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Rainbow Man

The Rainbow Man was brought to my attention indirectly by all those people with John3:16 signs. Then Andrew E pointed out that the Rainbow Man was the originator and an attention whore crazy to boot. Thanks guys for making me Google what the crap was going on.

Rollen Stewart, or the Rainbow man, was a pop culture phenomenon in the late 70’s and early 80’s known for sporting a Halloween afro wig while holding up the first ever John 3:16 signs. Originally a publicity stunt meant to enrage producers and players, the Rainbow Man became a victim of his own propaganda and became a “born again” Christian. Which, as we all know, take the fun out of everything.

Convinced to “get his message” across, Stewart slowly descended into madness; getting arrested at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, attacking promienet places of business with stink bombs and finally taking a hotel maid hostage which resulted in a standoff with police as the Rainbow Man shrieked that the Rapture was nigh in six days time.

Rollen Stewart is currently serving three consecutive life sentences for that last bit of crazy. On the up side, he became the subject of the 1997 documentary Rainbow Man by Sam Green and thus completed the circle of pop culture life.