Televangelists such as Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggert were targeted for parody by late night comics, including Saturday Night Live, when it was big business in the 80's and early 90's.
And, then, Genesis got in on the act.
With a stage set that mocks Oral Roberts' TV show, the trio had MTV & VH1 viewers rolling during the summer of 1992 with "Jesus He Knows Me". The dark toupee Phil Collins wears for most of the video, though, makes him look more like talk show host and crooner Mike Douglas than Bakker. Collins' opening speech, though, is based on another preacher, Ernest Angley, who passed away earlier this year. Seems Angley liked the video, not knowing it was a spoof.
The sign reading, "Genesis 3:25", refers to the band reaching 25 years, but they had been a trio since first Steve Hackett, then Peter Gabriel, left the group.
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