Alan Dershowitz and Gloria Allred assess the legacy that Morton Downey Jr.left. Watch Evocateur, The Morton Downey Jr. Movie. Thursday, August 20 at 9p ET.
I think Downey and Springer had a lot to do with the later backlash against all the 90’s raunchiness. Today, TV is much more sanitized while also being much dirtier on a different level, a strange media landscape we have today. I miss that he raunchiness and craziness of the 90’s, and I do think the Internet also largely has filled that role. However, I miss that crazy zeitgeist of “did you see that last night?” while also understanding guys like Morton probably took it a little too far back then
It was worse in the 60s, TV commercials, magazines, mothers smoking while pregnant or holding babies etc. We were damned fools. Should have listened to the Surgeon Generals warnings ~ which started in 1964. But who believes Government?
Yeah smoking while telling ron paul that the war on drugs was good. Gotta inhale carcinogenic compounds while advocating against other useful chemical compounds to be made illegal to confuse the lungs right babe.
I have never seen either show. I came here because of one of his ( estranged ) relatives. I saw he was related and thought I'd take a look, I didn't miss anything. Sad, now we have the same type of idiot in the White House.
Not a fan of stuttering John and I would never feel bad for him (john) , but Morton & his crew were complete douchebags to him when they were just doing a goofy interview... And Morton wants to talk about things being "entertainment"
No one bears greater influence over modern television than Morton Downey Jr. Present day CNN took his “Trash TV” model and stretched it over a 24/7 format. MSNBC spent years in limbo until it found its current formula replicating Morton’s wildly abrasive style. Television shows like the View adapted the Morton Downey Jr. Show for an older, African-American and female crowd while Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel took it to late night. Morton was a generation ahead of his time. Sleazebag TV demagogues like Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg and her pack of geriatric hyenas owe him their careers.
You live in a very sad, dark place, don't you bro? Post under your own name, dude. Hiding behind a woman's name and picture to post these kinds of stupid comments is just sad.
@@oprahwinfrey2967 Why do you call yourself Oprah Winfrey? Why do you use a female icon that isn't her? Why are you hiding behind the name and picture of a woman to post these kinds of stupid comments? Post under your own name, bro. This is just sad. I know you're a guy, because women don't make comments as stupid as yours.
@@oprahwinfrey2967 I think it's very funny that you keep deleting my comments simply because I point out that you're a troll, trolling from another country. Please do something better than this with your life.
Morton Downey Jr was the only broadcaster to call Al Sharpton a Pimp and get away with it.
No it's not. Curtis Sliwa called Sharpton that all the time on WABC 77 Am radio.
Al Sharpton is a pimp. A race pimp.
Sharpton is one of the biggest losers to be on tv. Anyone that gives him the time of day is equally a loser
Pimpin ain’t Eazy
Because he didn’t care. Dude was kind of ridiculous himself
I think Downey and Springer had a lot to do with the later backlash against all the 90’s raunchiness. Today, TV is much more sanitized while also being much dirtier on a different level, a strange media landscape we have today.
I miss that he raunchiness and craziness of the 90’s, and I do think the Internet also largely has filled that role. However, I miss that crazy zeitgeist of “did you see that last night?” while also understanding guys like Morton probably took it a little too far back then
You mean Downey and Bey, because "Springer" caused no controversy in his early episodes. Heck even Downey wasn't really "crap TV" to begin with me.
who cares about TV now though? whatever role TV had, the internet has completely replaced its relevance.
Geraldo
WHAT LEGACY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??!!
he actually smoked cigarettes on his show? only in the 80s, lol
mike06052 yes he did I remember watching him as a kid . That’s was his thing talking trash and blowing smoke in guests faces . It was epic!
And he also told a woman that she looked like a Nazi hooker and nothing happens to his show after he said that.
It was worse in the 60s, TV commercials, magazines, mothers smoking while pregnant or holding babies etc. We were damned fools. Should have listened to the Surgeon Generals warnings ~ which started in 1964. But who believes Government?
Back then you could smoke anywhere
Yeah smoking while telling ron paul that the war on drugs was good. Gotta inhale carcinogenic compounds while advocating against other useful chemical compounds to be made illegal to confuse the lungs right babe.
Sadly he died from lung cancer. Smoking thousands and thousands of cigarettes caught up with him.
Jerry Springer ripped off a lot of elements of MDJ show.
I have never seen either show. I came here because of one of his ( estranged ) relatives. I saw he was related and thought I'd take a look, I didn't miss anything. Sad, now we have the same type of idiot in the White House.
Cap'n Crunch that “idiot” brought more to tv than anyone you watch today. They all suck and have lazy talking points.
The major difference is that Springer has a more calm, easy going demeanor than what Morton did. He just leaves the shouting to his guests.
Don't forget Bey. He got ripped off too. And his show was nastier.
God, he looked horrible towards the end of his life.
cancer sucks
Yes, cancer does suck.
@@darlenebattle3005 Too bad, I guess Karma does catch up with folks before they die.
It's what smoking 5 packs a day does.
@@jcw3195a sickness isnt karma
He smoked 4-5 packs of cigarettes a day.
Sad but Mort was still VILE!
Not a fan of stuttering John and I would never feel bad for him (john) , but Morton & his crew were complete douchebags to him when they were just doing a goofy interview... And Morton wants to talk about things being "entertainment"
I remember watching that. lol
The guy had a big heart in his private life its too bad it was his big mouth that made him money in his public life.
His public life was spreading hate, anger and divisiveness for entertainment. It doesn't say a lot for his heart in his private life.
wow he looks old
@Maciej WrOtEk Would have been after he had one of his lungs removed. Aged very quickly after that. Pity he was not with us another 15 years or so.
@Maciej WrOtEk cancer sucks
You will look old to one day if u make it
He smoked 4-5 packs of cigarettes a day until 1996.
He was dying at the time. Let's see how you would look.
No one bears greater influence over modern television than Morton Downey Jr. Present day CNN took his “Trash TV” model and stretched it over a 24/7 format. MSNBC spent years in limbo until it found its current formula replicating Morton’s wildly abrasive style. Television shows like the View adapted the Morton Downey Jr. Show for an older, African-American and female crowd while Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel took it to late night. Morton was a generation ahead of his time. Sleazebag TV demagogues like Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg and her pack of geriatric hyenas owe him their careers.
You live in a very sad, dark place, don't you bro?
Post under your own name, dude. Hiding behind a woman's name and picture to post these kinds of stupid comments is just sad.
You sound very angry and insane
@@oprahwinfrey2967
Why do you call yourself Oprah Winfrey?
Why do you use a female icon that isn't her?
Why are you hiding behind the name and picture of a woman to post these kinds of stupid comments?
Post under your own name, bro. This is just sad.
I know you're a guy, because women don't make comments as stupid as yours.
@@oprahwinfrey2967 You keep deleting my messages where I call you out for being a guy and a Russian troll. Am I hitting a little close to hone?
@@oprahwinfrey2967 I think it's very funny that you keep deleting my comments simply because I point out that you're a troll, trolling from another country.
Please do something better than this with your life.
This guy never gets the credit for transforming the tv talk show landscape. Maybe for the worst..
Maybe?
That is the only credit he deserves.
Say what you want about him
The guy was entertaining
Yeah, for trailer trash.
Charles Manson was entertaining too! The goal is to be moral & responsible on the air waves. These shows gain admirers like YOU. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@quadoe818and push away (thankfully) people like you who think that all entertainment needs to be moral and sanitized
@@defaultusername123 when you call yourself a " TALK ....SHOW" maybe you shouldnt be DESTROYING society!,
His only worthwhile legacy was being the namesake for a fictional turtle in a video game
Amazing how we praise a TV Bully when hes dead! Will Al Sharpton be praised the same way whe he departs??🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂😂😂
Hopefully it will be soon however they do it.
Wow 😲.
Legacy what?!
What year was that?
2001. Two months before he passed away.
Damn!!!
@@mikevanriel7573 what month do you think it was in 2001 on his last TV appearance on CNN's TalkBack Live?
@@drewandjeffers5695 January.
That big nose guy seems to be snakey
Which big nose guy is that?
Your mom?
Wahahahahahaha I love that he left in this world carma is Real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Given that you weren't alive when he was on and you're not from this country, what do you care?