Most famous person you have met

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While in the military...

I got to meet several political types... President Bush (2nd), Vice President Cheney, President Clinton, Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary Gates, Secretary Rice, General Pace (first Marine Corps. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff).

I also got to meet a few real celebrities too... Tony Stewart, Archie Manning (his sister and sister-in-law were my teachers in junior high school), Payton Manning, Eli Manning, and Julia Roberts.
 
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Eddie George, Ray Childress, Chris Carter, General Westmoreland, a handful of congressmen and state-level politicians, Senator Cornyn (back when he was a Harris County judge).
 
I used to work closely with Oliver North and have done security details for several ranking US official that shall remain nameless. I also got drunk with Steppenwolf band one night. My families ranch is next door to country singer Clay Dustins ranch. I still pull a bodygaurd detail (privately) every now and then for people you see everyday on TV. The last one, I flipped off Martha Stewart once when she driving on the bumper of my car.(does that count?)
 
Arlo Guthrie after a concert.
Sat for about 20 minutes at the table in an RV talking to Bo Diddley. That was cool. Best though was spending an hour pre-show in the RV with Charlie Daniels. During Desert Storm, we sent him a letter and got a handwritten reply from him. At the bottom, he said that if I ever needed anything, just let him know. After getting back CONUS, he gave a free show, so I took my letter to the security guarding the backstage area...he looked at it, left and Charlie's manager came up, took us back to the RV, 10 seconds later, I am in a bear hug from one of the coolest people ever. He is seriously like talking to an uncle you haven't seen in a couple years. He delayed the start of his show while finishing stories with us.
 
Bob Marley.

Back in the Spring of 1980 I was leading a workshop at St. Thomas. My friend and I stayed at a really small, out of the way hotel. Our first day there we decided to take a swim in the pool. It looked pretty quiet and peaceful. Just one guy sitting down there chilling.

We got down there and this guy waves us over to say "Hi". Dang if it wasn't Bob Marley. Every afternoon for the rest of the week, it was Bob Marley, my friend and myself .... just hanging out by the pool and shooting the breeze. He was performing at the St. Thomas Carnival.
 
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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!
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I could have made that a bit clearer. :D The actor's name is Stevie Mitchell.
 
Yes.......Everyone in the west is CRAZY. Out of the one test subject you ahve trom there, it's true. They are 100% crazy....... lol :p
Ya, that's what happens after 3 days of not being able to sleep. Insomnia really sucks.
 
Met Walter Ray Williams Jr (Pro Bowler) at the World Horseshoe tournament this year as well as Alan Francis (14 time Horseshoe world champion).
 
1) Pete Seegar - he was the music teacher in my nursery school, but I don't think he remembers me.
2) Bobby Fisher - saw him play chess the year he swept the US Open and went down the elevator with him in a Manhattan hotel. Shook his hand and did wash afterward.
3) Minnesota Fats - beat him twice playing a game of 8-ball and have the magazine article to prove it. As I was ready to shoot the 8 ball he said "Won't do you any good to make that - no one will believe you"
 
Rudy (!) Guiliani - at the Staten Island 4July parade 1998 or 1999 - we shook hands because of the name - I was a clown in the parade, and he was going into a restaurant. My wife jelled "Hey Rudy, meet the German Rudy", and he came over briefly, shook hands, talked for 15 seconds, then the security guys pushed him away from me and into the restaurant.

Richie Havens - Newark airport, talked for quite a while about Woodstock, music etc - my wife found out that she lived very close to him when she live in NYC.

And only our Irish and British friends may know:

Jack Charlton - sharing the same beat while salmon fishing in Ireland (he was accompanied by John Aldridge from the Irish soccer team).

Mick O'Dwyer - most famous Irish gaelic Football player of all time - what a great guy!! He and his wife live in Waterville, and his wife has the Villa Maria Hotel. Stayed there for many years and pints....
 
Way too many to remember.. probably easier to list the ones who know me. :biggrin:

I worked in some places where I met a lot of celebs. Stayed in a hotel for
four months where every NHL team stayed, so met tons of them. Worked as
a musician for years, so met tons that way. My business partner's daughter is
married to Kenny Albert, so I saw him often, as well as Marv. Phoebe Snow,
Dr Joyce Brothers, Geraldo Riveira, Frank Lautenberg (Last name is Lautenberg,
First name is Senator) and Foxy Brown were frequent customers in my store.
David Dinkins is pretty nice. So is Vince Curatola (Sopranos)
I used to see Vince every day before the show was on TV, I didn't even
know it was him on the show.. just knew he looked familiar.
I used to play piano in a nice club when Jay Leno was doing his act at a
comedy club next door,opening for Steve Sweeney. I used to catch their acts,
they used to catch mine.
Working in music, you meet a lot of people, and sometimes work with them.
Al Pacino and I don't get along. Same with Joan Collins.
The whole crew from the Lawrence Welk show came to my house. After
their show finished, they came to see ours, then everyone piled into my
living room for whatever food and drinks I could scrounge up. Bobby Burgess
Cubby Smith, Arthur Duncan, Elaine Niverson and I forget her boyfriend's
name, but he was directing Silver Spoons and Punky Brewster. I think he
was the cameraman who filmed "the agony of defeat" when he worked on
ABC Wide World of Sports.
tons more ..fun going down memory lane..:biggrin:
 
I have not met any famous people the mean anything to me. Had lunch with R Nixon in Viet Nam before he was Pres. But anyone who met R Reagan or Mother Teresa has my envy and I'm not Catholic. Is there s book about her life?
 
I used to work concerts in jersey with my late brother. We worked for a company called peacekeeper securities. We made sure the bands were safe, and the fans didnt kill eachother.
From working the shows, we hung out with all of the members of the bands early morning before the gates opened and we had breakfast with them. Included are all members of:
sevendust
staind
cold
adema
bloodhound gang
bosstones
Blink182
and others....
I also met Bruce Springsteen.
I sat next to and talked with the lead singer from sugar ray in Atlatic City playing blackjack.
I had a great conversation with Burt Young about shoulder surgery
I used to hang out with pro wretlers like Scott (Bam-Bam)Bigalow (R.I.P.)
My brother threatened to punch Iggy Pop in the face if he didnt get on his bus... LoL.. We couldnt leave until the bands were safe in their buses and he wanted to sign autographs until 1am.

There are others, but i dont want to bore you too much.
 
President Bill Clinton (although he was Gov. Bill Clinton at the time) and have been friends with Mike and Janet Huckabee for more than 25 years. Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas.
 
Some big names here....

Way back when he was alive, I met Johnny Horton when he did a concert at a theatre where I worked... the guy who owned the theatre played in a band and gave Horton his first start in the music business.

Also when I worked for an airlines as a baggage handler, the LAX airport was fogged in one night and all flights were diverted to Ontario. I was assigned to handle luggage out front and got to hand Arlene Dahl's luggage. I put in the back of her car, she was very gracious, thanked me and gave me a $5 tip.

It's been a few years and doubt he would remember, but my wife dated Kenny Rogers for a couple of months when they were teens, and she babysat for Patrick Swayze when her folks were involved in the theaters in Houston.
She also knew Tommy Tune from those days.

Oh, and I forgot, when I worked at TWA as cargo agent, I helped a couple members of "The Jefferson Airplanes" clear a package through customs one night... got chewed out royally by the customs inspector for "working as a broker" handling the clearance.
 
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famous people

There are several famous people.

Joe DiMaggio, He had a restaurant on fishermen's wharf San Francisco in the early 1960's. He actually walked up to me and said "You must play baseball" I was about 10 years old then.

Bob Richards a two time Olympic champ in pole vault. At a dinner party in Palm Springs.

Eat lunch with Paul Harvey, in San Francisco. What a wonderfully man.

Met Brian Botano the skating champ at a physical therapy workout.

Met Ansel Adams one cool morning in Yosemite. I had set up my 4x5 camera to photograph El Capitan as the sun hit it and a gentleman was walking on the valley floor and asked to see what I was photographing. I showed him. He said nice. Back in the village people were walking up to this man asking for his autograph . I heard one of the people say there Ansel Adams.

I met Robin Williams one day in a retail store with my son. My son is 6'6" and Robbin is about 5'1". Robin saw my son and said "Your tall" and my son turned and said "Your short!"



I have photographed several people also Woodie Herman and Maynard Ferguson. two jazz greats. Woodie was very funny and great to work with!



Just my short list
 
Only one I can recall was Brad Pitt, we went to the same high school for 2 years (him being 2 years ahead of me).

I'm not much on giving famous folks more attention so I shy away from most opportunities.
 
Well, add another one to my list:

Went to seminary with Rick Warren, had a class with him - He has really been in the news lately! He also spent a 2 year ministry role here in Japan with our organization waaay back when.
 
Back in the early 70's when I was working my way through college, I cleaned pools in north Dallas and Richardson Texas. One of the pools I cleaned every week belonged to the back yard of Mike Ditka's home…former tight end for the Dallas Cowboys and head coach for the Chicago Bears. Never met Mike but I did encounter his 6 or 7 year old (at the time) son, who would greet me every week my dropping trou and peeing in the pool.
 
Met myself once!!! How about Pam Zinser Ms March 1974. She lived up the hill anmd used to give her motorcycle rides..Talk about a sissy bar. Cleaned Chuck Norris' karate studio in exchange for lessions...actuallt got to watch him and Steve McQueen spare. Almost got to fly Kris Kristofferson from Clark Air Base to Ft Masisi...company commander decided to co-pilot at the last minute. He put on an awesome show in 120 degree heat in the middle of the Jungle. And the most famous of all is Bruce Fifer.....Merry Christmass ya'll..

Mr Vic
From beautiful Falcon, CO
 
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One Prince Philip and one Arnold Schwarzenegger and guy with a big nose

I was working and going to the local U of Superior Wisconsin and Arnold came into the computer area on a tour of the facilities. Seems that he was going for his masters.

Price Philip - when I was over seas attending a WWII memorial day when I got to shake his hand. Oh Price Philip of Belgium

I briefly meet Bob Hope - my brother is a very good golfer and he booked Bob Hope to give a show in Duluth Mn -- but before the show my brother managed to play 18 holes with him.

Bradbn4- Having fun in Colorado
 
Living in Nashville, well actually, just a few miles South, I am lucky enough to meet many Country Music stars. Being a former high school baseball coach, I started an odd collection of autographed baseballs... no superstars of the game, but Country Music stars: Alan Jackson, George Strait, George Jones, Faith HIll, Garth Brooks, Keith Urban, etc. I am always looking for more non-player autographed baseballs. Funny story, short version: walking into a AAU basketball game, following Alan Jackson. Someone grabbed me and asked if I knew who I was walking behind of, I said yeah, but does he know who he's walking infront of? With a great big smile and much gratitute, he turned around and thanked me for not making a big deal of his presence. ANother: george Jones was in Logans, in the next booth. Everyone bugging him. My daughter told me to get a ball out of the car, but I didn't want to bother him like others were. AS he was leaving, he stopped by my table and invited me to stop by his house the next day and get a baseball from him. GREAT PEOPLE IN NASHVILLE.
 
David Robinson (as a naval cadet) when he toured the submarine i was on. also....about a year later, Colin Powel, on the same sub.
then Lee Greenwood (i'm proud to be an american)
when i was driving limo's in CT. i got 'Boys 2 Men' from Hartford CT airport to Foxwoods Casino....they rehersed for the whole ride....had my own private concert...
 
I'D LOVE TO MEET MY ALL TIME IDOLS, METALLICA, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THEM I WOULDN'T BE HERE TO WRITE THIS :RockOn: :RockOn:
 
cozee said:
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. :D
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And some of them can be real turds... There was an occasion in LAX when my room mate and I were taking his mother and little brother to the airport. We were in are party of about 6 persons all waiting to step onto an escalator up to the flight gates. A VIP cart pulled up and a guy got out and literally put his hand out and pushed through the group to get to the elevator that was next to the escalator. He essentially pushed Mrs. Smith aside so he could pass through. My roommate's older brother's wife was with us and got all excited that it was Tony Martin, a singer from the 60's .. I thought he was out and out rude and let it be known what I thought... probably would have gotten in trouble if it had gotten back to supervisors since I worked for the airlines we were about to put Mrs. Smith aboard.
 
When I was in grade school I met the gentlemen that whistled the theme song for the Andy of Mayberry show. Had lunch with Dick Butkis whom at the time was helping my Ex's brother enroll into Univ Of Ill on a football scholorship. In the 70's I worked as a police officer and got to meet Ted Kennedy and stood guard outside of Pres. George Bush's motel room for the night. Of course he was not president back then. And my brother in laws mother was married to Utah Jazz's coach Jerry Sloans father. Got to meet him a few times. Last of all, Rick Nielson of Cheap Trick. His daughter went to school at same school I worked at.
 
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Most Popularly Famous person(s)? Regis Philbin and Kathy Lee Gifford. I appeared on their show (actually, I'd have thought if I ever appeared on national TV, it would most likely be on Jerry Springer...whoda thunk it.) Regis was a fine gentleman. Kathy Lee was arrogant.

Most Historically famous person? I had the honor of meeting and speaking with Dr. Edward Teller, member of the Manhatten Project, father of the Hydrogen Bomb, and collegue of such notables as Albert Einstein and Dr. Robert Oppenheimer.

I was also able to personally get the book "The Twelfth of August: The Story of Bufurd Pusser" autographed by Buford Pusser himself. This book was the basis for the movie, "Walking Tall" (the 1973 version with Joe Don Baker). I was a kid at the time.

Most Famous Literary person? W.E.B. Griffin. I enjoy most of his books, and he lives locally, so I was able to meet him and get him to autograph his book "The Double Agents". (If you like WWII fiction where the author actually gets his facts straight, try his Brotherhood of War series and his The Corp series.)
 
I have met almost all of the major college football coaches and a large number of NFL coaches. I see many of them at football clinics. They are great to talk to. Everyone is just a coach when you are there. Most of them will stand around and talk football with you. I have met a large number of pro athletes and have an extensive autograph collection. Many of the meetings are by accident strangely enough. 2 Mondays ago, I went and watched University of Texas practice (invitation only). Walked around the drills and stood in by the huddles. Their whole staff was really nice.
I get to spend some time with Bobby Knight in a couple of months.
Hung out in Moe Bandy's tour bus about a month ago.
One of my ex-students is married to Cedric Griffin. Starting corner #23 for the Vikings. He gave me his training books from UT for reference.

edited in: I have met a bunch of the Spurs when lucky enough to get invited to use a friend's really good seats. After warm up they stand around and talk to you if you know where to be!
 
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Mudder said:
I can beat you all!
I not only met, but I kissed Meg Ryan. (She was a year ahead of me in High School.)
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Winner!!!!! and that was back in the Top Gun days!!!!

I worked for a couple companies that made it fairly easy to meet folks...first for the Washington Caps in PR, met more hockey players than you could ever want to...basicly everyone in the NHL from 82-85 and most of the Redskins of that time) plus the cheerleaders:biggrin:. Surprisingly, the best of them were the best! Most of the top players recognized the fans and workers as the reason they had the celebrity they did, while the mid level players were the arrogant ones. The low end players/call ups were fantastic... We had pro wrestling after lots of the games and met many of the wrestlers of the day, generally really cool guys with greatly exaggerated stats! )I'm 6' 4" and was a lot bigger than most of them!)

Then worked for a major cable network where I got to meet Shelly Duvall (Olive Oyl/The Shining), Bruce Jenner (MAJOR ARROGANT), Walter Cronkite and Steve Irwin (absolutely a regular guy, just nuts, pity he's gone), met Prince Edward in Cannes at the Documentary film festival, Kevin Clash (the voice of Elmo), Mickey Mantle, Maury Wills, Vanna White.

I have also been lucky enough to meet several people who share another of my "passions"....cooking! Got a knife training session with Martin Yan (Yan Can Cook) and met Chef Tell (from the old days, remember Dinah Shore's show?) while eating in his restaurant in the Cayman Islands...very cool.

The best visit with celebrity I remember is with Chris Hoyles, then catcher with the Baltimore Orioles, on a rehab assignment with our local AA team. My son was then about 6 years old and loved baseball. Chris sat and visited with him for 5-10 minutes after a game and was a great role model, nice guy, and made me a local ball fan for life.

I guess the best lesson I have learned from meeting these folks is that if you treat them right, they treat you right...most of them are as surprised by their celebrity as you are to be meeting them...treat them like you want to be treated and everyone gets along...

PS..."dated" a Bunny for 3 months!!!! No, I'm not giving up the month/year!!!!
 
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In 1978 I had the pleasure if receiving a book of matches from GoA Omar Bradley, when his Staff car had broke down and I had to go out and give my patrol car to his aide. I had no idea the General was in the car and was talking to the Col. I pulled out a smoke, looked for a match and the window in the back came down and the Col walked over and came back with it and said the Gen. would like me to have it. It has his sig in gold and his 5 stars on it. Also not even close but BonJovi, geraldo, Bruce all lived close to me and we would meet in the store shopping, or at a school game, ect, all real nice people. Also the little town I lived in, is the town Clerks was filmed at, and Kevin Smith worked at the store,Quick Stop, good thing the movies worked out, he was not a real people person, or a good clerk.
 
I cant compete with any of you. I met Blue Oyster Cult on a traffic stop about ten years ago. A few of my coworkers met Walter Payton because he hunted in my area. I was off that day. I had lunch next to Il. Gov. George Ryan once at a restaurant, but I cant say he's who I want to see. Not sure if she's still in the Country Music business but Patty Timmons (not sure it thats how its spelled) used to run with my little cousin and was around growing up. I am proud of my sister having dinner with John Glenn at an awards banquet that she was honored at for saving three kids at a house fire. She also met Chris Farley in WI when she worked at the nursing home his grandmother was recovering at. I hoped to see him but it didnt work out.
 
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When I was a teenager, I sold pizza door to door. I know what your thinking already !!! it was a job. anyhow, I was walking by a movie set and tried to sell a pizza to Carl Wethers? <from Rocky>. He was a jerk, yelled at me and called me names.

I was in the movie "Annie O" as welll, as an extra. I was simply delivering books to a book store and parked my truck out front. They were filming a movie and liked my truck parked out front exactly where I parked it because it blocked the view of their film truck outside the window. I carted books on a dolly on film while the actors and a lovers quarrel or something like that, and they paid me $100. Can't remember the actor/actress in that movie...I didn't personally meet them and that's ok, it was a lifetime movie <yuk>
 
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When I was a Boy Jessie Owens came to our school.

I have also met:

Ken Morrow - He Won the Olympic Gold Medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year. (1980) I played Hockey against him in the early 70's.

Gordie Howe - I met him in 1973 at an exhibition Hockey Game in Flint, MI

Mr. T - I met him at the Rosemont Horizon when I was selling Motor Homes for Bernard Chevrolet. Mr. T wanted to buy our stuffed St. Bernard Dog for his Daughter. (At that time he was a class A jerk!)

Curtis Strange - Met him at the GMO several years ago.

John
 
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