I think I met someone *famous* on Thursday night.

Until recently I worked for a book retailer at their HQ so lots of celebs/authors visit to sign a few hundred books.

My favourite has to be Stephen Fry though. He signed his name across their Boardroom desk, and when I showed him a text from a friend who was enthusing about his virtues, he borrowed the phone and sent her a reply - made her year I think.

The only other one that sticks out is Carol Vorderman who turned up wearing mostly leather. My heart spasmed.

Until recently I worked for a book retailer at their HQ so lots of celebs/authors visit to sign a few hundred books.

My favourite has to be Stephen Fry though. He signed his name across their Boardroom desk, and when I showed him a text from a friend who was enthusing about his virtues, he borrowed the phone and sent her a reply - made her year I think.

The only other one that sticks out is Carol Vorderman who turned up wearing mostly leather. My heart spasmed.

You lucky so and so, I would love to meet Fry ):

I've met Dale Jr., we had mutual friends at the time and we both attend a party at our friends house. He was really nice and down to earth. This was during his first couple of years racing.. and a couple of months prior to when Dale Sr. died.

Another time, my husband and I had gone out to dinner and I jumped in the car when the valet brought it up. After a couple of minutes I looked to see why my husband wasn't in the car yet. He was talking to this other man about his car (as that man was getting out). It took me a second to figure out who it was.. then I realized it was Ric Flair. When my husband jumped in the car and was going on and on about the other guy's car, I asked him if he knew he was talking to. He looked at me funny and said "No, why.. is he somebody or something"? I then told him it was THE Ric Flair. He didn't believe me till we got home and pulled him up on google. Now he tells everyone how he's talked cars with the Nature Boy.

^ I wasn't paying attention and thought this was Pat Benatar! :laugh:


My best sighting ever: spotted Gael Garcia Bernal with a little red suitcase, presumably headed to the airport.
2nd best sighting: Gregory Hines, shopping. May he rest in peace.
3rd best sighting: Jad Abumrad, co-host of radioshow RadioLab, buying coffee.

I've met and worked with LOADS of celebrities of all levels of fame...literally everyone from Jean Stapleton to Britney Spears and everyone and everything in between.

Worst moment EVER, yeeeeeears ago (like over a decade) was when I called in sick to work in order to get up super early to see Megan Mullally on "The View" (I worked nights and knew I'd be tired). Anyway, when I got in the next day, they told me that Megan was actually at my job that night (when I had called out). WHOOPS! LOL I eventually met her several times, luckily, but I was soooo bummed.

Twice, I have opened a door too quickly and hit Tyne Daly with it. THE SAME DOOR. A year apart. It's a big metal door that you can't see through so I didn't know someone was on the other side.

Molly Shannon from SNL stands out as one of the nicest, most laid back people EVER. Bernadette Peters is a sweetheart. Ditto Sarah Jessica Parker...part of my job was to wait for her to finish with her fans before I could leave...I used to have to wait around an extra hour because she was so patient with her fans, but I didn't mind because she was so nice. The only people who weren't so nice were Nathan Lane, Doris Roberts and Bette Midler (though she actually apologized to me later, so she is forgiven).

I met George Strait at a rodeo. He was nice and down to earth- just as handsome in person. I also met Vince Gill. Not so nice, and I met Carol Buck. She was Jack Buck's wife. Jack Buck was a famous sportscaster from St. Louis. Our family owned a publishing company at the time, and I did a lot of the work to make one of his poetry books. We also did a book to commemorate his life after he passed away. My mom got to meet Jack, and he was a really wonderful person as well.

My mom also got to meet Mr. Tony Bennett. She was invited to a Christmas Party with the Buck's, and when she was there she met a man at the bar and started talking to him. She said that he was an older gentleman, and she just remembered thinking that it was pretty early in the morning for him to be drinking already. Anyway, she introduced herself, and he asked her what she did for a living. She told him and then asked him what he did for a living. He said that he did a little singing. My mom did not get it until later when someone at the party told her who he was. When she came home and told us I could not believe she didn't know. I love Tony Bennett! It sounds like he's a pretty nice person with a good dose of humility, judging by their conversation.

When I was in college, and working at an ice cream shop I served Mr. T. :drinker:

He liked vanilla with cashews.

I've also met Aaron Rodgers at my church.

There have been others but that's all I can remember now.

I once saw Stevie Wonder but, he didn't see me:glasses:

I met Jon Stewart at a gas station just north of Atlanta about 6 years ago. That was cool.

I bumped into Andy Rod**** and Brooklyn Decker at a concert in the summer of 2010, T.J. Miller at a film festival last summer, and Vanilla Ice at an airport a while back.