Who's the MOST famous person you've ever met ?

[drdon326]

me....Joe Dimaggio.

[bertha katzenengel]

1. June Lockhart, Penny Marshall. n/t

[patrice]

2. Jerry Garcia.

[Blue_In_AK]

104. I met Jerry Garcia, too... n/t

[patrice]

109. New Year's Eve - I don't remember the year, at the Key Stone

on Shattuck Ave. in Berkley. Nicky Hopkins (who was playing for the Stones at the time) was in town, so they did this impromptu session that night. We boogied all night long, and then Jerry came down from the stage and walked right through the crowd to me, shook my hand and said something like it looked like I was having a pretty good time. The guy I was with gave him a drink and we chatted briefly. Jerry couldn't believe I was from Kansas, at least he didn't call me Dorothy like everybody else in Berkley that winter.

[Blue_In_AK]

110. That's pretty funny, Dorothy. :-)

I met him in front of the Jefferson Airplane's house in Bolinas in 1970 or so. He was just hanging out there talking to someone else who I knew and I stopped and chatted with them both for a few minutes. He seemed like a nice enough guy.

[freedomburn]

197. I smoked a joint with Jerry Garcia back stage on the Eel River

In Humbolt County by Garberville. I was working parking for Bill Grahm Presents and timed it just right between sets to hang out and talk to Jerry for a while and share a joint. Eventually some of his friends sort of shooed me away. But Jerry was extremely nice and down to earth. We talked about Santa Cruz (my home town) and Zayante where he used to spend summers with his aunt. He told me the story about chopping his finger while chopping firewood when he was ten and them rushing him to the hospital.

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[ikojo]

219. Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir at the Ritz Carlton

in Cleveland in March 1993....

Phil Lesh on June 17, 2005

Ralph Nader

Jim Hightower

[bushisanidiot]

3. Helen Thomas. :)

Attended a talk she gave then she signed my book. I was first in line. She's a very sweet woman. :)

[SCDem]

4. Howard Dean!

well I shook hands with him and he hugged my baby.

[Bunny]

5. The actor Jimmy Stewart.

[NoSheep]

6. Richard Thompson (formerly of Fairport Convention)

[Cannikin]

7. I met Hillary once , but this photo is of Captian Janeway of Star Trek

but my favorite was meeting Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway of Star Trek Voyager)

'



Thats the nerdiest photo of me ever. Thats my SO, TJ, in the middle

[Left Is Write]

36. I still remember her on the soap opera "Ryan's Hope."

(You're still cute and so is TJ!)

[Mixxster]

43. "I still remember her on the soap opera "Ryan's Hope."

Me, too. We're showing our age. ;)

I guess the most famous person I ever met was Billie Jean King.

[tjwmason]

74. You look good in glasses

Never seen you in them before.

Oh, and TJ loks hot too - a good couple :D

[auntAgonist]

8. Queen Elizabeth II, Peter Fonda. n/t

[Squeech]

9. Frank Zappa

I did an interview with him in the 1970s, around the time of Joe's Garage.

[Drifter]

34. I here by ...

bow before you.

What a great time.

Cheers
Drifter

[katinmn]

86. You lucky!

:)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

10. George Harrison

My friend is a guitar collector. Held his guitars in a warehouse. Had Harrison's old Country Gentleman which Harrison came to visit...in the warehouse next door, they complained about the noise

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

195. No. way.

:wow:

[LibDemAlways]

11. I met Jimmy Carter and

Al and Tipper Gore at book signings. They were all gracious. At the Jimmy Carter event, I was holding my then two-year-old. He touched her arm and told me how beautiful she was. Made my day.

[Rowdyboy]

62. Shook hands with Jimmy Carter in 1975 and asked him a question

about US troop strength in South Korea. He was very nice.

[otohara]

12. Howard Dean

and a bunch of rock stars...

[trackfan]

13. David Carradine

[GalleryGod]

14. The Kennedy Boys

Jack (at 10) Bobby (at 18) and Teddy (at 20 and then 19X since)

Big Dawg, Billy C was a close 2nd.:applause: :patriot: :patriot: :applause:

[Left Is Write]

15. I don't know. Probably Charlie Daniels.

Please, no flamethrowing. I only MET the man; I don't support his politics or the hot air he blows.

I'm trying to decide if anyone else I met is "more" famous, but sometimes I forget who all I met while I was doing country radio.

[Left Is Write]

28. Now I'm wondering: Is Herb Alpert more or less famous than CD?

[Left Is Write]

39. Here's a pic of me with someone famous.

I'd be willing to bet almost nobody will recognize him or know his name, though.

[Taverner]

42. Beats me, but NICE ABS!!!

[Left Is Write]

45. LOL.

Thanks, but I hate that picture. I don't think I'd slept in two days.

[Taverner]

50. I never would have guessed

and you could bounce quarters off that midriff!

[drdon326]

59. Is that one of THE WHO ?

[Left Is Write]

64. No, not even close! He's the lead singer of a country band.

The picture was taken in 1994.

[crimson333]

82. he is the lead singer of sawyer brown

Mark Miller

[Left Is Write]

113. Yup. That's who it is.

[crimson333]

161. I guess you were right on how many people knew him

see what you can learn watching CMT and the old Nashville Network!

[Felix Mala]

207. I've partied with Jack Daniels. I like his politics better.

[Trigger Hippie]

16. Casey Kasem

the original voice of Shaggy!!!!

(He was a speaker at the Museum of TV and Radio in L.A. and did a roundtable discussion with other cartoon voices {including Howard Morris, also Ernest T. Bass}. I got an autograph from him and told him I learned about boys from Shaggy. He looked at me like I was nuts :) :silly:

[soleft]

17. I insulted Tyne Daly once

Does that count?

[SCDem]

47. Why did you insult Tyne Daly?

[soleft]

52. It wasn't what I set out to do

I was trying to convey my absolute worship of her since the age of ten by explaining that I had seen EVERYTHING she'd ever done, including "Angel Unchained" (a biker movie from 1968) - at which point she spit on her fingers, or feigned to.

Unfortunately there was no nearby hole for me to crawl into.

[SCDem]

60. too funny

I saw her when she came to the DC Rally on Feb 15 2003. I think she is great as a person and an actor.

[Left Is Write]

114. I love her. She reminds me of my mom.

[Lorien]

159. Richard Dreyfuss swore at me

he bumped into me at our studio commisary-his nose went right into my cleavage! I apologized (even though HE bumped into ME) but he still said "Goddammit"! He's not the most famous guy that I've ever met, but it's still kinda funny. ;-)

[Orsino]

18. George H. W. Bush

...my graduation speaker, twenty years ago. He just shook my hand and someone handed me my fake diploma.

I still wash that hand extra carefully.

[tarkus]

153. That reminds me...

He came to my school when I was in like... 3rd grade. I didn't really have an opinion about him then. Me and the kids next to me made it onto the front page of the paper the next day.

Then in seventh grade Al Gore came to my school and stayed at the home of my right- wing english teacher. That was pretty exciting.

I don't think any presidents have visited my high school... but the dude who donated a bunch of money to build our high school hosted a GWB fundraising dinner here in Louisville.

[Felix Mala]

205. Ugh, you were a prop for ignorant, right-wing interests...

Was it Thousand Points of Light or Ooops, I accidentally forgot to tell Saddam not to invade Kuwait, now our soldiers must die!

[Richardo]

19. Frank Sinatra

I was about 13.

[Left Is Write]

27. That must have been cool.

[Richardo]

35. It was. It was even in the 60s in Palm Springs, baby.

How Rat Pack can you get? B-)

I was part of the Boy Scout Honor Guard for some award he was getting. We were in the hotel kitchen when he came through and stopped for a second.

"Hi, boys" was his memorable greeting.

[TlalocW]

20. Toss up between

Jesse Jackson and Penn and Teller.

TlalocW

[sakabatou]

21. Hiroyuki Yamaga, Prez of Studio GAINAX

[JimmyJazz]

22. The dude in my avatar.

[Patiod]

54. I forget - where did you meet him?

My Ralphie went to all his shows in the US right before he died - Philadelphia, Hartford and Brooklyn, and went backstage at the latter two. Joe's his idol.

[JimmyJazz]

56. I met him in 1982 and 1983 in Philadelphia and New York.

I didn't get to see him during the tours before he died. It's definitely something I now regret. :cry:

[redqueen]

23. Burt Ward or Eddie Albert Jr. or Ron Perlman.

Not sure which of those is most famous.

[gollygee]

24. David Letterman

My husband just met Sergei Federov a couple of weeks ago.

[Writer]

142. Where did you meet Dave? n/t

[gollygee]

168. It was before his show was so big

He went on a tour of college campuses, including the one in my hometown. They had young women audition to be in the show. He did the auditions and was very very nice. I didn't get in the show but I talked to him for about 15 to 20 minutes and I got a free ticket.

[Taverner]

25. Chris Isaak

We were at a bar and he bought us all a round. He had just come back from surfing and was in a good mood. This was pre-Forver Blue so he was with "the woman who broke his heart" at the time.

[Left Is Write]

29. There's a famous person I'd love to meet.

[Taverner]

31. Yes...many women were drooling

He was smooth talking and wearing an open shirt.

[progmom]

188. I met him

He is even hotter in person. :)

[immoderate]

26. Nelson Rockefeller

Showed him around campus.

Also Isaac Asimov at a book signing. Andy Warhol, back stage.

Lots of musicians: Jimi Hendrix, John Sebastian, Elvis Costello, Sun Ra, Dizzy Gillespie, Ahmad Jamal, Bonnie Raitt, Phoebe Snow, Art Blakey, Richie Havens, Chuck Berry.

Comedians: Billy Crystal, Martin Mull, Penn Jillette, Alan King, All the Wayans.

Sports: Reggie Jackson, Dave Winfield, Yogi Berra.

[Shoeempress]

30. John Kerry, John Edwards, James Hetfield, Not at the same time

[rfranklin]

32. John, Paul and George....

Next most famous was General Clark.

[Burma Jones]

67. You Win

[drdon326]

167. Thats going to be tough to beat.

[Mad_Dem_X]

199. WOW!!!!!

Lucky you!! :wow: :yourock:

[yvr girl]

33. Princess Diana

[Cannikin]

37. Oh wow. I would have loved to meet her.

[LordshipLadyship]

125. Princess Diana??

:wow:

We need a green envy smilie.


I've seen celebrities in person but the two I ever spoke at length were Judson Scott ("The Phoenix" (1982) TV Series .... Bennu )

He was personable, soft-spoken and friendly, I met him at the first sci-fi con he ever did.

The other person I spoke at length to, and sat beside during a screening of Goldfinger (insert Bond theme here ) was Steven Jay Rubin, who wrote a Bond films book.

[supernova]

38. Big Dawg and Hillary

in 92 when they came to charlotte. My SO and I were working the events that weekend.

They were both very gracious and energetic. Bill is very er... magnetic. ;-)

I picked up the phone to answer in the suite and it was Harry Belafonte calling to complain that no one had picked up his luggage at the Charlotte airport. :P

Before that I had a very long dry spell. I met Emmett Kelly when I was five. He came to the hospital to see us kids.

[intheflow]

40. I've met a few, who's more famous?

Joan Baez
Michael Moore
Bob Weir
Amy Goodman
Jon Cryer
Helen Hunt

[Left Is Write]

46. Currently, I'd probably say Michael Moore.

I love Amy Goodman.

[Mutley]

41. Cal Ripkin

My stepmother worked for him at the time...

[AllegroRondo]

44. Bill Clinton

I was in the Army stationed in Korea. He came to visit the troops and played sax with the band.

[Taverner]

48. Oh might I add Bob Packwood (R-OR)

I was working for Mike Kopetski, the Dem Rep for Oregon. It was a town hall meeting, and I smoked. He stepped outside to smoke a cig - I knew it was him.

We talked sports and beer - and he reccomended this new brewpub called "McMenamins" that was just starting up at the time (it was the late 80's/early 90's)

[Maestro]

189. Perchance did he ask where he could score

from booty? That is if this is the same Packwood that had some sexual escapades. ;)

[mark414]

49. Ralph Nader?

[RedCloud]

51. "I may be black, but I am somebody!" Rev. Jesse Jackson

[katinmn]

87. I'm still hoping to meet Jesse one day.

[joneschick]

53. I had dinner and drinks with Herb Kohl

this was before he owned the Milwaukee Bucks or was a Senator.

[Patiod]

55. Eric Idle

and Fast Eddie Rendell and Tug McGraw, although they're hardly NATIONAL celebrities.

I did sit in First Class with Nicholette Sheridan on a flight to LA last month, but didn't actually get to meet her...

We are pretty celebrity-deprived in Philadelphia.

[nicktom]

57. A few,

Sports. Sandy Koufax, Rosie Grier, Nolan Ryan

Movies/TV. Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Chevy Chase

Music. Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Tito Jackson

Politics. George McGovern, Bobby Kennedy, Tom Bradley

Business. Carl Karcher (Carl's JR.)

[1gobluedem]

58. Mel Torme

Others: Bo Diddley, Roslynn Carter, Los Lobos, Pops and Mavis Staples, Mo Rocca and almost every NPR personality...if that counts.

Ann Richards was the keynote speaker at my conference last year but I didn't get to meet her. Arianna Huffington is the keynote speaker this year.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

61. I've met several authors:

Jonothan Kellerman, Dick Francis, John Morgan Wilson, and our own William Rivers Pitt...

[malmapus]

63. Evander Holifield

He would always come to the movie theater I worked at in Union City, Georgia. He was pretty cool, would always sign autographs for kids and just hang out, didn't need a big entourage.

[tigereye]

65. Vincent Price

but Mick Jagger did walk by 10 inches away from me at a movie theater with Jerry Hall once. That was pretty cool.

[RebelOne]

66. Bob Graham, former Fla. governor, Claude Pepper, Florida senator

Anthony Quinn, movie actor, George DeWitt, former TV game show host (went out on a date with him), Mel Torme, singer, Sally Jesse (was on her TV show in Miami) and a few others that I can't recall. I lived in Miami for many years and it was a gathering place for the famous.

[Burma Jones]

68. Martha Stewart

[alfredo]

69. Mariam Makeba

At the Dakar airport in late 1969

[GreenPartyVoter]

70. I ran into Mary Grace Canfield on Monday (Ralph the Carpenter from

Green Acres)

[drdon326]

71. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.

[Lindsey]

72. Bill Clinton at his book signing...

He was even more attractive and charismatic than on T.V. His eyes are simply beautiful.

[Love Bug]

73. Hubert Humphrey

when he was running for president in '68. I've also met most of the Star Trek people and KISS walked by me once in full makeup.

[mondo joe]

75. Howard Dean - I got to give him a tour of my workplace and

chat with him.

I was dying to tell him how crazy I am about him but it would have been inappropriate.

[paula777]

76. Orlando Bloom and Cameron Diaz

[youspeakmylanguage]

77. Duff McKagan (founding bassist of Guns N' Roses)

scroll down the page

I work under his big brother (I'm 4-5 steps below him on the corporate food chain).

I've also met a few pro athletes as a bouncer. Jeff Gordan is probably the most famous. I pissed him off by not recognizing him when he wanted to skip the line with his entourage. I told him I didn't watch NASCAR. He was also MUCH shorter than I thought he should be.

Fun times...

[bikebloke]

78. The Israeli Supreme Court judge....

....who presided over the Adolf Eichmann trial. I worked for his daughter on a moshav in the Negev.

[Butterflies]

79. I hate to admit: Pat Robertson, Mike Schmidt (Phila.Phillies)

I can't believe I've lived for over 40 years and I don't have any better names than that. :-(

[drdon326]

99. So...did you and Rev.Robertson hit it off ?

lol

[ronnykmarshall]

80. Al & Tipper Gore!

[reprehensor]

81. William Shatner.

The Shat-man.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

101. the shat-man

:spray: hilarious

[reprehensor]

122. It's a pity that HE wasn't...

It was at a celebrity fund-raiser up at the Banff Springs Hotel in Canada.

No doubt those pesky, annoying cloying Candians wore him out by the time I got to him. He's Canadian born, I don't know if he is an American citizen now...

Less than enthused and seemingly a little sauced, autograph time was not what he was interested in.

But I gave him a big pat on the back anyhow!

Grump.

[Arugula Latte]

83. Holly Hunter

She's great. And liberal. And nice.

[Dukkha]

84. George Lucas

last April in Indianapolis

[ikojo]

220. You are the ONE....you went to Celebration III?

I am VERY jealous!

[katinmn]

85. Alexandr Dubcek

He might not be super famous but I was thrilled to meet a national reform leader. He died about a year later.

Also got to meet his protege Vaclav Havel. :)

[CitrusLib]

88. A liberal's dream. Harry Belafonte and Gloria Steinham at the same party!

:party:

Harry is the epitome of grace and class! Gloria's just a beautiful woman inside and out.

Oh, I also shook Clinton's hand during a 1992 rally in Atlanta about a week before the election.

[leftofthedial]

89. Mickey Mantle

Lots of famous musicians

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

90. tie between bono and willie nelson

or maybe bill cosby

[gmoney]

91. My Dad's met a bunch...

and



and Jonas Salk, Norman Cousins, and a bunch of others I'm spacing now.


FWIW, I've met a lot of my musical heros: Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, Jonathan Richman, Talking Heads (all four), the members of X, etc...

Snubbed Billy Joel on an airplane once because I was so flustered meeting Christie Brinkley, I didn't even look at him! This was at her height, right when "Vacation" was first released. Quite possibly the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in person...

[48pan]

92. It's a toss up between BB King and Chief Jay Strongbow

I was on a plane to Vegas with with BB King. Chief Jay Strongbow walked out of my local supermarket while I was going in.

I once walked by Dennis Miller while I was at the Comdex Computer Show too.

Living in NH, I've met every President and significant presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson as well.

[Scout1071]

93. Paul McCartney and Lance Armstrong

Also Yoko Ono. All three separately.

But I couldn't forget Billy Idol, Lionel Richie, Hootie, The Cult, Bonnie Raitt, Hulk Hogan, Dick Vitale, Rick Springfield, Emmmit Smith, Charles Barkley..........OK enough bragging. I've been fortunate to meet a lot of people in "the industry."

Edited to add Howard Dean.....Who speaks for me!

[NeoTraitors]

94. George McGovern came over for dinner in

1987 or '88. What a wonderful human being.

[Scout1071]

97. Lovely! I remember my family going out to dinner with Pete Rose

when I was a kid, but I was too young to go along.

[Ron Green]

95. That'd be Jesus, Bob.

[Chichiri]

96. John Kerry.

[derby378]

98. Penn and Teller

They and their road crew turned me on to Yma Sumac.

[Initech]

130. I met Penn And Teller after a show in Vegas last month.

I got my ticket stub signed by them. Does that count?

[Catchawave]

100. Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda....

...in the good old days :) Also, Rosalyn Carter in a ladies room!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

102. Angelo Moore, Mike Patton, Chris Cornell, Larry Bird

3 rock stars and a b-baller

[stlsaxman]

111. Angelo of Fishbone? cool!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

112. yes, the same, one of the greats. love that guy

:)

[proud2BlibKansan]

103. Went to high school with

Tom Watson


And his brother, who was a friend of mine, was an actor who had a role on a soap back in the 80s. I don't know what he is doing now though.

[stlsaxman]

105. Mine are mostly musical heroes but some movie folk and politicians, too-

Musicians- (i grew up with and still am good friends with) Ike Willis of Zappa fame- and sitting in with his band Project/Object got me introduced to and jamming with Don Preston and Napoleon Murphy Brock... lessee, who else...

Ian Anderson and Martin Barre (Jethro Tull), Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Robert Fripp, Laurie Anderson, David Van Tiegham...

Movie Folk- Alfrie Woodard, Susan Sarrandon & Tim Robbins, Spalding Gray...

Politicians- went to grade school w/ William "Lacy" Clay, D-MO and met him again recently and Jim Talent(less) was there and I shot him a disgusted look then went back to reminiscing about old times w/ Clay.... heheh

The MOST Famous? I don't know... pick from the above!

[sundog]

106. Danny Glover, Tracy Chapman

:)

[Blue_In_AK]

107. I kind of tutored Elvin Hayes, the "Big E,"

NBA hall-of-famer, in college at the University of Houston.

ed -- oh, and I went out with John Glenn's son a couple of times.

[baron j]

108. Ned Beatty during the filming of the movie:

Stroker Ace (it was originally going to be called "Stand on It", or something like that). I was about seven or eight years old. My father took us over to meet him in the parking lot of a Burger King in Jonesboro, Georgia, which they had temporarily transformed into an imaginary fast food joint called the "Chicken Pit". He signed, "God Bless You, Jason, ~Ned Beatty" on a scrap of envelope my father found in his coat pocket. At the time, I really didn't know who he was, though my father reminded me he was in Superman the movie. I almost got to see Burt Reynolds, too. earlier that day, I was standing with my mother in the parking lot of the Long John Silver's across the street from the filming. Apparently, Burt came over to greet fans, and my squeezed my hand with a vice grip and dragged me along to the gathering throng of woman surrounding him. She said he was there, but I was too short to see through all of the excited ladies.

What a horrendous movie, if you see it now! It was one of those films Burt Reynolds made when his movies and popularity were fading. He seemed to like filming scenes in Jonesboro for some reason. The scene in Smokey and the Bandit where he jumps the old wooden bridge was filmed near my house that we had when we lived there.

[drdon326]

115. Did Ned "sqeal like a pig" ?

[iconoclastic cat]

116. Ian MacKaye.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

218. nice

cool guy?

[bbernardini]

117. LOTS AND LOTS. Help me decide!

Todd Rundgren
Joe Jackson
Geoff Downes (of The Buggles and Yes and Asia)
Steve Vai
Penn & Teller
Meat Loaf
Most of the members of The Tubes
Kasim Sulton
Dogbowl
Kramer
John S. Hall
Christopher Cross
Don Was
David Was
Rick Wakeman

[tarkus]

151. Rich Wakeman. What a champion.

[benny05]

118. John Edwards

as of last year..

[Jamastiene]

119. Deborah Harry and

Joan Jett and I met the guys from Britney Fox from years ago. Didn't get to meet Kurt Cobain or Joey Ramone though...Unfortunately.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

120. Your pick: Richard M. Stallman or Juan Pablo Montoya. (nt)

[Chovexani]

121. Ethan Hawke.

He's a total ass, too.

[drdon326]

123. I heard he was a load.

[Dr Fate]

124. John Kerry n/t

n/t

[DemGirl7]

126. I met Hillary Clinton on a trip to D.C. about a year ago...

and also on that trip I was smiled at by Trent Lott...I still can't get that creepy image out of my head...

[CTLawGuy]

127. Howard Dean

tied maybe with Al Gore.

[greendog]

128. Bill Monroe

n/t

[Initech]

129. Probably Kevin Smith.

Either that, or Robert Fripp (King Crimson's lead singer / guitar player).

I've also met Steve Physioc (Angels TV announcer) and a few Angels players.

[tarkus]

147. No fair! I love Kevin Smith and Robert Fripp!

But I don't believe Fripp ever sang.

[Initech]

150. OK, maybe I was wrong about the singer part.

But yeah, I met Robert Fripp at the Porcupine Tree show last Saturday and then I met Kevin Smith at the Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back store in Westwood, CA.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

194. Kevin Smith, 4 times, here as well..

as many other View Askewers, Jason Mewes, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jennifer Schwalbach (Mrs. Kevin Smith).

Michael Moore
Ken Burns
Harry Shearer
Morgan Spurlock

Jayson Williams, former NBA player who went on trial for manslaughter.

Jonnie Cochran, at Newark Airport.

[yellowdogintexas]

131. Jim Wright, Al Gore, Earl Scruggs, Ethan Hawke

and Ethan Hawke was quite polite. He was visiting his grandparents, who are members of our church. He visits a couple of times a year; always goes to their Sunday School class with them and then the sanctuary

AND!!!!!!! his grandfather is a GOOD DEMOCRAT!!!!!!!!!!!

[rug]

132. John Lennon and Yoko Ono

At NY Hospital when their son was born.

[proud patriot]

133. Abbie Hoffman Country Joe McDonald and Medea Benjiman

I shook Abbie's hand at UC Berkley Extention class

and watched Joe's Amps etc. backstage
at a peace festival .

Shook Medea's hand at a peace event in 2001

[mr_hat]

134. I got to take a leak between Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone.

[bleedingheart]

135. I actually "scared" Bill Clinton once...

at least that is what my husband told me....hahahaha

[distantearlywarning]

136. Ted Danson. n/t

[Awsi Dooger]

137. Muhammad Ali

Briefly several times, in Las Vegas when he's attending big fights and also once in Florida when he attended a speech at the college where my father was a professor. Amazing eyes, smile and presence. You don't even notice the shaking hands when you're in his company. He was able to sign an autograph and write my name at top.

Ali is huge, same as George Foreman. It's amazing how virtually every celebrity I see in Las Vegas is hysterically tiny. They try to make Chuck Norris into a tough guy but I'm not sure he's tall enough to get into some of those rides at Disney World. I love Martin Sheen but it's incredible he ever depicted JFK at that height or lack thereof. Even Hulk Hogan was absurdly average and unimposing when he walked past me at Caesars' Palace. On the other hand, football and basketball players are generally monstrous. I couldn't stop staring at Shaq. I'd seen hundreds of basketball players in person when I was a sportswriter but no one has the incredible frame of Shaquille O'Neal.

[tarkus]

152. I have walked along Muhammad Ali Blvd. It's cool I guess. NM

[Kat45]

138. Elton John

[deadparrot]

139. Al Gore.

I was 5. Shook his hand. :)

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

140. Sweetness himself - Walter Payton

I worked in same building with him for 2 years. His b-day was day before mine. We used to bet on all the Packers/Bears games (I won!!).

He was awesome... RIP, Walter... the best RB there ever was - or will be!

[democracyindanger]

145. I'm so freakin' jealous

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

165. I am very lucky to have gotten the chance to 'know' him.

He was the most gracious and kind man I've met.

[NeoTraitors]

149. Hey what a great tribute to one of

my heroes... and from a Packer fan! :) You rock!

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

164. Thanks... another funny story about a Bear. About 1 year after Walter died

I was working in another building in Chicago area. In this building were lots of doctors and dentists offices. In the hallway, I ran into Mike Singletary!! I stopped and chatted with him. I told him about my experiences with Walter and we talked about what a great man he was. I said to him..

"Just my luck being a HUGE Packer fan! I meet 2 Bears greats that cannot be denied!" He was a super guy, too - though I didn't know him like I was lucky enough to get to know Walter. Go figure...

[Writer]

141. I once shook hands with Martin Sheen...

Ann Richards... various Congressmen... did a little eye flirtation with Conan O'Brien

:blush:

[HEyHEY]

156. I did coke with his son!

Well, not really

[Pacifist Patriot]

175. Like he'd remember if you didn't.

[dajoki]

143. bruce springsteen

college friend's brother graduated hs with him. he produced concerts in jersey. bruce was playing a week long stint in his hometown and we were invited. real nice, also met other band members and families. back in 1976.:woohoo:

[drdon326]

196. Now thats really cool....

always wanted to meet him.

[dajoki]

208. it was awsome

bruce, his family and the band couldn't have been more gracious. talked with us like we were old friends, nice big buffett and 55 gallon drums full of heinikin on ice. also got a set of drumsticks from max.:D

[peacebuzzard]

144. Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone, Pele', Fabio (butter guy), Sheryl Crowe,

I actually exchanged dialogues w/ Mr. Mondale and Pele'. I had cocktails w/ Pele' on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Lima.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

181. When I saw your subject line I thought "aha, that's one advantage of

being a flight attendant." :hi:

(Who's "Fabio the butter guy?")

[peacebuzzard]

201. Oi, amigo!! Fabio was famous for his TV ads for butter,

It would always be a romantic scene (because he's built very manly, and is ..or was...very beautiful..long flowing blonde hair) and the commercials would depict food, w/ butter. His ending comment would be: "I can't believe it's not butter."
Fabio did very well and was a model for the paperback romance novels..the scenes of the handsome gladiator-built male with a beautiful lady. Very sexy.
Fabio's decline came when he made the news that a pigeon collided w/ him as he was riding a roller-coaster. He was injured rather severely and the pigeon died. You don't hear about him anymore and this has been a few years....I can't remember the name of the butter company he represented, but the "I can't believe it's butter" phrase was the slogan for that company, and still is.--"Abracos" :hug:

[nuxvomica]

146. I met his nephew once

I was a kid then and my aunt remarked about how much he looked like his uncle. He got a little pissed and said he looked more like his dad, who was a great ball player himself. I don't blame the guy. He was probably sick of always hearing about his uncle.

edit: the most famous person I've met is still RFK.

[tarkus]

148. Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell's brother? Yeah, I think that's it. NM

[HEyHEY]

154. Nelson Mandela

Oh wait, I mean DIck Dale

[Maestro]

155. Carlos Fuentes and Stevie Ray Vaughn

And was a handshake away from Walter Mondale.

[Gelliebeans]

157. hmmm

well I have met Dennis Franz (NYPD blue) and Florence Henderson (mom from Brady Bunch)

[Maestro]

160. You win!

You met Florence! Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

[Gelliebeans]

173. I will take my winnings in small

unmarked currency please ;)

[drdon326]

176. Gee...since I started the thread,

dont I get to decide ?

[Gelliebeans]

179. of course

you do ;) I was just stating my preference hee hee

[Lorien]

158. Dunno; Kerry, Gore, Carter, Michael Jackson, Henry Kissinger, Brittany

Spears, George Lucas...? I've met a lot of famous people. :shrug:

[VOX]

162. Duke Snider, Gray Davis, Charles Bronson, John Cleese, Taj Mahal,

Bob Hite and Larry Taylor (of Canned Heat)...there are more, but that's all my brain can squeeze out at 1:30 a.m.

[fleabert]

163. David Robinson

robert rodriguez
francis ford coppola
and I went to high school with the guy who plays carlos on Desparate Housewives.

[RedstDem]

166. Walter (Wally) Schirra Came To My Parents House

Trivia: Anyone Know Who He Is ?

[Deep13]

170. I nearly sneezed in one of these!

Sigma 7 (Mercury)
Gemini 6 first rendezvous in space
Apollo 7 first manned Apollo flight

My grandfather met him once when he was a space suit technician for the David Clark company in Worcester, MA.

[Debbi801]

169. Really lame, but Lee Curreri...

I had such a crush on him in high school. He starred in Fame.

[progmom]

171. Ella Fitzgerald? Jesse Jackson?

I have met so many famous people - I am not sure who counts as the most famous. :shrug:

[Maestro]

187. I was at a rally where Jesse Jackson spoke way

back in 1987. He was awesome. He is a brilliant speaker!

[Deep13]

172. Jim Lovell, others...

Gemini 7, 12
Apollo 8, 13

I met him at the dedication of Cleveland's new planetarium a few years back. Naturally, I thought of the ideal question for him after the event was over.

Q: During Apollo 8 you said that you wondered what the Earth would look like to travellers from another planet. As a traveller coming from another planet, what did it look like?

Also present were Guy Bluford, America's first Black astronaut who rack up a lot of miles on the space shuttle and the chief engineer for the lunar module (forgot his name).

Also met Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon and commander of the second Skylab team.

I met John Kerry at a fund-raiser, Hillary Clinton at a book signing, Dennis Kucinich at a fund raiser, Jimmy Carter at a book signing, Congressman Sherrod Brown a few times, authors Ann Rice and Ray Bradbury, S.Ct. Justice Kennedy who was teaching a seminar and Justice Stevens briefly.

I met Mike Dukakis by accident. In 1988 before the Atlanta convention I was wandering around the MA state house lost. Another student and I were volunteer lobbyists for MassPIRG for a day and we were looking for some legislators. We ended up next to the elevator near the executive car park. I was looking at something on the wall hoping it would be a map when my friend said "Look! It's Mike Dukakis" I turned around wondering what in the hell she was talking about and sure as shit, there he was walking into the building with some other dude. He shook our hands and saw our "MassPIRG" buttons remarking that it was a great organization. He went around the corner to the elevator, but came back briefly to repeat that it was a great organization.

I met John Denver on the street in Boston once. He was walking around before doing a concert. I met Bruce Campbell of Evil Dead fame once at a horror film convention and once in Xenia, OH after a performance of 'Shane.'

[Pacifist Patriot]

174. Worked with Julia Roberts in high school.

Slinging ice cream.

[Cattledog]

177. Bill Clinton, Al Gore , The Dali Lama,

and in members of Led Zeppelin.

[Liberalynn]

178. Rick Springfield

Drake Hogestyn of Days of Our Lives, Lynn Scheer

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

180. Jerry Springer

On several occasions (when I lived in Cincinnati). He's a very nice and very intelligent guy. Damned shame about his TV show.

[Deep13]

204. His radio show kicks ass.

[Goldmund]

182. Napoleon Bonaparte

;)

[BuelahWitch]

183. Probably Howard Dean is the most famous I've met

I also met Betty Garrett (Mrs. Babisch from Laverne and Shirley and costar of many Gene Kelly/Frank Sinatra movies), Donny and Jimmy Osmond, got my picture taken with Mickey Rooney and got to shake Ted Cassidy's (Lurch The Addams Family) hand when I was a little girl. I've seen Jane Russel, Eddie Albert, Hugh Hefner and Nannette Fabray in person, but I didn't meet them.

My mother kissed Burt Reynolds back in '72 when he was doing summer stock in Warren OH so my biggest claim to meeting a famous person is probably through her!

[lateo]

184. I met Charlie Weis this week.

We chatted about football for about 10 minutes. He is very down to earth.

[lady raven]

185. Bill Clinton, Steven Tyler, Prince

Being the little music groupie that I am (but not one of THOSE kinds of groupies), I've met a lot of famous people (Also the cast of a fairly big but stupid movie filmed here), but these 3 are probably the best known.

[Nailzberg]

186. Paul McCartney

I meet a lot of famous people in my work, I even have friends that would be considered famous, but there is no one that I have met or worked with that is on the scale of international fame as Sir Paul.

[In_The_Wind]

190. Donald Trump

[chitty]

191. I had dinner with.....

Randi Rhodes Tuesday night.

Does that count?

[RobbinsdaleDem]

192. Robert Vaughn

"The Man from U.N.C.L.E."

He graduated from my high school and came back for a visit. That was way back in the '60s.

[lies and propaganda]

193. Howard Dean!

Right before the primaries at AZ State University.

And I have met Mike Tyson a few times because I worked at a mall here in AZ, but I happen to consider Dr. Dean to be the most famous and amazing and wonderful and too bad hes married person I have met.

[arwalden]

198. HW Casey (aka "KC" from the Sunshine Band), Pat Summerall, Walter Schirra

[Mad_Dem_X]

200. Johnny Depp...and I shook hands w/Kevin Spacey

Met Johnny back in his 21 Jump Street days (at a car show in Philly). I saw Kevin perform in Atlantic City and got to shake his hand as he was leaving the stage.:loveya:

[gorbal]

202. Richard Dreyfus

Well, I was to shy to actually introduce myself, but I was working as an extra on his TV show and I did exactly what I was told and ended up bumping into him. It was the assistant directors fault, but of course they blamed me and didn't ask me back.

I remember being embarrassed because I was eating alot of beans and guacomole and he looked over at me and said, "yuck". That hurt:(

[noonwitch]

203. Anne Rice and Sinbad (before he was Sinbad)

I met Anne Rice at a book signing. She was really nice and loves her fans. I haven't enjoyed her last few books all that much, but "The Witching Hour" is one of the best reads ever.

I met Sinbad when I was in college at WMU. He lived in Benton Harbor at the time, and had friends who went to WMU. I was actually home for the summer in Grand Rapids, but went to visit a friend for a weekend at school. We went to a party and he tried to teach me to play hearts while we were drinking vast quantities of red wine. I think his name was David then, and he wasn't famous or anything at the time.

[drdon326]

215. Sinbad was funny.....

about 20 years ago.

[Felix Mala]

206. Either Kurt Vonnegut or Iggy Pop Which is "most" famous?

They were both incredibly cool, but I got to chat with Vonnegut a little longer. Pop was backstage at Farm Aid IV or VI - the one with Elton John and Guns & Roses. Didn't get to see G-N-R backstage, DAMN! But got to shout a compliment to Elton. Had dinner with Arlo Guthrie in the hospitality tent. He has about 15 kids, or so it seemed.

A certain singer with a Big, Big 70's band who has toured as a single act for 20 years said something nasty about our town that I overheard. He's had some solo hits, so you might be able to guess. I think of his comment every time I hear his music. I wouldn't buy one of his albums.

[tarkus]

209. Jason Johnson of Digitalis! NM

[UrbScotty]

210. Jennifer M. Granholm

:-)

[Sequoia]

211. Jimmy Carter, Gregory Peck, Peter Fonda, Ray Charles, Rodney Dangerfield

and Robby Kreiger of the Doors (and his handsome son too, friend, and Matt Groening at Hi-De Ho Comics in Santa Monica before The Simpson's got big. He autographed his comic book "Life in Hell" with Binky the bunny.

Actually President Carter's limo came up right beside me at an air force base (Fairchild in Spokane, WA), I waved and said hi. Gregory Peck was at Spago's and I was face to face with him with my jaw to the floor; he was very tall and handsome. Peter Fonda helped me down some stairs but I was dressed in a Daffy Duck costume. And Ray Charles and Rodney (got autograph) I shock hands with at a recording studio where I worked in good ole Los Angeles.

[WMliberal]

212. Mr. Rogers.

Everyone knows him! Mr. McFeeley too. Got the autographed pic to prove it.

[Red State Prisoner]

213. Matthew McConaughey

Met him at the Saxon Pub in Austin, Tx.

[gordianot]

214. John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, richard nixon

Helen Keller,

all before the age of 10.

Robert Heinlein when I was 16

[peacebird]

216. Lance Armstrong; Eddie Merckx (THE greatest cyclist of all time)

Roger Hammond - multiple British National Cycling Champion

Jackson Browne, Marion Ross (Richie Cunninghams mom on Happy Days - great lady!) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers

obviously not all at the same time!

[drdon326]

217. And the winner is :

EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!



They're all to good.