{"id":5348,"date":"2013-10-22T21:05:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T05:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=5348"},"modified":"2015-07-16T22:21:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T06:21:22","slug":"was-crystal-bernard-part-of-an-evangelical-singing-duo-when-she-was-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2013\/10\/22\/was-crystal-bernard-part-of-an-evangelical-singing-duo-when-she-was-a-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Crystal Bernard Part of an Evangelical Christian Singing Act When She Was a Child?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2009\/04\/19\/tv-legends-revealed-history\/\">here<\/a> to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">TV URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: When she was a little girl, Crystal Bernard was part of an Evangelical Christian singing act with her older sister.<\/p>\n<p>Crystal Bernard has had an impressively long career in television.<\/p>\n<p>After one season on Happy Days, she co-starred in TWO long-running sitcoms, keeping her on the TV screen for over a decade, with the waitress sitcom It&#8217;s a Living and her most famous series, Wings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/wings.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B000ELIZZM&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, Bernard has been in the entertainment business for years before she got into television.<\/p>\n<p>Bernard&#8217;s father Jerry was a traveling Baptist evangelist preacher, who would sing and perform all over Texas.<\/p>\n<p>So Crystal and her older sister, Robin, grew up singing.<\/p>\n<p>In the early 1970s, the sisters were &#8220;discovered&#8221; by singer Bobbie Gentry (who will forever be known for her classic song, &#8220;Ode to Billy Joe&#8221;)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/gentryguitar-vi.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B000000CXC&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gentry had the girls perform with her during her popular Las Vegas routines.<\/p>\n<p>Well, in 1972, Jerry Falwell released an album called Feudin\u2019, Fussin\u2019 &#038; Frettin\u2019, it was a recording of a &#8220;typical&#8221; Sunday at Falwell&#8217;s church. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falwell2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B001F4PTV0&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Bernard sisters performed two songs for the album, and as far as I know, they are the only two official recordings of the Bernard sisters that exists.<\/p>\n<p>The song were &#8220;The Monkey Song&#8221; and &#8220;The Ecumenical Movement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first song mocks the theory of evolution while the second song mocks the ecumenical movement (the &#8220;movement&#8221; that suggested that religions should try to stress the things that all religions have in common rather than their differences).<\/p>\n<p>I bet you folks would like to see the lyrics, wouldn&#8217;t you? Read on to see &#8217;em!<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nTHE MONKEY SONG<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m no kin to the monkey, no no no<br \/>\nAnd the monkey&#8217;s no kin to me, yeah yeah yeah<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know much about his ancestors<br \/>\nBut mine didn&#8217;t swing from a tree.<\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s so ridiculous<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re teaching us now that it&#8217;s true.<br \/>\nThe teachers that came from a monkey<br \/>\nWould be better off in a zoo.<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;(Repeat chorus)<\/p>\n<p>It seems so much more believable<br \/>\nAnd surely, surely it&#8217;s true<br \/>\nThat God made man in his image.<br \/>\nNo monkey story will do.<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;(Repeat chorus)<\/p>\n<p>This monkey business has got to go<br \/>\nBecause it just isn&#8217;t true.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s such a disgrace to the monkey<br \/>\nA disgrace to the human race, too.<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;(Repeate chorus)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We hear a lot of talk about<br \/>\nThe Ecumenincal Movement.<br \/>\nThey say we should all get together<br \/>\nAnd be one big happy family.<\/p>\n<p>Catholic, Protestent and Jew,<br \/>\nBuddhist, Muslim and Hindu<br \/>\nI guess they want the Devil, too,<br \/>\nIn the Ecumenical Movement.<\/p>\n<p>They always talk about the Golden Rule<br \/>\nAnd the Sermon on the Mount<br \/>\nBut whether you&#8217;ve ever been born again<br \/>\nDoesn&#8217;t even seem to count.<br \/>\nI know my sins are all forgiven<br \/>\nAnd I am on my way to heaven<br \/>\nMy trust is in the Lord and not<br \/>\nThe Ecumenical Movement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tis modern now to talk about<br \/>\nThe Ecumenical Movement<br \/>\nThe old ways are not good enough<br \/>\nThey all must now be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Virgins birthed the Trinity<br \/>\nThe blood of Christ on Calgary<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ve made a better way, you see, through<br \/>\nThe Ecumenical Movement.<\/p>\n<p>(Repeat Chorus &#8220;They always talk&#8230;&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>These folks they always talk about<br \/>\nThe Ecumenical Movement<br \/>\nThat we all travel different roads<br \/>\nBut they all lead to Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>But God&#8217;s words plainly say<br \/>\nThat Jesus is the only way<br \/>\nSo put your trust in him today, not<br \/>\nThe Ecumenical Movement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well now&#8230;that was certainly something, wasn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Bernard (who is now 52) still occasionally sings with her father, although I imagine that she sings more traditional Gospel songs than stuff like the above.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/b1v-kfsgpps_sl600_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The legend is&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">STATUS<\/span><\/u>: True<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/retrolowfi.com\/2007\/04\/05\/robin-crystal-bernard-the-monkey-songthe-ecumenical-movement\/\">Retro Low-Fi<\/a> for the picture of the Falwell album! <\/p>\n<p>Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future installments! My e-mail address is b&#x63;r&#111;&#x6e;i&#110;&#x40;l&#x65;&#x67;e&#x6e;d&#115;&#x72;e&#118;&#x65;a&#x6c;&#x65;d&#x2e;&#x63;o&#x6d;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. 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