Jim Bakker RIP.

[Insidious Von]

Except for Jimmy Swaggart one on the great Evangelical hucksters of all time has passed away.

Thomas James Kirk III gives the eulogy.

 

[SaturnFan]

Good riddance. He was a waste of oxygen. As are most TV evangelists today.

 

[Boss Nass]

Another pedo grifter gone.

 

[nottyboi]

He always

Good riddance. He was a waste of oxygen. As are most TV evangelists today.

All evangelists are. When you consider what evangelists offer vs Fentanyl. Its hard to criticize Fentanyl.

 

[Insidious Von]

Evangelicals have evolved since Bakker. They now embrace fascism as their core beliefs. They are able to grift more efficiently when the Republicans are in power.

James Talarico was trained as a Presbyterian but never became a minister.

 

[Ponderling]

Yah, hes gone, but one of the scanky gals he ran around with...

She turned up back in the day in Penthouse.
As I recall in a black and white photo spread.
And while she is not quite pretty, the images are still seared in my brain.

 

[tml]

The PTL was one of the funniest shows on tv in the 80's.

 

[JeanGary Diablo]

I remember in the late 1980s, comedian Sam Kinison made a career out of jokes told at Jim Bakker's expense, and then he banged Jessica Hawn, Bakker's mistress, as a final insult to him, LOL

 

[WyattEarp]

I remember in the late 1980s, comedian Sam Kinison made a career out of jokes told at Jim Bakker's expense, and then he banged Jessica Hawn, Bakker's mistress, as a final insult to him, LOL

Jessica Hawn was a babe and Bakker's downfall.
Not exactly sure why someone would call him a pedo-grifter other than it's the attack du jour.

 

[261252]

Good riddance. He was a waste of oxygen. As are most TV evangelists today.

At least they got TRUMP elected

 

[squeezer]

Jessica Hawn was a babe and Bakker's downfall.
Not exactly sure why someone would call him a pedo-grifter other than its the attack du jour.

He was a POS, but I don't think he was ever accused of underage girls.

 

[SexB]

I'm having a bit of a Mandela Effect with this because I thought he died some time back in the late 90's.

 

[WyattEarp]

Yah, hes gone, but one of the scanky gals he ran around with...

She turned up back in the day in Penthouse.
As I recall in a black and white photo spread.
And while she is not quite pretty, the images are still seared in my brain.

I think Jessica Hahn was pretty enough.
She did a full nude color layout for Playboy.
I don't know if she did a photo shoot for Penthouse.
I know she did interviews with Penthouse.

She certainly had her fifteen minutes of fame and then some. Howard Stern had her on his radio show many times over many years.

 

[tml]

I'm having a bit of a Mandela Effect with this because I thought he died some time back in the late 90's.

No, just his career.

 

[Insidious Von]

Did Jessica Hahn ever pose for National Lampoon?

 

[Ponderling]

I think Jessica Hahn was pretty enough.
She did a full nude color layout for Playboy.
I don't know if she did a photo shoot for Penthouse.

Sorry my TV preacher transgressions are getting confused.
The gal I remember - the synapses are now firing - was Debra Murphree and she was the one that brought down Jimmy Swaggart.

 

[onomatopoeia]

I remember in the late 1980s, comedian Sam Kinison made a career out of jokes told at Jim Bakker's expense, and then he banged Jessica Hawn, Bakker's mistress, as a final insult to him, LOL

I performed on amateur night at Yuk Yuk's in Yorkville three times in October/ November, 1984. The audience hated me the first and third time, but liked my act the second time. Amateur night was Monday, and admission was $1.05 because 1050 CHUM radio was the sponsor.

Mark Breslin the club owner had booked a comedian as headliner for the 'small showcase', which was Tuesday through Thursday night. A better known comedian would headline from Friday through Sunday. Mark knew the guy was really funny, but at the time he was completely unknown outside of the Houston, Texas area. Breslin was concerned that the club would be empty three nights in a row, so he brought the guy out on amateur night to do a half hour of his act. That was the night when the audience liked me, and I was one of the ten opening acts and part of the 200 or so people in the audience for the first Toronto appearance by Sam Kinison.

 

[onomatopoeia]

I wonder if Jim Bakker was buried in a fetal position.

When police arrived to arrest Bakker for fraud charges, they found him hiding under a desk, 'in a fetal position'. That was widely reported by news media almost 40 years ago.

 

[tml]

I performed on amateur night at Yuk Yuk's in Yorkville three times in October/ November, 1984. The audience hated me the first and third time, but liked my act the second time. Amateur night was Monday, and admission was $1.05 because 1050 CHUM radio was the sponsor.

Mark Breslin the club owner had booked a comedian as headliner for the 'small showcase', which was Tuesday through Thursday night. A better known comedian would headline from Friday through Sunday. Mark knew the guy was really funny, but at the time he was completely unknown outside of the Houston, Texas area. Breslin was concerned that the club would be empty three nights in a row, so he brought the guy out on amateur night to do a half hour of his act. That was the night when the audience liked me, and I was one of the ten opening acts and part of the 200 or so people in the audience for the first Toronto appearance by Sam Kinison.

Was the veal worth trying???

 

[onomatopoeia]

Was the veal worth trying???

Meals aren't served on amateur night. People who pay $1.05 for entertainment would be more likely to just drink beer, or bring some snacks in their pockets. The amateur performers didn't have to pay the buck and five cents. That was our only perk.