Donahue - Indecency & Obscenity - feat. 2 Live Crew - circa 1990 - 3 of 4 

"you drop a bomb but a boob offends you!" - Mike Virus

I was a junior in high school when this aired; it would have been in the Spring of 1990. I raced home from school to see this episode!

What people didn't realize back then is that the more shit you kick up about records that should be banned......the more you make kids want to go out and buy the records.

This audience would faint with the reality of hip-hop today. ❤

Donahue is the man.

The irony of all these "Christians"

The parent at the beginning of this clip wants society to do the job of parenting for her.

Jack Thompson's voice sounds just like how people talk when they're making fun of white people.

That 90s Karen was wild 😂

9:40 Rap: a brand new kind of music *Audience laughs* 2016 Hip Hop is a Billion dollar industry "Rap songs" are played on every Kiss FM station.

Jello Biafra is a hero.

LMFAO, the lady at 1:05 is so shook she cuts herself off before she could even say the word "sex." Hilarious.

I remember that episode since I was born and I will never forget the Donahue Show. Good Memories.

Karen of the 80s

Clowns you know. Interesting show. They should have stuff like this on TV now, then I'd start watching TV again.

This was a reference later used in Banned in the USA

The question should be: would you leave your children alone with this Jack Thompson creep?

I think it was ridiculous how they were on 2 live crew for their music but you had Sam Kinison and Andrew Dice Clay saying the craziest on their albums at this time and how about Madonna!? Now I'm fan of them too but they were not getting as much crap as 2 live crew were getting. And I don't think that was right. They were talented and entertaining as all hell and really lead the way to alot of rap artists today.

Sad ,but the good old days!, compare to TODAY!

8:17 Phil: Yeah, next thing you know the Supreme Court's gonna say it's ok to burn the flag! -- It had already happened the year before: Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989)

Donahue was a real ally

Holy shit, the barbs that Luke and Jack are trading back and forth is so wild to watch.

A few years later and everyone was on AOL and CompuServe getting exposed to all manner of and form of porn, and gore plus subversive texts and media. We were still so collectively innocent in 1990.

She says she doesn't want her 10 11 and 12 yr old seeing and hearing these things trust me lady rap and rock lyrics are the least of their worries. I looked porn at that age so no you can't stop your kids from seeing or hearing these things.

at 9:18 "...I don't even consider this art..... He's rapping, not singing" Um.... To call that closed-minded should be offensive to closed-minded people. In the words of the vice-president of the US at the time: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."

Did Phil Donahue love the 2 Live Crew he was trying to defend Luke Skywalker

I BROUGHT THE ALBUM BACK IN 1992, ON TAPE LOLOVELINDA AUSTRALIA ❤❤❤

Jello, Wendy, Mike and Luke!!

Luke is the man lol

'Murica... hypocrisy level over 9000! Just let the music be whatever it is!

Man, I wonder what would happen if these squares read some Cannibal Corpse lyrics

Only if they knew. Luke was child's play compared to what's out now. It starts at home no matter what.

Need to watch the last 20 seconds over and over. Phil hit it out of the park there.

that womans a liar. the movie parenthood is a pg-13 movie. maybe dont let youre 4month old and 6 yr old watch it. dont blame others for your parenting failures

As a 23 year old black individual, I fucks wit Donahue heavy

Just think there was no public internet back then, and the groups back then wore the parential advisory sticker like a badge.

So the musical acts 2 Live Crew, Dead Kennedys, The Plasmatics and Suicidal Tendencies are "only out to defend Jewish interests"? What kind of argument is that?

wow, that pic of luthers daughter was wrong but i guess that was before the internet

Hideous clothes in 1990.

that women at the beginning of the video is hopeless.

Parenthood is an awesome movie

That lady probably got a heart attack with now days trap music.

I was 21 when they came out with their 2nd album i accidentally purchased the clean version cassette..i went back to try to exchange for the dirty version. Long story I bought the dirty version and I loved❤️ it not to mention my friend i was with bought the vinyl the explict version and it was jammin. I had the 2 Live poster in my room wall. If you're against this type of music turn the other cheek... Ink

And this ladies and gentlemen is the ORIGINAL "KAREN" 0:29. Do you hear the whining?????😂

Fair Phil

the shittiness of the bon jovi song offended me

Goddamn people were wacky in the 80's/early 90's......especially the fundamentalist Christian's.

Bon Jovi is more than just obscene. They drain my plasma.

What would they say now

This shit was all about money. These TV programs didn't give a fuck about resolving differences they wanted to keep these people fighting, that was the staple of business back in the late eighties early nineties

I never said that. Those comments were refering specifically to the "never again" brigade.

Mike Wendy Jello Luther all on the same stage

If only there was a person from 2022 on the show to tell the Christians that in the future THEY will be censored too.

They would have had a problem now 2021!

LOL@ the end when he put on the handcuffs

lol Fabio is driving the car in the Bon Jovi video that starts the segment

We are still having this aurgument. Fuck.

jack has been taking "hand motion" and body language classes from Bill CLinton.

Jack Thompson was eventually disbarred.

"1.3 MILLION WHAT?!"

Its funny how music is today

Read the bible is worse than any x-rated videos

Bob fucked up!

Messes me up to see these people saying what's obscene in the bed. It's not obscene if you like what you're doing. I grew up to 2 live crew, but I didn't think about anything they sang about when I was hanging sex.

Give and an inch and they’ll take a mile. Every time.

I like the girl at 13:17 obviously the only one here who appreciates how many sick musicians are in the room, and the guy at 13:17 DO YOUR HOMEWORK! Plus he looks like spike lee

The truth is they want to do what they want to do (talking about the panel)!!

All he wanted was a Pepsi and she wouldn’t give it to him.

Jack Thompson was a clown. Then, now, always

He's referring to the Jewish Defense League. They're an old Adult Contemporary/post punk band.

My question is what was they doing to get pregnant? Like how tf u gone say what uncle luke was rapping about is so bad when its LIFE fucking is apart of LIFE

Really telling that when you watch all these videos, those old white guys on stage debating with the artists are mostly directing their anger at 2 Live Crew... hmmm wonder why that may be

These fuckin' "moral" people practically live in the 40s and 50s and they're stuck in this Christianized form of morality, if it was up to them every artist would be the same, cleaned guy or girl and music would stagnate even more than it already is in some areas. There wouldn't be actual expression in the art, it would be the same boring shit. Plus they wanna "shield" people from the real shit rappers, punks and metal guys sing about cause they're too busy to understand things outside their little bubble. What's fucked up is that its still this way today sometimes cause of what pussies general society are, people live in their own little made up moral world with no real problems besides "oh, that person said a swear!" or something. Hell, even rock, punk and metal today has become pussified. I've met "metalheads" today they think Slayer or even Motley Crue are too violent or "Satanic", come on people!

I was 23 when this aired . Yes 2 live crew uncut version was raw . Among other songs. I remember the beat and the music was good, but the lyrics were crazy. I think it’s nasty. Now they’re just as bad.

This was true day time talk shows, now it's all just crude and made up like Jerry Springer is.

Phil was the king!

is that tim leary acting as a richard dawson on his own caotic unversal show, next tune in tomorrow and find out who was eating babies....

I'm amazed that I had to watch right up to part 3 before anybody mentioned Hitler and the nazis. Doesn't matter what topic is being discussed, you can always be assured that Hitler and the nazis will be brought into it somehow.

13:29 DEPUTY WILLIE WASHINGTON FROM COPS!! LOL!!

You can't legislate morality in a free society.

What I find offensive are war, famine and religion

i wonder if the dudes on the right ever had any fun a day in their life

Wendy is hot

The cute bimbo at 13:30 forgot what she was going to say

Lawyer dude is creepy af

Yeah wow she's too good looking to be into all that good music. Most chicks who have the same taste as me all look like guys.

Focus on the family, binging you bad takes since the 80s.

AGENT PROVOCATEURS

Part 2 of 4, around the 10:50 mark...they had to bleep the so-called "decency" advocate for using the word "fuck."

"Well i dont even consider this art, he's rapping not singing number one...." AHHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA she wins

And Hitler and the nazis isn't exactly germane to a discussion about indecency and obscenity in music, yet you have no problem with the people in the video working it into the discussion. Curious. As for "conspiracy theory whacko", whatever man. I don't do name calling. I leave that for those who need it to boost their weak argument.

Again audio blows.

cry, just sob for hours hahaha. whelps!

where did he use the f word? i didnt catch it! Mike Muir is so cool! 12:16 propaganda spreading women how is this influencing child abuse?

Are there any Anti- Pornography attorney's out there in 2022? LOL

He looks a lot like Clinton. Funny they're political opposites.

Luke Campbell died last year and took on Sheriff Navarro.

Please kids will be exposed to filth. I think that's why there is music promoting filth... They know music is a powerful thing thay can change a person's mind especially a kids mind. It's all trash.....

Wendy O. Wiliams. God bless her