who is your favorite Televangelist?

[mopaul]

i always enjoy sunday mornings, surfing through all the televangelists and live broadcasts of church services. the churches are so huge!, and the televangelists have such great hair! notice how they all have to have a very bold, biblical coiffe? no one has finer hair than televangelists...except clint eastwood. he has great hair.

i love the crystal cathedral with robert schuller. that guy is really poltergeist creepy, and i hear a first class jerk in real life.

and ya gotta love benny hinn, my mom's fave. saw a recent expose of him, what a snake that guy is. he claims to heal the infirmed, touches them and they fall flat and are healed. he once took a little old lady's last 5 dollars as a contribution and bragged about it. her last 5 bucks and she gave it to me.

and the female version, joyce meyers. what a bull! she storms up and down the stage like general patton and cracks jokes and dresses like a hostess from hell. she is so severe...i have fantasies about her making me do things i don't want to do and touching me in inappropriate ways. hubba hubba!

oh and robert tillotsen, who could leave him out? he's one of the most blatant about asking for money. give and you shall receive is his number one message from the good book. if you send him money, he will pray for you and soon, you will be blessed back with great wealth. he's been getting away with this hoax for decades. so many sad people out there who are really in pain and who really think he is righteous and serious.

any others that strike you as entertaining?

[FreeperSlayer]

1. W.V. Grant

Not sure if he's still on....he healed more people than Ernest Aignley ever dreamt of doin'.

[mrbill]

2. robert tilton is very entertaining

benny hinn healed a dead guy once.

[mopaul]

5. yeah, tilton...thanks

for comedy, it's hard to beat benny hill, or benny hinn. benny hill healed with laughter, benny hinn heals no one. my poor sucker of a mother sends him money all the time and thinks he may be the messiah. ...sigh-a

[The Zanti Regent]

15. I love those Tilton Farting VIdeos

Look at

http://www.ammodumpradio.com/tilton.asp

There is just something about Tilton and those perfectly-queued farts that make me laugh!

[Skittles]

18. LOL

when he speaks in tongues or whatever nonsense he launches into.................HA HA, HA HA HA HA.

[rooboy]

3. Creflo A Dollar Jr... even if only for the name... n/t

[TNDemo]

4. I miss Ernest Angley.

Come out ye foul nicotine demon!

[peekaloo]

7. still around

I swear he's still wearing the same rug from the '70's.

BAY-BEE!

[BlueJazz]

39. LOL!

My friends and I used to actually get up early on Sunday morning to
watch Earnest....he was a Riot!

(Clicks fingers on both side of "Healed Person" ) BAAA-BEEE!

[glarius]

6. Whatever happened to Jim Wittington (spell.)?.....He was a barrel of fun!

:)

[booksenkatz]

8. W.V. Grant or Gene Scott

I only am able to catch Gene when I'm down in Texas, but that man is certifiable. He's mesmerizing. His dry-erase boards are covered in scribbles. I remember one night he sat and smoked his cigars and made his quartet sing this one song over and over and over again and said they'd continue singing it until X amount of dollars had been raised via telephone calls. I don't know whether Gene is a genius or if he's insane, but he's a blast to watch.

I never watched W.V., but my dh and I used to listen to him all the time on the radio and laugh our asses off. One night his mom was giving us samples of her songs from her latest LP.

Also, does Dolly Harrell still preach down there out of Palatka, Florida? She was utterly, utterly priceless to watch. We'd actually get our agnostic butts out of bed every Sunday morning just to watch her. At our home, we particularly enjoy the speaking in tongues from Dolly and also from Bob Tilton.

Another fun one to listen to on the radio was Captain Paul on the "Ordinary People's Program" in Ft. Worth, TX in the early 1980s.

For a non-religious household, we've got a list of our favorites a mile long, LOL!

[Zorro]

27. Gene Scott is in a class by himself

He's the most interesting to watch, simply because he's unique/most eccentric amongst the rest of the televangelist crowd.

Whether sitting around smoking cigars, scribbling on his whiteboard about how the length of the Great Chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza correlates to the crucifixion, or talking about his horses or some other off-the-wall topic, he's quite an unusual character. He actually seems to be someone I'd be interested in meeting, as opposed to the other repellent types.

[The Zanti Regent]

32. Please don't forget Reverend Ike!

Oh, that Pompadour was in a class by himself!

Is he still around?

[sandnsea]

42. I love his money scheme

Just send me 10% of your money in faith. Your faith is as important as the gift so you shouldn't question how the money is spent. Just send the money and trust me to do 'god's work'!

I swear that was the most original pitch I had ever heard in my life! That guy was a riot.

[soothsayer]

9. I LUV Joyce Meyers! "hostess from hell"--lol! (jack van impe too)

I tune in just to see what she's wearing (granted, it will almost always be with those clear high heels).

Did you ever see her gigantically tall husband? He TOWERS over her---she must be tiny in real life! Maybe 5 feet, and he's 6'5" or so.

Then my friend said Joyce was molested when she was little, and it creeped me out to think that she married someone who had the same proportional relationship as molester/child.

Anyway, I do like to watch her.

As for the Van Impes, Jack and his lovely wife host a show that looks like a news show but it's all about how current news is fulfilling revelation. Every show is a thrill ride about how the end of the world is coming nearer, and how the NWO is encroaching on things (ok, so I sort of believe THAT part).

[PunkinPi]

10. Jack & Rexella van Impe are a hoot.

Have you ever seen her singing? It's not enough that she reminds me off Nancy Reagan with that huge head and tiny body, but when she sings in front of fake scenary in an overly dramatic tone, I'm laughing for days.

[soothsayer]

35. She has that fantastic mannequin look...!

I just can't get enough of either of them. Great format for televangelism!

[ForrestGump]

11. Jesse DuPlantis

Runner up: TD Jakes

And quite a few others. The sheer entertainment value is high on some of these men.

Some, like these two dudes, even have something to say that I agree with now and then. Jesse's a pretty funny dude, and he rails a lot against church and even some of his fellow televangelists.

For the record, I've no religious affiliation and, indeed, am turned off by the fundamentalist stuff.

[JCMach1]

12. Sorry, but I miss Jim and Tammy

As a teenager I can remember watching in the mornings as I ate breakfast (pre-cable days in my part of the world) when it was the only channel broadcasting.

:angel:

[nuxvomica]

16. My gosh, you just reminded me

I would watch them in the morning after working the night shift. How did I stand it?

[Rhiannon12866]

41. Read my post, #40

It seems as if we were like-minded!:D

[Cush]

13. the one fom the DAILY SHOW

anyone remember the GOD TALK segment with Joe Bob Briggs?

Well there was this one guy who was always like, "Well yeah it sucks, but you know what? My life sucked too!"

...can't think of his name

[madrchsod]

14. steve martin travelled with

benny hinn before they shot "leap of faith". the music was amazing but it recieved no mention in the gospel recording community..i wonder why.... my fave was jimmy-i like ugly hookers-swaggert and second has to be jim and tammy baker.

[mitchum]

17. Blast from the past: Leroy Jenkins

[RebelOne]

19. Whenever I want a good laugh

I tune in to one of those religious kook's shows.

[MisterP]

20. two words: Jan Crouch

--ouch--

[ForrestGump]

23. No! Please!

I'll have nightmares!

Makes Tammy Faye look tasteful (almost), and certainly intelligent....

And her husband is a charisma-challenged doofus. What good's a fundamentalist preacher who's lacking any hint of charisma or style? That's all they've got going for them after all.

Can I have an "amen"?

[MisterP]

28. Amen! AMEN! *croak* amen...

pancake makeup melting like blowtorched PVC, kneeling at the Rococo table, croaking like a frog. I drive past the Versailles-style TBN studio on the way to and from LAX.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

21. I'm not sure who this guy is...

But one really late night my brother and cousin were watching a televangelist who made a "blind person see" and a "crippled woman walk". You could call the 800 number to get a free (no i'm not kidding) packet of what they call "miracle water". My brother called up and we still haven't gotten our miracle water yet! Anyway that guy was the best televangelist... :D

[Cush]

22. lol

guess the post Postal Service decided to keep it and sell it on the black market

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

24. he called a 2nd time

and requested that "Miracle Water" team up with a large distributor like Pepsi or Coke so you could buy it in two liter bottles. Maybe they figured it out.

[JohnKleeb]

36. lol thats funny

Do they have their own corporation? Jesus'w own. Yeah maybe Coke or Pepsi found out. My favorite ones jeez do they have to be real?
I loved the one in Twisted Metal Black, he was convinced that he was doing the lord's work and the one in GTA Vice City is a riot. Of real ones I dont know.

[TNDemo]

25. If you really want revenge on someone

write these shows and ask for more information and mention you are considering making a significant donation. Sign the letter (typed would keep you from forgery) with their address and phone number. They will be inundated with phone calls and mail and their name will be sold to others to boot. I did this to one guy years ago with Ernest Angley. He was offering "blessed cloths". I requested one for (by) this guy and he about never got rid of them.

[TankLV]

26. This is a trick question, right?

They are all scum-sucking bottom feeders.

Praying on the fears and the insecurities of the poor and unintelligent.

[Dulcinea]

29. Who's the woman with lavender hair?

I used to watch her while drinking beer late at night. I swear she had her own channel on my old cable system! She was always on!

She's a total human freak show. Of course, they're all human freak shows!

[MisterP]

30. possibly Jan Crouch

search for--it

[arwalden]

45. Photo Of Jan Crouch --- WHAT A MESS!!

Seriously... She Needs Help.

[Bake]

31. I used to love Jimmy Swaggart!

He always had a COOKIN' band! He was about the only televangelist to have an endorsement deal with an instrument company, Kramer Guitars. And the boy could play that piano!

Once the sermon started, it was always entertaining. He'd start out in suit and tie, get warmed up, loosen the tie, get a little warmer, take off the jacket, then unbutton the shirt about two buttons down and the ladies in the front row would be SWOONING!

Can I get an "Amen?"!!!!!!

Bro. Bake

[SyracuseDemocrat]

33. Oh man,

this guy, I don't know his name, but he's always on at like 4 in the morning. He has this long, kinda curly brown hair and he's always speaking to this auditorium full of people, but I just don't know his name. I'd know it if heard it though, any ideas?

[MaverickX]

34. we have a local evangelist...

That's a total anthesis to the religious right. He's a huge advocate for the inner city, the disabled, and the poor.

[CO Liberal]

37. That's Like Asking for our Favorite Infectious Disease

They ALL suck big-time.............

[GoddessOfGuinness]

38. I agree...

I used to think they were kind of amusing until I realized that people actually take them seriously. They're about as amusing as ebola.

[sandnsea]

43. Exactly

I first realized how dangerous these people were when a friend of mine started telling me the 'news report' about the girl with the IUD in the head or whatever that story was. News report? It was a story she'd seen on CBN. She TRUSTED that as news!!!!! And now they're the same people who are trusting Fauxnews. Ugh.

[Rhiannon12866]

40. When I worked all night I would often come home and Jim Bakker

would be the only thing on. I hate televangelists, but didn't mind him, or Tammy Faye. They seemed, unlike the others, to be nice people. I would keep them on, just for company, while I finished the work I had brought home. Shows what I know.:shrug:

However, despite what we know now about them, I contend that they are better than the hatemongering Jerry Falwells and Pat Robertsons that are continuing to infect the airwaves.:grr:

[arwalden]

44. Gotta Be... TAMMY FAYE BAKKER (and Rober Tilton)

... that "speaking in Tongues" crap just kills me. Abedbadda kanopo julabida lakamano seemikata labonater.

-- Allen

[Hubert Flottz]

46. Pastor Rodd Flesh!

Of the 'Powerhouse Church Of The Blinding Light'!