but does it hold up after the collapse of bear stearns? back then, someone said greed is good, it was shocking. now there s a whole tea party around that. hey, i m kramer! reporter: this is mr. wall street today, jim cramer, host of mad money. back in the 80s when wall street came out he was a young broker at goldman sachs. it was the most spot-on movie, we all saw it, 20s and 30s, we were like our jaws were dropping that they had nailed it so unbelievably. reporter: those tailor-made suits and the slicked-back hair, those cell phones the size of bricks, those stretch limos rolling through streets paved with gold. all right, mr. gekko. you got me. you saw, aside from the chicanery, a window of glamor. it seemed glamorous and exciting to be on wall street. guys talking fast, guys making quick money. you said to yourself, if i want to cook i ve got to go there.