The Uncle Floyd Podcast
Step into the wonderfully offbeat world of show business with Scott Gordon — longtime “second banana,” engineer, and trusted sidekick to the legendary late Uncle Floyd Vivino.
With more than 60 years in entertainment, Scott has seen (and survived) just about everything the business can throw at you. From nearly three decades on the television classic The Uncle Floyd Show to his work in radio and live performance, he brings stories, insight, and hard-earned wisdom to every episode. Mentored by the one he affectionately called “The Genius,” Les Paul, Scott is also an accomplished guitarist in his own right — and a born storyteller.
Each episode, Scott answers your questions about anything and everything showbiz — the triumphs, the chaos, the legends, and the laughs.
Over the years, fans of The Uncle Floyd Show included icons like The Ramones, Paul Simon, David Bowie — who once called Uncle Floyd “one of the best barrelhouse piano players I’ve ever heard” — Iggy Pop, and John Lennon, among many others.
You never know who might be listening right along with you.
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Episodes
Saturday Aug 16, 2025
Saturday Aug 16, 2025
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 the center’s staff. This week, we get to meet one of Floyd’s therapists.
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Saturday Aug 09, 2025
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
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 therapy sessions and sometimes we get interruptions from the center’s staff. This week, Floyd gets a hand brace changed.
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Saturday Aug 02, 2025
Saturday Aug 02, 2025
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 Uncle Floyd had just returned from a physical therapy session. His room is on an upper floor in the center where the temperature was NOT comfortable. There was some fatigue and stress in his voice during this episode.
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Saturday Jul 26, 2025
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
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 physical therapy sessions. Uncle Floyd had just returned from a physical therapy session and you may here some fatigue in his voice in this episode.
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Saturday Jul 19, 2025
Saturday Jul 19, 2025
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 therapy sessions.
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Saturday Jul 12, 2025
Saturday Jul 12, 2025
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.
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Saturday Jul 05, 2025
Saturday Jul 05, 2025
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 treatments and physical therapy sessions.
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Saturday Jun 28, 2025
Saturday Jun 28, 2025
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 and physical therapy sessions (he was still under medication for the infection that he had for the past 2 weeks).
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Saturday Jun 21, 2025
Saturday Jun 21, 2025
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 Business with The Uncle Floyd Show.
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Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
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.
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How Many People Can Say...
...that David Bowie wrote a song about them (listen to Slip Away from his HEATHEN album)?
...that they had a TV show where they gave many well known entertainers their first television exposure (Bon Jovi, The Stray Cats, The Smithereens, Dramarama, Cyndi Lauper, and many others)?
Uncle Floyd can say all of that and more!
Join Uncle Floyd and his long-time friend and co-star, Scott Gordon, as they chat, reminisce, telling all the deep, dark, hidden stories of what it was like. They will joke around as well.
And, by the way, Scott Gordon is a musician, voice actor, audio engineer, and entertainment technology consultant. Scott learned electronics, recording, and even some guitar at the side of the legendary Les Paul from the time he was 14.