Your strangest brush with fame

[Taverner]

I got a goofy one. The year was 97, I was at the Comedy Store in El Lay watching that weeks shows, when who should pop onstage but the recently has-been comedian Andrew Dice Clay. He was funny, infuriating and funny at the same time.

Anyway, after the show, we head out to this diner nearby and there was ADC. So I walked by and said "great show" - which got us talking. Strangely enough, he was very liberal and not at all the "Diceman" that he was in his days of infamy.

I remember reading somewhere later that Diceman was one of many personas he would don onstage, and that was the one that took off. And the whole character was a joke, supposed to make fun of the Queens, NY types.

[skygazer]

1. About my only brush with fame

Met Ron Howard at the Newfane Flea Market in Vermont several years ago - I ran a table there selling natural fiber products. Mostly hemp. He stopped by and looked as a few items, chatted briefly and moved on without buying anything. Nice, laid back guy.

I don't think I've ever met any other celebrity.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Madonna at my wedding reception? Michael Moore in Flint?

I have two that come to mind as strange: Madonna was at my wedding reception (Rochester, Michigan) in 1976. She was in high school then, I believe, and friends with my younger future brother in law. There's more, but that's enough for here. She was there, anyway. Also, with Michael Moore in 1991(?) at the Genesee County Bar Association in Flint the evening while he waited for the first reviews of "Roger and Me" to come in from New York by fax (he got the OK to use the fax machine). He was nervous, but I enjoyed talking to him, and being supportive. Just us, as I recall. P.S. The reviews, of course, were great. And he wore a Tigers' cap.

[Obamarama]

82. I briefly dated Madonna's brother Chris....

Didn't get to meet his famous sister though.

[rustydog]

3. I met Johnny, June Carter-Cash and Rosanne Cash,

Beau Bridges, Dick Van Dyke.

The Cashes were in town for a concert and paid a visit to the hospital where I worked.
Bridges and Van Dyke were in the area filming "the runner stumbles".

I received a White House medical corp pin in appreciation in assisting with security precautions for VP Cheny's trip to the area. (is that a brush with fame?)

[rustydog]

13. My step daughter was in disneyland and sat next to Pierce

Brosnan in the raging river ride.

[hatredisnotavalue]

4. I was invited to a cocktail party at Stephen King's house

And shot the breeze with him in his kitchen. A month before that, he sat directly in front of me at the county Dem committee meeting, which was how I got invited to the affair. I absolutely cannot recall either conversation, but I think it was pretty political. I do remember some things at his home in that there was aluminum foil covering the drip plates on the stove and that his son's room was painted really cool with blue walls and clouds floating around the room.

I was also involved in the set-up of the opening scene of King's movie, Creepshow, which was filmed in my home town, and located an umbrella for Barbara Eden so she could watch the filming. And ironically enough, my sister-in-law who is the the other part of the state, and has never met Stephen King, was the court stenographer in the movie where the guy gets cursed by the gypsies and keeps losing weight.

[AngryAmish]

59. thinner

[trof]

5. I guess it would be my lunch with Katherine Hepburn.

Although she never admitted who she was.

[Scout1071]

6. Yoko Ono in the basement of an art gallery.

She hit me with a door coming out of a back room. She was very nice and let me take several photos - which I no longer own. Long story.

But, I've been "lucky" enough to meet many celebrities - Lance Armstrong, Bonnie Raitt, Paul McCartney and many more. Even Nick & Jessica. Hate if you want to, but they were very lovely people.

[maveric]

7. "Paradise Club" in Boston. 1976.

The place was crowded and the only open seat was at a 2-seat table. This dude was sitting in one of the chairs and I asked him if the seat was taken. He said no and gestured me to sit. We were watching the band, that happened to have a friend of mone on guitar. All along I was looking at this guy and he looked familiar. At that time Blue Oyster Cult was my favorite band. I'd seen them several times and knew what the band members looked like. Looking closer at this dude I noticed that it was Don "Buck Dharma" Roeser, one of the guitarists from BOC. In between acts I asked him if that is who I thought he was and he nodded slowly and made the "shhhhhh" gesture to his lips. It was him! A very nice man, I might add. very quiet and polite to me and the wait staff. We bought each other a couple of rounds and after the show he shook my hand and quietly walked out.
Not your stereotypical arrogant, asshole rocker. Very reserved and decent guy.

[vikegirl]

8. I met the Love Boat captain when I was really young

No, not Daunte Culpepper :evilgrin:

Gavin MacLeod, at O'Hare.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

9. Almost too many to count...

I worked as a make-up artist for film & video for years here in the City, and also did theatre work when I was in college.

Some highlights:

Worked on the premiere production of "The Boys in Autumn" with Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster. Both very nice men, Kirk especially so.

Bob West, the voice behind "Barney" the dino is a friend of mine and my webmaster.

I was on the set of the original "Star Trek" the summer before it premiered on NBC. The cast was having a script reading on set when we were on our tour.

I dated GE Smith, the guitarist for Hall & Oates & SNL.

Michael Moore plagerized my work for his book "Stupid White Men" -- when the paperback came out I was finally given an acknowledgment.

One of the funniest days I ever spent was in a hospital room with comedians Greg Proops and Mike McShane and a copy of Hustler.

I had a disasterous blind date with Les Claypool from "Primus".

[Scout1071]

51. Wow! You dated GE Smith?

He is such an incredible musician. And he was married to Gilda Radner, so he has to be pretty cool, no?

Sounds like you've had a fun career. I currently work in a career where I meet lots of celebs, but I'm getting ready to leave the industry after 12 years.

[Richardo]

10. Maureen McCormack asked me to buy beer for her....

It was 1977, we were young, hip and living in L.A. and...she came walking into the liquor store I was 'browsing' in and asked me to buy a six pack for her.

I was too young to buy it for MYSELF, dammit!! :cry: She had no follow-up question.

[Fenris]

11. Marsha Marsha Marsha!!!!!!

Wants beer.

[huskerlaw]

12. I met Janel Maloney and Allison Janney

from the West Wing...while out jogging. Janel's dog tried to jump on me, for which she apologized profusely. Both of them are very nice. :)

[SlavesandBulldozers]

14. I said hi to Mike Patton and shook his hand at a bar before his show.

nobody else really noticed him. Nice guy. I played it cool.

Later on some dude came up to me and said holy fuck you just shook mike patton's hand. And I said holy fuck youre right.

I played it off legit at the time, but I'm a pretty lame Patton fanboy so i'm surprised I didn't lose my shit.

[fleabert]

15. I dated someone briefly in HS that grew up to be on a hit show....

Carlos on Desparate Housewives- good for him!

I've met a few celebrities...chatted them up- all were very nice.
Indigo Girls
Francis Ford Coppola
Robert Rodriquez
David Robinson (by far the nicest!)
two of the boys from N'Sync
Bassist from Barenaked Ladies

my husband has met tons of musicians- a few I can think of off-hand:
Lauryn Hill
Metallica
N'Sync
Britney Spears
Alice in Chains

[ucmike]

16. 2 times i bumped into celebs.

outside the waldorf-astoria in nyc a guy was crossing my path and stopped suddenly causing me to bump into him and knock him off balance. i mumbled excuse me and kept walking. behind me i heard him say "larry, where's the car?" and recognized the voice. it was regis philbin. he never said anything to me and i kept walking.

after a lennox lewis fight in atlantic city i was making my way out of the arena with the remains of the crowd. all the A-Listers from ringside were heading out a seperate entrance. the result was that the common folk and celebs were crossing paths, creating a traffic jam. as i made my way through i was accidentally bumped by a guy crossing my path. it was more than a slight bump, i was kind of shouldered aside as the guy paved a path through the crowd. i got a little beligerent and was about to say something (it helped that i was with my 3 brothers and the guy was by himself) when the guy turned and made a quick apology. i realized it was former world heavy weigh champion larry holmes, and said "No problem", and kept on walking.

[Pied Piper]

17. I'm usually not star-struck

I work at a prominent Northeastern classical music organization, and I've had an opportunity to meet many famous conductors and soloists. One day James Taylor walked into my office to say "Hi" to my boss (Mr. Taylor regularly performs at our summer festival.). He was a nice, laid-back kind of guy. When I told my friends, they were like, "OMG, did you get his autograph, did you take a picture?!" Um, no. I've also met Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, and Yo-Yo Ma.

Truly my favorite classical music star (whom I've actually met) is Sylvia McNair. I met her as part of the management staff of our summer festival. She is simply lovely, and most certainly not the prima donna that one would expect. And that evening, she and Andre Previn performed one of the most memorable vocal recitals I have ever heard.

There are plenty of others, but these are the ones that cling to my memories.

[NewJeffCT]

18. John Anderson & Paul Sorvino

Anderson ran for president as a moderate independent Republican in 1980 vs Reagan & Carter... one of the few times my dad did not vote for a Democrat for president. I ran into him on a rental car shuttle in Florida a few years back. Seemed like a nice guy.

And, was in Atlantic City with my ex-wife in the late 90s and Sorvino was in an elevator that we got on, though nobody said a word.

[Kali]

19. Emilio Estevez ( and the rest of the Young Guns cast)

They filmed a couple scenes of the sequel on the ranch - got invited up for lunch one day so I just had to bring my copy of Repo Man for him to autograph. He got a kick out of that.

Got to light Lou Diamond Philips' cigarette. :crazy:

[libnnc]

20. Jack Weston on his way to the dentist...

1983 in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel, NYC. My mother and I had just seen Ivana Trump get on the elevator. We were walking out the door when we saw Jack Weston walking towards us. We both said hello, "Hey, you're Jack Weston! Loved you in 'The Four Seasons'! How are you?!?" or something like that, and he said, "Hello, nice to see you. I'm on my way to the dentist right now. Bye."

[mac56]

21. Went to a movie with Roseanne and Tom Arnold..

It was in the 90s, at the Suburban World Theatre in uptown Minneapolis. They were in the concession line right ahead of us. Ordered popcorn and Cokes. When the frazzled clerk asked if they wanted the large sizes, Tom snapped back, "Duh! Yeah! Look at us!"

[Generator]

22. Andy Kaufman once oogled my bust

I was once young. I was once thin(er). I lived in NYC. It was the eighties. I was in a crowded restaurant in SOHO. He stared at me. I stared at him. He was looking at my chest. And he had his neck brace on.

[file83]

81. OMG - that's funny! Were you torn between laughing and being creeped out?

[msatty99]

23. Spalding Gray

Met him in the basement bar of a theater. I had always loved his
work. He was very pleasant and mild and friendly. I think
he may have enjoyed being out of NY.

Not really strange, just a pleasant surprise.

Others celebs I have met or known: Frances McDormand, Joel Coen (married)
Mikhail Barishnikov, Naomi Wallace (Poet, Screenwriter, Playwright McCarthur "genius award winner"..went skinny dipping once)

[file83]

84. I LOVE Spalding Gray's work - *jealous of you*

[radwriter0555]

24. Dinner with the Getty family... the mother of the son who'd been kidnapped

and had his ear cut off.

I was Jonathan Demme's date.

[catzies]

25. Last week. Senator Orrin Hatch. He had no idea I despise him.

I can act that well. (I'm on the left)

[file83]

86. You should have walked up to him, shook his hand firmly and said...

"I don't like you Orrin. I really, REALLY, don't like you. You are a grade-A asshole.," all with a big cheesy smile on your face.

[mwdem]

26. Early 90's, film preview of "Stealing Home"

with Jodie Foster and Mark Harmon. I was at the premiere in Philly, and Mark Harmon was there. I'm 5'10", and he came up to my shoulders! I couldn't believe he played football in college. He was a squirt! I met Jodie a year later in Vegas, and she's very pretty and very petite. I feel like a moose around these people!

[libnnc]

27. oooooh, you met Jodie?

*swoon*

I love, love, love her :loveya:

[mwdem]

28. Just briefly, and she was promoting "Silence of the Lambs"

She's very beautiful in real life, and very petite! My SO had lunch with her and she was very down to earth, but at the time, was still under the studio's power, i.e., she had to do their bidding. Thankfully, those days are over, and she's doing her own thing.

[NV Whino]

29. i used to house sit for

Jackie Bisset

Strother Martin was a neighbor.
Gary Cooper's stand-in lived up the road (as did Strother's).

Sat next to a now well-known (and who shall remain nameless) independent director in a hot tub (nekid,of course) shortly after his unexpected success with his first (now blockbuster) movie.

Met James Garner. The Howard crew are friends of friends.

Ran into Lauren Hutton in an elevator in a hotel in Scotland. (She's short.)

It's hard not to run into celebrities when you live near Hollyweird.

On edit: I forgot Charlie Manson. Several close encounters there.

[swag]

35. How did you happen to know Charles Manson?

[NV Whino]

52. I did not meet him face to face, please understand, but

The Tate murders took place within half mile of where I house sat for Ms. Bisset. That gave me the shivers right there. I and a friend went horse shopping at the Chatsworth ranch. There were a bunch of "hippies" camped out in the canyon. The whole place had a very eerie feel to it--atmosphere was so thick you could have cut it with a knife. A week and a half later I nearly messed my panties when I read that the very nice Shorty O'Shea and the old man who owned the place had been murdered. And if that isn't enough, friends and I used to ride the fire trails in the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu, descend at a particular place to stop at a ranch and water the horses. Our friend, who had originally owned the place, had sold it to the Iron Butterfly. Charlie apparently was a fan of their music and stayed at the ranch on several occasions. When the atmosphere at that ranch got really weird, we revised our homeward route and bypassed it.

I was very happy to see Charlie incarcerated. Too many close encounters.

[swag]

71. Thanks for the run-down.

The Sanders and Bugliosi books, I have been informed, are filled with errors, but one definitely gets the atmosphere of the time and place. And the echo of that atmosphere in your post gives me the willies.

[swag]

30. I think the strangest one was when I met Mr. T,

just because it was an interesting day. This was summer of 1983 and I was new to Washington, DC, so everything was very strange to this hick from Montana. I was working in a bakery off the Orange/Blue-line trains in the food court of an office building that housed a lot of the IMF and World Bank type people. As nonexistent close readers know, I ended up selling a cheese danish to Caspar Weinberger while working at that bakery, and later standing by as two of my coworkers insulted Jay Leno every morning for a week during the fledgling comedian's stint at a comedy club in town.

One Saturday when the food court was closed, I was hanging out with Dennis who was a very slight, skinny, unconventionally handsome hairdresser whose sharp features, low rent urban style, and spiky bleached hair had caught this hayseed punk fan's eye. That morning we smoked a nickel bag of shitty dope that I had bought from a guy on Irving Street NW (Columbia Heights was a very different neighborhood back then), then Dennis suggested we walk down to this gay disco on Connecticut Ave, right off of Dupont Circle (and I'm kicking myself for failing to remember the name of this joint, but anyway it was the place to go hang out any time of day). So we were walking the last block of Connecticut Ave. to this bar/disco hole-in-the-wall past a Mrs. Fields' Cookies and up pulls this huge limo and out pops Mr. T, on his way in to Mrs. Fields for some cookies.

Now I knew Mr. T because my girlfriend and my other roommate June and I used to smoke up nickel and dime bags of Irving and Newton Street dope, oregano, and catnip, and watch "The A Team" in our roach-infested brownstone while eating buttered rice from bowls perched on our "The A Team" TV trays, which we had purchased on sale at People's Drugs (actually June had probably shoplifted the TV trays).

So anyway on this particular hot, stoned Saturday on Connecticut Avenue off Dupont Circle, Mr. T popped out of this limo in full regalia (I think they had been filming "DC Cab" in town that summer) and I was the first guy he saw. He yelled to me, "Hey, how you doin'!" I went right up and shook his hand as Dennis recoiled in horror. Then about 20 kids out of nowhere came screaming and yelling and crowding around Mr. T, so Dennis and I moved on to the disco, Dennis muttering and shaking his head, "My God he was so gross! How could you touch him!"

There were later amusing happenings at the disco that day. There was an older guy, maybe 60 dancing all alone on the dance floor of the disco that day. Dennis told me the older feller's name was Virgil and that each of the big silver letter ornaments dangling from his black jump suit represented one of Virgil's former lovers.

While I was sipping on my beer at the bar, facing away from the dance floor, Virgil snuck up behind me and whispered in my ear, "Always stay beautiful." Of course, I disobeyed him.

Dennis died a couple years later from AIDS, as did a lot of his contemporaries. Back in the early 1980s, nobody knew what was going on with the strange pneumonia and other maladies that were killing so many gay men. People suspected all sorts of things. I remember a Village Voice article mentioning the widespread belief that poppers were causing the pneumonia, so everybody was swearing off poppers.

Sorry to digress. I'm sure I've told this story before, so sorry to bore with it again.

[Jade Fox]

31. Frank Zappa at the airport...

I was surprised how small he seemed (aren't all famous people HUGE?), and he leered at me in a way I found insulting.

[graywarrior]

32. Hah! Frank Zappa at my art school which was above

The Psychedelic Supermarket in Boston. He was not impressed with any of us.

[Arkham House]

33. I once met Ted Williams...

...and he just oozed charm--amazing man. I've also met some other celebs, briefly...Robert Finch, a Nixon intimate...Michael Palin...Fred Dannay, half of "Ellery Queen"...maybe the nicest man I've ever met...Dizzy Gillespie...Thad Jones...Betty Carter...Anita O'Day...Isaac Asimov...among others...

[Crazy Guggenheim]

34. There is a local restaurant I go to and the comedian Mike Pritchard

goes there often.

[reformedrepub]

36. Susan Sarandon at Ground Zero

I met alot of celebrities at Ground Zero. The one I will always remember with a smile was Susan Sarandon. This woman was there constantly with a smile or a joke, just making sandwiches and handing them out to the guys....She was one of the reasons I crossed over to this side, when I heard idiots like Limbaugh and Hannity insulting her..It pissed me off. I dont remember seeing them there!!!

[begin_within]

37. George Clooney during the filming of "Return of the Killer Tomatoes"

which was filmed all around San Diego, including several scenes in my neighborhood. This was 1987 and I was only dimly aware of who he was at that time. He had long curly hair, and I took one picture of the cast including him.

[Lorien]

38. Crashed into Richard Dreyfus-literally

at the Disney studio lot commissary (I way carrying my food tray and was raising it to get around some people, and he crashed right into me-nose in my cleavage and all)!I apologized. He cussed at me. :shrug:

[begin_within]

39. Sonny Bono breezed through the offices of the newspaper I worked at

when he was running for a California assemblyman seat, around 1992 or so. He waved at everyone but never stopped walking, and was gone in less than a minute.

[begin_within]

40. Once met the artist David Hockney at a party in Portland, Oregon, but

at that time I had never heard of him. Someone introduced him to me and explained to me that he was a famous artist, and I pretended to be thrilled to meet him, although I had never even heard of him. Years later I started reading about who he was.

[swag]

46. Damn, bob_weaver. That's a good one.

When was that?

[begin_within]

48. 1982

[rppper]

41. sat next to twisted sister at a wrestling match

well...4 of the 5 members.....had ringside seats to the david von erich memorial held in texas stadium in dallas...next thing i know, there isthe guitarists, bassists and drummer sitting next to me...got sigs and pics....real nice guys

[Crazy Guggenheim]

42. Anyone who's met me. I mean hey, doesn't that say enough .......

:toast:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

43. I met Ray Stevens in his garage

He'd been on camera, as he was in full makeup- I needed in his garage to gain access to his landscaping irrigation controller, so he came home just to let me in.

[alittlelark]

44. Queen Elizabeth's motorized coach had to swerve when I pulled an 'American

on a street in Edinburgh(1994?). It was during the conference of the countries who once were under British rule - it happens every 10 years - and that's when we were there trying to get train tickets.

Hubby and I had been circling for almost an hour.... blockades everywhere. The train we wanted left in 10 hours. I got cranky and told him to just let me out and I would get the tickets. I was stomping off all huffy, came to the street - I looked right, stepped out into the street... (in most of these tales I would have been hit by a bus). 2 motorcycles and the Queens 'coach' swerved..... I SWEAR I made eye contact w/ her - no emotion registered on her face.

I got my tickets, got picked up by hubby, and smiled for a few weeks almost non-stop. I don't know why - I never thought one way or the other or anything about the Queen.


I still smiled - and I still do when I think about the event!:-)

[RoyGBiv]

45. Jeremy Shockey and Hank Jr...

Not at the same time, but it's kind of a tie about which was is strangest.

I told Shockey to, and I quote, "get the fuck off my couch." I actually had a few run-ins with him, but that was the most direct exchange of pleasantries.

I hesitate to tell too many details, knowing his personality and this being a public forum. Basically, when he was in high school and I in college, he was friends with people who knew my roommate, who was sorta like the Fonz to these kids for some bizarre reason. One morning, while nursing a hangover, I walked into my living room and found this hulking teenager consuming the couch I had intended to claim as my own for the day. I didn't know how long he'd been there or why. I just knew he was in my seat. Having no politeness in me and knowing already who this was and that I didn't like him, I rather directly told him to remove himself. (I had a distaste for most of the local high school's football players that had only grown in the years after I'd graduated, since being friends with my roommate too often put me in contact with them.) He moved.

Before that, and less irritating, was my encounter with Hank Williams Jr. I played checkers with him when I was about 14. My mom and grandma occasionally went to craft fairs on weekends and sold stuff they made, which of course bored me to tears. One of these shows was in the Lloyd Noble Arena in Norman, where a lot of bands once played, and while my parents sold stuff, I went into the seating area, near the front, and watched the roadies set up. I also had with me a hand-crafted, miniature checkers game I'd talked my mother into buying me and was just sorta messing around with it when this bearded guy in a cowboy hat with feathers walked past me. Being a friendly sort, I waved at him, and he waved back, then for some reason stopped and asked what I was up to. I told him the sad story of a teenage boy stuck with his mom and grandma while they sold dolls and ceramics, and he kindly listened. Eventually he asked me what I was playing with, and when I told him, he said something about it being difficult to play a game all alone. I told him I was just practicing, not really playing, just messing around with different combinations. He asked if I was an expert, and I said I wasn't too bad. Then he challenged me to a game. We chit-chatted while playing about nothing in particular. I beat him, he congratulated me, and was gone.

I had no idea who it was until later that night while watching television I saw a brief news snippet about the Hank Jr. concert in Norman and saw the face of the man I'd beaten at checkers.

[fizzgig]

47. got to party with blag once

he came with us to a party after a show (he's the lead singer of the dwarves)...it was pretty rad

interviewed michael phelps and a couple of other members of the 04 us swim team for work

have also met a number of politicians, both local and national, including marilyn musgrave :puke: she is the ugliest woman to ever walk the face of the earth...

an ex bf met spike lee in a bathroom at our university

there are also a number of minor "celebrities," mostly local news anchors

[Squeech]

49. Maybe

the time trumpeter Lester Bowie (Art Ensemble of Chicago) gave a master class on jazz improvisation at Harvard, and as he was assessing the forces available to him (how to arrange the horns, how to get the way too many guitarists and drummers to take turns, etc.) he looked at me and my instrument and just chuckled, "What is that, a mandolin?" (which it was) and he proceeded not to say anything to me for the rest of the session. He had us jam on 12-bar in B flat for an hour, and while B flat is really comfortable for saxes and brass, it's a crappy key for mandolin-- besides which, even just strumming the chord changes as loud as I could, I was seldom audible. So I didn't go back for the second and third day of the class.

Hearing some of his stories about the formative years of the Art Ensemble was almost worth it.

I've met many more famous musicians, including a bunch of my heroes-- Frank Zappa, Robert Fripp of King Crimson, Chris Squire of Yes, Richard Sinclair of Caravan (can you tell I'm really a bassist?). But the above encounter stands out in my mind for strangeness.

[Rosie1223]

50. Sheryl Crow

sang at my cousin's wedding. This was before she was famous. She was a childhood friend of the bride. Sadly the marrige didn't last.

[jane_pippin]

53. Watching Eric Burdon hit on my mom.

I think I must have been 11 or 12--somewhere around the late 80's early 90's. She had to interview him for her job or something when he came to play State Fair. Not the main stage either. (It was sad to see him play on the same stage Kids From Wisconsin had just leapt off of in sequined glee.)

Anyhoo, she brought me along to meet him and, while it was a professional interview, it was still creepy when he kept telling me how hip my mom was, after which he'd wink at her. It was kind of gross.

I don't know, maybe he wasn't hitting on her and he was just being nice, but whatever. I was a kid and it seemed weird at the time.

[BigMcLargehuge]

54. There is. A house. Right near the fair.

Where we could goooo haaaaaaaveeee sex.

Mother. Tell your children. You'll be back after having funnnnnnnnn...

[jane_pippin]

55. You're making it worse!

:scared:


:rofl:

[BigMcLargehuge]

56. all part of the job

:hi:

[Magrittes Pipe]

57. That's awesome!

:thumbsup:

[jane_pippin]

61. Yes...

The humid trailer, his half open, sweaty, silk shirt...awesome!

[Magrittes Pipe]

62. Don't forget his acne scars!

:bounce:

[jane_pippin]

63. Thanks.

[Magrittes Pipe]

64. It's my privilege to serve.

:patriot:

[johnnie]

83. I think that is cool

I met him in 83 or so and he was really cool. He kissed my girlfriend's hand and she loved it..LOL. I was 18 and I knew the rock writer here in Cleveland that would do stories on teens in the paper and she wrote about me meeting Eric and my girlfriend and blah blah blah. I still have the article somewhere.

[dolo amber]

58. I was in an elevator once with Patrick Ewing

A small elevator, with a very, very large man. Who clearly took cologne application to previously undiscovered heights. x(

[AngryAmish]

60. Playing basketball with Husker Du

Or at least Bob Mould and Grant Hart

[atomic-fly]

74. I made pizza for husker du nt

[1gobluedem]

65. I convinced Bobby Kennedy, Jr. to pitch live during our pledge drive

Ken Burns and Wynton Marsalis too (although they weren't all on at the same time).

Bobby Kennedy wasn't sure what he was supposed to be doing at first but then he really got into it and announced he'd give away an autographed copy of a book he'd written to everyone who gave $20 or more. Naturally the phones went nuts; when he got off the air he came over to me and asked "How many books do I need to send you?" When I replied "47" he almost keeled over. But, bless his heart, he autographed every one and had them sent to me. Somewhere I still have the address label: Law Offices of Robert Kennedy, Jr.


Of course, when he announced the $20 pledge level I was at the door shrieking "$100! $100!" I always knew those Kennedys had no concept of money.

[regularguy]

66. Slice of pizza at the table across from Sun-Ra,

who was also having a slice.

[swag]

69. You win the prize.

[Orrex]

67. I came upon Robert Downey, Jr. in a bar/bottle shop in State College, PA

It was, I believe, 1996. I don't know why he was in town or if he was filming anything. I think he'd just screwed himself out of that Ally McBeal role.

My friend and I were there, and I sort of recognized Downey, so I said "You know who you look like?"

Said he: "Don't tell me. Robert Fucking Downey Jr."

Said I to my friend: "That's Robert Downey Jr."

Said my friend: "I have no idea who that is."

Said I: "He was in Chaplin and Back to School.

Said my friend: "I have no fucking idea who that is."

I'm not a big fan of Mr. Downey, and I don't care if he was okay in Good Night and Good Luck or The Shaggy Dog. He's a passable actor, but he's gotten more second chances than anyone deserves.

I realized only afterwards that, in "having no idea" who he was," my friend had zinged Downey pretty nicely, especially following Downey's own rude comment. Bravo to my friend.

[BigMcLargehuge]

68. Three, all in college

Vincent Price. He was apparently coming to speak to part of the drama department or something and was being toured around the campus. I was in the office paying my tuition and turned around. Boom. Vincent Price.

I stammered something idiotic about his movies. He was very nice, put a hand on my shoulder, and shook my hand before being steered off by his guides.

William Weld. Right after he was elected Governor of Mass there was a budget cut that would have closed Cape Cod Community College where I was a student. I was sitting late in the cafeteria, pretty much all alone, working on some history homework and there he was. He'd come to the campus alone to check the place out after we presented a petition and a funding proposal to keep it open. Grace Grossman (our trustee and keeper of the Grossman fortune) offered to raise funds and asked that the government match it.

I said, "hey, aren't you Governor Weld?"

He said "Yep."

I said, "Can I buy you a cup of coffee and bend your ear for a bit?"

He said, "No. But you can let me buy you one, then bend my ear."

So we sat for about an hour and discussed why the college was so important to me.

Crown Prince Bader Al Khalifa of Bahrain (and a bunch of other family memebers and their assorted staff). He was a schoolmate in the UK. Very, very nice guy. Extremely generous and friendly. Never made a big deal out of his position. Good card player too. VERY smart.

[atomic-fly]

70. Strangest....Anderson Coopers riding ponies...

I got Anderson to call my wife for her birthday.
listen
http://tinyurl.com/jxlue


I also waited on Gorbechev at a fancy dinner.

[argyl]

72. I met Charles"Tex"Watson shortly before he met up with Manson in

California.I was living in North Dallas and a friend of mine from Plano(which at the time was a town of maybe 12,000 and was separated from Dallas by miles of rural area)dropped by with a friend from McKinney.

We smoked some weed and I didn't think much of the guy he was with,other than that he was a bit of a hick;real clean cut type.McKinney was a long way from the DFW Metroplex at the time. Guy didn't really make much of an impression on me and I was told later that he was,or had become,Tex Watson.

[meegbear]

73. Ray Manzerick and Sheena Easton ...

separately.

I was a bellman at the Hilton in Lowel MA in the mid/late 80's, pocket change while in school, and there was a Jack Kerouac dedication one weekend in the city, it was Jack's hometown. There was a buzz of celebs and pseudo-celebs supposedly hanging about and I saw one guy standing alone in the hotel lobby who looked like Ray Manzerick. I appraoached and said "Excuse me sir, but you look like Ray Manzerick." He smiled and said "That's because I am". We chatted for a couple minutes about the weekend and got his autograph.

Sheena was playing a concert at the Lowell Auditorium and was staying at the hotel. When the group checked in, I asked her for her autograph. "No, don't have time!" and whisked herself away. Later in the day, the front desk staff and I ordered a couple pizzas for yourself for dinner. The delivery guy brought them to my area. As I'm paying for them, Sheena and her crew stepped off the elevator. She sees the pizzas, walks over, opens the top box and takes a slice for herself saying "Ohhh pizza! Can I have a slice?" One of the the crew members who was there when I got blown off for her autograph said "You better sign for it". So I got her autograph:

"Mike, thanks for the pizza. Sheena"

[Blue Belle]

75. Oh... you're my boyfriend's hero. He has a huge crush on Sheena

Easton. She's on his top five list.

[Blue Belle]

76. Roger Daltrey from the Who.

When I worked at this upscale Athletic Club in Portland, Or, I sat and talked to Roger Daltrey for about 20 minutes. He was waiting for his Chiropractic appointment and he stood at my desk/counter and just chatted about Portland... asked what there was to do there... good restaurants, etc. I had no idea who I was talking to at the moment... that job was always so crazy busy. It wasn't until someone walked up to me and asked me what he was like to talk to that I realized I was talking to Roger Daltrey!! He was very nice.

I also met JFK Jr. (later that same week, actually) but he was a little short conversation wise - I didn't take it personally... I think he was just trying to avoid the hoard of horny women who were there to stalk him (we had an influx of "new" female gym members that day).

[av8rdave]

77. Have met several on flights I've worked....

The Orange County Chopper guys, Sandra Day O'Conner, Tip O'Neill, Danny Glover, Bo Jackson, Michael Caine, Tom Kite, Newt Gingrich (that was disgusting), Deion Sanders, Emmit Smith, Howard Dean, Erin Brokovich, Pete Rose, Tom Benson (owner of the NO Saints), Magic Johnson, Eugene Levy, Richard Simmons, Steven Wright, Ray Lewis....probably a bunch more I can't remember.

[nini]

78. I found out I have an entry on IMDB

:D

surprised me.

[Blue-Jay]

79. Smoking weed with Chuck Mangione.

That was weird. He gets very chatty when he's high.

[file83]

80. Alice Cooper paying "late fees" for his daughter at Blockbuster in Phoenix

[Wapsie B]

85. C'mon people get to the good stories!

*nudge nudge* Or is that on a pay site somewhere? ;-)

[Obamarama]

87. Chita Rivera and Mayim Bialik hung out in my living room...

Some scenes from a movie were being filmed in my next-door neighbors house. The whole street was shut down, trucks & trailers all over the place. Except it seems they had no trailers for two of the stars - Chita Rivera & Mayim Bialik. One of the directors came over and asked if they could relax in my living room between takes.

I baked them a blueberry coffee cake from freshly picked blueberries. Chita asked me if she could pay me to bake another one for her to share on the set the next day. I did, but for free of course.

My niece loved the show Blossom when she was a kid, do I called her up and put her on the phone with Mayim.