If you’re local, usually over 35 years old, you remember this funny guy with a funny name who hit the comedy scene in the 1970s. Rap Reiplinger made locals laugh both with the group Booga Booga (with ...

Comedian Rap Reiplinger became famous in the 1970s in Honolulu with a mix of irreverent stand-up, witty sketches about local life and theatrical flair. Even though he died in 1984, his humor lives on ...

Rap and Leesa, on a date at Nick’s Fishmarket restaurant in early 1980s. Years after his passing, Stone conducted interviews and interactions with about 50 folks who knew Reiplinger in his heyday, ...

STAR-ADVERTISER / 1978 Rap Reiplinger returns to prime-time television with the documentary "Rap -- Hawaii's Comic Genius." With Dave Lancaster, a post-Reiplinger Booga Booga performer, narrating, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Rap Reiplinger was one of Hawaii’s most famous comedians. If you’re from here, you probably know him from one of his legendary skits. Replinger, the man who gave us Aunty ...

3 Maui Arts & Cultural Center Will Host STARRY NIGHT CINEMA Spring Series Rap's Hawaii, adapted from the beloved comedy of Rap Reiplinger, makes its hilarious return to the Honolulu Theatre for Youth ...

The life and death of Hawaii comedian Rap Reiplinger is featured in-depth in this one-hour documentary. Although he has been gone for nearly thirty years, his influence on Hawaii comedy is as powerful ...

Before I moved to Hawaii in 1990 don't think I'd ever heard of Rap Reiplinger, the brilliant and inspired local comedian. Sadly, like John Belushi, his life and career was cut short by recreational ...

Hawaiian comedy institution Rap Reiplinger brings to life his most beloved characters in this Emmywinning special which features extensive performance clips and a thoughtful biography of the comedian ...

Although he has been gone for nearly thirty years, his influence on Hawaii comedy is as powerful as ever. During his all-too-brief lifetime, he created a body of work that has earned him a place in ...

Rap's Hawaii, adapted from the beloved comedy of Rap Reiplinger, makes its hilarious return to the Honolulu Theatre for Youth stage for the New Year. The play opens at Tenney Theatre on the grounds of ...