Comments on: Um, yeah http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:23:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: alank http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268262 alank Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:29:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268262 <p>This from Stark <a href="http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7F24.html" rel="nofollow">Raving Dad</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The John 3:16 man is Rockin’ Rollen Stewart, “a born-again Christian whose<br /> mission in life is to get his signs (and his mug) on national TV as often as possible, the better to spread the word of the Lord. Only in America.”<br /> (according to `More of the Straight Dope’, by Cecil Adams.)</p> <p>The article goes on to explain that before he was born again, in 1980, his<br /> main interest was being “the most famous person in the world no one knows<br /> about.” For years he was the guy seen on telecasts of golf tournaments (of all things — Ed.) with the multicolored Afro wig. This earned him the<br /> nickname of `Rainbow Man’.</p></blockquote> This from Stark Raving Dad:

The John 3:16 man is Rockin’ Rollen Stewart, “a born-again Christian whose
mission in life is to get his signs (and his mug) on national TV as often as possible, the better to spread the word of the Lord. Only in America.”
(according to `More of the Straight Dope’, by Cecil Adams.)

The article goes on to explain that before he was born again, in 1980, his
main interest was being “the most famous person in the world no one knows
about.” For years he was the guy seen on telecasts of golf tournaments (of all things — Ed.) with the multicolored Afro wig. This earned him the
nickname of `Rainbow Man’.

]]> By: Raven http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268250 Raven Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:11:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268250 <p>The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 is a look at the rise and fall of (Rock N) Rollen Stewart, also known as the Rainbow Man. The film begins with some brief biographical information on Stewart, from his humble beginnings in various jobs as well as his personal relationships as he grew up. </p> <p>Stewart was just another nobody until he started to get national attention on television when he started to dress in bad leisure suits and/or loin clothes and a rainbow afro wig at various basketball and football games around the country.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/Reviews/Q-T/rainbow_man.html" rel="nofollow">Movie review</a></p> The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 is a look at the rise and fall of (Rock N) Rollen Stewart, also known as the Rainbow Man. The film begins with some brief biographical information on Stewart, from his humble beginnings in various jobs as well as his personal relationships as he grew up.

Stewart was just another nobody until he started to get national attention on television when he started to dress in bad leisure suits and/or loin clothes and a rainbow afro wig at various basketball and football games around the country.

Movie review

]]> By: alank http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268245 alank Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:05:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268245 <p>There’s a group of biblenuts who dedicate their lives to holding up banners that say John 3:16 at sporting events, or on The Simpsons (Michael Jackson and John Elway episodes, e.g.). It’s actually a Lennon/McCartney tune that never got published.</p> There’s a group of biblenuts who dedicate their lives to holding up banners that say John 3:16 at sporting events, or on The Simpsons (Michael Jackson and John Elway episodes, e.g.). It’s actually a Lennon/McCartney tune that never got published.

]]> By: Raven http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268222 Raven Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:31:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268222 <p>So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald. striking. So, I’m on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevice, right at the base of this glacier. And do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga gunga - gunga galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he’s gonna stiff me. And I say, “Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.” And he says, “<strong>Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.” So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.<br /> </strong></p> So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald. striking. So, I’m on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one – big hitter, the Lama – long, into a ten-thousand foot crevice, right at the base of this glacier. And do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga gunga – gunga galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he’s gonna stiff me. And I say, “Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.” And he says, “Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.” So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.

]]> By: Loo Hoo. http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268200 Loo Hoo. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:21:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268200 <p>Thanks. Everlasting life.</p> Thanks. Everlasting life.

]]> By: Loo Hoo. http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268199 Loo Hoo. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:20:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268199 <p>Looks like <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/" rel="nofollow">Gore</a> won’t be doing any endorsing.</p> Looks like Gore won’t be doing any endorsing.

]]> By: Bobzim http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268196 Bobzim Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:15:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268196 <p>“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.”</p> “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.”

]]> By: twolf1 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268195 twolf1 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:15:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268195 <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_3:16" rel="nofollow">John 3:16</a></p> John 3:16

]]> By: Loo Hoo. http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268194 Loo Hoo. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:11:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268194 <p>What’s John 3:16? Just the short version, please.</p> What’s John 3:16? Just the short version, please.

]]> By: Raven http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268187 Raven Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:06:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/um-yeah/#comment-1268187 <p>you were looking for Fire and Brimstone Dog Lake, dog.</p> you were looking for Fire and Brimstone Dog Lake, dog.

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