Calvert DeForest Live Remotes Collection on Letterman, 1983-96

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  @DragonMasterSubo · 5 years ago

  Larry &quot;Bud&quot; Melman interviewing people was my actual favorite thing as a child. I thought it was an SNL skit and no one had any idea what I was talking about. The way he never finishes the sentences before passing the mic, and just hands out hot towels. I remember watching this with my grandfather way back in the day.<br><br>Later on &nbsp;when they&apos;d claim some celebrity was coming on (Streisand, Carson) and it was just be him, always lost it.<br><br>Good God was he funny.

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• MI

  @MichelleUS66 · 6 years ago

  Calvert was so endearing! &nbsp;He really seemed like a genuinely sweet person.

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• DA

  @DaDitka · 3 years ago

  I&apos;ll say this- if I had received a hot towel from Larry &quot;Bud&quot; Melman, I would have had that framed as a souvenir.

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• WI

  @willarity6927 · 6 years ago

  I met Mr Melman on a train to Boston, and he autographed my copy of The Living Sea, by Jacques Cousteau. Greatest moment of my life up to that point and perhaps beyond.

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• LO

  @lordofthemound3890 · 4 years ago

  If Calvert DeForest was just a regular guy who played this character on purpose, he would be the greatest comedian of all time.

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• CA

  @cattathat · 6 years ago (edited)

  R.I.P Calvert DeForest

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• AN

  @andyrose5616 · 6 years ago

  I love the way Hal would hang on to the shot of Calvert&apos;s maniacal laughter just long enough to capture the completely blank expression that would inevitably follow.

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• AL

  @alexcasas7572 · 6 years ago (edited)

  The Port Authory remote is in my TOP3 funniest things I&apos;ve ever watched in TV. The first segment is perfect: the tall bus driver next to the diminute Calvert, the botching of the lines, the microphone, the clueless lady, the towels, the &quot;how may wha?&quot;... and David loosing it in the studio.

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• ER

  @ernestkinas5973 · 6 years ago

  I remember staying up late in high school to watch this.<br>The first time I saw Larry &quot;Bud&quot; Melman I almost pissed myself I was laughing so hard.<br>Missed a lot of consecutive home room attendances but it was well worth it.

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• MR

  @mrchopsticks3 · 4 years ago

  Late Night was so great, especially in the early years. It was like watching a cable access show that somehow got on network tv. It was so unpolished and seemed like it was completely unplanned, which I think it was on some levels.

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• LE

  @leonardstilwell1894 · 6 years ago

  No one could pontificate on the vicissitudes and existential angst of big city life, and the ennui they leave in their wake, quite like Larry.

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• MI

  @michaelf4203 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Pure gold, I stayed up as a kid to watch these similar train wrecks, his shows were like no other and then you had Paul and the band

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