Jan Crouch, Televangelist With Very Interesting Hair, Has Died

I mocked televangelist Jan Crouch for her, um,
amazing hair and makeup, but to me she
was also a tragic figure. She died recently at age 78. 

The subject of what is so far, mystifyingly the most popular post in the history of this here blog thingy has died.

Jan Crouch was the subject of my February, 2012 post: "The Televangelist With The, Um, Amazing Hair," in which I contemplated the remarkable structure, if you can call it that, of her hair and wigs.

We learned this morning that Crouch died of a massive stroke at the age of 78.  

I guess it's a requirement that female televangelists have elaborate makeup and hair. Crouch's makeup, by the way, was as amazing as her hair.

Another requirement in third rate cable televangelism TV, Crouch became mired in infighting, lawsuits and allegations of criminal activity.

Crouch was the co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting, which pushed what is to me a very scammy sort of televangelism. Basically: Give all your money to me, and God will then reward you with material riches.

Though I'm not a Bible expert, I don't think that's the gist of the Holy Book, but what do I know?

I know it's mean of me to kick round Jan Crouch when she's just passed away.  It's true I didn't respect her.

However, I felt a bit sorry for her when I wrote that post about her hair in 2012 and I feel sorry for her now.

She seemed obsessed with gaudy, showy moneyed ickiness. I wonder if she was at all spiritual, and in her quest for money, did she miss out on what really matters in life.

At the end, she was estranged from much of her family, due to the infighting. Her grandchildren wrote pleading messages to her, saying that they loved her, but the grandchildren were kept away from her, due to the fighting and lawsuits about all the money the "ministry" raked in.

Jan Crouch's wigs were certainly works of art, of sorts. The artful beauty of love and compassion and just experience life as a human being seemed to elude her.

Which makes this subject of my mockery also a tragic cautionary tale.

A Televangelist Fraudster Dance Mix For Your Sunday Spirituality

This Sunday, do the Hoo Ba Ba Kanda with
televangelist/scammer Robert Tilton!  

It's Sunday!

Time to get some gospel, some spiritual nourishment, and get closer to God.

For most Christians, that means going to church, hearing from a kindly and holy priest or preacher and learning ways to live the good life and be a good person.

For an unlucky few, there's televangelist scammers like Robert Tilton, a so-called "prosperity preacher" who convinces the gullible to send him lots of money and that will in turn make them rich because God will smile on them and shower them with money.

Yeah, I know, I don't get that either, but what do I know?

Of course Tilton has been in trouble repeatedly for his scams, but he always seems to manage to rebuild his scamming operations and rake in more dough from true believers who really ought to be believing through perhaps a more traditional church.

One that gives them spiritual guidance, not one that rakes them over the financial coals.

But if you can't stop Tilton, at least you can ridicule him.

That happened over the summer, when John Oliver hilariously skewered him on HBO's "Last Week Tonight"  in which Oliver set up a new church, Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption, to "test the legal and financial limits ofwhat religious entities are able to do."

Now we have some a new video which is awesome. Somebody named Pogo who is really music producer and remix artist Nick Bertke, tortured himsef with clips of Tilton for hours and came up with this hilarious dance track of Tilton and his antics.

Hat tip to Boingboing for giving this to us this for our Sunday supplication. Soon, everyone will be doing the Hoo Ba Ba Kanda!