A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, which is actually just an excuse to sell merchandise.
Acting
Dabney Coleman's sweaty desperation as a man who found God in quarterly profits.
Costume
Evangelist leisurewear that screams 'bought from a funeral home clearance sale'.
Director
Rick Friedberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the peak of the televangelism scandals, this predates the real-life Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart falls by mere years. Art imitating life imitating grift.
Director Rick Friedberg later made Spy Hard and various SNL sketches; this was his feature debut, shot in 18 days on a budget that wouldn't cover a modern sitcom's catering.
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