Famous People You Have Met

[Patch]

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[Horizon Drive]

How do you talk to McCartney without sounding like a blabbering idiot?

[TIP]

I once slandered the filthy jeans of Kris Kristofferson as he entered an elevator at a local Radio Station for an interview (some time back in the mid to late 80s). I'm sure he was pleased by said insult seeing that it was coming from the high school aged night time janitor of the facility.

:Oops:

[bartleby]

Do pre-arranged events like book signings and such count as having met people?

[NickBurgess]

Lavar Burton
Some hockey player... Cam Neely? Is he famous?
I can't really think of anything.

[Cactusakic]

Kevin Spacey
Gillian Anderson
Patrick Stewart
Mick Foley
Jethro Tull (the whole band circa '94/95)
Keith Allen
Lightspeed Champion

EDIT: Oh! And Brian May from Queen, but I only walked past him as he was coming out of a supermarket, I actually spoke at least a few words to all the others in this post.

[JimmyF1982]

the R & B singer Mya came into a gas station near BWI airport i worked at once. i wasn't quite sure it was her (the only thing she was known for at the time was sining the hook on "ghetto superstar" by praswell and ol' dirty) so a kid i worked with went over to her and asked if it was her. when she said yes he proceeded to turn around and yell across the store "YEA IT'S HER DUDE!" priceless.

[Horizon Drive]

Kurt Vonnegut

Eddie Vedder (didn't talk to him, but he was standing three feet in front of me for about five minutes).

[Doug]

Elvis Costello was Jaime Lee Curtis'es guest at a Spinal Tap concert in New York.

My wife is a huge Elvis fan so I went up and asked him to sign my ticket stub for her (she was too shy to come with me). I guess I went up at a bad time because Jaime gave me the evilist look.

Oh well. I can live with pissing off Jaime Lee Curtis to make my wife happy.

Elvis even performed "Gimme Some Money" with the Tap that night. It was great.

[DAVE]

Darryl Strawberry
David Borenanez
Rashida Jones
Jake Gyllenhall
Alex Ross (Sorta famous)
Omar Miniya (GM of the Mets)
Mark Clayton (former Miami Dolphin)
Morimoto and
Mario Batali (Iron Chefs)
Mick Foley
Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes
Kurt Vonnegut
Will Eisner
I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch. I've met a lot it turns out.

[NeverWanderer]

I've met a lot of almost famous people. :p

Ariana Richards
Russel Wong
Greg Nicotero's wife
The guy who used to host Coming Attractions on E! (REALLY nice guy!)

Aside from that, I got my Daredevil #1 signed by Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada a while back.

[7h0m45]

i met Shawn Marion at Best Buy.

[The Human Target]

Jabsen?

[Slewo.O]

The Michael Chiklis thread got me thinking about this.
Mention the famous people you've met.


Paul McCartney
Jack Kirby
James Woods
Star Trek cast members (Mulgrew, Koenig, Doohan, Nichols, Barrett, Auberjonois, Shimerman)
Lots of comics professionals
and, um, Dean Butler (from Little House on the Prairie)

Meeting, and talking with McCartney, was like an out-of-body experience. Amazing, exciting.
Same with Kirby, who I'd idolized since childhood.
Do famous comic professionals like Bendis or Dan Didio count as famous people? I can name a million XD.

I dunno about this but I've met some of the Heroes cast members such as.

Zachary Quinto
James Kyson-Lee
Jeph Loeb

[Whip]

The Rock
Joan Jett
Diamond Dallas Page
(Thank you, MWR!)
Joe Pesci
Jason Kidd

[Albert]

http://a749.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/30/l_6528b66dbdc26ed5fd3fef46c25df01c.jpg

[Slewo.O]

http://a749.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/30/l_6528b66dbdc26ed5fd3fef46c25df01c.jpg

Who's that supposed to be?

[Doc Randy]

Johnny Cash, his wife, the Gatlin brothers, and Chris Kristofferson used to come over to our house when I was a kid for dinner and drinks.

They were all hard drinking people. Especially Kristofferson.

[Kedd]

Who's that supposed to be?

Alex trebek and some dude

[bartleby]

Famous people I've randomly encountered and had conversation with:

Music - Barenaked Ladies, Hoobastank, Howie Day

Sports - Philip Rivers, Mario Williams

Comics - Tommy Lee Edwards

Wrestling - Shane 'Hurricane' Helmes


Other brief encounters:
Passed by a pre-Scientology Queen Katie Holmes on a street in Wilmington
C. Thomas Howell and Judge Reinhold were in a movie that filmed some scenes in my house
Saw Tim Duncan at a mall in Winston Salem

[Albert]

Optimus Prime:

http://b4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00164/46/60/164330664_l.jpg

Snoopy:

http://b6.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01497/66/56/1497806566_l.jpg

Spider-Man:

http://b9.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00903/97/90/903920979_l.jpg

[Slewo.O]

Alex trebek and some dude

Dude that was a joke I know who Alex is. ;)

I was talking about the dude at the bottom he looks so familiar but I can't quite place it.


Optimus Prime:

http://b4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00164/46/60/164330664_l.jpg

Snoopy:

http://b6.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01497/66/56/1497806566_l.jpg

Spider-Man:

http://b9.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00903/97/90/903920979_l.jpg
I think Spider-Man feels weirded out in someway by that.

[schizorabbit]

Who's that supposed to be?

Who is Alex Trebeck for $1000.00

[Falcifer]

Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Howard Stern, Robin Williams, Dan Aykroyd, The Buzzcocks (circa 1993), Joey Ramone, Bob Mould, Rick Allen, Christopher Lloyd, Jason Bateman...

[DAVE]

Optimus Prime:

http://b4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00164/46/60/164330664_l.jpg

Snoopy:

http://b6.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01497/66/56/1497806566_l.jpg

Spider-Man:

http://b9.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00903/97/90/903920979_l.jpg

I met the Incredible Hulk!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/lilvenom/hulk2.jpg

[THWIP!]

http://a749.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/30/l_6528b66dbdc26ed5fd3fef46c25df01c.jpg

That is super fucking cool.

[THWIP!]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/JackTheGrinner/untitled-1.jpg

[Slewo.O]

That is super fucking cool.

Indeed but I can't get over how familiar that person Alex is talking to is. :)

[dEnny!]

The Michael Chiklis thread got me thinking about this.
Mention the famous people you've met.


Paul McCartney
Jack Kirby
James Woods
Star Trek cast members (Mulgrew, Koenig, Doohan, Nichols, Barrett, Auberjonois, Shimerman)
Lots of comics professionals
and, um, Dean Butler (from Little House on the Prairie)

Meeting, and talking with McCartney, was like an out-of-body experience. Amazing, exciting.
Same with Kirby, who I'd idolized since childhood.

Lou Ferrigno
Virgil

[Slewo.O]

Lou Ferrigno
Virgil

Lou Ferrigno is famous?

[Cactusakic]

Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Howard Stern, Robin Williams, Dan Aykroyd, The Buzzcocks (circa 1993), Joey Ramone, Bob Mould, Rick Allen, Christopher Lloyd, Jason Bateman...

You win the thread!

Buzzcocks!!!
Joey Ramone!!!
BOB MOULD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahem, sorry, my inner fanboy escaped temporarily. It wont happen again.

[PeterSparker]

How do you talk to McCartney without sounding like a blabbering idiot?
Yeah, I'd be doing the Chris Farley show in a bout two seconds talking to Sir Paul.


I've got:

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Kirsten Dunst
Larry Bird
Willie Nelson
Steven Tyler
Greg Allman
Joe Perry
David Wells
Jack Black
Howard Stern (and pretty much all the people from the show)
JFK Jr
Tony Randall

Living in NYC I've also had numerous "close encounters" with so many biggies (including Biggie!).

Mariah Carey
Harrison Ford
Tom Cruise
Lenny Kravitz
David Letterman
P Diddy
Brad Pitt

and a buch more, plus all the great comic people I've met and hung out with, they're my faves!!!

[Leicester Dan]

Princess Diana

Chris Waddle (old footie player) got me a pint in once.

Toploader (now defunct band). I was sitting behind them after they'd finished their set when they were supporting Bon Jovi at Wembley a few years ago.

[Slewo.O]

Lesee for famous people I've met I guess that would include.

Zachary Quinto
James Kyson-Lee
Jeph Loeb
Brian Bendis
Dan DiDio
Lou Ferigno

And lots more comic industry people to say the least.

[LenNWallace]

I've met more than this, but here are a few of the highlights...

William Shatner - Back when he was terribly fat. (His Rescue 911 days) Had his fake hair on crooked and was sunburned to shit, did a meet and greet at a local video store because he was in town to see one of his horses run in the Kentucky Derby. My mom bought one of his headshots for me to get signed, paid like 20 bucks for it, then he wanted to charge 20 more for the autograph.

Ass. Hole.

Asshole.

Tenacious D - Both of them looked extremely tired, but they were still pretty personable.

Tom Jane - Saw him at Comicon last year and shouted "I just want my kids back!" at him. I think he smirked... Or maybe he was just drunk.

Jared, the Subway Sandwich guy - Met him a couple years back while doing my usual Washington lobbying for the American Heart Association, and for some reason I always thought he'd be a tremendous douche, drunk on his own miniscule sliver of fame. Turned out he was a nice, decent dude. I was kinda pissed.

Bruce Campbell - Bar none, the coolest famous person I've ever met. He was friendly as shit and had no problem just standing around talking to me for like five minutes. Just a really awesome dude.

[Whip]

William Shatner - Back when he was terribly fat. (His Rescue 911 days) Had his fake hair on crooked and was sunburned to shit, did a meet and greet at a local video store because he was in town to see one of his horses run in the Kentucky Derby. My mom bought one of his headshots for me to get signed, paid like 20 bucks for it, then he wanted to charge 20 more for the autograph.

Ass. Hole.

Asshole.




You're like the third person I've heard/seen say that Will Shatner is an asshole in person.

[Buk Was Right]

Tom Waits (at a comic shop no less)
Farrah Fawcett
Tom Beland (and Lily!)
Harris Barton

(a friend sitting next to me at a Giants game high fived Gavin Newsome. Does that count?)

[Slewo.O]

I've met more than this, but here are a few of the highlights...

William Shatner - Back when he was terribly fat. (His Rescue 911 days) Had his fake hair on crooked and was sunburned to shit, did a meet and greet at a local video store because he was in town to see one of his horses run in the Kentucky Derby. My mom bought one of his headshots for me to get signed, paid like 20 bucks for it, then he wanted to charge 20 more for the autograph.

Ass. Hole.

Asshole.

Tenacious D - Both of them looked extremely tired, but they were still pretty personable.

Tom Jane - Saw him at Comicon last year and shouted "I just want my kids back!" at him. I think he smirked... Or maybe he was just drunk.

Jared, the Subway Sandwich guy - Met him a couple years back while doing my usual Washington lobbying for the American Heart Association, and for some reason I always thought he'd be a tremendous douche, drunk on his own miniscule sliver of fame. Turned out he was a nice, decent dude. I was kinda pissed.

Bruce Campbell - Bar none, the coolest famous person I've ever met. He was friendly as shit and had no problem just standing around talking to me for like five minutes. Just a really awesome dude.
Didn't you post the whole story about Will Shatner a while back?

And does Bruce Campbell carry a boomstick in person? It'd be totally awesome if he does.

[HeartlessNinny]

I used to work in fancy restaurants downtown, and I live in Vancouver, so I've met more than my share of celebrities. I've got two favourite anecdotes, though (well, three... but one is really long, I'll leave it out):

One place I used to work at was frequented by Jessica Alba whenever she was in town (she's just as hot in person, BTW... Not all starlets are). One night, I was clearing off her table, and as I went back the the kitchen, I noticed she'd barely touched her steak. When I was in there with a friend of mine, we just kind of looked at each other, and neither of us said anything, though it was obvious we were thinking the same thing.

Now, normally I would never ever eat something someone was working on (though stealing untouched portions is an industry staple), but in that case, I decided to make an exception. So I said, "Fuck, I'll eat Jessica Alba's steak." My friend laughed, and I did. It was tasty. :lol:

This one might be my favourite though. At another restaurant, I used to be a valet (oh, what a miserable job that is...). One night, I was facing the opposite direction of the street, not really paying attention to anything. A car pulled up behind me, and I heard someone get out. Without fully turning around, I said, "Good evening," or some such. Upon fully turning, I saw it was Harrison Ford. Now, like I said, I used to see celebs all the time, so I was never usually impressed just for the sake of it. But that time, I was like, "Holy fuck... It's Han Solo!!" But I managed to keep my composure, and he went inside after returning my greeting.

The best part came later. Some hours later, a guy with a car service pulled up. I offered to go inside and tell his customers he was there (you can't see the street from the restaurant), but he declined, and went down the stairs himself. Seconds later, Harrison Ford came out with the people he'd met there, and they were all kind of laughing and joking around. As a joke, Harrison Ford went over and pretended he was going to steal the car from the guy who'd just gone in (it was still running, I think). I said in a joking manner, "Hey, what do you think you're doing?" Everyone chuckled a bit, and then they walked off, Harrison Ford going one way down the street, the others going the other way.

The guy with the car service came out, and I said to him, "Hey man, you should be careful. Harrison Ford nearly stole your car."

He goes, "Yeah, whatever..." in a bored tone.

I said, "No, seriously. See, he's right over there."

The guy looked over, and upon seeing him, his eyes went as wide as saucers. It was pretty priceless. :lol:

[DaveCummings]

Reggie Miller (He's a friend of my aunt who's a car dealer, and when I was picking up my car I just bought from her, he popped in to say hi to her)

Musicwise, I hung out with;
- Serj, John, and Shavo from System of a Down, they were really approachable guys who were easy to talk to, and during the show, you'd see them out in the crowd while the other bands were playing, just bullshitting with everyone.

-Static-X, another band that they just like to hang out with everyone

-Spineshank, I took them to a strip club (they wanted to know where a good one was at, since the neughborhood where the show was at, had one that was just nasty)

-Burton and Christian from Fear Factory, we were talking about the Matrix which came out the previous month and they were telling me about the video for their cover of "Cars" that they were shooting the next week and how they wanted it to be inspired by the Matrix

-Moby

-The guys from Powerman 5000

-Twiggy from Marilyn Manson (ran into him at a record store that used to be in Circle Center Mall)

-During Ozzfest '99, a friend of mine ran the official website for that year and conducted interviews throughout the tour and got me backstage and met Jared from Hed p.e., The guys from Slipknot, Riggs and John Tempesta from Rob Zombie's band, the guys from Static-X and Fear Factory again (both of whom I met just a month before), Sully from Godsmack, Sharon Osbourne, and one I was most excited to see, Les Claypool from Primus.

And that's about it.

[HeartlessNinny]

Bruce Campbell - Bar none, the coolest famous person I've ever met. He was friendly as shit and had no problem just standing around talking to me for like five minutes. Just a really awesome dude.

Bruce Campbell might be one of the only celebs I'd mark out for. He replied to an email I sent him once (and it was inane as fuck), and I damn near had a heart attack.

He's the guy I cite when someone goes, "Which famous person would you sit next to on a plane if you could" or whatever.

[Falcifer]

You win the thread!

Buzzcocks!!!
Joey Ramone!!!
BOB MOULD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahem, sorry, my inner fanboy escaped temporarily. It wont happen again.

HAHA funny thing is i got to meet the buzzcocks through kurt cobain... we did bong hits...


Yeah, I'd be doing the Chris Farley show in a bout two seconds talking to Sir Paul.


I've got:


Steven Tyler


and a buch more, plus all the great comic people I've met and hung out with, they're my faves!!!

I got to ride that "viking ship" type ride at the Marshfield Fair with Steven Tyler... got and extra song out of it to have and extra long ride out of it too...

[LenNWallace]

You're like the third person I've heard/seen say that Will Shatner is an asshole in person.
Yeah, and see the thing is, now that he's on Boston Legal I'm enjoying the dude's work more than I ever have, but every now and then I get visions of him assraping me and asking me for twenty more bucks to pull out and shoot on the small of my back.


Didn't you post the whole story about Will Shatner a while back?

And does Bruce Campbell carry a boomstick in person? It'd be totally awesome if he does.

Probably. The Shatner thing was kinda my first real meeting with a celebrity and it kinda opened my eyes to a lot in those regards... Plus it's a great story to tell, because he looked like such a bloated, tomato red car wreck.

And no...

[Jew Mafia]

Not counting comic pro's since there'd be way to many...

Robin Leach
George RR Martin
Chuck Palahniuk
David Sedaris
Kevin Smith
Jason Mewes
Rosario Dawson
Jeff Anderson
Brian O'Halloran
Mick Foley
The Kids In The Hall
The Bloodhound Gang
Ron Jeremy
Sinbad

[DanLTaylor]

Bruce Campbell might be one of the only celebs I'd mark out for. He replied to an email I sent him once (and it was inane as fuck), and I damn near had a heart attack.

He's the guy I cite when someone goes, "Which famous person would you sit next to on a plane if you could" or whatever.

Bruce Campbell is a good guy. Had a beer with him (he had non-alcoholic). Very personable. He has a lavender farm I believe.

[Slewo.O]

Probably. The Shatner thing was kinda my first real meeting with a celebrity and it kinda opened my eyes to a lot in those regards... Plus it's a great story to tell, because he looked like such a bloated, tomato red car wreck.

And no...

Damn it to hell! And as for celeb stories I've got a short one with Lou Ferigno.

I was at my first con in WWTX and I saw Ferigno and knowing him from the Hulk show I picked up a Hulk comic book and asked him if he could sign it. And he picked up one of his B&W pics and said "I only sign these" and he was charging maybe 20 bucks per authograph and another 10 for a photo? I just said no thanks.

That really soured me on the guy afterwards and on celebs since most of them charge alot for photos. Also does Campbell frequent comic conventions or am I gonna have to dig for signings or something?

[LenNWallace]

Damn it to hell! And as for celeb stories I've got a short one with Lou Ferigno.

I was at my first con in WWTX and I saw Ferigno and knowing him from the Hulk show I picked up a Hulk comic book and asked him if he could sign it. And he picked up one of his B&W pics and said "I only sign these" and he was charging maybe 20 bucks per authograph and another 10 for a photo? I just said no thanks.

That really soured me on the guy afterwards and on celebs since most of them charge alot for photos. Also does Campbell frequent comic conventions or am I gonna have to dig for signings or something?

Well yeah, but that's pretty much the only way Ferrigno makes his money anymore. I can't fault him too hard for it. He doesn't have the Star Trek tit to suck on.

[Slewo.O]

Well yeah, but that's pretty much the only way Ferrigno makes his money anymore. I can't fault him too hard for it. He doesn't have the Star Trek tit to suck on.

Neither can I but doesn't he do alot of guest appearances on tv shows? He even had a part in the Hulk movie and did the voice for the Hulk. I'm sure he's got some amount of fame even if it isn't as high as the Star Trek kind.

Now it's also my fault for asking him to sign the Hulk book but I figured it would be funny and the way he came off about his answer just felt pretty rude. He also does a million shows so I suppose he's fine.

[PeterSparker]

This one might be my favourite though. At another restaurant, I used to be a valet (oh, what a miserable job that is...). One night, I was facing the opposite direction of the street, not really paying attention to anything. A car pulled up behind me, and I heard someone get out. Without fully turning around, I said, "Good evening," or some such. Upon fully turning, I saw it was Harrison Ford. Now, like I said, I used to see celebs all the time, so I was never usually impressed just for the sake of it. But that time, I was like, "Holy fuck... It's Han Solo!!" But I managed to keep my composure, and he went inside after returning my greeting.

The best part came later. Some hours later, a guy with a car service pulled up. I offered to go inside and tell his customers he was there (you can't see the street from the restaurant), but he declined, and went down the stairs himself. Seconds later, Harrison Ford came out with the people he'd met there, and they were all kind of laughing and joking around. As a joke, Harrison Ford went over and pretended he was going to steal the car from the guy who'd just gone in (it was still running, I think). I said in a joking manner, "Hey, what do you think you're doing?" Everyone chuckled a bit, and then they walked off, Harrison Ford going one way down the street, the others going the other way.

The guy with the car service came out, and I said to him, "Hey man, you should be careful. Harrison Ford nearly stole your car."

He goes, "Yeah, whatever..." in a bored tone.

I said, "No, seriously. See, he's right over there."

The guy looked over, and upon seeing him, his eyes went as wide as saucers. It was pretty priceless. :lol:

Gotta say, since I mentioned him too, and even though I didn't interact with him myself, I had the same reaction to seeing Harrison Ford. He was filming The Devil's Own in and around my neighborhood at the time. Now as I said I've seen so many famous people in NYC I didn't even list half of them, and you see movie and tv productions going everywhere, so it's not a big deal. But one day on my way home from work there's this production company filiming in an Irish Pub near me, not a big set either and wasn't sectioned off or anything. So literally just standing there waiting to cross the street all of a sudden Harrison Ford walks out of the set and right by me. After ALL the people I've seen and met, he was the one that I was like, 'wow, now there's a movie star!' Way cool!



I also remembered that I once bummed right into Uma Thurman coming out of a Rolling Stones concert with my girlfriend at MSG. We were both raving about how great the show was to the person we were with as we left, then we crashed right into each other. Big smiles, then back to rambling about the Stones again!

[Natty P]

I hung out with Mark Wahlberg and his crew in Vancouver one night, I've met other famous people in bars and parties and stuff but that was the only one where i spent actual hang out time with someone famous.

[Slewo.O]

I hung out with Mark Wahlberg and his crew in Vancouver one night, I've met other famous people in bars and parties and stuff but that was the only one where i spent actual hang out time with someone famous.

Mark Wahlberg!?!? What's he like in person?

[Albert]

I hung out with Mark Wahlberg and his crew in Vancouver one night, I've met other famous people in bars and parties and stuff but that was the only one where i spent actual hang out time with someone famous.

OMG! I loved Shop 'Til You Drop!

[Slewo.O]

OMG! I loved Shop 'Til You Drop!

Dude have you seen him in Fear or The Departed? In the former he's REALLY scary.

[PeterSparker]

I hung out with Mark Wahlberg and his crew in Vancouver one night, I've met other famous people in bars and parties and stuff but that was the only one where i spent actual hang out time with someone famous.Are you an honorary Funky Buncher now?

[Natty P]

Mark Wahlberg!?!? What's he like in person?

He's real cool and he rolls like 10 deep with his friends from high school, it's almost like entourage is watered down less fantastic version of the real thing.

[Slewo.O]

He's real cool and he rolls like 10 deep with his friends from high school, it's almost like entourage is watered down less fantastic version of the real thing.

I gotta pray tonight and hope I magically run into Mark Wahlberg while he's in the acting biz.

[Whip]

OMG! I loved Shop 'Til You Drop!

:lol:

That game show that was on Lifetime after Supermarket Sweep?

[PeterSparker]

HAHA funny thing is i got to meet the buzzcocks through kurt cobain... we did bong hits...



I got to ride that "viking ship" type ride at the Marshfield Fair with Steven Tyler... got and extra song out of it to have and extra long ride out of it too...

I met Tyler at the Rock-n-Roll HoF ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in '98. They were there to induct Zeppelin that night. Tyler was cool, though a little preoccupied with some other people, but Joe Perry was mad cool, totally real and low key. Good guy, but way tinier than I expected.

[THWIP!]

I met Peter Sparker. He was totally full of himself and didn't give me the light of day. :(

[Changeling]

Some hockey player... Cam Neely? Is he famous?


YES!

50 goals in 48 games
retired number
cam neely foundation and comics come home.
My favorite hockey player ever.

[Changeling]

Lou Reed (Musician)
Artie Lange (Stern Show) & Dana
Stuttering John (Stern Show) & Wife
Ray Bourque (Hockey)
The Road Warriors & Jim Cornette (Wrestling)
Derek Sanderson (Hockey)
Al Kaprielian (new hampshire weatherman. he's an asshole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nplpiNH5Nqw )
Norm Abram (This old house)
Victoria Williams (Musician)
The Stanley Cup (Hockey)
John Henry (owner of the red sox)

a bunch of other local sports guys hockey, baseball & football
a bunch of red sox, Baltimore O's , cardnals, Expos & Marlins at spring training games

[dasNdanger]

If we are counting comic book professionals and sports stars, then I have met:

Sports:
Bobby Clarke (Philadelphia Flyers c. 1974-1975)
Bernie Parent (Philadelphia Flyers c. 1974-1975)
(Some others...but can't remember their names - it was mostly when I was in my teens)

Comics:
Joe Quesada
Bendis
Mike Choi
David Mack
Frank Tieri
Bryan Glass
Maleev
Oeming
McNiven
And a few others that have slipped my mind...

TV/Film/Comedy:
Wanda Sykes
Lou Ferrigno (he's famous enough)
Richard Kiel
Jan Michael Vincent
Robert Mitchum (but I was just a shy kid hiding behind mom)

Music:
The Beamer Brothers. http://www.hawaiiankinestuff.com/bebrhcili.html LOL.

Politicians:
None.

Yeah - I don't go out much.

das

[PeterSparker]

I met Peter Sparker. He was totally full of himself and didn't give me the light of day. :(

You're like the third person I've heard/seen say that PeterSparker is an asshole in person.

[Natty P]

I gotta pray tonight and hope I magically run into Mark Wahlberg while he's in the acting biz.

It wasn't like I ran into the guy and it was "let's hang out!" It was he was friends with friends of my friend and we all did the town.

[Patch]

-

[DAVE]

Oh yeah, I forgot Lou Reed.

[THWIP!]

You're like the third person I've heard/seen say that PeterSparker is an asshole in person.

You know I love you.:heart:

[HeartlessNinny]

I'm cocky.

I used to live in Tucson, Arizona. For years I'd heard about how McCartney owned a ranch in the foothills. But nobody I knew ever saw him.
Anyway, I was a manager for an independent record and video store, called Zips, on the northeast side. This is back in the day of Sir Mix-A-Lot, 2 Live Crew, De La Soul, etc.
I was actually called Patch (PAT + zirCHer = Patch) and thought that was cool :roll:
It's, like, my third day as a manager and I'm restocking cassettes. It's early and the store is pretty dead. I hear the little bell by the door jingle and turn around to see who's coming in. This guy with a flannel shirt (very L.L. Bean) and some kind of fisherman's waders (?) is walking down the aisle. He turns as I turn and gives me a wink. Yes, a wink.
I'm thinking, that guy just winked. Weird.
Then my brain informs me that guy-- that guy is Paul McCartney.
Inside, I start screaming like one of those teenage girls in the old Beatles concert films.
So I ask him if I can help him and he says he wants to rent some Nintendo games. Sure (Rent? I thought guys like McCartney had them hand-delivered by butlers or something). He turns and goes back out of the store -- and I'm immediately depressed.
But a minute later comes in with Linda and two of his kids. They start going over the Nintendo games and McCartney comes over to this little front desk-ish/stereo/register area I'm at. He asks me how's it going. I think I'm gonna pee.
I geek and ask him if he'll sign a disc for me (I still have it). I grab a copy of Ram and he looks at the cover and smiles and we start talking about Beatles memorabilia. I make some stupid joke about how if he'd have held on to the memorabilia he'd be set for life. He actually laughs so I'm feeling, like, cool, we're gonna be friends, eat in English castles, and fly around the moon together.
But somehow, my dead store now has about 70 people in it (this Zips had an office for several other locations around town and I think the office girls were calling boyfriends, husbands, whoever). There's a line with people holding every Beatles item in the store. He starts signing but people start crowding him. I'm trying to get people to chill. Linda and his kids bring up the Nintendos, Paul McCartney actually gives me an appreciative goodbye (and apparently likes to say Patch because he called me by name several times) and they're out of there.
I'm not kidding, there was this moment of quiet after he left, and then everybody starts talking, gigling, whispering. It's like we were school kids.
Anyway, McCartney bought the rentals and didn't return a few days later.
It was still an unforgettable little thing.

Damn man, that's a good one. Score points for not gushing (too badly). :p

[PeterSparker]

I'm cocky.

I used to live in Tucson, Arizona. For years I'd heard about how McCartney owned a ranch in the foothills. But nobody I knew ever saw him.
Anyway, I was a manager for an independent record and video store, called Zips, on the northeast side. This is back in the day of Sir Mix-A-Lot, 2 Live Crew, De La Soul, etc.
I was actually called Patch (PAT + zirCHer = Patch) and thought that was cool :roll:
It's, like, my third day as a manager and I'm restocking cassettes. It's early and the store is pretty dead. I hear the little bell by the door jingle and turn around to see who's coming in. This guy with a flannel shirt (very L.L. Bean) and some kind of fisherman's waders (?) is walking down the aisle. He turns as I turn and gives me a wink. Yes, a wink.
I'm thinking, that guy just winked. Weird.
Then my brain informs me that guy-- that guy is Paul McCartney.
Inside, I start screaming like one of those teenage girls in the old Beatles concert films.
So I ask him if I can help him and he says he wants to rent some Nintendo games. Sure (Rent? I thought guys like McCartney had them hand-delivered by butlers or something). He turns and goes back out of the store -- and I'm immediately depressed.
But a minute later comes in with Linda and two of his kids. They start going over the Nintendo games and McCartney comes over to this little front desk-ish/stereo/register area I'm at. He asks me how's it going. I think I'm gonna pee.
I geek and ask him if he'll sign a disc for me (I still have it). I grab a copy of Ram and he looks at the cover and smiles and we start talking about Beatles memorabilia. I make some stupid joke about how if he'd have held on to the memorabilia he'd be set for life. He actually laughs so I'm feeling, like, cool, we're gonna be friends, eat in English castles, and fly around the moon together.
But somehow, my dead store now has about 70 people in it (this Zips had an office for several other locations around town and I think the office girls were calling boyfriends, husbands, whoever). There's a line with people holding every Beatles item in the store. He starts signing but people start crowding him. I'm trying to get people to chill. Linda and his kids bring up the Nintendos, Paul McCartney actually gives me an appreciative goodbye (and apparently likes to say Patch because he called me by name several times) and they're out of there.
I'm not kidding, there was this moment of quiet after he left, and then everybody starts talking, gigling, whispering. It's like we were school kids.
Anyway, McCartney bought the rentals and didn't return a few days later.
It was still an unforgettable little thing.
First off, you do realize you'll now be know as "Patch" on this board forever more! (at least by me! :) )

Second, the fact that you were stocking cassette tapes, and painted a nice little picture of the popular music of the time, is a beautiful thing.

Third, I gotta think Paul was a master at the wink. I've heard stories about Lennon in NYC being the same way, when someone would recognize him he'd give the little wink meaning yup its me, lets not get crazy or anything, and how ya doin'?

Forth, you met Paul McCartney! :rock:

[PeterSparker]

Oh yeah, I forgot Lou Reed.

Me too! And I actually chatted with the guy for a while!!!

[Patch]

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[DAVE]

Me too! And I actually chatted with the guy for a while!!!

I've met him twice, both times he was with Hal Wilner (oldschool music director for SNL). First time was at a show, and I talked to him for a little, and the other time was at Joe's Pizza at like 2am, which I've now told you about about 15 times :)

[dasNdanger]

Hey, Patch, I think you have a boyfriend... ;) (yeah, that's 'the wink')


das

[Kedd]

Lou Ferrigno is famous?

More famous than Virgil

[Marc Lombardi]

Many Philadelphia Eagles, including but not limited to: Reggie White, John Spagnola, Paul McFadden (played a 3-on-3 football game with them and a couple friends), Jerome Brown, Randall Cunningham, Mike Quick, Coach Buddy Ryan, Jim McMahon, and many many others.

Many Philadelphia Phillies, including but not limited to: Pete Rose, John Kruk, Lenny Dykstra, Darren Daulton, Von Hayes, Richie Ashburn, announcer Harry Kalas and others

Flyers players Mark Recchi, Dmitri Yuskevitch, Don Saleski, Bobby Clarke, announcer Gene Hart

Sixers players Charles Barkley, Rick Mahorn, Allen Iverson

Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno

Wrestlers Andre the Giant, both British Bulldogs, Mr. Fuji (who was plastered and burped in my face) and Bobby the Brain Heenan who almost got in a fight with my father. Years later I ran into "The Giant" (not Andre, but the other guy...the one who was played Cptain Insano in The Waterboy) and prevented him from stealing my seat at Dave & Busters.

Porn stars: Chloe, Anna Malle, Serenity, Dee, Krysti Mist, Jessica Darling, McKayla Matthews, Asia Carrera, Celeste, Tiffany Minx, Ron Jeremy, Tera Patrick, Christy Canyon, and a ton more who I'm blanking on at the moment.

Singer Richard Cheese

Performers Penn and Teller, The Blue Man Group

Actors Gil Gerrard, Catherine Bach, Erica Durance, Allyson Mack, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Brian O'Halloran

The cast from HGTV's Spice Up My Kitchen

PA Governor Ed Rendell

Comics: Way too many to list

I had a 45-minute long phone conversation with Wilt Chamberlain and spoke with Carl Lewis for just over a half an hour once.

[Albert]

Mr. Fuji (who was plastered and burped in my face)

You should be happy he didn't throw salt in your face instead!

[dasNdanger]

Porn stars: Chloe, Anna Malle, Serenity, Dee, Krysti Mist, Jessica Darling, McKayla Matthews, Asia Carrera, Celeste, Tiffany Minx, Ron Jeremy, Tera Patrick, Christy Canyon, and a ton more who I'm blanking on at the moment..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/dasNdanger/blink.gif

And here I thought you were such a nice boy.

(this may explain your obsession with pussycats, however... ;) )


das

[DAVE]

Oh yeah, Ron Jeremy!

[PeterSparker]

I've met him twice, both times he was with Hal Wilner (oldschool music director for SNL). First time was at a show, and I talked to him for a little, and the other time was at Joe's Pizza at like 2am, which I've now told you about about 15 times :)
Yeah, but it gets better every time!!! :)

[Drew]

Warren Spahn, Luke Appling, Monte Irvin (Baseball Hall of Famers), Gary Sheffield, Bill Cosby, Mick Foley, Henry Rollins, The Foo Fighters, Bruce Campbell, Stephon Marbury, Gilbert Brown, John Edwards, and Harmon Killebrew.

Oh, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, David Cross hit on my sister, and I almost got into a fight with Mitch Hedberg.

[Kedd]

Non-comicbook people:
Mya the singer(did a performance at my college some years ago)-She was nice, a friend of mine went clubbing with her.
Ghost Face Killa-again, another performance at my college. This was back when he first started rocking the bathrobe everywhere, with a massive gold eagle on his arm
Outkast- Bumped into them at the mall in atlanta my freshman year.
Nikki Giovanni-She gave a talk during my last year in college, and I got the chance to talk to her for a while. Fucking awesome.

My college roommate met the singer Monica once. He worked at a blockbuster video in College Park, and one night she came in and asked if she could use the restroom. It was close to closing time so he let her go to the employee rest room in the back. She goes, does her thing, comes back, talks to the employees for a minute or two, then leaves. Immediately after my friend goes to do the regular end of night clean up stuff, which includes cleaning the bathrooms. He steps foot in the employee restroom and says that the smell was so bad that his eyes teared up. He never looked at Monica the same again.

[Marc Lombardi]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/dasNdanger/blink.gif

And here I thought you were such a nice boy.

das
If only you saw some of the pictures I have of some of these people...your opinion of me would REALLY change. I used to write for an adult website. Interviewed many of them and met some big names as a result. They're normal people like you and me (HA! We're normal!!! :scared:) except they have sex for a living.

[DAVE]

Oh, and Ron Darling!

[Patch]

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[Papa Ginge]

I'm pretty weak compared to most of you, but I'll throw my hat in the ring here.

Walt "Clyde" Fraser - He's Tall

Big Boss Man - At one of those meet and greet things prior to an old WWF event. He's also pretty tall

I'm a mortgage underwriter in NY (at least I was before the shit hit the fan) and when Oliver Perez got traded to the Mets I underwrote his mortgage application. (Never actually met him, but still pretty cool. His paystub was out of control, seriously.)

And with so many mentions of Lou Ferrigno, figured I'd bring up that he's my wife's cousin, so that's pretty cool I guess. Her grandparents have a house upstate new york and there's a huge picture of him Mr Universe style, it pretty much rocks.

[Rick America]

"Cousin Brucie" Bruce Morrow (in 1966)
Wolfman Jack (in 1973)
George Perez, Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Joe Sinnott (in 1974)

[dasNdanger]

If only you saw some of the pictures I have of some of these people...your opinion of me would REALLY change. I used to write for an adult website. Interviewed many of them and met some big names as a result. They're normal people like you and me (HA! We're normal!!! :scared:) except they have sex for a living.

There's no such thing as 'normal' - just varying degrees of weird.

I've never watched porn (well, except for an occasional mishap or two - remind me to tell you someday about the stay in a City Line Ave. motel with my mom and grandmom...THAT was amusing.). I think my porn-aversion dates back to my childhood days, when all that was on tv was Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Now if I see porn, in my head it registers as two water buffalos going at it, and I giggle.

Yeah. I'm like...8.

:p

das

[Patch]

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[Yano]

Outside of arranged meet and greets, I've met a few celebs. I think my favorite story (which I think I've told many times before) was meeting Wesley Snipes in a club. He was in town filming US Marshalls and he was out with his boys. I danced a bit with him and it made me giggle when he would grunt and growl as he danced. Real nice guy, great dancer, though his friends were a little creepy. They wanted us to stay out with them til the wee hours but I had work the next day and it was just starting to feel weird.

[Yano]

Regarding George RR Martin, I talked to him on the phone once (oddly, about a signed copy of one of his books bought on ebay).
Does he sound like a direwolf? I would imagine him to have this deep gravelly voice. :razz:

[HomerGator]

Comic people: Howard Chaykin, Walt/Louise Simonson, Michael Lark, Jim Cheung, Jimmy Palmiotti, Brandon Peterson, Adam Hughes, Ethan Van Sciver, Mark Bagley (!!), Jim McLaughlin, Nick Lowe, Joe Quesada

Non-comics: the guy that played Tackleberry in the Police Academy movies, Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods, Rocco Mediate (sic), Mark Brunell (quarterback for the Jags, Redskins, now Saints), Fred Taylor, Tim Tebow, Steve Spurrier, Urban Meyer, Tony Bosselli, Leon Searcy, Marcus Stroud, Maurice Jones-Drew, Danny Wuerffel, Bill Bates, Dave Campo (football guys, for those of you that don't know). Oh, Bob Stoops, too. I don't know how famous this guy is, but Larry Connely, the basketball announcer is a friend of my dad's, and I've had lunch with him a half dozen times (he says he's going to introduce me to Dick Vitale, but we'll see). I've also talked to Bruce Willis, but I don't think I'd consider him someone I've met, necessarily.

And my godfather works for the Orlando Magic, and is friends with Shaq and Horace Grant from back in the day, and currently is good buds with Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson, and JJ Reddick. I haven't met any of those guys yet, but it's not out of the question that I will soon. Supposedly Shaq is having dinner at their house sometime this summer, and my brother and I will be invited. SUPPOSEDLY. We'll see, that's been promised before...

[Kedd]

Comic book people:
Ed Brubaker: good guy, I was a dork
Darwyn Cooke: brief, I was drunk
Dan Didio: technically, didn't meet him. Asked a question at a panel that ground everything to a halt as he looked for the "right" answer.
JMS: I asked a stupid question, he answered the only way he could.
Mark Bagley: He called me a trouble maker because the DC panel with Didio
Brian Wood: I think I creeped him because of my stuttering

Others

[bartleby]

JMS: I asked a stupid question, he answered the only way he could.

Called you a moron?

[Patch]

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[hotdogdownahallway]

The thing about these "what celebrities/famous people you have met" threads is that majority of meets occur at cons/promotional events/signings/etc. Anybody who goes to these will meet/encounter celebrities. I think it would be more unique if one encounters a celebrity in a random/freak occurrence.

[dasNdanger]

The thing about these "what celebrities/famous people you have met" threads is that majority of meets occur at cons/promotional events/signings/etc. Anybody who goes to these will meet/encounter celebrities. I think it would be more unique if one encounters a celebrity in a random/freak occurrence.

Does going up to their house and knocking on their door count? 'Cause I did that with one person on my list...

:)


das

[silverboy]

Oh, not much here:

Jeff Daniels when I was wee
Brad Arnold, singer of 3 Doors Down, drunk after a concert
the drummer and guitarist of Our Lady Peace, also drunk after a concert
some random players for the Green Bay Packers, including shaking Reggie White's hand
Bart Stupak, longtime congressman for our district

[Kedd]

Called you a moron?

Yup. He also added something along the lines of: "That's your problem." I was very encouraged by this.

[Rod Nunley]

Random celebrity encounters (none at cons):

Mel Gibson, Peter Jackson, Johnny Knoxville, Tommy Lee Jones, Lance Armstrong, Brad Bird, Bruce Tim, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarrintino, Wes Anderson (my favorite experience), and Dave Mustane (Megadeath).

[hotdogdownahallway]

Does going up to their house and knocking on their door count? 'Cause I did that with one person on my list...

:)


das

Er, did it end up with that person filing a restraining order against you? :P

[PeterSparker]

You guys...
Lou Reed, Willie Nelson, Kevin Spacey, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Waits, Patrick Stewart, Charles Barkley, Elvis Costello, Joan Jett, Joe Pesci, Kurt Cobain, Joey Ramone, Wolfman Jack, Jake Gyllenhall, Jack Black, Kirsten Dunst...
That's pretty awesome.
Regarding George RR Martin, I talked to him on the phone once (oddly, about a signed copy of one of his books bought on ebay).
And, regarding the long forgotten Toploader, I actually have their cover of Dancing In the Moonlight on ringtone for when my son's preschool calls.


As for Willie Nelson, forget celebrity, he is pretty much one of the finest and nicest people I've ever met. Got to have a great little exchange with him for about 15 minutes, and he could not have been more engaging or real. And funny! Total eye contact, and zero pretense. Now sure, he was probably pretty stoned, :) but still, awesome human being!

[AndrewG]

Angelina Jolie years ago when she was at a film festival in South Florida right around the time Hackers came out.

Kevin Spacey- same film festival. Got to interview him and brought my wife along as my 'photographer' while I was doing freelance writing down in FLA. He was a very nice guy and sat down with us for over a half hour which I thought was cool.

Mike Tyson at a Borders bookstore in Fla. He had a bunch of bodyguards with him so I didn't dare approach him but he was smiling, at least lol.

Gary Delabate and his family were shopping in Lowes in CT when I lived in NY. I didn't want to intrude on the family but as I passed by I gave him the smile and nod and told him, 'big fan'. He said thanks and probably appreciated the fact that I a) didn't bother him or his family b) didn't shout Baba Booey or something else

Charlie Huston at a b-day party/get together for him at a bar in NYC. He was easy going and great to talk to, even though I must have sounded like an idiot with the, 'you write the way I want to write' nonsense.

The entire cast of Spider-Man, including Sam Raimi who I got to talk to a lot at the Spider-Man premire and after party in LA year ago. Everyone was very cool and it was neat to sit with the cast and be treated like a celeb. Funniest part for me was JK Simmons leaving the movie as soon as his scenes were done. Christian Slater said hi to me in the men's room.

Various other comic book and pop culture celebs but they were at cons or appearances so I won't count them.

[Horizon Drive]

Gary Delabate and his family were shopping in Lowes in CT when I lived in NY. I didn't want to intrude on the family but as I passed by I gave him the smile and nod and told him, 'big fan'. He said thanks and probably appreciated the fact that I a) didn't bother him or his family b) didn't shout Baba Booey or something else



He was probably expecting you to stick your two front teeth and scream TA-TA-TOOTHY followed by telling his kids that his father is a horse toothed jack ass.

[Horizon Drive]

The entire cast of Spider-Man, including Sam Raimi who I got to talk to a lot at the Spider-Man premire and after party in LA year ago. Everyone was very cool and it was neat to sit with the cast and be treated like a celeb. Funniest part for me was JK Simmons leaving the movie as soon as his scenes were done. Christian Slater said hi to me in the men's room.



Two questions: Was Tobey Maguire a douche bag in any way shape or form. He seems like he is capable of that.

And how does Kirsten Dunst look in person? I think she is very pretty on screen.

[AndrewG]

He was probably expecting you to stick your two front teeth and scream TA-TA-TOOTHY followed by telling his kids that his father is a horse toothed jack ass.

On the ride home after the store my wife and I kept wondering how often that, in fact, happened to the poor guy.

[AndrewG]

Two questions: Was Tobey Maguire a douche bag in any way shape or form. He seems like he is capable of that.

And how does Kirsten Dunst look in person? I think she is very pretty on screen.

Tobey actually seemed very shy. He was friendly and seemed to be smiling a lot but very soft spoken and humble as people were going nuts for his performance....especiallly right after the film ended

I don't think she looks that great on screen (at least not as MJ) but was very, very pretty in person.

[Horizon Drive]

On the ride home after the store my wife and I kept wondering how often that, in fact, happened to the poor guy.

I would imagine he faces some sort of humilation on an almost a daily basis.

Gosh, I just read over my initial response to you and I am mortified by all the typos.

[Lanowar]

Mostly comic book professionals and guests at cons really I've never really "met" anyone famous per say as it happens.

[Mr. Sean]

Jeffery Brown used to come into the cafe I managed every day to draw comics. He was nice, but kind of quiet, and honestly kind of wierded me out a little bit for the first few months, but then i decided he was a good guy. All kinds of musicians and artists came in there pretty frequently actually. Danial Clowes did our menu art. Andrew Bird was a regular, whatsisname from the smashing pumpkins came in a lot, oh chuck pulahniuk.

I lived with the wrestler who goes by CM Punk for a year back in Chicago, it always cracks me up when i see his name in threads. One of the only things he owned was a giant inflatable spiderman.

I lived with Rob from the MinuteMen for a year, and know half of Rise Against.
um..this guy keith who was in an underwear commercial, does that count?

[UltimateQuintessa]

Gillian Anderson, she slapped me. I can't talk about it anymore than that.

Lisa Kudrow - Didn't really meet her but saw her at an airport and said more loudly than I thought I did "Look it's Pheebe." She smiled and waved to me.

[R0cketFr0g]

Lou Ferrigno
Tila Tequila...although she wasn't Tila Tequila then.

[marvelboi77]

Madonna
Sheryl Crow
Sharon Stone
Halle Berry
Will Smith
Angelina Jolie
Brad Pitt
Tom Cruise
Peneope Cruse
Jennifer Garner
Ben Affleck
Matt Dameon
George Clooney
Jada Pinket
Jessica Alba
Michael Chicklis
Dwayne Johnson
Uma Thurman
Jason Bateman
Brandon Routh
Kate Beckinsale
Kate Bosworth
Anthony Hopkins
Britney Spears
James Marsden
Sara Michell Gellar
Britney Murphy
Christian Bale
Ben Stiller
Robert Downey JR.
Tara Reid
Anthony Michael Hall
Teri Hatcher
Allysa Milano
Milo (from Heroes)
Ellen Page
Patrick Stewart
Glen Close
Bette Midler
Gary Oldman
Frank Miller
Gwyneth Paltrow
Jude Law

Bunch of other people too.

[TomBelandTSSTG]

Jesus of Nasereth.


























awwwww shit, I think I may have misspelled "nasereth," which pretty much killed that joke.



















































Yep... I just googled that and I was wrong. It's "Nazareth." Damn.

[thatguyfromsyracuse]

I saw Wilford Brimley at Universal Studios in California years ago.





Diabeetus.

[kylethoreau]

The guy from the Show Monk came into the McDonald's I was working at for lunch once.

outside of that? I met Van Sciver at an in store signing at my old comic shop (which I had to be dragged up to him since I didn't want to bother him for an autograph while he was doing a sketch...)

and I was standing nearby Robert Kirkman and I think the artists for Walking Dead and Invincible but didn't say anything since they were being crowded by people already and well I had my books to pick up (it was a wednesday i nthe store)

yeah I'm boring.

oh and I gave Richard Gere the finger while he was filming a movie in my town a few months back. Guess he thought it was funny since he smiled and waved back.

[Susan BANthony]

Exactly three people will know who the fuck she is, but I don't care -- I met Mary Prankster, and she's awesome. Only reinforced my girl crush on her.

Being a central Pennsylvanian, I used to go to Rocky Horror with Bobby Dahl's (bass player from Poison) brother, Butch. What an asshole. Half the girls I know were engaged to him. In a similar vein, I used to see Rikki Rockett's dad all the time.

And, uh, Taime Downe from Faster Pussycat/The Newlydeads and I used to email each other all the time. Going to see him in concert at the end of the month!

I haven't met anyone interesting. :?

[Bryan H]

Man, those are some impressive stories. I'm extra jealous of the guy who met Charles Barkley. I'd love to give him a hug and just say thank you.

When I worked at a comic shop, there was a con up in Detroit, and I guess a guy who handles lesser Star Wars actors was shopping them around for signings afterwards. My boss bit, and we had Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin) and Paul Blake (Greedo) in for a signing. Sad thing is, it was dead. Like no one showed up. But that meant I got to hang with them a bit. I had a smoke outside with Blake, who was a real cool dude. Think it was one of his first times in the states, because he wanted to buy a little sleeve to put some trading cards in, but didn't know which of the coins in his pocket was a quarter. I told him not to worry about it, but he was adament about paying.

I also live in Katie Holmes' hometown, and me and a friend spotted a limo down on his street, where he was fairly sure she had relatives living. We didn't stick around, but we were pretty sure it was either her or Cruise in there. Our other friend went ballistic and said we could have gotten some premo cash if we'd waited out there and tried to snap some pictures (this was around the time she'd just given birth, so it was possible she'd come home to show off to the family still in town). But we're not fucking vultures, if they were just visiting family, last thing they need are fuckers hiding in the bushes for them. Though I had a weird dream where I helped Tom Cruise change a tire that night.

Ben Wallace I met too, what a cool guy. He was fro'd out that day. This was while he was still a Piston, after the championship, and I told him how happy I was as a Piston fan that he was able win it all. He said, "Not as happy as me, man." He looks like the most intimidating man in the world, but he's really nice. Heard stories of how he would build and race RC cars with the kids in his neighborhood.

[Slewo.O]

You got to meet Peter Cushing? Jesus that sounds like it must've been alot of fun. Did you say anything witty to Paul Blake about only having one scene?

[Bryan H]

You got to meet Peter Cushing? Jesus that sounds like it must've been alot of fun. Did you say anything witty to Paul Blake about only having one scene?

Both were pretty cool dudes. My boss had a little party the night before that he sold tickets for, Peter and Paul at dinner. Apparently Peter really liked his Margaritas.

I did ask Blake about the prostetics and all, and he said it was hot as hell under all that junk. And also very adament that Han shot first. :)

[Patch]

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[Slewo.O]

Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Vincent Price were THE masters of horror when I was a kid. Most comic artists model Justin Hammer (Ironman villain) after Cushing. He and Guinness gave Star Wars a lot of the cred and weight it needed to succeed.
I would love to have met him.

Seriously? This means I've gotta pick up all the comics that had Hammer in it.

I love that man. ;)

[Pat Loika]

Got cussed out by Ryan Reynolds...

Cockblocked Thomas Jane at a bar...

Shook Will Eisner's hand in the bathroom...

Also met a ton of comics pros over the last few years.

P.

[Slewo.O]

Got cussed out by Ryan Reynolds...

Cockblocked Thomas Jane at a bar...

Shook Will Eisner's hand in the bathroom...

Also met a ton of comics pros over the last few years.

P.

All of those sound umm interesting. Didn't you tell the story about how you cockblocked Jane before? I forgot so you wouldn't mine sharing what went down would ya?

[Patrick King]

My dad is a sports writer, so one time I got to go along with him and met Nolan Ryan. I also don't know how famous he is (though I've heard him mentioned outside of San Antonio), but I've also met radio announcer Roy Acuff. I met Linkin Park when I was really into them five years ago. Oh yeah I also met the one and only Pat Loika at Staple this year.

[PeterSparker]

Got cussed out by Ryan Reynolds...


Because all the ladies in the room were macking on you instead of him right?

[Michael Blacklist]

Because all the ladies in the room were macking on you instead of him right?

If I remember correctly it had to do with being let into a guest's room.

Out of all the celebrities I've bumped into or given an awkward 'hello' to, they're all eclipsed by finally meeting Eddie Vedder and having a short conversation with him after one of his recent solo shows.

[Arion]

I study Literature and I've been lucky enough to meet my favorite writer (he even signed two of his books for me and allowed me to talk nonsense for over 3 minutes). And I met my favorite poet, exactly one year after his death.

[Matt O'Keefe]

I study Literature and I've been lucky enough to meet my favorite writer (he even signed two of his books for me and allowed me to talk nonsense for over 3 minutes). And I met my favorite poet, exactly one year after his death.

Gonna tell us who they are?

[PeterSparker]

If I remember correctly it had to do with being let into a guest's room.

Out of all the celebrities I've bumped into or given an awkward 'hello' to, they're all eclipsed by finally meeting Eddie Vedder and having a short conversation with him after one of his recent solo shows.

Cool on the Vedder story, and yeah I'm sure it was hotel related.

(at least that's what Ryan Reynolds keeps telling everyone anyway, but we know the truth)

[THWIP!]

Got cussed out by Ryan Reynolds...

P.

I remember you posting that story.

[Michael Blacklist]

(at least that's what Ryan Reynolds keeps telling everyone anyway, but we know the truth)

Reynolds is too much of a punk to let the truth out.

[Simps]

A ton in the past year, but my top 3 are:
Having a conversation with Steven Spielberg (and making him laugh) about the mustache contest we'd been having at the studio, and why there were huge posters with our mustach-ed faces on them in the courtyard.
Spending 3 & 1/2 hours on an ADR stage while Jamie Foxx recorded dialog, working side-by-side on a small little project with Joe Wright (one of my favourite directors) and the hugely nice things he said to one of the guys I work with about me.
Complementing Jason Segel on his penis (in a completely heterosexual way, in front of my date) at the wrap party for one of our films, and his resulting laughter.

[Albert]

And I met my favorite poet, exactly one year after his death.

Seance? Ouija board? Time travel? Zombie?

[Patrick King]

Seance? Ouija board? Time travel? Zombie?
I was wondering the same thing myself...

[Matt O'Keefe]

I remember you posting that story.

I did a search but I couldn't find it. Now I'm really curious:(

[Brad N.]

Here's my less cool thread about this from some time ago (before your time, Zircher no biggie): http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=148253


I'll paste mine from there and add a few I just recalled...

Obviously not counting comic creators or we'd all have a list a mile long. Here's a list of famous people I've run into off the top of my head:

1) As a kid at a restaurant named Rax I was sitting next to then Twins skipper Billy Gardner and my Dad got his autograph for me.

2) years ago they held the NBA All Star game here in MN at the Target Center. Well, they had the NBA Jam Session week long event at the Metrodome and I was there. On the way in to the event I bumped into Mitch Richmond and he asked my Mom for a ride to the Target Center. I wasn't sure it was him at first (even wearing him fur coat and standing tall) and my Mom gave him bus directions instead. Once inside I saw his picture on the wall and kicked myself.

Later I played a game of NBA Jam against Captain Sisko himself Avery Brooks, got slapped in the back of the head by Shawn Kemp, and accidentally bumped into Blossum star Mayim Biyalik, sending her on her ass. I helped her off the floor and apologized and she was really nice about it. I didn't realize it was her until she got up onto the autograph stage moments later.

3) At Wizard World Chicago 2000 I sat and bullshitted with then WCW wrestler Raven in the Hyatt bar for a good half hour. Being a wrestling opinion columnist for Lords of Pain at the time I thought I'd be cooler than the other dorks calling out to Raven by casually saying "Hey Scotty" and hoping he'd drop by for a chat. He walked over to my table and joined me, my buddy, and his wife. He pulled up a chair and talked with us like we were old friends. He talked about his near death from a staph infection and how much he hated Eric Bischoff and wished he could go back to ECW (which he did not long after). He was really a cool guy who honestly enjoyed talking comics and wrestling with a couple of fanboys.

4) While working on my wrestling talk show I met TONS of famous wrestlers. I had Greg Gagne, Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon, Baron Von Rasche, Jerry Lynn, and Jim Brunzell on my program and I hooked up with ECW after having Jerry on the show. In return for pimping their St. Paul PPV Anarchy Rulz on the show repeatedly and plastering posters all over the place I got 10 free tickets to the show (4 of which were ringside) and after the event I was allowed to hang out backstage and met guys like Rob Van Dam, Tommy Dreamer, Blue Meanie and Jasmine St. Clair, and Paul Heyman among others. Later when I actually started getting involved in the local wrestling scene I met, trained with, and got drunk with then local guys that are now pretty famous like CM Punk, Daivari, Ken Kennedy (then Kamikaze Ken Anderson), ODB, Adam Pierce, Colt Cabana, Lenny Lane, Austin Aries, and more I can't think of right now.

5) My son and I met and got our pictures taken with Mr. McFeely from Mr. Rogers last summer.

6) When I was bouncing at the bar we had lots of famous people come in. Former Vikings RB Michael Bennett came in one night and I escorted him into the club down the back stairs to avoid the line, but the most famous person I think I've met would be...

7) Billy Joe Armstrong from Green Day. His wife Adrienne is the older sister of my buddy Steve Nesser, a kid I grew up with. I heard Steve talk about going on the road with Billy a bunch of times and it was funny because Steve ended up becoming a pro skateboarder himself under Tony Hawk's banner and now owns a skate shop here. So yeah, one night at the bar I see Steve walk in and he heads into the bowling alley with this other guy in a grey hoodie. Only when I stopped in to shoot the shit was I introduced to Billy. Cool mofo.


I know there are a few more, but my memory isn't what it used to be so that's all I could think of right now. How bout you guys? I guess you could say Bendis, Bru, and Fraction's Big Apple Adventure prompted this.

Others...Anthony Daniels, Kevin Smith, Lisa Loeb, Al Franken, Norm Coleman, Jesse Ventura, Marina Sirtis, Jonathon Frakes, Michael Cuddyer, Neil Gaiman, John Romita, Jr., and Jimmy Pop from Bloodhound Gang.

[Jibberwashed]

Willie Nelson
Jack Johnson
Jason Mraz
Mason Jennings
Dave Matthews
Stan Lee
Jim Lee
Kelly Slater (pro surfer)

I had dinner with Robert Downey Jr.'s ex wife a few times, but never got to meet Iron Man...I think that's about it for me.

[Ashwin Pande]

Our goal should be a classless and celebrityless society!

All we're doing is perputuating the autocracy!

[Gunter]

http://a749.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/30/l_6528b66dbdc26ed5fd3fef46c25df01c.jpg

Are you naming three people who have never been in your kitchen?

[Schroedingers Cat]

Didnt quite meet Paul McCartney but I was standing next to his Limo and he waved to me as he got in.

Actually did meet:
Dr Demento
Uncle Floyd
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett
Sheb Wooley
Rami Jaffee
Ben Folds
Chris Burney
Joe Torre

I missing some musicians that I met at small shows. I'm at work right now and cant look it up

Jim

[Marc Lombardi]

Man, those are some impressive stories. I'm extra jealous of the guy who met Charles Barkley. I'd love to give him a hug and just say thank you.
I met him twice....once when I was around 15 and again about a dozen years later. When I was 15 I met him at a benefit at a bowling alley and asked him for his autograph. He was really cool about it. Rick Mahorn was bowling at the time so I didn't bother him. Later on when I was leaving, I was standing outside with a friend and out come Sir Charles and Rick Mahorn. So I go over to Mahorn and ask him for his autograph, which he obliges. Barkley comes over and says "What, you don't want mine." I look at him then go...."Nahhhh." He goes all wide eyed and him and Mahorn started cracking up. I tell him that I already got one from him, he goes, "So? I'm more famous than him. You can keep one autograph and sell the other." We talked for a few minutes, he asked to see who else's autographs I got...was joking around saying "More famous...more famous..." as he was looking at the names. Came to Brian Oliver (another one of his teammates) and said "Waste of paper..." He was hysterical and just like he in on TV. Such a genuine guy....really personable and very approachable.

[dougmac]

Lavar Burton
Some hockey player... Cam Neely? Is he famous?
I can't really think of anything.

Cam Neely is a hall of famer and one of the all time greats at his position and revolutionized what people expected out of the "Power forward" in the modern era. Plus he's become a huge philanthropist whose Neely Foundation provides great services and support for cancer patients and their families. So yes, he definately counts

[dougmac]

I met him twice....once when I was around 15 and again about a dozen years later. When I was 15 I met him at a benefit at a bowling alley and asked him for his autograph. He was really cool about it. Rick Mahorn was bowling at the time so I didn't bother him. Later on when I was leaving, I was standing outside with a friend and out come Sir Charles and Rick Mahorn. So I go over to Mahorn and ask him for his autograph, which he obliges. Barkley comes over and says "What, you don't want mine." I look at him then go...."Nahhhh." He goes all wide eyed and him and Mahorn started cracking up. I tell him that I already got one from him, he goes, "So? I'm more famous than him. You can keep one autograph and sell the other." We talked for a few minutes, he asked to see who else's autographs I got...was joking around saying "More famous...more famous..." as he was looking at the names. Came to Brian Oliver (another one of his teammates) and said "Waste of paper..." He was hysterical and just like he in on TV. Such a genuine guy....really personable and very approachable.

I met him once when he played for Philly and I was just a kid, but he was really nice to me.

[cPol]

I've met... a lot of famous folk. Random sampling:

Rob Zombie
Alice Cooper
Marilyn Manson
Chris Benoit
KISS
Adrian Paul
Dita Von Teese
Bill "Superfoot" Wallace
Stephen Lynch
Pornstars out the ass (pun intended)

The list could go on for pages.

[NewChad]

I work in music TV so I've met loads of bands/actors etc etc. Some of the best are:

Scissor Sisters - are easily the nicest and most easy going band I've ever met. Faultlessly courteous and inviting. An absolute dream to work with.

Kirsten Dunst - around the time of Spider-Man, i interviewed Tobey and Kirsten on the roof of a hotel in Sydney. We did Kirsten's right before lunch. The hotel brought up her lunch which included 2 entire platters of food. She looked at it and invited me and the crew to lunch as there was so much food. She was really bubbly and sweet.

Enrique Iglesias - flirted with everything in a skirt. Was hilarious to watch. Funny guy too. Shame about the music.

Carmen Electra - beautiful, polite, completely vacant expression. But she was really sweet. All information had to be given to her assistant who'd remind her when the time was right. She gave a 15 year old boy a lapdance live on TV. His face was hilarious to watch.

Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA) - polite, articulate and incredibly patient with loads of professional people who kept asking him questions about ABBA. A real pleasure to meet.

Dave Grohl - Nice guy. Like, really nice. Like, you'd completely put up with some shitty behaviour because he's awesome but he STILL is completely nice. Got nothing to prove to anyone.

People I've personally met and don't like for various reasons:
Charlize Theron
Pete Wentz
Chris Martin
Cheryl Cole (Girls Aloud)
Justin Timberlake
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