Andy Bumatai courtesy photo One of Hawaii’s most accomplished comedians, Andy Bumatai, remembers his father dismissing any notion that he could ever have a career from making people laugh.

After World War II, pidgin in Hawaii was taken over by comedians such as Lucky Luck, Sterling Mossman, Lippy Espinda, Booga Booga, Andy Bumatai, Bu Laia, Lisa Matsumoto and Frank De Lima.