Does anyone remember Dr. Eugene Scott...

mcctatas

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:06 PM
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Does anyone remember Dr. Eugene Scott...

he was this batshit crazy televangelist that was on in the late 80's at bar time...

he used to play this song, Kill a Pissant for Jesus:

Kill a pissant for Jesus
Grind them right through the floor!
Kill a pissant for Jesus
And then kill one pissant more!
Be sure to give God the glory
For knowledge that sets spirits free!
And kill a pissant for Jesus
Then kill a pissant for me!

:crazy:

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Gold Metal Flake

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:16 PM
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1. In later years he used to show vids of women dancing seductively.

That was a strange, strange thing to see. His widow keeps on with the preaching and is a stone babe.

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redqueen

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Wed Apr-14-10 03:22 PM
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14. Dang, I thought that was his daughter...

40 years younger... wow.

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RagAss

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:25 PM
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2. Yup...We'd get stoned and watch him in college...but it was the late 70's for us...

He was funny enough back then, but it looks like he got even more insane by the 80's.

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DainBramaged

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:33 PM
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3. Yup, I'd sit up late night in the 80's and watch him on the cable TeeVee, he was great

and I am very sorry to all offended, but compared to many of my current Christian brethren on our right, He was right.

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Captain Hilts

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:52 PM
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6. Me too! Robin Williams did a great imitation of him on SNL. nt

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DainBramaged

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Wed Apr-14-10 07:54 AM
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8. He'd sit in this big ole chair and start reading from books of the Bible I never heard of

and I'd just toke another one and laugh my ass off..............

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underpants

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:45 PM
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4. My brother used to love watching him

rambling hours of TV

My brother was, and is, and alcoholic. This was back in the day when "talk radio" was actually that-talking, not screaming at you.

What a different world.

Dr. Scott seems lucid in the world we live in now. AND he looks remarkably like Tom Petty.

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Captain Hilts

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:51 PM
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5. Hell yeah, and that crazy/bad music. "I want to sue the crap outta people who defame me!" nt

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Captain Hilts

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:54 PM
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7. Here's what Youtube has on him:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_playlists&search_query=Dr.+Gene+Scott&uni=1

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DainBramaged

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Wed Apr-14-10 07:58 AM
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9. And this one made me cry so hard from laughing I hurt myself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI-7UMzMc5k

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peekaloo

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Wed Apr-14-10 08:35 AM
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10. I stumbled upon his show late one night and was convinced it was

a late night comedy show.

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Captain Hilts

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Wed Apr-14-10 09:00 AM
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12. Me too! nt

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Wed Apr-14-10 08:51 AM
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11. Crooks & Liars posted this just the other day:

Too funny
By John Amato Tuesday Apr 13, 2010 7:00am

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/too-funny

Digby makes an excellent connection between Glenn Beck and Dr. Gene Scott. If you haven't seen Scott's broadcasts before, check out her post, it's a very bizarre experience. He's no longer with us, but when he was alive he would go into these religious rants for a while that included black boards and whatnot and then your TV suddenly cuts to hot young girls riding around on horses with a telephone number scrolled across your screen to send in money.

I'm waiting for Beck to run a donation scroll on his broadcast. Yes, I know he pushes gold all the time, so it wouldn't shock me if he eventually does it.

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tonysam

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Wed Apr-14-10 03:18 PM
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13. I used to watch him often. He passed away in 2005.

Edited on Wed Apr-14-10 03:19 PM by tonysam

He was unusual among the televangelists in that he had an earned doctorate (Ph.D. from Stanford University, 1957).

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Deep13

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Wed Apr-14-10 03:27 PM
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15. Did someone kill him for Jesus?

:shrug:

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KamaAina

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Wed Apr-14-10 03:38 PM
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16. Ah, those were the days

the FCC actually pulled his licenses, in SF, San Bernardino, Hartford and elsewhere. (Yes, he had several entire stations of his own. :scared: ) Imagine what one of his successors would have to do now to make that happen. :eyes:

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Wapsie B

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Wed Apr-14-10 03:49 PM
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17. Oh yeah I remember him. What a grade-A nut!

I used to watch his show occasionally and sat there amazed someone so crazy could be on tv. Maybe if I'd have been drunk his rantings would make more sense but somehow I don't think so.

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mitchum

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Wed Apr-14-10 03:52 PM
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18. "God's Angry Man" according to Werner Herzog

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AlienGirl

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Wed Apr-14-10 04:06 PM
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19. I remember him! Always quality craziness late at night

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