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<v Speaker 1>Callaroga Shark Media. Hey, I'm Johnny Mac. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>bonus episode.

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<v Speaker 2>This episode's going to be a very very loose Uncle Floyd.

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<v Speaker 2>Floyd Vivino has passed away to age seventy four, So

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<v Speaker 2>to a large portion of view you're like, who's that.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you're from the Tri state New York area,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to feel this one. I'll share my experiences

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<v Speaker 2>later in the episode because I don't want to at

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<v Speaker 2>all make this about me, but I worked with Floyd

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<v Speaker 2>and new Floyd.

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<v Speaker 1>Floyd's numbers in my phone, but to.

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<v Speaker 2>Catch everybody else up a late night er, I think

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<v Speaker 2>may have done the best obituary of them all.

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<v Speaker 1>They explain.

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<v Speaker 2>Floyd Vivino debuted the Uncle Floyd Show on local cable

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<v Speaker 2>TV in New Jersey in nineteen seventy four, launching the

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<v Speaker 2>program at his own expense. So I'll jump in there.

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<v Speaker 2>Just picture a bear bones TV show, A guy sitting

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<v Speaker 2>at a desk wearing a colorful jacket and a mismat

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<v Speaker 2>colorful hat, and he's got a puppet. The puppet is Ugie,

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<v Speaker 2>and Floyd would stick his hand through the puppet shirt,

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<v Speaker 2>so the puppet's right hand was really Floyd's right hand,

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<v Speaker 2>but it totally worked. It just looked like he was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of snuggling with the puppet, and the puppet would

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<v Speaker 2>speak in a falsetto that also had a thick New

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<v Speaker 2>Jersey accent.

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<v Speaker 1>Ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 2>So I thought about pulling clips, but any clip I pull,

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna be like, what the heck was that? That

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<v Speaker 2>was crazy? But the charm of the show was how

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<v Speaker 2>low budget it was. It wasn't trying too hard. And

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<v Speaker 2>these are just guys from New Jersey banging this stuff

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<v Speaker 2>out every day and kids like me are watching it.

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, boys and girls, I'm Uncle Floyd. Then this is

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<v Speaker 1>my partner, Ugie.

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<v Speaker 3>Now before we start the show, I should apologize to everyone.

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<v Speaker 1>Ugi is gonna be very upset today.

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<v Speaker 3>You could tell by his face.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at that face, look like, don't start telling everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm fed up. But I'm tired.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gone again. Get paid around here. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>get paid for my contribution to the show. I want

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<v Speaker 1>my money putting the bank for me. I want it

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<v Speaker 1>putting a trust fund. Why a trust fund? Because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't trust you?

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<v Speaker 2>Love So The Uncle Floyd Show debuted in nineteen seventy four,

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<v Speaker 2>late Night, it writes. The variety show, which was formatted

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<v Speaker 2>as a children's show but often appealed to an adult

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<v Speaker 2>audience with its absurdist humor, featured vivino and sketches, musical numbers,

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<v Speaker 2>puppetry skits, and viewer interaction segments, and then the show

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<v Speaker 2>also featured musical guests. Now, some of the musical guests

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<v Speaker 2>who came on included the Ramones, Blondie and Elvis Costello.

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<v Speaker 2>So where did you find the show? I grew up

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<v Speaker 2>in Queens, New York City. We didn't get cable until

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was nineteen eighty seven. We definitely didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have cable in nineteen eighty six when the Mets won

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<v Speaker 2>the World Series, which as a kid who could see

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<v Speaker 2>Shay Stadium, Home of the Mets out my bedroom window,

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<v Speaker 2>was incredibly frustrating. Here they are the Met's playing a

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<v Speaker 2>mile away, and I can't watch seventy five of the games.

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<v Speaker 1>But I digress.

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<v Speaker 2>So as a kid, I would sit there and play

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<v Speaker 2>with the UACHF button. You know, in the seventies you

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<v Speaker 2>had in New York City two, four, five, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen,

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<v Speaker 2>and then whatever you found on UACHF. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>One night i'm dialing around, I put on channel thirteen.

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<v Speaker 2>I discovered Monty Python. One night I'm playing with the

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<v Speaker 2>other dial and I think it was channel twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>the PBS station from Long Island. I find Hitchhiker's Guide

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<v Speaker 2>to the Galaxy. And then on channel sixty eight there

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<v Speaker 2>was the Uncle Floyd Show. Now I don't remember being

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<v Speaker 2>honest here Chicken or the egg for Channel sixty eight

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<v Speaker 2>total side by here. In the days before cable in Queens,

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<v Speaker 2>you could get HBO the HBO man. I'm not still

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<v Speaker 2>sure how this would work. The HBO man would come

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<v Speaker 2>and they would hook some kind of antenna up on

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<v Speaker 2>the apartment building where I lived, and on channel six

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<v Speaker 2>you could subscribe to HBO. But if you slipped the

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<v Speaker 2>cable guy or the HBO guy a couple bucks, you

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<v Speaker 2>would have HBO forever. So my dad may have done that.

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<v Speaker 2>So we had HBO, but other people had something called

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<v Speaker 2>WHT with mech go Home Theater. But the thing about

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<v Speaker 2>WHT is they would show nazy films after midnight. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>but how did WHT work? I'm going somewhere. Channel sixty

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<v Speaker 2>eight during the daytime was a normal channel. Then at

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<v Speaker 2>some point they would scramble the signal, so you had

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<v Speaker 2>to have a box and the box would de scramble

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<v Speaker 2>the signal so that you could watch movies on WHT

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<v Speaker 2>and they had real movies. It was like an HBO equivalent,

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<v Speaker 2>except on WHT you had the naughty stuff at midnight,

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<v Speaker 2>but it was still over the air, just scrambled. So

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<v Speaker 2>if you were up around midnight and you put on

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<v Speaker 2>U sixty eight, it was scrambled. But if you were

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<v Speaker 2>a young man, occasionally you might see, you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>little scrambled nudity, which was very exciting. So I can't

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<v Speaker 2>remember if I came to channel sixty eight for Floyd

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<v Speaker 2>or if I came to channel sixty eight for the

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the scramble. And I'm not the only one.

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<v Speaker 2>You all know the deal anyway, Uncle Floyd was on

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<v Speaker 2>at six o'clock after s speed Racer. I hated speed Racer.

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<v Speaker 2>Speed Racer sucks, but speed Racer was the thing I

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<v Speaker 2>would stare at killing Thomas six o'clock and then Uncle

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<v Speaker 2>Floyd come on Channel sixty eight for half an hour

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<v Speaker 2>back to late nighter, reaching viewers in the New Jersey

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<v Speaker 2>and New York areas. The Uncle Floyd Show became an

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<v Speaker 2>underground favorite throughout the seventies and eighties. In nineteen eighty two,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've mentioned this too much, Chisholm from The Letterman Show,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the thing that happened. In nineteen eighty two,

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<v Speaker 2>the show expanded its reach around the country with a

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<v Speaker 2>seventeen city syndication deal. In New York, it became part

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<v Speaker 2>of WNBC's late night programming following Saturday Night Live. That

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<v Speaker 2>deal only lasted a year. The Uncle Floyd Show kept

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<v Speaker 2>going in the Tri State area on various cable UHF

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<v Speaker 2>and VHF channels. I don't remember any VHF channels, but

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<v Speaker 2>I won't argue with Late Nighter. The Uncle Floyd Show

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<v Speaker 2>continued into the nineties, the final new episodes in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>ninety eight. Floyd's brother Jerry posted on Instagram early Friday

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<v Speaker 2>with a heavy heart, I'm sad to announce the passing

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<v Speaker 2>of my brother and everybody's favorite Uncle Floyd Vivino. After

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<v Speaker 2>two and a half year battle with ongoing health issues.

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<v Speaker 2>His curtain peacefully closed at six oh five pm on

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<v Speaker 2>Thursday in January twenty second. Floyd was born in Patterson

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<v Speaker 2>grew up in multiple towns in New Jersey, including Glen Rock,

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<v Speaker 2>where he went to high school. One of his fans,

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<v Speaker 2>David Bowie, said, back in the late seventies, everyone that

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<v Speaker 2>I knew woul rush home at a certain point in the

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<v Speaker 2>afternoon to catch the Uncle Floyd show. He was on

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<v Speaker 2>UHF Channel sixty eight. The show looked like it was

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<v Speaker 2>done out of his living room in New Jersey. All

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<v Speaker 2>his pals were involved in.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a hoot.

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<v Speaker 2>It had that soupy sales kind of appeal and that

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<v Speaker 2>ostensibly aimed to kids. I knew so many people my

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<v Speaker 2>age who just wouldn't miss it. Would be on the floor.

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<v Speaker 2>It was so funny. I loved that show. David Bowie

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<v Speaker 2>said it may have been John Lennon who introduced David

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<v Speaker 2>Bowie to the show. Bowie has a song, slip Away,

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<v Speaker 2>released in two thousand and two. Some of the lyrics

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<v Speaker 2>to slip Away include Oogie waits for just Another Day,

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<v Speaker 2>Oogie is the puppet that I referred to earlier, the

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<v Speaker 2>chorus sailing over Coney Island, twinkled twinkle, Uncle Floyd, We

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<v Speaker 2>were dumb, but you were fun boy. How I wonder,

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<v Speaker 2>How I wonder where you are?

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<v Speaker 4>Oogie Waite for just enough day, Dred Speones.

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<v Speaker 1>To see the Yay kids play.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I've been doing this. My daughter got me into

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<v Speaker 2>this song of the day thing. You just add a

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<v Speaker 2>song every day to your playlist. That's going on my

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<v Speaker 2>playlist today.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Cripping from Wikipedia here they talk about some of the cast. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>as a kid, we always liked the cast members. There

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<v Speaker 2>was Scott Gordon, but then the other guys had names

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<v Speaker 2>like Muggsy and Netto and Loony Skip Rooney, so it

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<v Speaker 2>was all characters. Floyd would come out, he would do

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<v Speaker 2>the opening bit with oogie, and he would sometimes sing

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<v Speaker 2>these like old timey songs, and some of them were naughty.

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<v Speaker 2>I pulled one and this is a song called shaving Cream.

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<v Speaker 2>And let's let uncle Floyd take the first verse.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a sad story to tell you. It may

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<v Speaker 1>hurt your ears just a bit.

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<v Speaker 3>Last night, as I walked in my bathroom, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Stepped in a big pile of shaving cream.

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<v Speaker 3>Be nice and clean, shave every day and you'll always be.

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<v Speaker 1>In later days.

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<v Speaker 2>From nineteen eighty seven to twenty thirteen, Floyd Vivino broadcast

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<v Speaker 2>on WVIPFM from Newrochelle, New York, where he played a

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<v Speaker 2>wide range of Italian music on a Sunday afternoon program,

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<v Speaker 2>The Italian American Serenade, and that will become relevant to

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<v Speaker 2>my own career in a bit. Floyd claimed to have

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<v Speaker 2>the largest collection of Italian records in the world. In

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<v Speaker 2>twenty thirteen, Uncle Floyd's Garage Sale Music began on WVOX

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen sixty. That show featured an eclectic variety of records

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<v Speaker 2>from Floyd's large personal collection, most of which he found

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<v Speaker 2>in thrift shops, yard sales, and curbside garage piles. In

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<v Speaker 2>twenty thirteen, Floyd began the internet based radio program The

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<v Speaker 2>Uncle Floyd Radio Show, which I did not know existed

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<v Speaker 2>and was streamed twice a week. I just found five

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<v Speaker 2>episodes of what I Think is that on Spotify, so

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<v Speaker 2>you can look that up.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me get the break in.

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<v Speaker 2>What's talk a little more about Uncle Floyd. So I

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<v Speaker 2>knew Uncle Floyd a little bit. I've told you a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of his career and I had a few years

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<v Speaker 2>where we cross paths. So I'm it's serious. And I

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<v Speaker 2>get tagged to work with Stephen van Zandt on something

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<v Speaker 2>called The Wise Guy Show. This was right in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of Sopranos Mania, and Steven van zandt as you know,

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<v Speaker 2>was on The Sopranos. So Steven had the idea, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>what if we created a radio show that just sounded

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<v Speaker 2>like the Fellas hanging out at the botta, being that

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<v Speaker 2>was the premise of the show. So I worked with

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<v Speaker 2>Stephen Vinnie Pastor, who was Big Pussy on The Sopranos.

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<v Speaker 2>He was the star of the Wise Guys show h

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<v Speaker 2>New York City DJ Joe Causey, who's a great guy.

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<v Speaker 2>He was brought in to be, you know, keep the

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<v Speaker 2>trains on time, try and make this an actual radio show,

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<v Speaker 2>because it was Joe the radio professional, and a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of people who were not radio professionals. So Joe would

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<v Speaker 2>keep the trains on time, you hat, Vinnie and then

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of other character actors, including a guy that

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<v Speaker 2>went by the name Cha Cha who appears in the

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<v Speaker 2>later episodes of The Sopranos, Vinnie Vella Giorgano. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of the like secondary characters on this Pranos would come

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<v Speaker 2>up and do guest spots. So I spent a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of time just immersed in that world. In all ways,

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<v Speaker 2>I could tell you some stories some other day. But

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<v Speaker 2>at one point I suggested to Steven that we bring

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<v Speaker 2>in uncle Floyd. Now I loved working with Steven van Zanda.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a big Springsteen fan, but when you work with me,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm also a professional. And I was just saying to

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<v Speaker 2>my wife last night, I don't know why, for some reason,

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<v Speaker 2>Steven's name came up, and I said, I think it

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<v Speaker 2>was five years before I said anything like Bruce or Springsteen.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not why we were there, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Our relationship was he was Steven, and it was his

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<v Speaker 2>show and his vision, and I was the guy producing it,

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<v Speaker 2>and we just had that relationship. Good guy to work with.

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<v Speaker 2>And I went to him and I go, why don't

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<v Speaker 2>we bring it Floyd? And he was like Floyd, And

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<v Speaker 2>I explained him that Floyd was doing the Italian American

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<v Speaker 2>show and that Floyd could play piano and could bring

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<v Speaker 2>it in a little more entertainment to the show and

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<v Speaker 2>bring in some more laughs because the show was airing

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<v Speaker 2>on one of the comedy channels, and just make the

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<v Speaker 2>show just a touch bit lighter without totally telling the

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<v Speaker 2>original BOTA being premise in. So we brought in Floyd

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<v Speaker 2>and he fit like a glove, because the guys would

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<v Speaker 2>still sit at the table and do their thing, and

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<v Speaker 2>Floyd would sit at the piano, and then Vinnie Pastor

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<v Speaker 2>could throw it to Floyd, who just knew how to

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<v Speaker 2>play all these songs off the top of his head,

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<v Speaker 2>and he could do these really wonderful short bursts. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Floyd being a pro, new one to get

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<v Speaker 2>in and new one to get out, and knew his role.

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<v Speaker 2>On any radio show, you want to know your role,

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<v Speaker 2>so he knew what he was there to do, would

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<v Speaker 2>do it and execute flawlessley and then throw the ball

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<v Speaker 2>back to Joe Causey and Vinnie Pasteur. And he was

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<v Speaker 2>able to hang with those guys, and when they were

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<v Speaker 2>getting a little rough and tumble, some of them were

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<v Speaker 2>character actors who may have been more characters than actors,

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<v Speaker 2>if you know what I mean, Floyd could hang with them,

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<v Speaker 2>and then Floyd could sit at the piano. A late

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<v Speaker 2>night er, UH dusted off an interview they did with

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Gethard, also a Jersey guy, who said, Uncle Floyd

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<v Speaker 2>is probably, in my mind, the most underappreciated entertainer of

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<v Speaker 2>recent memory. He was huge for me. He's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>cut from a different cloth. He's very versatile. He's absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>a genius. There's a number of people in comedy, especially

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<v Speaker 2>if they grew up in the Northeast, who really obsess

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<v Speaker 2>over Uncle Floyd. A lot of people who think differently

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<v Speaker 2>point to Floyd to someone who was doing stuff that

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<v Speaker 2>was really original, really hilarious, and really pure, like really

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<v Speaker 2>cracked open from his own brain and it didn't always

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<v Speaker 2>make sense, but boy, it was effing awesome. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you're from the New York City ish New Jersey area,

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<v Speaker 2>you get it. And if you're not from around here,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the first time you're hearing of this guy.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope I was able to bring a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>of how awesome Floyd was to you. There are clips

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<v Speaker 2>on YouTube, but it's one of those things that you

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<v Speaker 2>had to be there, and if you were there, it

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<v Speaker 2>was awesome. Uncle Floyd's gonna take us out here. Rest

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<v Speaker 2>in peace, Floyd Vivino. Uncle Floyd and the crazy hissing

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<v Speaker 2>you hear is, of course an inflatable dinosaur.

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<v Speaker 1>Boys and Girls.

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<v Speaker 3>This is my last show here on New Jersey Network,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's.

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<v Speaker 1>All there is.

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<v Speaker 3>There is no more. My contract has not been renewed

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<v Speaker 3>here at New Jersey Network. I thank everybody for so

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<v Speaker 3>many nice times. But we'll meet again, as we always

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<v Speaker 3>say whenever we're going, will meet again.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't know where, don't know when, but.

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<v Speaker 3>I know will meet again some nonny days. Keep smiling through,

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<v Speaker 3>just like you always do, till the blue skies chase

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<v Speaker 3>the dark clouds so far away.

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<v Speaker 1>So won't you please say hello to the folks that

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<v Speaker 1>I know. Tell them I won't be long. They'll be

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<v Speaker 1>happy to know that. As you saw me go, I

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<v Speaker 1>was singing this song.

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<v Speaker 3>Will need again, Don't know where, don't know when.

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<v Speaker 1>That I know will need again.

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<v Speaker 3>So see you day

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<v Speaker 4>M hm