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Peter Popoff is back

jh said:
She was a stripper at one time, before meeting Gene.
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Why am I'm not surprised by this?


As for the other fraud shows, I'm surprised no one has tried to kill Pat Robertson the way he keeps shooting off his mouth.

Meanwhile here in the Hartford-New Haven market MY TV 59 has dumped the fraud known as Benny Hinn. It was airing at 1030AM Monday-Friday and has been replaced by Infomercials.

I've seen Pastor Gene Scott's show on WHPX Channel 26 every night at 12AM. Is it just on Channel 26 or is it on every "i" network affiliate?


In Hartford they just can't find a station to keep Pastor Scott's minsties on. Back in the 70s and 80s he owned/programmed WHCT Channel 18. He was being investigated and the station was put up for sale around 1984. Early this century he was on 24/7 on WHCT-LP Channel 38, a low-power station with no studios and no cable carriage. All that WHCT-LP is, is a tower attached to the WCCC-FM tower on AVON Mountain in West Hartford with a satelitte reciever that now brings the Azteca America Programming to the Hartford area. After he got bounced from WHCT-LP, he ended up on FOX 61 Sunday Mornings at 10AM. This ended in late 2006 and he's now on every night at Midnight on WHPX Channel 26.
 
anoldguy said:
I can't remember what channel I saw it on, but didn't I see what remains of Dr. Gene Scotts show the other night? There was an attractive young woman in a clerical collar going on about something that didn't make any sense at all- just like Gene Scott. I never could figure out what he was talking about.
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I'm not convinced that Gene Scott actually knew what he was talking about. I think he just took any random metaphysical wackiness he could find and tossed in the occasional reference to Jesus so people would remember he was Christian.

That said, he really didn't promise anything more than wacky entertainment. He didn't "heal" people. He didn't tell people that their donations would somehow magically multiply and be returned to them. Heck, he barely talked about salvation, the enormous sign on his church notwithstanding. All in all, he's one of the more respectable figures in the history of televangelism (which is about like saying someone was one of the raunchiest shock jocks of easy listening radio).
 
I believe that Scott's show is on the i network feed, which is what my local cable system carries. I was flipping across the dial Friday night and there was a rerun of Scott himself on, although I've seen his wife as well.

I can't believe that i has stooped as low as to have his show on. It used to be that late Friday and Saturday nights on Pax were filled with youth oriented Christian music shows, and I wish they would get back to that. This is worse than infomercials. But then I guess any dollar a holler preachers on i would qualify as infomercials. :-\
 
I would like to see a behind-the-scenes story on the mailing productions of some of these ministries. I mean, it is a major mailing operation.....

As for Disclaimers..... I think the TV stations and Networks should be airing them before and after all of the Pharmaceutial adds. When something that's supposed to help you, kills you.... I'd call that a kind of a scam . . . :p
 
anotherguy said:
It used to be that late Friday and Saturday nights on Pax were filled with youth oriented Christian music shows, and I wish they would get back to that.
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PRAYZE-TV. I remember that. I believe they (like "Z", the other Christian Music Video Channel) went belly up. They were owned by The Worship Network, which PAX used to air overnights.
 
anotherguy said:
I believe that Scott's show is on the i network feed, which is what my local cable system carries. I was flipping across the dial Friday night and there was a rerun of Scott himself on, although I've seen his wife as well.
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Doesn't "i" usually carry another religious program, "Live Prayer", at that time?
 
Robert Tilton

R.D.P. said:
I believe you're speaking of Robert Tilton. He's the one that does Success-N-Life. I detest this man. All he does is put money to his face and then says a prayer.

Never mind the fact, he'll read from the letters he gets and then throws them away, while he's pocketing the money that he might get in some of them.

Far as I'm concerned, he's a fraud. I would advise you to stay away from him and don't fall for any of his evil tricks.

All he wants is your money.
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I saw this Tilton guy this morning on BET hawking a "miracle cake".

Aren't these networks afraid of legal liability?
 
That's nothing. We get, at least, seven hours of Dr. Arnold Murray and Shepherd's Chapel TV network on Men's 2 Channel. (From about 2 A.M. till 9 A.M. C.S.T. Monday-Friday) This is a speciality channel, that is carried on Dish Network, on channel 219. His sermons are a hoot to watch, when I even bother to check them out.

Speaking of Dr. Scott. Men's 1 Channel was broadcasting her sermons, at Midnight, for a long time.

Her program is nothing but babbling. She comes off as a joke to me. I detest her presentation and views.

She's now on The "I" Network, as I'm posting this.

R.D.P. <><
 
...in the late '80s, Dr. Gene Scott was a brilliant entertainer to watch. Even when he'd throw a tantrum and leave his set, with the camera fixed on the empty chair. You'd tune to a different station, but there was always the temptation to tune back to see if he was over the tantrum -- and when you did tune back after about 45 minutes, damned if the chair was still there, empty. But when he felt like playing it straight and teaching his theology, he could be remarkably personable and a fascinating orator. Kinda like an alloy of Bishop Sheen, Arthur Godfrey, Andy Kaufman and the WPIX Yule Log Film ;-) ...
 
R.D.P. said:
That's nothing. We get, at least, seven hours of Dr. Arnold Murray and Shepherd's Chapel TV network on Men's 2 Channel. (From about 2 A.M. till 9 A.M. C.S.T. Monday-Friday) This is a speciality channel, that is carried on Dish Network, on channel 219. His sermons are a hoot to watch, when I even bother to check them out.

Speaking of Dr. Scott. Men's 1 Channel was broadcasting her sermons, at Midnight, for a long time.

Her program is nothing but babbling. She comes off as a joke to me. I detest her presentation and views.

She's now on The "I" Network, as I'm posting this.

R.D.P. <><

Melissa Scott just doesn't have the chops necessary to replace her husband. Old Gene was an extremely intelligent individual and a consummate showman. She, well, isn't. She's the Gabriel Melgar of televangelism.
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Television Ministries

During Wednesday Evening, i have read a number of responses regarding
"Television Ministries" that air on many cable networks and local TV stations.
Many of those on today rely on viewers to keep their programs going, and
yes, it cost money to be on television, but as a "born-again" christian, i
believe if you are going support anyone, do it through the church you attend,
at least you know where it's going, God's word should never come with a
price tag, it's free for those who want to learn what the bible says and how
we should apply it to our lives each day.
 
johnnya2k6 said:
I would like to remind you that "Inside Edition" last week ran a new piece on Popoff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1oGsg4Qno4

Oh, and that "sacred dead sea salt" that comes with the "miracle spring water"? Nothing but a packet of generic salt (though there is actual dead sea salt, but not edible)!

Jonathan Allen
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Coming soon: Holy Pepper and Thrice Blessed Garlic. Collect the whole sanctified spice rack!
 
I've heard Peter Popoff's radio show..I don't know if he still has one or not. Once he was running a continuous loop of a "prophecy" than ran about 5 minutes and repeated. All I remember was "and I saw the great United States, in the east, New York, in the south New Orleans, in the West, Los Angeles..and I saw the great statue of liberty and the torch was removed from its hand and in its place, a cup". Don't know what the heck that was supposed to mean. And yeah, Robert Tilton is still on with his trophy wife getting people to send in their last dime to recieve a "financial blessing". I guess Ernest Angley is still around. How about some of these blasts from the past..Cecil Todd (the anti-gay crusade with Anita Bryant that pretty much ended her career). Reverend Ike anyone?
 
gr8oldies said:
I've heard Peter Popoff's radio show..I don't know if he still has one or not. Once he was running a continuous loop of a "prophecy" than ran about 5 minutes and repeated. All I remember was "and I saw the great United States, in the east, New York, in the south New Orleans, in the West, Los Angeles..and I saw the great statue of liberty and the torch was removed from its hand and in its place, a cup". Don't know what the heck that was supposed to mean. And yeah, Robert Tilton is still on with his trophy wife getting people to send in their last dime to recieve a "financial blessing". I guess Ernest Angley is still around. How about some of these blasts from the past..Cecil Todd (the anti-gay crusade with Anita Bryant that pretty much ended her career). Reverend Ike anyone?
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Ernest Angley is not only still around, he owns Cleveland's CW(formerly WB) affiliate, WBNX 55.
 
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