@damagecontrol Dude. You know "Bud" was a character, right? He wasn't a "real guy", he was a comedian putting on an act. I was fooled too. I still remember feeling sorry for him when he appeared to realize for the first time that he was the butt of jokes on the show. He kept saying, "Ha. ha. ha. That was a good one on me." He gets major points for being a good actor, that's for sure.
....the "cool people" from high school and college were at home, while the REAL cool people werwe getiung their 15 minutes of fame, over and over again, courtesy of Dave... LBM and the other "real" dudes on Letterman (his crew that reads Oprah transcripts, Biff Henderson) - I think Dave loved these people, he was not exploiting them... he felt America NEEDED to see them, to laugh with them, to learn from them... yeah!
If Dave was the mastermind of acquiring or at lerast approving and suggesting the recruitment of cats such as LBM - then Dave is a minor genius... to Dave (I hope and believe) they were NOT uncool "geeks" we could all laugh at...
LBM ROCKED!
Raply426 2 months ago
BTW. His real name was Calvert DeForest - which was way too cool sounding for such a pitiable, sweet character. Enter Larry "Bud" Melman.
longmind 1 year ago
@damagecontrol Dude. You know "Bud" was a character, right? He wasn't a "real guy", he was a comedian putting on an act. I was fooled too. I still remember feeling sorry for him when he appeared to realize for the first time that he was the butt of jokes on the show. He kept saying, "Ha. ha. ha. That was a good one on me." He gets major points for being a good actor, that's for sure.
longmind 1 year ago
....the "cool people" from high school and college were at home, while the REAL cool people werwe getiung their 15 minutes of fame, over and over again, courtesy of Dave... LBM and the other "real" dudes on Letterman (his crew that reads Oprah transcripts, Biff Henderson) - I think Dave loved these people, he was not exploiting them... he felt America NEEDED to see them, to laugh with them, to learn from them... yeah!
damagecontrol60 1 year ago 2
If Dave was the mastermind of acquiring or at lerast approving and suggesting the recruitment of cats such as LBM - then Dave is a minor genius... to Dave (I hope and believe) they were NOT uncool "geeks" we could all laugh at...
damagecontrol60 1 year ago 2
Love Larry Bud (obviously!)
larrybud 2 years ago
Larry "Bud" Melman- what a great name if you ask me! It just rings of comedy! And he was a funny man, too! I hope he knew how much he was loved.
RIP...
TheSeventhStooge 2 years ago 2
Larry "Bud" was my God.
ShmuelEhrlich 2 years ago 7
What was in the bucket?
hunyghan 3 years ago
melamn was king!
thatoneguyyouknow83 3 years ago 8
Larry "Bud" Melman singing the theme to "Entertainment Tonight?" Awesome...thanks for putting this up.
vaderbomb93 3 years ago 2