The Uncle Floyd Podcast

The Uncle Floyd Podcast

Join legendary entertainer, “Uncle Floyd” Vivino, as he and his long-time co-star and friend, Scott Gordon, answer your questions, chat, and probably disagree about anything showbiz. Between these two, there is over 110 years of entertainment and performing experience, including the nearly 30 years of the television classic UNCLE FLOYD SHOW. Among some of the people who watched and loved THE UNCLE FLOYD SHOW were The Ramones, Paul Simon, David Bowie (who called Uncle Floyd ”One of the BEST ’Barrelhouse’ piano players I’ve ever heard”), Iggy Pop, John Lennon, and dozens of others. You never know who might be listening with you.

Episodes

August 23, 2025 11 mins

In episode #42, recorded on August 20, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about live vs. television performing, one of Uncle Floyd’s CDs, movies, character performing, the Catskills, musical talents, and their life in Show Business.

It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and physical therapy se...

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In episode #41, recorded on August 13, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about our music, Sidney Fields, The Four Seasons, clowning, great comedians, and their life in Show Business.

It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and physical therapy sessions and sometimes we get interruptions from th...

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August 9, 2025 9 mins

In episode #40, recorded on August 6, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about New Jersey earthquakes, places they have lived, Hugo (the man of 1,000 faces), classic comedy teams, puppetry, circus, carnivals. and their life in Show Business.

It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and physical t...

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August 2, 2025 9 mins

In episode #39, recorded on July 31, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about New Jersey, piano styles, some Uncle Floyd Show history, music, and their life in Show Business.

It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and physical therapy sessions. The temperature here was 95° (Real Feel 101°) and ...

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July 26, 2025 12 mins

In episode #38, recorded on July 23, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about The Uncle Floyd Show’s roots, meeting members of Monty Python, the inspiration for some of our characters, visits by various celebrities, and their life in Show Business. It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and phy...

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July 19, 2025 11 mins

In episode #37, recorded on July 16, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about studios, The Uncle Floyd Gazette, Clark the Wonder Dog, New York Baseball Stadiums, Our Gang (The Little Rascals), show sponsors, and their life in Show Business. It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and physical th...

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July 12, 2025 12 mins

In episode #36, recorded on July 8, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about live performing, Italian food and cooking, advice to aspiring performers, Scott’s days in Mahwah, and their life in Show Business. It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and physical therapy sessions.

To submit a quest...

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July 5, 2025 11 mins

In episode #35, recorded on July 3, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about The 4th of July, childhood heroes, “Hey, Buddy”, alternative vocations, great old songs, other cast members, music, Floyd’s hats, Al Lewis, Groucho, Gleason, and their life in Show Business. It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s...

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June 28, 2025 9 mins

In episode #34, recorded on June 27, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about pianos, reading music, watering holes, Freedom Land Amusement Park, Moms Mabley, the studios we worked in, Abbot and Costello, Claude Kirschner, and their life in Show Business. It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments ...

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June 21, 2025 36 mins

In episode #33, Uncle Floyd was not feeling up to par (explanation during the podcast), so Scott Gordon made a call and got the easiest of all interviewees to take part, Looney Skip Rooney. All you need to do is to ask Skip a question and he can talk for an extended time. Scott and Skip talk about everything from Hula Hannah, The Bottom Line Cabaret, Skip’s work on the Miami Bozo the Clown Show, the audience, and their life in Show...

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June 14, 2025 37 mins

In episode #32, Uncle Floyd was not available to do the podcast this week (explanation during the podcast), so Scott Gordon asked David Burd to call in for another great session. Dave decided to pull a switch and Scott got interviewed by Dave! They talk about everything from Scott’s first magic trick at age 7 to his work in the music field and his theatrical history.

To submit a question for the next podcast, email to UFPodcast@SGE...

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June 7, 2025 25 mins

In episode #31, Uncle Floyd was not available in the rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, so Scott Gordon has, as a special guest, fellow cast member and friend, Charlie Stoddard joining him for some reminiscences of the goings on of The Uncle Floyd Show. He and Charlie talk about what it was like to work together, their mutual history in music, crazy happenings, and Charlie’s current work with The Bell B...

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May 31, 2025 18 mins

In episode #30, recorded on May 29, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about Paul Winchell, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, off camera laughter, The Ramones, pie throwing, personal appearances, old school comedians, Burlesque, viewer artwork, Cyndi Lauper, old school wrestling (“Captain” Lou Albano, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, ...

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May 24, 2025 26 mins

In episode #29, Uncle Floyd was not available in the rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke due to a full afternoon of testing, so Scott has put together some of the Uncle Floyd on the Radio comedy bits, Floyd’s technical abilities (or lack thereof), how they were able to created 260 shows per year from 1974 to 2001, and how The Uncle Floyd Show met and became friends with David Bowie.

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May 17, 2025 11 mins

In episode #28, recorded on May 15, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about the early days at channel 68, Zacherle, Svengoolie, “circus freaks, sponsors and selling advertising, “Snap It Pal”, character creation, and their life in Show Business. It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and physi...

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May 10, 2025 11 mins

In episode #27, recorded on May 8, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about learning piano, drawing, Hermit Crabs, syndication, the original channel 68 studio, New Jersey Network telethons, and their life in Show Business. It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and physical therapy sessions.  T...

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May 3, 2025 13 mins

In episode #26, recorded on May 1, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about old songs, an old local movie house, the Club Bené, old sponsors, the pressures of production, The Marx Brothers, our records, and their life in Show Business. It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and physical therapy...

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April 26, 2025 37 mins

In episode #25, Scott Gordon was not able to drive to visit Floyd at the rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, so he called up friend and fellow Uncle Floyd Show cast member “Looney” Skip Rooney to have a conversation about getting a start in comedy, writing comedy bits, early days of performing, Bozo the Clown, the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Jackie Gleason, Frank Nastasi, Soupy Sales, working on The...

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April 19, 2025 14 mins

In episode #24, recorded on April 16, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about life lessons, their records, guest artists, puppets, character creation, lawsuits, baseball, and their life in Show Business. It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and physical therapy sessions.  To submit a questio...

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April 12, 2025 12 mins

In episode #23, recorded on April 9, 2025, at the inpatient rehabilitation facility where he is recovering from his stroke, Uncle Floyd and Scott Gordon answer your questions, and talk about records, concerts, Uncle Floyd Show puppets, Tom Carvel, Jean Shepherd, performing in the Catskills, Howdy Doody, the New York World’s Fair, and their life in Show Business. It is recorded during the breaks between Uncle Floyd’s treatments and ...

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