix...funny guy, but a seriously good player, not to mention Roger Miller... : )

No bars!! You don’t know the secrets

@@savanahmclary4465 Didn't that song end with the line " sittin on that sack o seeds"?😁

Not just that show, but Glen Campbell and Saturday Night Live, as well. While he at SBS he hired a young Steve Martin as a writer.

They were so good they had to be taken off the air. Over the target mostly.

Summer of 1975, I a Marine on Okinawa. We only got one English speaking station. I'm sure Jim's special was not on that "One" TV channel. He is so talented.

what's a NH night

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@@kimcallaghan3404 thanks internet stranger

His theater in Branson MO has been torn down.

You truly know him so well 😊 Where are you from?

but at the very end.

I was gonna say “was that actually even classical gas?” Aside from parts that he over strummed (I don’t know if on purpose as comical effect or not)and it not really being classical gas hes definitely skilled

Mason actually played the song on this show in an episode on a clear plexiglass guitar that had gold fish swimming in it. He worked on the show to the best of my memory. It might have been musical director. Jim is a really talented guy too as we know. The Who were on the show also, which you probably know. And I love your screen name. Take care.

Sweet. I was lucky enough to see Glen and Charlie. Saw Merle and Roy and Pride and Dolly...they all used to come to the NM State Fair rodeo.

@@stobbinsboy Glen, as far as I concerned, Is Greatly Missed...

when your that good, you can find time to goof off.

Was thinking same thing lol

Roy Clark also was an amazing musician.

The bird flip was brilliant!

He's . . . not dead, you know. Has his own theater in Branson.

I've seen him several times in Branson. He's really good

steven hewitt me too No regrets

Me, too! What a performance! The spotlight scene was hilarious.

Me too brother

Same here. I recalled him vaguely when the video was in my recommendations and I did a quick search. I did not recall how incredibly talented he was. Glad I decided to click.

And you are watching it for free-don't forget. Cheers, from Toronto

ZinaD S-h-h-hhhhh! It was the 60's, and practically illegal back then (especially on prime time)!!!

1988, not 60s.

@@fieryvixen6486 not Branson,Mo. either :)

In the mid 80's I worked on a cruise ship and Jim Stafford would come on from time to time to perform and a couple times I was fortunate enough to be the spot light operator who pulled this prank off with Jim for the audience. Funny guy and fun to work with.

Yep, that was definitely a gutbuster. So glad I stumbled onto this video.

That kind of joke was acceptable on tv in those days, because it was a joke that would have the grown-ups laughing, while the kids never understood it

Exactly

And he is a kick ass guitar player. I'm a young old thing at 68. I'm never old.

I bet you’re still hot Barbara

Me too, but I wasn’t hot in high school.

Barbara I bet you are still hot as hell. I'm a 61 year old male who has never been hot always lukewarm LOL

Jim told me to reply - "Thanks Mom!"