Jim Bakker - Revision history

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 ==Quotes==
-'''Rob Samler''': ''"What did you think about the sentence that Jimbo [Bakker] got?"''
+'''[[Rob Samler]]''': ''"What did you think about the sentence that Jimbo [Bakker] got?"''
 '''Frank Zappa''': ''"Too light."''

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-[[File:Zappa Jim and Tammy Baker.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Zappa in 1988, posing next to posters to promote an anti-Bakker benefit concert.]]
+[[File:Zappa Jim and Tammy Baker.jpg|750px|thumb|right|Zappa in 1988, posing next to posters to promote an anti-Bakker benefit concert.]]
 '''Jim Bakker''' (January 2, 1940) is an American televangelist who was married to [[Wikipedia:Tammy Faye Messner|Tammy Faye Bakker (1942-2007)]] from 1961-1992. In the 1980s Bakker was convicted of massive tax fraud, mail fraud and one count of conspiracy. He was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison in 1988, but in 1992 his jail time was reduced to just 8 years. In 1994 Bakker was paroled, after serving almost five years of his sentence. Since then he returned to his former profession.
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 '''Frank Zappa''': ''"Well, if we're lucky."''
-'''Den Simms''': ''"If we're lucky, yeah."''
+'''[[Den Simms]]''': ''"If we're lucky, yeah."''
 '''Rob Samler''': ''"Don't ya think Tammy shoulda gotten some time too?"''

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 [[File:Zappa Jim and Tammy Baker.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Zappa in 1988, posing next to posters to promote an anti-Bakker benefit concert.]]
-'''Jim Bakker''' (January 2, 1940) is an American televangelist who was married to [[Wikipedia:Tammy Faye Messner|Tammy Faye Bakker (1942-2007)]] from 1961-1992. In the 1980s Bakker was convicted of massive tax fraud, mail fraud and once count of conspiracy. He sentenced to jail in 1988, but in 1992 his jail time was reduced to just 8 years. In 1994 Bakker was paroled, after serving almost five years of his sentence. Since then he returned to his former profession.
+'''Jim Bakker''' (January 2, 1940) is an American televangelist who was married to [[Wikipedia:Tammy Faye Messner|Tammy Faye Bakker (1942-2007)]] from 1961-1992. In the 1980s Bakker was convicted of massive tax fraud, mail fraud and one count of conspiracy. He was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison in 1988, but in 1992 his jail time was reduced to just 8 years. In 1994 Bakker was paroled, after serving almost five years of his sentence. Since then he returned to his former profession.
 ==Zappa==

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 [[File:Zappa Jim and Tammy Baker.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Zappa in 1988, posing next to posters to promote an anti-Bakker benefit concert.]]
-'''Jim Bakker''' (January 2, 1940) is an American televangelist, married to [[Tammy Bakker|Tammy Faye]]. In the 1980s Bakker was convicted of massive tax fraud, mail fraud and once count of conspiracy. He sentenced to jail in 1988, but in 1992 his jail time was reduced to just 8 years. In 1994 Bakker was paroled, after serving almost five years of his sentence. Since then he returned to his former profession.
+'''Jim Bakker''' (January 2, 1940) is an American televangelist who was married to [[Wikipedia:Tammy Faye Messner|Tammy Faye Bakker (1942-2007)]] from 1961-1992. In the 1980s Bakker was convicted of massive tax fraud, mail fraud and once count of conspiracy. He sentenced to jail in 1988, but in 1992 his jail time was reduced to just 8 years. In 1994 Bakker was paroled, after serving almost five years of his sentence. Since then he returned to his former profession.
 ==Zappa==

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 ==Zappa==
-Zappa frequently satirized the Bakkers in his songs, including ''[[Jim & Tammy's Upper Room]], [[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]'' and in some live versions of [[Louie Louie]] [[Frank Zappa|Zappa]] sang ''"Jim and Tammy: you gotta go!"'' On 29 January 1988 he and [[Steve Allen]] organized a F.A. legal task force concert fundraiser, under the title: ''Let's Put Jim and Tammy In Their Place''.
+Zappa frequently satirized the Bakkers in his songs, including ''[[Jim & Tammy's Upper Room]], [[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]'' and in some live versions of [[Louie Louie]] [[Biography|Zappa]] sang ''"Jim and Tammy: you gotta go!"'' On 29 January 1988 he and [[Steve Allen]] organized a F.A. legal task force concert fundraiser, under the title: ''Let's Put Jim and Tammy In Their Place''.
 ==Quotes==

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-[[Jim Bakker]] (1940) is an American televangelist who was convicted for rape and massive tax fraud. His wife was called [[Tammy Bakker|Tammy Faye]].
+[[File:Zappa Jim and Tammy Baker.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Zappa in 1988, posing next to posters to promote an anti-Bakker benefit concert.]]
-Referenced in ''[[Jim & Tammy's Upper Room]], [[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]'' and in some live versions of [[Louie Louie]] [[Frank Zappa|Zappa]] sang ''"Jim and Tammy: you gotta go!"''
+'''Jim Bakker''' (January 2, 1940) is an American televangelist, married to [[Tammy Bakker|Tammy Faye]]. In the 1980s Bakker was convicted of massive tax fraud, mail fraud and once count of conspiracy. He sentenced to jail in 1988, but in 1992 his jail time was reduced to just 8 years. In 1994 Bakker was paroled, after serving almost five years of his sentence. Since then he returned to his former profession.
 ==See Also==
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 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Bakker, Jim]]
 [[Category:Targets|Bakker, Jim]]
 [[Category:Religious leaders and characters|Bakker, Jim]]

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-Jim Bakker  (1940) is an American televangelist who was convicted for rape and massive tax fraud.
+'''Jim Bakker''' (1940) is an American televangelist who was convicted for rape and massive tax fraud. His wife was called Tammy Faye.
-Referenced in [[Jim and Tammy's Upper Room]]
+Referenced in ''[[Jim & Tammy's Upper Room]], [[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]'' and in some live versions of [[Louie Louie]] Zappa sang ''"Jim and Tammy: you gotta go!"''
 [[Category:Supporting Cast|Bakker, Jim]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Bakker, Jim]]
 [[Category:Targets|Bakker, Jim]]