Beyond Vaudeville


'Beyond Vaudeville' was a New York City public-access television show that ran from 1986 to 1996. The talk/variety show featured amateur talents and nostalgia-inducing celebrities housed within the confines of a crowded, Manhattan-based public access television station. Awkward host Frank Hope and his violence-prone sidekick David Greene created strange and uncomfortably compelling television. Frank was a fidgety collector-type who enjoyed Wacky Packages and Star Trek; David a silent behemoth who only spoke out of anger. Celebrity guests, including the likes of Tiny Tim, Fred Willard, and Bobby “Boris” Pickett, shared the stage with amateur singers, dancers, and Klingons, their surprised and befuddled reactions to the talent often mirroring those of the viewers. In 1997, MTV brought the show to cable under the title Oddville, MTV, a fundamentally similar program that featured celebrity guests and bands that were meant to appeal to the youth of today rather than yesterday.

Episodes

1) Mason Reese, Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney
2) Al Lewis, poet Gretchen Weiner
3) Omer Travers, poet Chairman Steve, comedy team Book n Martino
4) Psychic Frederick Davies, singer-songwriter Stryker
5) Frank Nastasi, Austin Velez, UFO abductee Gertrude Adams, Cowboy Joe, Glenn & His Friend Flubb
6) Tuli Kupferberg of The Fugs, Chairman Steve, Kevin & His Friend Bub, Glenn & His Friend Flub, Joey the Monkey
7) Sammy Petrillo, former Burt Reynolds love interest Sen Tuna
8) Quentin Crisp, mother-daughter comedy team Coco & Penny, Konstantin Bokov
9) Joe Franklin errand boy Chris Deola, Kerima the bellydancer
10) Joyce Randolph, comedian Jackie Jason Exit
11) Arthur Tracy, actor Marshall Efron
12) Joe Franklin, artist Konstantin Bokov, elderly stripper Leola Harlow
13) Lisa Sliwa, singer/songwriter Stryker, poet Chairman Steve, Austin Velez
14) Michael Musto, actor Joe Fleishaker, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb
15) Memory expert Harry Lorrayne, Danny the Wonderpony, movie usher Martin Spund
16) Billy Dean’s Knockouts
17) Phoebe Legere, nudists, singer-songwriter Stryker, Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney
18) Sci-Fi singer Roberta Rogow, Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney, singer Ada Love
19) Brother Theodore, Uncle Sam impersonator Joe Erdelyi, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb
20) Ed Herlihy, Lady Betty Aberlin, singer Starlady, T-shirt maker Martin Forro
21) Joey Adams, Geoffrey Holder, Mr. Spoons
22) Barry Williams, Wavy Gravy, Sukhreet Gabel
23) Diver Dan, Rocky Horror Fan Club president Sal Piro, nosewhistler Jim Grosso, comic Al Lawrence
24) Little Mike Anderson, musical saw player Moses Josiah, UFO expert
25) Prof. Irwin Corey, Lady Betty Aberlin, female Elvis impersonator Dee Nack, driving instructor Bert Rapp, sci-fi collector Phil Depardo
26) Judy Carne, Page Morton-Black, cryonicist Curtis Henderson, singer Al Boland
27) Taylor Mead, Ethyl Eichelberger, Baird Jones, Jack the Fire, Frank's Home Movies
28) Terry Sweeney, Flying Nun Fan Club president, Dracula dancer Suzanne Muldowney, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb
29) Marie Wallace, Dave Van Ronk, UFO expert Ellie Crystal, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb
30) Fred Willard, Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney, poet Wolf Pasmanik, comic Lou Bacala Cary
31) Austin Pendleton, Irene the Gong Show Queen of Long Island, singer Ada Love, Raelians, Lady Betty Aberlin
32) Singer John Wallowitch, singer Buddy Clayton
33) NYC News anchor Sue Simmons, musical saw player Moses Josiah, actress Martha Greenhouse, psychic Morris Fonte
34) Audrey Landers, David Peel, Alan Abel, Al Jolson impersonator Rich Curtis
35) Warner Wolf, Tiny Tim, The Chordettes, comic Dave West
36) Shirley Stoler, Ron Fazio, singer Tommy Ritaco, Robert “Harmonica” Stevens, Pieman Aron Kay
37) Dan Lauria, Indian Elvis impersonator Nazar Sayegh, comedian Mildred Katz
38) Lew “Clarabell” Anderson, Little Mike Anderson, singer Regis Philbin Jr., sci-fi expert Ronald Held, pogo-stick record holder Ashrita Furman
39) Carel Struycken, singer Izzy Fertel, toy collectors Lance and Pat, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb
40) World’s Fastest Hot Dog Eater, poet Wolf Pasmanik, rapper Larry Love, sci-fi expert Ronald Held
41) Fred Willard, singer Izzy Fertel, singer Ada Love, bellydancer Kerima, rappers, comedian Dave West, nose-whistler Jim Grosso
42) Remo Pisani, singer Buddy Clayton, midget comic Ramon Pena Cartucho, Hawaiian singer Johnny Kai
43) Bobby “Boris” Pickett, pierced guy, sci-fi expert Ronald Held, Klingon League of Assault Warriors, singer Austin Velez
44) Tiny Tim, Benny Bell, tattoo experts Huggy Bear & Eek, Renaissance Man George Kayatta, Mr. Lucky & Stanley the Pig
45) Sammy Petrillo, sci-fi expert Ron Held, comic Mikhail Bleyckman, bowling alley expert Bill Newman, horror expert John Link, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb
46) Xmas Special. Wallowitch, William M. Gaines, Marilyn Monroe conspiracy expert M. Vinson Hayes, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb
47) Bern Nadette Stanis, comic Mikhail Bleyckman, sci-fi singer Roberta Rogow, songwriter Stryker, Tiny Tim goes bowling
48) Joey Faye, sci-fi expert Ronald Held, actor Joe Fleishaker, Marilyn Monroe conspiracy expert M. Vinson Hayes
49) Pat Cooper, FDR Impersonator, Madonna impersonator Queerdonna, Trayman, Walt Paper
50) Arthur Tracy, sci-fi expert Steve Maurer, Ice Bear Kingdom, Marilyn Monroe conspiracy expert M. Vinson Hayes, Trayman
51) Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney, William Brown, singer Alan Chusid, Trayman
52) Alison Steele, Chauncey Howell, anchor Marvin Scott, William Brown, Bagpipe player, comic Dave West
53) Ron Palillo, William Brown, Trayman, Champ the Wonderdog, sci-fi expert Ronald Held
54) Barton Heyman, William Brown, movie collectors Mike Tower and Arthur Ritzer, dancer Jimmy Del Rio
55) Kitty Carlisle Hart, William Brown, Trayman, The Greater Gotham Gaylaxians, songwriter Stryker
56) Singing nun Sister Beata, singer Margarita Pracatan, artist Hoop, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb, Austin Velez
57) Virginia Graham, Sir Monti Rock III, artist Hoop, Frank Sinatra fan Bernice Perry, singer Tommy Ritaco
58) Kaye Ballard, Lara Jill Miller, William Brown, singer Red Lightning, comic Arthur of New York
59) Larry Storch, Banjo-Playing Priest George Swanson, nose-whistler Jim Grosso, Trayman, inventor Mr. Marchand
60) Kim Hunter, Chauncey Howell, singer Margarita Pracatan, singer Red Lightning, angels expert
61) Michael Berryman, actress Katey Dierlam, artist Ned Sontaag, sci-fi expert John Link, sci-fi collector Leslie Holcomb
62) Shirley Jones, Marty Ingels, Trayman, Red Lightning
63) Rick Derringer, comic Marty Gangursky, Three Stooges Fan Club, Chinese opera singer Chen Tsung Kit, Austin Velez
64) Jimmy Breslin, poet Chairman Steve, Yankees fan Freddie Sez, Al Jolson singer Rich Curtis, actor Marty Gangursky, Kenneth Keith Kallenbach
65) Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney, Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, rapper/granny Fruity Nutcake, Marilyn Monroe conspiracy expert M. Vinson Hayes
66) Imogene Coca, poet Chairman Steve, “Quiz Show” legend Herbert Stempell, singer Buddy Clayton, comic Neil Connie Wallace
67) Jack Riley, Pat McCormick, comic Neil Connie Wallace, raconteur Mr. Sragow, Red Lightning
68) Tom Arnold, comic Neil Connie Wallace, Underdog dancer Suzanne Muldowney, raconteur Mr. Sragow
69) Soleil Moon Frye, The Singing Cowgirl from Queens, Marilyn Monroe conspiracy theorist M. Vinson Hayes, comic Neil Connie Wallace
70) The Del Rubio Triplets, comic Neil Connie Wallace, comic cabbie Al Mustakoff
71) Johnnie Whitaker, Billy Barty, Mr. Sragow, poet Chairman Steve
72) Singer Joey Marlowe, poet Bingo Gazingo, comic Neil Connie Wallace
73) Tiny Tim, Arthur Tracy, Izzy Fertel, poet Chairman Steve
74) Tribute to KISS fans
75) Lady Betty Aberlin, Freddie Sez Schulman, Florence Miller Dancers, Neil Connie Wallace, Rich Curtis, Gaylord

Cast

Beyond Vaudeville at Speakeasy NYC - Guests Mason Reese, Stryker, Patsy Margolin, Lance Venture, Mildred Budwal, Delta Blues, Thomas Paine, Bert Bedell, Dee Nack the Female Elvis, Michael Kaufman, Billy Jacket, Irene & John Weidenberner, Mr. Feldman
Beyond Vaudeville at NYU - Guests Danny Bonaduce, Stryker, Suzanne Muldowney, Joseph Erdelyi, Gretchen Weiner, Bert Bedell, Dee Nack the Female Elvis, Chairman Steve, Irene & John Weidenberner, Omer Travers, Lance Venture, Thomas Paine, Mr. Feldman
Beyond Vaudeville at NYU - Guests Al Lewis, Coco & Penny, Irene Weidenberner, Chairman Steve, Dee Nack the Female Elvis, Dr. Lawrence Biris, Omer Travers, Mr. Feldman, Book N Martino, Suzanne Muldowney, Thomas Paine
Beyond Vaudeville at NYU - Guests Adam West, Suzanne Muldowney, Stryker, Mr. Feldman, Dee Nack the Female Elvis, Thomas Paine, John & Irene Weidenberner, Konstantin Bokov
Beyond Vaudeville at NYU - Guests Sukhreet Gabel, Stryker, Kerima the Bellydancer, Thomas Paine, Ada Love, Danny the Wonderpony, Dee Nack the Female Elvis, Suzanne Muldowney, Coco & Penny, Chairman Steve, Mr. Feldman
Beyond Vaudeville at NYU - Guests Peter Tork & Quentin Crisp, Stryker, Kerima the Bellydancer, Thomas Paine, Little Mike Anderson, Danny the Wonderpony, Dee Nack the Female Elvis, Suzanne Muldowney, Professional Nosewhistler Jim Grosso, Mr. Feldman
Beyond Vaudeville at Stand Up New York - Guests Little Mike Anderson, Stryker, Kerima the Bellydancer, Thomas Paine, Moses Josiah & His Musical Saw, Suzanne Muldowney, Wolf Pasmanik, Dee Nack the Female Elvis, Joey the Monkey, Danny the Wonderpony, Professional Nosewhistler Jim Grosso, Irene Weidenberner
Beyond Vaudeville at Caroline's Comedy Club - Guests Ron Palillo, Stryker, Moses Josiah & His Musical Saw, Thomas Paine, Suzanne Muldowney, Izzy Fertel, Joey the Monkey, Danny the Wonderpony, Little Mike Anderson, Dee Nack the Female Elvis, Professional Nosewhistler Jim Grosso, Chairman Steve
Beyond Vaudeville at Caroline's Comedy Club - Guests Barbara Feldon, Stryker, Suzanne Muldowney, Moses Josiah & His Musical Saw, Trayman, Jimmy Del Rio, Izzy Fertel, Dee Nack the Female Elvis, Benny Bell, Professional Nosewhistler Jim Grosso, Queerdonna
Beyond Vaudeville at Caroline's Comedy Club - Guests Pat Cooper, Suzanne Muldowney, Red Lightning, Professional Nosewhistler Jim Grosso, Jimmy Del Rio, Stryker, Filksinger Roberta Rogow, Dee Nack the Female Elvis, Moses Josiah and his Musical Saw, Joey the Monkey, Benny Bell, Trayman, Izzy Fertel and Tiny Tim
Beyond Vaudeville at Caroline's Comedy Club - Guests Carol Shaya, Red Lightning, Professional Nosewhistler Jim Grosso, George Swanson, Suzanne Muldowney, Fruity Nutcake, Stryker, Joey the Monkey, Irene Weidenberner, Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, Chen Tsun Kit, Margarita Pracatan, Dee Nack the Female Elvis, Moses Josiah and his Musical Saw