Morton Downey Jr -- Kid's Beauty Pageants

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • No holds barred debate over whether it's harmful when parents push their children into beauty pageants.Bill Boggs was the Executive Producer of "The Morton Downey,Jr." show.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 190

  • @Highland_Moo
    @Highland_Moo Рік тому +10

    Watching this from my home in Scotland. Never heard of Downey Jr before today. I’ll never understand the people who enter their kids or the people who run these child pageants. They’re disgusting.

    • @kevinkelley3906
      @kevinkelley3906 3 місяці тому

      Turning them into 30 year old adults that are actually 3-5 years old. Damn shame

  • @ronfroehlich4697
    @ronfroehlich4697 4 роки тому +12

    Morton Downey Jr. Show lit my mind on fire when I saw it as a tween in the late eighties. Tom Leykis on the My Ex-wife Is A Lying Bitch diet, haha!

  • @breastmeatonly
    @breastmeatonly 2 роки тому +15

    Nobody worked a cigarette or fondled women openly better than Mort.

  • @dallastx214
    @dallastx214 4 роки тому +17

    I don't give a damn if some ppl say the morton Downey show was not good. Lol shit too me it was one of the best!! 👍👍👍👍

    • @stankbox
      @stankbox 8 місяців тому +1

      Some episodes I liked. Some were awful.

  • @StukInBuf
    @StukInBuf 4 роки тому +9

    Oh yes... I remember Mort asked Leykis at one time if his divorce was finalized; I didn't realize it was on THIS occasion!

  • @SonnyGTA
    @SonnyGTA 4 роки тому +62

    I have been binge watching Mort lately. I truly truly miss this show. He was the best! So much fun to watch!!!!

    • @AprilEwell
      @AprilEwell 2 роки тому

      Me2

    • @christnhvv256
      @christnhvv256 2 роки тому +1

      Was it after watching the documentary?

    • @catherinemoore2188
      @catherinemoore2188 2 роки тому

      I just found Mort again, haven't stopped watching yet!

    • @rhiannon-bv9rk
      @rhiannon-bv9rk 2 роки тому

      They have taken some of his shows down to be viewed.

    • @fritzschaupp923
      @fritzschaupp923 2 роки тому

      I was born in 1980, I’m just NOW understanding how good this show was!

  • @jordanthomas7304
    @jordanthomas7304 Рік тому +8

    RIP, Morton Downey, Jr.
    1932-2001
    We miss you, pal.

  • @JG-tt4sz
    @JG-tt4sz 2 роки тому +9

    Mort was actually respectful.

  • @michaelmorgan7893
    @michaelmorgan7893 3 роки тому +15

    Sad in a way, it looks like the mother is trying to live vicariously through her daughter, to make up for her own shortcomings. It's the mom's twisted search for some kind of narcistic validation at the daughter's expense.

    • @stankbox
      @stankbox 8 місяців тому

      How shocking... Not.

  • @ashotofwhiskey219
    @ashotofwhiskey219 2 роки тому +5

    Anyone else think that "Beverly Hill" looks like Marcy from 'Married With Children'?

  • @SimbolicProductions
    @SimbolicProductions 2 роки тому +4

    wonder if the cigs were worth losing 20+ years of life.

    • @LadyDragonsblood
      @LadyDragonsblood Рік тому +6

      It was Mort's BIGGEST regret in life. After his diagnosis of lung cancer, he became one the biggest advocates for NOT smoking. He also regretted that he made smoking look "cool" for kids. Mort would agree with you, no they were not worth the loss of 20 years of life.

  • @brotherjesus4246
    @brotherjesus4246 4 роки тому +10

    Did the woo woo before Arsenio

    • @michaelbonica5614
      @michaelbonica5614 4 роки тому +2

      Arsenio was good though

    • @lovinlife6941
      @lovinlife6941 4 роки тому +1

      Thank you! I was trying to remember his name!! :-)

    • @BrottenGuy
      @BrottenGuy 3 роки тому +1

      Also...Springer before Springer. Maury before Maury.
      Morton was the two combined AND more.

    • @CoasterMan13Official
      @CoasterMan13Official 3 роки тому +3

      @@BrottenGuy he was far different from those daytime TV hosts. He's much more like Bill O'Reilly.

    • @Matt-fs1yy
      @Matt-fs1yy Місяць тому

      Jeffrey Osborne was before both of them

  • @kimsy520
    @kimsy520 Рік тому +5

    She’s getting mad and tearful because he’s right, and she knows it. If she was confident in her beliefs, she would just laugh it off. 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @09rja
      @09rja 8 місяців тому

      Maybe she is just a emotional person.

  • @55555711
    @55555711 3 роки тому +3

    wow tom is on here he look so young here i love his radio show he talks about how bad girls are and he is right

  • @janethefriend-awakened33
    @janethefriend-awakened33 2 роки тому +2

    i actually used to watch this show. goodness.

  • @stephenbarnes9196
    @stephenbarnes9196 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing and caring bill are the kids still liveing

  • @KrazeeClark
    @KrazeeClark 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks👍

  • @אנחלבוציו
    @אנחלבוציו Рік тому +3

    Love me some Tom Leykis

  • @SonnyGTA
    @SonnyGTA 4 роки тому +3

    I like Beverly Hill. She was very nice.

  • @williamzander4732
    @williamzander4732 3 роки тому +2

    This bring back memories
    About beauty pageant my dad dress me up like captain Kangaroo.and I wanted to be Mr Moose.
    😁😁😁

  • @markdaniels7174
    @markdaniels7174 11 місяців тому +1

    Mort was the beginning of the end of civil discourse in America.

    • @stankbox
      @stankbox 8 місяців тому

      Yeah, that is sure how it looks.

  • @lovinlife6941
    @lovinlife6941 4 роки тому +4

    ALL little girls are special!!!!

  • @michaelbonica5614
    @michaelbonica5614 4 роки тому +2

    Love the PAL lingo

  • @jashary15
    @jashary15 12 днів тому

    In today's Anerica this might be viewed as a subtle form of "child pornography."

  • @paktype
    @paktype 3 місяці тому

    Who were the people who walked down the hall with Mort?

  • @sineadmargaretlooby9015
    @sineadmargaretlooby9015 3 роки тому +2

    morty died of lung cancer

  • @PhoenixDemocrat
    @PhoenixDemocrat Рік тому +2

    I actually used to watch this garbage to laugh at the host and the guests on this show before I realized shows like that would be the norm. This was before Jerry Springer and reality television. This show became possible only because Reagan refused to renew the Fairness Doctrine. I was so happy when this show was cancelled.

    • @Billboggs
      @Billboggs  Рік тому

      Hi, it's always good to know I was able to make people laugh one way or the other..so for my latest check out the satire Spike Unleashed on Amazon.

    • @hi-railhardin
      @hi-railhardin Рік тому

      Of course you were happy, because you leftists want to control the narrative and control the speech, which is typical communism... comrade.

    • @mrg8581
      @mrg8581 10 місяців тому

      Liberals are the ones producing the garbage on TV now.

    • @stankbox
      @stankbox 8 місяців тому

      ​@@hi-railhardinjust like this guy did? This guy was debaucherous af. He absolutely had no intention of practicing what he preached.

    • @robjackson5245
      @robjackson5245 4 місяці тому

      You suck cause this show was more popular.

  • @diablo666541
    @diablo666541 4 роки тому +4

    lol!!! ZIP IT!!!!!

  • @Postmortumaz
    @Postmortumaz 2 роки тому +2

    Tom Leykus!!!

  • @SteveN-q8z
    @SteveN-q8z 3 місяці тому

    good show

  • @Boricua3lions1985
    @Boricua3lions1985 5 років тому +3

    24:00 Bob from Bob's burgers (with his face in his hand): "Oh My God."

  • @lovinlife6941
    @lovinlife6941 4 роки тому +4

    I take my child to church.... I know my child won't ..... NO YOU DON"T , and taking your child to church..... means NOTHING

  • @thegiftedone
    @thegiftedone Рік тому

    Only in Jersey!…..where else!…lol

  • @mozfonky
    @mozfonky 3 роки тому +1

    mommas cute, poor thing though.

  • @TheSycaman
    @TheSycaman Рік тому +1

    Lots of grooming

  • @ashleydurden7179
    @ashleydurden7179 4 роки тому +1

    He looks tired -_- zzz

  • @tjbooker9948
    @tjbooker9948 Рік тому

    Mort was gonna offer her a cig after the song.

  • @Brand-ju4jm
    @Brand-ju4jm 11 місяців тому

    just say no to tom hanks calling a little girl sexy baby

  • @jonbiles7101
    @jonbiles7101 Рік тому +1

    This brunette is a madam

  • @jameslemmons9737
    @jameslemmons9737 4 роки тому +2

    Critics are the reincarnations of the mobs that crucified Christ!

  • @msrain1235
    @msrain1235 3 роки тому +1

    Beauty isn't the only thing that pageants are about! Spoken like someone that knows nothing about what he's talking about!

  • @bridgetlarson5443
    @bridgetlarson5443 2 роки тому +2

    I was in a beauty pagent at 8 yrs old and I turned out fine

  • @wbbils7052
    @wbbils7052 4 роки тому +5

    After watching this now, I'm positive that I was correct when I refused to watch this shit 30+ years ago.

  • @sexyskittles6822
    @sexyskittles6822 3 роки тому +1

    A scholarship program
    Um what?!?!?😂😂😂😂😂

  • @mrpersonality3497
    @mrpersonality3497 4 роки тому +32

    Keep showing us these old episodes! Love this guy!

    • @Billboggs
      @Billboggs  4 роки тому +2

      please subscribe, it's free..thanks, Bill

  • @falquest
    @falquest 4 роки тому +35

    Mort sitting with kids smoking 😂😂😂

    • @SonnyGTA
      @SonnyGTA 4 роки тому +14

      MATT Fallon and now they have cross dressing drag queens reading to them. I’ll take the smoke.

    • @ashleyworden1887
      @ashleyworden1887 4 роки тому +1

      LOL!

    • @MidnightMovieMavenn
      @MidnightMovieMavenn 4 роки тому +3

      i absolutely adored how he, obviously, made sure he didnt blow the smoke in their face. Its honestly to me, shows his true characte. A shock jock with a loud mouth, but still a loving father

    • @RockLibertyWarrior
      @RockLibertyWarrior 3 роки тому +5

      People forget that parents smoked right in front of the kids in those days and nobody winced. It was normal after dinner older relatives of mine would be smoking at the table. I want those days back over the whiny, simp, butthurt time period we live in.

    • @m.asquino7403
      @m.asquino7403 2 роки тому +1

      Matt that's how it was back then. You ever go to a Dr who would light up in the check-up room while being checked out by the doctor.

  • @lovinlife6941
    @lovinlife6941 4 роки тому +24

    my mother put me in ballet at 3 years old and focused my life on what I could become! she wanted me to be a star and it messed my childhood up!! I did not have a normal childhood!!

    • @moserfugger6363
      @moserfugger6363 2 роки тому

      well, you just had no talent. deal with it.

    • @alexgataric
      @alexgataric 2 роки тому +4

      Parents should cultivate their children's interests not be forced to perform to make their parent's happy.

    • @81rbutler
      @81rbutler 2 роки тому

      @@moserfugger6363 Are you projecting your anger? Time out time.

  • @lhart99
    @lhart99 3 роки тому +22

    In my opinion, Kid's Beauty Pageants are the worst form of self esteem building for kids. The negative ramifications far outweigh the positive ramifications. I know the same thing can said for other self esteem building such as, academic competitions.
    However, everything the guy in the black suit said is spot on. If you're going to teach your kids some values, don't teach them superficial bullshit such as beauty, shallowness, and being fake. Teach your kids about hard work, the importance of education and knowledge, and doing the best that he/she can.
    If a teenager wants to do beauty pageants because of their own want/need to do it, that's one thing, but little kids don't know any better. That lady is totally full of shit, by the way. That's my two cents. :-)

  • @lovinlife6941
    @lovinlife6941 4 роки тому +14

    ALL CHILDREN ARE SPECIAL!!!! I disagree with putting it in a childs head that they are 'special' more than other children.
    when that child grows up and learns that she is NOT better than,'special', it can be a hard fall for them!!!

    • @Guiltless765
      @Guiltless765 3 роки тому +4

      It turns them into the leftards you see out here trying to destroy America.

    • @BrottenGuy
      @BrottenGuy 3 роки тому +1

      🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️ Was for me

    • @BrottenGuy
      @BrottenGuy 3 роки тому +1

      @@Guiltless765 Not true. I was raised hardcore Conservative. It didn’t turn me Liberal. I’m now Independent, who does not associate or even AGREE with EITHER side. Not wholeheartedly. I discriminate equally. I do agree a bit, one some issues. But, not entirely.

    • @moserfugger6363
      @moserfugger6363 2 роки тому

      no, not all people are special. there are people with special talents and there are average people. you seem very average. deal with it.

  • @therealmaskedheel
    @therealmaskedheel 2 роки тому +7

    I wonder what became of these girls and mothers.

  • @michaelzabala4850
    @michaelzabala4850 3 роки тому +9

    Now, notice everything that comes out of the mom's mouth is either "I I I" or "my my my" every 2 seconds. Sounds like it's not only about her daughter, sounds like she was also in it for herself.

    • @kimsy520
      @kimsy520 Рік тому +2

      Exactly. That story about driving by a pageant and her daughter begging her to go back is grade A horseshit.

  • @ashleyworden1887
    @ashleyworden1887 4 роки тому +20

    Did you notice how gentle and sweet Mort was to the little girls?

    • @MetalHeart8787
      @MetalHeart8787 3 роки тому +5

      did you Notice how Morton was smoking in front of the Girls?

    • @BrottenGuy
      @BrottenGuy 3 роки тому +13

      @@MetalHeart8787 Different day-&-age. My grandparents and dad smoked in front of me, as well. My dad sent me into gas stations to buy his cigarettes, at the age of 6. They really and truly didn’t know as much back then. It hadn’t been as proven. It was still a debate. It’s obvious NOW. But, it wasn’t then.

    • @MetalHeart8787
      @MetalHeart8787 3 роки тому +10

      @@BrottenGuy Believe me i know, my Mom smoked also, & when i worked at the Bowling alley in 1984, when i was 14. Many people smoked while Bowling. it was Bowling Drinking & Smoking.

    • @buttdickenz
      @buttdickenz 2 роки тому +2

      @@MetalHeart8787 Smoking near kids only really became a taboo in the post 9/11 world. I think smoking only really became a taboo around 2010 give or take a few years. this show was around 30 years before that.

    • @MetalHeart8787
      @MetalHeart8787 2 роки тому

      @@buttdickenz oh it was before that, By the 90's they were Banning Smoking in public places. by late 90's it was Bars. still hard to believe how long they let it go on.

  • @diablo666541
    @diablo666541 3 роки тому +5

    This was before Jon Bennett Ramsey case . that be good subject for Morton to
    Have.

    • @joey22306
      @joey22306 2 роки тому +3

      Was thinking the same thing.

  • @finster1968
    @finster1968 2 роки тому +17

    Imagine a politically correct twenty something in 2021 trying to cope with a show like this now.

    • @kimsy520
      @kimsy520 Рік тому +1

      It’s 2023 and we’re watching it here right now….the world still turns. 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @jashary15
      @jashary15 12 днів тому

      You think they become "outraged" over every little thing now, they would have flipped over "The Morton Downey Show."

    • @finster1968
      @finster1968 12 днів тому

      @@kimsy520 - With more censorship, dear. Give it time…..

  • @rocklinman
    @rocklinman Рік тому +2

    I wonder what happened to these kids.

  • @jeaninempanzone5504
    @jeaninempanzone5504 2 роки тому +3

    Before Jon Ramsey

  • @SonnyGTA
    @SonnyGTA 4 роки тому +6

    Watch Morton Downey Jr in LEGAL TENDER from 1991!!

    • @Wildcock23
      @Wildcock23 2 роки тому +1

      I’ve been trying to find that movie for YEARS

  • @MooseCall
    @MooseCall 2 роки тому +7

    "My daughter is not the most beautiful child". What a terrible thing to say!!

    • @ashotofwhiskey219
      @ashotofwhiskey219 2 роки тому +4

      How so? What's so terrible about speaking the truth?

  • @steelers714
    @steelers714 3 роки тому +3

    Wow young Tom Leykis.

  • @nastarwarrior
    @nastarwarrior 8 місяців тому +1

    These kids are obviously forced to do this shit. The little girl singing the song was definitely forced to learn how to sing that song instead of playing with her friends or whatever.

  • @BrottenGuy
    @BrottenGuy 3 роки тому +7

    Her child won’t be into the drugs??
    Right. She pushed her daughter TO them. I’ve seen that very thing happen. “Trust me! *I* KNOW!”

  • @tjbooker9948
    @tjbooker9948 Рік тому +3

    Back when white women dressed like Professional Witches.

    • @mrg8581
      @mrg8581 10 місяців тому +2

      At least they weren't obese and covered with tattoos and body piercings. Like they are now.

    • @vezner
      @vezner 7 місяців тому +1

      @@mrg8581I had the same thought. These women look classy compared to most that we see today.

  • @Roy-Batty-Nex6.
    @Roy-Batty-Nex6. 4 місяці тому +1

    Downey was a complete fraud and liar. His garbage show was cancelled after only two years. Total fall from grace. Fell harder than Guliani.

  • @jonnaking3054
    @jonnaking3054 2 роки тому +3

    A pageant now and then for fun is ok, if the kid wants to do it I think, as long as it isn't their whole life

    • @mrg8581
      @mrg8581 10 місяців тому

      Exactly. That one six year old was in 80 pageants.

  • @claudiapagliara7667
    @claudiapagliara7667 Рік тому +1

    He's a bastard XD. He saw the hot smoking blonde and kissed her... then he saw the smaller and less attractive friend, trying to give her an high five.

  • @diablo666541
    @diablo666541 4 роки тому +3

    I used see this on ch11 back mid 80s .

  • @CYOnTheBeat
    @CYOnTheBeat 11 місяців тому +1

    She really thought Warner Bros wanted to do a movie on the life of her 5 year old daughter? Smfh 🤦‍♂️

    • @markasflood8196
      @markasflood8196 4 місяці тому

      Good Question: What If Paramount Pictures Wanted To Do A Television Movie Based On Her 5 Year Old Daughter?

  • @carrang-r9w
    @carrang-r9w 20 днів тому +1

    better than Springer

  • @DPryorAustralia
    @DPryorAustralia 6 місяців тому +1

    MDJ was awesome!!!

  • @joey22306
    @joey22306 2 роки тому +2

    What a treasure ! Thank you for sharing !!

  • @nastashavalentinodefranco2990
    @nastashavalentinodefranco2990 Рік тому +1

    How dare he not have children! And try and ridicule this mother.

  • @catwhisperer9524
    @catwhisperer9524 8 місяців тому +1

    I remember as a teenager in the late 80's sneaking and getting up to watch this late at night. We had an old black and white TV, and I had to get a butter knife to switch the wire over to UHF to watch 😅 good times tho, good times. I miss it Lol

  • @samsondog2182
    @samsondog2182 Рік тому +4

    They think this is harmful to kids, now they push that kids can decide their own gender and can change from one to the other.

  • @thegiftedone
    @thegiftedone Рік тому +3

    This is disturbing on so many levels! Smh

  • @nastarwarrior
    @nastarwarrior 8 місяців тому

    Mort is right. A real Father would not let his Daughter in a beauty pageant.

  • @susanb2015
    @susanb2015 6 місяців тому

    Beauty pageants were so popular in the 70s and 80s. Miss America. Miss USA. Miss Teen America. Miss Universe. Mrs. America. And my mother not only smoked around me but she also smoked while pregnant in the 60s.

  • @StukInBuf
    @StukInBuf 4 роки тому +2

    Those little girls must be in their mid-30s by now...

  • @luther1546
    @luther1546 4 місяці тому

    LOL. When was the last time Leykis was at a children's pageant? Probably every weekend. he's got a real pervy kind of look.

  • @55555711
    @55555711 3 роки тому +5

    i feel sorry for the mom that was crying but kids should not be doing this wrong in so many ways

  • @MichaelLantz
    @MichaelLantz 4 роки тому +1

    How many blogger were there in 1988?

  • @garysmith7760
    @garysmith7760 2 місяці тому

    Child beauty pageant was all around abusive business then as it is now.

  • @jessyleppert2
    @jessyleppert2 4 роки тому +1

    I hosted a kids beauty pageant in 2015

    • @SonnyGTA
      @SonnyGTA 4 роки тому +8

      Jessy Leppert I had lasagna for dinner.

  • @StukInBuf
    @StukInBuf 4 роки тому +5

    And this was even before JonBenet Ramsey was born... and we all know what happened from there...

    • @adambomber28
      @adambomber28 4 роки тому

      I was thinking that exact same thing.

  • @tampapredatortrackers3858
    @tampapredatortrackers3858 Рік тому

    I remember first seeing this guy on Wally Sparks which was a Rodney Dangerfield film. Glad it led me to watching these episodes.

  • @lisafrank6513
    @lisafrank6513 7 місяців тому

    Morton hunkering down to talk to that little girl with a blazing cigarette 😂

  • @jwhite973
    @jwhite973 3 роки тому +1

    Why does this sound so scripted?

    • @kevinpatrickmacnutt
      @kevinpatrickmacnutt 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah it is a bit like the WWE of bottom of the barrel debate.

    • @stankbox
      @stankbox 8 місяців тому

      ​@@kevinpatrickmacnuttsure is. A real, shit show. Many of these episodes of this show are pretty uncivilized.

  • @81rbutler
    @81rbutler 2 роки тому +2

    These people got exposed big time.

  • @lovinlife6941
    @lovinlife6941 4 роки тому +1

    don't like that he said the most beautiful girls in the world..... it should NOT be about beauty!!!

  • @damionaqeel
    @damionaqeel 3 роки тому +2

    Did she say Colored Ppl @16:00

    • @ashotofwhiskey219
      @ashotofwhiskey219 2 роки тому +2

      Yes, back in a day when that was the PC term to use.

    • @cmmochalatte
      @cmmochalatte 2 роки тому +1

      She thinks it’s mostly “colored” people using drugs because they’re the only ones being targeted, arrested and convicted.

    • @seantriplesevyn8152
      @seantriplesevyn8152 2 роки тому

      People use the term people of Color in 2022 like it’s going out of style…who cares

    • @kevinpatrickmacnutt
      @kevinpatrickmacnutt 2 роки тому +1

      @@ashotofwhiskey219 not in the late 80s

    • @ashotofwhiskey219
      @ashotofwhiskey219 2 роки тому +1

      @@kevinpatrickmacnutt Yes it was.

  • @CoasterMan13Official
    @CoasterMan13Official 3 роки тому +8

    I prefer the republican party, but I rooted for Biden this year. Love this show. Very entertaining.

    • @edrossman2654
      @edrossman2654 2 роки тому +5

      Are you happy with your choice now?

    • @CoasterMan13Official
      @CoasterMan13Official 2 роки тому +3

      @@edrossman2654 hush.

    • @mhmorris2018
      @mhmorris2018 Рік тому +2

      @@edrossman2654 yep

    • @kimsy520
      @kimsy520 Рік тому

      @@edrossman2654 very. ☺️

    • @hi-railhardin
      @hi-railhardin Рік тому +2

      Hope you enjoy paying more for everything, because you helped make it happen

  • @StukInBuf
    @StukInBuf 4 роки тому +1

    Hey, Tom... easy. I might agree with some of what you say, but don't take it out so much on that mother.

  • @worldtraveler134
    @worldtraveler134 2 роки тому +2

    God I miss this type of Television programming

  • @MaxximumRage
    @MaxximumRage Рік тому +1

    I wonder ever happened to everyone on this episode.