Diagnosis Murder episode

[insideman]

I have just been watching an episode from 2000-01.

There is a cult featured called Earthomy.

They have a founder who likes writing and owns a luxury boat.

A member who is a well known film star.

A dirty tricks department.

Dick Van Dyke pretending that he would like to join is invited to hold hands with a machine that is checking him and the space around him.

Members are expected to make generous contributions.

Staff members have a monk type uniform to wear and are given promises to keep their loyalty.

What real organistion could Earthomy be refering to?

 

[Miss Ellie]

I would like to see that...and see who the writers were on that episode.

 

[Little David]

I would like to see that...and see who the writers were on that episode.

So would I, so far I haven't found it. Maybe the op could give us a link?

 

[formercosmod]

I found it. It is called "Dance of Danger" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0559169/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl
Season 8 episode 17. Now I have to watch it for fun.

 

[J. Warbler]

Written by Barry Van Dyke & Jeffrey Glasser, for whatever that's worth.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Diagnosis:_Murder_episodes

 

[Little David]

Fun to watch due to the Scientology basis. The earth globe in the founder's office was a nice touch, too bad they didn't have a pack of KOOL's.

One of Dick Van Dyke's lines is: "You know, they have an excellent class in here on communications........."

"Barry is most famous for Diagnosis Murder (1993-2002). He played Steve Sloan, a Manhattan detective whose physician dad (Dick Van Dyke, naturally) keeps stumbling upon murders. They investigate, along with a team of doctors, detectives, and pathologists, usually of the young hunk variety: Charlie Schlatter, Scott Baio, Shane Van Dyke, and so on."

"This was a gay-free Manhattan, so there weren't any gay characters, except for an episode which parodied Scientology and had a closeted gay actor as a suspect. But the beefcake and buddy-bonding were enough."

http://everydayheterosexism.blogspot.com/2013/03/barry-van-dyke.html