Haven't ran into that many clebrities in my life. The ones i did was Genine turner who used to be on Northern Exposure. She was at an Expos game, watching Mark Grace of the Cubs, who she was with at the time. I passed by her after the game with her bodyguards, I knew she looked familiar, only after I passed her I knew who she was. Let's just say that she did indeed look like a moviestar. The other time I walked into a magazine store where Stephen Baldwin was reading a magazine. I was going to ask him to sign something but chickened out.
Posted by sam hain2 (Member # 1964) on :
Summer of '02 got to shake hands with both Faster Pussycat lead singer Taime Downe and Cinderella lead singer Tom Keifer.
Also once served room service to the father from the TV show Just the Ten of Us. Bill Kirchenbauer or something like that cant remember his name for sure.
Also served room service to Boxing champion Virgil Hill, the govenors of Utah and Montana and also the Surgeon General.
Posted by 8675309 (Member # 2157) on :
I worked for an airline in the mid-90's. Here are some of the people I met:
Tommy Davidson - JERK!
Steve Garvey - see above
Wynnona Judd - very cool
Michael Keaton - even foxier in person
Richard Dreyfus - cheapskate
Muhammed Ali - nice, his wife was very nice
Christopher Knight (Peter Brady) - nice
Linda Evans - nice and elegant presence
Joe Montana- The poor man was hassled by everyone who saw him, even the pilots!
Posted by McFly (Member # 354) on :
Had the honor of being stabbed in the hand by Bob Ueker's keys. I shook hands with him in a crowd after a baseball game and he shook mine with his car keys in hand, lol.
Gordon Jump, the late Maytag/WKRP guy, visited an acting class I was in in 1996. Coached me on how not to be so solemn when reading a McDonald's ad. Posted by Missie (Member # 2186) on :
It's kind of unfair for me to answer this since I am at an unfair advantage living in L.A. and I was hanging out on The Strip back in the hey-day in Hollywood. Here are a few:
Taime Downe threw up on my shoes at the Coconut Teaszer years ago. Such a peach.
Axl Rose accidentally knocked me flat on my butt on the sidewalk outside The Rainbow in 1990. He left me on the ground and kept walking.
Marq Torien from Bullet Boys spilled his drink down the front of me at the Whiskey while he was rushing down the stairs and I was going up. He blamed me.
And the redeemer? Gene Simmons. Long story...but I walked up to him at Century City Plaza and had a long conversation about various stuff. He was the most gracious and kindest celeb ever. I had met him once before years earlier at a rehearsal place where my friend's band had a studio, and he was ubercool then, too.
Oh, and Drew Carey frequents the diner I go to all the time. He just sits in the back real quiet and no one bugs him. He doesn't seem very approachable.
Missie
Posted by Missie (Member # 2186) on :
Oh, and one other, but it wasn't me, technically...
Rick Springfield stayed at the hotel where I was revenue manager at the time, and I was the one who took the call from his tour manager for his room reservation. Needless to say, when I hung up, I went nuts. His check in was on a Saturday, so rather than flip out on him and get fired, I stayed home and my desk clerk got his autograph for me. He wrote a note saying thank you for everything. Swoon!
OH! And I *did* take an actual call from Jimmy Kimmel when he was making reservations for his producer's wedding when he worked at KROQ. He was funny...when he told me his name was ames, last name Kimmel, I blurted, "as in Jimmy Kimmel, the sports guy???". He laughed and said yes. He was sweet.
Ok, done now.
Missie
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
Some cool stories. You were lucky about Gene Simmons being so cool. I have heard some horror stories from diehard Kiss fans. Then again, they were guys. I actually have met a lot of sports celebrities, hockey players in particular like Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe etc., but I always seem to miss the clebrities that have come to my city like Bobby Deniro, julia Roberts etc.
Posted by Ali_with_an_i (Member # 27) on :
I've met No Doubt, the dad from Sixteen Candles and a whole slew of pro sports stars.
Posted by TresFoxy (Member # 542) on :
Well when I was in Vegas at the Bellagio I accedently bumped into Tony Curtis or he bumped into me I said, "I'm sorry" either way. He just kept walking with his entourage of women with out say ok thats ok or sorry back. It was like I was some sort of worthless serf. He looks so fake he has had a little too much work done now.
I have met serval others but none were as famous as Tony. I met one of the guys that was on MTV Tuff Enuff. And many sports stars. The Redwings were the nicest!! Posted by isis9968 (Member # 1780) on :
I have mentioned all the people I have meet on here, in different posts...I'd drive everyone crazy doing it again..the only person who I have forgot to mention meeting was Miss Patti from the PBS show Romper Room, I meet her when I was 5 years old. Hahaha Does anyone remember the show The Magic Garden?? I always want to ask that on the 70's site, but nobody ever writes much there.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
these arent really "run ins" because alot of them were events in record stores: I met Metallica, Duff McKagan (Guns n Roses) and Ozzy osbourne in record stores. I ran into Joey and Marky Ramone around the block from where I used to live as a teenager. I met one of the guys from Sick Of It All at a club they were playing at. Now for my chicken sh** experiences: I was in The Village when I saw Michaewl Monroe from Hanoi Rocks: I said nothing. I was a cross the street from Ray Ramano (Everybody Loves Raymond): I froze with fear and said nothing. And I was on an airplane with Nikki Sixx(Motley Crue) and said nothing. It seems the older I get the less nerve I have to approach these people.
Posted by paulshrimpton (Member # 1022) on :
Sorry for those who have heard this before, but....
I played golf once with Sean Connery, and another time with Rick Wakeman.
Just like to remind myself that it happened once in a while. Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
wow Missie...you've been abused by so MANY famous faces! I remember when I met Metallica James Hetfield pretty much burped in my face. I thought "I've waited all my life for THIS????" Lars and Jayson were nice but Kirk and James were pretty dicky. I hate when ya meet someone you adore and they are dicks.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
I once ran into Michael Stipe from 'R.E.M' but I think he thouhgt that I thought he was John Malkovich. Posted by Missie (Member # 2186) on :
quote:Originally posted by mamamiasweetpeaches: wow Missie...you've been abused by so MANY famous faces!
Remind me later to tell you about my Pauly Shore experience. I'm too tired right now to recount it, but it's a gem.
Here's a teaser: he's the only celeb to ever say the words, "Don't you know who I am?" to me.
Missie
Posted by deathbystereo80 (Member # 2005) on :
Hm, I haven't really had anything you might call 'run-ins' with stars, I guess. I once saw Dolph Lundgren in a bar in Toyko (in 1989). And I once almost walked onto a set where Leonard Nimoy was filming in New York in 1990. And I once sat next to Gene Hackmann in a restaurant. That's about it with international stars... not much, unfortunately. I run into German stars all the time, but that's somehow not very interesting.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
"Dont you know who I am???" "Yeah, your Pauley Shore and the only reason your famous at all is because your parents own a comedy club!!!!!"(I hate him!)
Posted by Ali_with_an_i (Member # 27) on :
I almost forgot, I met The Go-Go's two years ago.
Posted by HipsterMom27 (Member # 2161) on :
I shook hands with Ben Stiller at the Hard Rock casino in Vegas...he was really sweet but I felt like an Amazon Woman since he's rather short & I had big stacky shoes on. After that, he was up at the counter perhaps cashing in, so my sister convinced me to get autographs and he was as nice as could be.
I always thought when I came face-to-face with someone like that, I'd say something tres clever but all I could blurt was something like "we're big fans"...duh...nothing like "Hey, Focker, circle of trust!"
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