1:G:7) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LEGEND
Aired - Monday June 12th 1995
 
          Writer: John Considine
          Director: Michael Vejar
 
A preacher comes to town and holds a tent meeting.  Things
quickly turn ugly when the evangelist speaks out against
science in general and Janos Bartok in particular.  Pratt
knows that the bible-thumper is a swindler and he and Bartok
have to figure out what the con is.  When they do they must
contend with the violent mob that the preacher incites.
 
Ratings  June 12th 1995
9:00 (EST) viewers   rating   share   rank   last week
Monday      3.4m      2.5       4      92        -
 
Regular Cast
Ernest Pratt - Richard Dean Anderson
Janos Bartok - John de Lancie
Ramos - Mark Adair Rios
Skeeter - Jarrad Paul
 
Guest Cast
Mordechai/Willy Miles - Robert Englund
Edgar Taggert - Tim Considine
Daniel Kilkelly - Brendan Kinkade (?)
Brother Jude - Phillip Connery
Driver - Hamilton Mitchell
Heron Twin #1 - Tina Peeler
Heron Twin #2 - Tessa Harper
Operator - Rick Taylor
 
MacGyver Notes
Robert Englund appeared in "Flames End" as Tim Wexler.
 
John Considine wrote "Blind Faith",  "There But For The
Grace of God" and the 1994 movie, "Trail To Doomsday".
 
John Considine appeared in "Log Jam" as Mr. Foxworth and In
"There But For The Grace of God" as Aaron Sandler.
 
Michael Vejar directed the following MacGyver episodes: The
Widowmaker, Murderer's Sky, The Secret of Parker House, The
Outsiders, Battle of Tommy Giordano, Tough Boys, Bitter
Harvest and The Eye of Osiris.
 
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LEGEND - QUIZ
1) How long did Willy Miles serve in Alcatraz for
   embezzlement, extortion, stock fraud and other such
   mischief? [He must have been in the army at the time
   because Alcatraz was a military prison until 1933.]
2) Where, according to Skeeter, did a man preach using
   snakes?
3) What corporation was considering giving Bartok a fifty
   thousand dollar grant for rainmaking?
4) With whom did Pratt suggest they celebrate if the grant
   was forthcoming?
5) What charges does the "Public Safety Committee" summon
   Bartok to answer?
6) What foundation is sponsoring Mordechai?
7) What hymn is being sung when Pratt and Bartok arrive at
   the second tent meeting?
8) What chapter and verse of the Bible does Pratt quote in
   his argument with Mordechai?
9) At what University has Bartok been invited to speak about
   alternating current?
10) How old is Daniel Kilkelly's sister?
 
"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's
affection and the truth of imagination." -- Pratt, quoting
Keats.
 
 
KNEE-HIGH NOON - QUIZ ANSWERS
1) Grant Ave.
2) Thirty years ago (a good trick since the town is only
   ten.)
3) A Legend Bust
4) Joshua Lovelace, the half-witted ranch hand
5) The riata takes off the dummy's head.
6) Three
7) The precise measurement of continental drift
8) A ringworm epidemic
9) A Quilting Bee
10) Baltimore Maryland
 
"Lose the kid." -- E.C. Allen