1. Floyd Vivino grew up in Paterson, Point Pleasant, Island Heights, and Glen Rock.
24 Facts About Floyd Vivino
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Floyd Vivino attended Glen Rock High School where he produced a musical revue starring the school's janitorial staff.
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Floyd Vivino began his live performance career working as a child tap dancer in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and began his broadcast career over a friend's pirate radio station while in high school.
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Floyd Vivino is the uncle of musical theater actress Donna Floyd Vivino.
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The Uncle Floyd Vivino Show aired in New Jersey and New York from 1974 to 1998.
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In 1982, The Uncle Floyd Vivino Show went into a small syndication circuit which included 17 markets, among them WNBC-TV channel 4 in New York, then WTAF-TV channel 29 in Philadelphia, WPWR-TV Channel 60 in Chicago, WSBK-TV Channel 38 in Boston and WHCT-TV Channel 18 in Hartford.
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From 1983 to 1986, The Uncle Floyd Vivino Show ran on the statewide PBS network, NJN New Jersey Network, which consisted of 4 channels: WNJS, WNJN, WNJB and WNJT.
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In 1998, production of The Uncle Floyd Vivino Show began in the Cablevision studio in Oakland, New Jersey.
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Floyd Vivino performed the jingle of, as well as appeared in the TV commercial for, the frontier-themed amusement park "Wild West City", located in Netcong, New Jersey, a jingle that is still used today by the park.
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Floyd Vivino has had parts in the movies Good Morning, Vietnam, Crazy People and Mr Wonderful.
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Floyd Vivino shot a scene for One-Trick Pony which was deleted.
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In 2000, Floyd Vivino played the bit part of an announcer in the Insane Clown Posse movie, Big Money Hustlas.
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In 1999, Floyd Vivino set a world record for non-stop piano playing, having played for 24 hours and 15 minutes in a charity event to raise money for a sick child.
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In more than 40 years in show business, Floyd Vivino has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for various charities and causes.
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In January 2013, Vivino began the internet-based radio program The Uncle Floyd Radio Show which can be streamed twice a week from the show's website and through various SHOUTcast mobile apps and links.
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Floyd Vivino was selected to be the vocalist on Vince Giordano's 2020 recording of Ain't Misbehavin' but was replaced by Loudon Wainwright III due to a conflicting appearance commitment.
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Floyd Vivino hosted and starred in The Last Authentic American Traveling Burlesque Show, a tribute to the lost entertainment style of burlesque.
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The first band to refer to The Uncle Floyd Vivino Show in a song was the Johnny Gork Band from Flemington, New Jersey in the early 1980s, released on a 45 rpm single.
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Johnny and the band appeared on the show, during which Uncle Floyd Vivino said he was honored and humbled to have a band produce a record about the show.
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David Bowie, a fan of Floyd Vivino's television show, recorded the song "Slip Away" on his 2002 album, Heathen, as a tribute.
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The song "Work for Food" by Dramarama, on the 1994 album Hi-Fi Sci-Fi features the Uncle Floyd Vivino Show in the lyrics.
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The Ramones recognized The Uncle Floyd Vivino Show in their song "It's Not My Place ", as well as in various live appearances.
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Also, Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone could often be seen wearing an Uncle Floyd Vivino Show T-shirt in pictures of the band, while Joey Ramone often wore an Uncle Floyd Vivino Show button on his leather jacket.
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In July 2023, Floyd Vivino suffered a stroke and was hospitalized.