Beyond Vaudeville was a Public-access television

Public-access television

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 cable TV show on Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable

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 in New York City

New York City

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 that ran from 1986 to 1996. The show was hosted by Frank Hope with co-host David Greene and featured regular appearances by Joey the Monkey. Guests included various celebrities and New York City eccentrics. The show eventually made the move to network TV as Oddville, MTV

Oddville, MTV

Oddville, MTV is an American variety television series starring Rich Brown. The series premiered June 16, 1997, on MTV.-History:Oddville, MTV is based on the New York City public-access television cable TV series Beyond Vaudeville that Rich Brown hosted from 1987 to 1996.-Cast:*Rich Brown as host...

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Episode list

1) Mason Reese

Mason Reese

Mason Reese is a former child actor who appeared in numerous television commercials in the 1970s, particularly for Underwood Deviled Ham, Post Raisin Bran, and Dunkin' Donuts' Dunkin' Munchkins-brand "donut holes"...

, Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney

Suzanne Muldowney

Suzanne Muldowney is a performance artist best known for her appearances on The Howard Stern Show to discuss and perform her dance interpretation of the cartoon character Underdog.-History:...

2) Al Lewis, poet Gretchen Weiner

3) Omer Travers (broke into Yoko Ono's apartment), poet Chairman Steve, comedy team Book n Martino

4) Psychic Frederick Davies, singer-songwriter Stryker

Stryker (disc jockey)

Theodore "Ted" Ramón Stryker known on-air as simply "Stryker", is an American radio personality and disc jockey.-Biography:...

5) Poet Gretchen Weiner, Joey the Monkey, Body By Bob

6) Frank Nastasi

Frank Nastasi

Frank Nastasi was an actor and comedian best known for his work with Soupy Sales on the show Lunch with Soupy.Born in Detroit, Michigan, Nastasi played Gramps the animal expert on Wixie Wonderland before he took over Clyde Adler's role on Lunch with Soupy, playing characters like White Fang, Black...

 (White Fang on the Soupy Sales

Soupy Sales

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 Show), H. H. Quarter

7) Tuli Kupferberg

Tuli Kupferberg

Naphtali "Tuli" Kupferberg was an American counterculture poet, author, cartoonist, pacifist anarchist, publisher and co-founder of the band The Fugs.-Biography:...

 of The Fugs

The Fugs

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, poet Chairman Steve

8) Sammy Petrillo

Sammy Petrillo

Sammy Petrillo was an American nightclub and movie comedian best known as a Jerry Lewis lookalike.-Early life:...

 (Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla is a 1952 comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring horror veteran Béla Lugosi and nightclub comedians Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo in roles approximating Martin and Lewis.-Plot:...

), former Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr. is an American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Bobby "Gator" McCluskey in White Lightning and sequel Gator, Paul Crewe and Coach Nate Scarborough in The Longest Yard and its...

 love interest Sen Tuna

9) Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp , was an English writer and raconteur. He became a gay icon in the 1970s after publication of his memoir, The Naked Civil Servant.- Early life :...

, mother-daughter comedy team Coco & Penny

10) Joe Franklin

Joe Franklin

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, errand boy Chris Deola, Kerima the bellydancer

11) Joyce Randolph

Joyce Randolph

Joyce Randolph is an American actress, best known for playing Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners.-Early life and career:...

, comedian Jackie Jason Exit

12) Singer Arthur Tracy, actor Marshall Efron

Marshall Efron

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13) Joe Franklin, artist Konstantin Bokov, elderly stripper Leola Harlow

14) Lisa Sliwa, singer/songwriter Stryker, poet Chairman Steve

15) Michael Musto, actor Joe Fleishaker

Joe Fleishaker

Joseph Isaac Fleishaker is an American actor most famous for his small but memorable roles in various low-budget horror and science fiction movies, usually produced by Troma. Weiging more than 500 pounds, Joe Fleishaker is, the "biggest Troma Action Star". When doing a Troma promo, Fleishaker...

, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb

16) Memory expert Harry Lorrayne, Danny the Wonderpony, movie usher Martin Spund

17) Billy Deans Knockouts

18) Phoebe Legere, nudists, singer-songwriter Stryker, Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney

19) Sci-Fi singer Roberta Rogow

Roberta Rogow

Roberta Rogow is an American writer of speculative fiction and fan fiction, and a filk singer-songwriter.Rogow is a professional children's librarian by profession...

, Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney, singer Ada Love

20) Brother Theodore, Uncle Sam impersonator Joe Erdelyi, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb

21) Ed Herlihy, Lady Betty Aberlin

Betty Aberlin

Betty Aberlin is an American actress, poet, and writer.Born as Betty Kay Ageloff in New York City, Aberlin had a regular role on The Smothers Brothers Show. She worked on various TV spots, and played Lady Aberlin on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood...

, singer Starlady, T-shirt maker Martin Forro

22) Joey Adams, Geoffrey Holder

Geoffrey Holder

Geoffrey Richard Holder is a Trinidadian actor, choreographer, director, dancer, painter, costume designer, singer and voice-over artist.-Early life:...

, Mr. Spoons

23) Barry Williams, Wavy Gravy

Wavy Gravy

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, Sukhreet Gabel

24) Diver Dan, Rocky Horror Fan Club

The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult following

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 president Sal Piro, nosewhistler Jim Grosso, comic Al Lawrence

25) Little Mike Anderson, musical saw player Moses Josiah, UFO expert

26) Professor Irwin Corey, Lady Betty Aberlin, female Elvis impersonator Dee Nack, driving instructor Bert Rapp, sci-fi collector Phil Depardo

27) Judy Carne

Judy Carne

Judy Carne is an English actress best remembered for the phrase "Sock it to me!" on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.-Career:...

, Page Morton-Black, cryonicist Curtis Henderson

Curtis Henderson

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, singer Al Boland

28) Taylor Mead, Ethyl Eichelberger, Baird Jones, Jack the Fire, Frank's Home Movies

29) Terry Sweeney, Flying Nun Fan Club president Sal Piro, Dracula dancer Suzanne Muldowney, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb

30) Marie Wallace, Dave Van Ronk, UFO expert Ellie Crystal, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb

31) Fred Willard, Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney, poet Wolf Pasmanik, comic Lou Bacala Cary

32) Austin Pendleton

Austin Pendleton

Austin Pendleton is an American film, television, and stage actor, a playwright, and a theatre director and instructor.-Life and career:...

, Irene the Gong Show Queen of Long Island, singer Ada Love, Raelians, Lady Betty Aberlin

Betty Aberlin

Betty Aberlin is an American actress, poet, and writer.Born as Betty Kay Ageloff in New York City, Aberlin had a regular role on The Smothers Brothers Show. She worked on various TV spots, and played Lady Aberlin on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood...

33) Singer John Wallowitch

John Wallowitch

John Wallowitch was an American songwriter and cabaret performer. He wrote over 2,000 songs; his works include "Bruce", "I See the World Through Your Eyes", "Back on the Town" and "Mary's Bar". For over 50 years he played and sang a catalogue of original songs at nightspots around New York City...

, singer Buddy Clayton

34) NYC News anchor Sue Simmons

Sue Simmons

Susan "Sue" Simmons has been the lead female news anchor at WNBC television in New York City since 1980.-Background:Simmons grew up in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem; her father was John Simmons, a renowned jazz bassist whose compatriots included Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, John...

, musical saw player Moses Josiah, actress Martha Greenhouse, psychic Morris Fonte

35) Audrey Landers

Audrey Landers

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, David Peel, Alan Abel, Al Jolson impersonator Rich Curtis

36) Warner Wolf, Tiny Tim

Tiny Tim (musician)

Tiny Tim , , born in Manhattan, was an American singer and ukulele player. He was most famous for his rendition of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" sung in a distinctive high falsetto/vibrato voice.-Rise to fame:Born to Lebanese parents in 1932, Khaury displayed musical talent at a very young age...

, The Chordettes, comic Dave West

37) Shirley Stoler, Ron Fazio, singer Tommy Ritaco, Robert Harmonica Stevens, Pieman Aron Kay

38) Dan Lauria, Indian Elvis impersonator Nazar Sayegh, comedian Mildred Katz

39) Lew "Clarabell" Anderson, Little Mike Anderson, singer Regis Philbin Jr., sci-fi expert Ronald Held, pogo-stick record holder Ashrita Furman

Ashrita Furman

Ashrita Furman has set more than 300 Guinness records since 1979 and currently holds131 Guinness records. He has set records on all seven continents and in more than 30 different countries...

40) Carel Struyken, singer Izzy Fertel, toy collectors Lance and Pat, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb

41) World's Fastest Hot Dog Eater, poet Wolf Pasmanik, rapper Larry Love, sci-fi expert Ronald Held

42) Fred Willard, singer Izzy Fertel, singer Ada Love, bellydancer Kerima, rappers, comedian Dave West, nose-whistler Jim Grosso

43) Remo Pisani, singer Buddy Clayton, midget comic Ramon Pena Cartucho, Hawaiian singer Johnny Kai

44)Bobby Boris Pickett, pierced guy, sci-fi expert Ronald Held, Klingon League of Assault Warriors, singer Austin Pendleton

45)Tiny Tim, Benny Bell, tattoo experts Huggy Beark & Eek, renaissance man George Kayatta, Mr. Lucky & Stanley the Pig

46)Sammy Petrillo, sci-fi expert Ron Held, comic Mikhail Bleyckman, bowling alley expert Bill Newman, horror expert John Link, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb

47)Xmas Special. Wallowitch, William M. Gaines, Marilyn Monroe conspiracy expert M. Vinson Hayes, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb

48) Bern Nadette Stanis

Bern Nadette Stanis

Bern Nadette Stanis is an American actress best known for her role as the strong-willed Thelma Evans on the CBS sitcom, Good Times.-Career:...

, comic Mikhail Bleyckman, sci-fi singer Roberta Rogow, songwriter Stryker, Tiny Tim goes bowling

49)Joey Faye, sci-fi expert Ronald Held, actor Joe Fleishaker

Joe Fleishaker

Joseph Isaac Fleishaker is an American actor most famous for his small but memorable roles in various low-budget horror and science fiction movies, usually produced by Troma. Weiging more than 500 pounds, Joe Fleishaker is, the "biggest Troma Action Star". When doing a Troma promo, Fleishaker...

, Marilyn Monroe conspiracy

Death of Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood home by her psychoanalyst Ralph S Florence after he was called by Monroe's housekeeper Eunice Murray on August 5, 1962. She was 36 years old at the time of her death. Her death was ruled to be "acute barbiturate poisoning" by Dr. Thomas...

 expert M. Vinson Hayes

50)Pat Cooper, FDR Impersonator, Madonna impersonator Queerdonna, Trayman, Walt Paper

51)Arthur Tracy, sci-fi expert Steve Maurer, Ice Bear Kingdom, Marilyn Monroe conspiracy expert M. Vinson Hayes, Trayman

52)Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney, William Brown, singer Alan Chusid, Trayman

53)Alison Steele, Chauncey Howell, anchor Marvin Scott

Marvin Scott

Marvin Scott is a politician in Indianapolis, and unsuccessful 2010 Republican candidate for election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 7th Congressional District. He was previously the unsuccessful Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Indiana in 2004 against incumbent...

, William Brown, Bagpipe player, comic Dave West

54)Ron Palillo, William Brown, Trayman, Champ the Wonderdog, sci-fi expert Ronald Held

55)Barton Heyman, William Brown, movie collectors Mike Tower and Arthur Ritzer, dancer Jimmy Del Rio

56)Kitty Carlisle Hart, William Brown, Trayman, The Greater Gotham Gaylaxians, songwriter Stryker

57)Singing nun Sister Beata, singer Margarita Pracatan, artist Hoop, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb, singer Austin Velez

58)Virginia Graham, Sir Monte Rock III, artist Hoop, Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...

 fan Bernice Perry, singer Tommy Ritaco

59)Kaye Ballard, Lara Jill Miller, William Brown, singer Red Lightning, comic Arthur of New York

60)Larry Storch, Banjo-Playing Priest George Swanson, nose-whistler Jim Grosso, Trayman, inventor Mr. Marchand

61)Kim Hunter, Chauncey Howell, singer Margarita Pracatan, singer Red Lightning, angels expert

62) Michael Berryman

Michael Berryman

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, actress Katy Dierlam, artist Ned Sontaag, sci-fi expert John Link, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb

63)Shirley Jones, Marty Ingels, Trayman, Red Lightning

64) Rick Derringer, comic Marty Gangursky, The Three Stooges Fan Club, Chinese opera singer Chen Tsung Kit

65) Jimmy Breslin, poet Chairman Steve, Yankees fan Freddie Sez, Al Jolson

Al Jolson

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 singer Rich Curtis, actor Marty Gangursky, Kenneth Keith Kallenbach

66) Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney, Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, rapper/granny Fruity Nutcake, Marilyn Monroe conspiracy expert M. Vinson Hayes

67) Imogene Coca

Imogene Coca

Imogene Fernandez de Coca was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows....

, poet Chairman Steve, Quiz Show legend Herbert Stempell, singer Buddy Clayton, comic Neil Connie Wallace

68) Jack Riley, Pat McCormick, comic Neil Connie Wallace, raconteur Mr. Sragow, Red Lightning

69) Tom Arnold, comic Neil Connie Wallace, Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney, raconteur Mr. Sragow

70) Soleil Moon Frye

Soleil Moon Frye

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, The Singing Cowgirl from Queens, Marilyn Monroe conspiracy theorist M. Vinson Hayes, comic Neil Connie Wallace

71) The Del Rubio Triplets, comic Neil Connie Wallace, comic cabbie Al Mustakoff

72) Johnny Whitaker

Johnny Whitaker

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, Billy Barty, Mr. Sragow, poet Chairman Steve

73) Singer Joey Marlowe, poet Bingo Gazingo

Bingo Gazingo

Murray Wachs, better known as Bingo Gazingo , was an elderly poet and former postal worker from New York City. Two versions, each also titled Bingo Gazingo, have been released of the only single-artist album ever released by WFMU -- the first on cassette, the second on CD...

, comic Neil Connie Wallace

74) Tiny Tim

Tiny Tim (musician)

Tiny Tim , , born in Manhattan, was an American singer and ukulele player. He was most famous for his rendition of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" sung in a distinctive high falsetto/vibrato voice.-Rise to fame:Born to Lebanese parents in 1932, Khaury displayed musical talent at a very young age...

, Arthur Tracy, Izzy Fertel, poet Chairman Steve
75)Tribute to KISS fans