Morton Downey Jr -- Kid's Beauty Pageants

No holds barred debate over whether it's harmful when parents push their children into beauty pageants.Bill Boggs was the Executive Producer of "The Morton Downey,Jr." show.
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[@breastmeatonly]

Nobody worked a cigarette or fondled women openly better than Mort.

[@SonnyGTA]

I have been binge watching Mort lately. I truly truly miss this show. He was the best! So much fun to watch!!!!

[@AprilEwell]

Me2

[@christnhvv256]

Was it after watching the documentary?

[@catherinemoore2188]

I just found Mort again, haven't stopped watching yet!

[@rhiannon-bv9rk]

They have taken some of his shows down to be viewed.

[@fritzschaupp923]

I was born in 1980, I’m just NOW understanding how good this show was!

[@mrpersonality3497]

Keep showing us these old episodes! Love this guy!

[@Billboggs]

please subscribe, it's free..thanks, Bill

[@lovinlife6941]

my mother put me in ballet at 3 years old and focused my life on what I could become! she wanted me to be a star and it messed my childhood up!! I did not have a normal childhood!!

[@moserfugger6363]

well, you just had no talent. deal with it.

[@alexgataric]

Parents should cultivate their children's interests not be forced to perform to make their parent's happy.

[@81rbutler]

@@moserfugger6363 Are you projecting your anger? Time out time.

[@Highland_Moo]

Watching this from my home in Scotland. Never heard of Downey Jr before today. I’ll never understand the people who enter their kids or the people who run these child pageants. They’re disgusting.

[@kevinkelley3906]

Turning them into 30 year old adults that are actually 3-5 years old. Damn shame

[@dallastx214]

I don't give a damn if some ppl say the morton Downey show was not good. Lol shit too me it was one of the best!! 👍👍👍👍

[@stankbox]

Some episodes I liked. Some were awful.

[@ronfroehlich4697]

Morton Downey Jr. Show lit my mind on fire when I saw it as a tween in the late eighties. Tom Leykis on the My Ex-wife Is A Lying Bitch diet, haha!

[@falquest]

Mort sitting with kids smoking 😂😂😂

[@SonnyGTA]

MATT Fallon and now they have cross dressing drag queens reading to them. I’ll take the smoke.

[@ashleyworden1887]

LOL!

[@MidnightMovieMavenn]

i absolutely adored how he, obviously, made sure he didnt blow the smoke in their face. Its honestly to me, shows his true characte. A shock jock with a loud mouth, but still a loving father

[@RockLibertyWarrior]

People forget that parents smoked right in front of the kids in those days and nobody winced. It was normal after dinner older relatives of mine would be smoking at the table. I want those days back over the whiny, simp, butthurt time period we live in.

[@m.asquino7403]

Matt that's how it was back then. You ever go to a Dr who would light up in the check-up room while being checked out by the doctor.

[@lovinlife6941]

ALL CHILDREN ARE SPECIAL!!!! I disagree with putting it in a childs head that they are 'special' more than other children. when that child grows up and learns that she is NOT better than,'special', it can be a hard fall for them!!!

[@Guiltless765]

It turns them into the leftards you see out here trying to destroy America.

[@BrottenGuy]

🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️ Was for me

[@BrottenGuy]

@@Guiltless765 Not true. I was raised hardcore Conservative. It didn’t turn me Liberal. I’m now Independent, who does not associate or even AGREE with EITHER side. Not wholeheartedly. I discriminate equally. I do agree a bit, one some issues. But, not entirely.

[@moserfugger6363]

no, not all people are special. there are people with special talents and there are average people. you seem very average. deal with it.

[@therealmaskedheel]

I wonder what became of these girls and mothers.

[@michaelzabala4850]

Now, notice everything that comes out of the mom's mouth is either "I I I" or "my my my" every 2 seconds. Sounds like it's not only about her daughter, sounds like she was also in it for herself.

[@kimsy520]

Exactly. That story about driving by a pageant and her daughter begging her to go back is grade A horseshit.

[@ashleyworden1887]

Did you notice how gentle and sweet Mort was to the little girls?

[@MetalHeart8787]

did you Notice how Morton was smoking in front of the Girls?

[@BrottenGuy]

@@MetalHeart8787 Different day-&-age. My grandparents and dad smoked in front of me, as well. My dad sent me into gas stations to buy his cigarettes, at the age of 6. They really and truly didn’t know as much back then. It hadn’t been as proven. It was still a debate. It’s obvious NOW. But, it wasn’t then.

[@MetalHeart8787]

@@BrottenGuy Believe me i know, my Mom smoked also, & when i worked at the Bowling alley in 1984, when i was 14. Many people smoked while Bowling. it was Bowling Drinking & Smoking.

[@buttdickenz]

@@MetalHeart8787 Smoking near kids only really became a taboo in the post 9/11 world. I think smoking only really became a taboo around 2010 give or take a few years. this show was around 30 years before that.

[@MetalHeart8787]

@@buttdickenz oh it was before that, By the 90's they were Banning Smoking in public places. by late 90's it was Bars. still hard to believe how long they let it go on.

[@StukInBuf]

Oh yes... I remember Mort asked Leykis at one time if his divorce was finalized; I didn't realize it was on THIS occasion!

[@michaelmorgan7893]

Sad in a way, it looks like the mother is trying to live vicariously through her daughter, to make up for her own shortcomings. It's the mom's twisted search for some kind of narcistic validation at the daughter's expense.

[@stankbox]

How shocking... Not.

[@jordanthomas7304]

RIP, Morton Downey, Jr. 1932-2001 We miss you, pal.

[@lhart99]

In my opinion, Kid's Beauty Pageants are the worst form of self esteem building for kids. The negative ramifications far outweigh the positive ramifications. I know the same thing can said for other self esteem building such as, academic competitions. However, everything the guy in the black suit said is spot on. If you're going to teach your kids some values, don't teach them superficial bullshit such as beauty, shallowness, and being fake. Teach your kids about hard work, the importance of education and knowledge, and doing the best that he/she can. If a teenager wants to do beauty pageants because of their own want/need to do it, that's one thing, but little kids don't know any better. That lady is totally full of shit, by the way. That's my two cents. :-)

[@chrisb8655]

Very well said.

[@JG-tt4sz]

Mort was actually respectful.

[@MooseCall]

"My daughter is not the most beautiful child". What a terrible thing to say!!

[@ashotofwhiskey219]

How so? What's so terrible about speaking the truth?

[@ashotofwhiskey219]

Anyone else think that "Beverly Hill" looks like Marcy from 'Married With Children'?

[@kevinpatrickmacnutt]

Not really, she looks more like Marcia Wallace to me.

[@ashotofwhiskey219]

@@kevinpatrickmacnutt Yeah... I can see that.

[@diablo666541]

This was before Jon Bennett Ramsey case . that be good subject for Morton to Have.

[@joey22306]

Was thinking the same thing.

[@rocklinman]

I wonder what happened to these kids.

[@kimsy520]

She’s getting mad and tearful because he’s right, and she knows it. If she was confident in her beliefs, she would just laugh it off. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@09rja]

Maybe she is just a emotional person.

[@SimbolicProductions]

wonder if the cigs were worth losing 20+ years of life.

[@LadyDragonsblood]

It was Mort's BIGGEST regret in life. After his diagnosis of lung cancer, he became one the biggest advocates for NOT smoking. He also regretted that he made smoking look "cool" for kids. Mort would agree with you, no they were not worth the loss of 20 years of life.

[@BrottenGuy]

Her child won’t be into the drugs?? Right. She pushed her daughter TO them. I’ve seen that very thing happen. “Trust me! *I* KNOW!”

[@brotherjesus4246]

Did the woo woo before Arsenio

[@michaelbonica5614]

Arsenio was good though

[@lovinlife6941]

Thank you! I was trying to remember his name!! :-)

[@BrottenGuy]

Also...Springer before Springer. Maury before Maury. Morton was the two combined AND more.

[@CoasterMan13Official]

@@BrottenGuy he was far different from those daytime TV hosts. He's much more like Bill O'Reilly.

[@Matt-fs1yy]

Jeffrey Osborne was before both of them

[@jeaninempanzone5504]

Before Jon Ramsey

[@SonnyGTA]

Watch Morton Downey Jr in LEGAL TENDER from 1991!!

[@Wildcock23]

I’ve been trying to find that movie for YEARS

[@thegiftedone]

This is disturbing on so many levels! Smh

[@joey22306]

What a treasure ! Thank you for sharing !!

[@finster1968]

Imagine a politically correct twenty something in 2021 trying to cope with a show like this now.

[@kimsy520]

It’s 2023 and we’re watching it here right now….the world still turns. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@susanb2015]

Beauty pageants were so popular in the 70s and 80s. Miss America. Miss USA. Miss Teen America. Miss Universe. Mrs. America. And my mother not only smoked around me but she also smoked while pregnant in the 60s.

[@nastashavalentinodefranco2990]

How dare he not have children! And try and ridicule this mother.

[@catwhisperer9524]

I remember as a teenager in the late 80's sneaking and getting up to watch this late at night. We had an old black and white TV, and I had to get a butter knife to switch the wire over to UHF to watch 😅 good times tho, good times. I miss it Lol

[@nastarwarrior]

These kids are obviously forced to do this shit. The little girl singing the song was definitely forced to learn how to sing that song instead of playing with her friends or whatever.

[@steelers714]

Wow young Tom Leykis.

[@markdaniels7174]

Mort was the beginning of the end of civil discourse in America.

[@stankbox]

Yeah, that is sure how it looks.

[@user-cw6sd6vu8k]

Love me some Tom Leykis

[@samsondog2182]

They think this is harmful to kids, now they push that kids can decide their own gender and can change from one to the other.

[@55555711]

wow tom is on here he look so young here i love his radio show he talks about how bad girls are and he is right

[@diablo666541]

I used see this on ch11 back mid 80s .

[@CYOnTheBeat]

She really thought Warner Bros wanted to do a movie on the life of her 5 year old daughter? Smfh 🤦‍♂️

[@markasflood8196]

Good Question: What If Paramount Pictures Wanted To Do A Television Movie Based On Her 5 Year Old Daughter?

[@jonnaking3054]

A pageant now and then for fun is ok, if the kid wants to do it I think, as long as it isn't their whole life

[@mrg8581]

Exactly. That one six year old was in 80 pageants.

[@janethefriend-awakened33]

i actually used to watch this show. goodness.

[@lovinlife6941]

ALL little girls are special!!!!

[@ashotofwhiskey219]

How so?

[@55555711]

i feel sorry for the mom that was crying but kids should not be doing this wrong in so many ways

[@tampapredatortrackers3858]

I remember first seeing this guy on Wally Sparks which was a Rodney Dangerfield film. Glad it led me to watching these episodes.

[@nastarwarrior]

Mort is right. A real Father would not let his Daughter in a beauty pageant.

[@SonnyGTA]

I like Beverly Hill. She was very nice.

[@williamzander4732]

This bring back memories About beauty pageant my dad dress me up like captain Kangaroo.and I wanted to be Mr Moose. 😁😁😁

[@luther1546]

LOL. When was the last time Leykis was at a children's pageant? Probably every weekend. he's got a real pervy kind of look.

[@lisafrank6513]

Morton hunkering down to talk to that little girl with a blazing cigarette 😂

[@lovinlife6941]

I take my child to church.... I know my child won't ..... NO YOU DON"T , and taking your child to church..... means NOTHING

[@PhoenixDemocrat]

I actually used to watch this garbage to laugh at the host and the guests on this show before I realized shows like that would be the norm. This was before Jerry Springer and reality television. This show became possible only because Reagan refused to renew the Fairness Doctrine. I was so happy when this show was cancelled.

[@Billboggs]

Hi, it's always good to know I was able to make people laugh one way or the other..so for my latest check out the satire Spike Unleashed on Amazon.

[@hi-railhardin]

Of course you were happy, because you leftists want to control the narrative and control the speech, which is typical communism... comrade.

[@mrg8581]

Liberals are the ones producing the garbage on TV now.

[@stankbox]

​@@hi-railhardinjust like this guy did? This guy was debaucherous af. He absolutely had no intention of practicing what he preached.

[@robjackson5245]

You suck cause this show was more popular.

[@claudiapagliara7667]

He's a bastard XD. He saw the hot smoking blonde and kissed her... then he saw the smaller and less attractive friend, trying to give her an high five.

[@KrazeeClark]

Thanks👍

[@Postmortumaz]

Tom Leykus!!!

[@stephenbarnes9196]

Thank you for sharing and caring bill are the kids still liveing

[@DPryorAustralia]

MDJ was awesome!!!

[@garysmith7760]

Child beauty pageant was all around abusive business then as it is now.

[@diablo666541]

lol!!! ZIP IT!!!!!

[@michaelbonica5614]

Love the PAL lingo

[@paktype]

Who were the people who walked down the hall with Mort?

[@tjbooker9948]

Back when white women dressed like Professional Witches.

[@mrg8581]

At least they weren't obese and covered with tattoos and body piercings. Like they are now.

[@vezner]

@@mrg8581I had the same thought. These women look classy compared to most that we see today.

[@MichaelLantz]

How many blogger were there in 1988?

[@jessyleppert2]

I hosted a kids beauty pageant in 2015

[@SonnyGTA]

Jessy Leppert I had lasagna for dinner.

[@81rbutler]

These people got exposed big time.

[@StukInBuf]

And this was even before JonBenet Ramsey was born... and we all know what happened from there...

[@adambomber28]

I was thinking that exact same thing.

[@Boricua3lions1985]

24:00 Bob from Bob's burgers (with his face in his hand): "Oh My God."

[@TheRacingGenius88]

Read it like Bob as well.

[@StukInBuf]

Those little girls must be in their mid-30s by now...

[@johnnycash578]

I was just wondering that

[@Roy-Batty-Nex6.]

Downey was a complete fraud and liar. His garbage show was cancelled after only two years. Total fall from grace. Fell harder than Guliani.

[@sexyskittles6822]

A scholarship program Um what?!?!?😂😂😂😂😂

[@Brand-ju4jm]

just say no to tom hanks calling a little girl sexy baby

[@mozfonky]

mommas cute, poor thing though.

[@sineadmargaretlooby9015]

morty died of lung cancer

[@carrang-r9w]

better than Springer

[@TheSycaman]

Lots of grooming

[@user-tf7oz4dv9c]

good show

[@thegiftedone]

Only in Jersey!…..where else!…lol

[@tjbooker9948]

Mort was gonna offer her a cig after the song.

[@jonbiles7101]

This brunette is a madam

[@ashleydurden7179]

He looks tired -_- zzz

[@worldtraveler134]

God I miss this type of Television programming

[@damionaqeel]

Did she say Colored Ppl @16:00

[@ashotofwhiskey219]

Yes, back in a day when that was the PC term to use.

[@cmmochalatte]

She thinks it’s mostly “colored” people using drugs because they’re the only ones being targeted, arrested and convicted.

[@seantriplesevyn8152]

People use the term people of Color in 2022 like it’s going out of style…who cares

[@kevinpatrickmacnutt]

@@ashotofwhiskey219 not in the late 80s

[@ashotofwhiskey219]

@@kevinpatrickmacnutt Yes it was.

[@jameslemmons9737]

Critics are the reincarnations of the mobs that crucified Christ!

[@msrain1235]

Beauty isn't the only thing that pageants are about! Spoken like someone that knows nothing about what he's talking about!

[@StukInBuf]

Hey, Tom... easy. I might agree with some of what you say, but don't take it out so much on that mother.

[@ashotofwhiskey219]

Why shouldn't he?

[@jwhite973]

Why does this sound so scripted?

[@kevinpatrickmacnutt]

Yeah it is a bit like the WWE of bottom of the barrel debate.

[@stankbox]

​@@kevinpatrickmacnuttsure is. A real, shit show. Many of these episodes of this show are pretty uncivilized.

[@bridgetlarson5443]

I was in a beauty pagent at 8 yrs old and I turned out fine

[@lovinlife6941]

don't like that he said the most beautiful girls in the world..... it should NOT be about beauty!!!

[@wbbils7052]

After watching this now, I'm positive that I was correct when I refused to watch this shit 30+ years ago.

[@CoasterMan13Official]

I prefer the republican party, but I rooted for Biden this year. Love this show. Very entertaining.

[@edrossman2654]

Are you happy with your choice now?

[@CoasterMan13Official]

@@edrossman2654 hush.

[@mhmorris2018]

@@edrossman2654 yep

[@kimsy520]

@@edrossman2654 very. ☺️

[@hi-railhardin]

Hope you enjoy paying more for everything, because you helped make it happen

[@MaxximumRage]

I wonder ever happened to everyone on this episode.