1978 SPECIAL REPORT: "STUDIO 54 COCAINE BUST"

[@darrellmfume4505]

Rick James and others said, there were 3 levels to that place. Studio 54. the higher you go up. the Freakier things got. back in the 1970's, that place was the original Sodom and Gomorrah.

[@hilldoggydogg635]

Many people caught hard up GRIDS up there, now they call it AIDS.

[@jucutan]

@@hilldoggydogg635 Around 1979-80 AIDS was in full bloom & spreading. I'm sure 15% of people that went there to "party" had caught the virus and was slowly spreading it.

[@TonyFlockaaBGN]

That’s where diana Ross took Michael’s virginity

[@readynow12345]

I was at studio when it reopened in 1983 same place I don't remember 3 levels definitely 2.

[@vintagenysubwaylover333]

There was there was the balcony. Where the freaking. Well sex stuff. There was the vip room which was the basement. The dance floor. Other secret spots.

[@waltersobchak7275]

My uncle was an organic chemist at UMass. They used to move a ton of MDA to dealers at 54. The late 70s and 80s were great times. Didn’t have to worry about people lacing coke with fentanyl.

[@HD-vq6fh]

Yeah but that stuff was pure back in the day you didn't overdose was easy

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@HD-vq6fh ??

[@HD-vq6fh]

That's what I meant to say but I was texting so fast but thank you for your correction

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@HD-vq6fh god bless you friend💪🏻💪🏻🙏

[@gigigiseleworld]

These Drug dealers are a bunch of stupid kid's. That's how singer Prince died. Counterfeit 💊💊's and actor Michael K Williams died as well from some stupid Negro kid..that mixed Fentanyl with cocaine. People should stick with drinking 🥃🍷 booze...

[@michaelturner9443]

Grace Jones in the house jammin

[@AmericanMayan]

She's a contributor to the perversions

[@MsLilpeach]

Who's the dude with her that's dancing? The pudgy dude that looks kinda like Peter Lorrie...lol?? And that other dude is gonna throw a joint outta socket, he's movin' so much!! LOL!! That dude had to be coked up, for sure, haha!!!

[@matthewsmith5374]

@@AmericanMayan sex and drugs?

[@seabrook1976]

Roy Cohn was ruthlessly effective as a greaseball lawyer. This is a masterclass on how it's done.

[@AmericanMayan]

Being high and perverted himself

[@19TANK88]

Talked to much. Especially for a defense attorney

[@ftwdamfseyg]

He was high as hell lol

[@plawson8577]

@@ftwdamfseyg And was clapping Rubell’s Buttcheeks. He was the Only Top Rubell ever had.

[@Tornado1994]

@@ftwdamfseyg Cohn and Steve were lovers. Cohn died of AIDS in 1986. Rubell followed suit 3 years later from AIDS.

[@jesuschristsuperczar1224]

The day the party died.

[@bellahoughton84]

For the 1%

[@walcoman]

Or maybe when Jewish heaven turns into a huge pile of burning shit. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bellahoughton84]

Steve R. has one most iconic smiles of 20th Century

[@MsLilpeach]

I wish I could've met him. He seemed like such a sweet & funny person.

[@codyjackson3191]

My friend Joseph started doing cocaine in 1978 when he was 25 and went to rehab in 1981 when he was 28.

[@user-oq2ep6sy6g]

The harsh hip thrusts in polyester accompanied with the lack of rhythm in stacked heels & blazers ... Git it y'all .

[@thephoenix2176]

Lol

[@Jason.cbr1000rr]

Damn what a slick attorney.. "they were not dea agents so they dont know if its exactly cocaine" 🤣 Also rick james!

[@whatabouttheearth]

It's an upper class crime defense Attorney? It's a Capitol Hill insider? Its Roy Cohn!

[@trixiedelight9874]

Roy Cohen...he was the very very best

[@plawson8577]

Roy Cohn. He and Steve were lovers. Too bad the Lgbtq 🏳️‍🌈 community is oblivious to the horrible things they did to them.

[@Jason.cbr1000rr]

@@plawson8577 well the LG4KTV+ is good. Very good high quality TV's!

[@plawson8577]

@@Jason.cbr1000rr Cohn and Rubell both died of AIDS.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Roy Cohn: "of course I didn't assist Joseph McCarthy in developing these same tactics during the Red Scare while ignoring the mob"

[@eraserfred406]

He clearly chose wisely from the 2022 perspective. He knew who the true scum was.

[@whatabouttheearth]

@@eraserfred406 Who? Innocent people who's opinions disagree with rabid authoritarians like McCarthy? The Red Scare wasn't even going after real communists, the point was to attack political enemies, "undesirables" and dissenters, that's where Trump learned that BS from, Roy Cohn his authoritarian scum bag mentor

[@adamsandler2792]

I mean we got Netflix. We got dish. We got more outlets than ever. Out of the thousands of choices...its not even close. Your youtube is light years up on ANYthing out there

[@steveaustinaustin7173]

It's a pity how much censoring goes on by KZbin. Despite the vast amount of material available, they also abuse their control..

[@123reletive123]

💯

[@slimtimes.l.l.c4081]

There isn't any other channel messing with this channel that I know for sure All of other ok your's better than most and mine lol not gone lie .it gives it to you raw no sugar coating nothing that's why I'll always be a subscriber..real talk....✌️

[@colinhalliley111]

This is real history , it was a rollercoaster ride that ended with a bang. The 50s through 70s was as Richard Pryor said " a trip with no luggage".

[@MrMeadfoot]

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco. This ain't no fooling around.

[@gregorygriffin6341]

I wanna hold you....I wanna kiss you, but....I HAVE NO TIME FOR THAT NOOOOWWW!!!!

[@gmanDecksT]

"Where's my Roy Cohn!"

[@davanmani556]

Deny, Deny, Deny. Mentored Donald Trump. Barbara Walters thought he loved her. LOL

[@maxpackmaxpack4670]

Roy the mob lawyer, Ur talking about, Don Carlo Gambino, Hired Roy to help Gotti N his crew out, When they waked that Irish Jagoff for killin gambino's nephew, Or some shit like that. Are we talking about the worng Roy 🤟😂

[@jimreily7538]

​@@maxpackmaxpack4670 Yeo that's the Roy Cohn you're talking about. He started his career working with old "Tail Gunner" Joe. He was gay and died of AIDS.

[@walcoman]

Hanging out with Hitler and Satan. Any more questions?

[@KeepingIt-bh6vj]

Steve Rubella was owner of 54 When this happened! Ian Schrager other owner he had two ounces of coke on him when the club was raided and he was arrested!!!!The attorney here was Roy Cohn!!!! Ah the late 70's in New York!😂 There has never been another club like this there!😂

[@stephonwilliams5232]

why not you dont think it could be replicated there are of people in the usa and I'm pretty they want to party

[@KeepingIt-bh6vj]

@@stephonwilliams5232 people back then looked out for each other even the drugs had standards!!😂😂😂 Now all folks wanna do is sale drugs that kill and fake drugs....Stepped on drugs!! And snitch on each other!!! Yes the club could be replicated no doubt but the substances and type of people....nah never gonna see that NOW!!! Just saying!😂😂😂

[@charrua59]

Its just gonna be some hipster club now. Things were raw and real in 70s new york.

[@stephonwilliams5232]

@@charrua59 lies life suck then and life suck now

[@team69racing11]

@@stephonwilliams5232 back then u could b a normal person dressed sharp, next thing u partying wit Cher & Michael Jackson & so so many more!! It hasn't been done in a club since

[@deannawitt9376]

Big mouth Steve got himself a visit from the FBI

[@bellahoughton84]

Funny how early-mid 90s teens and early-mid 20 somethings changed everything. They turned 80s,70s & 60s into Halloween costumes

[@324wonder]

That was Donald Trump's mentor. Roy Cohn will get you out of any mess. But not his own.

[@jeffharper9854]

Only one way to find out if it's cocaine. I hate cocaine but I love the way it smells.

[@DMWBN3]

My nose ain't big enough.

[@MsLilpeach]

HAHAHAHA!!!! TRUE DAT!!! Who needs potpourri??? Lol!!

[@cobolsaurus]

This was Dec. 14, 1978. I was arriving that day in Miami for my Christmas vacations.

[@imran15cassim]

Roy Cohn got John Gotti a plea deal for the Jimmy Mcbratney hit in 1973 😁

[@thephoenix2176]

Studio54/bust was featured in Halston Netflix movie

[@soniasg8639]

It's hilarious when they found out they were busted and going to prison. They kept playing "I did it my way" by Frank Sinatra over and over again in the studio lol.

[@matthewfarmer2520]

😂😂

[@Gump-tion]

I don't do drugs but I've heard of the affects of cocaine on one's experience. For those people frequenting '54 back then, it had to be the most incredible experience in the world to be cocained-up, hearing Kascar DJ'ing that great music through a Richard Long sound system with alll those cool people partying around you! It had to be just pure bliss!

[@paulyricca3881]

☄️🤪💥😫WHY???

[@jesuschristsuperczar1224]

In defense of my people that grease track was over dubbed while they were dancing to something else. 😂

[@HezakyaNewz]

🤣🤣🤣✌️✌️

[@kingofthecatnap6246]

Lol

[@ATMBonnie_]

😂😂😂

[@leftylou6070]

Hey! Didn't someone write a song about you? "Jesus Christ Super Czar, Who In The Hell Do You Think You Are"? (Curious)

[@gloriahufnagel5556]

LESSON HERE: PAY UNCLE SAM!!

[@readynow12345]

I remember that first hit of coke my friend gave me, I wouldn't shut up we sat in his car for hours & hours talking about all kinds of shit, eventually it got out of hand, thank god I quit years ago wouldn't touch again, that first hit never happens again.

[@t_rexdiaz6778]

Does that shit make you psychedelic?

[@Sleazball_]

​@@t_rexdiaz6778NOT AT ALL it's like the best cup of coffee u have ever tasted and multiply that by whatever number u may seem necessary for yourself n then multiply that by the best sex u have ever had then add on the most amazing climax u had at that time multiplied n there u have it extreme bliss 🎉

[@PanchoMostaza]

No.@@t_rexdiaz6778

[@steelstreet3765]

44 years old and never have did drugs in my life😊

[@PanchoMostaza]

Lo has hecho sin darte cuenta, con drogas "legales".@@steelstreet3765

[@DjWesRolan]

Thanks God for Ian & Steve. Club culture roots.

[@shawnpringle3622]

Now I understand why Roy Cohn never paid his taxes. 😉

[@gigigiseleworld]

Biggest tax cheats ever. Nothing was ever in his name. Residence, ... He was sneaky 😂..if you ever got busted. He was the man to ♂️ get you out on bail 😉.

[@plawson8577]

@@gigigiseleworld Cohn brought ALOT of people’s way out of trouble.

[@joshlewis991]

How it possible for people to have absolutely no rhythm? damn

[@HezakyaNewz]

Those people were COKED out their minds 🤷‍♂️

[@HezakyaNewz]

Lol...but yeah...in my Coke days....I was a better dancer....well at least I thought I was....I was so damn High I probably thought I looked like Mike Jackson....🤣🤣🤷‍♂️

[@dcoutlaw500]

@@HezakyaNewz 😂

[@jamesfarmer3759]

Coke get woke

[@turntableone4356]

You have to be careful these days for they are putting fentanyl in that stuff...one tiny grain of it will kill.

[@amandawhiteley6737]

You didnt have to take drugs at all to have a good time. But its up to the individual. Enough said. But good god I enjoy a good disco!!

[@dutchschultz3076]

Sex and drugs. It's as American as it gets.

[@stevencantrellzenroom7383]

Enjoyed the live feed

[@sherrigaskin5656]

They should've turned them away at the door.

[@vincentcorcoran6247]

I love the nostalgia

[@HRH-THO-II]

Love the video of Allan Carr....and of course as a gay man I LOVE Steve Rubell and ADORE Roy Chon...probably one of the greatest talkers and the greatest litigators of ALL time.

[@AmericanMayan]

Our country and culture could have done without it

[@Mark-tb1zq]

Roy Cohn was a POS.

[@MsNooneinparticular]

Both died of AIDS within 20 years of this. Crazy times.

[@bellahoughton84]

Cohn died Aids?

[@gabrielbaynunn2418]

Cohn died of AIDS 8 years after this bust!

[@bellahoughton84]

@@gabrielbaynunn2418 What? Roy was gay? Back then it was 95% homosexuals getting it. Cohn is probably reason Trump is who he's been. Not probably. ..IS!

[@gabrielbaynunn2418]

@@bellahoughton84 It'd a lot easier and more convenient if you Google him instead of asking these insane questions!

[@ATMBonnie_]

@@bellahoughton84 Cohn was a closeted homosexual. This was known back even during the McCarthy trials. He died tooth and nail fighting to cover his tracks and insisted he was sick with cancer. Everybody knows that Barbara Walters played his beard. “They dated “

[@daudiahomar8367]

Organized,unorganized. Disorganized😁 😂 😀 😄 😆

[@aholmes6612]

What song is that playing in the opening?

[@aholmes6612]

Oh, Frankie Valli- Grease

[@josephlawson9950]

Cocanie is a hell of a drug

[@billschieffer712]

Awesome tune!!

[@mikeybronx7672]

Great editing “ loved the into “ Roy Cohn “ was a beast in these days , absolutely legion, so calm , so effective, so sarcastic, classic Roy. You had him in those days , you were in amazing hands. 😁

[@waltwilliams7063]

just ask "fat" tony salerno,

[@mikeybronx7672]

@@waltwilliams7063 “Fat Tony “ had to sacrifice him myself regardless for Chin. He as going in “ Win, lose or Draw “

[@waltwilliams7063]

@@mikeybronx7672 no offense, could you clarify that?

[@trixiedelight9874]

Love, love this. Roy Cohen ...go boy...I'll tell you, this man was THE BEST at his work

[@tkso.philly3879]

Grace Jones, the lead singer Frankie Valli and so many faces from that era are there.Studio 54.The Den of Sin back then-😎😈😜

[@benfearnow]

Roy Cohn -- a truly slick devil among Angels in America.

[@DaveSCameron]

Fantastic short series yes!

[@davinamiller1291]

That's the truth !!

[@Tornado1994]

He and Steve were Lovers. Steve infected him with AIDS.

[@donnienorco.9341]

Love the intros...🎼🎼🎼🎵🎵🎶

[@paulronco9709]

Where I work they had the studio 54 exhibit.

[@aldanasolaro]

Gia Carangi ❤️ studio54 😎 Gia 1998 movie escenas de la primer súper modeló del siglo XX en Studio54 y Studio54 1998 movie

[@amberdorsey8282]

Freebase was real all thrm was doing it including micheal jackson that's crazy the good ol 70s

[@trixiedelight9874]

Steve should've never let his mother cook the books 📚

[@gigigiseleworld]

He went on a national talk show 📺 in NYC to promote the Disco. He started bragging about the club making a Million dollars a week "? .. or maybe a month?? He pissed off bar 🍺 and night club owners all over the City 🌆🏙️✨🌆. That's one of the reasons why Studio 54 got busted ..

[@iansucco9032]

​@@gigigiseleworld just seen this video if tats true about them mouthing off on TV....well wat did they actually expect

[@gigigiseleworld]

@@iansucco9032 Exactly.

[@JFmK-sh5nh]

Stockard Channing was absolutely gorgeous! 😍

[@cobolsaurus]

Has always been.

[@mwildthing5525]

More Roy Cohn please !

[@superunknown6560]

Check out the documentary about him called Bully Coward Victim

[@NotaTeamPlayer01]

Roy was the man! What a memory, what resolve, he exudes integrity, whether you believe it or not, whether you have evidence that says he doesn’t or does, immaterial, whatever he was he was a professional when he was doing it. Valé Roy Cohn! PS Steve’s so coked up I’m surprised Roy let’s him say a dog gone thing! 🤠🤠🤠

[@colinhalliley111]

He was one of a kind. When I see him on old clips it's a warning to Americans to stand up for your rights. He knew what communism was . And what they wanted . America . He kept a eye on Steve like a hound through this.

[@charrua59]

'This is America not russia or nazi germany' Things have really change. Wear your mask 😷

[@NotaTeamPlayer01]

wear your mask, how about we all turn ourselves into bubble boy, and no more contact neither, that’s what Wizard and secretive eugenicist, yet life saving saint of the 3rd world, 33rd degree mason brother Gates would want, so would fellow saint Jeff “Lex Luther” Bezos 🤓

[@AmericanMayan]

@@NotaTeamPlayer01 bruh you are a little exaggerating for a hypocrite like Roy who indeed participated in drug, predatory and racist rituals himself. May he rest in urine back in ancestral Europe

[@NotaTeamPlayer01]

@@AmericanMayan hey listen “Bruh” You feel so strongly about this dude then why you even on here looking at the mans video, let alone scanning the comments so you can get your big ole pretend righteous fucking reply’s up on my statement, you do know what the definition of a statement is right? It’s in and of itself a singular phrase that requires neither a response, or in your case, incoherent rambling of some fool who says he hates this dude, but he goes on and watches the dude, then scans the comments to fuck with anyone who ain’t thinking like you do, like anyone else dare have a different opinion!, I’d go on but I’ve already spoken in terms that are way above you’re pay bracket y Take some advice “Bruhs” get outside more, take a walk in the park, or maybe a long walk off a short pier and if you ain’t got anything positive to say, then stick your negative troll wanna be comments up your unwiped hairy poo dread locked asshole, can you dig that?

[@waltwilliams7063]

man.... roy cohn at his peak..........

[@cheripiez67]

grace jones getting her groove on :-)

[@oarancards4443]

Roy qualude cohen

[@The70sChick]

Rick James summed up Studio 54 in a documentary like this: "Caligula throwing a house party, that was Studio 54."

[@MrLilfee]

Gotta love Munchkin Land and it's prestigious mayor;)

[@mobsnitchanonymous213]

Started watching Scarface to this

[@colinhalliley111]

Roy Cohn, love him or hate him , he was a great attorney . If he was on your side . Trump called him " my killer" . A complicated genius .

[@beegee7573]

Who gives a damn about trump?

[@ritemolawbks8012]

@@beegee7573 The cult members.

[@amanda1500]

The footage at the beginning of this video is promo party for the movie Grease. You see Stockard Channing and the director of Grease. There's longer footage of this party.

[@modernretroradio993]

I see no victim in people using or possessing substances. No victim = no crime.

[@tomkat2803]

Stockard Channing had a hairy bush I love it

[@mobsnitchanonymous213]

Damn Roy was the origin of Tony Montana

[@peterholland82]

Riley Martin in the background

[@jamesfarmer3759]

It’s frenchie

[@DjSpeccs]

They had the cocaine in the back of the ride😂😂😂

[@jamesguitarshields]

Short dude with the glasses is film producer/talent rep Allan Carr (Saturday Night Fever, Grease)

[@marcusdolby1]

Stockard Channing !!

[@shawnpringle3622]

Do ya think John Travolta went to studio 54??? If so, who with and what was his name, hmmmm????

[@pieluvr7362]

Its was with Sandy Dee

[@shawnpringle3622]

@@pieluvr7362 u mean look me at I'm Sandra Dee?

[@sugarjoe50]

These two deserved eachother.

[@baldilocks1914]

It’s the mayor of munchkin land.

[@heidibucks6587]

Grease is the word

[@cobolsaurus]

I wonder if Roy Cohn was a top or a bottom. Seriously.

[@peaceofiona9198]

He was probably a bottom who considered himself a hundred percent straight top

[@steelstreet3765]

1978-1979 sounds like the best years to be a studio 54😊 i was born on August 1979😊

[@DMWBN3]

What a babe @ 02:40 I was lucky enough to be 18/19 for the year of rave & summer of love. However, I'd have loved to been around for the Disco scene.

[@bellahoughton84]

This raid was very historic and very unconstitutional. Cohn talking hear actually sounds like true Patriot.

[@gigigiseleworld]

Steve Rubell went on national talk shows.. blabbing about that the club made a million dollars per week. Or it was a month "?? He and his business partner Ian Schrager pissed off IRS, other night 🌉 club owners... It was bound to happen.

[@queensmickey]

Was that Roy Cohn

[@silvialenny3333]

La mayoria termino enfermo de HIV...

[@robertlee3756]

A perfect example of Roy Cohn diversion tactics keeps stressing organized crime everyone primarily the patrons had all the drugs again primarily cocaine My ex wife a Dominican told me she delivered cocaine frequently to studio 54

[@brolickscholar3083]

This was the Diddy party of the 70’s and 80’s

[@willdelarosa9440]

Snatching things to later on items will put up for auction in future....no coke in disco in 70's is like saying they were no drag queens parading around on dance floor!!..yes organized crime ran the liquor HELLOOOOOOO

[@boogienights828]

Groove times

[@bigmedge]

Who is the babe at 2:45 rolling her tongue , is she someone famous ?

[@laflecha9257]

My mom

[@thunderbird66613]

Good times

[@ATMBonnie_]

The thumbnail.. the irony .. Roy Cohn ( Donald trump’s attorney ) and Steve rubell . The definition of hedonistic greed, the party never stopped … until …. The party stopped

[@ryanmclaren3519]

U the man hez

[@robertlee3756]

No organized crime just everyday all day longer drug use and specialty cocaine

[@ShaneMcBryde]

Frankie Valli

[@jeffharper9854]

Who's the gut dancing with Grace Jones?

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

Do you mean Allen Carr? He was quite the character back then and usually flitted around in caftans.

[@jeffharper9854]

Thanks!

[@dondressel452]

@@EYE_GOTCHA according to what I looked up it couldn’t have been him He wasn’t born until the 70’s

[@pjtdecor]

Definitely Alan Carr...just not the English one!

[@echohotel7975]

Greace is the WORD

[@gb5634]

they fried

[@grez8360]

The first lady looks just like Juliette lewis

[@amanda1500]

It's Stockard Channing from the original Grease movie. They were doing a movie promo at Studio 54.

[@grez8360]

@@amanda1500 I knew I recognized her from some old movie or show I just never realized how much she looked like Juliette Lewis back in the day. Thanks for the info tho 👍

[@dondressel452]

Who’s the chubby guy with glasses?

[@undercovernewsnetwork]

I wanna go ! Lol 💯

[@mikejudge942]

Algorithm

[@LI-fh1it]

Hey, let's all do 1...

[@colinhalliley111]

Boogie!

[@chuckeddy2588]

🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱

[@xxxbrooklyn]

Stockard Channing is the actress you see at the opening

[@johnvonhorn2942]

Thank you, I was intrigued but would have never worked that out. She's really cute.