Robin Byrd frolics with her guests at the end of a 1993 episode of The Robin Byrd Show

Robin Byrd (born April 6, 1957, in New York, New York) is an American former porn actress and the host of The Robin Byrd Show, which has appeared on leased public-access cable television in New York City for close to thirty years. ImageMetadata File history File links Robin_Byrd. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Robin_Byrd. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... A pornographic actor or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. ... Public Access is a segment of the PEG access television model of local cable television production offered in the United States. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

Byrd was adopted and raised in Florida. She has never been able to identify her birth parents, due to the unwillingness of her adoptive mother to reveal that information and sealed birth and adoption records under New York state law. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Closed Adoption (sometimes called secret adoption) is the process where an infant is adopted by another family, but the record of the natural (birth) parent(s) is kept sealed. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ...

At the time of filming the porn classic, Debbie Does Dallas, Byrd was living in Brooklyn, New York, and was still known as Robin Cohen. After taking some college classes in marketing and advertising, she attended the School of Visual Arts and worked as a nude model for art classes. Her adult entertainment career was launched on pornographer Al Goldstein's cable access show, Midnight Blue. She subsequently starred in porn films during the late 1970s, including a role in the above-mentioned Debbie Does Dallas. Debbie Does Dallas is a famous 1978 pornographic movie starring Bambi Woods and Christie Ford (appearing under the name of Misty Winter). ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... The School of Visual Arts Main Building, circa 1992. ... Adult entertainment is entertainment restricted from people under a specified age in by a community, religious group, or government. ... Al Goldstein (born Alvin Goldstein, January 10, 1936) is an American publisher and pornographer. ... Midnight Blue is a dark shade of blue that was named for its darkness. ... Debbie Does Dallas is a famous 1978 pornographic movie starring Bambi Woods and Christie Ford (appearing under the name of Misty Winter). ...

After guest-hosting on a leased public access show called Hot Leggs, she changed the name to The Robin Byrd Show in 1977. The show has aired continuously since, though it now shows reruns rather than live episodes. Each episode features Byrd in her trademark black crochet bikini and white fingernail polish, on an all-red set with a large, heart-shaped neon sign that bears the name of her show. Male and female porn stars and strippers appear as guests and perform fully nude stripteases, sometimes also taking calls from viewers. Byrd and her guests also frequently engage in explicit onscreen sexplay by the end of the episode. Each show customarily ends with all the guests dancing to Robin's recording of a bawdy novelty tune, "Baby, Let Me Bang Your Box." Celebrities from outside the adult entertainment industry such as Sandra Bernhard and Dame Edna have also been guests on her show. Bernhard in the cover of Playboy Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955 in Flint, Michigan) is a American actress and comedian. ... Dame Edna Everage is a character played by Barry Humphries. ...

Byrd and Goldstein were in a long standing legal battle with Time Warner Cable (and its predecessor, Manhattan Cable), which wanted to scramble all adult-oriented content so that subscribers had to send in written requests to view it. In 1978, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals struck as unconstitutional the FCC mandatory access regulations under which Byrd and Goldstein had challenged the cable provider's actions, but the U.S. Supreme Court disposed of the case on other grounds. Time Warner Cable is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. ... The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts: Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa District of Minnesota Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri District of Nebraska District of... The FCCs official seal. ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and is at the head of the judicial branch of the United States federal government. ...

In 1995, the issue was again before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which upheld the regulations and ruled that Time Warner's requirement for written requests was a violation. As of 2006, The Robin Byrd Show continues to be aired unscrambled and uncut. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, known informally as the D.C. Circuit, is the federal appellate court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. ...

Byrd's show and filmography have made her a local celebrity and to some extent, a national one. She is a frequent presenter at New York City adult entertainment, gay pride, and AIDS awareness events. The Robin Byrd Show was parodied on Saturday Night Live in a series of skits airing in 1997 and 1998; Byrd herself was played by Cheri Oteri. Six color rainbow gay pride flag flying over Castro Street, San Francisco, June 2005 The gay pride or simply pride campaign of the gay rights movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity, that sexual diversity is a gift, and that... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ... Cheri Oteri (born Cheryl OTeari on September 19, 1965 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and comedian best known for her work on NBCs Saturday Night Live. ...

In 1999, Richard Avedon photographed Byrd for a feature in The New Yorker on famous and influential New Yorkers. Byrd, a relatively savvy businesswoman, has also branched out into other adult-oriented businesses, including phone sex lines and ringtones. Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American photographer. ... The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry, and fiction. ... Phone sex refers to sexually explicit conversation between two or more persons via telephone, especially when at least one of the participants masturbates or engages in sexual fantasy. ...

External links

• Robin Byrd's official site
• Robin Byrd at the Internet Movie Database