The Rev and the Rabbi Meet the Fly

[David Hedison]
Please! Help me! Please go away! Go away!

[Terry Scott Taylor]
You know, I had a couple of friends over the other night: Reverend Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor and Rabbi Aaron Bergman, and I think it's the first time these two great minds have come together, the first time they met. And they were both fans of early sci-fi and horror movies, and we watched a classic: "The Fly," with Vincent Price. And I happened to tape, you know, their conversation, and you guys get to listen in.

[Herbert Marshall]
But you saw it, didn't you?

[Vincent Price]
Yes, I saw it. I thought she was . . .

[Herbert Marshall]
As God is my witness, I saw the thing. It's unbelievable. I shall never forget that scream as long as I live.

[Vincent Price]
You've committed murder just as much as Helene did. You killed a fly with a human head. She killed a human with a fly head. If she murdered, so did you.

[Rabbi Aaron Bergman]
Oh, those are harsh words!

[Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor]
It's an immoral abomination, I tell you. Sin can change not only the spirit of man but the very physical appearance of a man. Don't you agree, Rabbi?

[Rabbi Aaron Bergman]
Uh . . . no, not really.

[Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor]
I remember a revival service, back in '62, as I recall. I was having a healing, uh--a healing service, and I was calling all the infirm to come forward. And sure enough, there was a man there that came forward, and I couldn't believe it: He was a man with a fly's head.

[Rabbi Aaron Bergman]
Oh! That's not kosher!

[Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor]
Now I laid my hands on him, Rabbi. I laid my hands on him, and in faith I cried, "Heal! Heal!"

[Rabbi Aaron Bergman]
Wow.

[Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor]
And he went back to normal. He became a fly with a man's head.

[Rabbi Aaron Bergman]
Oh.

[Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor]
And then--and then--Rabbi, he rubbed his hands together, and then he lifted off the ground. He literally flew across the crowd, the revival tent crowd, towards the men's restroom.

[Rabbi Aaron Bergman]
Oh. Well. Eh, a fly's gotta eat!