Moral Orel is a really snarky cartoon on Adult Swim that chronicles the faith contradictions of Orel Puffington, son of an evangelical Christian family in the town of Moralton in Statesasota.
Orel’s name was probably taken from Oral Roberts, one of the first and most famous of the televangelists. Roberts, 89, is still alive; but one of his most enduring legacies, Oral Roberts University, is in considerable difficulty.
ORU is an interesting place. Having been to Tulsa several times for training, I can tell you from first hand experience it dominates an otherwise declining city; the main tourist attraction in a harsh landscape of boarded up storefronts and empty streets. Like Liberty (Falwell) and Regent (RobertSON) it is a monument to the fundraising power of its founder.
In fact what most people may remember about Oral Roberts the man is his famous fundraising appeal in 1987 where he demanded $8 million from his followers “Or God will call me home.”
“Call me home!” below-