[pissant]

He was by far the best part of David Letterman when I watched it 20 years ago or so.

[geopyg]

He muswt have been a really great actor, as I would feel sorry and embarrased for him as he would bumble through his skit. (Which of course, was the whole shtick!).

[MikeA]

I'm sorry to hear this. This brings back memories of the era when David Letterman was still off-beat, sarcastic, non-formulamatic and funny, a show that gave me a lot of laughs and good times in college when he was still on, and still funny, after the Tonight Show on NBC. I miss when Letterman and his show were fun, and Larry Bud is a remnant of that era, rather than the bitter partisan Michael Moore suck-up he is now.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Too Bad. He was a Funny Guy!

When those network heels at NBC would not let him use the Larry Bud Melman name because it was, "considered the intellectual property of NBC", as if anyone else could use it, it really pissed me off.

[GiveEmDubya]

Damn. He was a funny guy.

[Recovering_Democrat]

R.I.P, Calvert. You made me laugh many times.

[Hammerhead]

"I am the BIG man..."

[SaveTheChief]

This is sad news. Any retrospective of Letterman's late night shows would be incomplete without including Calvert DeForest.

[BallyBill]

Makes me remember a time when that show was funny.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

That's a shame. I remember seeing him showing up at the end of the closing credits in the early days to announce "This has been a Melman production". Funny stuff.

[IndyTiger]

Obscure trivia fact about Calvert DeForest: His great uncle, Lee DeForest, was a radio pioneer who in 1906 invented the the triode, which made large-scale broadcasting commercially possible.

RIP, Calvert DeForest. Brought a lot of smiles to a lot of people.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I remember back in the 80's when Letterman was actually funny (and Mellman was on the show) there was a bar in Columbus, Ohio. It was an old fashioned watering hole. No tv's no radios just people drinking. And the name of the bar was Mellman's. They had nothing to do with Larry Mellman but I think he did make an appearance there once. He seemed like a great guy. May he rest in peace.

[Moonman62]

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

That reminds me of the days when the Lettermen show was one of the best things on TV.

[reagan_fanatic]

I loved this guy. RIP, Larry. We'll miss you.

Larry at the bus station

[Cacique]

RIP

[jordan8]

Gone to join Brother Theodore.

[Free Vulcan]

Beau-T...is my bidness.

I been hypnotized!

And the velcro suit.

[fieldmarshaldj]

This guy was a hoot. RIP, Bud.

[Tanniker Smith]

I was sorry to hear about Calvert this morning. I had the pleasure of meeting the man a couple of times. In fact, I can actually saw that he saw me perform on stage. It was an alumni production and he was friends with a few members of the cast. My wife told me during intermission, "You're not going to believe who is sitting in my row!" I told her that I'd already met him backstage.

He lived in the neigborhood.

[isthisnickcool]

If you saw Letterman's show last night or the night before or any night before for the last decade you need not watch it tonight or tomorrow or anytime in the future. It's the same show.

David Letterman is the Phil Connors of late night TV. Every show is the same.