Thursday, March 22, 2007

On Larry "Bud" Melman: David Letterman Sidekick

Here's a funny clip of the late beloved Calvert DeForest, best known for his character work as Larry "Bud" Melman on David Letterman's Late Night show. DeForest died Monday in New York after a long illness. News reports said the show's producers first saw DeForest in a New York University film student's video. They later found him working as a file clerk in a drug rehab center and hired him.

Larry "Bud" Melman introduced television audiences to the first Late Night show on February 1, 1982. DeForest once said his first appearance "was the greatest thing that had happened in my life."

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