Donahue (part 5 of 5) - River Phoenix, Lisa Bonet, Raul Julia, John Robbins

[rachelx1129]

lol omg the people in the audience are so rude.

[marilynjeaux]

These people are douches. Especially the man with the Hitler mustache. What a miserable man. He was so rude to everyone then mouthed "I don't care" like what was that about?

[Redrumhydro]

21 years later and nothing has changed

[spacetraveller2521]

@Redrumhydro

or has gotten worst...

[brijeaux]

I hate how everyone is attacking Lisa. Given the time I'm sure they are attacking her more because she is a black female. They assume she doesn't know much about anything. I love how the host stands up for these celebrities. They are doing what is best for them and their families. They are not forcing anyone into anything. Calm your tits audience.

[natyanayaki]

@brijeaux I love Lisa's message, and what she's trying to say, but I don't think she's articulating it very well either. I think she's so emotionally involved (because she's approaching it as a mother) that she's not explaining herself very well.

[ILoveChrisChambers]

WHAT DOES RIVER SAY @ 2:59. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL CUS EVERYBODY LAUGHS .

[carm8421]

@ILoveChrisChambers not sure, it kind of sounds like he says, 'i have a few examples of/for that'

[ILoveChrisChambers]

WHY THE FUCK IS EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE UP TIGHT BITCHES , LIKE CALM DOWN.

[netforce0]

that number works lol

[Nortel12]

These idiots think its natural to get sick LMAO!!!!

[Nortel12]

America is Zombie Land this video is proof positive.

[ArthurSalt]

Die for America haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, this video made me laugh. Ideas don't seem to translate well in massive audiences, it's the little interactions that feel tasty. The E chats, the mushroom music, the opium headrest, I hate fatalism but my mind feels lost in a sea of idiots.

[zigfried64]

"The more you go back to doctors, the richer they become."

WTF????????????? I can't stand IGNORANCE!! And then that author points to River and calls him a ROLE MODEL. Bet he regrets that!

[zigfried64]

"The more you go back to doctors, the richer they become."

WTF????????????? I can't stand IGNORANCE!!

[spacetraveller2521]

@zigfried64

@zigfried64

The medical industry feeds on sick people which makes alot of people rich. Not to mention billions of dollars collected for "medical research" Do you seriously think that the scientists working for the government can't find a cure for cancer all these years? Cancer(a type of mold) can be cured. The medical industry/government poison your water and food for a reason. Maybe you should look the word "ignorance" up before you use it.

[zigfried64]

@spacetraveller2521 I think you need to look up "Kooky Conspiracy Theorists". Or better yet, you'll find it in your bathroom mirror!

[spacetraveller2521]

@zigfried64

@zigfried64

@zigfried64

What? I'm not talking about conspiracy theory's, I'm talking about common sense. Facts. Do you even know what your government puts in your tap water? Try looking it up. You should at least know what you put in your mouth -_- Do yourself a favor and educate yourself before you label someone.

[zigfried64]

@spacetraveller2521 Hey! Guess what? 9/11 was an INSIDE JOB!! LOL!!

[spacetraveller2521]

@zigfried64

wow.. I can't believe your my age wtf :/ I guess you can't talk about the issue since you have no knowledge about anything other then what you see on fox news lol good luck

[zigfried64]

@spacetraveller2521 That's right. Like a true libtard the only one who can "talk about the issues" are those who agree with you! Everyone who disagrees with YOU and your left-wing, anti-American philosophy must have "no knowledge about anything" and is a Fox news Zombie.

LOL!

[spacetraveller2521]

@zigfried64

are you for real? I'm not telling you to agree with me. I'm telling you that its a fact that alot of people are getting sick because the government and major companies put toxins in our food and water. The medical industry profits from this as well. You keep changing the subject without giving me any info on anything other than labeling and criticizing me because i disagree with YOU. Did you even do a search on the tap water like I suggested? be reasonable for god sakes

[spacetraveller2521]

@zigfried64

look this up when you have time.

The Health Ranger: Big Pharma's Secret Agenda Exposed, Blaylock Fluoride's Deadly Secret, Professional Perspectives: Fluoride in Tap Water, Why is Fluoride added to city tap water?, The Story of Cosmetics (2010)

[babyfacedstar]

Those people in the audience are such assholes.

how could they be in the same room with River and say that shit right to his face, god!

I just love how River and Lisa just kinda looked at them like they were crazy :D

[annie8377]

just because river phoenix died of a drug overdose does not mean he was an addict his entire life. at this time, he was not a drug user. and no matter when he started using drugs or how often he did or whatever, he was a very passionate political activist and he stood by his convictions and we should all try to stand by our opinions and convictions like he did.

[georgemyno1]

Lol it's a lawr, it's pronounced a LAW, did you know that? 

[georgemyno1]

Hehe It's a lawr lol, well did you know it's pronounced a LAW

[chigal09]

River Phoenix was a total hypocrite. This guy is telling everyone how much he cares about health and a healthy lifestyle. 3 years after this, he dies of a drug overdose. I'm tired of people constantly denigrating technology and progress. If Lisa Bonet didn't want Zoe to inoculated, fine. But to suggest that vaccinations are wrong is incredible to me. 21 years later people still believe this nonsense.

[georgemyno1]

@chigal09 So he made a mistake, he still did alot to help this planet be healthier

[spinct83]

people in the audience didn't take River seriously and thought he was just some pretty boy actor. Bunch of idiots.

[pookiewook]

lisa bonet and river phoenix were not responsible for their entire generation "blowing each other way" idiot

[pookiewook]

he's 35? wow, that's sad, he looks about 7 years older...maybe he shouldn't have blown off the whole nutrition thing...

[Mikeyk1230]

"blowing each other away for drugs" says the host... And River goes "Education". Ha, He was doing Blow backstage and coming on stage and tisk tisking drugs. HA.

[AnotherCompartment]

wooden soldier thing...awesome

[lu770]

i have never recieved a vaccination since child hood, fuck this new shots..it's just balony..fuck.

[MaterialThings11]

This was a truly fantastic show!

Thank you so much for putting it up! River and Lisa are so young and so wise, good on them for making their own decisons, and not letting other people tell them what to do. It is sad though that River, couldn't fight off his drug addiction. RIP!!

[BlackVoicesOnFilm]

I thought Raul was the most level headed and realistic person on the show. I loved how he was certain to mention that meat eaters should not feel guilty----and they shouldn't because that's how our ancestors evolved. Their dietary choices are some of the main reasons why we are here. I don't agree with hunting an animal just to put it's head or body on a wall, but I don't think it's disrespectful to an animal to eat it and put its other body parts to use.

[11jansza]

what did he say at 2:59?

[elizabethfaraone]

Such hostility from the teacher in the audience. Lisa could easily home school her children. Many working people are unable to. The teacher needs to lighten up.

[agirlinglass]

At 7:30 I wish they would let Raul talk already..shit

[realplayer54]

This is just gold. I forgot how great a talk show host Phil Donahue used to be and I didn't know Raul Julia was so wise! Nowadays if people as educated and well-spoken as these three(especially young people like Lisa and River) are on a talk show, the host would be changing subject every five seconds.

I just love how everyone sitting up there AND the host were intellectually sound!

[hp1mycha]

sad, that 20 years have passed and nothing has changed among majority of people

But still there is hope .

[elizabeth1977]

river was never a regular drug user and didnt start taking heroin till mpoi the film i blame entirely for his serious drug use

[BaByXgIrL]

0:32 GEEZ, I hate how this woman said "Do you know that? It's a law!".Her scornful look was SO annoying. Will they leave Lisa alone?! It's her baby, she can do whatever she thinks it's right for her. As much as I know, Zoe is fine now. She's beautiful and healthy.She's a model and an actress.I respect Lisa for her choices, she's inspirational in her Hippie ways and when it comes to food. She's so gorgeous and perfectly fit. River was amazing too. Too bad they're no longer young actors like them.

[Aggrevaine]

@BaByXgIrL The scorn from the woman isn't directed at Lisa, its frustration at the realization that the people saying you "have" to take the drugs are being paid by the people making the drugs. If they know 2% of people that take the drugs will die and they make them and sell them anyway, and then pay out to the families because they can afford to pay them with their blood money... Then doesn't that sound like murder to you? Not what I think But what DO YOU THINK...

[stardel6]

I think it don't matter how some one dresses are any thing but man River was a great man.. What he said and did for the world was great.. I am proud to be vegan .. I do not think it is for everyone I really don't becouse I feel the people who do it for it's a cool new thing need to see it is not easy.. Start slow eat less meat then get more into it. this video is awsome.. I didn't know Raul even died sad but true I didn't.. Also I think they did need to leave Lisa alone a little it's her child..

[futbolangel02]

How do we know River took drugs? Because we were told that he died of a drug overdose? Are we sure? Just since I found out the Iraq war is a hoax I started second guessing everything that I once knew. If he did take drugs I completely understand why he did and if he was murdered....well....that thought just pisses me off. All the good activists get murdered.

[gudpointer67fye]

Obviously this sylicone227 or wutever person is programmed which is why I don't pay attention and neither should u guys. I fucking love river and if sylicone responds who gives a fuck?

[sherox08]

@sylicone221 we get it okay...u don't like him. geez! but speak for yourself because more people probably like him than hate him.

[sherox08]

@sylicone221 ...just because i like him doesn't mean i'm gonna od. and i never said u were the only one....i said most people probably like him. but i'm not gonna argue with you so this ends.

[babbygurldenisse]

@sylicone221 you are so pathetic!!!!you need help,dude!!!!

[xXLazarus23Xx]

I wish this was longer, or that they could have said a lot more.. like the media, that is something that would have been intresting to hear them talk about. It is still a big thing today, they sell meat like it is nothing! Most people today think that animals are not in any way harmed. Its insane! It's like people are too afriad to see the truth.

[quickieG]

Wow man they're really gtiving it to miss moon(lisa)

[iammagnetic]

that lady at the beginning was a complete jerk. what the hell? i'm glad he got into her face for that.

Oh, and the guy at 7:00 is a complete idiot. It seems like he was napping and woke up at the end of one of Lisa's nutrition speeches. lame

[ohhrichie]

the media is a BIG influence at the in my opinion and plastic surgery pisses me off so much

[missmarisagreen]

look at this audience, back then they were at the beginning of this catastrophe and they still were "normal". if you would make this show today, more than 60% of the audience would be fat. big difference in 20 years. and in another 20 years maybe all of us will be fat and/or unhealthy and still don't understand the emergency of this topic. and did you see the breeding animals at the beginning? now, today the pictures are worse than this. everything is getting worse.

[19DJD]

haha i know good point

[missmarisagreen]

thank you :)

[VivaMusic00]

"prevention is better than cure" - River

[TIPTON340]

Bravo, but nothing has changed. We are still addicted to big macs and process food.

[Laety]

donahue might have had a bit of a crush on lisa. he agreed with everything she said throughout the show

[PinkBebe123]

oh of course can u blame him? hhaa

[coneynyc]

The guy in the back with the white shirt, the older guy who asks a question toward the end...he mentions to Lisa and River to "organize your own generation and get them motivated." That's just what happened with me, River was a key influence on me going veggie around 1988.

The Gen X folks ended up being the war protesters for Gulf War I and II, they got a good foothold in the veg*n generation that's now very strong. The GenX'ers are having kids now and raising them veg*n! Hooray!!

[kalie3331]

not me, i have no kids...ROT IN HELL RIVER U WASTE OF EGG AND SPERM!!! RIVER INFLUENCED ME TO DO DRUGS...

[RachellovesJaybee]

Donahue really needs to stop interupting people.

[Totalmachine09]

Its funny how river's all sitting there discussing health and shit when he was a raging drug addict.

hypocrite -__-

[Spaceisneat]

Concern for ones health and the environment has nothing to do with addiction to a substance. Addiction is not a choice, it's something that someone is genetically predisposed to, and they might not even realize until it's too late that they have these issues. People like River may have cared about their health but it's very difficult to stop, and what they really need is help!

[noeprayer]

GO TO HELL,FUCKER

[Totalmachine09]

What? what I said is true. Maybe I will go to hell, guess I'll be seeing you there

[noeprayer]

Noooooooooooo I am not going to hell!!!!!!!!!I am a lovely person and NO WHAT YOU SAID IS NOT TRUE he had a problem an addicted person is a sick person so sut your mouth and let him rest in peace.

[elizabeth1977]

no matter if river was on drugs he did a whole lot to help the earth he was a vegan didnt wear leather

[cait72590]

phil was kind of being a douche, I wish he let lisa answer the first question about vaccination and he got up in that lady's face--very disrespectful

[Laety]

lol, he was defending his precious lisa. it seems like he had a bit of a crush on her

[ifbei]

poor raul. the audience was playing favorites, and the comments section. there's less concern for what they're talking about, more for who's talking.

[irhjma30000]

i absolutely adore River....my favorite actor & my lover (haha) but it just does not make a lick of sense to me how he can be on this show putting so much importance on not eating meat when he was doing dangerous and eventually fatal drugs!!! plus, there are other problems in the world more important than soil erosion & vegetarianism, such as starving people in africa and various places, or just the homeless! like i said i ADORE river but i just dont understand....does anyone else agree?

[HarryandGinnyluver]

irhjma30000, i completely udnerstand, but you have to understnad like us he was only human he had the same chance as any of us. im sureh e tried quitng but its hard, he just learned that alittle too late.

[tabbykat9]

your so cool....Not! get a life loser

[teleboy500]

I know what you mean, but I think its admirable when someone who has conflicting personality traits makes a stand for the good. I think you have to judge him by his positive public actions not his private flaws. We're all dark and light.

[retrograderenegades]

Very well said

[babbygurldenisse]

@sylicone221 get a f**king life LOOSER !!!!

[diezeldom]

river had his own personal deamons but what his point was that all those problems were related...

[chemtrails78]

There wouldn't be so many starving people if all the grain wasn't going to the cows. The issue is a lot more complex than just "not eating meat". Didn't you pay attention to what was said in this video? And who knows maybe River rationalized his drug use the same way Native Americans rationalize smoking peyote.

[camilarosas]

psh, fuck the lady at the end. The only ones who made consistent sense was Raul and John.

[luvlife347]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING.

[InfestedJM]

Thank you for uploading.

[babybirl009]

yea drugs are alot worse than meat

[onedayillbehisfriend]

the chemistry on this show is strange

[vierra01]

i like it, were so used to being fed fakeness and contrived that when we see something real it seems odd/off

[jhkl123456]

@vierra01 your comment is the truth. and i'd also like to add that lisa isn't saying this is right or wrong, but instead saying "hey let's think for ourselves, let's do the research, let's not depend on the doctors and medicine that tells us this is Right". it's not one size fits all, we're all different and we all react differently to different things. it's scary how easily people will buy things when it's bottled up and presented as "the cure". let's be independent thinkers.

[elliekate39]

omg the woman at 1:30 wa ssooooo annoying!

[ashleysummer00]

not funny.

[diezeldom]

thats not funny its ignorant

[elliekate39]

2:58 what did river say?

[jetblackjumper]

I think he said "i have a few examples of that."

as a joke

[envymeforgood]

i dont care if she act like she knows what she talking about at all lol i could stare at this woman and in her eyes all day long she is just to damn beautiful and so gorgoues i really didnt even notice what came out ther mouth!

[violetta223]

Lisa Bonet is trying to pretend she knows what's she's talking about, she comes across to me like she doesn't really know what she's talking about.

I think River was a bit embarrassed by his upbringing personally. Did he really want to be an actor too? I thought he was made to, to finance his family? That's why he seemed so uncomfortable.

[RiverJudePhoenix93]

If River didnt want to be an actor he would have gave it up!

He did admit he loved his music more but he also stated that he enjoyed taking on so many characters and been able to let go with a certain character!

What River didnt like about been an actor was the media, who wanted to throw his whole life out to the papers, he was a very private person but they didnt respect that!!!

He should have been given the right to privacy in certain areas!!

[gina888warhol1]

I wounder too.

[mwu008]

i wonder if river felt uneasy or ashamed to regarded as a role model for his generation from john's point of view when river himself was already doing drugs.

[RisingScorpius]

i think his "celebrity" status, in general, made him uncomfortable & he didn't think he was superior to anyone so, yes, he probably was uneasy being considered a "role-model."

by all accounts, in early 1990 (when this show was taped), river was not heavily into drugs at that point, so i don't think it was a consideration at all.

[gina888warhol1]

He was brought up in a hippie communal world. He was a child from parents who chose to drop acid, and dropped out of society,therefore, they lived in communes and felt they were sheltering their children really that, in my opinion is why he naive'vee to the way he looked at things. Certainly, no one does what they don't want to do! they .

[Blahoblu]

@RisingScorpius

One of his friends thought that he started doing drugs around 1991. So I agree with you that it wasnt a consideration at all.

[redpaul79]

@mwu008 you snob--"doing drugs"--so that makes someone a fucking leper?

[DesuKawaiiNature17]

@mwu008 are you perfect????

[lacey21333]

rot in hell loser river!! suffer thru eternity!!!!

[elliekate39]

Lacey, your allowed you won opinion on River but if you don't like him then why cant you keep it to yourself instead of commenting on every youtube vid of him! And you even write something nasty about him on your profile!If you don't like him keep it to yourself because the people you are leaving these messages under his videos love him!

[nycdude999]

I heard that River was on the Donahue show with John Robbins, it was great to finally see it. Thanks so much for posting this show.

[RisingScorpius]

yes this show - and john's book - changed my life...i became a vegetarian after i read the book & have been ever since :)

[RJP7093]

After watching the entirety of this show, I have new found admiration for Lisa Bonet. Wow!