J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius

What started out as an inside joke amongst two self proclaimed weirdos in Ft. Worth, Texas soon becomes much more than they bargained for. Frustrated by the rising consumer-driven culture, out-of-work pals Douglass St. Clair Smith and Steve Wilcox decide to turn their conservative southern ideology on its head and invent a new religion all their own. Spurred on by the overreach of religion and zealous televangelists of the day, the pair concoct religious monikers (Reverend Ivan Stang and Dr. Philo Drummond), a newly minted prophet (J.R. "Bob" Dobbs), and devise a crusade to expose the conspiracy of normalcy by using humor as the ultimate weapon.

• Release date
• March 10, 2019
• Runtime
• 85 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Sandy K. Boone

Cast

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Douglass Smith Reverend Ivan Stang

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Steve Wilcox Philo Drummond Nick Offerman Self Richard Linklater Self Penn Jillette Self Gerald V. Casale Self

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Davey Taylor Reverend Lord Angry Larry

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Harry S. Robins Dr. Howland Owll