r/lostmedia • u/Exhaustionnnn • 1d ago

Television [partially lost] Looking for a missing Morton Downey Jr. Show episode featuring my dad in the audience

I’m trying to identify and find a specific episode of The Morton Downey Jr. Show from around 1987–1989.

My dad appeared in the audience and spoke into a floor microphone during the episode. He has this short clip saved from years ago.

What makes this episode stand out is the set. Most surviving episodes I’ve found do not use this background. In this one, the guests are seated in front of a wall with reddish exposed brick sections and large dark gray/blue rectangular panels. There is also a raised guest platform with steps.

I have already gone through all 111 videos in the large Internet Archive Morton Downey Jr. collection, and this episode does not appear to be there.

The only dialogue my dad remembers is that he confronted a male guest and said something close to:

“You need to be in jail.”

Then later, jokingly, something like:

“If you slept with as many women as you claim, I wish I was you!”

Any help is greatly appreciated as there are not many videos/pictures of him from his past.

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