Word: idolization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fire, water and earth. The founder of the Franciscan order developed a wide following during his life for his appreciation of nature's bounty. In recent times, his popularity has grown: St. Francis has been the subject of numerous movies and biographies, and became something of a cult idol for hippies in the 1960s. Now it is Pope John Paul II who has honored St. Francis. The Pope named him Patron Saint of Ecology because "he has sung stupendously the beauties of nature, considering it a marvelous gift of God to humanity...
...acts, in his dressing room. He is wearing a Viking's helmet, complete with horns, over a wig of lank brown hair, a corset over a lace shirt. On his right hand there is a boxing glove. He claims, in the rich, ripe tones of yesteryear's provincial matinee idol, that he was about to do his imitation of Queen Victoria, but that he has forgotten what she looks like. The program's ever harassed star and manager, who just happens to be a very green, very agreeable frog, tells his guest that though he loves the many wild characters...