Entertainer Ray Bumatai

[lurkah]

Ray Bumatai dies at 52 (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Oct/06/br/br01p.html). :( His awesome talent will be greatly missed. My sympathies go out to Andy and Ray's 'ohana.

[EastCoastTropics]

passes away.... :(

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[Glen Miyashiro]

Ai.

Too young, much too young. :(

[1stwahine]

I'm shocked. Too young. It's a wake-up call. Definitely a wake-up call.

Rest In Peace Ray!

Auntie Lynn

[mel]

The ironic thing is that one of the trivia questions (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showpost.php?p=44065&postcount=34) in today's quiz is about Andy and Ray. It is sad to hear of Ray's passing.

[pzarquon]

‘Auē! What a loss. What a warm, talented man.

[kimo55]

yea. what choo sed.


http://andybumatai.com/

[LikaNui]

Damned shame, that's what it is.
:(

[zztype]

My sympathies to Bree and the Bumatai 'Ohana.

[tutusue]

The local film industry has been dealt a 3rd blow this year with Ray's passing. Such a loss. Such an incredible loss. It was a joy to watch him work.

RIP, Ray. You're Heaven's gain. Let the laughter prevail.

[kimo55]

JUST saw the Ray Bumatai part on the news now.
had a behind the scenes clip of him shooting the "Lets talk story" tv show when he played in da Lemon Tree billiards parlor story.
(remember that, sue?)

[jdub]

my sister in chicago called me with the news this morning...she was crying...ray was the one who encouraged her to get into improv comedy, something at which she has excelled in the toughest town in the world to get recognized...he was an inspiration to her, and allthough i met the man only once, i feel i owe him a great debt for giving my sister the confidence to pursue her natural talents...he recognized them before even i did...

aloha ray, and thank you for what you've done...

[tutusue]

JUST saw the Ray Bumatai part on the news now.
had a behind the scenes clip of him shooting the "Lets talk story" tv show when he played in da Lemon Tree billiards parlor story.
(remember that, sue?)
I have very fond memories of working with Ray on "Lemon Tree..." and "The Hulamooners". The initial "Hulamooners" rehearsals took place in my studio and were absolutely hysterical. Was so distracting to be in the other room working. I finally gave up and became an audience of one in the studio.

BTW..."Lemon Tree..." won the Golden Maile Hawai'i Filmmaker's Award at the 1996 Hawaii Int'l Film Festival. I hope there will be some sort of tribute to Ray at this year's event.

'Fraid you'll need to refresh my memory about "Let's Talk Story"! Was that the morning talk show with Cynthia Yip?

[kimo55]

'Fraid you'll need to refresh my memory about "Let's Talk Story"! Was that the morning talk show with Cynthia Yip?
at the risk of having you be innundated with requests, you sent me a 3rd gen dub (which looked fine, btw) years ago, of a tv show called let's talk stiory. don't know of any other connection to the show. This ep was the lemon tree billiards story...
I watch it often.
and i think of you and thank you each time.

[tutusue]

at the risk of having you be innundated with requests, you sent me a 3rd gen dub (which looked fine, btw) years ago, of a tv show called let's talk stiory. don't know of any other connection to the show. This ep was the lemon tree billiards story...
I watch it often.
and i think of you and thank you each time.
Aha! Thanks for the memory jogger! The series was called "Tradewinds"; one episode was "Lemon Tree...". The theme song was "Let's Talk Story".

Another episode was "Dancing with the Long Bone", co-starring Henry 'Kapono" Kaaihue and Karen Keawehawaii.

The 3rd episode, "True Love and Mimosa Tea", premiers at HIFF. It's mentioned in the HIFF thread on HT.