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lixnlix69
08-07-2002, 08:00 PM
I dunno if this has been ask here at Pixies before but.........
Today I got to thinking and I remembered a segement on David Letterman where he did an audience poll to see who has ever met, or almost met, or met someone who knew or worked for, a celebrity.
So I thought, why not? Have you ever had a "BRUSH WTH GREATNESS"?
I met Cheap Trick when they were just about to hit the big times. I worked for Columbia Records distributions in N.J. the year Cheap Trick's first album came out. We got a pass from work to see them at a local club and an exclusive "back stage pass" as well. I stood next to Robin Zander and thought, "This is the shortest man I have ever met!" LMAO! But he was nice enough and the band even gave a friend of mine a ride home in their Winnabago, because as they left the club they saw her drunk and hitchiking down a lonely road. She remembered some of the ride and when she woke in the morning, draped over her as if it were a blanket was a jacket Robin wore that night. You know the one..........has Cheap Trick from top to bottom on it.
I also met John Travolta at a convention center in Philly, way back when he was Vinny Barbarino on "Welcome Back Kotter".
Met Nick Nolte at that same center at a different time when he was doing the mini-series "Rich Man Poor Man".
I was sitting on the beach in Atlantic City, N.J. .......oh.......eons ago......and saw Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong walking down the beach and throwing something up for the seagulls to eat. They had so many seagulls around them I dare not approach them for fear of an attack by the birds.......LOL!....Looked just like the movie "The Birds"......but this one had Cheech and Cong in it!..........maybe they were throwing them joints!.......LMAO!
Oh.....And when we lived in the Fla. Keys we heard a radio broadcast that said David Lee Roth had been spotted doing some songs at a few clubs up and down the strip in South Beach, Miami. So, off we went to South Beach.......but alas....to no avail! DLR was nowhere to be found! Bummer! We did however live right down the road from where Jack Nicholson and Kathy Lee Gifford had "winter homes" in Key Largo! Never saw them though and we would take a yacht out periodically (we worked for a Yachting Co.) to pass by the homes on the bay side.....no one was ever there!
OK....your turn!
Mrs. Lix
Ran into Lynn Swann once in the DFW airport. I was on my way home from Basic Training in the Air Force, and he was in line behind me. We talked about football for a few but I never got an autograph...too stunned...lol
jjjjbo
08-07-2002, 08:12 PM
OK, living in So. Cal makes it easier sometimes ....
At one law firm I worked for I prepared documents for and met with Damon Wayons and his wife, also Keenan Ivory Wayans, and also Esther Williams (I know that's old school celebrity) and finally Rodney King (from the LA Police beatings) -- interesting group.
Also, have seen Richard Gere on the beach at San Clemente near where he had a house at the time (I don't know if he still has a place there or not) and Brooke Shields in San Clemente as well.
And then there's professional athletes -- I know a few of them on a personal level -- not HUGE names, but ones who make a decent living at the sport they play ... Because I'm friends with a Pro Beach Volley Ball player (who also was on the 88 Olympic Gold Medal USA team), I've met a lot of those guys over the years - just because they'll drop by the house when I have been there as well -- Karch Kiraly, Mike Whitmarsh, Mike Dodd, Craig Buck, and Bob Ctvrtlyk -- though I don't know if most people would recognize these guys ... Also I've met Mike Smith who played on the Boston Celtics team a few years back.
I know there have been more, it's just not such an unusual occurrence here. :) j
2-4-tea
08-07-2002, 08:33 PM
ok does nt know if this counts, when I was about 11 I was at my cousins wedding, and I was using the mens room and looked next to me and peeing next to me was Jim Palmer does that count?
dicksbro
08-07-2002, 08:33 PM
Lucky enough to have had a few encounters with famous folk. When I was a kid, my dad was stationed in Japan and one year the Bob Hope USO show was there. Got to (very, very briefly) meet Bob Hope and Jane Mansfield.
Then one year after my wife and I were married, we took a trip to Washington, D.C. with friends and in seeking a pass to go in to watch a session of congress, met Sen. Ted Kennedy.
lixnlix69
08-07-2002, 08:42 PM
Eros.......when ya ran into Lynn did he say, "Whoa, watch were you're going"? Or did he wanna spike ya?....LOL!
jjjjbo........I live in Pa. Dutch Country.......best I could do here now is the old guy from the Peppridge Farm commercials or the chicken guy from the Perdue Chickens commercials!
dicksbro.......Don't get me started on Bob Hope again.....LMAO! scotz will start singing that theme song........omg!
That counts 2-4-tea! now you have to disclose the size of his famous pecker!! LOL!
Mrs Lix
scotzoidman
08-07-2002, 08:44 PM
Living in Music City you might think I run in to country music stars every day, but they don't seem to get out much...wouldn't impress me too much if I did...
But my one Brush that stands out had to do with my father, back in the '70s when he was a Customs Inspector, I would drive him out to the airport at night to check in planes coming in from other countries, a small plane lands & out comes Richard Petty & Bobby Allison...after signing the nessesary forms, King Richard gives us that big ol' grin & says, "Now don't y'all tell anybody that we're ridin' together, OK?"...afterward I asked Daddy why he didn't tell me who he was checkin in, he didn't think I would know or care who they were...I mean, c'mon, the then-reigning kings of NASCAR?!?!?!?
jjjjbo
08-07-2002, 09:17 PM
"Oh yea," she says like she should have seen that lightbulb first!
I grew up in a VERY small town near several national parks so there were always people touring during the summer through our area. My father was 1 of 2 doctors in town so one night he got called in on an emergency and had to stitch up the Author- Leon Uris' son after a fall -- I know most people wouldn't think this a big deal, but he was my brother's FAVORITE author and so my dad stopped stitching the kid up long enough to call home and tell my brother to get to the hospital right away so he could meet THE MAN. That was REAL excitement!
Uncle Silky
08-07-2002, 10:52 PM
pfft. gotcha ALL beat. not only did i meet him, i got a picture of me with the original Lone Ranger. yeah, that's right. i can feel yer jealousy from here.
Holy Shit Scotz..King Richard AND Bobby Allison? Damn, one lucky person. Bobby has always been my hero in stock car racing (NASCAR) for those who know.
cuteglutes
08-08-2002, 11:47 AM
I've met a few famous people, they are:
Bo derek(very nice lady)
Steve martin(very nice man)
Kathy ireland( you know, the ditzy super model)
carrot top(phone commercial guy)
Randoll cunningham(went to high school with him)
Eddy van halen(what a prick!!)
there are more, but thats all i can think of right now.
dicksbro
08-08-2002, 11:56 AM
Can't imagine how I failed to mention two other celebrities I had the pleasure to meet ... First, I met Dolly Parton. Met her on a plane flight I was taking and sat next to one of the people traveling with her. She seemed like a very nice person.
Also met Dick Vermeil at the hotel I was staying at when he was head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles one year when I was attending a business conference there.
Well I bowled with Earl Anthony in my junior bowlers league once, but I remeber very little. (I was probably about 10). But the biggies for me were meeting Kenny Baker! and Jeremy Bulloch!!! Maybe not huge names to some of you, but I'm sure some of you appreciate my excitement over meeting these two... :D
Mrs Lix~ I was standing in line at the ticket counter and asked the guy working there who won the Monday Night game that was in Dallas that night. From behind me I heard "Cowboys got beat 13-10." I turned around to say thanks and my jaw hit the floor. He was very nice and we talked about the game while in line.
Aqua~ I know Kenny Baker was/is R2D2...but who was Jeremy Bulloch?
Who was Jeremy Bulloch?!?!? :eek: Alas... I felt if anyone would know it would be you Eros... :p
wait...was he the guy who played Vader?...the one in the costume?
Oh, I'm sorry, that was not the correct answer... but we have some lovely parting gifts for you... :p That was David Prowse in the Vader suit. Jeremy was masked and in a suit and didn't appear until Empire.
Ok, had to cheat and go to www.imdb.com but I found it....Once I saw it I was like "duh!!"...lol. Anybody else know??
lixnlix69
08-08-2002, 05:45 PM
Eros????????
Who was it in line that gave you the score?????
I am so nosey!
Mrs. Lix
lixnlix69
08-08-2002, 05:48 PM
Didn't look at the link Eros.....Aqua? Was it Chewy???? Swear!...just a guess!
Mrs. Lix
scotzoidman
08-08-2002, 06:06 PM
I kinda blew off the country music stars issue, just remembered I went to school with Pam Tillis...was even asked to audition for her band once (more like a cattle call) where I met her dad M-M-Mel...ok, laugh it off, but he is one of the great songwriters around...
Midnight Kiss
08-09-2002, 03:17 AM
Of all the people I have met the only ones coming to mine at this time of the morning are Minnie Pearl (yes wearing the hat with the tag still on it) and Bill Clinton ( when he was Gov. of AR)
I know there are others but they escape me at the moment......
Midnight Kiss
08-09-2002, 03:22 AM
OMG!!!!!!!!! I have no idea what his name is and can't believe I forgot him. But he is the Undertakers brother on wrestling. At the time I met him he was called Desiel and was wrestling at the Lady Luck Casino in Lulu, MS. I am 5'8". We both ate at the same resturant after the show and he stood in line behind me to pay the bill. He told the cashier, I've got it, I turned around to look and I was eye to nipple!!!!!!!!!! I thought I was gonna pass out before I could tell him thank you. LOL. I still dream about putting a collar on that man and tying me to my bed. DAMN. Ok, I am going to bed now, :D:D:D:D:D:D
Uncle Silky
08-09-2002, 04:00 AM
Glenn Jacobs, better known as Kane.
Originally posted by lixnlix69
Didn't look at the link Eros.....Aqua? Was it Chewy???? Swear!...just a guess!
Mrs. Lix
Nope not Chewy... Chewy was in all three of the original movies. This character was first seen in Empire Strikes Back.
Midnight Kiss
08-09-2002, 01:19 PM
OMG, yes Kane, YES YES YES.
TY Uncle Silky....................
Laters I gotta go take care of , er, something...........
Devillishgirl
08-09-2002, 08:31 PM
Hmmm nothing too exciting here...
Anthony Kedis(Red Hot Chili Peppers) but that ain't no big thang lol as this is his home town and his dad is all over the place out here
Don't even ask for the details behind this one but I also met the Wu Tang Glan....lucky me, I even got to meet ODB or whatever the hell he calls himself now
Uncle Silky
08-09-2002, 09:55 PM
loooooves me some Wu-Tang. yay-uh.
Oldfart
08-10-2002, 09:37 AM
Eros should, but not me.
Pray enlighten, Super-fish-guy.
mack606
08-11-2002, 04:36 PM
just looking thro threads and found this one
well my friend's sister meet bill clinton, my uncle grew up with sargent slaughter (wwf), his brother has meet one of the guys from type o negitive (his best friend is friends with him and i was suppost too meet him) ummmm my aunt cursed out martha steward (long story) ummmmm...
lmfao i meet Gordon B. Hinkley lmfao ( he's the mormon church's leader) my friend vinny cursed out martha steward once to lol ummm
after thinking bout it james farmer (he was a civial right activist and helped to arrange things with/for MLK)
dad meet jesse jackson and regan....
umm think thats it
lmao
scotzoidman
08-11-2002, 05:09 PM
Originally posted by mack606
just looking thro threads and found this one
ummmm my aunt cursed out martha steward (long story) ummmmm...
my friend vinny cursed out martha steward once to lol ummm
umm think thats it
lmao Shit, people are standing in line to cuss and/or bitchslap Martha Stewart...lol
Originally posted by Oldfart
Eros should, but not me.
Pray enlighten, Super-fish-guy.
Jeremy Bulloch is none other than... Boba Fett, the most notorious bounty-hunter in the Star Wars galaxy!
mack606
08-12-2002, 03:14 PM
Originally posted by scotzoidman
Shit, people are standing in line to cuss and/or bitchslap Martha Stewart...lol
i know that but she got to do it :D.....my aunt was house sitting for a friend who lives like 4 houses down from martha. Well my aunt was taking some pix of flowers (its been her hobbie for the longest time). Martha owns basicly the copy rights to the entire street (nothing showing her house may be videoed of photographed). Martha Saw my aunt taking her pix and started to bitch about not taking the pictures, my aunt went off and bitched her out so bad, yelling at her telling martha that she had gotten permission from the home owners to take the pics.
Im not sure what happened after that..all i know is the story has become a family legend.
Scarecrow
08-12-2002, 07:38 PM
I worked back stage security at Farm Aid I so I got to meet all the preformers that were there. Oh I also got to met Sen. John F. Kennedy when he was campaigning for Pres. also met George Burns.
roxanne916
08-12-2002, 08:20 PM
I got to meet Dave Winfield of the New York Yankees at a book signing.
Yogi Berra was an usher at my mom's church, Eddie Lopat worked the off season as a salesman for Armour Hot Dogs and Armour Deli Meats. <This of course being long before baseball players commanded multi-million dollar salaries>. And yes, Yogi did keep his Yogi-isms out of church LOL
Lorelei
11-11-2002, 09:24 AM
Unfair question: People who live in NY and LA meet celebrities ALL the time.
But I did meet Kid Rock; he lives in MI too.
Scarlett
11-11-2002, 11:33 AM
I wouldn't call this greatness, but I rode in an elevator with Gary Coleman :D
Sharni
11-11-2002, 01:19 PM
Peter Wingfield aka Methos (Highlander)
Elizabeth Gracen aka Amanda (Highlander & Raven)
GermanSteve
11-11-2002, 06:47 PM
There are some I have seen from far, talking to three: one is that showmaster that is looking a bit like me,
-Ingo Dubinski (but who knows him??),
the second might be known also in foreign countries:
-Norbert Schramm, a famous ice skater.
Third is
-Ingo Meier (the boss of one of Germany´s biggest lotteries, had some beers with him; a very nice person)
And there was one man for some time my neighbour:
-Peter Machac, a wellknown radio moderator.
Seen from far:
-the pope (Munich),
-Nicki Lauda (met him in Salzburg crossing my way),
-Thomas Gottschalk (probably Germany´s most famous TV showmaster, met him in the airport),
-Harald Juhnke (showmaster, actor, singer; unfortunately famous for his high consumption of alcohol),
-Charly Huber (actor),
-Siegfried Lowitz (actor),
-Horst Buchholz (actor),
-Alois Glück (Bavarian politician)
and still some more that I do not remember their names
Scarlett
11-11-2002, 07:48 PM
Oh man! I forgot to add Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Ernie from Sesame Street :D
BlondeCurlGirl
11-11-2002, 11:17 PM
Just this morning, I went to a presentation being given by MacKenzie Phillips on drug and alcohol abuse, and got to shake her hand as she was leaving the building.
My mom graduated high school with Cheryl Ladd (one of Charlie's Angels) and I did get to meet her at their reunion several years back.
Back in 1984, my parents took me to a Mondale/Ferraro rally at the cap in Madison...my parents tell me I was patted on the head by Fritz, but I have no recollection of the moment. Also saw Al Gore when he rallied in Madison for the past election.
In middle school, I was obsessed with the guys on soaps, as they were the only ones you really had the opportunity to meet in person through meet & greets at local fairs, etc. I've met Patrick Muldoon (old Austin off Days of Our Lives), Peter Reckell (Bo Brady on Days), Jaason Simmons (the cute Aussie on Baywatch), and just a couple years ago- Paul Anthony Stewart (now starring as Danny Santos on Guiding Light). Each was an enjoyable experience, they are all very nice, and just as cute in person!
Hopefully my list of celebrity encounters will continue to grow as the years go by :) Always fun!
Uncle Silky
11-11-2002, 11:24 PM
my god, Scarlett. you wouldn't call meetin Gary Coleman greatness? well, i guess i wouldn't, either. no, i'd call it a Buddha-blessed miracle. there is no-- not a single fuckin one-- bigger celebrity that Gary muthafuckin Coleman. he's the reason for it all.
scotzoidman
11-11-2002, 11:32 PM
Whatchoo talkin bout Willis?
Uncle Silky
11-11-2002, 11:38 PM
see? Coleman = pimp's pimp. remember i said that.
Vixenoir
11-12-2002, 12:22 AM
Well I met Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden singer) a couple of years ago, Adrian Smith was there too. Both were really nice and signed a cd I had,
Met Jeremy Bulloch, Dave Prowse, some of the chicks from the old 'Hammer House of Horrors' films,
Used to be mates with Bones from discharge.. long time ago
Not v. impressive really
Lorelei
11-12-2002, 09:09 AM
Originally posted by BlondeCurlGirl
Just this morning, I went to a presentation being given by MacKenzie Phillips on drug and alcohol abuse, and got to shake her hand as she was leaving the building.
I like MacKenzie Phillips--Very good actress!:)
Steph
11-12-2002, 11:54 AM
I showed William Hurt where the bathroom was when he was filming "Rare Birds", a movie partly filmed at the university I was working in.
I had a beer with Keifer Sutherland two summers ago when he was dating my friend. He seemed like a really nice guy who liked to have a good time but never called my friend once the movie was done. A gal in every port?
dzbuster
11-12-2002, 08:02 PM
phish played the living room at 2 shepard ave when i came to visit my friends living there (wound up living there)
met steven tylor somewhere without last names and asked him if he'd ever seen himself around there and when he told yeah he'd seen him asked what he was like...like him and me or some stuck up rich asshole
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