The Absolute Best of The Morton Downey, Jr Show

[@Handclap-i1z]

Before there was your Springer it was Morton Downey Jr show

[@andrewgarcia7199]

Expect this was real. Alot of Jerry's show were not. People were paid to exaggerate and lie about their pasts, crushes etc.

[@luislaplume8261]

That was the best hit to Al Sharpton that I ever saw. Good job Roy Innis! Rest in Peace. 😊

[@Frank-sr1dz]

💯💯💯💯

[@danielclark920]

Dude I’m just watching that part now 🎉

[@DeniseKelley-xw9tz]

Man Al Sharpton Lost a lot of weight.

[@MK356BC]

Thanks for posting....I remember watching this after school.

[@hdjksa52]

Happy Birthday, Morton Downey Jr. Rest In Peace and thanks for making late nights in NYC so entertaining.

[@n1kkri]

Can you imagine a show like this today?

[@TheAmerican1963]

Just look at our country ..............

[@n1kkri]

@@TheAmerican1963 If Morton Downey was still alive he would open everybody eyes, like it or not! ha ha

[@lonelyman1967]

People are too sensitive today. Would never happen today.

[@jonathanturner4220]

They would have plenty of material to work with.

[@TheAmerican1963]

@@jonathanturner4220 You nailed my point ...... 🙂

[@CONNECTELECTRIC]

Thanks for the memories. The 80's were magical times.

[@mikhailabunidal9146]

Crazy Magical Times

[@richardpoplis6777]

100000% correct . Loved MDJ

[@tjm3774]

This country needs another Morton Downey, Jr!

[@endoramoonglowgardenia3388]

Morton Downey Jr was the kindest person. I was blessed 🙌 🙏🏻 to call him my friend and he was like the Dad I never had. He was protective of me and cared about my well being. He made me realize my life was worth living. He helped the homeless and was very humble. I still am friends with his sweet beautiful wife Lori Krebs Downey Jr. She is a sweetheart. I miss him everyday of my life. I know that I am going to see him again in Heaven and get a hug from him again. Morton Downey Jr was one of a kind and so kind. I miss you Soooooooo much. I know Morton Downey Jr is in Heaven and I will see him again when God calls me home

[@charlesallan-ks6gq]

Beats the shit out of Wally George. We could use another Barry Farber though

[@RazorsEdge1810]

​@@endoramoonglowgardenia3388 Interesting! Good to know he was that way and passed along some wisdom. How is Lori doing these days? When I've seen her in archival footage, she always seemed so happy and pleasant to be around.

[@juniorjames7076]

It was phenomenal groundbreaking (if exploitative) television! Morton was a firebolt beloved by everyone- Black, Latin, White! Hell we welcomed him at Harlem! This was at the highpoint of the 1980s Golden Age! The Studio's burned him out, unfortunately, exacerbating his alcohol addiction. GenX kids from the NY/NJ/Conn area miss him dearly!!

[@cliffordnewell2445]

Morton Downey's teeth would make a beaver proud.

[@honkeykong9563]

Roy Innis 13:24 was such a legend that he instigated both this wild skirmish AND The better known Geraldo Rivera Skinhead battle royal. Great Television!

[@rogerblackstone]

Fighting Mr Rodgers was great too

[@user-xr2vl1vq2i]

Jeez..watching this on channel 9 in NY was a go to in those days. Morton was a pioneer in the field of face off talk shows

[@Charles-ke2po]

We absolutely 100 percent need this back

[@brandtmanning1084]

God I loved this show........me and my Grandma could always talk about what we saw in the week on Inside Edition and Morton Downey Jr.

[@blakejohnson8831]

Yes i remember this show also, we need shows like this today.

[@richardpoplis6777]

Loved watching Morton Downey ever night LMAO

[@breal1183]

This show beat Howard Stern's show all day and twice on Sunday!!

[@johnmccreary6341]

Howard really sucks now.

[@MrAitraining]

Downey had a 2 yr 15 mins of fame. No comparison

[@p4t21ck]

Howard humiliated Morton Downey Jr on his show after mdj went bankrupt.

[@BuddhatheRockstar]

Howard was strictly shock value.

[@thatpart]

Love the wrestling reference 😂

[@jeperstone]

"You blow smoke in my face, you're gonna get cancer" *blows smoke in her face, smiles smugly, gets cancer*

[@ElianalisaElena2196]

Yeah, she called that.

[@BrooklynBalla]

@@ElianalisaElena2196 Guy smoked 5 packs a day.Crazy.

[@JackBarrett7]

She died of AIDS two years before he died of cancer. He actually caught hell for joking about it.

[@ericoberman5697]

@@JackBarrett7 Kat's alive & well

[@ericoberman5697]

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[@CallingALLmarks]

This show was lit as F..

[@endoramoonglowgardenia3388]

Morton Downey Jr was the nicest man ever and he was a wonderful friend to me. He was like the father that I never had. He made me realize that my life was worth living and he was humble and cared about people in need the homeless etc. I was blessed to know 🙏🏻 him and his sweet wife Lori Krebs Downey jr who I am still with friends with today. He was the first to ever do a TV 📺 show like this a true pioneer and he was multi talented he sang and was a great actor and he could dance great and cared about others less fortunate. I miss him 😢 everyday of my life and I know that I will see him again In Heaven when God calls me home

[@Doug_Hefernen]

My girl and I used to watch this, there were no other shows like this at the time. 8pm on channel 9

[@fistfull1]

2 jerri springer rejects watch Morton downey lol

[@kingporter67]

The late, great Morton Downey Jr. was the greatest king of trash talk shows and these are the greatest moments ever!!

[@Greenie007]

I went through my personal collection and watched every show. Made notes of some of the funniest and most outrageous moments and put this little video together. Very glad you enjoyed it!

[@09rja]

Love the look on Mort's face @3:49. It is like he is thinking: "What is up with this guy?"

[@endoramoonglowgardenia3388]

Mort had a wonderful sense of humor and he can't fathom this funny guy 🤣!!

[@trainnerd3029]

My grandma loved this show! It’s because of her I found out about Mort RIP

[@ShawnC.T.]

Al Sharpton looked like "Humpty Dumpty" after that shove from Roy Innis...😄

[@odonnchadha1978]

Just watched Terror Television the other day and was remembering the old show and today this was recommended to me. Very cool, thanks for editing it and uploading

[@cherylfarrell1638]

If you’re wondering why the country is the way it is today just watch this program and you’ll get a good look at yourselves. Thank you very much. Congratulations America.

[@kurtanglerookieyear]

Hey could be worse, we could be France. What can ya do.

[@thetreasurehouse1742]

I agree.

[@colinwilliams553]

We NEED a show like this right now❤❤❤.

[@danieltarczynski6559]

Why? All of social media is just people yelling at each other all the time...

[@the_rocs_roost]

I think all the hollering with no listening is what's wrong with the world today, myself.

[@BrooklynBalla]

No we don’t.People realized these shows were mostly staged and stopped watching.They lost popularity for a good reason

[@Joshua-l7g]

Adults aren't allowed to talk and debate issues anymore without hurting someone's feelings

[@jackcadorin26]

That second coming of Christ part was unbelievable 😂

[@alsimensen6161]

Morton Downey Jr Show kicks tail! NYC 2024👍

[@cameltotem8074]

I would think that Morton would be appalled at what New Yuck City has become.

[@Bizarr0]

1:22:15.. is that Lloyd Kaufman from Troma films?? Mortey definitely would be a fan of those films🤣👌

[@Greenie007]

Yeah that's him! Mort felt this segment was just all out stupid and decided to have them removed from the show and they would go on to something else. But Lloyd did not want to leave and kept fighting to stay on the stage. 😂😂😂

[@Bizarr0]

@@Greenie007 I met Lloyd at Monstermania horror convention and he's a cool dude. Those troma films need more recognition and Mort probably wacked off to em. 😭

[@pladampa]

I loved this show when I was a kid. I was like 5 or 6 when it was on. Nothing like it at the time.

[@mrpersonality3497]

Great job with this video. I always loved it when he threw people out. Wish I could watch all these episodes again.

[@Greenie007]

Thank you. That was always my favorite part too. There are several full episodes available on KZbin that I've seen. You should check them out. And check out the documentary Evocateur. I saw that is free to watch on here but with ads. Definitely a wonderful look into the life of Morton Downey Jr.

[@Boricua3lions1985]

GET OUT OF HERE! GET OUT! I wonder if that’s where they got the idea for Scorpion’s “Get over here!” In Mortal Kombat.

[@tamonettX500]

5:44 "Jerry! Go Brush Your Teeth!" HAHAHAHAHA

[@Elephant2024-wi2li]

Before there was Jerry Springer, the Morton Downey Jr. Show was must see TV.

[@Bishopspipes]

Cigarettes are safe 😂

[@luislaplume8261]

Cough,cough,cough and cough! C'MON MAN! 😂

[@robjackson5245]

No they aren't

[@pladampa]

Agreed

[@brooke8567]

He died of lung cancer😂

[@DavidCaban-m7w]

I remember this Jerry from the lower East Side who was well respected by the Squatters on the lower east side and Tompkins Square Park. Is he still alive? If he watches this video he will remember the name Val and all of the bike messengers who hung out in Tompkins Square Park in the 80's-90's. It was a great time. Thanks for the video.

[@whatisbestinlife8112]

Part of some hard driving teens growing up in a small town in central CA in the 80s we'd be drunk and wasted but always tune in to the MDJr show when it was broadcast at like midnight or 1am Saturdays, I think it was. It predated all the shock/confrontational turns that most talk shows took much later. We'd be laughing half the time agreeing half the time rolling at all the sermonizing high as kites ourselves, always loving the unabashed arguments and stupidity on display all around.

[@guymangotree2185]

I loved this show ! Insults, harrassement, free speech, Smoking_ Love the Old America !!! Non-PC Utopia

[@dm95422]

The O.G. Jerry Springer.

[@supme7558]

All just as fake

[@theLewisburgLegend]

@@supme7558Springer definitely, Mort, no…..

[@jamesrfb]

Dr. D is an absolute legend!

[@georgelarson594]

Ahh the 80s. We had shows like this, And Sally, the only Phil on t.v. was Phil Donahue, Maury was on A Current Affair, and Oprah had good topics. on her show . Long live the 80s

[@jornfox3545]

and Wally George Hot Seat !

[@steveclayton2353]

I loved roy ennis,big moment in tv history,!Sharpton on his ass!

[@dennismorgan3589]

There was only one Morton RIP

[@thepeckhampoet1909]

I think it's hilarious how almost everyone who was supposed to be in the wrong back then turned out to be right all along.

[@-Zevin-]

He mocked a guy criticizing the gentrification of NY, took the side of Tabaco while claiming smoking doesn't cause cancer and second hand smoke isn't real, and rallied against pot legalization, he took the side of the US gov in arming (literal terrorists) in the Iran contra scandal lol. What else am I missing? Besides the rampant sexism.

[@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u]

⁠@@-Zevin-Seems like he was critical of racism but the rest of what you said honestly makes it a little funnier . This is quality TV

[@-Zevin-]

@@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u Yeah, he actually did genuinely seem to be anti-racist at least from this video. Although ironically related to that he also destroyed his career because he claimed he got jumped by a gang of white supremacist's at a airport (turns out he made the whole thing up) after that and some other things he pretty much disappeared from public life.

[@pladampa]

​@-Zevin- 😂 yeah he drew a backwards swastika on his face

[@juniorjames7076]

I'm Black, Gen X, grew up in Queens, NYC. Morts show was phenomenal & groundbreaking (if exploitative) television! Morton was a firebolt beloved by everyone- Black, Latin, White! Hell we welcomed him at Harlem (and we didnt care if he was slightly right-wing)! I had more respect for Mort over Donahue or Oprah.This was at the highpoint of the 1980s local tv Golden Age! The studio burned him out, unfortunately, exacerbating his alcohol addiction. GenX kids from the NY/NJ/Connecticut area miss him dearly!!

[@darkknightnj]

lol That show brings back some great memories growing up in New Jersey

[@dropkickmonk3y]

I love his reporter role he played in Predator 2.

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

Rip Bill Paxon, only actor to be killed by an Alien, Predator, and Terminator.

[@fwdyd]

These episodes should be preserved for cultural significance.

[@BearsNCigars]

I remember being a little kid like 5 years old and my dad watching this. I loved all the fights as a kid, I wish things were like this now. Everyone is so sensitive now this would never fly.

[@eriddlebaugh1]

The 80's were a fucking rebellious time. I'm so proud to live through the era that exposed the nonsense that started it all.

[@kbrewski1]

Morton Downey's show made The Jerry Springer Show seem like Mr Roger's Neighborhood.

[@AmberGolden97]

50:44 - "And you know I'm okay!!" 😆

[@redriderbbgun8018]

People have no idea just how great this show was 😂

[@billgardner4043]

I loved watching this late at night. Boy has times changed

[@gingers8457]

I loved this show!!! ❤

[@kimr5479]

Me Too!

[@Suzi64grad]

I enjoyed watching him! Funny at times! 😂 Always controversial but just great television!

[@davidclark8543]

Yep. It played late nights in '87 during my 1st year of college

[@michaelmarette4423]

Jerry springer would never have existed if it wasn't for Morton Downey Jr. he was the forerunner of all modern daytime trash television..

[@BuddhatheRockstar]

I had no idea about the shows at the Apollo. Mortons' energy was infectious.

[@Greenie007]

I actually just recently uploaded three of the five episodes at the Apollo in their entirety if you would like to check them out on my page. I'm trying to upload more full episodes from my archives. 😊

[@michaelrochester48]

@@Greenie007 do you have the one with John Wayne Gacy‘s girlfriend and the ones with Phil English when they used to go nose to nose with each other

[@christopherbereznak1175]

I saw him live at the University of Scranton in 88. It was real, hard, and life changing. The Bill of Rights has been shredded and flushed.

[@gterrymed]

I'M HAVING A BLAST 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 ❤❤❤❤❤ THANKS

[@walterbradthau9525]

OMG, the world today would literally have a woke stroke if this show was actively playing.

[@booyakafoo]

That argument regarding pot didn't age very well.

[@rolandsalas3206]

This show was the ish back n da day

[@rick6699ca]

This was great waiting for part 2

[@DerrickWhite-yh3ip]

I love MDJ…Tales from the Crypt bought me here

[@rlprincipe]

7:52 MC Busy Bee & Morton Downey, Jr. is not a pairing I ever expected to see.

[@thetempleunfinished]

They don't make tv and talk shows like that anymore. Great entertainment and so not PC which made it even better! Morton Downey Jr RIP. You were awesome!!

[@TheAmazingsuntanSpider-man]

Miss this guy❤❤❤

[@thefrase7884]

13:28…..couldn’t have happened to a nicer person

[@boardmanfan]

That was a beautiful thing. Lol

[@toshiojohnston3732]

As fake as the tooth fairy.

[@jimkerr866]

Awesome show. Watched it all the time!!!!

[@jimmysmith3513]

Would rip bong hits and watch this 😂😂

[@alexulloa8661]

In today’s world Morton Downey Jr. would be a walking ad for Cancel Culture 🤣🤣🤣

[@RichardLittlejohn-eq7ii]

Fuck yes, need now

[@mea117]

I remember watching this show. It was crazy! I used to ❤️ it!

[@Awaywrdson]

This show and Jerry Springer showed so much of " Real Life" the Critics wanted you to think it was fake !! You see these people all the time, Morton and Springer, liked em both !! 👍👍

[@fr3dr02]

I used to think he was Robert Downey's dad😂 And Miley Cyrus was on at 0:53😂😂

[@matthewotremba9230]

He was the Easiest Halloween Costume I ever portrayed And back then , you could have a lit cigarette anywhere you went

[@AriesSuperLove]

This show would NOT fly today,i used to watch this every other night before I go to bed.

[@TrainMan2004]

5:35......did Mort just give him the hand?????😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Man if only we can have this show back!!!! With the world today this might be the best rated show on!!!!

[@NearGuttersPath]

26:00 dude looking like one of the Orphans thinks he's still in the 70s, talking about take your colors off 🤣

[@michaelredd-b2t]

I miss this show!

[@AVportau]

i remember MD Jr... he loved to rev up the crowd. many people on these types of shows have know intention of changing or seeing anything from anyone else's perspective. they all have their own agendas and they are here to argue their point... some were even extremists... sadly i think these self entitled attitudes have spread and never have humans been so connected yet still so willingly divided.... there's a lot of hate and blame out there too.

[@supme7558]

Thats why they were chosen as guest they wanted conflict its staged

[@brötzmannsax]

There are so many great memorable and outrageous moments on his show too many to mention, the Reverend Al appearances were over the top comedy, RIP Mort and your 3 pack a day habit.

[@TheYoli182]

OMG lol!

[@karlyoungman4062]

I was in this video ! The show with the strippers on it. @ 58m2s, i'm behind and to the right of the guy in the suit. Great episode.

[@Greenie007]

I have the uncut version where the cute blonde actually took her top off and was dancing. Unfortunately I was unable to put that in my video.

[@CapAnson12345]

I loved that show.

[@yoitsyourmannatefromupstat1317]

Before Jerry Springer was this guy salute back in the day🎉😅😮😂

[@mheiseus]

This show wouldn't last 15 seconds today 😂😂

[@carltoncoleman454]

No it wouldn't because everyone would be ready to fist fight or kill each other if a screaming match started face-to-face the way Morton screamed at his guests.

[@bainbridgeomega]

Well. It’s June, 2024. After watching this program…. What have we learned?

[@darlenebattle2713]

Greenie007, that was great!... Can we get a sequel??

[@Sunflare-vq2uy]

I remember watching him when I was a kid😂

[@robjackson5245]

47:19 - holy shit and Morton was saying that downright as a joke! How did they not censor that. This is definely TV-MA just not TV-MA hard R outright like "The Richard Bey Show."

[@LemonJello17]

Mort was so awesome, he was once a crooner!

[@mrsteveM]

But Senior was the famous singer!

[@ErikShen2907]

He was THE GREATEST EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFENDER OF ALL TIME!!!

[@bruceohandley2024]

When you are born into this world, you are given a ticket to the freak show. When you are born in America you get a front row seat. George Carlin.

[@careful...Icarus]

The Great Kat!!!! Loved this and the old channel 9 Stern show. Good fucking times.

[@ludwigbooth4882]

Absolutely NOTHING has changed.

[@barryserpa5174]

Morton Downey would destroy the modern woke democrat party

[@Suzi64grad]

Wasn’t television better without so much control! Morton chain smoking would never make it now! 😂

[@mhmrules]

I didn't know there was more to the Lloyd Kaufman segment! XD

[@markblackmore521]

10:00 dude stood his ground against Downey. Mort was self serving and ended up literally in the toilet

[@Greenie007]

Morton Downey's show started in October 1987 and ran until September 1989.

[@BkBajan26]

I remember my parents watching this show.

[@MarkHannan-i8b]

Morton Downey was the original Steve wilkos