Jesus Christ Superstar

In this episode we will tell the story of a long haired hippy with a dream to do something spectacular. With the help of his talented friends and against the powers of the land he made that dream into a reality. Then thousands of years later 2 middle class British toffs turned that story into a multi hundred million dollar enterprise with a Hollywood film, a lavish stage show and the epitome of 70s culture the concept double album.

How did a 24 year old Tim Rice, an assistant producer in the record industry and 21 year old composer Andrew Lloyd Webber end up with a hit single, hit album, hit stage show and hit movie?

And how was this potentially blasphemous production received by the Chri$tian world?

This episode features special guest star appearances from Olympic Studios, London, The Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil, MCA, The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technocolour Dreamcoat, Bob Dylan, With God on Our Side, Judas Iscariot, Roman Empire, Rome, Romans, Roman Emperor, Billy Graham, Samuel L. Gaber, Anti-Defamation League of the B’nai B’rith, Mary Magdalene, Faith Free Presbyterian Church, South Carolina, Ted Neeley, Norman Jewison, Pope Paul VI, Vatican, New York Times, Curtis Bill Pepper, Pope Francis, Newtownabbey Free Presbyterian Church, Newtownabbey Independent Christian School, Pastor Brian McClung, Irvin Himmel, The Gospel Guardian, Got Questions Ministries, Richard Hollerman, Graham Russell, Russel Hitchcock, Air Supply, Love and Other Bruises, Lost in Love, All Out of Love, The One That You Love, Young Love, Making Love Out of Nothing at All, The Power of Love, Faith in Love, Richard O’Brien, Sylvester Stallone, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Irene Cara, John Legend, Mel C, Rik Mayall, Indigo Girls, Tim Minchin, Gary Cherone, Roger Daltrey, Corey Glover, Ian Gillan, Alice Cooper, Sebastian Bach, Burger King, Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, Graves Hollow.

Sauces

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THE MUSICAL ‘JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’ IS A BLASPHEMY OF CHRIST!

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