Cultic Studies Review, Vol. 3, Nos. 2 &3, 2004, Page 79
Television Feature References
[Homer Joins a Cult] 1998. The Simpsons. Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox television
Network
The Cult Problem. 1995. MTV
48 Hours: The Deprogramming. May, 1989. CBS
Lou Grant. 1978.*
Saturday Night Live (deprogramming skit). Repeat-1987. NBC
Sisters. circa 1994.*
Today Show. November 8, 1993 February 17, 1994. NBC
The Twentieth Century: Hippies and Cults. 1995. CBS
The Moore Report: Thy Will Be Done. circa 1980. Minneapolis, MN.*
*Network information not found or available at time of writing.
Joseph Szimhart began research into cultic influence in 1980, after ending his two-year
devotion to a New Age sect called Church Universal and Triumphant. He began to work
professionally as an intervention specialist and exit counselor in 1986 on an international
scale. From 1985 through 1992, he was chairman of an interdenominational, cult
information organization in New Mexico and lectured throughout the state. He has written
many reviews and articles about cultic issues for Skeptical Inquirer, Cultic Studies Journal,
and other publications. He continues to consult for the media and maintains a website for
information about cults: http://www.users.fast.net~szimhart. For family reasons, he
minimized his exit counseling work since 1998 to take a position with a psychiatric
emergency hospital. Mr. Szimhart continues to pursue his fine art career, currently working
on several commissions. (szimhart@fast.net)
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2004, Volume 3,
Numbers 2 &3, pages 202-225. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that
of the bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
Television Feature References
[Homer Joins a Cult] 1998. The Simpsons. Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox television
Network
The Cult Problem. 1995. MTV
48 Hours: The Deprogramming. May, 1989. CBS
Lou Grant. 1978.*
Saturday Night Live (deprogramming skit). Repeat-1987. NBC
Sisters. circa 1994.*
Today Show. November 8, 1993 February 17, 1994. NBC
The Twentieth Century: Hippies and Cults. 1995. CBS
The Moore Report: Thy Will Be Done. circa 1980. Minneapolis, MN.*
*Network information not found or available at time of writing.
Joseph Szimhart began research into cultic influence in 1980, after ending his two-year
devotion to a New Age sect called Church Universal and Triumphant. He began to work
professionally as an intervention specialist and exit counselor in 1986 on an international
scale. From 1985 through 1992, he was chairman of an interdenominational, cult
information organization in New Mexico and lectured throughout the state. He has written
many reviews and articles about cultic issues for Skeptical Inquirer, Cultic Studies Journal,
and other publications. He continues to consult for the media and maintains a website for
information about cults: http://www.users.fast.net~szimhart. For family reasons, he
minimized his exit counseling work since 1998 to take a position with a psychiatric
emergency hospital. Mr. Szimhart continues to pursue his fine art career, currently working
on several commissions. (szimhart@fast.net)
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2004, Volume 3,
Numbers 2 &3, pages 202-225. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that
of the bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
