on the part of a host. and that, i think, has a lot to do with her power. it feels like i can do some good here. and i really do think that the show does a lot of good. ♪ american television is drowning in talk shows. but it's never seen anything like morton downy, jr. i want to tell you this story -- sit down and shut up! troy: other competitors come and take the television talk show into two different directions. so you start seeing the phenomenon of daytime television shows becoming less tame and more wild. hart: the '80s brought a lot of belligerence to television. whether it was morton downey, jr. being the offensive, caricature-ish person that he was, or geraldo. he did his own outlandish things. stay with us ladies and gentlemen. we're gonna get into the mind of another all american boy who came under the influence of satanism and took part in a crime without passion or motive.