now days, it's a martha stewa stewart-like crime. netflix the original sometime.ly, it's dated. morning in america, like the twin towers, gone forever. >> the point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. >> reporter: gecko's greed speech defined the ethos of the decade. but does it hold up after the collapse of bear stearns? >> back when, it was shocking. now, there's a whole tea party that orders that. >> hey, i'm kramer. >> reporter: this is mr. wall street today. jim cramer, host of cnbc's "mad money." back in the '80s, he was a young broker at goldman sachs. >> it was the most spot-on movie. we all saw it, all of us in our 20s, and we were like, our jaws were dropping that they had nailed it so unbelievably. >> reporter: those cell phones the size of bricks. those stretch limos rolling through streets paved with gold. >> all right, mr. gecko. you got me. >> you saw a window of glamour. it seemed glamorous and exciting to be on wall street. guys talking fast, guys making quick municipal. you say to yourself, okay, listen, if i