Jim and Tammy Faye

Cheat!

Sony Music

True Crime, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In the 1980s, The PTL or Praise The Lord Satellite Network founded by Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker broadcast into millions of homes throughout the world with their special brand of prosperity gospel. Jim’s charismatic sermons and Tammy Faye’s musical performances and bombastic personality brought a new kind of Christianity into people’s lives. Their little television studio in Fort Mills, SC quickly grew into Heritage USA, a 2,300 acre resort, waterpark and state-of-the-art recording facility. Paid for largely by the constant telefunding on their shows. Heritage USA gave Christians a special place to bring their families to vacation and worship, but as the Bakker’s empire grew, so did their lavish spending. And just when Jim was set to begin his more ambitious project yet -- a Christian Disneyland -- complete with roller coaster that damned sinners to hell, someone uncovered where all that money was really going. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's 1974 on a Sunday morning in Charlotte, North Carolina.
0:11.0	You've just woken up, poured yourself a big bowl of pink pantaflakes, settled into
0:15.0	your favorite chair, and turned on the TV.
0:18.5	The PTO television at work presents Jim Faker!
0:27.4	The praise the Lord Club or the PTO Club has just started.
0:31.5	The camera pans across a full orchestra and choir.
0:34.9	A studio audience claps vigorously as a well dressed and good-looking couple walk down
0:39.7	to the stage.
0:40.7	Hello, everyone!
0:55.7	Oh, what a beautiful morning!
0:59.5	A beautiful day today, right?
1:01.9	It's Tammy Faye and Jim Baker, traveling pinocostal evangelist healers.
1:07.4	They used to host a local TV show featuring puppets, but now they have a new gig.
1:13.4	An hour-long talk show modeled after the tonight show with Johnny Carson.
1:18.7	Jimmy is dressed in a light brown blazer and tie.
1:21.9	Tammy had what became her signature look of big blonde hair, heavy mascara, and bright
1:27.2	makeup.
1:28.2	They greet everyone with warm charisma and big smiles.
1:32.4	What you saw was what you got with Tammy Faye.
1:35.7	She would be exactly what you saw on TV.
1:39.1	Fun, engaging, sparkly.
1:42.1	That's Mark Becker.
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