The Tammy Faye Show

It is an unforgettable moment.

Despite entreaties from her management, the exhausted Tammy Faye stays onstage another hour, signing lemons, photos, and Diet Coke cans for the hundred people who stay behind for autographs.

Paul Trapani

Tammy Faye Bakker Messner.

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"She really moved me," says a man with a pierced septum and blue hair. "I wanted to see her up close and shake her hand."

A few days later, Tammy Faye Bakker Messner is overheard talking to Angie Dickinsonin Saks Fifth Avenue in Los Angeles, saying, "I've never felt as much pure love in a room as I did in the Castro Theater."

Future one-woman shows are in production, according to Spotts, Tammy Faye's manager. There's also a rumor of a duet with Marilyn Manson that might hit stores in time for Christmas.