Seriously, what does the "700" in the 700 Club stand for

[4_Legs_Good]

Not the one here at DU but the one on TV that promotes assassination (along with kidnapping)?

A co-worker wants to know.

david

[Chicago Democrat]

1. Their audience total number?

[Not_Giving_Up]

2. From Wikipedia

The number "700" comes from the Robertson's first televised telethon for his ministry. In it, he set a goal of 700 members paying $10 each a month, a number which would meet the industry's operating budget at the time. Robertson came to refer to these members as the '700 Club' and the name stuck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/700_Club

[nosmokes]

3. dollars.

f'real.

[musette_sf]

5. Yep.

You're basically signing up to give Pat $700 a year. "Can't you spare $2 a day to help spread the word of Jeebus?"

I guess "The 712 (And In Leap Years 714) Club" didn't do so well in the marketing tests.

[flamingyouth]

10. When it came on the air in 1966, that was a lot of money too.

I mean, it still is a lot, but wow, almost 40 years ago...:wow:

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Total IQ of their members...the more they sign up, the dumber they get.

[ContraBass Black]

6. Yes, one of my professors proposed a theory of

Conservation of Indelligence in class today.

[Parrcrow]

7. number of members needed to run the assassination station

[philosophie_en_rose]

8. The collective IQ of the club.

:shrug:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

9. The number of brain cells

left in that demented asshole's head.

[jmowreader]

11. The number of shots the Liquor Officer has before he goes on air

Yes, Pat Robertson will go down in history as the fundamentalist-in-charge of his unit's liquor cabinet during the Korean War.

[Lars39]

12. It was the first 700 members that gave X amount

to keep them on the air when they were going to fold from lack of funds.
I always picture 700 little gray haired ladies scraping up their last twenty or whatever. :(