"If I'd said, 'Television is more poplar than Jesus,' I might have got away with it!" John Lennon lamented as cameras rolled from each of the three major American TV networks. The cheeky remark drew a laugh from the assembled crowd of journalists, but recently Lennon hadn't been so lucky. It was Au…This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: When John Lennon’s ‘More Popular Than Jesus’ Controversy Turned Ugly

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