The Morton Downey Jr. Show: AIDS (1988)

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Күн бұрын

Guests include Morton's brother, Tony Downey who is an AIDS patient.

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@DudemanSwede 11 ай бұрын

That moustsche dude knew his sh*t!

@jaybae8056 10 ай бұрын

yezzo died of a heart attack 11 june 1998

@caisearbhan4738 8 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. 7 ай бұрын

So true. It is as relevant today, as it was then.

@stillnotwoke 2 ай бұрын

Just like COVID b.s.

@maryannrobb6408 3 ай 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...😎

@nastarwarrior 10 ай бұрын

You gotta have a smoke while you're watching Mort.

@BigBlack81 9 ай бұрын

And a drink.

@goldcanyon340. 5 ай бұрын

So true, lol

@chocolatetownforever7537 5 ай бұрын

Should be the highest rated comment for this video. Period.

@BigBlack81 11 ай бұрын

Gold. Please keep posting.

@kingporter67 5 ай бұрын

Excellent AIDS topic on the Morton Downey Jr. Show!!

@claytonbouldin9381 6 ай бұрын

This show was tabloid tv, but did have moments that overcame that stigma.

@TupacNation 2 ай бұрын

Yah it was but still great to watch and I think it had enough info that was not bs that you could take with you.

@johnbowen35 9 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....

@MrShobar 6 ай бұрын

To which one of his four wives was he a good husband?

@624radicalham 5 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?

@stillnotwoke 2 ай бұрын

@@MrShobar Right? He was a "showman", after all, and I don't believe he cared all that much for his brother, but it made for a good "show". I used to watch his "show" when it originally aired, and it was good for a few laughs... that's about it.

@charlietriana9448 10 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.

@randycunningham7318 7 ай бұрын

It was all BS.

@charlietriana9448 7 ай бұрын

@@randycunningham7318 okay?

@chocolatetownforever7537 5 ай бұрын

It was interesting TV. Very different from anything on at the time.

@StragglerTx 3 ай бұрын

Mort portrayed Americana 🇺🇲💪🏼

@pfcwar5150 5 ай бұрын

$1500 in 1988 is worth $3975 now

@Jamestele1 3 ай бұрын

It should be criminal for an already existing drug like that.

@stillnotwoke 2 ай бұрын

Look add all the money the pharmaceutical companies made off of covid-19...

@thatgirl9759 11 ай бұрын

Anthony Downey died 12/1/94, six years after this show aired. ❤

@goldcanyon340. 11 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❤️

@thatgirl9759 10 ай бұрын

@@goldcanyon340. Thanks for uploading these videos!!!

@brooke8567 6 ай бұрын

Pole smoker

@thatgirl9759 6 ай бұрын

@@brooke8567 Yes, your grandmother is.

@mego73 6 ай бұрын

A lot longer than I would have believed..

@dellex12 2 ай бұрын

He was right about AZT.... like Dallas Buyers Club

@CYOnTheBeat 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the uploads

@goldcanyon340. 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@kimr5479 3 ай бұрын

Thank You for this video, I love these Talk Shows from back in the Day!👍

@goldcanyon340. 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@paktype 5 ай бұрын

The theme song was the best part of the show

@brandon1351 10 ай бұрын

Tony on the mega defensive with AZT can see the "oh $hit, I'm dead"

@displayfireworks 6 ай бұрын

If what I read is correct his brother died 8 years later in December 1994 at age 59

@StragglerTx 3 ай бұрын

Forgot how much I missed this show 🍻

@knowpassword 4 ай бұрын

Talk about a trip back in time..

@lisascorp 25 күн бұрын

I know. I was 22 when his show was on. Brings me back to the time.

@Clickclocklovelock 6 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. 5 ай бұрын

No it wasn’t public tv, just regular syndication.

@donaldbermudez7771 9 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.

@vincentmurphy9252 6 ай бұрын

Great show of course it was wild but 80s-90s were awesome

@NEONOIRERA Ай бұрын

This was great tv

@Mr.Majestic77 7 ай бұрын

I always thought that the late Morton Downey Jr. and Robert Downey Jr. were related.

@nzelver559 6 ай бұрын

Nope

@goldcanyon340. 6 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

@brooke8567 6 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?😂

@MrShobar 6 ай бұрын

No.

@daverindone655 6 ай бұрын

No, it's Morton Salt.

@MikeTrujillo-fd2fn 4 ай бұрын

Morton smoked 🚬 too much! 💀

@JohnSanJuan-zp1ed 3 ай бұрын

A lots of People died of AIDS! I remembered that epidemic! Silent one!

@JohnSanJuan-zp1ed 3 ай бұрын

It was Sad Reality.

@RicArmstrong Ай бұрын

And somehow it's almost disappeared. Isn't that odd....

@charlesfranklinlambeth3944 10 ай бұрын

Well those AIDS/HIV deniers, who did make fools of themselves, were right about AZT.

@johnercalisanga5300 10 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. 5 ай бұрын

Well said. Thanks for watching!

@stillnotwoke 2 ай бұрын

You forgot to insert "deviant" before "sexual activities"... you're welcome.

@verlinden80 3 ай бұрын

I wonder if there was a disclaimer at the beginning cuz this episode is a lil graphic Imo

@baberuth2863 11 ай бұрын

love mort

@thatgirl9759 11 ай бұрын

Peter Duesberg contributed to helping lead a lot of people go to an early grave. Horrible person!

@dickvandickweed 10 ай бұрын

💯

@spokentruth5909 5 ай бұрын

He’s still alive too

@timchandler4688 2 ай бұрын

Peter has alot of points. To this day. No one can truly explain aids

@thatgirl9759 2 ай бұрын

@@timchandler4688 In the early 80's, it was craziness. It's very simple now. Without modern medicine, you die. With modern medicine, you live a long average life. I have a friend who has had HIV since 1985. He survived and made it the antiviral medication. He is now in his 60's. Duesberg encouraged people not to take meds. Every one of his AIDS denialist friends are dead.

@thatgirl9759 2 ай бұрын

I know, isn't that crazy?

@MikeTrujillo-fd2fn 4 ай бұрын

These 2 brothers are both gone? 💀💀

@goldcanyon340. 3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately that is true.

@snapperhead273 6 ай бұрын

audio is too low.

@bhall4996 5 ай бұрын

Sorry. Digital recording wasnt invented yet on vhs

@lizziej72 2 ай бұрын

Tony was so combative with that doctor

@RyanKeriger-qt2pq 6 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

@ronfroehlich4697 6 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.

@robertsquared2916 5 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.

@OctavioDelgado-ft8rd 3 ай бұрын

Whatever happened to this guy

@nazur72 3 ай бұрын

He died of Lung Cancer.

@DeadBeatHotShot 5 ай бұрын

Everyone should look up Dr Robert Willner . Deadly deception is the name of the book.

@c.d.8975 5 ай бұрын

Mort did a great job hiding the fact he was bisexual

@andy42x 2 ай бұрын

I think you may be thinking of Robert Downey jr

@konstantinkoverchenko9587 11 ай бұрын

I wonder what Mort would say about Magic’s fake hiv?

@goldcanyon340. 5 ай бұрын

Right! It’s too bad Morton’s show was already cancelled by then.

@mustaffa1611 Ай бұрын

7:54

@ryanrose1565 5 ай бұрын

Does morton downey jr ever stop smoking. How unprofessional. I have ben hiv for over forty years.

@chocolatetownforever7537 5 ай бұрын

I once pitched while Tony caught it back in 1983. Thankfully I made it.

@spokentruth5909 5 ай бұрын

Huh

@ChrisOhMy 3 ай бұрын

@@spokentruth5909 This guy says he banged Tony

@zroy9263 2 ай бұрын

If you want to dance, you gotta pay the fiddler! It's the life that he chose. It's called ACCOUNTABILITY!

@lhart99 3 күн бұрын

A.I.D.S and being gay have absolutely nothing to do with one another. If that was the case why are so many straight people dead from aids? Now you wanna talk about not having accountability and being reckless, then you're spot on.

@zroy9263 3 күн бұрын

@lhart99 It's all relative and I agree with you! Being reckless, immoral, and irresponsible will bring A.I.D.S to your life! However, statistics medical records, and facts don't lie about this disease and its victims.

@zroy9263 3 күн бұрын

@lhart99 It's all relative and medical science doesn't lie!