Morton Downey Jr. - Rock/Metal - Pt. 1

[howardtheman]

This was my favorite show to watch on Channel 9, damn we need more people like him to speak about today's youth in 2012.

[sithlords666]

This was one of my favorite shows!!! Funny, informative, and he didnt hold back how he felt! Now dont dare even have a cigarette or truly speak your mind on television!

[JeffreyRBeddow]

This is so Eighties. I remember watching this with friends and just howling over it!

[slimininin]

this guy is like Bill O'Reilly combined with Jerry Springer

[chthonic19]

Did the eighties really suck this hard?

[pommesdreher]

morton was a horseshit retard ... i hope he burns in hell ... but since im a atheist i think hes dead/over ...

and all thats left is the memory of a fuckface ...

[diddymuck]

@pommesdreher he was open, frank and hard on fools. His style influenced such modern icons as Rush, Howard Stern, and Savage.

[EricLynchSucks]

2:09...No ones going to remember the Ramones? Theyre like in the top 10 greatest bands ever in almost any list...And Morton Downey, epic god. Springer and Maury aint got anything on this legend.

[wwerulestna]

@EricLynchSucks lol who's list is that?

[Danimal300zx]

Hard to take any of this seriously. You can tell where Jerry Springer got his concept of a show from though. That's pretty obvious.

[Yapostadodat]

He came to Concord, New Hampshire in the early 80's and it was SOLD OUT! Joey Ramone AND Ace Frehley on the same stage?!!! THAT'S star power!

[Mi37591]

This show is RERTRADED!

[Mi37591]

JOEY RAMONE. what a dude.

[Mi37591]

Is this ASSHOLE dead yet.. he smoked like a frigging chimney.

[NightHawk91]

Hmm I wondered what Jose Luis Sin Censura would be like in english and in the 80s

[detroitos]

Totally forgot he died. I was just looking for him on twitter. Man I loved watching this show back in the day.

[Anglynn74]

In the days before Springer we had Loudmouth

[60BloodyChamp60]

He was right about guys having days jobs, but not about the guy he said it to here!

[thewolfmanchu]

morton downey junior smoked 200 smokes a day!

[wisesatyr72]

Ace looks Asian..

[MaidenUtah1]

Morton and Metal!

God, how I miss the 80's!

[Hulksmashyellowman]

Morton flexin like fuck with them jeans and earring.

[rexorrama]

Call me "skin prejudiced" all you want. I just thank God that those kinds of tattoos never caught on past the 90's...

[kkarnet]

They would put MDJ in jail for smoking in public today.

[5jerry1]

In this segment, I thought Ace Frehley had the most sensible statements on the whole panel.

[xYum1x]

Disrespectful moron to question Joey Ramone. Just let the man finish his sentence without interrupting him you fucking retard!

[philberz]

this was the dumbest fucking show in the history of tv

[logik316]

@philberz

Morton Downey Jr. was the prototype for Jerry Springer, just not as sleazy.

[ragglefraggle09]

lmfao... rock/metal corrupting music and poisoning culture..i bet that dude gave a HUGE fucking apology after the explosion of pop and hip-hop taking over the states

[fff1313]

Mort was great! One of a kind! not enough mort's,to many wimpy politically correct white guys who are to scared to say what they need to say! god bless your Irish soul Mort!

[Briansgarage]

Lol.. remember this show. Was a kid didn't realize it was crap back then lol..

[rubicon1983]

Awesome vid dude!!!

[aitraining]

Wow Ace looks and talks totally wasted here. Gotta love Morton Downey jr show. Great stuff! and this isn't even that great an episode

[WickedGypsy5000]

love it! I remember watching this episode as well to. Thanks!!

[DickTremayne]

barren cross rules

[dodiemuehleisen50]

dude, these are hilarious!! download this in downloadmusic .im

[RaiderInNY]

God bless that mush mouth Joey Ramone.

[Quex01]

This might be the stupidest, loudest, most meaningless shows i have ever seen. Total degradation of your mind.

[sluggo06]

What do u think happens after we die?

[ejdf870]

This guy was a prick, just like his son.

[KCArmstrongXIIV]

those teeth arent real lol..that fucker smoked likea chimney and his teeth are perfectly white lol

u can tell their caps

[Teetee33]

Damn, I never missed MD if I could help it when I was a teen. I'd never seen anything like this before--even on Donaghue, and he used to have the Klan on and shit. RIP Mort (and Joey too, btw).

[dakotamanomgwtf]

Ahhh. Good music.

[mdsklz]

damn was that guy wrong

saying kiss isnt guna make it

[fishandfestival]

Morton Downey Jr. was the Jerry Springer of the eighties...It's sad that he died of lung cancer, but definitely not surprising...Smoking is stupid, period...Who in their right mind would consume a product that has written on the container, "Smoking causes lung cancer" or "Smoking kills"...Morton was good at being bad...One thing I remember Morton for are those big choppers of his.

[MrChicago891]

The memories come flooding back.....this is mild compared to today's talk shows.....my father used to get upset that I watched this when I was around 15 years old.....I actually learned something here about KISS, thanks for posting this great memory...

[xUltimateMetalx]

I like how the dude called ace and joey soon to be has beens and we don't see him anymore

[starkid77]

Who's the guy around 2:43 on the podium?

[dapperdan4ever]

lol i used to LOVE this show. man, i had no taste, lol

[LeoLovesNature]

He cant even articulate, he seems retarded,

[Sarc37]

Jacket, tie and... jeans. Morton was a classy guy.

[dontleademsomuch]

jpey was an icon even back when this was aired. the rest are cunts.

[JoesRambles]

Did he say no one will remember Joey Ramone?!

[LolaCrazy222]

I remember watching this episode too! I guess Joey and Ace won the arguement because both the Romones and Kiss are still around today. Wheres Barren Cross? They are has beens.

[PaladinHludwig]

Morton Downy Jr.

The ORIGINAL bad ass!!!!!! I miss u man. Wish you were still around.

[iLuVMeTaL4LiFe]

who is that critic or any critic have the right to judge a man/woman by the way they dress or play music? these critics are people who were told by their parents that they will never make it in life cause they are nerds who dwell in their parents basement till they 40 years old. im a musician and i swear i will NEVER fall to corporate music mainstream crap. thats what happened to kiss after their 4th album they forgot they were for music they sold their soul to the fat man in the 3 piece suit

[iLuVMeTaL4LiFe]

thats definately Ace no doubt

[Skulldini]

I'm prompted to wonder how much this fool critic even knows about rock 'n roll or what he ever liked about it in the first place ?! Now I've heard old rock 'n roll music from the 1950's, and it was not lyricaly intelectual or musicaly sophisticated THEN either ! I mean, Elvis Presley,.. " You aint nuthin but a hound dog cryin all the time " .. or Little Richard,.. "Wom bam boo bam a wop bam boom ! ". ( contd. )

[Skulldini]

@Skulldini ( Contd. ) So then, my question here is,.. why is it that if Elvis, Little Richard or anyone from the 50's do a dumb as fuck rock 'n roll song it gets haild as a great "classic", yet when some punk or metal group from the 80's does a dumb song it just gets utterly trashed by critics like this guy ?!

[scumgod13]

Joey Ramone is gonna have a day job? He was a Ramone his entire adult life.

[kdhg29]

@scumgod13 naw he claims alex mitchell is gonna have a day job. He was so fuckin right.

[picmman]

yes that is ace.

[prlad85]

MORT! MORT MORT!

[w161803398]

Wow, Mort's earring is pretty freakin' gay (not that there's anything wrong with being gay, just sayin')....

[dslgunner1977]

@w161803398 You got to remember, this was the 80's...Alot of stuff that was cool back then is totaly gay now. Just look at the socks and shorts men wore in the 1970's and 1980's: Tiny little shorts, with the stripes on the side, that only a woman would wear now, and socks with the three rings around the top, pulled up to the knee! This was 'normal' in the 80's, but would be considered EXTREAMLY GAY now.

[deltapunk21]

what a pc btch skin prejudice you look liek and sound ike a fag

[deltapunk21]

none of those people he mention pretedne to or openly "worshipped" satan or openly endorsed certain vulgar things completely and totally out the ass.

[ihavesexforhappymeal]

Jacket tie and jeans with a dangly earring in his late 40s. LOL.

[DEP717]

Here you have the prototype for Bill O'Reilly and Jerry Springer all rolled into one. Morton Downey doesn't get his due as an influence.

[KevinRexrod]

This show is a nice memory of the 1980's

[windchimespine]

loved this show

[CazK88]

I often wondered why the beginning prelude to his show featured a confederate flag and the Ku Klux Klan in the graphics.

[DEP717]

I think it was supposed to be stuff that got him mad....

[prlad85]

@CazK88 bECUASE all those things symbolized all the elements and topics that would be adressed on the show. Sex, Music, Racism, politics and so on and so forth.

Have a great one! Puerto Rican Love from New York City!

[thenintendopimp]

That rock critic is such a pretentious nerd!

[dizcrazyfoojin]

They need to bring shows like this back because the audience sounded like they were having a great time.

[ratmaslove]

he was retared micheal moore and bill maher anyday

[ceymooney]

that is a damn good song

[discworld]

Didn't Joey Ramone hate Kiss?

[Bag0fRats]

Morton Downey Jr died because he stuck a Gerbil up his asshole.

[evilunixuser1]

Nah, Morton died from smoking a carton of cigarettes each time he did a show

[ColKorn1965]

Mort was the Messiah in the good old days

[nschrock273]

9:13 yup straightedge

[Vazquez71]

Damn.. I miss this show...

[Fanik8]

this music is awesome

[SonnyGTA]

I always dug this guy! I really think that he is a great American! A total original! Before his time.

[Eabatu]

Man this brings back memories! Morton Downey Jr, pro asshole! This is how gutter TV was supposed to be!

[tpsreports2424]

the irony of this is that the critic was right

[illuminatioracle]

channel 9 was very cool 22 years ago

[vfgjhj]

Man this is trash tv at it's finest

[jeetkunedobruce]

I've never heard of Barren Cross, so I looked them up to see what they were like. They were some Christian metal band. But the interesting thing is the singer sounds a lot like Bruce Dickinson.

[RoyStorey]

I wonder if that rock critic feels like an idiot now.

[spikerogan]

6:13-:15 Is that Gary Dellabate aka BaBaBooey???

[trance8870]

This is funny shit man!

[Mailman692]

mort was one bad mofo

[z8it]

God I'm glad that poser bullshit is over! Hey Mort! what is the deal with fuckin' earring?!

I liked this better when Paddy Chayefsky wrote it.

[sprbudman3]

Damn I remember watching this episode. Ace was still flying high. Joey was Joey. Neither one of them took the show seriously, they were just having fun.

[karoshiga]

Exactly.

[HankWilliamsWasQueer]

Why'd they choose Joey Ramone to be the voice of punk? He may as well be retarded.

They should have chosen someone like Lee Ving or Henry Rollins, smart people who can actually articulate themselves.

[70goldtop]

Another big moronic pack of New York idiots....Especially the so-called musicians.I fucking can't stand asshole New York people.

[zerntz]

"NETWORK" was real.

[aidyanimal]

stop the vid at  0.03 and he dosent look human

[67675656565655656565]

who the fuck are barren cross they look like posers hahaha

[vikingrich]

Metal has nothing to with hits.

[bcuppy]

I enjoyed the show in its day !

[apaj428]

THIS IS GREAT DOWNEYS THE MAN!! RIP!!

[Steadno]

You're looking at a dead man!

[aidyanimal]

lmao teh rock critic was right who the fuck is he

[Damfino83]

I always thought the Devil enjoyed a good fiddle solo? That was my favorite part of the Bible, actually...

[farerse]

is morton wearing an earring?

[Corpseviolation666]

no, just Christian Rock.

[trackseventeen]

Twisted Sister.... One hit wonder...

[nnubiletus]

Bullshit. TWO hit wonder. "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock". You've obviously never enjoyed Iron Eagle, young buck.

[trackseventeen]

one hit, two hits.... who cares... Twisted sucks... and dee snider sucks cock

[Roddeo29]

two hit wonder actually

[coolian47]

joey was try but the guy wouldn't let him

[coolian47]

kiss rock

ramones rock

the guy interviewing this is a dick he will not let joey talk what a dick

[zamkam]

It's not that Morton will not let Joey talk, it's that Joey can't talk, you'd get more articulate speeches from a drunken monkey.

[oompaloompaman5]

Umm...Twisted sister is glam metal and in the words of (my hero) Dave Mustaine "I have said it before, Glam stands for Gay L.A. Metal.." sorry dude twisted sister sucks..

[lifter1990]

i agree. kiss and twisted sister sucks. all glam sucks. motley crue, whitesnake, etc. listen to ramones man or megadeth

[xMandark98]

KISS SUCKS!!!!!!!

THE RAMONES Rock!!!!!

[piojude]

ramones suck!!!!!!!!!!

[DieMotherFukker]

you should be kicked the balls fag.

[e23slack]

Most of my conversations with rock stars have been a little more than a casual exchange with a cop or any government affiliate.

[johnnyharpe]

Rock stars are dumb as shit.

[karilibradude]

from what i understand,Ace is part indian,perhaps cherokee or sioux and he really looks like one.Before Jimmy page,Ace used to be my idol.

[djam91]

thats not really ace freeley. he appeared on a bunch of talk shows in the 80s as an impostor. Ace was so wasted in those years nobody even knew

[PSD4181]

yes it is the voice and the eyes are unmistakable

[karoshiga]

I think you're talking about the homeless guy who was impersonating Peter Criss back then. This is definately Ace.

[karoz69]

yeah it is dumbass

[AnonymousBChurch]

he's wearing an earring?

[shibman1103]

YOU TAKE TAKE ON JOEY RAMONE MORTY

[Canny911]

MDJ was god. I remember watching this show late at night with my Mom. We both loved it. I was like 5. lol. Every single sleazy, crappy, talk show that you see today, came from MDJ. The difference is, this show was entertaining and fun...the rest are just lousy pretenders to the throne.

[loser0punk]

k where ace and morton insulting joey?? or am i just stupid?

[kermitcintronsucks]

HAHAHAHA SO TRUE!

[vfgjhj]

Ace is so cool

[wtonckens]

Even though most of his show,s were staged I miss it, nice memory of the 1980's

[rawoctopus]

bill hicks was the most overrated human ever.

[mcd995]

you are an idiot

[southplnk]

man this brings back memories awesome

ace frehley rules

[Falcons66]

MD's left earring is rediculous! I havent seen this show in years, thanks for the upload!

[ifeelallright]

Nver liked joey ramone... comparing the ramones to Elvis and Jim Morrison?!?!?!?

[Nicholai420]

Morton Downey Jr looks like a fag with that earing and was always an asshole. You guys should see the anti-libertarian BS he said when he had Ron Paul on his show.

[ClarenceFisher]

Why don't you marry Tipper Gore?  LOL!

[SugarKowalczyk88]

MORT! MORT! MORT! MORT! MORT! MORT! MORT! MORT! MORT! MORT! I love this man!

[JLikesIt]

I was like 7 years old watching this with my dad. Good times.

I have no idea why I liked it, I guess because I was with dad.

[warchild81]

MDJ is smoking on TV!!! That's awesome, you couldn't get away with that now. But MDJ is crazy, in the episode with Ron Paul MDJ says the gov't should prohibit cigarettes, include tobacco in the war on drugs.

[SmelOdies]

They say Leary stole his act from Bill Hicks, but there's a lot of Morton Downey in him too, huh?

[matt141989]

MDJ died of lung cancer u idiot

[warchild81]

Morton aint so bad, he likes KISS

[warchild81]

MDJ is defending rock and roll!

[A31Chris]

What happened to all the other Morton Downey Jr episodes on YouTube?

[jonh2o]

Flagged.

[A31Chris]

Flagged as what? What does that mean?

[jonh2o]

Somebody probably flagged the other videos.

[warchild81]

Censored :(

[cjone234]

Does anyone else find it hilarious that the "coked out rocker tattoo guy" is Scott Ian from Anthrax?

[vfgjhj]

Are you serious?

[Chadhead]

Rocker tattoo guy is so coked out. Ahhh the 80's

[ISOWHAT2]

ROFL ACE IS SOO FUNNY!

[chaz9966]

I stand corrected thanks...but it was still an original concept either you loved it or hated it....WWOR NY....

[wheatpuff]

"Why don't you go marry tipper gore!" I'm gonna use that sometime.

[chaz9966]

The Jerry Springer of the 80's.......

[scabsareus]

morton downey jr was an asshole

[criteria119]

This is awesome...yes I am glad you saved these and put them on YouTube for immortalization.

[ciccone39]

Isn't that BaBa Booey in the front row at the end?

[MishuTaste]

Mort, who did you go to bed with to get your job as a talk show host?!

[Orbot]

This show was the prototype of the Jerry Springer show!! I used to love this show man!! Very raw very real!!

[boynamedsu18]

I believe that both Joey and The Ramones are underated, and deserve even more respect than they are given.