| Mar 8, 2006 @ 8:38 AM |
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LipGlossQueen9
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I just read the "what deceased celebrites would you loved to have met" thread and so that got me thinking? who has already met a celebrity???
i've never really met a celebrity....but there are two things
1. my dad wrote a book called Great Rock Drummers Of The 60s and so famous drummers called my house often while he was revising it. The drummer from The Who called during dinner a couple months ago and I answered. (I am not lying about the book, look it up)
2. In September, I met John Kerry. I went to a rally in Wayne at William Paterson University for Jon Corzine and John Kerry was the main speaker...I saw him walk up the stairs, I was right up front so I called out his name. He saw me and he screamed "hello!" He kept looking at me so I blew him a kiss and he looked really surprised. Afterwards, my sister and probably killed about 50 people to get to him and shake his hand. It was great.
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 1:54 AM |
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warrior674
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I've never met a celebrity. 
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 2:01 AM |
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signme
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I met Ernest Tubb and Johnny Rodriguez when I worked at a motel. And I have a met a wonderful country gospel singer named Clifton Jansky. Oh yes, I've met the Spurs Coyote!! (basketball team mascot). 
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 2:01 AM |
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stormy73
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I can think of only one celebrity that I've met, and that's Peter Schickele... a REALLY nice guy, and SUPER-TALENTED to boot!
And while I didn't actually MEET him, I DID see Gregory Peck talk about his life.
I had the chance to meet my favorite composer(Jerry Goldsmith) back in 1989 at Wolf Trap, but chickened out. I wish I hadn't, because I'll never get the chance again(He died in 2004).
I'm pretty sure that I've met a few other celebs, but can't remember who they are.
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 2:04 AM |
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LipGlossQueen9
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..whoa that thread is old.
i still tell my john kerry story to like everyone
but i did meet stephen colbert 
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 2:27 AM |
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ramsfan1970
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i met Russell Crowe
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 2:33 AM |
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Solitaire
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Hmmm, let's see...inmy production assistant days I got to run errands for Bette Midler for a couple of days, did some gambling with Tom T. Hall, and some Jack with Lacy J. Dalton.
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 2:40 AM |
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signme
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Oh yeah, I taught Jermane Mayberry of the New Orleans Saints when he was in 1st grade. 
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 2:50 AM |
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grumblebear
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well, I met Felicia Michaels at a local comedy club... mean broad, didn't even pretend to be civil to the fans
met Prince Roger Nelson at the Valley restaurant one night, (wow is he tiny),
back in 1982 I walked into Hulk Hogan, Jesse Ventura, Crusher Lisowski, Maddog Vachon and a handful of other A.W.A.(american wrestling association) wrestlers one night after the matches, at a local watering hole, (The Libation Station)
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 3:15 AM |
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daisy315
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Tommy Lee Jones and whats her face that starred in the Indiana Jones movies ( I don't know why I can't remember her name..lol).. they were shooting a movie in my town and their producer ate some peanut butter cookies and went into anaphylactic shock and was admitted to my unit at the hospital.. they showed up in the middle of the night to visit him.. (good thing I was running late getting out of there that night..lol) he is such a darlin !
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 6:15 AM |
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ToucherinSparks
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I've met two, Bob Hope and James Brown.
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 7:16 AM |
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Icillewolf
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Way back in the 80's I worked in a London recording/rehearsal studio. On one occasion we had 'Art Garfunkel' and his band rehearsing for a Princes Trust concert and come the end of one particular day, the studio manager had trouble getting Mr Garfunkel a cab as it was the rush hour. So, I was asked to drive Mr Garfunkel in my own car in order to get him to his hotel.... I was nervous at first, but we soon got chatting about various things, in fact, I got more confident and I pulled a few slightly illegal driving manouevres in the vain hope of getting stopped by the police just so I could say "Hey! Look I got Art Garfunkel in my car.... Go on Art, give the nice policemen a couple of bars of Bright Eyes to prove it" I never did get stopped, but Art was terrific and gave me a huge tip for my troubles....
Another time Robert Plant came rushing out of a studio screaming, "I need chocolale now" I told him there was a small shop just around the corner that sold chocs and stuff. He said, would I mind doing the honours and getting it for him....and get something for yourself too.... Of course I didn't mind, he gave me a bunch of cash, and I went out and bought him the biggest chocolate I could find. I also bought exactly the same for myself....... His face was a picture....
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 7:22 AM |
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WhiteThunder1969
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local sports celeb. Ato Boldon, caribbean (Croatian-born) wrestler Victor Jovica (who one time beat Nature Boy Rick Flair for the NWA Title but was not recognized because of wresting politics).
Otherwise I not met anyone.... lol... I do not go out of my way to meet any Celebs, cuz I think they have enough going on that they do not need to be bothered by fans.
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 7:39 AM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Does it count if it was "I knew them when?"
Bernadette Peters' brother and my brother and I were close friends, so I had the honor of listening to her practice singing for 4 hours a day from the time she was 4 to the time she was 6.
Olivia Cole (She won an Emmy for Roots) was a classmate all through high school, and we were in the Drama club together (I had no illusions about my acting ability, but it was an all girls school and I was a tall contralto).
Maria Muldaur was another high school classmate (Maria D'Amato then, and we used to sing bebop type harmonies together after class).
Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams - when they were filming Fisher King. They used Grand Central Station for the dance sequence in the movie, and I was one of the ones who were waiting for it to open...they hung around and talked to us for about half an hour. Very charming, both of them.
Joan Baez - also in my high school days. We were at a party and I got to sing a duet with her.
Pete Seeger - ditto above but no duet...I used to hang out with people who lived in Greenwich Village, and probably met even more whose names I never caught. It was about the music, not the names.
[Edited on 2/25/2007 7:45 AM]
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 8:07 AM |
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uab_5
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In my Books-A-Million days...
Dan Quayle 
Ollie North 
Newt Gingrich 
Pat Conroy was the best!  I read a couple of his books.
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 8:43 AM |
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Loreli
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Lou Ferigno
Eddie Money
John Kerry
Lonestar group-they were staying at the hotel I was staying at, sitting at the bar, nice guys!
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 9:02 AM |
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MarysPlace
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1. my dad wrote a book called Great Rock Drummers Of The 60s and so famous drummers called my house often while he was revising it. The drummer from The Who called during dinner a couple months ago and I answered. (I am not lying about the book, look it up)
Damn, that must have been a real long distance call. 
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 9:03 AM |
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Laidback742
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I met Marty Fortson, who was the singer for The Rivieras, at a local bar.... he got up on stage and sung the song "California Sun" with the band that was playing, and I later got his autograph.
I met David Lee Murphy ( country singer ) after a concert and got to shake hands with him as well as get his autograph.
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 9:04 AM |
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spongebob777
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Damn, that must have been a real long distance call.
No kidding. 
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 9:06 AM |
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MarysPlace
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Hmmm... Living in NYC, we run into celebrities all the time... Who I've met... Gee... Gary Sinise (CSI NY), Shelley Hack (LOL), John Savage, obscure presidents of some countries over in Europe... Tom Jones...
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