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  • WeatherGirl8
    WeatherGirl8 Posts: 91 Member
    Jim Brickman, just by chance. And as my favourite claim to fame, Obama "borrowed" my uncle's pen and never gave it back! That was years and years ago.
  • logicman69
    logicman69 Posts: 1,034 Member
    I worked at a music store (Daddy's Junky Music for all you east coast people) so I got to meet a ton of musicians. Half the time you would not realize you were talking to anyone famous utill you rang them out and asked for their name...

    I did get to meet and hang with Zack Wylde though (guitar player for Ozzy). He did a meet and greet at the store. The next day I get a call for the promotions manager. Apparently Zack had left his guitar at the store the night before and asked if I could brink it up to Ozzfest ASAP. I got backstage passes and got to hang on the tour bus. Even had a beer with Zack.

    That;s about as cool as I got
  • RAREBIRDART
    RAREBIRDART Posts: 100 Member
    More infamous, then famous, but I knew Gerald Stano - a serial killer from Ormond Beach, Florida, when I was a teenager. I used to hitchhike "back in the day" and met him through a friend. He told me to call him anytime I needed a ride because hitchhiking was dangerous!! He literally gave me 100's of rides over the course of a year or two and he was never out of line with me! He killed 41 women and was executed many years ago.

    Scary! He must have thought well of you to not be out of line with you! Which is a blessing!

    Ive met Stephen King, and Zac and Taylor Hanson.
  • aquaventure
    aquaventure Posts: 29
    Klinger from MASH at a fundraiser. Christie Brinkley at the movies in Telluride CO and she is even more beautiful in person if that is possible. Also the Beach Boys backstage at a concert in CA.
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    Funny when I stop and think about it who else I've met.

    Samuel L. Jackson on the street. Surrounded by bodyguards. He was very nice.
    Randy 'Machoman' Savage, and Andre, the Giant, before their fame.
    Jud Nelson just after The Breakfast Club was released. I had no clue who he was.
    Saw John Carradine at a night club, I don't think he was aware that anyone else was there.
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
    Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, and Wee Man at bar Orlando. It was right after the first episode of *kitten* aired. They walked up to me while I was standing in line for the bathroom. Steve-O pulled his pants down to show me his road rash, and I saw everything. I had no idea who they were, so I was a little weirded out lol

    Jerry Springer at a parking garage in Sarasota, FL. He has a house on Longboat Key I believe.

    And tons of punk bands.
  • mrsemr
    mrsemr Posts: 4 Member
    I've met Carlos Santana walking on the street in San Francisco. My husband played black jack at 2 in the morning with Tim McGraw in a small casino in Reno, NV before he was a huge star. DH said he was the most down to earth, quiet, nice guy. I hope he is still just as down to earth today as he was then!
  • Reinventing_Me
    Reinventing_Me Posts: 1,053 Member
    Keith Washington, formerly of the Baltimore Ravens, became my husband's fishing buddy after they met at a local mall. My husband is a Steelers fan, so their football conversations were quite interesting. He gave us tickets to the Ravens/Steelers games in Baltimore, which was nice.

    I saw George Clinton one day at Union Station here in Washington, DC. I went to say hello and some dude bumrushed him so I just kept walking to my office. He wears that rainbow colored hair ALL THE TIME.

    Them DeBarges. Most of them, anyway. The youngest sister moved down here along with her mama and we became friends. Then some of the brothers showed up and all of a sudden, I was back in my teenage years staring at album covers and posters and magazines...

    ETA: I also met Washington Redskins HOF Darryl Green in middle school, many moons ago. He came to talk about something-or-other and my friends and I stayed after the assembly was over to talk to him. He had on a jacket with Coke logos and my friend asked if he knew New Edition because they were endorsing Coke too. It was kind of funny.

    Oh! Also Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders of the Washington Redskins. Gary Clark let my put on his Superbowl XVII ring! I got so light-headed!
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
    I once met Bill Murray at a stoplight. He walked up to my car, licked my windshield, whispered "No one's gonna believe you," and walked away.

    Well played, Bill Murray. Well played.

    Does he really do that? I've heard stories of him doing random stuff like that but I always thought it was a hoax. He did it in the movie coffee and cigarettes.
  • avababy05
    avababy05 Posts: 930 Member
    Several members of Aerosmith


    Steven Tyler and Joe Perry.We lived in the same time and they sat next to me and my kids at the circus with their kids.

    My kids had no idea who they were but I couldn't concentrate for the rest of the show.

    And Brad Whitford was sitting on a little chair in the hall across from me as we waited for parent teacher conferences.
  • Brianna72994
    Brianna72994 Posts: 887
    I havent been lucky enough to meet anyone famous yet.


    However my grandfather went to high school with Jamie Lee Curtis.

    And he is also related to the author of the Swiss Family Robinson
  • Reinventing_Me
    Reinventing_Me Posts: 1,053 Member
    My brother got into an argument with Leonardo DiCaprio in Florida. Over driving!
  • Reinventing_Me
    Reinventing_Me Posts: 1,053 Member
    When my grandmother passed away a few years ago, I found out we are related to the late, great Eartha Kitt. She was my grandmother's second cousin.
  • RBXChas
    RBXChas Posts: 2,708 Member
    I'm such a nerd. All of mine are political people. The most recognizable, though, would be Ben Stein.

    ETA that I met Cecil Fielder, but it was (of course) at a political function. I didn't know who I was standing next to - I just knew I was standing next to this huge guy. Then someone got on the mic and thanked him for coming. Everyone applauded and looked my way, at which point I looked up to see his face. I was about eye level with his hands (or so it felt - I'm 5'7", but he's 6'3" and mega broad), so I then noticed his enormous, diamond-encrusted NY Yankees World Series ring. One of my friends, who is a huge Yankees fan, ran over to talk to him, and we all got to chatting. He invited us to some other political function he was going to later (not in a sketchy way), but unfortunately we were unable to go. He was VERY nice, though.
  • brassballa
    brassballa Posts: 81 Member
    Ron Howard he was traveling with his family in Charleston south Carolina i worked at a private air port and met quit a few famous people
  • Tuala42
    Tuala42 Posts: 274 Member
    Had a couple of dates with conductor Keith Lockhart before he was part of the Boston pops. Too much of an age difference, and got the impression he had waaay more experience than I had at the time.
  • 2credneck208
    2credneck208 Posts: 501 Member
    I had coffee with the weazle (pauly shore) and walked past Morgan freeman, didn't say anything to him cuz he looked mad. Oh also when I worked at dairy queen I served eddie money, that guy was an *kitten*.
  • 5ftnFun
    5ftnFun Posts: 948 Member
    Lorenzo Lamas (he played Sandy's handsome, "good" boyfriend in the movie Grease). We were living in San Diego at the time. At my place of work, the TV show "Renegade" was being filmed around our office. The whole crew would set up early, and this huge breakfast buffet would be set up. Anyway, Lorenzo occasionally could be caught working out behind one of the buildings in the complex and of course, us ladies would try to sneak a peak. One day, he caught sight of us and came over to our office. He chatted with us for a few minutes and I found him to be very nice. And handsome! This was about 1995-ish.
  • jnichel
    jnichel Posts: 4,553 Member
    Who is the most famous person you've ever met, and what were the circumstances?

    -- David Fortman (guitarist for Ugly Kid Joe, now a record producer (Godsmack, Pantera, Evanescence, etc.)): Went to high school with him. Used to help the band he was in at the time cart their gear around.
    -- Joe Winkelsas (ex minor/major league pitcher): Spent two little league seasons working with him coaching my middle son's team.
    -- Archie Manning: Used to go to the same church (when I was a kid); was in Sunday School with Cooper and Peyton Manning (they were much younger than me though, so I don't remember playing with them too much).
    -- Shaquille O'Neal: had a class with him at LSU, and used to see him out at the Tiger Bar in Baton Rouge from time to time.
    -- Todd Walker (ex major league baseball player): he used to join us for our weekly softball games in Baton Rouge when he was going to LSU
    -- Daddy Bush: He was at a ceremony honoring the military at Charleston Naval Base after Hurricane Hugo. Not really a "meeting", but did get a picture shaking hands with him.
  • lapinu390
    lapinu390 Posts: 46 Member
    I've met Danny Devito, David Giuntoli and Adrienne King at London Expo :) I got their autographs and pics :D

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