In 1980, two smart, goofy nerds in Dallas decided to start their own religion. Their names were Doug and Steve, but in the grand tradition of charlatans everywhere, they invented new names for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Church of the SubGenius may not be a household name across the country, but beginning in the early 1970s, a pair of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like 8mm films of 1960s “happenings” or videos of 1970s performance art, “J.R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius” ...

Editor's note: Take a look back in The Dallas Morning News Archives. "If you don't already have Bob in your life - or if you've never even heard of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs - then concentrate real hard on ...

insane and unfit to be a mother. The child was, mind you, not present at this or any other X-Day event. Rachel B's version of events here. Reason col Cathy Young discussed custody issues here. Reason ...

Sandy K. Boone tells the surprising tale of a Texas-born fake religion in 'J.R. "Bob" Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius.' By THR Staff I first learned of the Church of the SubGenius in a small ...

You couldn’t escape his ubiquitous mug back when Austin was truly weird. It appeared on bumper stickers, bulletin boards, telephone poles, streetlights, bathroom walls, and more: A perfectly coiffed ...

This diverting enough documentary focuses on the parodic religious "cult" that reached peak hipster awareness in the 1980s. Like 8mm films of 1960s “happenings” or videos of 1970s performance art, ...

You couldn’t escape his ubiquitous mug back when Austin was truly weird. It appeared on bumper stickers, bulletin boards, telephone poles, streetlights, bathroom walls, and more: A perfectly coiffed ...

Sandy K. Boone tells the surprising tale of a Texas-born fake religion in 'J.R. "Bob" Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius.' By THR Staff I first learned of the Church of the SubGenius in a small ...