tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post7336678193002140431..comments2024-03-04T17:06:55.232-08:00Comments on Classic Television Showbiz: An Interview with Pete Barbutti - Part FourUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-29646233068244035012020-12-08T22:00:50.598-08:002020-12-08T22:00:50.598-08:00A comment thread featuring a Tom Mason, a Todd S. ...A comment thread featuring a Tom Mason, a Todd S. and a Todd Mason might raise the Really? hairs on some necks. I disavow any previous knowledge of the other guys (I have encountered only one female Todd so far, as a given name).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-42080832812762569322020-12-08T21:57:44.345-08:002020-12-08T21:57:44.345-08:00FWIW Dept.: Jack Douglas was engaged to teach a gr...FWIW Dept.: Jack Douglas was engaged to teach a graduate-level writing course at the University of Hawaii's largest campus, Manoa in Honolulu, in Fall 1983, and I was going to be allowed to take it even though I was an undergrad, along with one other writer that the writing director, Robert Onopa, showed promise. But, for whatever reason, Douglas begged off at the last moment, and fantasy, sf and crime fiction writer A. A. Attanasio was pressed into service instead. Which worked even better for me, though I had picked up a copy of THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY HASHIMOTO to see what Douglas's prose was like...Attanasio, home I'd occasionally read since I was 11yo or so, was more to my taste. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-86094894767323304892018-11-28T07:18:41.968-08:002018-11-28T07:18:41.968-08:00Just finished reading all four parts, at this late...Just finished reading all four parts, at this late date, and felt compelled to tell you how magnificent an interview this was. Pete Barbutti is one of the funniest guys ever. I remember being about 20, seeing him do the "fourth trumpet" bit on Carson, and laughing so hard I got a headache from lack of oxygen. I was in a band at the time (bass player) and that just destroyed me. His anecdotes here are priceless. So, thank you, Kliph, and thank you, Pete!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-51161326305542942592016-10-03T19:19:58.562-07:002016-10-03T19:19:58.562-07:00This is some of the best shit I've read in a m...This is some of the best shit I've read in a million years. Your blog is amazing. Can't wait to read your book. Hope you are well, these comments go back a ways...Dirk Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10696534949161003319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-53671803649818344542011-12-27T15:14:33.709-08:002011-12-27T15:14:33.709-08:00Wow, the Brunswick House. I had no idea that read...Wow, the Brunswick House. I had no idea that reading this interview would link me back to the place I went to kill brain cells every Thursday during my university days twenty years ago. Thanks Mr. Nesteroff. Still miss seeing your old alter-ego Mr. Grey hanging around Commercial Drive..Todd Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-72755406787964007852011-12-26T15:58:18.977-08:002011-12-26T15:58:18.977-08:00Great interview! I remember his stand-up bits from...Great interview! I remember his stand-up bits from The Tonight Show and just watched an old episode of The Next Line with him.Tom Masonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-22077386264844338072011-12-26T11:29:13.218-08:002011-12-26T11:29:13.218-08:00Pete Barbutti isn't exaggerating about the 196...Pete Barbutti isn't exaggerating about the 1966 Buddy Rich Band being one killer aggregation. Check out this link of that very group, on the set of "Away We Go" being driven at an insane clip by its virtuosic leader:<br /><br />http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/buddyrich67awaywego.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-73793124246845036582011-12-26T08:56:57.996-08:002011-12-26T08:56:57.996-08:00Again, another enjoyable interview with Pete. I r...Again, another enjoyable interview with Pete. I recently acquired a copy of his Vee Jay lp, and while the Decca one is a bit better, it's a great listen.<br /><br />Thanks for conducting and transcribing these interviews. Does Pete ever perform any more?mackdaddygnoreply@blogger.com