Does anyone have a card of...

Stone193

This guy!

I know I've seen him in the background of a baseball card. He's the "Rainbowman" - aka Rollen Stewart - aka Rock'n Rollen Stewart - who seemed to be just about everywhere in the 80s.

I've seen him everywhere and anywhere - even the Daytona 500! He had an iconic presence that captivated America for a short while - I'ld even seen him in movies.



There have been a zillion copycats - but this guy was the orginator!
Remember him?

mike

tennesseebanker

Was this the guy that started holding up the John 3:16 Signs ?
I dont know who he is, But I like the work he did.

Stone193

<< <i>Was this the guy that started holding up the John 3:16 Signs ?
I dont know who he is, But I like the work he did. >>


Amen brotha!

mike

SoFLPhillyFan

Think he's currently collecting newly minted license plates.

From Wikipedia -

Rollen Stewart (born 1945), also known as Rockin' Rollen and Rainbow Man, was a fixture in American sports culture best known for wearing a rainbow-colored wig and holding up signs reading "John 3:16" at sporting events around the United States in the 1980s.

Stewart was a born again Christian obsessed with "getting the message out" through publicity stunts.

In the late 1980s, he began a string of bombings, mostly with stink bombs, in newspaper offices and public gatherings. In doing so, his intended message was "God thinks this stinks." He was then arrested in 1992 after a standoff in a California hotel during which he entered a vacant room with two men he was attempting to kidnap and surprised a chambermaid who then locked herself in the bathroom. According to the 1997 documentary Rainbow Man by Sam Green, Rollen is currently serving three (3) consecutive life sentences in jail on kidnapping charges. He was eligible for parole in 2002.

pandrews

i dont care.. that guy seems awesome..

MikeyLikesIt

Three consecutive life sentences, yet eligible for parole in 2002. Gotta love California.

Sheamaster

ESPN did a story on him within the past few years...it was pretty interesting

Southerncards

This guy is a tard

blindflyer

self-righteous maniac.

-t

WinPitcher

When he gets out he will prolly open up a baseball card auction business.

Steve

GDM67

IIRC, if he'd taken a plea bargain, he would have had a much lighter sentence, but he went for broke and lost. I remember they had to literally haul him from the courtroom. He was trying to take the table along with him.

Southerncards

Home Shopping Network here he comes!

Distelrath

Heh heh heh... that reminded me of this picture... why take your children to a gay parade?

5STAT

Remember when you were a kid and the ice cream truck used to come around??

Oneofmy favorite items was the iced snow cone, with all the different flavors.

Now looking at the multi-colored hair do, for some reason I want one of those snow cones!!!

NBAFan

I don't have a card, but I have his DVD "The Rainbow Man/John 3:16" in my D-Ro DVD collection. There was a extra feature on the DVD "The Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie", so that is why I bought it. His story was very interesting though on the DVD.