Most famous person you have met

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I have had the opportunity to meet a few famous people like Colin Powell, Dan Quayle, Vince Flynn (Author), Clyde Drexler (NBA star). Who is the most famous person you have had the pleasure or displeasure of meeting?
 
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I actually actively avoid famous people. Despite that, I once shook hands with Donald Sutherland waaaaaay back in college. Apparently I was the one in my group of drinking buddies with enough balls to go and introduce myself.
 
Billy Cannon, the last Heisman Trophy winner from LSU. Met him twice, once as a kid, and once as an adult. The awe I felt was the same!

Eagle Prisavage. I got to spend an afternoon with him in my shop. I wish I could do that again.
 
Quite sad, but also somewhat relevant to the forum, my famous person would have to be David Marks, host of DIY's Wood Works tv show. He was SUPER chill and actually bought one of my pens! He was at the AAW symposium in Richmond (my town) this past June, and I spent some time with him talking about all kinds of stuff. I got him to sign my hand scraper and he also "officially" endorses my pens on my website. He's my wood working hero, right next to good ol' Norm Abram.
 

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Well.. lets see.....

Kitty Wells held me as a baby.. :biggrin: ... Along with Connie Smith (who was married to my uncle!)

Met Conway Twitty in 1984 I believe.... @ Twitty City in Nashville after one of his shows... held my son as a baby....

Back when Travis Tritt was just another bar band, they were in town doing a local bar that was next door to a gas station I was working at... during one of his breaks, he came over to "get away" for a bit... had a small conversation and I sold him some gum... LOL

At this same station one night a tour bus pulled into the lot and out came Lori Morgan :eek:!!! Came in and got some snacks and left for her gig at the Memorial Hall in town.... That was cool, she signed a dollar bill for me.. :wink:

About 5 yrs ago, Nazareth was in town and we (the wife and I) helped setup their stage and sound at a local club... we also gave them a ride from the motel they were staying at to the venue... that was way COOL! They gave us front row seats for giving them a ride... :biggrin:

I think that's about it... not sure about the wife's experiences...

Dave
 
Beat This One...

I met Evander Holyfield in Atlanta, Georgia b/c we both were being searched by the police at the Atlanta airport at the same time.

I have also met Jim Tressel, Joe Paterno, Dave Dravecky- the SF Giant Pitcher who broke his arm throwing a pitch...Incidentally, it was caused from cancer.

Side note, he does a lot of charity work at my moms hospital since he is from my neighborhood.

Tressel is an amazing speaker...He was my athletic director when I was at Youngstown State Univ.

Grub32
 
I went to school with Travis Tritt. He was in my English class.

I used to know all the top guys in cycling when I did my bike parts. Greg LeMond, Andy Hampston, Rebecca Twigg, Roberto Gaggioli, Bobby Livingston and others rode my stuff. I also worked with the Olympic team, coaches and builders; Eddie B, Chris Carmichael, Gary Turner (GT Bikes), Gary Klein, Leonard Zinn, Chet Kyle, the guys holding the current land speed record, and lots of others. It was very cool to work with all those people that I had read about.
 
I can beat you all!

I not only met, but I kissed Meg Ryan. (She was a year ahead of me in High School.)

I met Ronald Regan, George Bush Sr., Paul Newman, Charles Bronson.
When I was really young my uncle worked for a concert promoter and I met Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, all of The Who, All of the Rolling stones. I met Ted Nugent at an archery show in Detroit. I was on an airplane with Angus & Malcolm Young (AC/DC). But the most memorable was Pope John Paul II.
 
I once sat next to "Handsome" Harley Race on a plane MANY years ago. Actually the nicest, most soft spoken individual you would ever care to meet. (but I sure didn't try to hog the arm rest)

Steve Wagner
Who would be a cage fighter if he wasn't allergic to getting beaten up a lot
 
I have not only met but opened for Rodney Carrington (comedian) three times; waaay back before he made the big time. I've also met Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Alice Cooper, and Carmine Appice. There were some more rock stars from the eighties that most people either never heard of or wouldn't remember.
 
Debbie Reynolds, I got to escort her arm in arm to her dressing room. I was setting right next to the door she exited through at the end of her show. As she walked by I said "Good By Debbie" She smiled and said "Thank you Daniel" I thought I was gonna fall out of my chair that she remembered my name.
 
The admiral David Robinson, The Iceman George Gervin, and Tim Duncan. My dad was working for the Gervin foundation at the time . Tall guys........
 
My sister was best friends with Jennifer Strait, George Strait's daughter that was killed in a car crash in town a number of years ago. This was before he was big time but he came over to our house all the time to bring/drop off his daughter.

Tom Kite, pro golfer, came to my parent's house one time to visit a friend that was staying with my parents for a month.
 
Played softball for Lou Piniella's team. He owned a bar in town called Sweet Lou's. He threw us a party when we won a championship for him. Met Gene Michael. Went to school with Rick Peterson ( once pitching coach for the Mets) His real name is Eric. His family was from my home town of Fords NJ. Taked to Norm at a woodworking show a few times.
 
I fished several times with pro fisherman Shaw Grigsby and was a guest on his show One More Cast With Shaw Grigsby a few years back.
 
Had lunch with Norm Abrams. He was sponsored by Ace Hardware years ago and came to Pekin IL to sign autographs at the grand opening of a new store. I went to lunch with him, a local PBS gal, and a local hardwood store who paid for sponsorship locally. Sat across from him eating pizza and talking about New Yankee Workshop. He was a nice guy, very easy to talk to.
 
We had the pleasure of spending some time with the hugely famous DC Bluesman also known as nips. I would rather spend an evening with him shooting the **** than all the people listed above with the exception of Lou and Eagle at the same time talking politics!
 
Only one comes . . .

Only one comes to mind . . . That would be David Allen Coe while working in the local Harley Dealer in the 70's . . . . Baton Rouge, LA . . . .

Steve
 
As a young teen I got to meet Johnny Unitas.....he was everybody's hero in Baltimore where I grew up. As I got into High School I got to play baseball against Al Kaline (later of the Detroit Tigers for over 20 years). I pitched a game for my H.S. against Southern High where he went. He hit a double and flyed out twice in 3 bats. I also met Wilt Chamberlain at a basketball tournament in Philly when he was a senior at Overbrook H.S. I saw him score 56 points in the final game.

Also while living in Baltimore we used to use fake ID cards to go drinking at the 2 O'Clock Club. At that time it was owned by Blaze Starr. She knew we were underage but she treated us really good....a real nice lady.

Sometime in 1987 I was working in southern Mexico and stopped for the night at a hotel in Palenque. They were filming the movie Predator and I had a chance to talk to Arnold Schwartzenigger and Carl Weathers a couple of times as we were both in that same hotel.

In 1992 I was working in Catemaco, Mexico and met Sean Connery when he was there filming Medicine Man. We had a couple of beers in a small restaurant one night. I liked his stunt double better. Connery is a stuck up skirt-chaser.

I sat next to Robert Reed of the Houston Rockets on a flight from Houston to LA. He talked some but mostly slept.

All that and $5 will get you a Starbucks!!!!!
 
Rocky Blier was always my hero . One day I was at the Hyatt Regency Hotel here in Indy , and noticed a standing sign that read "Presenting Rocky Blier" . I look over at a door leading to a meeting room , and there's a pretty big guy in a sharp dark blue three piece suit , with someone with using a whisk brush , to clean off his shoulders . It had to be him , and it was just he , me and my girlfriend there , as his assistant walked away . He was just standing there with a BIG cigar in his hand , so I managed to dig up the nerve to approach him . He saw me coming and immediately cracked a smile , obviously reading the look on my face (which I'm sure he had seen thousands of them) stuck out his hand . I said (get this) "are you Rocky Blier" ? His smile turned into a Grin , and he said yes , what's your name ? I told him , and didn't have any idea which question I wanted to ask first , so I was just standing there for too long , and he just started asking questions about ME . I did get that he was satisfied with the production of the movie about him . And he autographed my checkbook . We talked for a few minutes , then he had to go make his speech . What a great guy he is !!
 
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Billy Cannon, the last Heisman Trophy winner from LSU. Met him twice, once as a kid, and once as an adult. The awe I felt was the same!
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That doesn't count Cav! Anyone person (a.k.a Billy Cannon) who gives Ole Miss their only loss in one of their finest season prior to Archie, doesn't count! :wink: :biggrin:

Played baseball against Archie Manning in high school. (I homered too!)

DD Lewis twice (Cowboys),

Miss America of 1987, Kellye Cash TN (and she sang Happy Birthday to me as a surprise in a conference here in Japan).

Certain country's Royal family - twice.

Tom Glavine in Atlanta airport - both of us lost luggage!

Buddy Ebsen (Bevery Hillbillies) at baggage claim in Memphis airport!
 
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The Current Prime Minister of Canada (I know, where is that) Stephen Harper. I gave him one of my pens.
Oh, and Stevie... He's really famous in some parts of the world. He acted on the TV series Mentors, and the movie Ginger Snaps. I usually hang out with him playing video games and such once a month or so. We have an unwritten rule. We don't talk to each other about work. I usually dont' want to talk about mine as I most times spend 12-14 hours a day and 6 days a week at work. Last thing I want to do is talk about work. He wants to feel like a normal guy, not a celebrity, so I dont' ask about his work.
 
Ive met Jesus...:biggrin:

5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?" 6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really knew me, you would know[b] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
8Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."
9Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. 12I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
 
Ronald Reagan,
Bob Hope,
Jack Nicklaus,
Paul Azinger,
Tom Watson,
Johnny Miller,
Sandy Patti,
Amy Grant

and a few weeks ago I met for the first time Scott Phillips of the American Workshop... a super nice guy!
 
Alan Ashby, Nolan Ryans "personal" catcher for the Houston Astros was my teamate on my high school baseball team at San Pedro High School in SoCal.
Also in high school I played guitar in a group called "Blue Toad Flax" that later went on to become "Ambrosia". Chris North, the keyboard player, was my best friend growing up and we still keep in touch.
 
First, for me, having met some "famous" people was a bit disappointment as like most, I had a tendency to place them on a pedestal of sorts. Then I found out they are people just like us for the most part. Like many here, I could name a handful of "famous" people, for what it is worth, but having met them really hasn't bettered me in any way. I could name another handful of names that have impacted, motivated, and changed my life for the better, but you probably wouldn't recognize a one of them! :D
 
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The Current Prime Minister of Canada (I know, where is that) Stephen Harper. I gave him one of my pens.
Oh, and Stevie... He's really famous in some parts of the world. He acted on the TV series Mentors, and the movie Ginger Snaps. I usually hang out with him playing video games and such once a month or so. We have an unwritten rule. We don't talk to each other about work. I usually dont' want to talk about mine as I most times spend 12-14 hours a day and 6 days a week at work. Last thing I want to do is talk about work. He wants to feel like a normal guy, not a celebrity, so I dont' ask about his work.
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Are you sure you're not having the wool pulled over your eyes? Steven Harper was an economist, not an actor, before becoming Prime Minister...and he wasn't in Ginger Snaps...

He's also based in Ottawa, so I don't know how he'd be in BC playing video games once a month. You might want to check the ID of this guy before he comes to play video games next month!
 
The Archbishop of Canterbury sat in my living room eating my wife's homemade ice cream with my 2 year old daughter in his lap. He liked Rocky Road. Lynn Redgrave was my partner on the $25,000 Pyramid about 30 years ago.
 
Through my job I've met many famous people but it is just a brief introduction and handshake. I've met actors/actresses, musicians, authors, politicians, athletes and some very wealthy people.

My least favorite was Bill Cosby. He puts on a great show for the public but once out of the spot light he was not very nice.

One of my favorites was the band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. They did a private performance at my company and then mingled with everyone afterward. They were a really great bunch of guys.

The wealthiest I have ever met has been listed in one of those Forbes magazine "weathiest' articles. Along with about 20 other business people, he put us up overnight at his private "business residence". He is a very tough business person but also a very down to earth guy. He did not inherit his money, he is self made. I have had business meetings with him on several occassions.
 
I guess most notable would be Don Nelson a high school acquaintance, Booker Edgerson of the Buffalo Bills, also from High School, and Gene Oliver of the Cubs as a car salesman in the Illinois Quad Cities. Arnold Palmer and Doug Sanders at a charity golf outing in the 60s. Palmer was still flying an Aero Commander with his umbrella logoon the tail...long time ago.
Vern
 
One that comes to mind is Cornelius Bumpus, super nice guy and my mother in law sang with him for a few years at a local thing that is held every year at a local college. The show is still going even though he is no longer with us. For those who havent heard of him he played with folks like the doobie brothers and was a band member for Steeley Dan for about 11 years and man you could play the sax............
 
As a kid I shook hands with President Gerald Ford (an event that was completely lost on me as a 10 year old at the time).

I met Al Gore when he was campaigning for President in the earliy 90's, before becoming Bill Clinton's running mate. Met Ronald Reagen during his campaign against Jimmy Carter.

I met authors: John Maxwell, Steven Covey, Tony Evans, Ron Blue, Larry Burkett, Arthur Levin (former SEC Chairman).

I met former Alabama governors George Wallace, Don Seigelman, Fob James and Guy Hunt (Guy Hunt's sister was our wedding director). Former Georgia governor and current Sentor Zel Miller. Alabama Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions.

My wife is distantly related to former Tennessee Senator Zack Wamp.

I know and count among friends the entire cast of the movie "Facing the Giants" (released in 2006).

When we lived in Albany, Georgia, we attended church with professional golfer Nancy Lopez and retired professional baseball player Ray Knight. Golfer Arnold Palmer attended the church when he was in town related to one of his businesses.

I had a business lunch with Fran Tarkinton in the early 90's. As a child, I saw Fran's dad (Dallas) preach a revival at our church.

While in college, I had some classes with Bo Jackson (NFL, MLB), Lionel James (NFL), Charles Barkley (NBA) and Rowdy Gaines (Olympic Swimmer).

Earlier this year, I met Norm Abrams and Scott Phillips.

And, I have met the very famous Robert Johnson (rojo22) and Perry Bridges (papaturner).:biggrin:

Wow. I have not thought about how interesting life has been. Thank you for starting this thread.
 
Small world, my wife was born and raised in Albany, GA. She spent her first 20 years there before moving to Ohio.

I have met famous people but I would say meeting the IAP members last month in Columbus was the highlight of my life.
 
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I used to patrol Woodland Hills, Encino and Studio City, Calif. I have met numerous actor and actresses. Some of them are Sonny and Char Bono, Pat Boone, Jay Leno and Herb Albert of the Tijuana brass. I have met many famous producers and directors.
I have Fernando Valenzuela's autograph on the ticket sub from his no hitter. I will never forget being in the stadium watching that game. I did pay for that autograph at a show where he signed autograph's. I got Charles White's autograph. He won the Heisman Trophy at USC. However, his autograph had to be turned into the courts because it was on a traffic ticket.
 
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