R.I.P.: Larry "Bud" Melman
 

Sad news for Letterman fans. You never quite knew what was going to happen when Larry made an appearance. No more Toast on a Stick!

More info (plus a classic Larry "Bud" clip) here:
http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2...21.html#013139

:rip: Larry!

So far, there has been no legitimate news on his death. Still poking around the 'net though.

R.I.P.

I'll never forget him - moreso on Late Night-NBC-Letterman. Hysterical.

It's too bad that there's no more new Letterman for the rest of the week (Wednesday's episode was shot on Monday, and the other nights this week are all preempted by NCAA). Hopefully they'll be some sort of tribute when the show returns.

I was watching Letterman a lot back in the early 80s, so remember the beginnings of his character.
I always felt sorry for him, and wondered if he knew he was being mocked.

Yahoo! or the AP probably, just said that it wasn't true. :shrug:

Link? Can't find any articles at Yahoo or AP.

http://i6.tinypic.com/121diqq.jpg
"I'm not dead yet, you bastards!"

When it comes to all things Letterman, Donz on alt.fan.letterman is just as good as AP, etc...

Was he the inspiration for Hans Moleman on the Simpsons? I always assumed so. At least the name.

I was way off. haha.

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007...r_hosts_l.html

and it says 'we hope...Melman...hoax..'

so maybe it is true. I need to pay more attention. :)

So, he's not really dead? I take back my RIP! ;)

Heck, I didn't even know he was still alive!

When's the last time he was on Letterman?

EDIT: "Looks like I'm Dead Afterall!" :(

LA Times is reporting that Calvert did indeed die.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...ck=1&cset=true

April 2003

Okay, so he has died? I give back my :rip:


I think NBC wouldn't let him appear on CBS... something about them owning the character he played. (??)

I was surprised he got mentioned on the NBC Nightly News tonight.

He appeared on the Late Show, but he was always called Calvert (NBC owned the name "Larry 'Bud' Melman").

Dave actually did a "tribute" to him his first year on the Late Show, at the end of which Calvert came out and yelled "I'm not dead, you bastard!" Hence, my first post. :)

Ah, man... RIP funny guy. Early Letterman with Larry was some of the funniest television I've ever seen. I'd love to see a rerun when he filled in for David as host one night. Great stuff (certainly was more funny than Adam last night).

AP - Calvert DeForest, the white-haired, bespectacled nebbish who gained cult status as the oddball Larry "Bud" Melman on David Letterman's late night television shows, has died after a long illness. The Brooklyn-born DeForest, who was 85, died Monday at a hospital on Long Island, Letterman's "Late Show" announced Wednesday.

I thought he died ten years ago.

Had no idea he was still alive.

Kenny the Gardener is no longer here. :(

One phrase says all you need to know about he genius of the man: Toast on a Stick.

He'll be missed.

Thanks for clearing that up.. I knew there some kind of dispute about him.