# The Dr. Gene Scott appreciation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186 "2003-07-31T18:15:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/21 "2003-08-02T03:30:19Z")
So… Exactly _what_ is this message, his raison d’etre? ---
**Author:** ![Emanuel\_Ravelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@Emanuel\_Ravelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emanuel_Ravelli)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/22 "2003-08-02T04:48:54Z")
moodtobestewed: I saw that episode, and as I recall, just prior to the chair scene, he donned his most aggressive “game face”, and did a “stare down” on camera that lasted well over 5 minutes. I agree, some of his antics eclipsed Ernie Kovack’s performance art. I think it would be great if there could have been a televised Evangelist Olympics between Scott and Rev. Ike to see which could raise the most actual cash in 60 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![Emanuel\_Ravelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@Emanuel\_Ravelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emanuel_Ravelli)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/23 "2003-08-02T04:56:15Z")
Has anyone seen the guy from Santa Barbara/Santa Clara(?) That explains Metology(?) while doing the soft-shoe in place, and is then interviewed by a very attractive female staff member? How about that potted Paradise plant that they keep shifting in and out of the dude’s face while he’s explaining the sombrero-shaped gourd that he refers to as a “being of superior intelligence” and which he encourages us to worship. This guy IS out there! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/24 "2003-08-02T06:23:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by masonite \* > \*\*So what’s his deal? He’s completely insane, right? > > I’d darkly compare him to a certain popular preacher who became quite famous in 1978, except I’m kind of afraid of him. \*\* Here, have some Kool-Aid, it’ll make you feel better.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/25 "2003-08-02T06:48:03Z")
I used to have really bad headaches that were treated with a drug that made me high for three days. (It is either highly regulated now or not on the market anymore – Talwin.) It was while under the influence of this medication that I first discovered that “The Doctor Is In”! I don’t know when I’ve been so entertained. He used to wear all of these crazy hats – fireman’s hats, headdresses, etc. Sometimes he would talk about the pyraminds and sometimes he would just talk almost a slow stream of consciousness. I got the feeling that he was extremely egotistical and/or narcissistic – but I didn’t care!!! I would have watched him early in his career – the late 1970’s perhaps. Do you remember the gospel quartet that always sang the same song? I got to where I actually like it! And I _hate_ what is known traditionally as gospel music. Does anyone remember the name of the song or the lyrics? ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/26 "2003-08-02T06:57:49Z")
I checked out the link. I would know that voice anywhere, but I would never have recognized him with that white hair! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/27 "2003-08-02T07:07:21Z")
Man what memories this thread brings back. Yesterday and today I’ve put on his 24x7 stream a few times and he doesn’t seem to have changed a bit. Haven’t heard “pick up the telephone!” yet, but still a crackup. He’s on there now with his two sets of glasses, his hat and his cigar, mumbling about the roman empire or something. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/28 "2003-08-02T07:11:18Z")
I used to come across his show all the time when I was a kid (~10 years old) and it always just confused the hell out of me. I would try really hard to think about it and understand it, but it always eluded me. I mean, he was a preacher and I (being a good little Baptist boy) lived somewhat in awe of preachers and it never occurred to me to not take him seriously. I think I would find him really funny now. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/29 "2003-08-02T14:49:29Z")
I watched him when a few local indie TV stations ran him in the mid-80s during the wee hours. Essentially, his message is a Heavy on the Grace/Low on the Legalism EXCEPT FOR TITHING form of Fundamentalism that finds evidences for Jesus & the Bible in everything from the Great Pyramid, Stonehenge, the Celtic-Anglo-Saxon peoples (aka Lost Tribes of Israel), Atlantis lore & the Zodiac. In the early 1990s, on my first trip to L.A., my family & I went to his church - the L.A. University Cathedral in the original historic United Artists Theatre. It was the week after Easter & he was preaching on the evidences for Jesus’s Resurrection- actually the best message on the subject I’ve ever heard. The “Doctorate” is genuine- PhD from Stanford. Listening on the shortwave or watching on the Net just isn’t the same, now I just listen to Coast To Coast AM & watch Pastor Arnold Murray in the wee hours. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/30 "2003-08-02T15:48:46Z")
He’s still around? God damn! I remember laughing it up back in 77 or so when I last saw him. I find it incredible that the man is still around on television. After maybe early 78 his show went off the air, as I recall. And he was old at the time, definitely very late in his career… What is he, 93 now? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/31 "2003-08-02T16:06:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zuma \* > \*\*What is he, 93 now? \*\* Well, according to his website, he received his PhD in 1954, so I’d guess an age of around 74-82. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/32 "2003-08-02T16:32:50Z")
I had never heard of this man before I read this thread. Now I want to marry him. When I read the “Jesus vs. Spider-man” quote, I opened a new window e-mailed my best friend about it. Truly a Giant in the Halls Of Televangelism (any ideas on what those look like, btw?). ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/33 "2003-08-02T16:38:44Z")
the Jesus-SpiderMan quote btw is NOT a GeneScottism but a Robin Williams joke about Gene tho I actually did make one comparison- Jesus got his miraculous powers when the Spirit descended on Him in the form of a dove Peter Parker got his super powers when a radioactive spider bit him. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/34 "2003-08-02T16:42:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*And I missed this? > > Darn. > > Now I’ll never know if Jesus had web shooters. \*\* - Jesus-Man, Jesus-Man, does whatever a messiah can. Turns water into wine, for mankind he will die. Look out! Here comes the Jesus-Man!\* ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186/35 "2003-08-03T21:53:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness \* > \*\* My friend and I were fascinated with him from about 1983 (when he would beat the crap out of wind up monkeys for half an hour at a time). \*\* Yes! There’s a video of Gene Scott beating wind-up monkeys at [http://www.tvbn.com/rams/genedocumentary256k.ram](http://www.tvbn.com/rams/genedocumentary256k.ram) . It’s about five minutes in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dr-gene-scott-appreciation-thread/192186.md?page=1)