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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:10 PM Original message |
Touched by greatness. Tell us about your run-ins with celebrities. Me I was driving on a street near |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. I should start another Six Degrees of MrScorpio thread |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. We see you everywhere in the Lounge. But links don't work for me so I miss out on all your |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. God dammit, that sucks |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Nope. And I've tried remedial measures. My computer is 10 years old |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You ought to save up some cash and get a used computer on Craigslist |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I'll keep that in mind for when I'm less cash strapped. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Oh, I feel ya on that one |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not me, but my Dad met both |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Hey, I met Gloria Steinem too! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
65. Cool |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
87. Grandpa swore to his dying day that Doris Day had a crush on him |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not me. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. 1995 in Rock Center... |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. 1994 in Rock Center... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. 1980 I smoked a joint with Count Basie backstage at the Armadillo |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. win! |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Now THAT is coolness! N/T |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. You win the thread. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. sorry |
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Bombero1956 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ronan Tynan one of the Three Irish Tenors gave me a gift |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. June Lockhart visited me in the hospital when I was a baby. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Hey! You're back! |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. hi, nolabear |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Hey Bertha. Hope all is well. |
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BillStein (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. I met Laura Linney |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
19. Here's a pic of me and Bo Derek: |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. When I was 14 I shook Hubert Humphrey's hand |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. HHH was a prince of a guy |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. I was born on the same day, in the same hospital as HHH's |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
21. Well-known singer & an actor, names can't reveal, in group; chatted/Jim Morrison & Dan Ellsberg & |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
22. Ate dinner a table away from Sally Field back in the late '70s. Met Bill and Hillary Clinton and |
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jcboon (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. In college |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. i walked right into the beaver at six gun territory |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
25. Mostly just hello-waves in passing |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. Too many to name... |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
27. Excelsior! ('Nuff said) |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. Parents taught the Everly Brothers in school |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Still love the Everly Brothers after all these years. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
30. I dated George Dewitt, a well-known game show host from the '60s. n/t |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
32. I was leaving a concert at Stubbs in Austin TX during SXSW - ran into Billy Idol |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. Lee 'Scratch' Perry |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
37. A few experiences: |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. I worked at a fancy golf course as a kid |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. My FIL has a picture with him and Iron Mike standing in front of his Cessna 310. |
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Tallulah (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. I shook hands |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. Not me but my grandmother used to work at the Lord Baltimore Hotel |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. I met Duke Ellington. Had a photo of him picking his nose! |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. wowwww |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. I almost ran into Michael Stipe of REM--literally. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
44. I met Frank Zappa in college |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
45. Not sure why my message duped |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. The Mythbusters |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. Many, including Ernie Banks, Bonnie Raitt, Dixie Chicks, Bobby Keys, Bo Diddley |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Ernie Banks, my boyhood hero! |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Mine too, (along with Louie Aparicio)...This was no more than a 2 minute conversation |
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Hayabusa (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. Went to a wrestling event |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. I dated Ian Whitcomb a long time ago. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. How cool...I actually have a book he wrote, called Rock Odyssey |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
53. Milla Jovovich |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. You have no idea how envious I am |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:27 AM Response to Reply #56 |
71. Dang I shouldve known I'd spell her wrong |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #53 |
86. I am very jealous... |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
55. I have a pic of me and "The Dude" |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. I just rented that movie and could not watch it to the end. Must be a guy thing. My brother loved |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
58. Robin Williams and I used to run at the same track. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
60. Spent 10 minutes in a private hallway with Vincent Price. We had a wonderful talk. He gave me |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #62 |
84. Never met Chrétien, the Canadian PM, but....... |
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burrfoot (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
63. At the Kennedy center, when I was on a high school trip, |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
66. Had lunch next to Marvin Hamlisch in NYC at Artisanal. |
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mokawanis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
67. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
68. Minnie Driver was put on the phone with me to ask me what a Visigoth was. |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
69. Willie |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
70. Jerry Garcia |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. That is a great story |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
73. Henry Winkler was my college-graduation speaker. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
74. some scenes for Young Guns II were filmed here and I got to eat lunch with and meet the cast |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
75. I spent the evening with Michael Moore in Flint while he waited for reviews for "Roger & Me" |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Too many to say since I live in L.A. I've had conversations w/ |
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demgurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
77. I have been lucky to come across a lot of celebs.... |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
78. Was kissed by Peter Yarrow in the late 90's |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
79. Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Peter Fonda, Elvis Presley's uncle Vester. nt |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
80. President Jimmy Carter, after church in Plains, Georgia in 1978. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
81. My grandfather taught the Andrews Sisters in high school in the 1930s |
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susanr516 (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
82. Not a lot of celebrities in Corpus Christi |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
83. It was 1991 I believe and I was flying to Vienna. |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
85. I was on a jury with Andy Richter of the Conan O'Brien show. |
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