Anyone every meet a celebrity in person?
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Just to keep the forum from being to boring I thought I would ask if anyone has meet a celebrity in person (up close). I've only meet a few up close and spoke with them or ask for an autograph. I'll list them below.
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Ronnie Milsap - at the airport in Seatle
George Lindsey - at Woolworth in Muscle Shoals Alabama
George Jones - at his home in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
*I know there are a few more but I can't think of them at the moment
Just to keep the forum from being to boring I thought I would ask if anyone has meet a celebrity in person (up close). I've only meet a few up close and spoke with them or ask for an autograph. I'll list them below.
De Tesoro Cazador
Ronnie Milsap - at the airport in Seatle
George Lindsey - at Woolworth in Muscle Shoals Alabama
George Jones - at his home in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
*I know there are a few more but I can't think of them at the moment
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Red West - Elvis's friend and grumpy old sarge on Ba Ba Black Sheep. Lives here in town and I see him every now and then
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Jim Lovell
Harry Chapin
Collective Soul
joan baez..i got to go backstage and meet her for like 5-10 mins....she gave me a hug to help make me less nervous...she was not sure if it would help or make it worse...ha ha
judy collins
peter yarrow (of peter paul and mary) his son owns a store here in town and i see him very often.
terry goodkind (a very well known fantasy author)
kareem abdul jabbar (book signing)
the recently departed ODETTA
and several other authors...we have a huge bookstore that draws tons of people.
bill walton
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Jimmy the Greek
Bill Hands
Ram Das
Lindsay Davenport
Randy Savage
Lex Lugar
Greg Bingham
Jim Florio
Chief J Strongbow
Donny Most is a distant cousin whom I have never met.
bob hope
all kinds of u.s.o. people over in asia
all kinda of militaryb rass and presidents and politicians from johnson to now
Here's a list of great ball players/people I've crossed paths with~
Bob Feller
Pete Rose
Alan Trammel
Lou Groza
Mike Garcia
Joe Carter
Vincent Price
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Jamie Foxx a few times at Hard Rock in Vegas
Jerome Bettis at a sports bar and again in Vegas
Adam Sandler at an Angels game
Tom Arnold (bought him a beer at an Angels game)
Brian Downing, Lance Parish, Rod Carew, JT Snow, Jim Edmonds, Tim Percival (at signings)
Bill Walton at the halftime of a Lakers game
Chick Hearn and Stu Lantz (Lakers announcers) - we used to have seaosn tickets right next to where they did their broadcasts so I would bug them for autographs every game. After about a month or two, they knew me and my sister by our first names - that was pretty cool.
Thomas Dooley (former USA soccer player) is a friend of mine
Richard Dean Anderson "MacGyver" at the mall
Magic Johnson
Halle Berry
Denzel Washington
Matthew Perry
Dustin Hoffman
Tom Hanks
Cuba Gooding Jr
Muhammad Ali
George Foreman
Eddie Van Halen
Celine Dion
John Candy
Wayne Gretzky
Gordie Howe
Sandy Koufax
Pete Rose
I could go on & on as I live in LA and have been to many big events over the years
These are people I have been lucky enough to meet, not just see them but actually meet.
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In the early 90's, I was flying from Chicago to Minneapolis, and I noticed Minnie Minoso in the gate area. There were many people going up to him to get his autograph, and his personal assistant would pull out 8x10's for him to sign for all who asked. I didn't want to bother him too - I was just excited to see him since I am a big White Sox fan. Anyway, it turned out that I got to sit across the aisle from him, and I was able to talk with him for much of the flight. He was/is a super nice guy; plus, I got an autographed 5x7 from him too!
The only autograph that I actually paid to get was Bobby Hull's. He was signing at a card show in Bloomington, MN in the mid 90's. I bought a puck at the show for him to sign, and I also brought a slat that I broke from the seat that I was sitting in at the last hockey game in the old Chicago Stadium for him to (hopefully) sign as well. He got a kick out of seeing the piece of seat, and mentioned that he and his brother Dennis would sometimes shoot pucks into the stands during practice to see how high they could get them to go.
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Marc Garneau at a signing when I was a child, he was the first Canadian in space
Bam Margera - at a skateboard demo
Rolf-Dieter Heuer, particle physicist/ DG of CERN - at a lecture
Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada - at a graduation ceremony, she received an honorary doctorate
and some former Ottawa Senators NHL players - when i used to work at a restaurant
Tom Green
Peter Frampton
Gordon Lightfoot
Bob Ralston Lawrence Welk's organist!)
Gene Simmons ( He is really impressed with himself)
Gary Lewis
Ever Onward
None of these people would remember me ...
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Jayne Mansfield
Gala Dali (wife of Salvador Dali)
John Denver
Brewer and Shipley
George McGovern
Mother Teresa
Bob Dylan
Colin Powell
Randy "Duke" Cunningham years before he became a crooked congresscritter. He personalized his autobiography for me at an airshow here in Southern Cal.
Gen. Adolf Galland personalized a biography for me at a book signing here in Long Beach, Ca. I was later given his autobiography with his autograph in it by a friend.
Coco Montoya at a club he played in Pomona, Ca.
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> Just to keep the forum from being to boring
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I enjoy meeting a well known person like anyone would, but I am not enamoured by celebrities like most people. I used to collect autographs of athletes and celebrities, and give them to family and close friends that were "big fans". I have sold a few too, if any of the Collectors Universe members are fans of these celebrities/athletes, let me know and I will give you a good price like $10 for some. I have obtained autographs at parties, luncheons, after contract talks, on studio lots, at sporting events. Etc. All items are in new/mint condition. Just send me a Private message by clicking on the lock on the right hand side of this message.
Here is a short story some of you may enjoy; I met Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), "Hey Steven, don't you think you should have shaved for this party, some of these models are afraid to get their face scratched (Steven smiles). I ask Sandra O'Niel who I met earlier that evening and was standing nearby, "what do you think of Steven's new look. She grabs his face, "oooohh Spikey." "Like a cactus, now when I see your videos I will think of a singing cactus." Sandra left, Steven looked bewildered, I let out a small laugh to lighten the mood a little. "Steven, did you just get dissed for not shaving." "Yeah, I think so." "Well, I wouldn't worry about it, I am sure models have lots of practice telling men off (Jokingly) maybe thats her way of flirting. "You think." "No, not really."
Here are some of the Celebrity/Sports items I have
Antonio Banderas (Cover of Entertainment Weekly magazine Oct, 6th 1995)
Mike Singletary (Bears photo and portrait)
Oscar Robertson (Basketball Legend; Photo Signed Best wishes Oscar Robertson)
Richard Hamilto (Detroit Pistons photo)
Lamar Odom (Basketball Photo)
Correy Maggette (Basketball Photo)
Dennis Quaid (actor Photo)
Jack Nicholson (Legendary Actor)
Gary Busey (actor Photo)
Joe Pesci (actor Photo)
Samuel L. Jackson (Top Grossing Movies Actor All-Time)
Richard Dreyfus (actor Photo)
Lou Diamond Phillips (actor Photo)
Randy Quaid (actor Photo)
Chris O'Donnell (actor Photo)
Natasha Henstridge (actress Photo)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (actress Photo)
John Wooden (Legendary UCLA basketball Coach; Cover of Special Edition magazine)
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Ringo Starr (plane flight)
Charles Durning (plane flight)
Terry Pratchett (author)
Frank Sinatra (in VEGAS BABY!!!)
Jimmy Buffett and all the Coral Reefer band members
Louie Anderson (playing video poker in Vegas)
Daniel Ortega (ex pres of Nicarauga, met him at a poker table in Costa Rica)