Robert Tilton

==Satire==
In 1985, two men began distributing a video they compiled lampooning Tilton and his ostensible conversations with God. The video exploits Tilton's facial expressions and preaching style. The original video contained no title screen and was roughly edited. The video featured a medley of footage from ''Success-N-Life'' overdubbed with well-timed sound effects of [[flatulence]]. Unofficial VHS copies of the video circulated in the U.S. through the late 1980s under such titles as ''Tooting Tilton'', ''Heaven Only Knows'' (the first title by the original distributors), ''Pastor Gas'', ''The Joyful Noise'', and ''The Farting Preacher''. After the hosts of ''[[The Mark & Brian Show]]'', a radio program in [[Los Angeles]], mentioned the video on the air, the video's authors saw the market potential and began selling official copies of their creation. Similar videos have since been made with more recent footage of Tilton and are distributed throughout the Internet, all under the ''Farting Preacher'' name. The video distribution (including digital bootlegs distributed online) expanded public awareness of Tilton and his controversial television ministry.<ref name="the_prophet_of_prosperity" />

The song "I Know" on the [[Barenaked Ladies]]' 1996 album ''[[Born on a Pirate Ship]]'' includes the lines: "If a hundred monkeys each could get their own show / perhaps one day a chimp might say," followed by a sample of Tilton saying, "and you have faith! You just need to use it, saith the Lord."

The musician [[Pogo (musician)|Pogo]] created the song "Hoo Ba Ba Kanda" using the sounds and words of Tilton from his program.

The comedy material of [[Ron White]] also includes mention of Tilton. In the opening to White's act in the first ''[[Blue Collar Comedy Tour]]'' movie, White says that "while sitting in a beanbag chair naked eating Cheetos", he finds Tilton on TV and believes Tilton is talking specifically to him: "Are you lonely?" "Yeah." "Have you wasted half your life in bars pursuing sins of the flesh?" "This guy's good ..." "Are you sitting in a beanbag chair naked eating Cheetos?" White gapes in horror before squeaking "Yes sir!" "Do you feel the urge to get up and send me a thousand dollars?" (pause for effect) "Close! I thought he was talking about ''me'' there for a second. Apparently, I ain't the only cat on the block (who) digs Cheetos!"<ref name="the_prophet_of_prosperity" />

In the early 2000s, the Trinity Foundation put together a number of news broadcasts, including the initial ''Primetime Live'' piece, from the years surrounding the investigations into Tilton's ministry on a DVD entitled ''The Prophet of Prosperity:  Robert Tilton and the Gospel of Greed''. The DVD also includes segments from ''[[The Daily Show]]'s'' "God Stuff" (hosted by Trinity member John Bloom, a.k.a. [[Joe Bob Briggs]]), excerpts from the ''Pastor Gas'' videos, and a number of mocking music videos, as well as moments from ''Success-N-Life'' showing Tilton's more outrageous claims of "visions from God."<ref name="the_prophet_of_prosperity" />

The name "Tilton" is referred to in the song "Cash Cow (A Rock Opera In Three Small Acts)", from the album called ''[[Squint (album)|Squint]]'' by music artist and film director [[Steve Taylor]], where it says:

{{blockquote|The cash cow! The golden cash cow had a body like the great cows of ancient Egypt, and a face like the face of Robert Tilton—without the horns. And through the centuries, it has roamed the Earth like a ravenous bovine, seeking whom it may—lick! [between about 1:11 and 1:36 on the CD version]}}

Tilton's antics are also lampooned in the area of software technology by [[Douglas Crockford]]. Crockford created "The Tilton Macro Preprocessor", which he describes as "one of the ugliest programming languages ever conceived".

[[Bruce Prichard]], who portrayed Brother Love in the [[WWE]], has stated that the character was largely based on Tilton's way of speaking.

The comedian and satirist [[John Oliver (comedian)|John Oliver]] criticized Tilton's [[televangelism]] ministry as fraudulent on his nationwide television program ''[[Last Week Tonight]]'' on August 17, 2015.<ref name=twsChristianPost/> Oliver and his team had corresponded with Tilton's Faith Worldwide Church for seven months; it began when a $20 donation was sent to the organization.<ref name=twsChristianPost/> Oliver explained what happened during those months: the organization sent a letter back with a $1 bill asking Oliver to "send it back" with more offerings, leading to a slew of appeals for further donations with nothing substantive in return, according to an account in ''[[The Christian Post]]'':

{{Blockquote|That's right&nbsp;... I had to send the $1 back with an additional recommended offering of $37, which I did. So at this point, we're just two letters in and it's like having a pen pal who's in deep with some [[loan sharks]].<ref name=twsChristianPost>August 17, 2015, Christian Post, [http://www.christianpost.com/news/comedian-john-oliver-lampoons-televangelists-on-last-week-tonight-show-opens-our-lady-of-perpetual-exemption-church-143003/ Comedian John Oliver Lampoons Televangelists on 'Last Week Tonight' Show; Opens Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption Church], Retrieved August 18, 2015, "...In his critique, Oliver said he and his team corresponded with televangelist Robert Tilton's Word of Faith Worldwide Church for seven months which quickly became predatory in nature..."</ref>}}

Oliver set up his own "televangelism" megachurch on his broadcast, which he called [[Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption]].<ref name=twsChristianPost/>