Letterman regular 'Bud' Melman dies

[The Straight Story]

Letterman regular 'Bud' Melman dies

NEW YORK - The balding, 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 Calvert DeForest, who was 85, died Monday at a hospital on Long Island, the Letterman show announced Wednesday.


He made dozens of appearances on Letterman's shows from 1982 through 2002, handling a variety of twisted duties: dueting with Sonny Bono on "I Got You, Babe," doing a
Mary Tyler Moore impression during a visit to Minneapolis, handing out hot towels to arrivals at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

"Everyone always wondered if Calvert was an actor playing a character, but in reality he was just himself — a genuine, modest and nice man," Letterman said in a statement. "To our staff and to our viewers, he was a beloved and valued part of our show, and we will miss him."

The gnomish DeForest was the first face to greet viewers when Letterman's NBC show debuted on Feb. 1, 1982, offering a parody of the prologue to the Boris Karloff film "Frankenstein."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_en_tv/obit_larry_bud_melman_2

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. How sad.

:(

[dolo amber]

2. Awwww!

I loved that guy! :cry:

[ronnykmarshall]

3. Oh shit!

I love Larry Bud.

He was so fucking funny on the early Letterman shows on NBC.

"Welcome to New York, would you like a hot towel?".

[TroglodyteScholar]

4. RIP, Bud...

You provided absurd and inexplicable joy to us every time we saw your smiling face...

[C_U_L8R]

5. I met Larry Bud back in the day

a very sweet, polite and funny man

RIP Calvert

[asthmaticeog]

6. That's really sad.

The man was funny. Here's to him. :toast:

[Critters2]

7. Larry Bud, you'll be missed

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fQ7PMG8c2gI&mode=related&search=

[Liberal In Texas]

8. Well, that's a shame. RIP, strange and funny guy.

[Lex]

9. kick

:kick:

[redqueen]

10. Awwwwww... RIP Calvert...

you will be missed. :(

[shadowknows69]

11. Wow 85

good journey little man. You made me laugh.