Pete Barbutti - Comedian Extraordinaire

Pete Barbutti is an American comedian and musician. He made about 60 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, from 1971 through 1992. In the early 1980s Barbutti also hosted a short-lived variety show called Pete's Place.

Pete Barbutti is known for often incorporating his musicianship into his comedy routines. He plays piano, accordion ("cordeen"), and trumpet.

Among his better-known routines are "Cordeen School," about an accordion teacher who sells a lot of accordions, but whose students never seem to learn much, and a number of piano-based gags (such as "tuning the piano stool," and using the business-end of a plumber's helper, stuck to the side of the piano, as a cigar holder). He's performed on Johnny Carson over 60 times and many other TV variety shows. #petebarbutti