Famous People

[MooseMom]

Have you ever met anyone famous?

[jbeany]

Yup.  And I told his drunken self to stop groping me or I'd call his wife to come pick him up.  Managing a bar is full of all kinds of fun....   And, no, I'm not naming names.  I like his wife too much for that!

My ex worked security for a big ski resort in northern Michigan for a couple of years.  He had good things to say about Jay Leno and all of about a dozen of the Red Wings he met.  He'd have tossed most of the Detroit Pistons players out into the snow, though, if he could have.

[MooseMom]

And, no, I'm not naming names.

You're no fun.

 I like his wife too much for that!

Well, okay...Fair enough.

[carol1987]

Many years ago I hung out after a concert to meet Bruce Springsteen  (hey I'm from jersey!  LOL)

Hank Azzaria, Kirsten Dunst, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carrell....  Lots of Guiding Light (soap opera) actors...
probably a few more... DH does lighting for TV/movies 

[MooseMom]

carol, that is soooo cool about your DH!

[carol1987]

LOL yea he has the cool job.... i work at a desk 

[YLGuy]

Bette Davis lived across the street from my Grandma (we lived in the same town).  Every Halloween we would Trick or Treat at her house.  She would invite us in to the living room and chat with us for awhile.  She was a very nice lady.  It was a small town in CT close to NY City.  I would cut the lawn for the Neil Smith (the drummer for Alice Cooper).  Jack Clubman's son was in my class.  Christie Brinkley would come in to the deli I worked at.  Keith Richards lived in town and had a granddaughter close to my kids age.  Brent Musburger lived close by as well.  I went with my dad to his house to ask if he would do a charity event (he did). Robert Redford lived in the town next door.  Bill Walton sat near me at a Grateful Dead concert.  I met Jerry Garcia twice.  Bob weir, Mickey Hart and Brent Mydland I have each met once.  I was a personal banker for Joe Morgan and Reggie Jackson.  I got to meet Phil Simms right after they beat the Broncos to win the Superbowl.  Most importantly I got to meet okarol.

How's that for name dropping? Some of the people I met have some good stories to go with them but that may be for another post some day.   Probably more but I can't think right now.

[tyefly]

Nice living in Calif......

[carol1987]

YLguy .... bette davis!! How cool!!  We want more stories....

[Poppylicious]

I made Jack Dee laugh, way back when I was a student in 1993.  I've shaken hands with Jimmy Carr.  Had Al Murray wink at me. Spent a weekend in Germany with Liza Tarbuck (and if it wasn't her, it was her doppelgänger.)  Smiled shyly at Jimmy White whilst asking for his autograph. Taken the lid off a pen for Ronnie O'Sullivan.  Shared a beer with that bloke who sings with Bjorn Again. Had Dylan Moran grumble at me, and Rhod Gilbert embarrass me ... both in front of over a thousand people and for the same reason, albeit two years apart. 

Yes, I realise that most of you won't have heard of these people, but they are 'celebrities' in the UK so they DO count.

 

On a lesser note (involving no actual communication) I've also eaten in a McDonald's with John Wark at the next table, walked past John Peel in the street, watched Stephen Hawking whizz past me in his wheelchair in a shopping centre in Cambridge and I saw that Rick Waterman chap in the centre of Norwich.  He was very scruffy but had a beautiful woman with him.  Hmmm ...

Many years ago Blokey was stopped by a car and the driver asked for directions.  Once given, Stephen Fry popped his head out of the rear window and thanked Blokey.  (Oddly, this was in Cambridge where Mr. Fry actually went to uni ... you'd think he'd know his way round.)

[carol1987]

Poppy... I do know stephen Hawking!!  Cool.....

  this is as close as i can come to blushing in embarassment at not knowing the UK celebs!!!

[MooseMom]

I was living in London at the time of 9/11.  On the Friday after the attacks, there was a special service at St. Paul's cathedral for "members of the American Community in Great Britain."  I don't know why, but I felt compelled to go.  I've never been to D.C., and I've been to NYC only once, so those places don't have an emotional pull on me.  So, I took the train to London Bridge and walked to St. Paul's from there.  The plaza was packed; security was very tight; you could see snipers in position.  It was clear that most of us would have to listen to the service from the plaza.  I stood in the queue and just started sobbing.  I've never cried so hard in my life; to this day, I don't really know why.  It was so bad that a bobby came up and asked me if I was ok.

I was shocked to find that I was able to get a seat inside the cathedral, third pew from the back, for the service.  We were seated at 11AM; the service didn't start until noon.  I sat there and sobbed the whole time.  Finally, a very nice lady next to me asked me if I was there alone.  I was, so she spent the rest of the service holding my hand.  Just before noon, the great doors opened; I looked behind me and could see the plaza outside filled with people.

The service began with the US National Anthem, the first time the anthem of a foreign country had ever been played at St. Paul's cathedral.

Just before the service ended, a church steward came by and asked some of us if we would be willing to stand on the outside steps and have a chat with some of the dignitaries.  We said yes, so that's how I got to meet the Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Tony Blair, Cherie Blair, the US Ambassador to the Court of St. James and the Archbishop of Canterbury and whoever it is that is the head of the Catholic Church in Britain (can't remember his title).  Prince Charles was particularly kind.  He told me how very sorry he was about what had happened, and I thanked him for coming to the service.  I still have the programme for the service.  It is one of my most cherished possessions.

[carol1987]

Wow.... Moosemom.... what an experience.....

Your description had me filling up.... I live just outside of NYC and though I did not lose anyone personally I know many who have....

[okarol]

MM very special - thanks.   

[peleroja]

Let's see now.  When I was a kid my parents were in theatre, and I was supposed to be in a play with Edward Arnold, but they said I cried too realistically (the kid was supposed to be a brat); I still got to meet him, however. 

When I used to work the science fiction, horror and fantasy conventions, the guy who ran them used to have a party every year and invited all the guest speakers, so I met Michael Anderson (Logan's Run), Logan Ramsey (Bread and Circuses) and several other folks from the original Star Trek (cannot think of their names), Ike Eisenman from one of the Star Trek movies, and the girlfriend of the guy who ran the convention was Gloria something or other, who played a trucker on BJ and the Bear.   Also saw, but did not meet, many bit players from Star Trek, etc. at the conventions.

I saw, but did not "meet" Telly Savalas at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

There may be more, but the memories fade (sigh).

[MooseMom]

Ooooh, I love Star Trek in all of its incarnations!

I waved to Princess Diana when I saw her at the men's Singles Finals at Wimbledon.

I met Walt Willey who plays Jackson Montgomery in All My Children.

[murf]

My uncle's sister house cleaner's best friend used to live in the same town as Paul Hogan. Yep, that close. 

[Riki]

I've met Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello, on a very cold 54th street, outside the TCR studio in April of 2007

I also met Princess Anne.  She did a tour of the IWK Children's Hospital in Halifax, and I happened to have been admitted at the time.  It was somwhere around 1992, I think.  I was one of the chosen few who was allowed to meet her.  She shook my hand and asked me how long I'd been in hospital.

My mother and I also saw Rex from One Life to Live (don't know his real name) outside of the Chase Bank on the corner of Broadway and 78th street during the writer's strike in 2007

[ChickenLittle56]

My sister met Michael Jordan at a meet and greet when she worked at Quacker Oats back in the early 90's. The lobby at the corporate HQ  has a large round canister of Quaker Oats that stood at least 10-15 feet high and it was creepy because it seemed like the eyes would follow you wherever you go, My dad fixed a tv news anchor's car when he just a newbie at a local television station. Every time my dad  would see him on tv he would say that he stiffed him for fixing it.

[needlephobic]

met James Gardner better known as the preacher in the Movie Space Cowboys or Rockford Files. met Marie Osmond real sweet woman her brother Jimmy he wanted to party but body guards pulled him away for a flight. The Osmond Brothers Loulu Roman from He Haw oh yeah Donny Osmand was stuck up   

[glitter]

met James Gardner better known as the preacher in the Movie Space Cowboys or Rockford Files. met Marie Osmond real sweet woman her brother Jimmy he wanted to party but body guards pulled him away for a flight. The Osmond Brothers Loulu Roman from He Haw oh yeah Donny Osmand was stuck up   

I wanted to marry Donny Osmond when I was 7................................

[needlephobic]

met James Gardner better known as the preacher in the Movie Space Cowboys or Rockford Files. met Marie Osmond real sweet woman her brother Jimmy he wanted to party but body guards pulled him away for a flight. The Osmond Brothers Loulu Roman from He Haw oh yeah Donny Osmand was stuck up   

I wanted to marry Donny Osmond when I was 7................................

Like i said he was stuck up  Marie on the other hand was sweet and nice she could talk your ears off

[kellyt]

I know Andy Cohen from BRAVO Channel.       And I have a dear friend that knows a lot of famous people, but I don't know any myself.   

[MooseMom]

Many years ago, I met astronaut John Glenn at a political function when he was running for office.

I met Buzz Aldrin in London at a bookstore; he was autographing copies of his new novel.

I grew up in Houston during the years of the space program.  I still have my diary in which I recorded my thoughts on the doomed Apollo 13 flight.  Astronauts were a very big deal during my formative years.

[Jean]

We have an autographed photo of Joe Spano. He played in Hill Street Blues. His cousin was a dear friend of mine.