TNT's original redemption story, "Saving Grace," features a flannel-shirt clad angel who drinks beer and chews tobacco--not the traditional halo-garbed, glowing cherub.
How have the big and little screens treated the heavenly messengers? Test your knowledge of pop culture's angels:
In "The Preacher's Wife," Denzel Washington plays an angel sent to save the Rev. Henry Biggs' run-down church and his faith. In the original version, "The Bishop's Wife," who played the angel?
In "City of Angels," Cassiel, played by Andre Braugher, has an odd wish. What is it?
Bartleby and Loki, the two fallen angels in "Dogma," are sentenced to exile where?
What was the name of the angel played by Michael Landon in "Highway to Heaven?"
In "Meet Joe Black," the angel of death discovers--and becomes obsessed with--what earthly pleasure?
When Chris Noth guest-starred on "Touched by an Angel," what tattoo did his character have?
In 1994's "Angels in the Outfield," Al helps what baseball team win a pennant?
What bad habit does the archangel Michael have in "Michael?"
In "Prairie Home Companion," Angel Asphodel once performed a miracle with oatmeal. What is it?
In the TV show "Fallen," Aaron Corbett was a Nephilim. What is this?
ANSWERS: 1. an angel on his shoulder; 2. to read a newspaper; 3. Jonathan Smith; 4. Wisconsin; 5. California Angels; 6. Cary Grant; 7. the half-human child of a fallen angel; 8. smoking 9. peanut butter; 10. showing the face of the Lord in the oatmeal.
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