Donahue (5-24-88) Morton Downey Jr is the guest.

Morton Downey Jr visits fellow talk show host Phil Donahue & talks about his show entering syndication.

[@msbigdog1460]

MDJr. was way, way ahead of his time! Loved him. ❤

[@chrishultgren777]

This was a great era to be alive

[@goldcanyon340.]

Truer words were spoken.

[@chalklounge]

Every time I throw on an episode of Donahue, all I can see and hear is Phil Hartman doing his impeccable impression of Donahue.

[@jokerswild01]

Lol.. same thing I just thought !

[@ianfirth9300]

Lol 👍😃😄😀🤣Jack in Ottawa 🇨🇦

[@BNatoAk]

Phil's 88 years old in 2024 and still doing great!

[@StandWatie1862]

Always a clown

[@sef4pres]

Time for an update

[@nazur72]

R.I.P Phil Donahue

[@jessiefrye3045]

He passed away today. 😢

[@jamie-gy6bd]

Delete your Comment

[@turanga35]

I loved it when people could smoke just about anywhere 😅

[@goldcanyon340.]

ha, so do i!

[@msbigdog1460]

Same here!

[@FredLord-sp4ym]

Phil Donahue was the Daytime King for a reason. This is a great episode. Morton Downey Junior ROCKED! LOL. Thanks for sharing.

[@goldcanyon340.]

You bet!

[@traceywoodward1354]

Morton downey came on opposite nightline in the late 80s where i lived...i watched it every night...totally entertained and informed...and loved the way MDJ had his beliefs and stuck by them come hell or high water

[@joe6096]

Morton’s opinions are more relative today than they were in 1989.

[@nagmastergeneral55]

I was young and single the first time I watched and hated MDJ. I wasn't prepared for the rude awakening. For daytime television, he was shocking. Then I respected his right to have an opinion. As his TV show expanded to nationwide, he also had a change of heart about some issues and mature enough to say as much. He'd been scolded and warned from censorship and sponsors. He was an honest guy who spoke from his heart. RIP Mr. Downey.

[@FrankieLovesElvis]

When did Morton pass? I used to watch his show, religiously, with my sister when we lived in Florida in the late ‘80’s.

[@nagmastergeneral55]

I think he passed in the mid 90s from cancer. Before passing, he expressed many regrets with a soft heart and voice. He's the guy who taught me tolerance and forgiveness, because I first disdained him; then I became more accepting of people's differences. Then I treasured him.

[@goldcanyon340.]

His death was around March of 2001 if I remember correctly. A number of years ago, I was in contact with a man who was personal friends with Morton. He mentioned the exact same things about Morton that you did.

[@user-fq9ij4we4r]

​@@goldcanyon340. Are you talking about Phil Donahue or the guy he's talking to.

[@geraldfarr8279]

A trip down memory lane!

[@Pepper4325]

All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I watched these guys through my childhood and loved them all. ❤ Wow!!!! Thank you!!

[@goldcanyon340.]

You’re welcome!

[@jimlaforte1755]

Unfortunately, Mort became a flash in the pan. His show was a riot! Al Sharpton got knocked on his tookus. LOL. Thanks for sharing.

[@goldcanyon340.]

You bet

[@akrenwinkle]

Tookus by surprise!

[@kimr5479]

I remember that episode!😂

[@luislaplume8261]

A great example of why I consider Morton Downey Jr. was the best TV talk show host in America.

[@goldcanyon340.]

Truer words were never spoken.

[@kumar2ji]

The good all days! Marvelous

[@charlietriana9448]

I may or may not agree with his personal opinions, but man he had his opinion and it was wonderful he stood by what he believed. I really liked him.

[@kevinkelley3906]

We didn't have all the protesting BS

[@kevinkelley3906]

This is when my world was in balance

[@vincentmurphy9252]

He makes more sense in 2024 then 87

[@robdykejr]

He was well ahead of his time.Years before Springer,Steve,Jenny Jones,etc...He was funnier too.😂😅

[@mhmorris2018]

I loved Donahue and I loved Morton Downey Jr. Why can’t we have civil debates like this now??

[@ericecho5118]

We do.

[@TupacNation]

It was a great time

[@DBR00]

Is it me or does Donahue never seem to age?

[@paulmor2023]

Never, even today he still looks the same!

[@174_RU]

Mort was one of the best who was passionate about what he believed but also allowed opposing opinions to be voiced.

[@johnbowen35]

I think he's cool. He's honest about himself, stands by what he believes in. Seeing this redoubled my resoect for him. I didn't realize his connection with the elite of the times then. The Bennets, his father, the Kennedys

[@jokerswild01]

Morton is rapid fire on the cigs ! look where he ended up then.

[@paulmor2023]

Yea, nobody can smoke like that and live to a ripe old age!

[@hardhead5700]

Donahue made BETA popular. His audience was kids and women. Emotional man for emotional people

[@Elephant2024-wi2li]

Morton Downey Jr. mastered the confrontational, argumentative approach to talk TV before Jerry Springer.

[@user-dl7lj3zt1v]

Morton downey jr and his father were living legends and always will be! And so is phil donahue!

[@Buce-ku9vx]

Remember him on radio back in the day b4 tv. He owns it, whether you agree or disagree, gotta give him that.

[@MikeCerrooq1zt]

Great interview

[@goldcanyon340.]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[@user-gz8wq3qs6f]

Prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 up

[@perrydankel1279]

Morton Donny would go broke buying cigarettes these days

[@Saphirevirgo33]

Rest in peace Mr Donahue ( now you can talk to each other again )

[@user-gz8wq3qs6f]

Prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 up

[@johnapperson7495]

we need this man back , immediately. ENUFF SAID

[@stankbox]

He died long ago.

[@goldcanyon340.]

Truer words were never spoken.

[@victorfigueroa6890]

Unfortunately he passed away

[@stankbox]

@@victorfigueroa6890 he died 23 years ago

[@victorfigueroa6890]

You are absolutely right thank you for correcting really appreciate that .

[@chriskroell6956]

Liked his show a lot

[@kimr5479]

I did too & Phil Donahue!👍

[@ineedscissors6176]

Mort was the OG trash tv guy, dude was a fucking legend!

[@jamesrfb]

RIP Phil Donahue.

[@MMAALL]

Morton would get elected president these days.

[@drumz700]

DUDE WAS NUTS

[@JohnMiller-oz7gv]

Mr. Donahue was very gracious on the episode.

[@goldcanyon340.]

Morton & Phil were complete opposites on the ideological spectrum but they till saw eye to eye. Pretty awesome in my opinion.

[@kenpalmer3342]

COULDNT WAIT FOR THE Morton show to come on

[@BuddhatheRockstar]

Morton was shocking and opinionated. I enjoyed his theatrics.

[@MikeTrujillo-fd2fn]

I would vote for Morton? 😁

[@VanessaDo-lu7cd]

phil hartman loves loves and phil

[@menonunya2984]

Donahue is hugely responsible for the types of politicians we have today and the idiots who vote for them. He was a classier version of Joy Behar. Mort invented the talk show circuses like Geraldo and Springer that followed. It's hard to say which was worse for society, but I'd propose it was Donahue, because people took his show more seriously, which is more effective for indoctrinating people. Donahue pushed the Leftist agenda by demonizing the opposition and celebrating liberals who adopted the Leftist ideology. It pushed the narrative that you were a "good person" if you accepted/celebrated homosexuality, abortion, and veiled communism as moral and if you slightly opposed any of it, you were a "bad person". In those days, most liberals opposed those issues until the brainwashing took hold. Donahue was the perfect tool for infecting the masses and it's likely that he had government handlers rewarding him for it. Morton Downey Jr. and the types after him helped to cement the Leftist ideology into our society by painting a picture of anti-Leftists as dumb hillbillies and psychos. I think Morton Downey Jr.'s show did a better job at poking fun at ignorance from all sides, but Geraldo and Springer took his effective platform and used it as a tool to create a false image of morality, making it 'cool' to buy into Leftist nonsense and if you didn't, you were the villain on their shows.

[@goldcanyon340.]

Very well said!

[@mheiseus]

Imagine a place where everyone sees unfiltered truth

[@michaelmancini5041]

A classic!

[@sethstronguncut]

It would appear Morton Downey Jr walked so Jerry Springer could run

[@user-ou3yd5de7h]

It's ironic that Morton bragged about being healthy even though he smoked 3 packs a day because he eventually died of lung cancer

[@robertshipley6990]

death and dying process with lung cancer I know nothing about. but I saw a guy die from emphysema. The last 3 years of his life what's torture. Just unbearable. I can't believe anyone going through what he did

[@booberry349]

MDJ was on our channel 2 when CBS was airing Family Feud and Card Sharks back in 1988 that was a bad move channel 2 then

[@peterfraser9070]

Notice how is brother cringed or flinched when Morton Downey Jr. put his hand on his shoulder?

[@BloodyBamPot]

Arsenio hall show first sir Jan 3rd 89. I always thought the audience “whomping” was invented by Arsenio hall show . 51:54 did mort invent it?

[@174_RU]

Yes, he did. What they're yelling is "who! Who! Who! Who!" That was what ppl in New York kept saying when ppl heard his name. The audience started doing it when his show became an instant success.

[@BloodyBamPot]

@174_RU is that true? I can't believe I actually got an answer lol thank you

[@174_RU]

@@BloodyBamPot yes. Very true!

[@nazur72]

R.I.P

[@tomv4408]

I thought Mort looked a bit like a younger Peter Gabriel.

[@goldcanyon340.]

Now that you mentioned it, yeah for sure. Now i can’t unsee the resemblance between those two, lol

[@gterrymed]

@15:20 yes from The Holy Bible Romans 1:27. I wish that people would at least know what's in The Holy Bible.. know it like The Pledge of Allegiance at least, where it's there, in your memory. Romans 1:27 “And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.”

[@AccurateCrabLegs]

I wish I had Morton’s teeth and Donahue’s hair

[@bonemaplegaming9324]

You could probably still grab Morton’s dentures if you go dig him up.

[@Scalihoo]

Wally George was the original combat TV guy. ..Mort was ok too

[@mp1323]

Morton Downey JR stole his ideas from Wally George!!

[@elgeneralxx]

16:31 im pretty sure hes gone now

[@hippydippy]

Ahh... My heart is broken. lol

[@jimmyrotten1652]

Phil getting mad at the audience for being on Mort's side at 32:46 ..... lol

[@Bebo-py3vp]

He could eat corn through a picket fence.

[@wygantsh]

Morton was the real deal

[@jimmyrotten1652]

That Dutch Boy commercial....

[@margar2321]

Donahue sure does ask some personal questions this society these days would get offended with that kind of questions especially about family and parents geez

[@icdean4699]

Morton Downey Junior was maybe one of the goofiest guys on TV ever!

[@Fabadaba]

Mort was sipping on Gin or Vodka. That wasn't water... 💯🤘

[@brandtmanning1084]

Damn those were the days!

[@elgeneralxx]

49:46 PITTMAN!!!!!

[@christopherdunne7848]

I started to watch….but when Phil’s “warning” was at the beginning, forget it. Frankly, want a good talk show? Do it LIVE, and when the music starts playing leading to a commercial, tell that sound guy to zip it!

[@matthewotremba9230]

Best thing was when Morton declared on the Race episode was how the News Papers Upset the Black Race on the Front Page and the Whites in the back pages

[@brittoverbaugh4035]

2:21…Few two pack a day men now! RIP. (1932-2001)…32:16…Not good eating habits…to say nothing of the TWO PACKS a day.

[@matthewotremba9230]

PAGER EMERGENCY ALERT : Honey , I am on overtime Make SURE you tape that show On High Quality Setting

[@jimmy8653]

Wait is the baby Downey ?

[@buddinganarchist]

Show lasted a year, next.

[@jimbobjimjim6500]

That's incredible, when you think about it.... people still remember this show today...

[@AnnoyingCritic-is7rp]

Great in Iron Man

[@thereluctantgearhead4544]

Think Im gonna go buy some Dutchboy paint now.

[@tommyriam8320]

Good Lord, Downey is such a buffoon and Donohue is just silly.

[@thegiftedone]

Fun fact....Morton was supposed to be and was molded to become more vicious and next level then Howard Stern......and it would of worked......but HS weaseled his way and incorporated women and the adult film industry with rock edge to steam roll Morton out of a possible legacy........Morton was about honesty...and got real with real issues.........HS was cheap..RIP

[@rickw1100]

He destroyed his own career with a failed publicity stunt where he claimed he was attacked by skin heads.

[@PlasticPellets]

53:31

[@jamesskinner7185]

Tell folks did Opera flat out copy Donahue?😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaelcegielski8859]

I never liked Phil Donahue.

[@msbigdog1460]

Neither did I.

[@johncurtis7186]

Phil was a trailblazer and a great talk show host.

[@elgeneralxx]

I have a chrysler from 1988 its quite the piece of junk now

[@thereluctantgearhead4544]

I have a 84 Chevy C-10, it's a bad motherfucker.

[@ShalomEntirety1]

29.10 in vegans...just as vegan then as now🥺

[@nickfuller20]

Died at 68, looked 168. Cigarettes kill.

[@thereluctantgearhead4544]

Drinking water will kill ya these days....

[@mhmorris2018]

@@thereluctantgearhead4544🙄

[@nickfuller20]

Def Leppard groupie at 30:30

[@goldcanyon340.]

Really?!

[@tedmichaels1951]

The guy was an entertainer…he didn’t believe half of what he said.

[@ermertieplug]

Morton commented on "perverted" sex. As if being gay was just about the sex act.

[@thereluctantgearhead4544]

The shrink called it.

[@msbigdog1460]

🙄🙄

[@joesmith9216]

Mort was a cool guy, just hated his smoking.

[@mhmorris2018]

He didn’t stop that whole hour right??!!

[@Soapy_MaLe]

I Love Phil Donahue

[@fizbinsfire]

It's 2024.....this is timid and lame now. What does that say.

[@davidnovatka3346]

He was the biggest fake on TV.

[@thereluctantgearhead4544]

What he did before TV says alot....

[@DanielLopez-tb2fl]

Morton is DEAD . Phil is not. F M D cool

[@ShalomEntirety1]

🥺that comment didn't age well.

[@justinakavanagh3058]

I couldn't stand MDJ and always thought he was a pig. I was not wrong.

[@georgepbriles696]

It's just not that simple around this place and he should have known that by his age!

[@freddyfurrah3789]

I can't stand Donahue.

[@msbigdog1460]

Same here.

[@carltonfaldo2975]

What a con artist

[@gterrymed]

❤❤❤❤❤ 🫂 cancer is evil. Cigarettes are really harmless