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Your search for Uncle Floyd Show
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Uncle Floyd as 'Eddie Slobbo' |
Bottom Line, NYC 1979
This was the first time I shot the Uncle Floyd Show and Floyd has a warm greeting for me as he tries to nail me with a doughnut.
Wow - free food..........and a pretty damn funny show to boot!
I decided to stick with this bunch. |
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Right-hand man Oogie and Uncle Floyd |
Bottom Line, NYC 1979
Oogie also rolls out the Welcome Wagon with some finger food for me. |
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Uncle Floyd and Mr. Sponge (David Burd) |
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David Bowie at Uncle Floyd Show |
Bottom Line, NYC 1981
The Bottom Line is a small club with a walkway separating the front and rear tables. Along that walkway are 2 large support columns that photographers can stand in front of without blocking anyone's view.
Being the only photographer, I had my pick and chose the left column as my base of operations. Before the show started, some BIG guy came over to me and told me I'd have to move.
'No, I don't...........I'm the show's photographer.'
'OH YES, YOU DO!', replied The Hulk.
'yessir'
After moving over to the right column, I then saw a small entourage with more guards come in. The guards seated their charge at the table by the left column. It was David Bowie! At an Uncle Floyd Show?
I got a couple of B&W shots off while he signed autographs and saw he was actually wearing an Uncle Floyd button! How on earth is this Brit an Uncle Floyd fan?
After the show, I had to run right over to the Ritz to shoot Jerry Lee Lewis, so I didn't go backstage to see Floyd and cast. Big mistake!
I never in a million years thought there was even a remote possibility that Bowie would go backstage to meet Floyd and the cast, but that's what happened! I'm told Floyd initially didn't know who he was and sought to have him removed, but things got straightened out and they all met.
Bowie was a real fan and knew some of the songs and bits and said he watched the show on TV. The cast was flabbergasted and asked him how he found out about the show. The answer was astounding!
'John Lennon turned me on to it'!
It turns out that during his househusbanding years while he took care of his son, Sean, Lennon discovered the show and told Bowie about it. Bowie, who was starring on Broadway in 'The Elephant Man', used to watch while he was being made-up for hours every day.
Don't believe it? Check out a song on Bowie's 'Heathen' album called 'Slip Away'. It was initially titled 'Uncle Floyd' and is all about Uncle Floyd and UFS puppets Oogie and Bones Boy. During interviews on the 'Heathen' tour, Bowie mentioned that he and Iggy Pop and other stars in that crowd, used to run home every day to catch the show!
Who knew?
And if you're reading this, David, this great show is no longer on the air. The tapes are rotting away in storage somewhere and are crying out for a knowledgeable benefactor who cares enough to buy them and do something good with them.
I'm told the Museum of Television and Radio has asked Floyd for tapes for exhibit, but Floyd is reluctant for some reason and hasn't supplied them.
If you love this show, David, save it and give it to the world. |
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Soupy Sales and Uncle Floyd Show cast members |
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Backstage - The Savoy, NYC 1981 |
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Frank Nastasi (Soupy Sales Show) and Looney Skip Rooney (Uncle Floyd Show) |
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Backstage - The Savoy, NYC 1981 |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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The Ramones with Uncle Floyd |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Paul Simon with Uncle Floyd Show cast |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Tiny Tim and 'Tiny Thomas' (Charlie Stoddard) |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982
Floyd asked Bob Geldof what he thought of Floyd's hat.
'..........a lot of people think it sooks'. |
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Blue Oyster Cult with Uncle Floyd |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Stiv Bators (Dead Boys, Lords of the New Church) |
Uncle Floyd TV Show bathroom - Newark, NJ 1982
Recycling some Boy Howdy! beer. I shot this for Creem magazine (Boy Howdy! was their symbol), but only Trouser Press magazine ran it (they used a 'TP' over the label). |
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Uncle Floyd and The Smothers Brothers |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Uncle Floyd and Dave Edmunds |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Uncle Floyd and Peter Tork |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Charlie Stoddard (Uncle Floyd TV Show) and Martha Quinn (MTV) |
Fort Lee, NJ 1982
Charlie had a crush on Martha, so I brought him to a local cable-sponsored appearance of hers.
The next week, Skip Rooney announced on the Uncle Floyd Show that Martha had given Charlie a dose of MTVD. |
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Cable-sponsored appearance, Fort Lee, NJ 1982
A present for Martha from UFS cast member Charlie Stoddard. |
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Donna Vivino and her real uncle, Uncle Floyd Vivino |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982
Donna, daughter of Floyd's brother Jerry Vivino, later starred in 'Les Miserables' on Broadway. |
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Looney Skip Rooney, Uncle Floyd, Netto |
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'Legalmania' with Jim Monaghan (center, WNEW-FM) and Johnny Dirt (r., club owner) |
Dirt Club basement, Bloomfield, NJ 1982
Netto, Charlie, and Mugsy's Beatle band. |
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Uncle Floyd as 'Eddie Slobbo' |
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Club Bene, Sayreville, NJ 1982 |
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Scott, Floyd, Charlie, Skip, Mugsy, writer Tony DeSena |
The Bethwood, Totowa, NJ 1982
You'll never see this again!
The guys, including the rarely-seen Dark Shadows, all dressed up! (that IS dressed up for Mugsy)
This was taken at the reception (the size of a major wedding!) for Christopher Vivino's baptism. |
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Charlie Stoddard, Ella Connors (Ch. 68 exec), and Joel Gallen (producer) |
Ella's house, Deep in the Heart of Jersey, Halloween 1982
Well-known producer Gallen got his start on the Uncle Floyd Show. |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982
Skeeter, who had an early-60's hit with 'The End of the World', showed up with NRBQ (with manager Captain Lou Albano), who were a musical guest on the show (Skeeter didn't perform and wasn't on the show).
Skeeter and NRBQ had collaborated on an album the year before and then she collaborated with a band member (Joey) in holy matrimony.
Skeeter Spampinato? |
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Hugo and Steve Morse (The Dregs) |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping- Newark, NJ 1982
As I recall, The Dregs did a song that they had recorded with a singer from another band. Without a singer present, the band asked Hugo to step in to handle vocal duties.
He never sounded better. |
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Brother Billy Bobby Booper and Deacon Jim |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982 |
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Uncle Floyd, Hugo, and Mugsy |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982
Hugo appears to have suffered a severe head wound relating to either jaundice or mustard. |
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Charlie Stoddard ('Rocky'), Ed Kaufman, and Scott Gordon |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982
Charlie and Scott sit on Uncle Ed's lap and hear stories about 'Christ' and 'quarters' that are 'just around the corner'. Ed later looked for his mail behind the piano and was heard saying 'Hello?' as he left.
How could the show NOT succeed under such superb management? |
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Looney Skip Rooney and Scott Gordon |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982
Buddy asks Hula Hanna, 'WILL you get dressed?!' |
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Rick Cerone (NY Yankees) and Uncle Floyd |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982
Floyd is a HUGE Yankee fan. |
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Howard Stern and Uncle Floyd |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1982
When I would show this to people, no one ever guessed who this was until Howard's movie, 'Private Parts', came out and people saw what he used to look like..............even Floyd had to laugh. |
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?, Robin Quivers, Jon Hayman, Jackie Martling, Looney Skip Rooney, and Howard Stern |
Howard Stern Show - NBC Studios, NYC 1983
Uncle Floyd and Skip came to Howard's show (Howard had been on Floyd's 3 months earlier). Floyd had to leave early and so is not in this shot. Jackie sent me a couple of his albums and bumper stickers for some of these shots. |
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Looney Skip Rooney and Jackie Martling |
Howard Stern Show - NBC Studios, NYC 1983
Geez - get a room! |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983
One of the coolest-looking guitars I've ever seen! |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping, Newark, NJ 1983
Blotto ('I Wanna Be A Lifeguard') were old pals.
On one of their earlier appearances on the show in late 1980, I was at the TV studio waiting for them to arrive. When they did, they went right into one of their routines.............or so I thought.
'Did you hear? John Lennon's dead!'
'Yeah - ha, ha, Blotto. What's the punch line?'
No punch line on December 8.............and that's how I found out. |
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Uncle Floyd Show Album Cover |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983
This is the front cover of the Uncle Floyd Show Album (Mercury).
I brought all kinds of film and equipment for a proper shoot and wound up taking only 4 hand-held shots when Floyd graciously gave me 2 minutes between shows to get the job done.
Since he flipped me off in one of the shots, I had to get an album cover in 3 shots! |
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Uncle Floyd Show Album Cover Reject |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983
My Friend Flipper. |
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Uncle Floyd with Uncle Floyd Show Album |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983 |
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Uncle Floyd Show Album display |
Disc-O-Mat, West Belt Mall, Wayne, NJ 1983
Floyd did an in-store autograph appearance to promote the album on April Fool's Day.
The store displayed it next to Pink Floyd. SOMEHOW (nudge, nudge, wink, wink), a Count Floyd album found its way into the mix. |
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Phoebe Snow and Jimmy Vivino |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983 |
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Cyndi Lauper, Oogie, and Uncle Floyd |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983 |
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Oogie, Uncle Floyd, and Cyndi Lauper |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983
Cyndi liked Oogie and wanted to talk to him on the air, but Floyd said 'no' for some reason. I finally talked him into doing some setup shots during a lunch break when no one else was around.
Good thing - these shots ran in a lot of teen magazines. |
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Uncle Floyd and Cyndi Lauper |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983
A month before, the show's talent coordinator asked Floyd if she should book Cyndi on the show. Cyndi was just getting hot, but Floyd had no idea who she was.
'Get her! Get her!', I yelled and we got her. |
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NJN Studios, Newark, NJ 1983
I always ask people what they think is going on in this picture. The usual guess is that Cyndi's in some beach house as 2 nuns take a stroll on the sand in the background.
Actually, this was taken in Newark, NJ on a cold December day and it's merely a large photograph on a wall in a hallway at the TV studio where the Uncle Floyd Show was taped.
I used a flash, but positioned it so the shadow would fall on the wall instead of on the photo, which would have blown the illusion. |
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Two-faced Looney Skip Rooney |
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Club Bene, Sayreville, NJ 1983 |
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Brooklyn Zoo (club), Brooklyn, NY 1983
Even falling down with an accordion, Charlie still manages to find the camera. |
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Scott Gordon and Looney Skip Rooney |
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Brooklyn Zoo (club), Brooklyn, NY 1983 |
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Don Ho-Hum and Hula Hanna (Floyd and Skip) |
The Tradewinds, Sea Bright, NJ 1983
Jimmy Vivino is in the middle. |
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Charlie Stoddard as 'Sidney Dangerfield' |
The Other End, NYC 1983
This was a Looney Skip Rooney (and friends) show on Halloween (nice mask, Skip). Flip is sometime-Skip-partner Flip Zigman. |
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Greenwich Village, NYC 1983
Netto was in Skip Rooney's Halloween show at The Other End. During a break, he stepped outside and met a nice girl from Brooklyn. |
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Backstage, Uncle Floyd Live Show - Player's Cafe, S. Norwalk, CT 1983
Skip dressed as Hula Hanna doing an Uncle Floyd impersonation.
This was a weird show - the dressing room was actually next door. It was freezing out, but there was Skip, barefoot and wearing a grass skirt and pasties as Hula Hanna, standing outside by the FRONT door as traffic went by, jumping around trying to keep warm while waiting for his cue. A cop came by and I have a shot of the 2 of them posing outside.
This was also the show where Netto and I developed our mutual 'Sluuuuuuuuut' appellation, though I will conveniently forget the details to protect the not-so-innocent (me...........who else?). |
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Uncle Floyd, crew member, Cuppy, and Mugsy |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983
Gee, I hope I didn't give away any Cuppy dancing secrets here. |
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Looney Skip Rooney with perfect likeness |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983
The attention to detail is incredible. Predictibly, Ken Do can't figure out which is the original one. |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983 |
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Andy Kaufma.........uh, Charlie Stoddard and Johnny Dirt |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1983
'Tenkyubedymuch'
'Uuu-KAY!'
Johnny Dirt was the proprietor of the Dirt Club in Bloomfield, NJ.
Andy's in another kind of dirt club. |
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West Orange, NJ 1983
Swanky, huh? This is 416 Eagle Rock Avenue, where the show taped in the early days (mid-late 1970's). It was torn down in 2007. |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984 |
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Davy Jones (The Monkees) and Uncle Floyd |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984 |
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Buster Poindexter (David Johansen) |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984 |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984
Looney Skip Rooney's latest publicity photo. |
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Yogi Narada picks up a babe |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984
May-December?
More like A.D.-B.C.! |
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The Amazing Wid and Uncle Floyd |
Uncle Floyd Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984
Wid brings a million props and does rapid-fire word associations ('Ebony and Ivory', above). |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984
Daddy's little hat rack. |
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Uncle Floyd as 'Eddie Slobbo' |
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Club Bene, Sayreville, NJ 1984 |
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Cheers, Deer Park, NY 1984
Relax - it's only a can of soda.
This was a weird show. I heard that someone in club management pulled a gun and no one got paid for the show. On top of that, the club was raided at midnight by the police, who were looking for underage patrons.
Feeling no pain by that hour, I got in the cops' faces a bit, taking pictures until I was threatened with arrest and told to stop.
'Yes, SIR!' |
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Uncle Floyd and Peppi Marchello (Good Rats) |
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Backstage at Cheers, Deer Park, NY 1984 |
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Rascal's, West Orange, NJ 1984
Can you BE any more dedicated to Soupy Sales than doing The Mouse with a pied face next to Soupy's picture? |
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Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, PA 1984
They were posing for someone else and I stole the shot. |
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Some horse farm in western New Jersey, 1984
Mugsy and the long-gone Debbie with the best man, Netto.
It was SO hot that day that Netto cooked hamburgers in his armpit (true story - see shirt stain).
This was by far THE formal event of the social season (if you're homeless). |
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Mugsy's Wedding Day - Some horse farm in western NJ, 1984
I'll bet his video's about as exciting as my picture. |
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Floyd and Christopher Vivino |
Some horse farm in western New Jersey, 1984
This was taken at Mugsy's wedding (hence, the formal attire). |
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Uncle Floyd and Huey Lewis |
Sports Training Institute, NYC 1984
After-show party for Huey Lewis and The News.
I brought Floyd and his wife because she was a big fan of Huey's and Floyd was willing to drive.
Strange place for a party..........remember an album of Huey's called 'Sports'?
Me neither. |
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Uncle Floyd and Chris Evert |
Sports Training Institute, NYC 1984
This was taken at the after-show party for Huey Lewis and The News.
For fun, the photographers like to run around at these events and put together all kinds of odd pairings. The subjects are bewildered and we all get a laugh.
When asked, Chris let it be known that New Jersey cable hadn't yet reached Florida:
'I have no idea who he is'. |
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Netto in the Capitol Theatre men's room |
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 1984
Concertgoers who were trying to pee or sneak a joint were just THRILLED to see a photographer taking pictures in the men's room.
(Netto has a cigarette in his hand, by the way) |
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Looney Skip Rooney and Soupy Sales doing 'The Mouse' |
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Backstage (and a fine one it was) - Rascal's, West Orange, NJ 1984 |
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'Cousin' Bruce Morrow and Uncle Floyd |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984
Bruce's second visit. |
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Uncle Floyd and Harold Nicholas |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984
Harold was half of the famous dancing Nicholas Brothers. |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show - Newark, NJ 1984
All I said was, 'How many chins does Daddy have?'. |
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Uncle Floyd interviews new management |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984
Floyd's not sure about signing on with a manager who arrived in a box. As a Buddy of his was heard to say, 'Hey - it wouldn't be the first time!' |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping, Newark, NJ 1984
This was a reverse 'High School Bowl' - we were SUPPOSED to look dumb (no comments, please). I'm second from the right. |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984
'Watchumeenbydat', (plop)? |
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Uncle Floyd, Mr. Bones, and Scott Gordon |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984
Floyd works Mr. Bones' strings. Mr. Big-Boned is next. |
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Scott Gordon makes Skip wet (!) |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - Newark, NJ 1984 |
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Uncle Floyd Show Cast in 1988 |
Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - OBC Studios, Nutley, NJ 1988
After a 4-year hiatus (which I had surgically removed), I returned to the UFS set one night and took a couple of shots. I forget the circumstances that got me back there this night, but this was my last shoot with Floyd and cast (though I did do some video work with them later). |
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Uncle Floyd TV Show taping - OBC Studios, Nutley, NJ 1988
After thousands of pictures that were taken over the years, this is the last color UFS studio shot that I took. |
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