"Jesus Juice" (Michael Jackson trial)

[Page Stephens]

Remember Elmer Gantry.

I can't find the exact quote from the movie but I did find this.

Elmer Gantry (1960)
... Jesus had love in both fists! ... Gantry turns into an evangelizing,
Bible Belt revivalist
preacher ... At one point, she remembers "he sure rammed the fear of God up
me ...
www.film.org/elme.html - 13k - Mar 10, 2005 -

Page Stephens

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> Barry Popik wrote:
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>>JESUS JUICE--42,200 Google hits, 1,200 Google Groups hits
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>>(GOOGLE GROUPS)
>>Drink survey
>>The other reason it's so lethal is that it's almost all alcohol! :-) On
>>this topic,
>>try 'Purple Jesus Juice' - everclear and purple kool-aid. ...
>>alt.party - Sep 24 1991, 5:41 pm by Iain McVey - 37 messages - 33 authors
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> In my undergraduate days at Georgetown University (1969-70, say, when I
> lived in a dorm) we had 'Purple Jesus' parties (juice was not mentioned).
> Purple Jesus consisted primarily of grain alcohol (highest proof
> available), colored with purple kool-aid (some red wine was optional; but
> the secret ingredient was Gatorade, based on its sales pitch, 'gets into
> your system twelve times faster than water' (or however many times faster,
> I forget).  Not having a good understanding of chemistry or physiology, we
> simply accepted the empirical data that this combination was the fastest
> drunk available without intravenous injection.  While we didn't mind
> getting ourselves drunk fairly rapidly, the fast-acting quality was most
> desireable in connection with our hopes for our female guests.
>
> Michael McKernan