Pat Robertson in the Late 1970s - What a Loon!

Hey, this twit wasn't a New Yorker, although he did briefly pastor a church in Bed Stuy. But Pat Robertson's TV show "The 700 Club" was broadcast in our town every weekday. It showed Marion Gordon Robertson at his wacky best. And to think that this psycho has the President's ear!

Robertson's show was something like a religious "Tonight Show." His theme music even sounded like that of Johnny Carson's program. Most of the stuff was pretty mundane.

BUT - there were the times that God talked to Pat while he was on the air. Every show would feature a section in which Robertson prayed for people who had sent in their needs - often serious medical conditions. At some point, Robertson would get what he called a "Word of Knowledge."

"Right now, somebody's being cured of cancer. The Lord's healing a headache..."

Of course, in most areas the "700 Club" was broadcast from videotape, at different times in different markets. So, not only was Pat gifted with the power to know that people were healed, but he could do it into the future.

Folks, as I have said in my other blog, NYC is a cynical town, and we have little patience for self-righteous Holy Joes. It's hard for us to believe, but there are sections of our country where guys like this are taken seriously! Hey, maybe the yokels are right. We do think we're smarter than a lot of other people. Because we are!