MY FATHER WAS AN ADVANCE MAN FOR MGM
IN 1928
HE’D TRIED THE STAGE
BUT VAUDEVILLE WAS FAILING
AND HE WAS A MARRIED MAN
AN ADVANCE MAN WAS PART OF SHOW BUSINESS
SO HE SWITCHED
WHICH IS WHY I WAS BORN IN ST LOUIS
WE WERE ON THE ROAD
MY FATHER WAS ADVANCE MAN
FOR A FILM
THE LAST COMMAND
WE WERE NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE CIRCUS
WE’D SHOW UP WITH A PAPER MACHE FLOAT
DEPICTING THE MOVIE
AND A CAGE HOLDING LEO THE LION
A TIRED
OLD
CIRCUS CASTOFF
WHO THRILLED THE CROWD
WHEN HE YAWNED
WE’D PAPER THE TOWN
GIVING FREE TICKETS FOR DISPLAYING POSTERS
OUR JOB WAS TO MAKE A SPONTANEOUS CROWD
COME SEE THE MOVIE
IN THOSE DAYS A MOVIE WAS LIKE A STAGE SHOW
IT STAYED IN TOWN
UNTIL THE AUDIENCE LESSENED
BEFORE THAT WE’D BE IN THE NEXT CITY
EVERYTHING WAS HYPERBOLE
EVERYTHING WAS FRESH FISH
THE GREATEST
THE ADVANCE MAN HAD TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THE PRODUCT
JESUS SENT 70 ADVANCE MEN
THEY WENT OUT ENTHUSIASTIC
THEY CAME BACK ENTHUSIASTIC
THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT JESUS
AND HIS MESSAGE
AND THE MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE
LOVE ME AND MY CREATION
NO NITPICKING ABOUT DIFFERENCES
TO THE JEW
A GENTILE WAS A SINNER
BECAUSE HE BROKE THE LAW
WITHOUT KNOWING IT
DIETARY
HYGIENIC
SABBATH
FOR THAT HE WAS A SINNER
JESUS SAID
WHAT GOES IN A MAN’S MOUTH
DOESN’T DEFILE HIM
WHAT COMES OUT DOES
LOVE ME LOVE MY CREATION
THEY MET UP WITH INDIFFERENCE
BUT KEPT UP TRYING
I THINK
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE CHURCH TODAY
IS
WE ARE NOT EXCITED ABOUT JESUS
WE LOOK FOR HORRORS IN THE RAPTURE
JUDGE THAT THE POOR MUST BE BAD
GOD IS PUNISHING THE WORLD FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
WHILE REMAINING SILENT DURING THE HOLOCAUST
ALL THE HOLOCAUSTS
JESUS IS A PRETTY PICTURE
THEN FORGET
WE HAVE NO ENTHUSIASM FOR HIS MESSAGE
RACHAEL MOURNS HER CHILDREN
THERE IS NO ONE TO COMFORT HER
FRANK A VOLLMER
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