ever met a celebrity?

by **saxitoxin** on Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:20 pm

I used to want to meet Carrie Fisher but then I saw the pics of her at Comic-Con from this weekend. She's aged horribly.

by **muy_thaiguy** on Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:20 pm

Not directly. When I was little, my mother dated a guy who worked out at the same gym as Lex Luger (former pro-wrestler), my uncle and aunt met Torrie Wilson (former WWE Diva) in Boise, and a family friend met with Nicholas Cage this last Spring (even has the picture to prove it).

So personally? No. But do I know people who have? Yes (much to my chagrin).

by **mrswdk** on Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:23 pm

Have any of you ever met Justin Bieber? That's the real question.

by **Gold Knight** on Mon Jul 13, 2015 11:05 am

Talked to Lewis Black backstage after one of his shows, went to the show with a former NYC bartender that knew him from way back. A very quiet guy surprisingly when having a normal conversation, though still fairly obscene language-wise.

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Jul 13, 2015 11:16 am

I think the closest person to a celebrity that I met with Barack Obama, when he was running for President in 2008 and doing caucus / primary campaigning.

--Andy

by **KoolBak** on Mon Jul 13, 2015 4:49 pm

I forgot I had the pleasure of shaking Ronny Reagan's hand in 83 or so when he visited our college...that was cool.

by **betiko** on Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:01 pm

saxitoxin wrote:I used to want to meet Carrie Fisher but then I saw the pics of her at Comic-Con from this weekend. She's aged horribly.

And Mark Hamil looks like he's done loads of cash in holywood

by **jonesthecurl** on Mon Jul 13, 2015 6:11 pm

From the games world, I know Greg Stafford (Chaosium, Runequest, Pendragon, etc) and have met Steve Jackson (GURPS, Car Wars, etc) and Sandy Peterson (Cthulhu), Peter Corless (Green Knight games), and a bunch of others.

by **jonesthecurl** on Mon Jul 13, 2015 6:24 pm

In the world of music, I used to know the guys from Depeche Mode and Yazoo, (well, Vince wotsisname and Alioson Moyet - sorry for calling you a "guy", Alf),
I used to know some of the guys from the 70's band Glyder, who had a moment of fame, and then another one as The Pinkies, who were involved in some payola scandal...
You probably won't have heard of Lol Coxhill, but he's a wonderful sax player who you've probably got on some albums at least as a session man - and I think I'm the only person I know these days who's even heard of Kevin Ayers (RIP) who deserved to be better known. Old Brit hippies will be impressed by the fact that I met Roy Harper (and introduced him in my one session as an announcer man). Big Band era fans (and fans of the improve show "I'm sorry, I haven't a clue") will be impressed that Humphrey Littleton once bought me a pint - he was trying to chat my Mum up. There's more, but they get even more obscure from then on...

by **TA1LGUNN3R** on Mon Jul 13, 2015 6:30 pm

I live in an area with pretty much no celebrities. I can't say I'd be all that excited to meet many. Steve Miller used to live in my region, though I think he moved away before I was born. Bruce motherfuckin' Campbell has or did live nearby as well, and an acquaintance of mine said he saw Bruce drive by once. He tried to say hi but Bruce flipped him off. Which was cool, the guy was a douche anyway (the acquaintance).

-TG

by **merch313** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:25 am

Numerous Rappers and musicians... I live in LA and have a famous friend who is a rapper so been able to meet lots of people cuz of him.

Cypress Hill -- All of them SenDog, BReal, Bobo, Muggz and Julio G
Ice Cube
W Dub C
DJ Yella of NWA
Suge Knight
Snoop
Wiz
DJ QuiK
Sick Jacken
Bishop Magic Don Juan
Tech Nine
others lesser known

Fletcher of pennywise
Elvis Cortez
Travis Barker
Slash
Fergie

Tony Gwyn RIP
Antonio Pierce
TJ Houshmandzadeh
Dan Marino
Jose Canseco
Dennis Rodman

Dr Paul Nassif -- Botched
Adrienne Maloof
Henry Winkler
Charlie Sheen
Joe Pesci

by **jonesthecurl** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 3:46 am

And of course we all know I met Asimov. And he was a toilet-head.
Other writers I've met are Diana Wynne-Jones, Mary Gentle ( I played in a roleplay game with her) and Sharon Penman

by **nietzsche** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 4:01 am

i met jc chavez when he was in his prime, in our store we have a gift section, he was vacationing here and it was his sons' bd. i followed around with garbage bags and he was putting stuff in it for his son and his son's friend. biggest sale i ever made, he was trying to be quick so people didnt crowd him, i remember it was over 5000 pesos, at that time probably like 500 dls. that was like 15 years ago. or more.

i also met ana gabriel, she's my cousin's godmother, i also knew yolanda andrade when she was still famius, her and her gf at the time, the blonde that was miss mexico or miss mexico contestant, i dont remember.

i also met benjamin gil, he was the ex-bf of a girl i liked, though she was old she was superhot, i met him at a party. i also met esteban loaiza at an after game celebration, because a friend was a teammate gf.

i expect none of you know who they all are and i dont care because i dont know 90% of the people mentioned here.

by **KoolBak** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:53 am

You don't know Arlo Guthrie? :shock:

Funny story bout that....I was hanging with his son in a bar next to the small concert venue he played at....we BS'ed and told him I'd seen his dad 15 times in concert...he thot that was cool and said Hey let's go meet him....took me back to see ol Arlo and we chatted and had a nice time....asked for an autograph but only had the shirt on my back...asked if he'd sign that....he was happy to - turned around and it was a Ruger shirt (Arlo TOTALLY anti-gun....lol)...scowled at me and his son said Come on dad!! He signed it but said it was the first and last auto he had ever given on weapons memorabilia...still have the shirt...

Have another one that Randy Bachman signed at a concert right after I had hernia surgery....auto says "Nice Hernia Barrett!"....lolo....he seemed pretty cool....may have been the beer and vike.....

by **notyou2** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:33 pm

My uncle was the senior project manager on building a university. The Queen opened it and he was her tour guide. Just him and her, everyone else followed.

My father used to get a Christmas card from the Queen every year.

by **KoolBak** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 3:20 pm

Which one?

Queen Regnants:
Queen Margrethe II (Denmark)
Queen Elizabeth II (the United Kingdom)
Queen Beatrix (the Netherlands)

Queen Consorts:
Queen Paola (Belgium)
Queen 'Masenate (Lesotho)
Queen Jetsun Pema (Bhutan)
Queen Sofia (Spain)
Queen Rania (Jordan)
Queen Silvia (Sweden)
Queen Sonja (Norway)
Queen Sylvia (Buganda)
Queen Sirikit (Thailand)

by **Metsfanmax** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:15 pm

nietzsche wrote:i met jc chavez when he was in his prime, in our store we have a gift section, he was vacationing here and it was his sons' bd. i followed around with garbage bags and he was putting stuff in it for his son and his son's friend. biggest sale i ever made, he was trying to be quick so people didnt crowd him, i remember it was over 5000 pesos, at that time probably like 500 dls. that was like 15 years ago. or more.

I know who JC Chasez is. But I'm guessing you didn't have the less-famous lead vocalist of NSYNC at your store, so by process of elimination in Google it must be some Mexican boxer guy. Whatever.

by **betiko** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:52 pm

The funniest thing about this thread is that 90% of all this name dropping is about completely unknown people for the vast majority of the people reading it.

by **dario2099** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:09 pm

Metsfanmax wrote:
saxitoxin wrote:
Metsfanmax wrote:Neil deGrasse Tyson

How can you be a physicist in NY and not have met Michio Kaku? That guy is everywhere. I'm surprised he hasn't crashed on your futon at some point in the last week.

I have abstained by choice. His descriptions of sci-fi physics for popular consumption are just too much for me.

by **notyou2** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:26 pm

KoolBak wrote:Which one?

Queen Regnants:
Queen Margrethe II (Denmark)
Queen Elizabeth II (the United Kingdom)
Queen Beatrix (the Netherlands)

Queen Consorts:
Queen Paola (Belgium)
Queen 'Masenate (Lesotho)
Queen Jetsun Pema (Bhutan)
Queen Sofia (Spain)
Queen Rania (Jordan)
Queen Silvia (Sweden)
Queen Sonja (Norway)
Queen Sylvia (Buganda)
Queen Sirikit (Thailand)

Queen Elizabeth the II in both cases. She is the head of Canada you know.

by **muy_thaiguy** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:21 pm

notyou2 wrote:
KoolBak wrote:Which one?

Queen Regnants:
Queen Margrethe II (Denmark)
Queen Elizabeth II (the United Kingdom)
Queen Beatrix (the Netherlands)

Queen Consorts:
Queen Paola (Belgium)
Queen 'Masenate (Lesotho)
Queen Jetsun Pema (Bhutan)
Queen Sofia (Spain)
Queen Rania (Jordan)
Queen Silvia (Sweden)
Queen Sonja (Norway)
Queen Sylvia (Buganda)
Queen Sirikit (Thailand)

Queen Elizabeth the II in both cases. She is the head of Canada, don't you know.

Fixed for flair.

by **mrswdk** on Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:30 pm

betiko wrote:The funniest thing about this thread is that 90% of all this name dropping is about completely unknown people for the vast majority of the people reading it.

True dat

by **KoolBak** on Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:34 am

notyou2 wrote:
KoolBak wrote:Which one?

Queen Regnants:
Queen Margrethe II (Denmark)
Queen Elizabeth II (the United Kingdom)
Queen Beatrix (the Netherlands)

Queen Consorts:
Queen Paola (Belgium)
Queen 'Masenate (Lesotho)
Queen Jetsun Pema (Bhutan)
Queen Sofia (Spain)
Queen Rania (Jordan)
Queen Silvia (Sweden)
Queen Sonja (Norway)
Queen Sylvia (Buganda)
Queen Sirikit (Thailand)

Queen Elizabeth the II in both cases. She is the head of Canada you know, eh?

Fixed for hoser

Thanks, BTW ... Thot maybe you were a queen magnet or sumpin ;o)

by **Phatscotty** on Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:07 am

and

Ric Flair was okay, saw him at my old favorite restaurant before it closed down. He and his lady had a table right smack next to ours. We had some back n forths and our ladies talked about something then went to the bathroom. When they got back, he did not look my direction again.

Carrot Top, on the other hand, met him walking down the strip in Vegas. I wouldn't have thought much of it, but the hooker he had on his arm was a perfect freaking 10. They invited me and my bro out for drinks and extacy. We declined the x, but he thought it would be funny to slip me a mickey, but my bro had my back and said the slip was kind of jokingly anyways. Then they got all trashed like 8 minutes later and invited us back to their suite. Me and my bro and Carrot Top triple teamed that hoe, then snuck the F out of there as soon as he took a whiz cuz they said they invited some bikers over.

by **sjnap** on Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:22 am

KoolBak wrote:Which one?

Queen Regnants:
Queen Margrethe II (Denmark)
Queen Elizabeth II (the United Kingdom)
Queen Beatrix (the Netherlands)

Queen Consorts:
Queen Paola (Belgium)
Queen 'Masenate (Lesotho)
Queen Jetsun Pema (Bhutan)
Queen Sofia (Spain)
Queen Rania (Jordan)
Queen Silvia (Sweden)
Queen Sonja (Norway)
Queen Sylvia (Buganda)
Queen Sirikit (Thailand)