John Wayne
Of all the ways to celebrate a fundamentalist church’s 70th anniversary, I just wouldn’t have foreseen an entry for “Get a John Wayne impersonator” as being anywhere on the list.
One can only assume that Texas fundamentalists are a breed unto themselves.
Posted by Darrell
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Evidently The Duke is a hit with God and Country Sundays for fundamentalist ex-Presidential candidates in Florida as well.
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin61.htm
Yes, Gene Howard’s presentation is very red, white and blue. This guy used to come to my church as himself when I was a kid. Back then he sold “Genie” Boards, which is basically the same thing as a white marker board nowadays. He sold books that taught you how to draw pictures his way to illustrate Sunday School lessons. Back then, he threw in John Wayne imitations for free.
Personally, I like John Wayne and most of his movies, but I don’t get some fundies’ fascination with him. My home church had a John Wayne imitation contest once during the annual rouund-up Sunday. The contest wasn’t nearly as fun for me as a kid than rustlers holding up the church bus and then getting rescued by the pastor or black powder shooting.
Fundies are mostly responsible for the myth that Wayne never kissed a girl in a movie. Well, I’ve got more than one movie in my DVD cabinet that proves that myth wrong.