Frank Delima (born July 8, 1949) a popular comedian from Hawaii, is considered by some media sources to be the most sought after comic in the state. With a Portuguese heritage, he is known for light-hearted "Portagee" (Hawaiian Pidgin English for "Portuguese") slurs in his routine. In Honolulu, he attended the Cathedral Elementary School, Damien Memorial High School, and Saint Stephen Minor Seminary, later graduating with Bishop Clarence Silva of Honolulu at St. Patrick Archdiocesan Seminary in Menlo Park, California. He was subsequently ordained a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church, serving at Holy Trinity Church, Kuliouou, Honolulu. He remains a devout Catholic. July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Saint Stephen Seminary was a diocesan minor seminary staffed by the Sulpician Fathers in the diocese of Honolulu closed in 1970. ... Clarence Richard Silva is the fifth Bishop of Honolulu and the dioceses first native-born prelate. ... Saint Patrick Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California is a Roman Catholic post-graduate seminary whose primary mission is the formation of clergy for Western and Pacific Rim dioceses, orders, religious congregations and secular institutes. ... Cafe Borrone, adjacent to the recently re-opened Keplers Books in the Menlo Center, is a popular lunch spot in downtown Menlo Park. ... Deacon is a role in the Christian Church which is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. ... Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Honolulu is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church of Hawaii in the United States. ...
Frank, in his long hours of community service, also administers the Frank Delima Student Enrichment Program.
Frank: Da kine mean that kind of—that kind of person, that kind of thing, that kind of restaurant.
Frank: Because they were second in command after the white people on the plantations.
Frank: Hawaii's ethnic humor developed in the plantation days when people had humility, which they needed because if they weren't humble, the pride everybody has could have turned into arrogance and hatred and violence.