I was a kid when the PMRC started putting their tags on all the tapes and albums . We would seek those out specifically thanks for showing us where all the good jams were .
what I like about this is the audience. you can hear them cheer and boo and they do not stand down. I think people had more spirit back then and were not afraid. the culture was just different. these people had spirit and I love it. i want this guy to come back. this show is hardcore.
I remember this episode so well. I was about to go on Spring Break in 87 to Fort Lauderdale. Man, I miss the 80s too. What a great time it was. The country was basically united. Great Music and fun times
I'm a 52 year old man who lived through the 80s as a metal fan. It didn''t corrupt me. On the contrary, it helped me. I now work with and help young adults with challenging behaviour. HEAVY METAL LIVES!!
Bc kids rebel, and curious so that sticker let kids know Wich one to grab...I understand the parents concern bc we are the ones who pay for it in the end.
Isn't it such a "different world" between now and then!?! Those gals, would be absolutely overwhelmed in this day and age if they were all of a sudden transported to now..... side note: 2 cents to mail a letter!! (52:45)
I remember that franchise! My cousins bought some of their records in that store. When we the people had record players at home and for office parties too especially Christmas.
The Great Kat- she used to rehearse at the same studio Dream Theater did, and as a teenager I used to hang out there and listen to them both practice. And she's perfectly represented here- her head pops off the pillow with that insane energy, still- and she was always straight edge- no drinking no drugs, just natural mania. She came into a guitar store I was working at a few years back and I knew from the second she walked in that that was her- 'CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?!?!', 'NO, YOU SUCK, GET SOMEONE ELSE OVER HERE!!!', 'NO HE SUCKS TOO, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO DOESN'T SUCK??!?' What made it even better was I was the only one there who knew who she was, everyone else was getting pissed, I was like Nah, don't toss her, this is who she always was. I played them some of her songs and one of the guys was like This music is like a nervous breakdown, I said Yep, now you understand her.
I started listening to Twisted Sister when I was 7 or 8. I lived a childhood of unrelenting abuse. I never smoked a day in my life. I didn't drink & I've never done drugs. If anything, heavy metal saved my life. Twisted Sister particularly because of their music and lyrics. I first had suicidal ideation at 12 years old due to what I was going through and one night when I was considering it, I just so happened to be listening to TS and I had a change of heart. As much emotional and physical pain as I was in; I made myself a promise... That anytime I felt this way, I'd listen to Twisted, and each time, they got me through it. (To this day!) I'm alive today because of them, so to hell with anyone that thinks otherwise! I grew up watching Tom & Jerry and Elmer Fudd, that was constant maiming! I've never held a gun a day in my life. I've never abused animals; I've rescued and adopted them, loved and cared for them. Jay Jay is right in essentially saying you fear what you don't understand, and the pmrc made no effort to ever understand. Heavy metal saves more lives than anything else.
And JJ donated an autographed guitar to a charity event for hospitalized children that I organized. Went to his apartment to pick it up. One of the good guys.
Isn't it such a "different world" between now and then!?! Those gals, would be absolutely overwhelmed in this day and age if they were all of a sudden transported to now..... side note: 2 cents to mail a letter!! (52:45)
I remember well the “satanic panic” of the 80s. But that music was absolutely charming by comparison to what is being made today. Plus, many of those artists still alive and contributing are themselves upset with where much of the music industry has gone.
Completely agree, there needs to be spirit in it today, or else what is it for? Look at how much Spotify makes off their backend (so much so that more independent artists are trying to pass a Musician’s Wage bill). It seems to me a change from fighting the machine to naively, inadvertently oiling the machine. And in some cases, becoming it altogether. But I wasn’t even around when Morton was airing so I could be way out of touch
I grew up in Northeast Pennsylvania but I got cable stations from New York City. The one I remember was WPIX-11--11 Alive. I remember seeing commercials for Crazy Eddie and Carvel Ice Cream as well as Monton Downey Jr's show. I can appreciate to your comment.
I'm 52 and am still a metal head and a musician. I remember clearly this time in my life and I'm grateful that I lived through that time. Metal saved me and still continues to keep me alive. I am an accomplished guitar player and songwriter and played in death metal band for the last ten years and a former resident of the bay area where i was born and raised. I turned out just fine
In YOUR mind youre just fine ...look at how society has declined since liberal progressiism become widespread put people still wont acknowledge how far we fallen. Its mind blowing
We survived the satanic panic, I managed to never sacrifice an animal. Metal did influence me to learn guitar being able to earn money through our my life.
This is so true! I think of Heavy Metal as the most awesome outlet one could ever have. I may do the Elvis thing as my profession but, I still enjoy listening to Metallica or Iron Maiden 😎👍🏻
Saw this wave it fist suited. I'm proud to say... Ozzy and all the 80s bands/music kept me ALIVE. guitar kept me alive. We musicians are quirky. We know we're outcasts. I must have listened to Ozzys "speak of the devil" million times. Never thought about shooting up high schools or killing myself! We had real friends back then.
Sometimes when I'm drunk or high or both and I'm watching old full episodes of shows like this I get caught off guard and try to skip some of the commercials but to no avail for obvious reasons lol
When TS played Davenport, IA on the Stay Hungry tour. Got to talk to Jay Jay and Mark Mendoza outside after the show. Two of the coolest, down to earth people I've ever had a chance to talk to.
In June 1996, Downey was diagnosed with lung cancer while being treated for pneumonia, and had one of his lungs removed.[50] He did a complete about-face on the issue of tobacco use, going from a one-time member of the National Smokers Alliance to a staunch anti-smoking activist.[51] He continued to speak against smoking until his death from lung cancer and pneumonia on March 12, 2001.[
25 Years later and HEAVY METAL is still alive and kicking and the Morton Downey Jr. Show was canceled in 1989. So we out lasted him! And as for the PMRC They were about promoting a political agenda (Al Gore) and not giving a DAMN about helping parents know what their Children where listing to. It was Back in the day I watched the hearings and listened to all the artist say there bit for the public record. In the end the PMRC helped me decide what music to listen too. Every chance I got I would pick the album with the [Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics] sticker on the cover. So did the PMRC help the music to sale better for more profane albums. Hum?? It did in my case. So where is the PMRC today, No really, where is the PMRC? At least I can Thank God, Al Gore did not become President. But then again, what we got was not much better. Long Live Heavy Metal!!
They were beyond glory....I lived it...got into metal in 1980...50 now...still love it....we weren't a bunch of fuckin soy boys either like most of today's generation
@@tttarms1970 yes, I was born in 1991, but millenials are result of truly horrible parenting...... I was growing up in a post-communism country...... I was born RIGHT after the "iron curtain" fell down in our country, so the market was extremely slow as you can imagine..... movies or music that were new in USA, were entering our market 2-3 years after they were released...... that's why I was basically growing up on 80's pop/sub culture(movies, music, fads etc.) when I was a kid who first started listening to music(early/mid 90's)...... my childhood was stuff like Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, Marillion etc...... and that was shortly before fucking Backstreet Boys emerged :D:D consider myself lucky to grow up on 80's...... I mean, 90's also had some good music, but nowhere near as much as the 70's or 80's...... maybe that's why I cannot truly relate to the rest of my millenial "herd" :D:D I guess 80's rock music taught me different values
Kat was hilarious. I'm pretty sure she got invited and encouraged to just cause as much mayhem as possible. Classic Kat. She was so fucking cute and she still shredded like a wild beast
23:27 "you're chain smoking in my face and you're gonna get cancer." In June 1996, Downey was diagnosed with lung cancer and had to have a lung removed. He died from the disease on March 12th, 2001.
I’m 53 and was a metal head. Still kind of am. Now that I’m older the pmrc seems more reasonable. They just wanted parents aware of what kids are listening to. Not banning.
“I toured with Motley Crue and I’ve NEVER seen drug use”😂😂😂 Dude….I’ve read the books. We’ve all heard the interviews. Censorship is weird, it’s a slope.
Morton Downey was great, loved it when he would light up his cig! I was 13/14 loved watching his show late nights . In NY they showed it on channel 9! Best show during that time slot! R.I.P Mr .Downey!
Didn’t shed a tear when died of lung cancer. Didn’t shed a tear when he went on tv near the end of his life crying about how he wished he didn’t smoke.
As a 58 yr old man and lived thru all of this, for JJ to sit there and actually say that he's never seen drugs or alcohol and metal bands were nothing but professional is a total croc of 💩
Im glad i seen this. It really shows how far our society has fallen. When you see Denny's offering 2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon and toast for $2, you know times they are a changin.🤪
The Matt I was in the Navy living in San Diego at the time. I had an apartment a couple blocks from the beach, and almost every night involved booze and cranking up the Slayer, Exodus, S.O.D., ..metal was alive and well in SoCal and it was fun!
All the PMRC, also known as "the four Karen's of the apocalypse,"did was help with record sales and made artists write lyrics that made sure they would get that sticker on their album. Thanks PMRC you guys rule!
Wow... @57:04 Just 8 years after this episode aired, Morton was diagnosed with lung cancer and had one lung removed. He became an anti-smoking activist for the last five years of his life, passing away in 2001.
To me the song suicide solution is about how alcohol is a slow but sure death. They played an isolated guitar riff and judged the proverbial book by its cover.
I am 55 year old fuck I listen to Heavy Metal death metal rock n roll punk rock I used to blaze the great music I put the speakers up all around me and turn it up very loud I did the mosh pits jumped off the stage stage dive that is and it never corrupted me I am perfectly fine I love it hard music rules it fucking rules 🔥🤘😖🤘🔥
Um, I'd rather a kid listen to metal than mainstream anything... Our Disney sweetheart of this generation frolicks naked with with strap-ons... And I don't even have to mention the message of control by violence that permeates rap music these days... The scum of the earth is endlessly glorified...
I am a Navy veteran and retired Army 1SG. My first concert was Black Sabbath/Master of Reality at about 12 and loved hard rock and metal since that show. I have seen Maiden from Number of the Beast thru Book of Souls and nearly every concert was while I was in the military…concerts all over the world and it never interfered with my career. I was in the advanced electronics field as a Sonar Technician. Maintained a Top Secret clearance as well as full compliance on the Nuclear Weapons Handling Team and the Personal Reliability Program (the same program that the Air Force officers that were in the bunkers). Rivetheads have always taken $hit. Worst thing I have seen degrading metal…in the Decline of Western Civilization II, with the lady making 666 out of 🤘🤘🤘.
Tipper Gore's book Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society, the bible of the PMRC, is a must read. It's a great look into the hysteria Gore was trying to stir up. My favorite part of the book is a letter from a woman that claimed heavy metal changed her son. As example she sited was that he refused to take the garbage out. No joke.
Thanks just for putting this shit on, I was too young to really appreciate and stay awake for but smart enough to understand who this guy was and what he was trying to do...
This really brings me back. Grew up in Philly and was able to get the great channel 9 from new York as well as channel 5. These were fun stations with fun shows and the commercials were very local. Morton Downey, Howard Stern, etc. Unfortunately, we'll never see this again........
Mind games. Those labels and this controversy sold a lot of records. If it had the label, you had to have it. The record industry loved this and pretended they didn’t.
I was a kid when the PMRC started putting their tags on all the tapes and albums . We would seek those out specifically thanks for showing us where all the good jams were .
what I like about this is the audience. you can hear them cheer and boo and they do not stand down. I think people had more spirit back then and were not afraid. the culture was just different. these people had spirit and I love it. i want this guy to come back. this show is hardcore.
Dude my dream is to host a show like this. Just seems so fun and off the cuff
I don’t know if his corpse would make a good host or not but I say go for it.
@@skywalker01974the great kat was right about his smoking
the nostalgia is strong with this one..... oh how i miss the 80's and early 90's
ME TOO
Oh how I miss the 60s and early 70s..
Remember the kkk episode. The old days lol
I remember this episode so well. I was about to go on Spring Break in 87 to Fort Lauderdale. Man, I miss the 80s too. What a great time it was. The country was basically united. Great Music and fun times
I don't
I'm a 52 year old man who lived through the 80s as a metal fan. It didn''t corrupt me. On the contrary, it helped me. I now work with and help young adults with challenging behaviour. HEAVY METAL LIVES!!
You have problems
@@reynaclothier Well spotted. Go to the top of the class 🤣🤣🤣
That woman looks like the babysitter from Goodfellas. Ringer…
HM is NOISE
I'm 40. I grew up in the '80s and I listen to all type of music including heavy metal and anything on MTV and I came out all right
"Home Sweet Home" is a beautiful melodic song by Motley Crue.
Those PMRC warning labels were probably responsible for selling more albums than any advertising campaign that the record company could come up with .
Totally right. That Explicit Content label was all an album needed to be sold.
right
Bc kids rebel, and curious so that sticker let kids know Wich one to grab...I understand the parents concern bc we are the ones who pay for it in the end.
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that was the point 😉
What an innocent time. People booing Metallica because the cover looks violent; today kids are like "dad metal"
Innocent ?? Maybe brainwashed hypocrites describes them better..
Right!!! Like seriously....imagine if cannibal corpse was thing then.
@@Djstrukture They were formed in 1988..
Little did they know that those advisory stickers would essentially become one of the best marketing tools of the 90's
To this day, musicians consider it a badge of honor. They knew uncensored stuff meant more sales.
Wow, I remember this. 1989 I was 13, I’m still a metal fan. Shows like this wouldn’t exist today.
Isn't it such a "different world" between now and then!?! Those gals, would be absolutely overwhelmed in this day and age if they were all of a sudden transported to now..... side note: 2 cents to mail a letter!! (52:45)
Thank you.
I'm 71 and I loved this show. It was so out there and Downey could be a fool !
Remember geraldo? When they had the skin heads on?
@@RoseanneSeason7 Yes! That was insane.
All I know is that Crazy Eddie had some straight up Deals 🤣
you should look up the "Masterminds" episode about him.
I remember that franchise! My cousins bought some of their records in that store. When we the people had record players at home and for office parties too especially Christmas.
His prices were INSANE
The Great Kat- she used to rehearse at the same studio Dream Theater did, and as a teenager I used to hang out there and listen to them both practice.
And she's perfectly represented here- her head pops off the pillow with that insane energy, still- and she was always straight edge- no drinking no drugs, just natural mania.
She came into a guitar store I was working at a few years back and I knew from the second she walked in that that was her- 'CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?!?!', 'NO, YOU SUCK, GET SOMEONE ELSE OVER HERE!!!', 'NO HE SUCKS TOO, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO DOESN'T SUCK??!?'
What made it even better was I was the only one there who knew who she was, everyone else was getting pissed, I was like Nah, don't toss her, this is who she always was.
I played them some of her songs and one of the guys was like This music is like a nervous breakdown, I said Yep, now you understand her.
I started listening to Twisted Sister when I was 7 or 8. I lived a childhood of unrelenting abuse. I never smoked a day in my life. I didn't drink & I've never done drugs.
If anything, heavy metal saved my life. Twisted Sister particularly because of their music and lyrics. I first had suicidal ideation at 12 years old due to what I was going through and one night when I was considering it, I just so happened to be listening to TS and I had a change of heart. As much emotional and physical pain as I was in; I made myself a promise... That anytime I felt this way, I'd listen to Twisted, and each time, they got me through it. (To this day!)
I'm alive today because of them, so to hell with anyone that thinks otherwise! I grew up watching Tom & Jerry and Elmer Fudd, that was constant maiming! I've never held a gun a day in my life. I've never abused animals; I've rescued and adopted them, loved and cared for them. Jay Jay is right in essentially saying you fear what you don't understand, and the pmrc made no effort to ever understand.
Heavy metal saves more lives than anything else.
And JJ donated an autographed guitar to a charity event for hospitalized children that I organized. Went to his apartment to pick it up. One of the good guys.
Because he beat that cancer
Isn't it such a "different world" between now and then!?! Those gals, would be absolutely overwhelmed in this day and age if they were all of a sudden transported to now..... side note: 2 cents to mail a letter!! (52:45)
@@douglasmatheson403You got that right.
Big deal
@@MakingFunOfBusiness7in>>> Because WHO BEAT THAT CANCER ?
I remember well the “satanic panic” of the 80s. But that music was absolutely charming by comparison to what is being made today. Plus, many of those artists still alive and contributing are themselves upset with where much of the music industry has gone.
Completely agree, there needs to be spirit in it today, or else what is it for? Look at how much Spotify makes off their backend (so much so that more independent artists are trying to pass a Musician’s Wage bill). It seems to me a change from fighting the machine to naively, inadvertently oiling the machine. And in some cases, becoming it altogether. But I wasn’t even around when Morton was airing so I could be way out of touch
Nikki Six said it best when he heard about the label. "I love it, put it on ours. It will guarantee sales!"
I really love the commercials left in. Takes me back to an epic childhood.
Thank you for keeping the commercials! It makes it more nostalgic.
Dustin Schmau s
same
I grew up in Northeast Pennsylvania but I got cable stations from New York City. The one I remember was WPIX-11--11 Alive. I remember seeing commercials for Crazy Eddie and Carvel Ice Cream as well as Monton Downey Jr's show. I can appreciate to your comment.
So true! That guy saying “I coulda been a container” rather than I could have been a contender.
Awesome
I'm 52 and am still a metal head and a musician. I remember clearly this time in my life and I'm grateful that I lived through that time. Metal saved me and still continues to keep me alive. I am an accomplished guitar player and songwriter and played in death metal band for the last ten years and a former resident of the bay area where i was born and raised. I turned out just fine
Metal saved me too.
I'm 51, and it was the best time of my life! I'd go back in a second.
VERY COOL! 😎👍🏻🎤🎶🎶🎶
In YOUR mind youre just fine ...look at how society has declined since liberal progressiism become widespread put people still wont acknowledge how far we fallen. Its mind blowing
We survived the satanic panic, I managed to never sacrifice an animal. Metal did influence me to learn guitar being able to earn money through our my life.
Metal changed my life.... specifically Metallica...when I first heard Metallica I was blown away. Metal heads are the nicest people you'll ever meet
This is so true! I think of Heavy Metal as the most awesome outlet one could ever have. I may do the Elvis thing as my profession but, I still enjoy listening to Metallica or Iron Maiden 😎👍🏻
The best TV talk show in America in that time. And it beats every old TV network that has a late night talk show host today, and I mean CBS, NBC, ABC!
24:38 "You're chain smoking in my face and YOU'RE GOING TO GET CANCER". Downey did indeed die of lung cancer. She was a witch! lol
23:18
Oh wow the commercials ugh i feel like I stepped into a time machine so many memories
two eggs, two bacon, two pancakes for $2.16, i'm in, like when my grandparents would tell me they used to buy a soda for $0.05
Hah! I just saw that commercial
One ninety nine, are you outta your mind?
When pop was .05 Most people only made 10 dollars a week.
In the 80's minimum wage was like 4 dollars an hour
@@GodWeenSatan$3.25 per hr 1985
The fact that he is smoking cigarettes on tv shows you how different the times were
Really?
Quite an observation
Saw this wave it fist suited. I'm proud to say... Ozzy and all the 80s bands/music kept me ALIVE. guitar kept me alive. We musicians are quirky. We know we're outcasts. I must have listened to Ozzys "speak of the devil" million times. Never thought about shooting up high schools or killing myself! We had real friends back then.
Same here brother
Those commercials we awesome. Added bonus for watching. The good old days before all this Internet b.s. & drama.
Heck yeah.
Love that the commercial breaks were not edited out by the original poster.
It made me feel like the old days ❤
I second that comment. I was about to make the same comment. Oh the memories.
The A Team!
Sometimes when I'm drunk or high or both and I'm watching old full episodes of shows like this I get caught off guard and try to skip some of the commercials but to no avail for obvious reasons lol
Can u imagine if a song like WAP was around back then?? Music nowadays has reached the bottom of the sewer.
It's a 4 year old song...time to move on with life. PS... I've got two words and one number:
2 Live Crew.
@@grapefruitm00n ya I wouldn't want my children listening to that either.
Bust off on your couch now you got Seamans Furniture
I'll be 53 this year I grew up with this generation. In my honest opinion most of 80s metalheads turned out to be the best well adjusted people
How cool is hearing The Great Kat asking people to "Take it easy":-))
Holy Crap, that chick at 23:31 said "blow smoke in my face and you're gonna get cancer". And he did. Wild.
When TS played Davenport, IA on the Stay Hungry tour. Got to talk to Jay Jay and Mark Mendoza outside after the show. Two of the coolest, down to earth people I've ever had a chance to talk to.
In June 1996, Downey was diagnosed with lung cancer while being treated for pneumonia, and had one of his lungs removed.[50] He did a complete about-face on the issue of tobacco use, going from a one-time member of the National Smokers Alliance to a staunch anti-smoking activist.[51] He continued to speak against smoking until his death from lung cancer and pneumonia on March 12, 2001.[
labels are not sucks they warning you
Cry me a river
Mort holds the drug that killed him in his hand while talking about "drug free communities"; nice bit of irony.
Greg Vinson smoked like 5 cigarettes in a 10 minute Pipers Pit while taunting hot rod that that he could live as long as he had lol
absurd statement
Moving Urbanly - can’t refute it, huh?
@@dantegood2195 DONT UPVOTE YOURSELF PLEB
also smoking did not kill downey drugs and alchohol did and lack of b17 vitamins
@@movingurbanly4346 Drugs and alcohol? The man died of lung cancer you absolute yob
You can't stop heavy-metal jay jay-french is a hero!
25 Years later and HEAVY METAL is still alive and kicking and the Morton Downey Jr. Show was canceled in 1989. So we out lasted him! And as for the PMRC They were about promoting a political agenda (Al Gore) and not giving a DAMN about helping parents know what their Children where listing to. It was Back in the day I watched the hearings and listened to all the artist say there bit for the public record. In the end the PMRC helped me decide what music to listen too. Every chance I got I would pick the album with the [Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics] sticker on the cover. So did the PMRC help the music to sale better for more profane albums. Hum?? It did in my case. So where is the PMRC today, No really, where is the PMRC? At least I can Thank God, Al Gore did not become President. But then again, what we got was not much better.
Long Live Heavy Metal!!
agree brother in metal
4BetaMale2 \m/
4BetaMale2 Metal will always live just like punk rock music. PUNK IS NOT DEAD and metal is not dead neither
*Tipper
she's classically trained on the violin, she uses that training on the guitar. its not my type of metal, but she is very talented
Megadeth gets a shout out on commercial TV..... man, I wish I was alive during those glorious days
They were beyond glory....I lived it...got into metal in 1980...50 now...still love it....we weren't a bunch of fuckin soy boys either like most of today's generation
@@tttarms1970 yes, I was born in 1991, but millenials are result of truly horrible parenting...... I was growing up in a post-communism country...... I was born RIGHT after the "iron curtain" fell down in our country, so the market was extremely slow as you can imagine..... movies or music that were new in USA, were entering our market 2-3 years after they were released...... that's why I was basically growing up on 80's pop/sub culture(movies, music, fads etc.) when I was a kid who first started listening to music(early/mid 90's)...... my childhood was stuff like Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, Marillion etc...... and that was shortly before fucking Backstreet Boys emerged :D:D consider myself lucky to grow up on 80's...... I mean, 90's also had some good music, but nowhere near as much as the 70's or 80's...... maybe that's why I cannot truly relate to the rest of my millenial "herd" :D:D I guess 80's rock music taught me different values
This is 30 years ago already.
I was 19 in 89
so
Holy crap,that means you're 78 now
Crazy Eddie was really insane!! He was selling all those museum quality art from $14 - $39!!
He was also a con man. Crazy Eddie's was all a scam. He went to prison for fraud.
And thus ends the tragic saga of Crazy Eddie.
Kat was hilarious. I'm pretty sure she got invited and encouraged to just cause as much mayhem as possible. Classic Kat. She was so fucking cute and she still shredded like a wild beast
23:27 "you're chain smoking in my face and you're gonna get cancer."
In June 1996, Downey was diagnosed with lung cancer and had to have a lung removed. He died from the disease on March 12th, 2001.
That's crazy.
He was being a dick tbh in this clip
she cursed him 😱
@@qui_X That was his gimmick and why people watched.
She looks and sounds just like Lars Ulrich.
I’m 53 and was a metal head. Still kind of am. Now that I’m older the pmrc seems more reasonable. They just wanted parents aware of what kids are listening to. Not banning.
crazy eddie.....where the prices are INSANE! now thats a blast from the past! for ny'ers!
LoL remember seeing him on T.V. all the time he was on at night most of the time.
Kat is real as fuck.
thank you for leaving in the commercials! That is beyond awesome
“I toured with Motley Crue and I’ve NEVER seen drug use”😂😂😂 Dude….I’ve read the books. We’ve all heard the interviews. Censorship is weird, it’s a slope.
Well, I wasn’t a metal head, but today’s music lyrics make the 80’s lyrics sound like Sesame Street!
these commercials are gold
Morton Downey was great, loved it when he would light up his cig!
I was 13/14 loved watching his show late nights .
In NY they showed it on channel 9! Best show during that time slot!
R.I.P Mr .Downey!
Didn’t shed a tear when died of lung cancer. Didn’t shed a tear when he went on tv near the end of his life crying about how he wished he didn’t smoke.
As a 58 yr old man and lived thru all of this, for JJ to sit there and actually say that he's never seen drugs or alcohol and metal bands were nothing but professional is a total croc of 💩
Some did and some didn't. Gene Simmons and Angus Young never drank or used drugs
Im glad i seen this. It really shows how far our society has fallen. When you see Denny's offering 2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon and toast for $2, you know times they are a changin.🤪
Haha...I remember his...I would tape it on vhs when I was 13. '87 was a great year for metal
The Matt I was born that year lol. I would have loved to have been alive around that time to enjoy the metal scene back then
The Matt I was in the Navy living in San Diego at the time. I had an apartment a couple blocks from the beach, and almost every night involved booze and cranking up the Slayer, Exodus, S.O.D., ..metal was alive and well in SoCal and it was fun!
No drug use? I have to call BULLSHIT on that one.
The commercials were better back then.
I remember this episode, i was 15 and went right out and got the Damien album after hearing that clip. Its a really good album.
All the PMRC, also known as "the four Karen's of the apocalypse,"did was help with record sales and made artists write lyrics that made sure they would get that sticker on their album. Thanks PMRC you guys rule!
Wow... @57:04 Just 8 years after this episode aired, Morton was diagnosed with lung cancer and had one lung removed. He became an anti-smoking activist for the last five years of his life, passing away in 2001.
I miss the 80s. I remember Kat giving guitar lessons on Lawng Island
I didn't realize I miss this show wow
To me the song suicide solution is about how alcohol is a slow but sure death. They played an isolated guitar riff and judged the proverbial book by its cover.
God Bless whomever posted this with commercials. What a blast from the past. The A team lol...
Girl on the ID commercial: "Being popular means not being fake"
😂😂😂
Omg this is Gold..
WHAT A CIRCUS!!!! LOVE IT
I was a 20 yr old metal head in 1983. I still love heavy metal/hard rock!! What a different, more innocent, world the 80s were!! Wow!!
"You're gonna get cancer!" Sadly she was right :(
Nothing sad about it in this case.
@Cindy Jayes Morton Downey Jr. was a piece of shit. I met him. He was delusional and rude. So too bad.
No one likes ppl who go against the mainstream . Morton had good points. 👊
@@warmlantern0000 he did have a lot of very good points on a lot of topics, but he was still an asshole
@@frizzyfrank2985 yup.
PMRC helped make rock and metal even bigger and more popular. I grew up during it all and graduated in 1990 and I loved it and still do
I love the full on promo of Kat after he booted her out. Lol. Her ability to see right thru him is impressive.
The PMRC sticker boosted album sales
wow... the commercials really took me back.
I am 55 year old fuck I listen to Heavy Metal death metal rock n roll punk rock I used to blaze the great music I put the speakers up all around me and turn it up very loud I did the mosh pits jumped off the stage stage dive that is and it never corrupted me I am perfectly fine I love it hard music rules it fucking rules 🔥🤘😖🤘🔥
Metal changed my life for the better . I would Lift Weights and excercise to Rock and Roll . It motivated me to become a bad ass .
Amazing how low we have flown to the ground since these rather innocent days
Um, I'd rather a kid listen to metal than mainstream anything... Our Disney sweetheart of this generation frolicks naked with with strap-ons... And I don't even have to mention the message of control by violence that permeates rap music these days... The scum of the earth is endlessly glorified...
Well said. Its foul now
i'm 60 years old and still a metal head playing in a death metal band. \m/
I am a Navy veteran and retired Army 1SG. My first concert was Black Sabbath/Master of Reality at about 12 and loved hard rock and metal since that show. I have seen Maiden from Number of the Beast thru Book of Souls and nearly every concert was while I was in the military…concerts all over the world and it never interfered with my career. I was in the advanced electronics field as a Sonar Technician. Maintained a Top Secret clearance as well as full compliance on the Nuclear Weapons Handling Team and the Personal Reliability Program (the same program that the Air Force officers that were in the bunkers). Rivetheads have always taken $hit. Worst thing I have seen degrading metal…in the Decline of Western Civilization II, with the lady making 666 out of 🤘🤘🤘.
Love how he lit up a dart right before addressing the guests like a boss
Tipper Gore's book Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society, the bible of the PMRC, is a must read. It's a great look into the hysteria Gore was trying to stir up. My favorite part of the book is a letter from a woman that claimed heavy metal changed her son. As example she sited was that he refused to take the garbage out. No joke.
He didn't take out the garbage?! 😠
Electro shock therapy daily for that satanic acolyte!
Al Gore says we should have been under water 12 years ago
Lol
that blond at the podium (The Great Kat) has more musical talent than everybody else in that room combined.
Jennifer was intelligent and not judgemental. She held her own. She was right about what media was going to become
Funny thing is that JJ French never drank or touched drugs at all in his life to this day !
23:28 The Great Kat is a prophet.
Death metal fan checking in. That IHOP commercial hits hard AF!
I own and love Kill Em All and Peace Sells. Two must have metal albums.
This was such a great time to be a metalhead. We all laughed at this crap.
Used to watch this Friday nites on ABC 7 88-89 I'm 55 now!!
Thanks just for putting this shit on, I was too young to really appreciate and stay awake for but smart enough to understand who this guy was and what he was trying to do...
Spinal Tap would have explained "real" rock n roll🤘
This really brings me back. Grew up in Philly and was able to get the great channel 9 from new York as well as channel 5.
These were fun stations with fun shows and the commercials were very local. Morton Downey, Howard Stern, etc.
Unfortunately, we'll never see this again........
Seems more like 1987. The ad for Good Morning Vietnam puts this in the 1987 time frame.
that and the mention of al gore’s presidential run, which was for the 1988 election
And the fact JJ French was on this show. Twisted sister was toast. By 1987 😂
JJ French wearing a “ Johnny lives dangerously“ t-shirt. That’s an old cable show from Manhattan New York City, I was on it with him back in the 90s!
Long live Morton Downey Jr 😂😊🎉🎉🎉🎉
I remember watching mort & Howard when i was like 9 on upn late night Saturdays... Then USA up all night
Anthony Didomenico channel 9 was lit back then
They hated each other
Anthony Didomenico
I remember it too. I wish I had a time machine
Headbangers ball after that
Oh Frank Zappa LOVED the "PMRC."
Mind games. Those labels and this controversy sold a lot of records. If it had the label, you had to have it.
The record industry loved this and pretended they didn’t.
Metal saved my life.
But not your soul
I can't believe "Crazy Eddie" ads were still running in 1989. He was in serious trouble by that point.
this was BEFORE Dee Snyder DETROYED tipper gore's council at a congressional hearing.