Brushes with Celebrity - Make a list!

[martymar64]

It can be anymore famous or semi-famous in any field.

I'll start:

Dean Martin
John Travolta
Leif Garrett
Sting
Steve Perry
Brian Setzer
Dave Navarro
Penny Marshall
Bruno Kirby
Chevy Chase
John Carpenter
The Edge
Bill Paxton
Joe Bob Briggs
Shawn Green
Ed Too Tall Jones
Mike Ditka
Andy Dick
Daniel Evans (Gov. of WA)
Tom Foley (Speaker of the House)
Red McCombs
Ron Jeremy
Molly Ringwald
Susanna Hoffs (Bangles)
Sharon Kane
Jack Baker
El Duce
Drew Barrymore
Marlee Matlin
Katie Sagal
Chuck E. Weiss
Dukey Flyswatter
Dinah Manoff
Ben Stein
Elizabeth Taylor
Cesar Chavez
Ricardo Montalban
Dom Deluise
Susan Tyrell

I Know there's more, but I can't remember them all.

[ceile]

1. Dang Martymar!

That's some list.
I met Trent Reznor on 6th St one night and Carl Lewis used to come into the health food store I worked at in high school.

[martymar64]

3. It comes from working in Hollywood

I was there for several years.

[ceile]

8. Ah, I see.

Hollywood, huh? I hope you enjoy the somewhat slow pace of Austin.:hi:

[martymar64]

13. It's not too bad

The film industry is trying to get going here, but it's still small.
Last minute addition to my list: Rick Linklater

[L A Woman]

12. that's why my list would be too long

i've met hundreds, so i'll narrow it down to the last few months; jamie foxx, dick van dyke, arsenio hall, jane seymour, jason alexander.

[martymar64]

16. What aspect of the industry do you work in?

I worked in sound editing (FX, foley, dialogue, etc. Inactive member of the Editor's Guild.

[L A Woman]

51. I don't, actually

I work in an upscale fitness facility. We have famous members, celebrities rent our facility for parties and there have been quite a few films shot there.

[MrCoffee]

2. Impressive.

I met Tiger Woods in a Starbucks, and went bowling with the Flaming Lips...

[martymar64]

4. I friend of mine smoked weed with Flaming Lips

Never met them myself. Would like to.

[NNadir]

38. Jerry Garcia once comforted me.

I was working "security" at a Grateful Dead concert in 1970. I was just a kid and I actually believed that people were supposed to have something called "tickets" to get into the concert. Someone - very wasted - threatened me with a broken bottle unless I let him pass. They moved me to the job of what I know speak of as "guarding the groupies." Shivering with fear, I was standing near a door, looking through a window into the gymnasium when someone started to talk with me and told me that "we had a rough time a little while a few days ago at Queens College."

I turned and recognized him as "the guitarist." It was Jerry Garcia. The thing was, I didn't know who he was exactly, because at the time I wasn't a Dead fan. I also got to speak briefly to "the bass player," who was Phil Lesh. I got to ask him if he knew someone who wanted to go back stage. She told me her name was "Panama Pam," and I asked Lesh if he knew her. He told me he never heard of her.

It was a memorable night, but mostly because someone threatened to mutilate me with glass. (I was armed with a flashlight.) It was also the first time in my life I got high, even though I didn't smoke a damn thing. The air was that thick with weed.

Looking back, and knowing what I know now, they were really nice guys. Garcia's calm made me stop shaking. Later on my life I started smoking pot, and for a while I thought the Dead was a great band. For a short while I was a fan, but I never got close to them again. Later I stopped smoking pot and realized they were almost never even in tune. As musicians, they were possibly the most shitty famous band of their time, but they were very, very, very nice guys personally.

[idgiehkt]

50. hence the joke:

Q: What did the Deadhead say when he ran out of drugs?
A: Man, this band really sucks.

[NNadir]

56. You got that right.

[GOPisEvil]

19. I met Tiger Woods once too.

He took a couple of pictures with me and my friends. He had just joined the tour. He had all of one guy with him.

[LynneSin]

5. I drank beers one night with Barry Larkin, Jose Rijo and

a couple of other players from the Cincinnati Reds. I also got to try on Rob Dibble's World Series ring. Damn that thing is big

[Broken_Hero]

6. A few

Dale Ellis

Kirk Henrich

Scott Pollard

John Menzer

Colmen Peterson

hmmm...that is about it for me, off the top of my head...

[Radical Activist]

7. Al Franken, the real Patch Adams, Mimi Kennedy.

All cool people and good progressives.

[NewWaveChick1981]

9. Wow! I have a few:

Saw Edward James Olmos standing outside the Russian Tea Room in NY about ten years ago. Saw Kenny Rogers at a Morrison's Cafeteria in Nashville in the late 70s. Ate dinner with Sid Haig last year and probably will again in about a week. Talked with Danny Elfman and the rest of the Oingo Boingo guys when they were playing at a street festival in 1983. Ate lunch with George Takei at a science fiction convention in 1981. Sat on Richard Hatch's lap (Battlestar Galactica, NOT Survivor!) in 1984 to have my picture taken.

There may be more, but my memory fails me at the moment...

[azmouse]

10. Haven't met many.

Capt Jim Lovell
Chad Tracy
Tim Worrell
Alice Cooper
Jackie Mason
Pat Morita
PA Senator Mascara

Edited to add:
Joe Gariagiola Sr.
Matt Williams

[MrCoffee]

11. you met Mr. Miagi???

BOW TO YOUR SENSEI!!!

[azmouse]

17. Yep. In a hotel lobby in CA.

I was waiting for my husband and 'Mr Miagi' and his family were there also. I got to talk to him a little. He was nice about people talking to him.

[Vinca]

14. Here's a blast from the past -

Malcolm Evans, the Beatles road manager (before a Chicago concert). I was 16 at the time and later managed to sneak into their hotel and nearly made it "to the boys." A cop stopped me outside their door . . . but I could hear them.

[Divameow77]

15. A few

Kirk Cameron
Ice-T
Emilio Estevez
Penny Marshall
Tanya Tucker
Crazytown
Linkin Park
Papa Roach
The Osbourne Family
Disturbed

[huskerlaw]

18. The list is growing

now that I live in LA, but so far...

Noah Wylie
David Arquette
Bradley Whitford
Allison Janney
Janel Maloney
Matthew Perry
Neil Patrick Harris
...and most of the cast of Days of Our Lives

On edit: Samuel L. Jackson just called me...does that count? :P

[flvegan]

20. I partied with The Cult, and

I've worked out with a few pro-wrestlers (Lex Lugar, Hulk Hogan, Big Show). At various concerts, I've touched Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen, Mixmaster Mike. Had multiple Jack Daniels with the members of Warrant.

I've also met/hung out with a bunch of folks that are well-known in the animal advocacy circle (too many to name).

[GOPisEvil]

21. I took a piss next to Oliver Platt.

At the Paramount lot during the filming of 'Executive Decision'.

Also seen at Paramount: Kurt Russell, Angela Bassett

[MrCoffee]

22. That's the koolest thing i've ever heard of.

Oliver Platt Kicks ASS!!!!

[GOPisEvil]

25. He's a BIG guy. Tall and imposing-looking.

He was nice enough though. He also knew not to speak while, um, conducting restroom business. We exchanged quick pleasantries while washing our hands.

[Joe Fields]

23. You either live in Beverly Hills, or work at a hotel.

[martymar64]

28. I never lived in B.H. or worked in a hotel

I lived in Venice Bch. and worked in hollywood as an assistant sound editor. Before then I worked for a car leasing company in Santa Monica and briefly for B.H. Mercedes. I miss L.A.
On my way home from work I remembered a few more:

Richard Benjamin
Cheryl Ladd
Isabel Sanford
John Candy
Burt Convy
Kevin Costner
Henry Rollins

[astonamous]

24. I have crossed plaths with few...

The kid who played Eddie Munster
The guy who played Grandpa Munster
Pres. Ford
Casper Weinberger
Bob Hope
Whoopi Goldberg
Lewis Black
Ty Barnett
The Chinaman
Eddie Griffin
Mike Epps
Linda Blair
The Barbi Twins
Margot Kidder
Kinky Friedman
Winona Judd
Amy Nelson (Folkuke)
Jennifer and Richard Pryor

Trudy
www.pryorsplanet.com

[martymar64]

32. I'm really impressed!

Bob Hope is way cool! Richard Pryor!!!
I remember some more. I once ran into Judd Nelson once in a liquor store on Sunset.
I also walked next to Robert Downey, Jr and Sarah Jessica Parker at the annual AIDS walk in 1992
I saw Eazy E on Hollywood Blvd. when I was on my lunch break once.
I saw DeForrest Kelly get his star on the Walk of Fame.
I saw James Brown get his prints at the Rock Walk at Guitar Center on Sunset.
I saw roddy MacDowell in a bookstore once.

[astonamous]

36. I have only been to L.A. a few times in my life.

I guess now that I travel there more often, my odds will increase. I ran into Winona Judd at a small, small Hotel in Casper, WY...literally...ran right into her. I met Bob Hope at the ceremonial grand opening of the Bob Hope USO in Washington D.C. I was way pregnant at the time and in my Air Force uniform I guess my belly was just to irresistible to him. He reached out and touched my tummy and asked me if this is how Uncle Sam was getting recruits.

I work for Richard Pryor's Company, so that goes without saying and through that have met many others.

Trudy
www.pryorsplanet.com

[cobalt1999]

26. not as impressive as yours

Spent a evening in a bar with Chuck Jones (the director from the Bugs Bunny cartoons)
Rolled craps with Duff McKagan (bass player from Guns & Roses)
Sat on a plane next to Donny Osmond (he was hilarious)
Went on a date with one of the original Swedish Bikini Team girls (before she was a SBT girl)

[martymar64]

29. Yours are pretty cool.

I was working on a soundstage on Seward and Chuck Jones was on the next stage over. I'm a HUGE fan of his.
I knew a guy in Seattle that used to be Duff's boss in a restaurant.
Swedish Bikini Team! What can I say?!?!

[MrScorpio]

27. You almost make we want to do another another

Six Degrees Of MrScorpio

[martymar64]

30. I'd like to see it

I've got some good ones in three degrees or less

[MrScorpio]

31. I tell you what, you go for yours

Here's mine

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=5380502

[greatauntoftriplets]

33. I once played poker with Roger Ebert...

and I won.

:)

[yellowdogintexas]

34. let me see....

Earl Scruggs...actually went to his house once
Bill Monroe
Chet Atkins
Al Gore (twice)
Jim Wright, whom I consider a friend and adore beyond belief
Senator Jim Sasser of Tennessee
The pathologist who autopsied Elvis AND MLK in Memphis
Harvey Cox
was on a plane once with Billy Carter


infamous, if any of you remember it, Walker Railey ..the Methodist Minister from Dallas who was tried for attemtped murder of his wife...not convicted. Knew him in high school. He was a jerk, too.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

35. Lessee...

John Kerry, John Glenn, John Edwards, and Carole King. ^.^

[martymar64]

37. I saw John Glenn speak once

I've seen speak (audience)

Jesse Jackson
Bill Clinton
Jimmy Carter
Ron Kovic
Ed Asner

[Karenca]

39. mine..i probably have alot more------

Sarah Jessica Parker
Chris Noth
Patricia Clarkson
Parker Posey
Janine Garofolo
Mike Meyers
Jessica Lang
Sam Shephard
Meryl Streep
Bill Murray
Mario Batali
Bebe Newirth
Randi Rhodes
Chelsea Clinton
Amanda Lepore
CoryAnn Michalik
Abe Vigoda
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Jesse Jackson
Cindy Sheehan
Joey Ramone
Jon Cummings (Johnny Ramone)
Nicole Faarhi

i can't remember the rest right now.

[Karenca]

46. Also......

Tina Louise
Jerry Vale

[ovidsen]

40. Bon Scott

I've rubbed elbows with a bunch, but he was the most memorable.

Bent elbows (Jack Daniels) with him before an AC/DC concert in Rockford, Illinois, 7/4/79.

He was really nice. Really funny. And Lord, that man could DRINK!

[av8rdave]

41. A few, thanks to my job

Howard Dean
Michael Caine
Danny Glover
Bo Svenson
Tip O'Neill
Richard Tyson
Paul Teutel (sp?) (the American Chopper guy and his kids)
Richard Simmons
Sandra Day O'Connor
Robert Kiyosake ("Rich Dad, Poor Dad")
Bo Jackson
Tom Benson (owner of New Orleans Saints)
All of this year's Cincinnati Reds
Mike Shula
Deborah Coleman (one of the greatest blues musicians alive today)
Dallas Schoo (U2's guitar tech)
Wolf Blitzer
Lou Dobbs
Stedman (Oprah's boyfriend - is he still? I don't know)
Newt Gingrich
Maynard Ferguson
Stan Kenton
Brody Croyle (Crimson Tide QB, now with KC Chiefs)
Jim Irwin
Dave Scott
Frank Borman
Vance Brand (first astronaut to land the shuttle at night)
Robert Shapiro (OJ attorney)
Terry Bradshaw
Evander Holyfield
President Ford
Rollo May
Guy who played Cliff on Cheers - can't remember the name
Emmit Smith
Deion Sanders

[KamaAina]

43. John Ratzenberger

Guy who played Cliff on Cheers - can't remember the name

Oddly, we both grew up in Bridgeport, CT, yet I've never met him. He may have beat feet out of there by the time I arrived.

[av8rdave]

53. That's the name...thanks

By the way, he was a real gentleman...a class act

[momophile]

42. Bobby Hull put his hand on my shoulder and flirted...

I swear to god. What? What's that you say? He does that with all the girls?! Wah...

[Ghost in the Machine]

44. Quite a few, now that I think about it... never seemed like a big deal

growing up in Miami...

Skipper Chuck
Tommy Norden (Bud from "Flipper")
Rocky Graziano (sp)?
Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick, Larry Seiple, Garo Yepremian, Bob Kuchenberg, Bob Griese, Don Shula (hell, most of the '72 Dolphins)
Angelo Dundee (boxing trainer/promoter)
Eddie Van Halen
David Lee Roth
Annabella Lewin (lead singer from Bow Wow Wow)
Phillip Michael Thomas
Don Johnson
Burt Reynolds
Al Gore
Lamar Alexander
Bill Clinton
Sen Jeff Miller (r) Tn
A dude I knew only as "AJAX", who was the drummer for Twisted Sister when the were still a local band in NY/NJ...
Dee Schneider(sp?) (lead singer, Twisted Sister)
Jimmy Buffett
Ric Flair
Dusty Rhodes
Andre the Giant
Stone Cold Steve Austin (back when he was still "Stunning Steve Austin) and his wife Debra
Ryan Klesko (Atlanta Braves)
Bill Dance (professional fisherman)
Junior Samples (Hee Haw, and also a fisherman)
Jennifer Capriati (Tennis Player)
Harry Wayne Casey (aka K.C. of KC & The Sunshine Band)
Louie Anderson (comedian)

I'm sure I'm forgetting a few, but I'll get over it... eventually... and so will they! They probably don't remember me either! :rofl:

[CottonBear]

45. Michael Stipe, Mike Mills and Bill Berry of REM

I live in the same town as them.

I once met William Shatner and got his autograph at a Star Trek convention. I met George Takei (Sulu) (at a Mass Transit convention in Chattanooga).

I 've met GA Governor Sonny Perdue twice. (I told him I didn't vote Republican!)

I once sat on the front row of an outdoor Don McLean concert in the late 1970s and got his autograph. He was very nice. The concert was great!

I met Danny Ongais (race car driver) at the 1978 Sebring (FL) endurance race. I have a picture that was taken with him!

I saw Bruce Jenner and Paul Newman (he walked right past me!) at sports car races too! I met Ted Field, the heir to the Marshall Fields Dept. Store fortune at Sebring in 1978 too. He owned a Porsche team that Ongais raced with. He gave me pit box passes to watch the race from the top of the pit box! Way cool!

[SoyCat]

47. Dudley Moore, Howard Jones, Tammy Faye Baker (ha!), Eric Johnson,

Sonny Landreth, Joe Satriani, Kermit Ruffins, Cirroc Lofton, and John Edwards.
I think I'm forgetting a few.

[Arkham House]

48. Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Michael Palin--

--Ed Muskie, John Kenneth Galbraith, Arthur Schlesinger, Fritz Leiber, Damon Knight, Ursula LeGuin, Ted Williams, Al Kaline, Irving Howe, Mo Vaughan, Bucky Fuller, Robert Anton Wilson...not a bad list to start off with...oh yeah--have to include Joementum...:blush: ,,,believe it or not, he's a very nice guy...

[Mendocino]

49. I worked at concerts during college and met:

Jackson Browne
Billy Joel
Various members of the Doobie brothers
Gary Wright
Bob Seger
George Benson
Dan Fogelburg
Doc Severinsen
Gino Vanelli

and at other times:
John Glenn
Sir Edmund Hillary
Kerry Kennedy Cuomo
Baseball hall of famer Al Kaline
Author and Narrator David Mcullough
US Rep. Marcy Kaptur
Jamie Farr
Maria Muldaur

[mac56]

52. Paul Wellstone

Garrison Keillor
Roseanne and Tom Arnold
Richard Lewis
Jeff Smith (the Frugal Gourmet)
Frank Viola
Kirby Puckett
Bill Murray
Al Franken
Molly Ivins

[RebelOne]

54. There have been quite a few, but these are the ones I remember

These were in Miami

Anthony Quinn (rode with him in a elevator)

Liza Minnelli (was sitting in a booth next to her in a restaurant)

Al Hurt (Met him in a lounge where he was appearing. He bought me a drink.)

Bob Graham (He poured my water at a Big Brothers/Big Sisters banquet. He was playing waiter.)

Troy Donahue (He came in a beauty parlor where I was getting my hair done. He picked up a girl.)

George DeWitt ('60s game show host), I dated him twice


These were when I lived in California

Natalie Wood (Saw her on a movie set)

Clint Eastwood (Saw him on a movie set)

There are more, but these are the ones that come to mind right now.

[bumblebee1]

55. While I was living in California and working event security

Linda Evans- she was at a Yanni concert. She was dating him at the time.

Wesley Snipes- He was asking me if there was another way out of the theater that an AmFAR event was held. I didn't know. He asked one of my co-workers. Co-worker later tells me the man with a woman on either arm was Wesley Snipes. I still remember the electric blue jacket Wesley wore to the event.

Robert G. (Can't spell his last name, he played Benson)He appeared at an event at the LA convention center. He came up to our ticket booth to see if there were any tickets left there for him. There weren't. After he left, my co-worker says to me, "That's Benson!!"

I saw Jackie Slater at a kids event after the 1992 LA riots. My co-worker told me he was there. After I saw a big, black man wearing a red shirt, I asked same co-worker if that was Jackie Slater. He was a lineman for the LA Rams at the time.

This next one is non work related: One Saturday morning, I decided to go ice skating. I get to the rink and it was quite crowded. Then we all got to share the ice with Scott Hamilton. I was a nervous wreck. I didn't want to get in his way. He performed one of his Stars on Ice numbers for us. He was quite gracious about.

Back in PA: I went to our local rink for skating lessons. One Saturday morning, I was sitting in the locker room, trying to wake up. There was a young woman sitting on the bench across from me. A child came in and got her autograph. I saw on her jacket that she was Tiffany Scott. Tiffany and her partner were the second pair team representing the U.S. at the 2002 Olympics. I've never met her partner.

While at Skate America 2003, I was walking around the arena getting exercise and killing time between events. As I was making a lap around, who should pass me on the left hand side is Todd Eldredge. (Todd was National Champion several times.) He was walking towards me. I had to look twice to make sure it was Todd.