21. This is a practice that may still be followed at the Pearly Gates , but it's less likely closer to home. 22. Mrs . Redgrave is led to the Pearly Gates , and Kirk is led to Pirate Heaven, which is to the left. 23. It shows Grizzard being met at the Pearly Gates by Catfish, his beloved Labrador retriever, who died a few months before Grizzard. 24. St . Peter said, " there are three questions you must answer before I can let you pass through the Pearly Gates : 25. Just before being wheeled into the operating theater, a hospital patient heard celestial music and thought she'd reached the Pearly Gates . 26. Herculean hitting may sell the most tickets, but those guys on the hill always hold the key to the pearly gates of postseason happiness. 27. The elevator went up-up-up and opened back up at the Pearly Gates where she found St . Peter waiting for her. 28. Lance's death turns out to be a mistake; he wasn't due to enter the pearly gates for another 44 years. 29. The Rev . Howard Finster, the irrepressible Georgia granddaddy of contemporary folk art, reached the pearly gates last October, at age 84. 30. In a short time, the angel's wing is fully healed, allowing her to take flight and return to the pearly gates .