Hawaiianology

Andy Jackson Bumatai, December 24, 1953 born in Germany, who is a Hawaii Legend in the evolution of local humor and entertainment along the greats like Frank De Lima and Rap Reiplinger. He is Hawaii raised, comedian, actor, and storyteller who is known for his sharp observations and deep connection to "local style" life.  Service: In Germany,   Andy's Father was in the service and his Mother was a warbride and came over to become a naturalized citizen. A warbride at that time was a women who married military personnel from other countries, so in this case it was a german lady marrying a filipino Hawaiian man in the US Military. The family moved from California- San Francisco, then Washington - Seattle, before moving to Hawaii - Kalihi and then ultimately home would be Waianae.  California: In San Francisco, Andy's Mother was really into 1950's-1960's mainland comedy and she liked: Dick Gregory and his socially aware humor in American Politics, Lenny Bruce who...

Kent William Bowman (1923-2007), Hilo, Hawaii, (French, Hawaiian, Scottish, and English). He is considered a pioneer in his work on the road for his unique style and the “Pioneer of Local Hawaiian comedy“. He is serious as he is aware of the local-climate and takes great pride in his craft as other entertainers who bring a fun loving crowd. He would bring the do not talk discussion to the stage of politics and societal ethnic culture as well as current events that would connect with the audience for quality laughs. He is said to have been an absolute gentleman and one of the funniest guys that anyone would ever meet. He would see the stage and performances as a show and treated it as such and those who took it too seriously would tend to forget that it was a show, because they think that a person just goes on stage, is silly and that is as deep as it gets, but there's a complex comedy process. Rarely was he ever at a loss for words, Kent was a master of the English language, Pidgin...