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Summary

Long before O'Reilly and Beck, Morton Downey, Jr., was tearing up the talk-show format with his divisive populism. Between the fistfights, rabid audience, and Mort's cigarette smoke always "in your face," The Morton Downey Jr. Show was billed as "3-D television," "rock and roll without the music." Évocateur meditates on the hysteria that ended the '80s and ultimately its most notorious agitator.


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Cast

  • Morton Downey, Jr.

    Morton Downey, Jr.

    Self (archive footage)

  • Gloria Allred

    Gloria Allred

    Self

  • Michele Bachmann

    Michele Bachmann

    Self

  • Glenn Beck

    Glenn Beck

    Self

  • Chris Elliott

    Chris Elliott

    Self

  • Al Sharpton

    Al Sharpton

    Self

  • Larry King

    Larry King

    Self (archive footage)

  • Wally George

    Wally George

    Self (archive footage)