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Peggy King's Program, 'Off The Cuff'...

"The backstage stories that were never told!"

Peggy's unique program is all about the stars we love from the 30's, 40's & 50's and aired the last Sunday of every month. She worked with them all and will always have a good story! Past Guest Stars include Joel Grey, Tab Hunter, Pat Boone, Rose Marie, Peter Marshall, Robert Hays, John Byner, Shecky Greene, Dick Gautier, Kaye Ballard, Ken Berry, Larry Storch, Rex Reed, Monica Lewis, Patricia Morison, and more.

Executive Producer and moderator Chris Valenti. Associate Producer and archivist Anthony DiFlorio III

Next 'Off The Cuff' is 5/26 Sunday @ 7pm EST

Very Special Guest Carleton Carpenter

Carleton Carpenter

Carleton Carpenter's Wikipedia Page

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5/16/13 Program

Patricia Morison

Patricia Morison is an American stage and motion picture actress and mezzo-soprano singer. She made her feature film debut in 1939 after several years on the stage and still working at age 98. What an inspiration. Peggy worked with Patricia Morison in a 1961 production of Kiss Me Kate photo above. Left to right; Patricia Morison, Earl Wrightson & Peggy King.

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Patricia Morison's Wikipedia Page

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4/28/13 Program

Hour 1 - Debbi Whiting, daughter of Margaret will showcase a new Margaret Whiting CD as well her mom's legendary career! Hour 2 - WOW! Star of every medium; stage, screen, TV and radio... Monica Lewis!

Enjoy this special programming:

The Official Margaret Whiting Website

For Margaret Whiting CD's featured this evening and others click here

The Official Monica Lewis Website

For Monica Lewis CD's click here • For the amazing Monica Lewis book click here

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4/7/13 Program

Peggy King is the Grand Marshall of the Doo Dah Parade in Ocean City NJ on 4/13/13 and also receives a lifetime achievement award. Below Peggy displays the Peggy King tee shirt.

Peggy King Tee Shirt

Click here to see videos of Peggy singing at the show the night before as well as the parade the next day and receiving her lifetime achievement award

This evening's program 4/7 was inspired by the 75th anniversary of the famous Who's On First routine. And a very special time as family members of Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Boris Karloff and Glenn Strange all got together and reminisced of the movies and their lives. Plus where they will be appearing this week at the famous MonsterPalooza.com

Hour two kicked in and lasted almost 90 minutes with the world's most talented celebrity impersonators who performed this evening on WYYR and also at the Doo Dah Parade 4/12 in Ocean City, NJ where Peggy is this years Grand Marshall. Everything about the parade

Below is the 4/7 program and the impersonators that join us on WYYR. Hosts Bud Abbott & Lou Costello with guests Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, Mel Blanc, Joan Rivers, Red Skelton, Carol Channing, Mae West, Charro, The Andrews Sisters, Groucho Marx, and a George Burns and Gracie Allen reunion! Receive your FREE monthly Abbott & Costello newsletter by contacting Robert Attanasia at raa45@hotmail You'll be on the list!

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The stage show curtain call

From left to right; Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Carol Channing, Jack Benny, George Burns, Cartoonist John McPherson, Peggy King, Charro, Ed Sullivan, and in front 80 year old Betty a baton twirler who can still do splits.

Here's contact info for the celeb impersonators above in no particular order. Best in the business!

Lynn Roberts • Gil Palmer & Lou Sciara (Bud & Lou) • Holly Faris • Michael Wright • Linda Axelrod • Peter Salzer • Dawn, Sally & Rosie (The Andrews Sisters)

Here's a two minute Peggy bio produced by The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia. Just click the logo.

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2/24/13 Program

Rex Reed

Rex Reed

World reknown critic Rex Reed joins us for an incredible talk about Hollywood of the 1930's & 40's as well as today with some very Off The Cuff stories and clips.

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1/27/13 Program

An F Troop Reunion!

Top left to right; Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch. Bottom left to right; Ken Berry, Melody Patterson

Larry Storch who just turned 90 was invited onto the show to say hello, not knowing that we had planned a surprise This Is Your Life presentation with two other cast members including Ken Berry, and James Hampton (Dobbs the bugler) with other surprises!

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12/23/12 Program

Peggy's Christmas Special!

Van Alexander Justin Hopkins

Van Alexander and Justin Hopkins

Van Alexander (arranger of Ella Fitzgerald's 1937 A Tisket A Tasket) and Peggy King both introduce their new and original Christmas songs! Opera star Justin Hopkins comes on board with his talents and performances and how Peggy King discovered him! A wonderful Christmas program with lots of great music and best of all... Peggy and Justin sing live!

Van Alexander's Website

Justin's Management Website - Justin's tribiute to Peggy King

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11/25/12 Program

Kaye Ballard

Enjoy an evening of backstage stories and many clips of Kaye Ballards faboulous career from stage and television. Many clips from Kraft Music Hall with Perry Como.

Kaye Ballards Website

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10/28/12 Program

Dick Gautier

Enjoy an evening of backstage stories and clips of Mr. Gautiers faboulous career from stage, television, and movies. A wonderful program.

Dick Gautier's Website

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9/30/12 Program

Shecky Greene

Shecky Greene

lf you enjoy laughing a lot and listening to a master of comedy and impersonations, then hold on to your seats. Shecky DID NOT hold back! A wonderful program.

Shecky's Website

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7/29/12 Program

Tribute to the great Abbott and Costello!

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello. Bud Abbott Jr, Paddy Costello and Chris Costello with Chris Valenti at The Bottom Line NYC 1992.

This Special Presentation will not only delight you with clips of some of their famous routines, but also Paddy and Chris Costello, Lou's daughters join us! As well as the script girl for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Betty Abbott! Peggy King also appeared in A & C Meet The Mummy (1955) and also opened for them in Las Vegas. Plus Donna Martell who appeared in two A & C pictures, Mexican Hayride (1948) and A & C Meet The Killer Boris Karloff (1949) also joins us. And as a special surprise Gil Palmer & Lou Sciarra perform live routines! They are the Bud & Lou impersonators who play all over the country and are so magnificent! Plus calls from the listeners. 2 hours 14 min.

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The Official Abbott and Costello Newsletter in PDF about this special programming and the events that followed • The Official Abbott and Costello Website

Impersonators Gil 'Bud' Palmer & Lou Sciara's Website: HeyAbbott.com

Lou Costello & Peggy King Lou & Peg

Lou Costello with Peggy King 1955 * Lou Sciara with Peggy King 2013

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6/24/12 Program

Peter Marshall & Alan Copeland

Lets Be Frank... With a Touch of Tommy

Peter's new album is simply amazing. Lets Be Frank ... With a Touch of Tommy. All of the selections are centered specifically on the music produced during Frank Sinatra's stay with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. But now we finally get to hear new arrangements with vocal stylings by Peter Marshall, along with vocal group The Dream Weavers. All newely written and arranged by previous Modernaire Mr. Alan Copeland. Below is a full two hour production.

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To obtain this CD go to Amazon. Or for an autographed copy go to Peter's website.

To obtain Alan Copeland's beautiful new CD entitled Latin Satin, click here.

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5/27/12 Program

Pat Boone

Pat's new CD is all about The Ink Spots! Pat is backed up by Take 6, an amazing vocal group who can thrill an audience anywhere in any way, as Pat states on the show.

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Please visit Pat Boone's website for all of his upcoming performances and CD's that are available.

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4/29/12 Program

The Great Joe Franklin!

Joe is listed in the Guinness Book of Worlds Records as having the longest running TV show in television history. Peg has appeared on his TV show several times in the 50's and later on. The Joe Franklin Show ran on Television for more than 40 years! There isn't now, nor will there ever be another show quite like it. Joe Franklin is one of Television's and Radio's most durable and beloved personalities ever! In addition, he is considered one of the world's leading authorities on "Nostalgia." Through the course of The Joe Franklin Show, Joe interviewed almost 500,000 guests and helped start many legendary careers. For example... Joe employed Bette Midler and her accompanist Barry Manilow as his in-house singer. Some other greats include Woody Allen, Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Streisand, Bill Cosby, and Liza Minnelli. These names are just a few among the world's great talents who got their first exposure onThe Joe Franklin Show!

www.JoeFranklin.com

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3/18/12 Program

Robert Hays & Eddie Foy

Robert Hays in Airplane Eddie Foy, Jr.

Peggy is stumped for a bit until she finally guessed it was Eddie Foy who she did a live TV production of Matinee Theater with in 1956. Then Eddie was stumped for a bit when friend and colleage actor Robert Hays calls in! A great production as we get to hear lots of stories and audio clips of great productions. Mainly the classic motion picture Airplane with Robert Hays and Zero Hour with Peggy King, the movie that inspired Airplane. Also clips from Yankee Doodle Dandee and the TV production of Seven Little Foys.

Please visit and enjoy the official website of Mr. Robert Hays

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2/26/12 Program

Pat Boone, John Byner & Will Jordan

Pat Boone John Byner Will Jordan

Over 2 & 1/2 hours long! Pat Boone comes on to try and stump Peggy for the This is Your life segment, but somehow she recognized his voice immediatly after 50 years! Pretty good. Then revered impressionaist Will Jordan came on as Peggy's special guest. While Will was on there was another This Is Your Life moment when the great John Byner came on! Wow! What a program! Don't miss it.

Please visit the great John Byner's website, and click here to enjoy John's last David Letterman performance.
Please visit Pat Boone's website for all of his upcoming performances and CD's that are available.
Please click here to be amazed at what Will Jordan can do.

Enjoy over two hours of great entertainment!

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1/29/12 Program

Joel Grey

Oscar winner Mr. Joel Grey is the Surprise Mystery Guest Star for this evening! Peggy and Joel worked on live television during the 50's in a most spectacular event. You can currently see the great Mr. Joel Grey in the wonderful production of Anything Goes at The Steven Sondheim Theater.

Enjoy a most wonderful program.

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12/18/11 Program

Darryl Hickman

Darryl Hickman and Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath

Great Star of some of our most beloved classic movies of all time starting in 1938 calls in. From The Grapes Of Wrath, Leave Her To Heaven, Men Of Boys Town, The Tingler, Network... over 130 credits. Click the color photo to watch Darryl's famous drowning scene with Gene Tierney! You can also find Darry's book The Unconscious Actor on Amazon, or clicking it to go to his website.This presentation also includes the audio of some of the famous motion picture trailers of Darryl's most classic movies! Enjoy.

The Official Darryl Hickman Website.

The IMDb Site listing of all of Darryl Hickmans 137 credits.

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11/27/11 Program

Tab Hunter & Joyce Randolph

Great Star of Film, Stage & Recording Tab Hunter makes a surprise call into the show! Plus the wonderful Joyce 'Trixie' Randolph of The Honeymooners calls in!

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10/30/11 Program

Ray Anthony & Bob Colonna

Bandleader Ray Anthony and Jerry Colonna's son makes a surprise call into the show.

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9/25/11 Program

Rose Marie

Rose Marie of The Dick Van Dyke Show makes a surprise call into the show.

Rose Marie

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8/22/11 Program

Peter Marshall

Peter Marshallof The Hollywood Squares makes a surprise call into the show.

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Streaming videos of Perky Peggy King!

Here's the exciting movie trailer for Zero Hour (1957). The picture they used as a template to spoof and make the now historical comedy motion picture Airplane! Just click the photo.

Above: Linda Darnell, Peggy King & Dana Andrews

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Here's Peggy as the 'Mystery Guest' on What's My Line

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Here's a beautiful montage of Peggy King photos through the years with score.

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As per your request...

Here's Peggy and Chris standing in front of the Philadelphia Art Museum from Chris' visit to Peggy on 10/21/11. They walked along the Schuylkill River while enjoying the foilage. Enjoyed talking about the golden days of Hollywood and TV while sipping tea on a park bench. A very special time words cannot express.

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Please visit the official Pretty Perky Peggy King website!

The Peggy King Tee Shirt

Peggy King Tee Shirt

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