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"
