This has to be the best commercial for a church of all time. I only wish I lived in this town and could have made it to Satan’s funeral:

The YouTube description says this isn’t a parody and aired on WXTV in Greenville, Mississippi, and I’m just going to believe it because I really want it to be real. I think this is hilarious and fun and adorable and tongue-in-cheek, so I’m not going to say anything about separation of church and state concerns if that’s the real Mayor and real Sheriff, which I assume it is. I’m pretty sure every resident of Greenville can appreciate that hilarious chalk outline.

Comments (26)
  1. booferama  |   Posted on Apr 29th, 2009

    If only Satan could’ve bent his arms, he might’ve had a chance against Satan.

  2. yeah, somehow i think greenville has bigger problems than protecting the barrier between church and state. must have been a good funeral to charge a cover.

  3. Judging by the chalk outline, the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the residents of Greenville, MS that the Easter Bunny was Satan.

  4. So Satan turned out to be a Keith Haring cartoon with horns. Silly me I always thought he’d be a little more frightening. And Jesus and his crew are doing drive bys now? Hmm time to re evaluate which set I rep.

  5. I never knew Satan looked like the kid from “Where The Wild Things Are”

  6. What are the ropes for? Anyone?

    • In the book of Revelation, the Lord’s servant Joel learns from an angel, sent by God, that the Devil’s only weakness is industrial rubber tubing. I’m assuming they used it as some sort of rudimentary lure.

  7. dammit, i didn’t notice until just now that the funeral was in may of 2006, not 2009.

    i hope these plane tickets are refundable.

  8. WTF, who sells tickets to a funeral?

  9. It wasn’t Jesus it was that Leprechaun again. Look! Up in the tree!

    I WANT THE GOLD

  10. I was half expecting this to turn into Jones Huge-Ass Satan Funeral.

  11. Lindsay,

    It’s posts like this that make up for your love of mediocre sit-coms like HIMYM. Kudos!

  12. Now there will be chicken at popeyes.

  13. Maybe if the devil hadn’t been so overweight, he could have held his own.

  14. Zachra  |   Posted on Apr 29th, 2009

    I blame Tyler Perry.

    Also, the “Jesus’ Lynch Mob” portion of the piece disturbs me for various reasons, chief of which being the old African-American ladies holding the hangin’ rope. *Shudders*

  15. I hope God makes Hell into a Planet Hollywood or something, because my atheism is running its course, and I really want to see the matching suits from Twins.

  16. Only the Devil would charge people to go to his funeral…

  17. John  |   Posted on Apr 29th, 2009

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  18. In related news, police are now looking for Jesus Christ.

  19. actually this is no joke satan is dead.Abook is written that proves this factually from the bible.

  20. actually this is no joke satan is dead.Abook is written that proves this factually from the bible.

  21. actually this is no joke satan is dead.Abook is written that proves this factually from the bible.

  22. actually this is no joke satan is dead.Abook is written that proves this factually from the bible.

  23. actually this is no joke satan is dead.Abook is written that proves this factually from the bible.

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