The Most Famous Person You've Met
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Yes. Claimed to have held Rosemary LaBianca down while she was being stabbed.
wyo-man
chip357
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I met George W. Bush when he was running for Texas governor. The coolest was when I was a kid, we lived a block away from Tom Landry. He would always answer his door, give out candy on Halloween and talk football with the awe-struck young boys in the neighborhood.
I don't travel like I used to
I've met Michal J Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Chuck Norris, Hilary Clinton, George Lopez. I've been pretty close to but didn't meet Michal Douglas, Jay Leno.
I was at a local restaurant in 2006 when George Bush, Rick Perry and the service stepped in to have breakfast.
I've met Michal J Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Chuck Norris, Hilary Clinton, George Lopez. I've been pretty close to but didn't meet Michal Douglas, Jay Leno.
I was at a local restaurant in 2006 when George Bush, Rick Perry and the service stepped in to have breakfast.
Friend of mines Dad was a Film Editor who belonged to the same country club Bob Hope did down in Palm Springs. My friends Dad complained that Bob Hope wasn't paying his dues. My friends Dad did not work again. Bob Hope in real life was a prick.
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Revolver-time
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The golden arm Johnny Unitas back when football was real.
feralmerril
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As I stated before, I worked for a short while as a studio cop for universal studios in the early 60s. I notice here and years ago, a lot of us are judgemental meeting someone just briefly. When I worked the job other officers would warn or brief me on certain actors. I would meet them and often as not come away with a opposite opinion than I had preconceived! I sure would hate to be judged for very small snapshots of my life when caught unawares or on a bad day!
When I was a kid I had a bad opinion of Broderick Crawford from watching highway patrol. To me he seemed brusk and overbearing. Then I had occasion to deal with him and have a nice conversation and liked him. I always liked Maureen Ohara. Then I had to meet her when she had a bad minuet. I know she wasnt herself at the time, and I still like her. I saw claude akins once comeing down on another guard when the guard wrote him a ticket for parking in a crosswalk and holding up traffic on the studio lot. I wouldnt have took the cussing out and language that guard took! It was worse than I ever took in 35 years on the job! At the time I had just quit and had handed in my uniform and was walking to my truck. I had seen him another time and he had gone out of his way to be friendly.
I do belive we can judge someone over a period of time by their actions, but I know its unfair to by one snapshot in their life!
When I was a kid I had a bad opinion of Broderick Crawford from watching highway patrol. To me he seemed brusk and overbearing. Then I had occasion to deal with him and have a nice conversation and liked him. I always liked Maureen Ohara. Then I had to meet her when she had a bad minuet. I know she wasnt herself at the time, and I still like her. I saw claude akins once comeing down on another guard when the guard wrote him a ticket for parking in a crosswalk and holding up traffic on the studio lot. I wouldnt have took the cussing out and language that guard took! It was worse than I ever took in 35 years on the job! At the time I had just quit and had handed in my uniform and was walking to my truck. I had seen him another time and he had gone out of his way to be friendly.
I do belive we can judge someone over a period of time by their actions, but I know its unfair to by one snapshot in their life!
(sniff) I never met nobody famous. I've seen a few but never met them.
Humble Pie, I like that. I saw them in Shreveport around 1973. Steve Mariott may be the most underappreciated rocker ever. What a voice.
Humble Pie, I like that. I saw them in Shreveport around 1973. Steve Mariott may be the most underappreciated rocker ever. What a voice.
scoutsdad
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If we are getting down to close but no cigar. I mooned Grace Slick in her limo on the way to a concert in Baltimore. She liked it, and gave us a thumbs up.
Step N. Mud
Member
Luckier than first thought, I seem to remember a story about G.Slick going after someone with a shotgun.
rbert0005
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I sat and sipped cocktails for a couple of hours with Gerry Garcia. The rest of the band was in and out as well.
Bob
Bob
Chik a Boom
Member
Spoke very briefly with Al Greene ("Let's Stay Together", 1969) on a US Air flight from Cleveland to Memphis-daughter and I had just attended the opening of the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, 1995. He kindly gave us his autograph after my teenage daughter stood and blocked him in the aisle on the airplane.
As a US Air agent at the Little Rock airport, I took the ticket from NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell who came late and delayed our flight. Also checked in Jason Bonham, son of John of Led Zeppelin. We chatted briefly about the English as I was dating one-now my Hubby-at the time. Saw Air Force One go in and out a lot with lots of Secret Service agents about when Slick Willy was in office. They were the nicest passengers in spite of delays or changes, especially when I had to fetch them out of the bar upstairs.
As a US Air agent at the Little Rock airport, I took the ticket from NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell who came late and delayed our flight. Also checked in Jason Bonham, son of John of Led Zeppelin. We chatted briefly about the English as I was dating one-now my Hubby-at the time. Saw Air Force One go in and out a lot with lots of Secret Service agents about when Slick Willy was in office. They were the nicest passengers in spite of delays or changes, especially when I had to fetch them out of the bar upstairs.
Pilgrim
US Veteran
I exchanged pleasantries with Janet Reno once.
She's a BIG girl.
She's a BIG girl.
Win52C
Member
Lets see, David Lee Roth...pre douche, if there was such a time for him, Ann Margaret , so cute, Tiny and sexy even in her late 50's when I met her, Wayne Newton..large man with tiny eyes...weird..,Robin Williams, nice man, the group Diamond Rio...dont know if they are still around...guess thats it for me...
BUFF
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Jeff Cooper, at Gunsite and a few other places. Skeeter Skelton, the morning after he got the American Handgunner award at an NRA convention (1976?). Cooper answered letters, Skelton didn't!
I saw Skeeter Skelton sitting in the SHOOTING TIMES magazine booth. He was, I knew later, a bit "worn out" from the previous evening's award dinner and celebration. I walked up to him, introduced myself and handed him a catridge I had with me. A .44 Special with a cast SWC bullet. I handed it to him and said, "Seven and a half grains of Unique." He looked at it, looked at me, looked around and said, "Let's go find something to drink." We went to some hospitality room, got coffee and a coke and talked handguns for almost an hour. I was a college kid and didn't know a lot but he treated me like an old shooter buddy. He conversed just like he wrote. It is a favorite memory. He was a tall guy, a lot taller than he looked in the magazine!
Gary Nixon, Dick 'Bugsy' Mann, Cal Rayborn, Kell Curruthers, Gene Romero, some others from that era.
Ronald Reagan at a state party convention the first time he ran for the Republican nomination for President.
Shirley McClaine flipped me the bird once at a George McGovern event.
I saw Skeeter Skelton sitting in the SHOOTING TIMES magazine booth. He was, I knew later, a bit "worn out" from the previous evening's award dinner and celebration. I walked up to him, introduced myself and handed him a catridge I had with me. A .44 Special with a cast SWC bullet. I handed it to him and said, "Seven and a half grains of Unique." He looked at it, looked at me, looked around and said, "Let's go find something to drink." We went to some hospitality room, got coffee and a coke and talked handguns for almost an hour. I was a college kid and didn't know a lot but he treated me like an old shooter buddy. He conversed just like he wrote. It is a favorite memory. He was a tall guy, a lot taller than he looked in the magazine!
Gary Nixon, Dick 'Bugsy' Mann, Cal Rayborn, Kell Curruthers, Gene Romero, some others from that era.
Ronald Reagan at a state party convention the first time he ran for the Republican nomination for President.
Shirley McClaine flipped me the bird once at a George McGovern event.
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scoutsdad
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Gary Nixon, Dick 'Bugsy' Mann, Cal Rayborn, Kell Curruthers, Gene Romero, some others from that era.
I would crew for Nixon's chief wrench Cliff Guild (waterboy mostly) at Pocono on occasion in the late Triumph/Kawasaki era. He lived in Timonium MD past home of Triumph. I worked at a bike shop named Boutwells. I had several occasions to try to keep up with him on the windy roads around Loch Raven Reservoir.
I would crew for Nixon's chief wrench Cliff Guild (waterboy mostly) at Pocono on occasion in the late Triumph/Kawasaki era. He lived in Timonium MD past home of Triumph. I worked at a bike shop named Boutwells. I had several occasions to try to keep up with him on the windy roads around Loch Raven Reservoir.
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That's awesome! LOL!! I always imagine her as spunky & feisty as she seems in her acting roles. I bet she's a real handful.
I met Utah Senator Jake Garn once, in 1996. We talked for about 20 minutes about many subjects, including his space flight. He was like a normal guy & very easy to talk to.
I had the great misfortune of meeting Karl Malone once...what a horses azz that guy is!
Jim in Wisconsin
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I've got a picture of me and Joe Biden. Long time ago; he was losing his first set of hair. Met mayor Daley (the first) both Adlai Stevensons, and the only D I would vote for today Scoop Jackson (he probably wouldn't (couldn't?) be a D today.
Dad used to tell of meeting Al Capone.
Dad used to tell of meeting Al Capone.
I met Rod Serling at Auburn University around 1975. He had given a talk there. He did the opening intro from "The Twilight Zone" from memory. He said that he hadn't done it in years, but it came back to him pretty quick.
He said that the only other time he had been in Alabama was going to Phenix City in 1943, while stationed at Ft Benning, Georgia. He said he got rolled on 14th Street and never came back across the Chattahoochie River after that.
He said that the only other time he had been in Alabama was going to Phenix City in 1943, while stationed at Ft Benning, Georgia. He said he got rolled on 14th Street and never came back across the Chattahoochie River after that.
