Maybe the third time will be the charm. "NightTime With Andy Bumatai" will soon switch venues again, anchoring at the Main Showroom of the Outrigger Waikiki hotel. It will continue to air during prime time, but filming will be in the daytime.

After an August launch from the Honolulu Design Center and then a glide to Waikiki at the Tropics Surf Club of the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Bumatai had to house-hunt because the hotel has Christmas-party bookings that would thwart December tapings.

"We talked to Frannie Kirk (entertainment director at the Outrigger), and she sees potential in the show, offering the Outrigger Main Showroom when the Society of Seven Las Vegas (the resident nighttime act) isn't performing," said Bumatai. The club is being spruced up; the SOSLV take a breather for a few days starting Nov. 25. The Outrigger move is yet another step in Bumatai's goal to syndicate.

"The room's lights and sound will be a big improvement," said Bumatai. And the filming sked will be a boon for Richard Natto, who fronts the house band, NightTime Philharmonic, which recently had an impromptu "Black Magic Woman" jam with taiko kingpin Kenny Endo. Natto, a member of the SOSLV, will be in his element — his home base — eliminating the race from the Hilton to the Outrigger. "He'll already be at work — early," said Bumatai.

"Sometimes the gods smile on you," said Bumatai, who now owns "NightTime," which means he's perennially obsessed as writer, producer, set-builder, jack of all trades, etc. With the networks' nighttime talk shows on reruns because of the writers' strike, Bumatai said that scarcity of fresh shows might help his ratings during November sweeps. "The dogs don't get walked, the yard work is undone and maybe I could get a little sun," he said. "But man, I wanna keep this going. When I first started, so many people told me it was impossible." ...

Bumatai trekked to Maui last weekend for a Habitat for Humanity gig with Frank DeLima and Da Braddahs. ...

ISLAND HOPPING: Last weekend on Kaua'i, where my wife was attending a Hawai'i Library Association convention at the Grand Hyatt resort in Po'ipu, we ran into publisher Benjamin "Buddy" Bess, who was exhibiting his surprise best-seller, J. David Miller's "Hawai'i Warrior Football: A Story of Faith, Hope, and Redemption," for which coach June Jones did the foreword. "We ordered 22,000 copies and have sold 10,000," Bess said about the initial run. "We've been lucky." With holiday sales not yet in full swing, could mean an overtime sprint for the printers. ...

If you have one night for dinner on the Garden Isle, consider The Beach House in Po'ipu. Great view. Great seafood. Great business. This, despite meandering detours to get to the restaurant, thanks to development projects. For breakfast, consider Oki's in Lihu'e, where the fried rice is homemade ono. ...

At the Honolulu airport, we ran into musicians Aaron Mahi and Martin Pahinui, each carrying instruments, en route to the Big Island to perform at last weekend's Kona Coffee Festival. ...

WHEE, THE PEOPLE: Publicist Lisa Josephsohn is back from a week in Los Angeles, where Dr. Beth Karlan at Cedars-Sinai shared good news — that her primary peritoneal cancer is in remission, even though Josephsohn still requires three more chemo treatments. Pal Charlotte Kandel, former Warner Bros. publicity honcho (and author of "Scarlet Stockings," due out shortly) arranged a celebration at The Hungry Cat (an apt choice, since Josephsohn has two Siamese cats) followed by a trek to a new musical, "Little Fish," joined by a cluster of friends. Amazingly, Josephsohn also had the energy to complete the 3-mile "Run for Her" (her first-ever race) in support of ovarian cancer, and her supporters here and elsewhere coughed up funds totaling $7,000 (of the more than $550,000) raised. ...

Upon returning home, Josephsohn arranged a reception and dinner at Compadres, honoring Karlan (accompanied by her husband, Dr. Scott Karlan, who attended American Medical Association meetings here). There she shared teal bracelets (the ovarian cancer equivalent of the breast-cancer pink) with the assembled, which included Lenny and Marcia Klompus, Dr. Jim and Cherye Pierce, Eddie and Patty Sherman, Joey Caldarone, Sidney and Patti Milburn, David Bucks, Gulab and Indru Watumull and Kevin Gray — yes, Scar in Disney's "The Lion King. ...

Tonight, Josephsohn will be at client Army Community Theatre's "Fiddler on the Roof," premiering at Richardson Theatre, Fort Shafter. ...

And that's Show Biz. ...

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