God's Angry Man (1981) - full transcript

GOD'S ANGRY MAN

DR. GENE SCOTT
TELEVANGELIST

A FILM BY WERNER HERZOG

I got every kind of audience
out there

and when I yell,

why do I get my mic
turned down?

I'm gonna blow the speakers
if I don't get it loud.

Give me some volume.

[narrator, in German]
This is Dr. Gene Scott

live from his TV studio
in Glendale near Los Angeles.

"When I yell," he says,
"I want to be heard."



When I yell, I wanna be heard.

'Cause I only yell when
there's an occasion for
yelling.

God's honor is at stake
every night.

This is not a show.

[narrator, in German] "God's
honor is at stake every night

This is not a show.
It's a feast.

A feast of a fading
religious experience."

It's not an accident
we have an in culture,

I got every kind of watcher
out there.

[gentle music]

♪ I'm weary and tired

♪ I just want to rest

♪ My labor is yours

♪ I want to rest



♪ My labor's yours

♪ Oh, Lord, I'm going

♪ Someday to
that peaceful shore ♪

[narrator] His show, one of
ma ny religious broadcasts

on American TV,

is a veritable one-man show,

apart from the occasional
musical interlude.

The singer is Jake Hess.
The younger lad is his son.

[music continues]

♪ I know that soon
I'll be going ♪

♪ Going up north

Dr. Scott is
a controversial figure,

constantly at odds
with believers,

officials and courts.

He's usually embroiled
in up to 70 lawsuits at once.

Charges against him range
from embezzlement of funds,

to defamation, extortion
and tax evasion.

Scott runs
three television stations

in Los Angeles, San Francisco
and Hartford, Connecticut.

He's live on screen

between eight and
10 hours every day.

The telephone numbers
of his stations

are often displayed on screen
for his audiences.

Four and a half years
in front of these cameras,

have taught me a
lot of lessons,

but one of them is that

every time we have a great,
exciting victory...

[narrator] "Four and a half
years in front of these
cameras

have taught me a lot.

Every time we have
a great, exciting victory

at our religious festival,

it's tougher
at the next festival.

That must not happen tonight.

I turn to you,

and some of you
have not missed a single show

in four and a half years."

Most of the media in
United States

that people are used to is...

I kid 'em and said they
worship the great God
"Two sides"...

"Sometimes I kid that
most of the media in the USA

say that people worship
the great God "Two sides".

If they're down on the beach

reporting that
the sun's rising,

they'll always add a little
line saying that it didn't.

I don't have a bland audience

They're either for me
or against me.

At first they thought
I was a madman.

But I always take a
firm stance

no matter what subject
is under discussion."

...you cannot avoid
coming to a conclusion.

So I think I polarize people.

I take a stand...

"So I polarize people
because I take a stand.

Some people say

they've been waiting to hear
exactly what I have to say.

Other people want to
go through the TV screen

and pound me on the nose."

...or wanting to go through
the television screen

and found me on the nose.

And there are some people

that, I think,
if Scott's for it,

they're against it.

That's a negative power.

If I wanted to
misuse it just...

if I take a stand,
I can guarantee...

"If I take a stand,
I can guarantee

how most people
will react to me."

-Have you ever been
threatened?
-"Often."

Could you tell us about
one of the incidents?

They decided in New England

they would seize our property
and tax us on the ground

that we were not...

[narrator] "The authorities
in New England

decided to seize our property

and subject it to tax,

stating that we were
a TV station and not a church

I barricaded myself in
for 48 hours.

It was raining and snowing.

The street outside
was blocked.

Young people
lay across the path

and the sheriff arrived
to seize our property.

I had a table set up
for Holy Communion and said,

'They'll have to
climb over that to get in.'

The sheriff couldn't
get through.

And to save face
he took the coward's way out.

They drove to a town
10 miles away

and occupied
our broadcasting offices.

They were empty apart
from a poor diabetic man.

I've had doors kicked in,
I've been threatened.

I've had to travel
with bodyguards."

I had to be driving around
with a body guard.

"Things got really ugly
during those tax battles.

People didn't
properly understand

the essence of my message.

They thought I was against
the unions or the homosexuals

I became a target.

My shows are broadcast
late at night,

and some late-night viewers
are pretty whacked out.

...make me a target,
I--I'm never alone.

That's why I'm never alone."

We're here today
to give our friends

an idea of what our son was
like when he was...

[narrator] "We're here today

to give our friends an idea

of what our son
was like growing up.

Firstly I'd like to say
that he's been

a wonderful son
to his father and I.

We couldn't have wished
for a better son."

One of the fellas on the staff
he re said to me...

"One of the fellas
on the staff here said to me,

'We want you to tell us
something really nasty he
did.'

He was about two years old.

He was about two years old.

I was making icing
for a chocolate cake.

He was always excited
when I made chocolate cake.

He reached up to the cake,
on his tiptoes,

and stuck his finger
in the cake."

...around and get
the chocolate cake.

So I slapped his hand...

"So I slapped his hand,

he fell to the floor
and started to scream.

He wanted to hold his breath
until his face got blue.

...cold water faucet open...

He turned completely blue.

I whirled
the cold water faucet open.

It wasn't long before
he started breathing again."

While he was getting
his PhD, doctor's degree

in Stanford University...

[narrator]
"While he was getting his PhD

at Stanford University,

he'd come home at weekends to
help me with the church work.

He was struggling
wi th something.

He'd somehow lost his faith.

And then he was reborn,
as I'm sure you've heard

when he talks about his faith
and the resurrection.

I think he's proud of his dad

as his dad
is proud of his son."

I think he's proud of his dad

as his dad is proud
of his son.

May I say one more thing?

[narrator]
"May I say one more thing?"

...is...

the kind of a person that...

"Our son is the kind of perso
ordinary people can
understand.

Sometimes people study

and then talk
right over folk's heads.

Our son has his feet
on the ground.

I remember a time when
he was in seventh grade

and his teacher sent me
a little note

with his report card.

His report card was all As.

And the note said,

'Do you know that
you have a genius for a son?'

...with the report card and
his report cards was all A's,

and she sent me
a little note saying,

while he was yet in
the seventh grade,

"Do know--do you know
you have a genius for a son?"

That's what the
teacher wrote me

when he was in
the seventh grade.

So we're very proud
of our son.

"So we're very proud of
our son."

So I ask you
to give me the dignity

the way the Macedonia
Ph ilippian Christians
did Paul.

[narrator] Scott broaches his
regular evening theme: money.

He asks to be supported

as the Philippians
supported Paul the Apostle.

As long I could walk
face-to-face with the Lord...

"As long as I can walk
face-to-face with the Lord

I don't mind putting my faith
in you.

But I'd keep the government
out of this church.

But I'd keep the government
out of this church."

I'm asking again for that vote
of confidence tonight.

"I'm asking again for that
vote of confidence tonight.

I think I'm the only pastor
in the world

who gets his vote
in the form of weekly checks.

We're under fire.
The papers are spreading lies

...you we'll be here
till Jesus comes.

I've told you we'll be here
until Jesus comes,

and we will."

I'm asking you
to hang your body

in faith tonight,

and you are.

15 minutes went by...

"15 minutes went by.

I have a message here
like many others.

'Darling, because
Dr. Scott asked us to,

I've been trying to get my
call through for
five minutes.'

We don't have
enough telephones tonight.

So I'm going to extend it
into the next hour."

So I'm gonna extend it.

We're into the next hour.

I'm gonna give you
another 10, 15 minutes.

"I'll give you another
15 minutes

to decide what you'll do
for the next year.

And there's more coming in.
Here's 360.

Pledges for a year."

There's 2,400...

"2,400.

1,200. 240.

140, 180, 2400--

2,400, and so on.

Even up to 12,000 dollars
in one go."

480 dollars, 3,600 do--
600 dollars, 240, 2,820,

600, 600, 3,600,

360, 250, 253,000 dollars,
on it goes.

2000, 1,200, 2,100, 12,000,
6,000,

1,200.

I haven't got time
to read them

I want you to keep calling.

"I want you to keep calling.

The lines may be busy
but don't stop calling.

Now we're going to hear
'T he Four Statesmen.'"

[gentle music]

♪ When I cease to roam

♪ When I cease to roam

♪ And my

♪ Savior takes me home

♪ Savior takes me home
to Heaven ♪

♪ On

♪ Beyond the setting sun

♪ When my race is run

[man speaking indistinctly]

♪ Lord

♪ Oh, Lord

♪ I want to go to Heaven

[narrator] The lyrics go,

"Lord, oh Lord,
I want to go to Heaven."

[music continues]

♪ In thy book

♪ The promise is given

♪ I want saving

[singing indistinctly]

900...

[narrator] "900. 3,600.

1,800. And so on.

Here's another check
for over 12,000."

2,220,

600,

600,

780,

1,200, 240, 120,

12,600, 1,224, 480, 1,200,

3,600.

♪ Thank you, Lord

♪ Thank you, Lord

[narrator] "Thank you, Lord,
for saving my soul."

♪ Thank you, Lord

♪ Thank you, Lord

"Thank you, Lord,
for bringing me home."

♪ Lord, ooh, Lord

♪ I want to go to heaven

♪ Hell's an awful

♪ Awful place

♪ Awful place

We're approaching a quarter
of a million dollars in, uh,

36 minutes.

[narrator] "We're approaching
a quarter of a million dollar

in 36 minutes.

We'll go another 45 minutes

and see if we can't get over
a quarter of a million."

This Saturday night,

as we're here live

and we reopened the Gideon...

"This could be
a million dollar night."

...could be
a million dollar night,

but at least I wanna to see it

go over
the quarter of a million.

Here's 3,600,

"3,600 dollars.

1,200."

Wait a minute, Joe,
bring those back.

"Wait a minute, Joe.
Bring those back."

We've already crossed
a quarter of a million.

"We've already crossed
the quarter of a million.

And now we want
to try for 300,000.

...less than,
or in exactly 45 minutes.

In exactly 45 minutes.

All it takes is
another 50,000.

All it takes
is another 50,000 dollars."

Well, you've--you've seen me
on television,

that occupies...

[narrator]
"You've seen me on television

That occupies
about 30 hours a week live.

And like any other pastor

I preach to my parish
on Sundays.

I'm the elected president
of a 2,000-strong parish

and hold quarterly
board meetings.

I attend meetings,

I'm responsible
for the vice presidents.

I'm a delegate
and pastor at another church.

It's located in northern
California with 9,400
me mbers."

We have 9,400 supporting
members in our church.

I have to deal with
the mail load...

"I have to deal with
the mail load.

I give spiritual guidance.

I visit sick people."

I am an elected pastor.

My big concern
is to make sure that

when those members
are in the hospital sick

or have vital needs,

they don't feel they're
neglected by their pastor...

"The people shouldn't
feel neglected by their pasto

but my father's still active
and can help me out."

...feel that if
he's at the hospital,

I'm represented 'cause
I get a quick report.

And if they really need
the pastor's attention,

I try to get there.

I run a mausoleum,
which is a...

"I run a mausoleum

in Berkeley.

The mausoleum provides this
limousine and also my salary.

I run a publishing house...

The churches run
a publishing house

which owns a lot
of subsidiary businesses.

A real estate firm,
a travel agency,

and other operations."

...by one of the two churches,

I don't own anything.

The publishing house owns
a lot of subsidiary businesses

a real estate firm,
which is responsible for

handling the properties
owned with a church.

A travel agency that's
relatively inactive now but...

"The travel agency
is relatively inactive now.

We used to run teaching tours
of Bible lands every year."

♪ If you want joy

♪ Come to Jesus

[narrator] "If you want joy,
come to Jesus.

♪ If you want peace

If you want peace,
co me to him.

If you want happiness,
come to Jesus. Come to him."

♪ Come to Him

♪ If you want joy

♪ If you want peace

♪ If you want happiness

♪ Come to Jesus

♪ Come to Him

♪ I searched

♪ Most everywhere

♪ For a God

♪ Who would really care

[singing indistinctly]

♪ I could find no real

♪ Happiness

♪ Then I met Jesus

♪ Wonderful Jesus

♪ He gives me joy

♪ Oh wonderful joy

♪ Happiness

♪ Come to Jesus

♪ Come to Him

Oh, for the last
four and a half years

I'm doing a little less now...

[narrator] "For the last
four and a half years

I've stood between
three and 10 hours live

in front of the camera.

During the last year,

I've been able to take
Wednesday or Thursday off.

But that's very recent."

But that's very recent.

I've, uh...

And, for example, the last
week I was not able
to do that.

So I'm anywhere from
three hours...

"So I work nonstop, anywhere
from three to 10 hours,

except for Sundays."

"On Sundays
I hold two live services,

each lasting
two and a half hours.

Plus sometimes a three to
five-hour television
festival."

I'm in the celluloid world,
Los Angeles.

"I'm in the celluloid world
of Los Angeles.

I probably have
the widest audience

of actors and people
from the film industry.

They can't believe
wh at they see.

For them, standing
in front of the camera

means you're acting."

I think one of
the magazines locally...

"One of the magazines locally
summarized it like this:

Raw anger.

'Scott's raw anger every nigh

has something refreshing
about it.'

They say,

'Here's another
poor son-of-a-bitch

with the same problems as us,

struggling for survival,'
and they identify with that.

Everything else they see on T

creates an artificial
environment at home.

They see how I fight tooth an
nail to save my organization.

And how I struggle against
the same obstacles they face.

Pressure from the government,

lack of understanding
and ridicule.

You go through life
and try to fend off the flak.

I do it in front of
the camera every night."

Uh...

[narrator] "I'd like to be..."

Let me tell you what makes
me happy, get me on a jet...

"Let me tell you what
makes me happy.

Get me on a jet

heading for a town 8,000 mile
away where nobody knows me.

I'd like to go somewhere

without having this constant
life and death struggle."

...life and death struggle.

I am...

I am too good to be really bad

and too bad to be really good.

"I'm too good
to be really bad

and too bad
to be really good.

Actually I'd like to
do some hellish things."

...hellish things.

I can't walk by
a guy kicking a dog...

"I can't walk by
a guy kicking a dog

without going up to him
and kicking him in the ass.

This gets me into constant
trouble with the authorities,

like I am now.

I can't let the church down."

I look for challenges.

I don't look for challenges...

"I don't like this struggle.

Many people think
I look for challenges.

But the challenges
come looking for me.

And I spend my life
like a surgeon

who is always called out
for the most hopeless cases.

My dream would be to
lie on a beach, read books,

and do exactly what I like.

I'm always running away
from the experience

of being a pastor's son.

From what people
expected of me.

I dream of a time

when this church
is no longer burdened by debt

Where I'm voted out
in a vote of confidence.

So I can go to Australia
with a clear conscience,

become a professor
at Plato University

and go outback and
hunt rocks."

"That's probably exaggerated,

But it's what
I'd actually like to do.

To get away from this mess."

Would you like your own house

"Yes, very much."

Would you like
to have children?

"Yes, I'd like that very much

That'd be the greatest joy
in my life.

I never talk about it
in public.

I'm so disgusted
by religious organizations

who show orphans
to collect money.

Before I came here

I supported three orphanages

as part of my church duties.

I can't have kids of my own.

I'm sterile."

I had the mumps when I was 19.

"I had mumps when I was 19.

I've adjusted to it
all my life.

I made up for it
with the orphan kids.

In an orphanage in Brazil
I once picked up a sandwich

a kid had dropped
on the floor.

And he looked at me
and said in Portuguese,

'He's my Daddy.'"

...pick up his bread
and he looked at me

and said in Portuguese,

you know, "He's my daddy."

I really love...

"I love kids.
Kids and dogs seem to like me

And as long as that's the
case, I feel safe."

[whispering indistinctly]

[gentle music]

[men singing indistinctly
in background]

[music continues]

[narrator] Dr. Scott has
appealed for donations again

but his audience
is less forthcoming this time

And I will not
be defeated tonight.

"I will not be defeated
tonight," he says.

"Five telephones
are available.

And one person has the key.

And one person has the key."

Not one more word tonight...

"Not one more word tonight

...till that 1,000 comes in.

until that thousand comes in.

Do you understand
that God's work

hangs on 600
miserable dollars.

[narrator] "Do you understand
that God's work

hangs on 600
miserable dollars?

And you sit there
glued to your chairs."

...must I teach you the
principals of spiritual
warfare?

"How long must I teach you

the principles of
spiritual warfare?

30,000 means nothing now."

...held to an open shame

while 22,400 pours in.

"22,400 dollars pours in.

But 600 dollars kills us.

It has nothing to
do with money!

It has nothing to do
with money."

[exhales sharply]

One person,

hanging onto
a miserable 600 dollars.

[narrator] "One person hanging
onto a miserable 600 dollars.

30,000,

But people who name
the cause of Christ...

"But people
who name the cause of Christ

and sing 'I surrender all,'

will let God hang
over peanuts."

What is this
but a festival of faith?

"What is this
but a festival of faith?

...but hanging on
the impossible?

What is faith but
hanging on to the impossible?

The network ought to be
shut down.

[narrator] "The network
ought to be shut down."

If God can't find for people,

what is Christianity?

"What is Christianity?"

Games, gimmicks, word, massage

or life and death?

"Games, gimmicks,
words, massage,

or life and death?"

You would have to
tie me down with ropes.

"Last night I said you'd
have to tie me down with rope

to calm me down."

Carnal Christians.

"Carnal Christians,

when it gets close to victory
you duck out!"

God brings it so close

that those that
couldn't give a thousand

could be the ones
that bring it over,

but you sit there
glued to your chair.

Husbands and wives,

if I we're married to
either one of them...

"Husbands and wives out there
sitting glued to your chairs,

I should kick you both
in the butt.

If one of you has fallen
asleep in front of the TV,

someone should jump
on your stomach.

This is war!"

We ought never to bog down.

"We ought never to bog down.

Come on, Joe. I
won't hit you."

[Dr. Scott] ...to bog down.

What 400 to go.

"What? Only 400 to go?

Why didn't you do it earlier?

...Gene Scott looks like.

I don't care
what Gene Scott looks like.

God's honor is at stake.

...that grab a hymn book...

There are people
that grab a hymn book

and promise to go
on a great crusade,

saying,
'I'll go wherever you want,

as long as it doesn't cost me
a few measly dollars.'

100, well over.

Now we're well over.

But after I yelled at you!"

...'cause you love God?

[growls]

You say I'll take it back,

God will spite you if you do.

you know
you should have given it.

[interviewer] Um, Dr. Scott..

[narrator] Dr. Scott, do you
have any private wealth ?

"No, nothing.

If you can find any property
I own in the world

then you can keep it.

I don't have any real estate,
property, stocks or cash.

No bank account, no house.
I own nothing.

Everything's owned
by the church.

It pays all my expenses.

The church can vote me out.
It's not some
ps eudo-operation.

I'm enough of a realist to
know they could do that.

To appease your curiosity,

my possessions
consist of this black bag.

No one apart from me
is allowed to look inside."

There's one, two, three,
four zippers on it.

"There's four zippers on it.

When my friends and relatives
send me a birthday card

someone else looks
at it first.

I'm never alone.
I don't have any privacy.

This bag...is mine.

This bag is mine."

Can we have a look
at what's inside?

"No.

I hope somebody thinks

there's 10 million dollars
in gold bars in it.

It gives me dignity
to have at least something

I don't have to expose
to everybody."

Uh, maybe there's dirty socks.

"Maybe there's dirty socks.

I hope when I die, government
bureaucrats get to me

and salivate themselves sick
getting into this bag.

It's a kind of joke.
It may be my memoirs."

I have no privacy
except this black bag.

It may be my memoirs,

but, uh, my simple dignity
of privacy...

"This bag is all I possess."

I don't own anything.
I have no ins--

I have life insurance
worth millions.

"I have a life insurance
worth millions

payable to the church.

In fact, I'm worth more dead
than alive to them right now.

In fact, I'm worth more dead
than alive to them right now.

Um, I came with
a unanimous vote...

"I came with a unanimous vote
to get this church out of
debt,

but I'm also the guy
who goes to jail for it.

Last February

when I refused to give
the authorities

a list of our private donors,

I was handed a jail sentence.

Like a journalist who
refuses to name his sources.

I'm 50 years old
and I'm in good health,

but at night
I want to quit sometimes."

I want to quit sometimes.

If you ask me
if I'm 100 percent...

"If you ask me if I'm
100 percent sure of my faith:

no, I'm not.

As a philosopher
I can't even prove I exist."

Do you ever cry?
Are you a man who cries?

Yeah, I almost cried
a minute ago.

"Yes, I almost cried
a minute ago

when you asked me
what I dream of."

Gee, I-I...

Misunderstanding.

"This misunderstanding
makes me very sad.

Everybody thinks I'm a
fighter, but I hate fighting.

But push me and, uh,
tread on a principle...

"But if you push me
and tread on my principles,

I get pretty wild.

I don't think anyone
should be a boss.

People who want to tyrannize
are abusing their authority.

I don't want to be
anyone's boss.

I have my own boss in heaven.

Yes, I cry a lot of times.

About once a week,
I cry it all out.

Mostly when I'm on my own.

I don't think I'm a cry-baby.

But it just bursts forth."

I don't think I'm a cry-baby,

but yeah, it bursts forth

and I suppose the thing

I cry the most about
is misunderstanding.

"And I suppose the thing
I cry the most about

is misunderstanding."

I believe
I'm the most honest guy on TV.

"I believe
I'm the most honest guy on TV

I don't use Jesus

to peddle lies.

I don't use lies
to win people over.

I encourage Christians
to be Christians,

yet I'm the guy
being attacked."

[interviewer]
You seem to be very lonesome.

-You seem to be very lonesome
-"Yes, sure.

I mean,
who can I have as a friend?"

Every friend is
a potential enemy until...

"Every friend
is a potential enemy

until this work is finished.

I guess I'm
lonesome sometimes.

I'm a loner.

I guess I'm lonesome sometime

but I think I'm more of a
loner than I am lonesome.

I have my staff all around me
who I like being around,

but I don't have
any really close friends.

Yeah, I'm lonesome.

Yes, I'm lonesome."

I already got it done.

The part that counts.

[narrator] Nearly every
evening on his program ,

Dr. Scott ridicules
his adversaries,

judges or
government authorities.

Here he's mocking the FCC

who want to revoke
his broadcasting license.

He brands them as apes

and demonstrates how to hit
a bureaucrat on the head.

[Dr. Scott] He can't even
hit his cymbals anymore.

[whirring]

He is wacky.

- Hit a bureaucrat on the
head.
- [screeching]

This is all he knows to do.

Get the profile,
he's good-looking,

watch his eyes protrude.

[screeching]

"Watch his eyes protrude.

Look at that."

"Then he starts to squawk."

[Dr. Scott]
We got him on a run folks,

he can't even--

We got him on a run folks,

he can't even hit
the other cymbal.

- [clattering]
- [laughter]

- [applause]
- [screeching]

[Dr. Scott] I think
we ought to give the FCC,

and you notice,
no matter how they land,

the right end is always
pointed at the camera.

- [laughter]
- [cymbals clanging]

[narrator] "The right end is
always pointing at the
camera."

I think we ought to
give the FCC

there dignified monkey
salute tonight.

Dr. Scott is giving the FCC
a monkey salute.

He's mocking them now.

...if it's 14 hours,

we can still do it
and we'll win.

"We'll win.

Now give the FCC
their monkey salute.

You should see this at home."

[Dr. Scott]
Give me some monkey farm,

the FCC Monkey Band
monkey farm music.

I'll fly away.

[cymbals clanging]

Let 'em go.

- Look at 'em.
- [bright music]

Here's your bureaucrats.

Would do you like to grow up
and be a bureaucrat

if you're a kid watching?

FCC monkey band.

Get it back there on
old Blabby back there.

He's already
talking to the press.

[music continues]

"A bureaucrat is already
talking to the press.

That's our
government for you."

[Dr. Scott speaking
indistinctly]

Watch this guy turn here.

Mark of the beast six times.

One, watch him,

one, two, three,
four, five, six,

over he goes.

One, two, three,
four, five, six.

Over he goes.

Get the old clocky one
back there,

get him going.

Hit him on the head, Joe,

get him out in front with
his red cotton pants

and bang him on the floor
like you did.

Yeah, that's right.

Hit that one again.

Hit him on the head let him--

turn him, bang his head
on the floor.

That's right.

That's the only way
to treat a bureaucrat.

[music continues]

Hit him again.

[Dr. Scott laughs]

[gentle music]

♪I know a man

♪ He's as rich as a king

[narrator] The song is about
a rich man

who refuses to share
his wealth with anyone.

♪ His poor neighbor a thief

When he knocks on
Heaven's door,

he's given a rusty old halo,

second-hand wings
and a patched up old robe.

♪ He might get to Heaven

♪ But here is what he'll get

♪ A rusty old halo

♪ Skinny white cloud

♪ Second-hand wings
full of patches ♪

♪ A rusty old halo

♪ A skinny white cloud

♪ Robes so woolly
it scratches ♪

[applause]

[bright music]

♪ Maybe you haven't heard
about it ♪

♪ But there's a stranger
in our town ♪

♪ Ooh, oh, yes

♪ There's a stranger
in our town ♪

♪ Mm-mm

♪ There's a stranger
in our town ♪

♪ And he's giving sight
to the blind ♪

♪ Oh, yes...

[announcer]
Dr. Gene Scott presents,

the Festival of Faith.

Not a lot of whoopie,

just straight talk.

Now here's your host.

[music fades]