RIP Mr. DeForest.
Posted on 03/22/2007 10:00:43 AM PDT by Liberty Valance
NEW YORK To viewers of David Letterman's late night television show, he was known as Larry "Bud" Melman.
Calvin DeForest has died after a long illness. He was 85.
As Melman, DeForest made dozens of appearances on Letterman's shows from 1982 through 2002, handling a variety of twisted duties. He did a duet with Sonny Bono on "I Got You, Babe" and handed out hot towels to arrivals at New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal.
The recent death of President Ford didn't generated this many threads!
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VIDEO:
Larry Bud Melman in a bear suit (1984, Late Night With David Letterman)
Sorry about that...i'll have the mods remove this thread.
"Here's your hot towel, Bud." RIP
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