R.I.P.: Larry "Bud" Melman
03-22-07 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by calhoun07
I think we should all try to eat toast on a stick tomorrow for breakfast. It's what Calvert would have wanted.
03-23-07 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by harrydoyle
RIP but I'd say he had a pretty good life. I would have never guessed he'd outlive Princess Diana in 1991.
03-24-07 | 10:55 PM
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That clip of Larry at the bus depot reminded me how brilliant Letterman was many moons ago.
He's been phoning it in for a long time now. Money's too good to give up the gig.
He's been phoning it in for a long time now. Money's too good to give up the gig.
03-25-07 | 11:38 AM
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Sad news. As much as I love his appearances on the old Letterman show, I'd say that my favorite moment from him was in a 1-800-COLLECT commercial:
"Even to Seattle? Thanks, phone dude."
Hilarious.
(more pics from those ads here; I'd love to see some videos of them.)
"Even to Seattle? Thanks, phone dude."
Hilarious.
(more pics from those ads here; I'd love to see some videos of them.)
03-26-07 | 03:32 PM
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From: WAS looking for My Own Private Stuckeyville, but stuck in Liberty City (while missing Vice City)
From Dave's Late Show Newsletter:
Calvert DeForest, who passed away last week, appeared over 250 times on LATE NIGHT. Among the characters he portrayed on the show were Larry 'Bud' Melman, Larry 'Bud' Fortensky, Larry 'Bud' Headroom, Larry 'Bud' Hussein, Larry 'Bud' Schwarzkopf, George Patton, Kenny the Gardener, Leroy Neiman, Ranger Larry, Road Warrior, and Roy Orbison.
He impersonated Cher, Pete Rose, and Ronald Reagan.
He handled live remotes at the Port Authority of New York, the Empire State Building, the Essex House, Times Square, an ATM machine outside a Chemical Bank at 34th and 5th, the Staten Island Ferry, outside the U.N. Soviet Mission, outside his American Goodwill Tour trailer, in a rowboat at the Central Park lake, at the 6th Ave Thanksgiving Parade route, in a cab going around the block (to determine the number of laps it would take within the show's hour), on 6th Ave. to choose Mr. Christmas, at the 1992 Democratic National Convention, the 1992 Republican National Convention, and the 1993 Inauguration in Washington, D.C.
He presented one Top Ten list 20 years ago to the month, on April 15, 1987:
"Top Ten Things People Say When They Meet Larry 'Bud' Melman."
His great uncle, Lee DeForest, invented the 3-element vaccum tube, an integral ingredient into the creation of the very medium that made "Larry 'Bud' Melman" a household name -- television.
He impersonated Cher, Pete Rose, and Ronald Reagan.
He handled live remotes at the Port Authority of New York, the Empire State Building, the Essex House, Times Square, an ATM machine outside a Chemical Bank at 34th and 5th, the Staten Island Ferry, outside the U.N. Soviet Mission, outside his American Goodwill Tour trailer, in a rowboat at the Central Park lake, at the 6th Ave Thanksgiving Parade route, in a cab going around the block (to determine the number of laps it would take within the show's hour), on 6th Ave. to choose Mr. Christmas, at the 1992 Democratic National Convention, the 1992 Republican National Convention, and the 1993 Inauguration in Washington, D.C.
He presented one Top Ten list 20 years ago to the month, on April 15, 1987:
"Top Ten Things People Say When They Meet Larry 'Bud' Melman."
His great uncle, Lee DeForest, invented the 3-element vaccum tube, an integral ingredient into the creation of the very medium that made "Larry 'Bud' Melman" a household name -- television.
03-27-07 | 08:24 AM
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Kudos to Letterman for doing a little tribute to him last night. The one thing I always liked about Dave is although you know what a weirdo he is in real life, he can be very sincere in situations like this.
