Robert Pritikin

We had no idea he had passed. Many were the times we dined at the Mansion with David the magnificent English chef. The cake which fell off the serving disch was an event when David gathered the pieces of this magnificent piece de quelque chose and then proceeded to serve it slightly indented to our table which included John Maatta the business manager of MGM, the infamous Dr Peter Bullock who also with his British wit and Bob moved the occasion into the late hours of just about every evening...

I always looked forward to visiting the hotel across from my residence at the time to enjoy Bob´s magic show. He was very entertaining in a campy sort of way. I commented previously and don´t understand why more people he touched with his genius and humor haven´t offered their thoughts. He made my time in SF, more enjoyable. Thanks for being!

I must have known Bob at least 25 years. A visit to his home was always an amazing adventure. I remember one day, being invited with a very special and private group to take a bus down to San Jose to a Carl's Jr restaurant. Evidently, at some point, a human finger was found in a bowl of chili there. So Bob had all of us go down together and have a bowl of chili at that very location. Someone had been commissioned to take a breadstick and fashion it like a finger, complete with a fingernail,...

I lived across the street from the Mansions and bargained with Bob to design the hotel´s first website in exchange for some cash and piano playing privileges! I also got to watch many a magic show and after hobnobed with guests in the after show wine samplings. THANK You Bob RIP.

I've known Bob for fifty years. When I first moved to San Francisco in 1970, he would arrive at Ingrid's and my dinner parties with his saw. Always entertaining and witty, he would entertain the other guests for hours with his stories. He was one of a kind and I will miss him dearly.

I met Bob P. when he gathered a few of us to play the saw at the Old Waldorf in SF in the mid 70's. I played a few other shows with him in subsequent months. Quite a character with a knack for decorating his residences creatively! He was one of a kind who added so much to peoples lives. Condolences to all his family.

I first met Bob at Kathleen Mailliard´s studio on Clay Street. I had made a cake for the occasion with basket weave design frosting and he was interested in talking to me about it. Later, through our friend, Jane Otto, we met again and that led to a fine friendship, but always filled with quips and good insults. Still later my husband and I staged two Successive Toys for Tots toy raising parties at the Mansion, and every year enjoyed he lavish entertainments Memorial Day and Christmas. One...

I first met Bob by answering apartment for rent for my Son who just moved to SF from Santa Barbara. After sitting at the huge marble table for 30 minutes, he said it was fate, he could tell I was a great Father and he would be pleased to have my Son move in sight unseen as he was at work. Always enjoyed eclectic Bob visits and I surprised one year with old recordings of his Father playing Jazz in LA.

Peace be with Bob and his family. Many thanks for the wonderful memories.