Sad news....I just read that Larry "Bud" Melman (real name: Calvert DeForest) died yesterday at the age of 85. Anyone who has watched the David Letterman show since 1982 will remember this little guy with the ill-fitting suit and the thick black-rimmed glasses. Even though he was playing a character, DeForest was really playing himself and you couldn't help but love the guy. His last appearance on Letterman was in 2002 when the show celebrated his 81st birthday. He was a file clerk when the show's staff discovered him and from then on he appeared in TV and movies, was a Late Show correspondent at the '94 Olympics, sang a duet with Sonny Bono...pretty much did some amazing things in the last 20+ years of his life. Take it easy, "Bud".
Nice ride at the parkway this morning. Seven of us showed up and the wind was not very friendly, but that was okay. It's always nice to get out once you've forced yourself out of bed at 5:15 in the morning! Of course, that's not as bad as Jonnene's wakeup call....she got up at 4:45 so she could be at LSUS for the Masters Swim session (the same pool used in the movie "The Guardian" with Kevin Costner and some guy named Kutcher). That's tough to do!
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