The Pastor, The Playmate, and The Christian Pimp | Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker Documentary
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In the neon-lit era of the 1980’s, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were Christian royalty and the dazzling stars of American televangelism. They beamed a message of faith and prosperity into millions of living rooms every night. They promised their viewers heavenly rewards and earthly riches if they would just donate to them; and they donated in mass... Together, Jim and Tammy Faye built an empire of $240 million a year… They purchased three homes, owned multiple cars and limos, spent $2,000 a month on electricity to heat their swimming pools, and even built a giant Christian theme park to rival Disney. But their life of excess was destined for destruction when a series of financial misdeeds and personal transgressions dramatically unraveled on the same screens that had cast them into the spotlight… Scandals involving a young babysitter, embezzlement, a Christian pimp, and so much more. This is a story of lust, crime, money, and pimpin’ for Jesus… This is the story of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and the fall of their televangelism empire.
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That 900 line TV ad took me back. They were always weird.
Garbage ad channel. Goodbye.
@@JonnyKnowzNeither did I. When I went to check why, my 🔔 was not on “ALL” and I have had this happen now on 2 other of my favorite channels (channels I watch religiously…pun intended). Gosh knows how many of my others are messed up. That’s a fail, #RUclips.
so glad to have a new video from you:)
The interview by Tammy where she speaks to the gay pastor going through treatment for AIDS is incredibly beautiful and heart-opening. I don’t agree with most of what these people do. But her decision to put a spotlight on people with AIDS & to beseech her community to care for them, hug them, support them? I have to give credit where it’s due. Thank you for sharing this!
I'll admit that it's one of the most decent things Tammy Faye has done especially considering how prevalent the AIDS scare was back then.
Not religious at all but that Interview made me cry.
I’m so surprised she showed that gay pastor compassion. I wish most Christian’s were that compassionate towards lgbtq people.
@@arentan5844do you guys think it makes sense for a gay person to be a pastor? I’m lgbtq and I used to identify as Christian and got a lot of criticism by Christian’s for it
She did NOT put a "spotlight" on AIDS, I assure you. That is absolutely RIDICULOUS.
Can’t stand prosperity gospel… it implies that poor Christians aren’t believing the right way. It’s sickening.
The prosperity gospel is false doctrine.
Yes it’s the worst! It’s frustrating to watch people continually give $ to these scammers. Putting your faith in Jesus and going directly to him is free! 😉
The LOVE of money is the root of all evil.
@@justagirllookingupJesus was POOR and never called people to chase money.
Lazereth went to heaven and the rich man went to hell.
It's NOT wrong to be rich, it IS wrong to be greedy.
@@mightymouse1005 exactly
My grandmother fell for their brainwashing and sent them money all the time that she couldn't afford. She did without for them
Not bringing up her eyeliner in the intro is a huge disservice to Tammy's legacy 😂
Mascara
@@Marcycat7😂😂 eyeshadow, eyeliner and eyeshadow ALL smashed and “shadowing” all mixed together.
I remember back many years ago a joke Johnny Carson told about a natural disaster involving an oil spill off the California coast. Then the government officials realized it was just Tammy Faye in swimming! Revlon and other cosmetic companies had to just LOVE her!
Tammy was kind, open, and non-judgmental towards the gay and HIV-positive/AIDS communities. This was practically unheard of among conservative Christians in the 80s.
That's fine , but she was still a grifter.
Still unheard of tv evangilists today speak of hating gays and bragging about how rich they are
Just another hypocrite wanting your money. You fell for this huge scam obviously.
I just learned this today. It's a shame their wrong doing eclipsed her approach to the guy community. 😯
Yeah, their money was green too
Jim choking down his doomsday bucket-soup was probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen
I was just thinking the same thing. "It's so good! I can't stop eating it! "
Jim choked on his doomsday soup like I chocked on this story
Like watching a pig at a trough
So much fakery going on in that evangelical community, and that's just another example, indeed.
with that plastic bucket set up from wal-mart's summer collection in the back 🤦🏽♀️
I had no idea that she did that with the AIDS pandemic and I’m so glad to have seen this. It actually brought my sarcastic ass to tears.
Thank you so much for sharing this. You are so sweet and it means a lot to me because I worked at PTL and was a closeted gay young man at the time. I love that Tammy embraced my gay community. I am 66 years old now living happily in the gay community along with many many wonderful understanding and accepting straight, friends and family as well. I do miss Tammy terribly the last time I saw her years ago she surprised me with a kiss on my cheek. She told me it was wonderful to see me again.
I will never forget that moment. ❤️
@@andydogdixon1 Your comment touched me, kind internet stranger. And I wish you many more years full of all of the love, joy, inspiration and happiness that you deserve. ❤️
I feel like that interview with the gay pastor with aids literally saved lives
Doing one good thing doesn't right a thousand wrongs but then again, I would be doing exactly what others do and go against the very teachings of my faith if I didnt believe in redemption so... I do have to give credit to Tammy for being an open minded person towards LGBT members and AIDS during a time where people of her own faith considered the illness as a deserved punishment for their "way of life". What she and her husband did was wrong in so many ways BUT that is a big redeeming quality, granted against a big list of bad ones but still
I remember being a HUNGRY kid with 4 siblings and my mom watching these people and sending money for "blessings " the Bakers promised as her kids remained hungry.
My lady friend still sends money and all she talks about is being broke.
So sorry you went through that
🤣I was wondering,when the comment about on their dog having it own air conditioner dog house it going to coming up.
😂That where Donald Trump learned the term Fake News came from Jim Bakker.
@@Chu3505 was that Jan with TBN?
The amount of wealth acquired by mega churches off the backs of poor struggling people is nothing short of obscene.
It doesn't escape GOD'S eye's. Hopefully all --- REPENT AND FOLLOW JESUS ❤
At some stage people need to stop being stupid.... Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
People seriously get scammed because they want to be scammed.
No one is forced to give anything
2 Peter 2:1-6 KJV
[1] But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. [2] And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. [3] And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. [4] For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; [5] and spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; [6] and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
[10] but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
[12] But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
Watch The Leap of Faith with Steve Martin and Debra Winger and see how thick the game gets.
As a seminary student I ministered to the widow of an Assemblies of God church planter. She was a very depressed, financially struggling fan of Jim and Tammy Baker, and had visited Heritage Village. She very much enjoyed her time there but it did not resolve what troubled her. To make a long story short, I came to suspect she had suffered sexual abuse as a child. I asked, she broke down in tears saying her father had molested her. She expressed anger and hatred of her father, said she ran away from home to marry the older minister to escape her situation. I believe the hidden and unresolved anger, shame, depression and feelings of guilt contributed to a suicide and prison for two of their three children. The good news for her was working through all that stuff and then taking it together to God in prayer seems to have released her from some of the pain; some weeks later a daughter I had never met came to see me, saying "Thank you for helping my mother. I have never seen her in such a good condition as she is now." My guess is the mother told the daughter about what had happened in her life. What if anything does this have to do with the Bakers? My suspicion is they provided at least a momentary escape from shame, guilt and/or spiritual boredom for a multitude of people whose inner needs were not met by "that old time religion" that so often punishes rather than comforts. The sad thing is the Bakers used Jesus as a covering for crass materialism (Prosperity Gospel) and at least in Jim's case, predatory sexual behavior. Although they acquired great wealth, they were "blind, poor and naked" when it comes to appreciating some of Jesus' teachings and example.
Did they preach about gluttony?
I think Jim was the most devious one in this sad, sad duo.
Probably, but then Tammy SURE enjoyed spending all that money, yes indeedy!
Why am I ugly crying during Tammy's interview with Steve? 😢 that was actually so beautiful.
Omg me too 😂
I ugly cried several times while editing it! Steve and Tammy were so precious together.
I cried too ❤️
It was so legitimately touching. I was choking up a little while listening in the car. Right in the feels
Same, I'm not religious but every single time I see something like that I cry. I think it's because I've only ever experienced vitriol from my own religious family members (they're Jehovah's Witnesses,) so seeing a religious leader especially back then being kind towards LGBT people hits me right in the feels.
Religious hypocrites are simply the worst.
Joel Osteen comes to mind. Living like a King!! I’m a Christian but I don’t really do organised religion. I don’t understand how these preachers don’t see the hypocrisy after reading the Bible. The Bible specifically talks about wealth like this and what a Christian should do. It’s not hoarding it all to yourself.
@@laikanbarthany religious leader that espouses "Christian values" & intentions of wealth makes my stomach churn. You know, the one's that are actually PROUD to flaunt their designer clothes/fancy cars/homes, ad infinitum....just say NO!
@@laikanbarth Fundies believe if have money you are blessed by God and the poor will get their reward in heaven. Not kidding that's how it goes, brought up with having to go to church and these fundies are horrid people.
@@saraw5942excuse me, but this is what comment sections are for...for people to express their views & experiences. You telling someone 'to can it' because they simply said what happened to them while growing up is unacceptable.
@@saraw5942 Are you serious? That MFer has his had out constantly. they found what? $400,000 in a wall in the church. You're just proving how far the religiously indoctrinated will go to further the lie.
"Creamy Potato Soup Bulk Bucket" is the most unappetizing series of words that I've ever heard put together into a single phrase.
Heartbreaking to see humans present Christ in such a way…it shamefully causes others to run from Him
FINALLY! Someone with a thoughtful comment! THANK YOU! All I see here, are sympathy comments, aimed at the corruption hat took place.🤔☹
I give Jessica Hahn a ton of credit for being brave enough to go on Donahue and Geraldo and speak out against powerful men like they were, and even answer questions from the audience… took a lot of courage!! 👏
Especially back then!
The affair was both their fault. I take neither side
@@FunnyImpala-jn6wkBitch, wtf is wrong with you
@@lishamarlar4597Victim blaming? How would you like if you got raped?
I’m so disgusted at how the church treated her. And on the show.. the men and women standing up asking questions that are essentially blaming her for her own r*pe. I don’t even have words for people that think this way. (Also BRAVO to the woman that said she’d be sick upon seeing Jim Baker, too)
Tammy’s display of empathy, bravery, love, and compassion throughout her interview with gay pastor/AIDS patient Steve Pieters is a perfect example of how true Christians should always act towards marginalized communities. ❤
Absolutely! I also believe the ground breaking interview was the catalyst to bring down the ministry. There were forces (Jerry Falwell, political/church leaders, etc.) as there so often is when people reach a level of notoriety as Jim and Tammy Faye did, waiting to burn the whole thing down.
Had Tammy not done the interview Jim's embezzlment would most certainly have continued on much longer. He definitely was not the only one with his hands in the till. He was just the fall guy.
I know! I grew up in the 80s and I hated Tammy Faye and Jim Baker, but seeing that clip of her showing compassion to an aids victim really shocked me and made me see her in a different light. It brought tears to my eyes -I had many gay friends in the 80s and had forgotten how taboo is was back then. It was heartwarming. ❤
Yeah. I didn't expect that from her.
It’s interesting I just saw a clip of London pride from a year ago, a few older Christian’s were reading the gospel and holding up a few signs in their small area, guarded by police. Those marginalised people, many hundreds of them were aggressive, disgustingly over sexualising themselves, basically behaving like a pack of wild beasts, one of them…..a male ripped a sign from an older ladies hands, they show no compassion, they show utter contempt for their elders that do not participate in the marginalised season long parades……love really isn’t love anyone who isn’t classed as marginalised is hated, if that’s marginalised, we have a serious problem.
@@seeyounexttuesday3716have you ever thought that maybe there's are reason gay people don't like the communities that have been murdering them for centuries?
One of the best t-shirts was “I ran into Tammy Faye at the mall” with a smudged and smeared makeup face in the front. 😂
My God, Tammy’s talk with Steve brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful, kind hearted lady 😢
They used God to make money.
Tammy is fake.
I like how you included long bits of video w/out commentary, highlighting the subtle differences between Jim & Tammy's performative behavior. Great work.
Yes, she does an excellent job of this! Such a refreshing RUclips channel
I can’t get over Jim selling food. He sounded like he was choking on that soup. Lol
Also, he tasted the soup using that ladle, and then put the ladle BACK INTO THE BUCKET! Chef Ramsey would've crucified him! LOL
Why are they eating it out of mop buckets?! I wouldn't even feed that slop to my pigs.
people rather believe lies - always have and always will, but only the Truth will set you free. Sunlight desinfects.
I can’t believe anyone would trust Jim Bakker again
I was so happy to learn that Reverend Pieters lived to age 70!
Where is his soul 😂
@@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142🌽🌽🌽
@@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142probably nowhere, that's all just made up lmao
@@StarlaBizarre YOu have a nice cat 😎
It made me SO happy, I loved that it was presented at the end of the video. Great pacing
The excuses song tho...😂😂💀
It’s a bop!
it was so good 😭😭😭
Omg I was horrified by how catchy it was. 😆🙈
I laughed so hard at that segment
Unironically a BOP.
That Interview broke my heart when Steve was saying all the things he had experienced 😞
Bob Probert was a former Detroit Red Wing who later went to prison. When he was in prison, he did an interview. The reporter asked Bob about him scoring 5 goals in one game playing prison hockey. Bob said, "Don't too read much into it because Jim Bakker was the goalie."
If that's not a joke I don't understand it's very interesting information
@Macee8Hearts Reporters were talking about a comeback for Probert. Five goals in one game is rare. He qualified that the goalie was weak.
Tammy Faye was no angel in being part of this money-making operation, but that amazing episode on AIDS and the gay community-in 1985!-has to earn her some serious grace. It's 40 years later and most Evangelicals STILL don't have that kind of compassion and loving stance toward gay people.
Some have no compassion towards anyone...
@@thirtynine3955That part! 🎉
Christians are not supposed to promote sin,or say it's OK. Some call it tough love , I call it sharing the TRUTH. ❤ Cor. 6 : 9 - 11
@@carlmorgan8452our command as Christians is to love each other..... so
@@carlmorgan8452 It is not sin to be the way God made you and to faithfully love someone. Paul didn't understand about gay people-how could he? He thought men were just randomly hooking up with men when they could have been with women. .
It’s shocking how they just bought all this opulence with donations & no one blinked an eye.
It still happens! People are happy to donate to preachers’ private jet funds even today.
It for sure still happens all the time today, tax exempt and all
It was little women like me that got sucked in as monthly givers....
Anything to get souls saved, so we thought
I know. It’s shows how brainwashed the people that followed them really were
Still happening!
In college, I waited on Tammy Faye. She was a tiny, sweet, gentle person.
Something should be finally done about this tax-exempt status for these "churches". Didn't even Christ say to give to Cesar what is Cesar's? They should be taxed like all the rest of us.
Dumb idea. You probably don't even realize the IR$ is a rogue org that no American voted for and paying taxes to the IRS is.....VOLUNTARY! What does our gov't do w/ our taxes that benefit us???
I'm sure Tammy had a role to play in the hustle, but its hard to be mad at her. She really did come off as genuine and bringing a gay reverend on her show was so meaningful and brave. I respect her for that. Jim can totally rot in hell though.
Yeah. This does change some of the thoughts I've had about her.
I wonder how much she knew about the finances. I mean she should have had an idea that they were taking up too much of the money with the houses, etc. Tammy being so supportive of the LGBTQ+ community was awesome to see.
@@sasamafrasswasn’t this during the time that she couldn’t even have her own account yet? I bet she probably just figured there’s money in the account and didn’t ask where it came from. Most women back then didn’t ever ask, just assumed it came from work and that was that
@@kaleanaking5292 that is a fair point but even if she didn't know exactly how much they had there had to be context clues that they were living a lavish lifestyle. Maybe she was blinded by the prosperity of the prosperity gospel 🤷
@@sasamafrass that’s very possible. I knew a pastor and wife like that. It’s why I stopped going to that church. She never questioned anything he said and if I remember right, he got in trouble for embezzling and she legit knew nothing
That interview that TAmmy did, was probably the most christian thing I've ever seen a tv-evangelist do.
1:29:54 I can’t stop laughing at him saying he’s gonna eat more of the soup and proceeds to choke it down 😂😂
The biggest laugh in this was when Tammy called Jessica "ugly." 😅
This brings back memories. My mom watched them, Jimmy Swaggart, and the 700 Club everyday. I talk about it all the time...to my psychologist. 🦋
🤣
😂😂😂
My mom does the same everyday. 1 reason why I can't go around it's horrible to grow up hearing that all day long.
@@user-ky9jj3dz6j I am not offended. Truly, I am not, nor do I *blame* my mom. Everyone is seeking for some kind of salvation from sonething or soneone. Many have suffered *worst* in their childhood. 🖤
What leslie shared isn't funny at all. Where is the empathy as she stated she shared with her Psychologist, which indicates how horrible that affected her. Please consider that before you let the enemy have you laugh via someone else's testimony. Peace be with us all 🙏. "Isa"
I lived and worked in Rochester, Minnesota at the same time Jim Bakker was incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center there. The office I worked at was on a large campus that shared a common, grassy yard with the Federal Medical Center. One morning, a co-worker yelled for all of us to run to the curved glass window at the opposite side of our round building. Here was Jim Bakker, barefoot and in pajamas, running through the grass, followed closely by two out-of-shape prison guards. One eventually caught up with him, and they fell in the wet morning grass. They walked back towards the prison building, Jim’s jammies covered in grass stains. It’s an image I’ll never forget.
What a story! I assume he was attempting an escape? 🤔
Holy crap what a scene to witness, regardless of the person.
@@delana2842Yes. He didn’t have a chance, but that was his intent.
@@RedVelvetRabbitNone of us who saw it will ever forget it.
That's hysterical!
I can't believe they treated a r*pe victim like that on tv. So horrible.
Osteen next please.
It's crazy how we can see time and time again how charismatic narcissistic psychopaths manage to control thousands of people, but the system still doubts individual victims of coercive abuse on the daily.
Something needs to change.
@@mc1069nope. People with the "herd mentality" select for narcissism. People that are free thinkers & highly individualistic and don't always seek the approval of others hardly ever fall for such crap that narcissists serve up.
@@user-mg6wn4hs5t yOU JUST DESCRIBED donnie trump, LOLOLOLOL. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT.
@@saraw5942actually, trump is a big-time malignant narcissist. I guess opinions & recollections may vary, but I don't see trump as a free thinker or individualistic.
Like Kenneth Copeland
@@lishamarlar4597Copeland will always be one of the absolute worst for me. He's insufferable.
The way they treated Jessica, all those interviews with people questioning her was disgusting. I feel for her and am glad Tammy apologized and befriended her. May she find peace
So people aren't allowed to question her? Everyone is supposed to just believe her word and her word alone. I don't know if I believe her either and I would be questioning her too
I got the idea that she was actually very professional handling it. Perhaps she was trained or it is her personality.
@@Naturefan354yo you're under every fuckin comment trying to lambast Jessica as if she's literally the devil.
She was a woman who was raped. So why can't you just accept that and move on?
@@melindaroop1346 Yes exactly! And I know all people are capable of lying especially when they have an agenda to. And I don't care if it's a man or woman, nobody automatically gets the benefit of the doubt. And so far her version sounds like b.s to me and makes me seriously question her credibility? I honestly think she willingly prostituted herself out to Jim Bakker but once her identity and s3xual indiscretion was made public she had to save face or ruin her reputation? So she concocted this whole r*pe story to make some money while keeping her reputation intact
@@melindaroop1346 Yes exactly I wrote a longer post but it disappeared. I definitely don't find her credible
I remember seeing Tammy Faye on a reality show with Vanilla Ice and Ron Jeremy years ago and they stood up for her and were friends with her till her passing.
When I, a millennial, tell YALL how long I've been waiting for this kinda RUclips video to pop up about TAMMY?!!!
Once again, you've outdone yourself. This is a very well-trodden story, but you've assembled it in such a compelling way that I couldn't help but devour the whole Bakker saga again. Kudos!
Amen!
I'm so glad that you included a portion of Tammy's interview with Steve. It's amazing to me how thoughtful and compassionate she is given the time the interview took place. May Tammy and Steve RIP
I love the way Jessica tore that friggin jack hole a new one. I'm going to go back and watch it again
It's hard to believe how many people fell for the scam.
An hour and 36 minutes…
We are so spoiled!
Awwwwh 😊
Yes!!! I love long videos!! 😍
The way Jessica was grilled by that studio audience made my jaw drop. Wtf.
I cannot understand or comprehend how so many millions of people were fooled into donating to these unabashedly lavish weirdos.
This is the best documentary I've ever seen on the Bakkers. You put in so much rare footage. I cannot imagine the hours you put into making it. It is really well done. Thank you. I personally think they were sincere in wanting to serve God and people when they were young. The wealth though became too much. Jim got out of prison & went right back to doing it all over again. People are silly to trust him now.
Jessica Hahn is incredibly strong. As a survivor, I cannot imagine having strangers ask me such ignorant questions on live TV - it's like the worst parts of a court case with none of the legal help. She maintained her composure when no one would be expected to and put up with so much public, shameless scrutiny of her trauma.
I think she played her cards very well actually. She wasn't that naive and that's why she "secretly" hired a lawyer to set up funds.
Lol she was a mistress 😂 y'all get her off that pedestal 😂😂😂
@@pettykittyfam she was a victim. what a disgusting thing to say about a rape survivor, to a rape survivor.
Yeah that was a heartless comment by that person. I'm so sorry some people are rude and heartless. @@kirikirikiri99
@@pettykittyfam You have no evidence for your claim. We may never know the whole truth but don't chastise others for their opinions when you have no valid counter-proof.
Sending someone on TV the deed to your house is next level. I simply cannot imagine that being anything other than delusion. No matter who it is.
I used to have pity for people that send money to these scumbags, but at this point especially decades later you kinda deserve it for being so gullible and stupid.
I went to a church where the Pastor's son requested that we do the same as they had bought almost all property surrounding the church and it needed to be paid off.
Narcissistic people are good at conning
Accepting someone's deed, let alone multitudes of deeds, ...through the mail is mind-boggling to moral people.
@kevindorland738 there truly are some evil people out there. It's mind boggling!
Watching Tammy and Steve's interview brought tears to my eyes, it doesn't take away from the ill she did and her greed but it was beautiful and so powerful. She clearly cared so much and so deeply for him and all others, she used her power and influence to do that IN THE 80s !!!! She's more open minded than most today, I'm a gay Jewish woman and admire her for that interview so much, in that sense we need more people like her today
I was went from my heart breaking for Jessica, to crying tears of joy that Rev. Stephens lived long and well, to laughing out of shock that Jim is selling doomsday food buckets. I am in so much shock.
This was a well packed documentary that kept me glued - thank you for a job well done
You're shedding tears for Jessica, meanwhile she's laughing all the way to the bank. Her act fooled you. The woman is a scam artist. Not a victim.
Jesus flipped over tables for this type of crap
Facts.
Amen! I am so sick of hearing about wealth from the church!
Lasting meal ticket
As we should
Girl I have ADHD and consequently it's very hard for me to sit and do one thing for more than 10 minutes but I have watched ALL of your documentaries and at the end was in awe at not only your ability to keep someone like me focused for long, but at how much of a fantastic storyteller you are! the way you mix facts with wit at the right time and your way of designing the storyline based on the timeline....all I can say is that if I could give you and your journalism a standing ovation,I wouldn't sit down for days! keep up the good work 👏👏👏👏👏💖🎀✨
Jesus never accumulated money
That's true, he didn't have a job, never donated his own money, didn't pay taxes, claimed to be God, told everyone else what to do with THEIR money... which is what the evangelicals do.
Private Pyle on Full Metal Jacket was right. We are in a world of shit. I'm glad I'm 70 and I won't have to go much longer
I grew up in the Charlotte area in the 70s/80s and my dad always joked that PTL stood for “Pass The Loot”. With that said Heritage USA was a fun place to visit as a kid, and they did a great light display for Christmas.
The sad reality is the questions they were asking Jessica on that show concerning her sexual assault wouldn’t be any different than questions asked today. They would still find a way to excuse the behavior of those they deem “good” and powerful. The pain on her face was hard to look at.
I have to give Jim Baker credit for helping inspire a character I use to play in theater class Reverend Money (pronounced Monay) who was a vain greedy pastor who was inspired by baker and swaggart
Awesome 👌
😅
😂😂
@@pam8962 he was extremely popular with my classmates
People forget, these people have a charisma that helps them to manage to fool millions of people. Tammy Faye Bakker is one of those people. She continued to be able to fool others that she was innocent in this whole lawlessness against God.
You handled this so well. I grew up watching all of these, and it's so crazy to look back and see how plainly they were scamming innocent and giving people who just wanted to help!
You could have warned me about that "Women's Secret Confessions" ad.
That's one of the most unintentionally hilarious things I've seen in a while 😂
*CALL NOW.*
The voiceover 😂
Like my mouth dropped when it played.
Ngl, I'd listen/watch that 😅
“Mmmm that’s *coughs* good *chokes* wow” that was so funny 😂😂😂😂
It's hard to disguise a compulsion to retch!
Such a comprehensive doc. You’re just brilliant, your channel deserves a spot on main stream TV. Thanks Josie
I remember my Mom and Dad buying the food buckets and trying some. It was nearly inedible. If you had to depend upon it in an emergency, only then would you know that you were going to be in trouble. Then, I found out the high price of it and when I complained about that to Mom and Dad, they said that was because part of the cost was also meant to be a donation. Well, the food had to be thrown out due to its extremely high salt content and that it would starve a hungry dying person. Perfect metaphor for these people. While doing some small good, they mostly did good for themselves and made Christianity look bad. But they had a lot of help making Christianity look bad.
I was looking at an old video of the soup buckets.. what made them come up with that idea 😂😂 what kind of soup was it?
That interview with Pastor Steve was heartbreaking. Hearing her voice break tore me up. RIP both ❤
Her interview with the AIDs sufferer would have been ground breaking on a news channel, but on a Christian pastor show is incredible. It was very authentic and emotional.
Tapping into the gay scene result more cash coming in
@@thetruthk5138 ...at the risk of alienating their much larger (and wealthy) fundamentalist following - you forget that bit.
Condoning sin of any sort is just wrong ! ! !
@@thetruthk5138 the cynicism is strong with you
@@Don_Dewitt Thanks I live in the real world
The interview with the gay pastor who was suffering from AIDS was so touching. Look how emotional she is - she was ahead of her time! I never knew she did this, I thought she was just a rubbish person but no she was a trailblazer.
I don’t think anyone outside the LGBTQ community was aware she did this. It’s certainly changed my view of her. She may have gleefully taken advantage of her husband’s grifting and book-cooking, but she showed a rare courage and compassion by standing up for the marginalized at a time when the federal government was denying AIDS research grants.
1:30:00 - Jim choking it down is hilarious hahaha
I didn’t know he was still alive!!!! I gotta say that Tammy Faye impressed me. Bless her.
Last I saw, he's selling preparedness food and supplies. Still scamming people by selling absolute garbage for more than it's worth
The end with Jim Bakker selling the food buckets LOL a zebra will never change its stripes lol 😂 WOW their life makes for a good movie and the ending, whoa!!!! This is beyond! WOW 😯
See: "The Eyes of Tammy Faye".
I came home from work one night and my wife was watching the share a thon. They raffled off Jims sweater as if it was the cloak of Jesus. I got angry and told her if i ever caught her watching that sickness. I would throw the tv out. I explained why and she saw it.
"Excuses excuses you hear them every day" 🎶
Jim Bakker is a real piece of work. I'll say that
Back in the ‘80s my friends and I called the PTL club the “Pass the Loot” club.
My mom used to call it "Pay the Lady" haha.
Lol
When I was 16 my boyfriend's dad used to wear a jacket with a PTL patch sewn to it. The family was from Philadelphia. His dad was originally Catholic but became a born again Christian and was quite a Bible thumper. He would preach to anyone who would listen. Understandably, this used to embarrass my boyfriend at the time. When his friends would ask him what "PTL" meant, he would say, "Philadelphia Tennis League"
Wow as a Brit I find it mind boggling how hard Americans go for Religion 😵💫
Tammy supported the LGBT community without fear of what everyone else thought about it. That's when I gained my respect for her. In my opinion, she truly did love people and wanted to help them and let them know they had someone in their corner in the form of herself.
Well, all that money her and her husband were spending (Yep, she spent BIG.) could've gone to AIDS care/research if Tammy really cared.
@@747fa I grew up watching her and know all about her money habits. I don't think any less of her because of what she could have done. She did more than enough in an era where even talking about AIDS with a gay man on live TV was considered very taboo.
I’m looking at Jim Baker’s survival infomercials and I’m like, yeah, when I want a bulk quantity of canned soup, I’ll buy it from my nearest Costco, thanks. 😂
Ya but the money you spend on Jim's products will be used to help the poor...lol just kidding. It'll be used to pay off another victim or to buy a new car or probably hair plugs. Edited for spelling.
I loved the Tammy interview, I was actually surprised. I'm not talking about all Christians or all people, but some wouldn't have done that. I wasn't born yet so this scandal is new to me.
She was probably understanding of LGBT because her own husband was gay 🙄
I was a teenager and although I don’t remember the interview-we generally looked at these televangelists as a joke, especially Tammy Faye with those eyelashes…but this was definitely unheard of at the time. I’m shocked! A gay minister!
She was a hypocrite financial criminal. You fell for her scam and that makes you not too bright.
@@Eitner100 you're not too bright if you think ANY person with that kind of wealth isn't a hypocrite financial criminal. Not one is innocent. But some are better than others, and it seems Tammy at least was genuinely compassionate, which is more than 99% of other people/politicians/prosperity pastors are.
@@kaylacallaton7829 of course she was compassionate where there was a whole new field of donors who hadn't been tapped by ministries heretofore.
I'm sorry... but when a couple name BOTH their children after themselves... that's a massive red flag that completely betrays their values. LOL 😂 😂 😂 "Hi, my name is Jim and this is my wife Tammy and these are our children Jim and Tammy."
As a born again Christian..I'll be the first to admit..churches should be held accountable for every single donation and every donation should be used to better community's widows and orphans
In today's vocabulary, we'd say Jessica was trafficked. I had no idea until this deep dive. Thank you!
It is indeed no different, you're right.
I remember it always being called an affair,. I had no idea she was that young and that it happened that way.
The Man Act law I think 🤔
Your channel is one of the few that I’ll stop whatever video I’m on to see what you put out:) love your stuff!!
@domsmom725 Thank you so much for the support! 💛
@domsmom725, That is exactly what I was doing when Josie's notification popped up 😄
I was so excited to see a new one!!! Best weekend surprise in a while for me!
Lol 😂 as a totally proud GENX woman I am going down memory lane watching this, the decor, cars, to even the first ever "credit card" carbon swiper 😁🤣💗💗💗💗 😁 CANT GET ENOUGH
His greed for money seem to be insatiable.
I’m surprised the college expelled em for getting married. Seems they’d WANT a young couple to get married, so as to avoid “a life of sin” & what not.
Exactly what I thought!!! Wild!
Same. That seems weird.
Students were to be single and chaste to not be distracted for studies
I thought that myself. Get them in wedlock so there are no “accidents.”
Yeah for sure, usually the institution’s (church, school), encourage marriage, so I don’t understand what happened there. Puzzling…
I feel like Ned Flanders watching the clips
You’re comment got me in my heart!!! I am so far from Ned, but I was feeling like the hardest drink I’d ever ask for is a white wine spritzer! I was clutching at ALL the pearls!
It’s amazing to me that people buy in to this crap!
Jim eating the soup and coughing is INCREDIBLE, thank you for adding in the food commercial I needed a good laugh today
Tammy sounds like that friend who you can talk to and is not judgmental
Who also took advantage of people.....
The food bucket scenes had me dying 😭😂
i was looking for this comment.....its had me crying of laughter🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just furnish your home in food buckets!! It’s not dystopian at all. 😂
Unbelievable. I was liiiike😳
The journey of all men and women is full of trials and tribulations and what starts off in one direction can easily go another as we take things for granted and stumble into the pit falls. It’s hard to stay humble and there has only been one who was perfect and we crucified him.
Another brilliant video from you! Love from Sweden.
Jim chocking on his own soup is hilarious 😂
Good for Tammy for doing the interview with Steve.
Listen- for anyone who doesn’t understand the magnitude of bravery and compassion that was involved in coming forward with that interview between Tammy and Steve during that time- those two were such an example not only as Christians but for basic humanity. Say whatever mean things you will about Tammy and her make-up and blah blah but that woman has a heart bigger than Texas! ❤