Have you met somebody famous?

[Liza]

The post about who we want to meet got me thinking, between all of us, we have to know somebody!

I've met Richard Dreyfuss and Eric Idle (of Monty Python). I've also met Jodi Benson (who was the voice of The Little Mermaid). That's it.

[JDS84]

I've not met anyone famous yet. But I am going to one of these days.

[Mijada]

I met Caroline Kennedy at a book signing a few years ago.

[Sean Snow]

I've met Miss America 1996

[Cara Oatmeal]

I met kurt angle b4 he went on the wwf @ monroeville mall

[Liza]

oh, I forgot, I also met Hulk Hogan, but I was too terrified to talk to him. LOL, he's big.

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by Liza
I've met Richard Dreyfuss

When I first read that I saw the Richard followed by "D" and almost thought you were going to saw you had met Richard Dawson, and that dawsongirl was going to flip out! :lol:

Anyhoo.....I've met Bruce Campbell, of Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2/Army of Darkness/Adventures of Brisco County Jr./Jack of All Trades fame

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[Pitooey]

Okay I've met a few people.

1) Eddie Murphy

2) Fergie the Duchess of York

3) Grandpa Munster

4) Roscoe Lee Brown

5) Bernadette Stanis (Thelma from Good times)

All these people I've met in N.Y.C.

Now if you ask me have I seen any **stars**, I've seen alot just walking in N.Y.C.
:cool: :D

[Kay Scarpetta]

I've met... my local newscaster! Isn't that great?

My friend met Molly Shannon...-shrugs-

[Warm & Fuzzy]

I've met...

A person from 3LW

this soccer player that I forgot the name of, lol

and John________ from Z100, New York's number one hit radio station or something like that, lol.

[dawsongirl]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
When I first read that I saw the Richard followed by "D" and almost thought you were going to saw you had met Richard Dawson, and that dawsongirl was going to flip out! :lol:


:rotflmao:

I would have flipped out! ;)

[QueenOfTheGypsies]

The only celebrities I've ever met are athletes. The most famous of those would probably be Mark Messier (a hockey player), who held me in his arms....of course, I was only 4 years old at the time! :lol: My older sister was a big hockey fan and took me with her to meet him. I had my picture taken with him. :)

[Pitooey]

Now that you mentioned athletes, I've also met a couple of Basketball players and baseball players. I have autographs from autograph sessions.

One more thing.... I've met the stars from an old soap opera from the 60's called Dark Shadows. I took pictures of the cast and have a few autographs as well.

[Ags2000]

Let me think.....

Mr. T

George Strait

Jo Dee Mesina

Dixie Chicks

Brad Paisley

Texas Gov. Rick Perry

Texas Land Commissioner David Dewhurst

Texas Supreme Court Justice Abbott

Ty Murray

and of course

LISA WHELCHEL (If for some reason you haven't heard this from me by now, check out my sig. I have the link to Lisa's website where she mentions me in her journal entry and the picture she had taken of us and put on her website.)

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[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by JennyLee22
One more thing.... I've met the stars from an old soap opera from the 60's called Dark Shadows. I took pictures of the cast and have a few autographs as well

Hmmm.. did you meet Denise Nickerson? I can recall her being on that show. She also played Violet in um... Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

[letsgoreyes]

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[Mossopp]

Unfortunately I've never actually met anybody famous. The closest I came was when I was 3 and Princess Diana waved to me. I don't actually remember this but my mother assures me that it happend. Not that I care cos I was never a huge fan of the royal family.
Any of you guys heard of the Manic Street Preachers? They're a Welsh rock band and they're huge over here. Anyway, I've been to their bass players house....but I didn't actually meet him....long story. I guess that doesn't count. My mate Kirsty has met Kelly Jones from the Stereophonics though - that was pretty cool.

[Hollow]

I never met anyone famous but ive seen MLB players cause i been to 8576495867549753057 baseball games

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by goddess936
I never met anyone famous but ive seen MLB players cause i been to 8576495867549753057 baseball games

yeah my dads met Bernie Williams and Tino Martinez and a few of the other Yanks

[Liza]

Well, as long as we're counting others, one of my friends stayed at George Harrison's house. He was best friend's with his son, but George has since passed away.

[Hollow]

And one time the diamondbacks came to my town (MY stupid lil city! :eek: miracle) and we just knew that jay bell was at ortega shoes but by the time we got their he left and we couldn't find anyone else :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:

[Pitooey]

Originally posted by Lisa Whelchel Forever


Hmmm.. did you meet Denise Nickerson? I can recall her being on that show. She also played Violet in um... Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory No I haven't...... :( I did enjoy her acting though. Before I forget....... I did meet "some" of the Dark Shadows cast. Not everyone comes to the convention.

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by JennyLee22
I did enjoy her acting though.

Yes, I think she is a very good actress. I enjoy seeing her act in Willie Wonka :D

[BlairandJo]

I have!me!over here!:wave: I met Lisa Whelchel.:D

[Cokies]

Originally posted by Mossopp

Any of you guys heard of the Manic Street Preachers? They're a Welsh rock band and they're huge over here. Anyway, I've been to their bass players house....but I didn't actually meet him....long story. I guess that doesn't count. My mate Kirsty has met Kelly Jones from the Stereophonics though - that was pretty cool.

You've been to Nicky Wire's house? Cool. So I guess it's safe to say I've heard of them, considering I have every album of theirs, except Gold Against the Soul. Anyway, your friend met Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics- that's pretty cool too. I'm thinking of catching their show in the city next week. Maybe...

But, the closest to meeting a famous person was actually two weeks ago. See, I was down in Monterey for the weekend, and on our way home we stopped in Salinas.
If you don't know, Salinas was the hometown of famous author John Steinbeck. He wrote "Of Mice and Men", and "The Grapes of Wrath", etc. Many of his novels took place around Salinas.
Anyway, they have a John Steinbeck museum. It's quite nice and all, so we went in.
It was a Sunday afternoon, so practicly no one was in there. We watched this 5 minute video about Steinbeck and then went to the Expedition hall, where all these diplays are, etc.
But at the entrance of the hall, there's a couple people standing at the first display. There's this one blond guy, which is slicked back. He's a bit taller than me, and I'm thinking that he looks awfully familiar.
I'm like two feet behind him, so I pretend to get a closer look at the display, and that's when I glance over at him. It's Spike!
Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
Of course, I hurried ahead and for the rest of our time there, I kept on looking back at him. I didn't try to be obvious, and I wasn't.
Anyway, that's my brush with celebrity, in practicly the middle of nowhere. What the hell was he doing in Salinas? Probably on his way up to the Bay Area, I guess. It was a really weird experience though, I can say.

[Kay Scarpetta]

omg Cokies, that's awesome! I woulda been running SO hard towards Spike if I saw him, lol. I probably wouldn't even have been able to talk.

[wren]

I have met the following people right here in Quebec, Canada!

Mutsumi Takahashi (CFCF-12 NEWS)
Pierre Lalonde (hosted the Mad Dash gameshow)
Ronald McDonald (yes, the REAL one)
Guy Lafleur

[Mossopp]

Originally posted by Cokies

I'm thinking of catching their show in the city next week. Maybe...


You should definately go if you get the chance - the 'Phonics are brilliant live!
And just to clarify - I wasn't actually inside Nicky Wire's house. Myself and a couple of mates were down in South Wales on holiday in 1998 and we did a bit of detective work and found out where he lived. We just sorta hung around on the street outside his house all afternoon.....for 3 days in a row. To be honest I'm surprised noone called the police on us!

[Pitooey]

Originally posted by wren
Ronald McDonald (yes, the REAL one)
Well I met Bozo (The real one) - I met him in a theater. He had the make-up on. :lol: :happyface :rotflmao:

[Adele]

This man with a black mustache, who played the guitar and sat in a circle with little kids and sang songs at like 7:00 on Saturday mornings came to my mall.....Frank Capelly (I dunno how u spell his name) AND I saw Mr. Rodgers walking down a sidewalk!WOW....I mean, can I ever feel so excited again?...

[Cokies]

Originally posted by Mossopp


You should definately go if you get the chance - the 'Phonics are brilliant live!
And just to clarify - I wasn't actually inside Nicky Wire's house. Myself and a couple of mates were down in South Wales on holiday in 1998 and we did a bit of detective work and found out where he lived. We just sorta hung around on the street outside his house all afternoon.....for 3 days in a row. To be honest I'm surprised noone called the police on us!

I know I should. I'll probably kick myself if I don't.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Hanging outside of a famous person's house and all...That's funny, cause I was gonna ask you what kind of dinnerware he has. Just kidding! Maybe what kind of toilet paper...

Anyway, I've been to Skywalker Ranch. You know, the headquarters of George Lucas's empire. It's really quite nice. There's a lake that's called Lake Ewok, ad there's a softball field, and a fitness center, and the sound building that I actually had lunch in. Good food. The main house is really beautiful and that's where he has displays of real props from his films. Like the original Obi-Wan lightsaber and the three stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. There was also the monkey head from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
I went into his library too, which had this golden stained glass ceiling. It put this wonderful glow on everything.
The gift shop was cool too, because EVERYTHING was like 75% off from it's regular price. I bought a videogame that hadn't even came out yet for $15!
Anyway, that's the closest I came to a famous person's house. He himself was probably scouting locations for Episode II at the time.

[angel676]

I've only met one famous person, Ben Jones, a.k.a "Cooter" from "Dukes of
Hazzard".

[XoVanillaRain90oX]

Lisa Whelchel, Hanson

I HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET NMK TODAY!!! (I was @ the hotel she was stayin @ but I didnt see her :( We stayed outside for about 15 minutes..I might go again Mon or Tues...I dunno)