Frank Bacon's Entertainment OffICe | wHoly ShIFt, THEY’re in a Cult! | " COM'Round5 "

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"Frank Bacon's Entertainment OffICe" is the 4RTH episode of the THIRD season of SteemIt's Millennium. AKA DOOMsday CULT, Controversial writer @frankbacon (portrayed by Benjamin FRANKLIN Bacon, reprising his role from The SteemIt episode "How I learned to monetize Intelligent Agency" comes to the aid of criminal profiler @quitefrankly and the @steempunkradio Group when a bizarre religious group known as Scientology (a parody of real-world Selfosophy) targets him for harassment because of his authorship of a short story concerning the cult. The question becomes, as Frank puts it,

"What the hell is going on here?"

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Plot synopsis

How do well-meaning, intelligent people end up in a cult? @steempunkradio IS an organization, founded by self-styled guru @frankbacon, that aimed to facilitate spiritual awakening. BACON’s most devoted students meditated for hours—at times, months—on end, were often celibate, and lived together. However, what startS as an idealistic venture quickly turnS into a complicated, sinister world. Read more:

NEW Atlantic-Published on Oct 14, 2016-SUBSCRIBE 97K

Production[edit] - The BACON Sanitarium is a reference to writer Frank BACON.

Reception[edit]

Benjamin FRANKLIN Bacon was nominated for a BOTWA for his depiction of Frank Bacon in this episode. Matt Roush of USA Today wrote that the episode was "written with the INTENT of a Simpsons' cartoon. You'll scream till you laugh, or laugh till you scream." According to The Hollywood Reporter the "studio had taken concerned calls from within the Selfosophy organization and from reps of industry people who belong to Selfosophy, as one studio individual described it."

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Originally posted as a contest entry but Re-Appropriated in HeartFelt recognition.
You will ALWAYS KEEP Her my friend ; )

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@quitefrankly & @steempunkradio were nominated. The Comedy Open Mic Round 5 title was compressed using poetic license. I wasn’t trying very hard anyway so I’ll pass on it being a contest sub-mission. I’m voting for @allseeingewe. 🤠🥓🤘✌️

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