 Oral Roberts
- Evangelist Oral Roberts told his followers on two TV segments
in early February, 1987 that unless he received $4.5 million
dollars immediately for medical missionary scholarships that God
was going to take his life on March 31, 1987. Some stations
either refused to air or edited out his manipulative plea for
help.
In a parody of this outrageous request, a Texas disc jockey
reported that a giant Lassie dog came to him in a dream and told
him to build a huge cat and dog hospital.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on their "Weekend Update" segment said
that God's lawyers had denied any such allegations concluding
"If we had plans to 'smoke' the little toad, we'd have done it
by now!"
Weathering the public reactions to his fantastic revelation
Oral Roberts said he expected to live beyond the "deadline," all
the while pleading "I speak for money to be released from your
purse, your billfold, your wallet. I expect a miracle." Bookies
in Las Vegas wanted to bet on the event but their request was
denied.
The whole ordeal climaxed a few days before his expected
death when a millionaire donated the remaining million plus
dollars. Comedians commented that he wouldn't be safe until the
check cleared.
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