Stomp a piss ant for Jesus

Televangelist Supreme

I just had to Google 'piss ant for Jesus' when I heard that Dr. Gene Scott had died because I will always remember this one particular airing when he went into this weird rant about "You're all piss-ants for Jesus!" and lo and behold, someone else seems to have been watching this exact same episode-- check out what they had to say:

One night (early 90's I think) we saw Dr. Scott! He had a satellite uplink. He had changed.

Long hair, band around his head, beard, smoking a fat cigar. He'd bought a rundown old hotel and had plans to turn it onto a 'cathedral.'

He just sat there demanding money. No pretence of a sermon. Nothing about redemption, doing good works. Just give Gene Scott money. Reminded me of the urban legend about the classified that said only "Send $5.00."

But he'd made several quantum leaps since the early days. Mostly he smoked his cigar, made odd remarks and told people they'd better call in their pledge now. Kind of like a PBS pledge break run by a psychotic. When he got tired of talking he'd play his saxophone. Or show movies of his racehorses in Tennessee.

But the peak was when he sang Stomp a Piss ant for Jesus.

That was all the mention Jesus got. I decided he had to be an atheist who was playing the biggest practical joke on the gullible imaginable. I see he has a web site now. Looks like he may have cut his hair and taken to wearing a tux. I learned that he earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford.

Since he mentions his transponder he's still being seen via satellite somewhere. Hope you get to see his powerful witness to gullibility. Few moments of television can be as cheering. Sort of the Chuck Barris of televangelism.

Lots more info on Dr. Gene Scott can be found over at The Blind Spot