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"Ooh, I fell on my keys! " "About six months... but I'm on probation, so it's all good, baby!" "No, I mean, what do you do best?" "I can't do that here. That's why they put me away, baby! " "He who signs a lease must pay rent. That's the law." "You miserable wretch! How dare you take the last penny out of a poor man's pocket?" "I have to. I'm a landlord." "Oh, Lord, hear my plea; destroy him! He maketh a blight on the land!" "Don't listen to him; he's crazy. "

This movie could TECHNICALLY be described as an exploration of the path to stardom, with glimpses of the drawbacks on the way there. One character abruptly abandons the lead at a phone-call from their agent, another expresses the loneliness of the road and having to leave home behind, and the lead must continually face the prospect of selling out rather than following his dream of making millions of people happy. Supposedly, it was "sort-of approximately" how events happened, as if it was a dramatization of real historical events. This movie had an impressive number of cameo appearances by celebrities, in addition to those who appeared more than briefly. One cameo was by Paul Williams, who came up with several songs for the soundtrack, including the most-recognized song from the movie.

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Terrence Stamp comes to mind.

This movie could TECHNICALLY be described as an exploration of the path to stardom, with glimpses of the drawbacks on the way there. One character abruptly abandons the lead at a phone-call from their agent, another expresses the loneliness of the road and having to leave home behind, and the lead must continually face the prospect of selling out rather than following his dream of making millions of people happy. Supposedly, it was "sort-of approximately" how events happened, as if it was a dramatization of real historical events.

You keep saying you've got something for me.

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"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (and I feel fine)", by R.E.M. IIRC, it's off "Document." Their biggest hits were off "Green" (after "Document"), and IMHO, their best song, "Can't Get There From Here", wasn't on either album. All of those were 80s albums, I think.

On the other hand, if scientists are correct about the meteor theory, then something struck the earth and devastated the ecosystem, raising a cloud of ash that blocked sunlight, which interrupted the food chain, and produced a global catastrophe, with plants dying, plant-eaters dying, then meat-eaters dying when they couldn't find plant-eaters to eat. Eventually, the atmosphere would clear, allowing light to enter the atmosphere once again. And so on. From the POV of the Earth, a description of all of this might sound awfully familiar. It might sound just like Genesis 1.

Oh. I had the wrong Ophelia. I thought it was the Hamlet one. "JAMIE LEE CURTIS." She played the Ophelia in "Trading Places" that was named for the Hamlet one.

Ok, let me catch up a little by bunching up my guesses a little. (It's been a rough week.) Mariel Hemingway? Melanie Griffith? Helena Bonham Carter? Kate Winslet?

Yes, but I'm sure he won't mind if someone else takes it.

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Jerry Lee Lewis, "Great Balls of Fire." I think.

When it comes to the delivery of the sermons, this was something different. vpw used the works of others to write the sermons, but was able to deliver the content with all the skill of the carnival barker. If you handed him a completed sermon, he could deliver it looking full of conviction. He studied Homiletics- or how to deliver a sermon. HOWEVER, his skill at ONLY delivering the work of others says a lot about vpw, especially since he rarely gave due credit.

Was vpw a gifted Bible researcher? vpw showed considerable experience taking the work of others and building teachings and classes on them. vpw had a private library composed of the works of other Christians- works he would plagiarize when he taught. Virtually all of pfal- all 3 levels- were taken from the works of others- Bullinger, Stiles, Kenyon, etc. vpw often relied on the meaning of a word as it appeared in the King James Version, even if that meaning wasn't in the critical texts that were used. When someone made a mistake, vpw often copied the mistake, as if he lacked the understanding that they HAD mistakes. When it came to actual research, vpw assigned someone else to do it- Walter, the research dept, etc. His skill at actually researching the Bible was rather shallow, even compared to the average Advanced Class grad. "His" books were the work of the research department, to which he attached his name. Except for the Studies in Abundant Living, which were teachings that others edited and made into proper books. In short, vpw was not a noteworthy Bible researcher, even in twi.

Was vpw an exceptionally pious man of God? The current Pope, Pope Francis, has often been said to be so, all based on his actions and his living. (He used to go preach to the poor and homeless when he was a priest and bishop, for example, and he stands in lines like everyone else and does not expect special treatment.) So, how has vpw measured up? When he was young, he was so contrary to actions of piety that the idea that he would become a preacher was met with derision. It was scoffed at by his local community- who were well aware he'd earned a reputation as a bully and a showoff. It was scoffed at by his own father- who said he never put in work on the farm, so he would be worse at being a pastor. The only positive claim came from his brother Harry, who said vpw would run off from his chores for hours and vanish into the woods. Supposedly- for Harry never saw him- vpw was preaching to the trees all that time, just like Billy Graham, even though nobody EVER said they saw vpw actually DO it. Further, that was back when vpw was supposedly trying to decide whether to go into business, or music or the church. As a pastor, he had a reputation for being somewhat severe on his congregation- by his own admission. Moreover, his weekly sermons began more than a year before he actually believed the Bible was the Word of God, despite using it in his sermons. He claimed that doing weekly sermons made it NECESSARY for him to go to the Bible every week. I'm curious what it says of a pastor who has to be "made" to read the Bible weekly. Does he not read it daily for enrichment? For enjoyment? As an act of devotion? For that matter, actual acts of devotion are conspicuously missing from vpw's accounts. He supposedly mouthed off at the church elders once (and the location of the meeting kept changing), but actual acts of devotion were missing. None of that even addressed vpw raping, drugging and/or molesting the women of his flock. Finally, vpw had a long-term addiction to tobacco and to alchohol. He was seen chain-smoking, and people knew what brand he smoked. He was seen drinking at all hours, and people knew what alcoholic beverage he drank. Further, he insisted mints be at the podium, so he could bite one in half in his mouth regularly- covering the smell of tobacco or of booze. (Kool shorties and Drambuie, in case there was anyone who didn't know.) Long-term abuse of alcohol and tobacco can injure the eye and the liver, and increase the risk of cancer- which bright lights do not. vpw died of cancer of the liver and of the eye. He claimed that the bright studio lights he used briefly, decades earlier, in filming pfal was the cause of the eye cancer- but stage lights do NOT cause cancer. Wouldn't there be a long list of stage actors who've spent a year or years looking into studio lights, then all getting eye cancer and dying? OBVIOUSLY, the pfal studio lights claim was a great big lie- one that covered his own foolishness and pointed to something "virtuous" as the cause (filming pfal.) vpw insisted he gave his eye for preaching, and tried to use that as a spur for others to obey him or outdo him. As a pious man of God, vpw fell far short of the minimum expected of a minister.

There will always be a few people who insist, dogmatically, that vpw was some person of incredible abilities. Let's run down the actual possibilities, however. Once, someone claimed vpw was an exceptional athlete. that he was "Born with an overabundance of brains and brawn," that he was "overgifted." There have been claims he played professional basketball. All of that was hot air. vpw was on his high school varsity basketball team. vpw never lettered in basketball in college, and never played as a player for any professional team after college. All the references to him doing so were deliberately-phrased comments, made vague so he could INSINUATE he did those things. He "played basketball all through college" but never mentioned any team, and never showed a team photo among all his photos- although he showed one from high school. He mentioned being "involved with" the Sheboygan Redskins, but never said he was a team member, nor did the list of all their players in history include his name. So, he made comments that TRICKED people into thinking he'd said he'd done both, and that rather deliberately. A poll done at the GSC showed that 40% of the posters had EXCEEDED his athletic accomplishments, and another 20% had equaled them but not exceeded them. Further, vpw was never seen actually joining in on athletics at twi. So, vpw was a wannabe athlete whose athletic career was over when he began college. That's not noteworthy in any way. How about ACADEMICALLY? Even vpw was slow to try to claim he'd excelled academically. He claimed he'd taken ALL of the correspondence courses Moody offered- but Moody was contacted, and there was no record of him. If he'd completed even a single course with them, there would have been a record of him. vpw never displayed Honor Roll awards, Deans List mentions, or anything of that type. He'd claimed that some teachers he'd had in forgettable schools were allegedly the best in the state or whatever, but never that he'd attended schools of great renown. Oddly, he soft-pedaled his time at Princeton Theological Seminary- possibly so he could make it sound like he went to Princeton UNIVERSITY. PTS is a respected theological school, but lacks the name recognition of the university that is its neighbor. lcm used to do that as well, saying vpw had a Masters Degree from "Princeton"- which, again, INSINUATED that vpw got a Masters at Princeton UNIVERSITY. I have trouble imagining lcm came up with that himself rather than copying vpw's own habits there. Finally, vpw never completed his doctorate in an accredited, respected school like PTS. He completed it in a degree mill. Then he insisted on being called "Doctor"- for having a "Doctorate" from an unaccredited source. For the record, I have 3 "Doctorates", all from unaccredited sources- one in Theology, one in Bible Truths, and one in Using Boldface Type to Make My Posts Easier to Read. All 3 were granted to me here. So, I'm 3x the "doctor" that vpw was. We also have posters here whose REAL- as in ACCREDITED- doctorates were harder to earn than vpw's degree mill doctorate. So, in short, vpw was a lightweight in academics as well. NOTHING distinguished him, ACADEMICALLY.

waysider: "VPW was connected to Liberty Lobby. He got conspiracy information from them and passed it off to us, leading us to believe he had gotten the information by revelation. One of these theories involved the USSR taking over the USA. (mid 1970s) If the USA fell to Communism, the Word would be lost again because only TWI had the ability to rightly divide it. We had lots of prayer vigils and kept the situation high on our lift lists. There's a WHOLE lot more to the story, but, in summary, our believing and SIT was all that saved America. We were helping VPW to stand in the gap. Dat's Riiiiight."

Yes, vpw standing alone, righteous before YHWH. No, not about saving Israel, vpw was of German ancestry and bashed Israel quite a bit. vpw was saving the entire planted from destruction by "the adversary", with only his own believing plugging the holes. So, he was supposedly sitting alone and unmoving. After a while, he'd announce that that time was vpw fighting for the planet, with only Michael the Archangel backing him up. Of course, nobody saw him doing anything other than drinking Drambuie alone and then announcing he'd been in a Deep Spiritual Conflict. I think the only thing you really missed was exactly how full of baloney vpw was. There were lots of little stories- propagated by vpw- about how he/vpw was doing Super Spiritual Stuff all the time, hearing directly from God Almighty and praying effectively for the entire planet.

Yes, that was vpw himself who made that claim. Whenever the number of eyewitnesses approached zero, vpw did fantastic things. What a shame we never had any witnessed to him doing amazing healings and so on.

One of vpw's claims about himself: Microbe: "I remember him telling the Corps about the times he would sit in a chair in his "room" for hours and hours, under such incredible stress that all he could do was hang on until it was clear that Michael had won that particular battle. It required his total concentration and nothing helped. People (his wife etc) had to just leave him alone in the dark for extended periods of time. He described it as something like mental torture. He stood in the GAP! He never mentioned Jesus Christ as far as I remember. At the time it sounded to me (not a doctor - ok) like the man was suffering anxiety attacks. He also said he had trouble sleeping and was seeking medical attention. His MD, a believer, of course dismissed this and calmed his concerns about mental stress. Of course he was sound minded-he just had to save the world!"

In twi, it was/is common to claim that the Christians "stand in the gap" or that a certain leader "stands in the gap" to pray for everyone. There was even a song someone did once. "Standing in the gap, between the need and The Father, making up a hedge and turning loose His Mighty Power." So, supposedly, lcm did it, and before him, vpw supposedly did it- a lot, at vpw's own word.

This was a thread with some of the super-inflated claims about vpw.