Satan Is Our Spokesman

Religious Channel Enlists Lucifer to Get Out Message

Posted by Ken Wheaton on 12.03.08 @ 12:50 PM

Let's say you had the task of rebranding a Brooklyn-based religious cable channel. Who would you choose for a spokesperson? Jesus? A rabbi? A nun? A doctor of theology? An imam? A fire-breathing televangelist? Nope. Cesario-Migliozzi, Los Angeles, picked Satan hisownself to help get the word out about NET (New Evangelization Television), which was formerly known as The Prayer Channel. The devil, played in online and TV spots by Jimmy Briscoe, is acting as the anti-spokesperson for the channel. Satan, as one would expect, is the champion of oversexed reality TV and does not want you to watch NET. Indeed, he's started a website called StopGoodTV.com, where you can find a sort of Subservient Satan (he doesn't do much, though). The campaign, which breaks today, also includes bus-side ads (as seen at the left) and a viral video as seen below. The TV spot showing Satan in all his non-glory can be found here.

2 Comments

By artalley | Lawrence, KS December 3, 2008 07:15:38 pm:

I think that this is a ridiculous ad campaign. It almost seems like they are making light of religion itself. I think using Satan as your spokesperson for an evangelist channel will definitely get people's attention, but will it get the attention from the target audience they were hoping for?
They probably will turn some heads with this campaign, which was probably their intention. It also may offend devout evangelists. Most evangelists take satan very seriously, so to use Satan as a spokesperson may actually cause for negative attention.

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By gailfcox | Davidson, NC December 4, 2008 03:10:44 am:

Alex, please stop making a fool of yourself. It is obvious that this is little more than turning the mirror on people who have fallen for the filth out there. Go watch Ellen.

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