Donahue - Indecency & Obscenity - feat. 2 Live Crew - circa 1990 - 2 of 4 

Man Donahue was really the best... he makes sure everyone gets to speak and that their point is heard.... best daytime talk show host ever, but of course, he basically invented it

I was 20 when thus came out and I saw this on the day it originally aired... Now in 2023 watching this Ir almost seems like a Saturday night live skit on talk shows 30 years ago... Wow!!!!!

@2:26 Mike Muir "Just cause you don't understand don't mean it make no sense And just cause you don't like it, don't mean it ain't no good"

I love Wendy, she was very anti-racist/homophobe and a true anarchist. Nothing was fake about her. RIP.

*Phil Donahue was a damn good host! I never watched him back then, but looking back now with my experience as a host, it's blatantly obvious. Thanks for posting these!*

That lawyer has been disbarred while 2live crew is now an icon of Miami.

The Crew beat it in court Freedom of Speech! Yes!

I love how Mike keeps using his own lyrics to make his argument.

I grew up fine listening to 2 live Crew, my life is fine. I'm in my 40's and I still bump my 12"s so to hell with lawyers like this fraud.

I love how Mike Muir quotes "You can't bring me down" at 2:20

Classic... I remember watching this when it aired. Thanks for sharing this

00:54 Luther Campbell to Jack Thompson: "Say Neil Rogers!"

I was a teen in the 80s And was into th Dead Kennedys, Plasmatics and Suicidal Tendencies. I never contemplated suicide, burned a cop car nor a sexual deviant. It's all just music and art.

Uncle Luke ended up laughing all the way to the bank. By them bashing two live crew. They ended up multi millionaires. Lol

MIKE MUIR- "YOU CAN'T BRING ME DOWN."

this is history right here! thanks for the upload

Luther Campbell doesn't get enough credit for being a civil rights hero.

2 live crew lyrics are some of the easiest to understand and follow in the history of rap music and the donahue show still managed to transcribe them wrong.

I remember this 🤣🤣 uncle Luke won in court it changed music period for ever that's why the government made those explicit material logo on every album from rap to rock

Luke ain't responsible for raising your kids. That's your job.

Best episode of Donahue ever... I don't think the line has ever been clearer than this television moment between those who value and cherish freedom of speech and those who want to take it away

If that Lawyer thinks "2 live crew" was the worst thing on the market. He obviously had never heard of G.G. Allin. lol!

14:02 Donahue mentions "Bon Jovi" and the woman shudders in disgust.

"Feb 2007 Jack Thompson was disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court." Best thing I've read all day.

Such quality TV and Discussion of current events. Sad to see it go away but that's progress.

what about kids buying richard pryor, redd foxx, and blowfly albums???

another great lyric line from Mike Muir 2:19

It's so obvious the lawyer was trying to.make a name for himself. Prosecutors like cases that get exposure. He most likely could care less about the music or girls.

The way she shook at Phil introducing a Bon Jovi video at the end

some 25 years later, civilization seems to function in spite of music lyrics. unfortunately, the AFA continues on at the same time.

So Jack Thompson will attack rap music, but not heavy metal, which often has the same controversial overtones. What does that tell us?

Kids simulating 2 Live Crew on the easter day parade, hahahaha!!!!!

i'm older than dirt ...i always had that closet music ....long live 2 -live crew

obiously no one has heard of Richard pryor or blowfly

This is like the movie Footloose

Jack is only a "christian" in the sense that it helps him with the public but even then, as Ozzy has said, he has gone off the rails on a Crazy Train with his last attempt at banning violent video games. If people do not want to listen to 2 Live Crew, then dont. They put out 2 versions of their album: a dirty version and a clean version. Also, even on the clean version, they just do not beep out the words, they have actually changed the lyrics completely so that those under 18 could purchase it and listen to it. I kinda wish they would all get back together for a reunion album and a reunion tour and make it nastier and raunchier than they did back in the day. They were tame back in the day when it comes to their live shows but now, they need to get back together and rock the house one last time "Luther, you are in more trouble than you know" says Jack but the funny thing is that nothing happened with it at all. Jack is just a blowhard and will attempt these bannings and no one ever takes him seriously and he will never win any attempt. His last one was attempting to ban violent video games and look where that got him - it failed. Also, Luther was a role model back then. In his music, they never talked about rolling on up some homies and shooting them, killing them, the only thing that talked about that would be doing some shooting, was that their dicks would be shooting cum out of it. Luther was raised in a poor community and made it as a successful businessman and rapper and even back then, that is what he was trying to say but Jack never allowed him. Jack probably had everything handed to him as those who are holier than thou always do Luther was and is still a pioneer. I can only hope that Uncle Luke gets back with the rest of the crew, the ORIGINAL 2 Live Crew and can do it one more time and make another album before hanging it all up. Got to see them twice open for ICP and despite the fact that their crowds were smaller, that Luther was not a part of it, just Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis doing their thing and all their classics and it was a great time....plus, they had some very HOT females on stage with them :) Phil, damn you, why did you have to ruin the show with that crap called Madonna. That proves right there she cannot even sing, even back then. Nowadays, she probably uses Autotune or Melodyne for her vocals

If a psychiatrist and a psychologist have to examine you, even under your own admission. You are probably crazy. And yes being Christian counts.

i like how mike just tells the guy to shut up lol

hahaha, I had to laugh out loud listening to the 2 live crew song in this bit. always funny.

What’s funny is the handful of children who heard their music had no idea what was being said like let’s be legit. A adolescent or adult would but not a child

It doesn't matter what is thrown out there. In the end it all comes down to the Right of Free Speech. He has every right to say what he wants. It's his tongue he can use it however he wants.

Man Please This world has gone far from nasty music trust me 😮😮😊 This is my era and looking back on this you got to be kidding

Rip Wendy😍

A show of suicidal tendencies,dead Kennedy's, and plasmatics I'd go in my time machine each time

I'm so glad I am too young to remember a time like this. Jesus Christ.

That madonna performance was abysmal. Vocally that is

GG Allin should be on this show! The lawyer would have a hay day with him!

I had all 2live crew albums when growing up...me and my friends used to get drunk and listen to them ..and laugh our asses off!.it was comical..I never thought that I needed to go out and rape someone...lol..it was just entertainment..people need to lighten up..

They was Real about theirs and deserved to Win that Case. ❤Rest in Peace 🕊️ Marquise and China Man 😢😭 This really hurt me today when i first heard Marquis ur Brother passed away. 😮😲 💔Get on then Luke. 😂😅

the format on these shows was so frustrating. way too many guests shouting over each other. phil spends more time asking questions than letting the guests answer.

Jack Thompson MAKES REFERENCES TO Batman , according to Jello Biafra

Man how times have changed...

2 live crew today? People would shit themselves.

Did the rap group use a casio keyboard to record that background beat? lol

Mike Muir doing the breakdown to You Can't Bring Me Down here... just cuz you don't like it don't mean it ain't no good

11yrs later NO VOLUME..

Wendy O of The Plasmatics.

this makes me hate everything

You know what’s crazy, the people who went crazy over the suicidal tendencies probably enjoy the mash theme.

1:18 why is jack Thompson disbarred and comparison himself to batman?

why are some parts of the audio missing?

People with agendas.

good thing that Jack Thompson is not around to censor RU-vid or the internet. Hey Luther after 2 live crew you should of given a shot at Hollywood your clean-cut seriously

12:03 when Donahue is reading the lyrics to S&M 😂

Karen was thriving back in the day

GUESS WHAT Jack Thopson was examined by a psychologist? NOW HE IS DISBARRED (he compares himself to BATMAN)

poor Madonna, no wonder she started the lip sync era

1:24 oh no, that poor man i hope he recovered

Freedoms must be defended whether you like them or not

The lawyer said Jack

2:15 MIKE MUIR MADE HIM LOOK STOOOOOOPPPPPIIIIIDDDD but later on an audience member didn't get it (and was wrong)

13:18 you don't control what happens in your household?

He don't way that... he said "suicide's an alternative (you will be sorry) shut up, just because you dont understand doesn't mean it makes no sense, just cause you don't like doesn't mean it aint no good, I dont wanna even hear you!" sounded lots like him and he got a little nervous with that guy, but he is a great man and very right, well at least I know he tries his best to help the world :)

Jack Thompson: PURE EVIL

12 year olds were hearing the 2 live crew when i was in jr high no harm done

Dude, that's part of you can't bring me down, which came out on the 1990 album light camera revolution. But whatever...its not like he's my brother in law or anything.

Singing and rapping are two different talents.

why does this remind me of pepsi Ludacris and Oriely unjust illegal pursuit of a black man's artistic abilities to express himself and feed his family when he is one of the best lyricist in the word and one of the best and cleanest in the game. Uncle Luke is a hero and a legend.

I thought mike was going to pounce

This is tame compared to the crap today 😸

I’m not for censorship this was entirely wrong but their lyrics are hysterically nasty lol. Just nasty as all get out I love it.

i was born in 1991 and those lyrics are hilarious! We were listning to Andrew Dice K and The Dead Kennedys and Johnny Rbebel and stuff, if I knew about 2 Live Crew when I was 13 I would have throught it was hilarious! tWhat did the guy say that good beeped out? must have been a really good one. also, ignorant rapper acting ignorant, probably was sick of being on talk shows by that point though.

i love phil lol

they didnt go after all those party 45 rpm records i got in jr high by mail order...

LOVE YOU WENDY RIP DOLL.

Daaaamn... 81 jack Thompson lmao, he is disbarred just for the record lol

Censorship is so out dated!

Donohue is interpreting for 2 live crew's man!!! a round of applause please. i laughed so hard. What these people are doing is sacrificing popular artists such as jello biafra, ruining their lives, then scaring ignorant people, manipulating them, making it more difficult at home for the kids who have to explain to mom who's in tears that rock n roll life is infinately better than the life the market place has planned for us (like how to dress) and stopping artists from expressing what needs be

8:33 that lady looks stoned out of her mind

Love mike

this is in a country that produces more porn than any other,,,

Just listen to Wendy O Williams she tell you straight she been there done that. ✌😎💥💥

Luther your in more trouble than you Syke your wrong Luther wins

Bruh I listened to most of 2 Live crew's songs and none of them talk about violent sex nor rape or heinous sex acts against women, they were most about consensual sex acts between adults.

lol yeah

oh, back when people cared about freedom of speech!

he had an issue with "slap" yet the song title was literally s&m lmao.... thats tame to what i've heard in other songs about s&m.

yes he did get disbarred

Kids that have the kind of problems these people are worried about are kids that had fucked up parents not kids that heard 2 live crew say it

"bad sex"