Donohue

[ValentinesStuff]

This popped up in my YouTube feed.

 

[foreverdl]

I thank you for posting this, and I don't remember this episode, believe me I would have watched it back then, I was really wanting to be in diapers back then as well as all my life.  I had to keep mine secret. I can see that the people back then had the same view as people do now. 

[ValentinesStuff]

3 hours ago, foreverdl said:

I thank you for posting this, and I don't remember this episode, believe me I would have watched it back then, I was really wanting to be in diapers back then as well as all my life.  I had to keep mine secret. I can see that the people back then had the same view as people do now. 

I just wish he'd done the episode when he still had a serious show and not switched over to the Springeresque spectacles that he had to do to keep viewers. 

[Rachael-Little]

I think I remember watching this but not for sure, I was just beginning to realize this wasn’t  something I was alone in feeling so it did kinda help me 

[bobfdn]

This is amazing. never knew this existed.

[babystevie1987]

Fair play to the guys for going on and talk about this. Like to know where are they now and did this affect their life afterwards.

[spark]

On 10/17/2025 at 10:23 AM, babystevie1987 said:

Fair play to the guys for going on and talk about this. Like to know where are they now and did this affect their life afterwards.

It would be very interesting.  By my count, they would likely be upper 70's, or in their 80's by now.  AFAIK, we don't have many posters from that generation, but I'd suspect at least some of them would be on this site if they were still around.

That was the first time I realized I wasn't the only one who wanted to wear diapers, but my grandma thought they were freaks.

[babystevie1987]

4 hours ago, spark said:

That was the first time I realized I wasn't the only one who wanted to wear diapers, but my grandma thought they were freaks.

Sadly a lot of people would think the same. But it doesn't help that there are people out there that give us a bad name. Most people just see it as wrong and not ask why we want to regress back to baby hood.

[bbtwin]

i remember that episode i recorded it on my vcr. remember the lol. they had to go to break cause i think it was tommy who pooped their diaper on the stage.

[Baby 991]

On 10/26/2025 at 8:48 PM, bbtwin said:

i remember that episode i recorded it on my vcr. remember the lol. they had to go to break cause i think it was tommy who pooped their diaper on the stage.

Did they show the audience reacting to Tommy's accident?

[bbtwin]

im sorry i just remembered it wasnt the donahue show it was the jerry springer show that tommy pooped his diaper.

my bad but i did record both of them.

 

[spark]

3 hours ago, bbtwin said:

im sorry i just remembered it wasnt the donahue show it was the jerry springer show that tommy pooped his diaper.

my bad but i did record both of them.

 

The group on Donahue wasn't DPF.  Also, Springer was way more sensational than Donahue.

[Little Matt]

I 100% remember this. First time I knew I wasn't the only one. Donahue was better than Springer, not great, but definitely better.

Still though, knowing I wasn't alone was awesome. Very brave of these people to go on TV back then.

[ValentinesStuff]

5 hours ago, Little Matt said:

I 100% remember this. First time I knew I wasn't the only one. Donahue was better than Springer, not great, but definitely better.

Still though, knowing I wasn't alone was awesome. Very brave of these people to go on TV back then.

Donohue started out very good. He conducted actual interviews with knowledgeable people on subjects rarely seen on TV. Then the copycats came along and made it a spectacle, Donohue had to shift to keep his ratings up. Oddly Oprah went the opposite route, her show became more serious over time.

[spark]

10 hours ago, ValentinesStuff said:

Donohue started out very good. He conducted actual interviews with knowledgeable people on subjects rarely seen on TV. Then the copycats came along and made it a spectacle, Donohue had to shift to keep his ratings up. Oddly Oprah went the opposite route, her show became more serious over time.

I just can't imagine a respected journalist shifting from true journalism to spectacle😁 (I almost got through that with a straight face).  That happens all too common.  Compare the class that Johnny Carson had, and the sophistication of Dick Cavett, versus the garbage that infiltrates the media today.  Even when somebody has a strong show that is well done, it will become garbage because of the pressures from their producers.  Remember when the Travel Channel had travel, the Food Network had cooking, and the History Network taught history.

No offense to all of us, but this show marked the start of that decline for Donohue.  It was clearly a spectacle, and wasn't meant to be a serious exploration of ABDLs.  However, even at his lowest, he couldn't drop as low as Jerry Springer was when he tried to somewhat classy.