[SillyMonk]

Originally posted by DMK:
[snip] ...The Pope, ...[snip]
DMK

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You met the Pope? That has got to be pretty rare, ennit? I've seen him about 20 feet away in the PopeMobile(tm), but meeting him! Wow!

[PowerBookDude]

Double post (don't ask me how).


PBDude

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[DMK]

Originally posted by SillyMonk:
You met the Pope? That has got to be pretty rare, ennit? I've seen him about 20 feet away in the PopeMobile(tm), but meeting him! Wow!

Yes, it was definetelly amazing, My Uncle is a Pilot - He was asigned to fly the plane that the Pope travelled in to visit Venezuela a few years back. That's how. Take care,
DMK

[Scott_H]

My wife met Richard Myer. He met The Pope. In fact he did a church for The Pope. Find the irony in that one

[tioga]

Pres. Lyndon Johnson during the 1964 campaign on Elm St., Manchester, N.H.
Sammy Davis, Jr. bought me a drink in a dark bar in Reno, NV, around 1978.
Shared a table in a Santa Monica, CA pizzeria with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1979. Also, around that time I was an extra in the movie "10" and got to stand real close to Bo Derek and Dudley Moore.
Shook Bill Bradley's hand in 2000 in San Francisco.

[theUpsetter]

I met Tiger Woods during golf camp once. And i met all the members of my two favorite modern bands, Hepcat and the Slackers, on the same day no less......ohh what a day that was, if only i could go back and re-live it!

Brandon www.kingstonbeat.bizli.com

[Wes]

Know on first name basis
-Steve Jones (winner of U.S. open in 96 (golf))

Chatted with
-Steve Wozniak (talked about OS X)
-Tim Berners Lee (inventer of "www")
-Ray Tomslin (Sp?, inventer of email)

Glanced at
-Rodney Dangerfield

All in my short 16 years of life

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[dmcknigh]

Damn. Everyone seems to have a list a mile long of famous people they've met. The only famous person I've met was President Bush when he stopped in my hometown while campaigning for one of our senators in October of 1990.It may sound corny to some, but for as an 11 year old kid at the time seeing Air Force One land and to shake hands with the President was pretty damned exciting.

[scottiB]

Huggy Bear was played by Antonio Vargas.

While working in a restaurant, I waited on Claudia Schiffer (I don't remember what she ordered--probably angel hair pasta).

[IceEnclosure]

Dave Thomas of Wendy's fame...while working as a bellman/valet at a hotel in Ft. Lauderdale... told him i liked his burgers

Also at the hotel, chemical brothers, Jamiroquai (got him some special tobacco he wanted--i was a concierge..gotta make the guests happy), robert palmer, the evil black haired girl from 'the craft', and others

In NYC in 1987, I was 11 ,...I spotted and pointed out to my schoolmates and teachers a man whom I called Paul Simon..as that was his name.. I took his pic (he was getting into the back of a '87ish Audi Quattro with a driver that was wearing white gloves).. and had to explain why I knew who he was.. I had no explanation except.. hop on the bus, gus.....

Smoked 'cigs' with Slick Rick tha Ruler, had drinks and talked about relationships with Ron Jeremy..

Can't think of any more at the moment..

IceEnclosure

[Starkiller]

Well, all of my people have Chicago connections... but that doesn't make them bad!

- Mike Ditka
- Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley
- Jesse Jackson
- Gayle Sayers
- Mark Grace
- Connie Payton (Walter Payton's widow)
- Ron Santo

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[Starkiller]

Ooh, forgot a couple.

- Chris Zorich
- Ralph Nader

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[I'mDaMac]

Marshall Faulk. He was going to San Diego State University the same time I was.

[Sol]

I think I met Donald Sutherland on the street car. Not really "meet" since I didn't talk to him. It was crowded, he was wearing this big floppy hat and he kept looking to the floor, but I'm pretty sure it was him. Or some eccentric homeless guy -- let's face it, if there's anyone in Hollywood that looks like that, it's Sutherland.

The only other "encounter" I had was watching Don McKellar run across the street with a slice of pizza one afternoon. Same area, too.

[edit: Bah, I can�t spell]

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[Sol]

D'oh... how did that happen?

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[IceEnclosure]

oh yeahhh... and i went to high school, 4 years.....

with Nikki Taylor, the SUPERMODEL

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[wulf]

Are you kidding? I am pretty sure I saw that one- '81-'82 season? Barbican? It was the first time I had ever seen him do anything- I thought he was the best actor I'd ever seen.

Let's see.. I was eleven at the time and I was born in '71... that sounds about right! I didn't know anything about anything, but my folks knew him from the "Tinker, Tailor" TV series (and were suitably impressed).

The other thing about that story is that with the small amount of money I got paid, I could afford to buy a brand new ZX81! And a 16K RAM pack!

16K!!! Those were the days

wulf

[typoon]

Originally posted by Xeo:
I think you meant to say:

Walker, Texas Ranger (aka Chuck Norris, aka Worst actor alive today)

Don't know about that. I think Segal has him beat

[typoon]

Originally posted by PowerBookDude:
I just remembered at MW NY 2000 I saw Sinbad.

PBDude

yeah he was on the floor of the show with Gregory Hines. Sinbad is at every big Mac show.

[typoon]

People I've met.

Ted Landau (Sad Macs and Bombs Author and he runs Macfixit.com)
David Pogue
Met those 2 at MacWorld 1999

MacWorld NY 2000 Met Phil Schiller, Sinbad and Gregory Hines

Don Mattingly (Mr, Basball, Former first baseman for the NY Yankees) Met him in a Blimpie's no less in my town.

[C-Eye]

My brushes with greatness...

Most memorable:
- Robert Duvall (at a bar I was working at on Beale Street in Memphis)

At Sci-Fi Conventions:
- Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi)
- Colm Meany (Chief O'Brien)
- Michael Dorn (Worf)
- Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster)
- Marc Singer (Beastmaster)
- David Prowse (Darth Vader - in the costume, not the voice)

Also a bunch of comic artists and writers including Todd McFarlane.



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[xyber233]

I have a cool story. A few years back when I was in grammar school, I saw President Bush. Now this might not seem special in any way but read on. The President was to stop at a restaurant and somewhere else in the area but he didnt want to stop at O'Hare or Midway airport. Our school had a huge parking lot and it was near the place he wanted to go. So we had a half day and watched 5 massive Chinook helicopters land in my school parking lot . Then I saw his limo with him in it. Isnt that cool?

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[Kestral]

Re: Friend making out with Jewel

Originally posted by PowerBookDude:


That is totally aweomse!!!

PBDude

Whoops - it was originally Me (not MacCube) that wrote that - I wrote it at his house and forgot to change the Username/Password. Anyways, yeah, that is pretty awesome huh? At the time she was in Toronto and was not even close to famous yet, playing live sets with her acoustic guitar in coffee houses. My friend is affiliated with major labels and one of the A&R guys dragged him to go see her. He thought she was OK but she took a liking to him right away and next thing he knows, he's making out big time with her. Gotta love those Alaskan women - woohoo!!

Kestral

[Kestral]

Originally posted by DMK:
I have been very fortunate to have met the KING of Latin Music - Tito Puente in 3 different concerts - 98,99,00 - few months before his passing. Dennis Rodman at the Radisson Hotel, the band Base is Base (Mistik - the guy with the afro - is my cousin), Tennis Player Helen Kelesi, Merengue musician Elvis Crespo, Celine Dion, The Pope, Ivanna Santilli, 3 time golden glove recipient "Spider" Jones, Vancouver Grizlies Mike Bibbi - my cousin -, Abdul Rahim (Vancouver G.), I think that's about it ...
DMK

Spider Jones is really cool! He does commentary here in Toronto for our sports radio station FAN 590. Really cool guy, I've spoken on the phone with him before but woud love to meet him!

[Kestral]

Originally posted by IceEnclosure:
had drinks and talked about relationships with Ron Jeremy..

IceEnclosure

Ok, spill the beans!! I wanna know what Ron Jeremy said about relationships (aside from "Why the hell do I need one? I get 10 different women every night!!" *grin*)

[Raman]

I met [b]God[/].

[Earth Mk. II]

Hummm well, I've at least shook the hand of these people:

-John Linnell from They Might be Giants
-Patrick Dahlheimer from Live (the rest of the band too, now that I think of it)
-Dennis Lyxz�n from The (International) Noise Conspiracy. (and Refused, but "Refused are F***en Dead" )

I've almost met King Django too... but I had to run after the show 'cuz I had an early class the next day.

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[GK]

Tina Turner (airplane, seat in front of me)
Dustin Hoffmann (went to see the same movie)
Brian Adams (backstage at a concert)
Kim Basinger (same hotel, Cannes film festival)
Nastasja Kinski (in front of hotel, Cannes)
Jack Nicholson (airport Nice)
Bruce Willis (movie set, Rome) EXTREMELY arrogant moron

[Kozmik]

I've met Steve Wozniak too.

[Kestral]

Originally posted by Raman:
[b]I met God[/].

When that Joan Osbourne sound was really popular, someone asked me, "What if God WAS one of us?"

To which I replied, I'd probably get a few friends of mine, drag him into a dark alley, and we'd get medival on his ass.

[PowerBookDude]

Originally posted by Kozmik:
I've met Steve Wozniak too.

ARE YOU SERIUOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! How awesome!

What is he like!!?????

PBDude

[gorgonzola]

Bill Cosby
Gene Wilder
Liam Neeson
Kenneth Arrow
John Keene
Natasha Richardson (Liam Neeson's wife)

There were some others ... my grandparents met Bill Gates, the chairman of Nokia, the Clintons, Steven Seagal, Gorbachev, and a bunch of other people.

If anyone here knows any Indian artists, I know Hussain pretty well. I know some other people, can't remember right now.

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[PowerBookDude]

Originally posted by Kozmik:
I've met Steve Wozniak too.

I got to know!

What is he like??!!!!!!!!

PLEASE TELL!!!

PBDude

[PowerBookDude]

Has anyone meet Brendan Fraser?

PBDude

[HeatMiser]

Originally posted by dmcknigh:
Damn. Everyone seems to have a list a mile long of famous people they've met.

Heh. You really have to go out of your way to meet famous people here in I.C. My tale:

I walked down the street to my local QuikTrip store late one night a couple years ago (before the location became a news office) to grab some beer.

The place was empty, save for the cashier and two of the most impressive-looking women I had ever seen. Each was easily 5'10", dressed to the nines, and gorgeous. What I noticed only after the pair exited the snack aisle was that they were bookending a short, gray-haired guy wearing a full-length sheepskin coat. Damned if it wasn't the late, great Mel Torme. It was just beautiful...one of those moments that makes you want to grow up to be in show business.

Doobie doobie doo....




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[MacAgent]

No one, I don't think...

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[Aric]

um..........i know the wee man from jackass

[poocat]

ha! this thread is quite funny.

i met mark mcguire @ a comic/baseball card convention in '87. he was one of the nicest people.

tim robbins & susan sarandon stayed @ an inn i worked @ in high school. they're both absurdly tall.

chatted w/ john linnel briefly when tmbg played my school.

i too have met a whole bunch of comic people... jim shooter, al williamson, don rosa, roger stern, wendy and richard pini, more i'm forgetting... (i've seen all the ones like miller, mcfarlane, etc, but the ones i mentioned were ones i've had dinner w/ at least once.

to the upsetter... wish i'd met the slackers & hepcat! they're way up on my favorite band list (though i'd prolly have to go slackers then hepcat). i've never gotten to see hepcat play... the slackers were so great in concert though.


poocat.

[chris v]

Only one great story...

When I was a teenager living in San Francisco in 1977, I had a friend who knew the owner of the Iggy Pop fan club, and when Iggy was in town, he had some song ideas, but needed a left-handed guitar.

Me and my buddy managed to turn one up, and got to take it to his hotel room, and pick it up the next day. When we went back to pick it up, he was in a really animated mood, and insisted on playing us the boom-box tape he'd made of the songs he'd written overnight. About a year and a half later, I recognized one of those songs as "Lust For Life," when I heard it on the on the radio.

Also, at some point during those couple of days, we persuaded him to come by our practice room, and hear our band. We launched off into a song, and after about ten seconds, he jumped up and grabbed the mic and started singing. THAT was a lot of d@mn fun!

Also,
Recorded a couple tracks on an Iain Matthews (of Fairport Convention) album.

Did a session with Eric Johnson's drummer, Tommy Taylor.

Met Mike Keneally and talked for about fifteen minutes at SXSW this year. Not world renound, but an ASTOUNDING guitar player, who worked with Zappa in his last touring band. SUPER nice guy, and as big an XTC fan as me.

I Print t-shirts for a lot of local celebrities, the nicest and most personable of which is Joe Ely.

CV

[chris v]

Oh, yeah-- does this count?

My 8 year old daughter got on as an extra in Spy Kids and spent two whole days filming a scene with Antonio Banderas, during which time, he touched her on the head thrice!


Hey, SHE thought it was a big deal...

CV

[Tristrami]

This thread is hillarious. Here goes...

H. M. Queen Noor of Jordan (I was handling press at an event she attended)
Bill Clinton (during '92 & '96 campaigns, and then once in the UK in '94)
Click & Clack (Tom & Ray of Cartalk fame in a Thai restaurant)
Paula Abdul - (She was shopping in The Gap I worked at during college)

That's it, I think.

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[Tristrami]

Wait, wait! I've also met the last three Governors of Massachusetts, including our current Mother-of-a-Gov'nah, Swifty.

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[Quadzmodo]

I've met Micheal Jackson back in the 80's when he stopped in Pensacola to practice for his tour. It was great. Secondly, I had the pleasure & the priviledge to meet Rosa Parks a truly astounding woman.

[Kosmo]

I went to high school in Memphis TN with Cybil Shepherd and her brother Bill. Also spent the day with Bob Hope as his personal photographer (1977), Met G.W. Bush several times, Bruce Willis in Montreal.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Robert Plant, and Elton John.



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[osiris]

I've met: John Leguizamo, Al Molinaro, Terry Gilliam, Eli Wallach, Vincent Gardenia, Kevin McCarthy, Martin Landau, Zacherly, Ron Guidry, Reggie Jackson

And have seen in my neighborhood: Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro (right in front of my building!), Rob Reiner, John Cucask, Charles Bronson, Brad Pitt, Ric Ocasek, John Belushi (when I was a kid), Richard Nixon (ditto)

and I literally ran into Kate Moss on a rainy Sunday morning inside of a healthfood store - she smiled, then stuck her tongue out at me. She was almost as tall as me (6') and obviously needed food.

[el matteo]

I must not be hanging out at the right places! I've seen very few famous people in my life. That's mostly because I've lived all of it in the southeastern US.

Puff Daddy (or P. Diddy or whatever) - me and my friends were driving home from Disney World, and we passed him on the Florida Turnpike. I was trying to go to sleep with my head against the window, when i looked in and saw Puff Daddy asleep in the back seat of a green buick. He was being driven by this humongous black guy. We tried to get a picture but they got off at Tampa. Plus we were afraid the big black guy would start shooting at our car.

Will Smith, Robert Redford, Charleze Theron - met during the filming "The Legend of Baggar Vance" in Savannah. Will Smith is every bit as much of a dork in real life as you'd expect him to be

Matt Damon - was his gopher for a week during "The Legend of Baggar Vance." I got hooked up with the job through a friend who is a professor in the media and performing arts dept of our school, who was helping out with the production. basically i stood around his chair and when he'd come back, he'd ask me to get him water / a phone / his assistant / food / whatever. It was fun, he is a really nice guy. he had no attitude at all, which i was afraid of. we joked around a lot. all my female friends were mad because i refused to bother him for autographs. he gave me a hat he wore during the filming though, after i commented on how cool it was one day.

I've seen a few other celebrities here in Savannah while they were working on movies, but it was just in passing. None that i was particularly impressed with, though (Keanu Reeves was at a club in Savannah while he was filming "The Gift." he hit on a friend of a friend, got totally shot down, and ended up making a big scene and storming out of the club. he's an asshole)

[andi*pandi]

I once met Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. He was having difficulty with an old-fashioned parking meter, so I showed him how it worked. I was so surprised and trying not to be fangirl, I didn't ask for his autograph.

d'oh...

[itomato]

1) Ike Willis - guitarist/sideman for Frank Zappa for many years..
2) Napolean Murphy Brock - Sax Man for Frank Zappa
3) Glenn Danzig - yes, he is really short.
4) Trey Anastasio from Phish - he was shopping in the health food store I worked at.
5) I see Tony Little all the time shopping.. Never met him though, don't really care to..

Forgot a couple:
6) "Crazy Ray" from the old Dallas Cowboy days. Bought some hubcaps at my Garage Sale.
7) Fishbone - partied with them after a show, the frontman tried to pickup on my girlfriend! Jerk!


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[osiris]

almost forgot: David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Abe Vigoda, Tony Musante, Frank Vincent, Vinny Pastore (***** , Sopranos)

BTW Vinny Pastore was in a film of mine before he became popular on the Sopranos - this man is a sweetheart, despite his menacing appearence. If you're in Europe look for a film titled "No Exit", it hasn't been released here in the US, but I know it was on German TV last week - there are some great scenes with him.

Edit: Pus*y is a bad word? It's the man's name and it got censored! LOL




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[Monkeymike]

I worked at the Virgin Megastore on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles for two years and I met so many famous I lost count. It was amazing! Most of them were super cool some were nasty. Here's my list (of the ones I remember)
Leonardo Dicaprio (Jerk)
Nicolas Cage (Very nice. My best friend who worked there with me asked him for photo ID with his credit card!! He didnt recognize him at all)
Sharon Stone (Freak who demanded that we "play some Prince" while she shopped.
Carrie Fisher (the only person who I ever asked for an autograph-You gotta love princess Leia!)
Gabriel Burn ( Super nice-He bumped into me when I was holding about 80 CD's and they all went flying. He help me pick up every last one!)
Rob Lowe (a woman in line stopped him and said "shouldnt you be in the Video section!" No Kidding)
Bruce Springsteen-(was with his kids. Very nice man. He spend about $2000 on music)
Claire Daines-Incredably depressed
Gillian Anderson-The single nicest most beautiful woman on the planet!
George Michael- There with his boyfriend trying on Virgin Baseball caps. he had on a knee length sweater and tights-I AM NOT JOKING!!!
Molly Ringwald- I was such a brat pack fan so that was cool.
Margret Cho- Funniest woman on earth-Even when she's just looking for music.
Bridget Fonda- Very cool
Shannon Doherty-Foul mouthed little witch.
kd Lang- Really actually very pretty in real life.
Suzanne Vega- did an instore performance.
Neil Diamond- Also did an instore performance. The store was filled with middle aged woman going absolutly nuts!!
The biggest freak of all was:
Faye Dunaway- Super Hollywood Bitch- You have no idea!!!!!!