Andy Bumatai is a Hawaii based comedian and actor. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
Bumatai began his career opening for popular Hawaiian comedian Frank De Lima and soon found himself replacing the late Rap Raplinger in Booga Booga, Hawaii's seminal sketch comedy group. Frank De Lima (born July 8, 1949) a popular Comedian from Hawaii, is considered by some media sources to be the Sketch comedy consists of a series of short Comedy scenes or vignettes called "sketches" commonly between one and ten minutes long He went on to perform stand up comedy extensively on the mainland and in Hawaii.
Bumatai's film credits include The Whoopee Boys, A Man Called Sarge and Aloha Summer. Aloha Summer is a 1988 Comedy-drama film about a group of teenagers and their experiences one summer in 1960s Hawaii.
Bumatai recorded a number of comedy albums. His first won a Hoku award for "Most Promising Artist" and he went on to win three more for "Best Comedy Performance. "
Bumatai also created a number of TV specials for Hawaii's KGMB-TV, notably School Daze and All in the Ohana. KGMB is the licensed broadcast affiliate of CBS in Hawaii, with its main transmitter located in Honolulu broadcasting on channel 9 (analog and 22 (digital He and his brother, Ray Bumatai also created a show titled BumaVision for Hawaii's OC16 network. Ray Bumatai, byname of Raimund Bumatai ( December 20, 1952 &ndash October 6, 2005) was an American Musician, Nationally, he was featured on Raven and has had roles on North Shore and Baywatch among others. Raven is an American TV series that originally aired on CBS in 1992-1993 North Shore may refer to Australia North Shore (Sydney, suburban region of Sydney North Shore Victoria, a suburb of Geelong Baywatch was an American Television series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the crowded Beaches of He is currently co-producing and starring in his own Hawaii based late night talk show, "Night Time with Andy Bumatai".