Guests include Morton's brother, Tony Downey who is an AIDS patient.
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@charlietriana94487 ай бұрын
Mort was a genius. His show may have been tabloid but it was provocative. It was touching and it was informative. It was ahead of its time. His brother was a courageous man.
@randycunningham73183 ай бұрын
It was all BS.
@charlietriana94483 ай бұрын
@@randycunningham7318 okay?
@chocolatetownforever75372 ай бұрын
It was interesting TV. Very different from anything on at the time.
@kingporter672 ай бұрын
Excellent AIDS topic on the Morton Downey Jr. Show!!
@thatgirl97597 ай бұрын
Anthony Downey died 12/1/94, six years after this show aired. ❤
@goldcanyon340.7 ай бұрын
That is very sad. I was not aware know that was the date it happened. I’m proud to help carry on his legacy by posting this; he was a kind soul & had a lot to offer to all of us❤️
@thatgirl97597 ай бұрын
@@goldcanyon340. Thanks for uploading these videos!!!
@brooke85673 ай бұрын
Pole smoker
@thatgirl97593 ай бұрын
@@brooke8567 Yes, your grandmother is.
@mego733 ай бұрын
A lot longer than I would have believed..
@BigBlack818 ай бұрын
Gold. Please keep posting.
@pfcwar51502 ай бұрын
$1500 in 1988 is worth $3975 now
@Jamestele14 күн бұрын
It should be criminal for an already existing drug like that.
@nastarwarrior7 ай бұрын
You gotta have a smoke while you're watching Mort.
@BigBlack816 ай бұрын
And a drink.
@goldcanyon340.2 ай бұрын
So true, lol
@chocolatetownforever75372 ай бұрын
Should be the highest rated comment for this video. Period.
@claytonbouldin93812 ай бұрын
This show was tabloid tv, but did have moments that overcame that stigma.
@DudemanSwede8 ай бұрын
That moustsche dude knew his sh*t!
@jaybae80567 ай бұрын
yezzo died of a heart attack 11 june 1998
@CYOnTheBeat6 ай бұрын
Thank you for the uploads
@goldcanyon340.5 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@maryannrobb64083 күн бұрын
I was going through a divorce from a cheating husband and I just had a baby. I watched Mort faithfully, and got me through the bad times...😎
@johnbowen356 ай бұрын
At the end of the day, Morton Downey Jr was a good man, a husband, a father, and as we see here, a loving brother. I have nothing but respect for him. He truly stands by what he believes in, he's not acting. The man had integrity and compassion for others. I don't agree with the lifestyle of being gay, nor am I qualified or empowered to pass judgement on anyone, for anything, I hate to see these men and others suffer with this disease, and the effects it has on them and their families. And most importantly, this is Morton Downey, presenting a show, and a subject so taboo ot those times, all in an effort to try to save his brothers life, that's epic imo. I wasn't alive in the 80s, but as I watch this vid, it's clear that this show was a dramatic departure from Mortons other shows. He just loves his brother, and doesn't want him to die....
@MrShobar2 ай бұрын
To which one of his four wives was he a good husband?
@624radicalham2 ай бұрын
If you weren't alive in the 80s and are not from that generation, why do you call being a gay a "lifestyle"? And why don't you answer your responses?
@caisearbhan47384 ай бұрын
Wow, this discussion featured some seriously honest dialogue. Both medical speakers offered truly insightful perspectives that are particularly impressive considering the era of panic and misinformation in which this was recorded.
@goldcanyon340.4 ай бұрын
So true. It is as relevant today, as it was then.
@brandon13517 ай бұрын
Tony on the mega defensive with AZT can see the "oh $hit, I'm dead"
@charlesfranklinlambeth39446 ай бұрын
Well those AIDS/HIV deniers, who did make fools of themselves, were right about AZT.
@Clickclocklovelock2 ай бұрын
Wow thanks so much for posting, didn't think I'd get to see this episode! Was this ever aired on public TV? I heard they decided not to broadcast this one.
@goldcanyon340.2 ай бұрын
No it wasn’t public tv, just regular syndication.
@vincentmurphy92522 ай бұрын
Great show of course it was wild but 80s-90s were awesome
@paktypeАй бұрын
The theme song was the best part of the show
@donaldbermudez77716 ай бұрын
Props to the jersey/new york dude who pointed out the huge, still existing, AIDS problems in African that was really never a 'gay problem' like it was in America.
@displayfireworks3 ай бұрын
If what I read is correct his brother died 8 years later in December 1994 at age 59
@Mr.Majestic774 ай бұрын
I always thought that the late Morton Downey Jr. and Robert Downey Jr. were related.
@nzelver5593 ай бұрын
Nope
@goldcanyon340.3 ай бұрын
I myself actually wondered that too. Until i came to the realization that Robert’s father was Robert Downey Sr & Morton’s father was Morton Downey Sr lol
@brooke85673 ай бұрын
The fact that each one has a Jr at the end of their name suggests otherwise. Jr. means they are named after their father. Get it?😂
@MrShobar2 ай бұрын
No.
@daverindone6552 ай бұрын
No, it's Morton Salt.
@knowpassword24 күн бұрын
Talk about a trip back in time..
@baberuth28638 ай бұрын
love mort
@johnercalisanga53007 ай бұрын
This is a great Video for self-awareness for people who were into Sexual activities and yet this video is gold and an Icon, but truthfully this is sad for people who have experienced this disease, especially for the Gay people must be aware of this too🙁😐.
@goldcanyon340.2 ай бұрын
Well said. Thanks for watching!
@ryanrose15652 ай бұрын
Does morton downey jr ever stop smoking. How unprofessional. I have ben hiv for over forty years.
@MikeTrujillo-fd2fnАй бұрын
Morton smoked 🚬 too much! 💀
@MikeTrujillo-fd2fnАй бұрын
These 2 brothers are both gone? 💀💀
@goldcanyon340.13 күн бұрын
Unfortunately that is true.
@JohnSanJuan-zp1ed2 күн бұрын
A lots of People died of AIDS! I remembered that epidemic! Silent one!
@JohnSanJuan-zp1ed2 күн бұрын
It was Sad Reality.
@chocolatetownforever75372 ай бұрын
I once pitched while Tony caught it back in 1983. Thankfully I made it.
@spokentruth59092 ай бұрын
Huh
@ChrisOhMy7 күн бұрын
@@spokentruth5909 This guy says he banged Tony
@thatgirl97597 ай бұрын
Peter Duesberg contributed to helping lead a lot of people go to an early grave. Horrible person!
@dickvandickweed7 ай бұрын
💯
@spokentruth59092 ай бұрын
He’s still alive too
@RyanKeriger-qt2pq3 ай бұрын
I don't know if anyone else here was in Grade school like me in the late 80s, but I remember everyone was scared of it, (the parents and society I mean us kids didn't really give two shits about it, besides teasing or name calling someone like, "That you stink/ there dirty and have AIDS for example) I'm mean AIDS panic was a thing, and because of it directly, (my poor teacher Ms Allen said so because she was constantly being harassed by parents as to why she was teaching 9 and 10 year olds about sex) I remember we were taught the majority of sex education at 4th grade, when normally the curriculum is for 6th and 7th graders
@ronfroehlich46973 ай бұрын
I was still in grade school in the late 80's and I remember the fear mongering ramping up to it's peak in the early 90's. By the mid 90's it was becoming noticable that heterosexuals who didn't shoot drugs with needles or have sex with needle using drug abusers didn't get HIV. People my age were a thousand times more afraid of accidental pregnancy than they were of HIV/AIDS when we became sexually active.
@robertsquared29162 ай бұрын
I was 11 yrs old in 1985, Gay guy on my block was the first person to have AIDS in my town, he went on ABC news to talk about it. He had to go to the Hospital EMS showed up in Haz Mat suits, Police shut the whole block down we were so scared, crazy times.
@konstantinkoverchenko95877 ай бұрын
I wonder what Mort would say about Magic’s fake hiv?
@goldcanyon340.2 ай бұрын
Right! It’s too bad Morton’s show was already cancelled by then.
@OctavioDelgado-ft8rd5 күн бұрын
Whatever happened to this guy
@nazur722 күн бұрын
He died of Lung Cancer.
@snapperhead2732 ай бұрын
audio is too low.
@bhall49962 ай бұрын
Sorry. Digital recording wasnt invented yet on vhs
@DeadBeatShitHead2 ай бұрын
Everyone should look up Dr Robert Willner . Deadly deception is the name of the book.
@c.d.8975Ай бұрын
Mort did a great job hiding the fact he was bisexual
4 ай бұрын
The host looks like he was in the Rat Pack
@DavidGibson-vt6rk3 күн бұрын
Morton and Tony's father was a famous opera singer and actor in the 30's with Warner Bros/ Vitaphone short subjects