This can be meeting someone famous, a-l-m-o-s-t making that great investment or whatever.
Name your brush with greatness
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I went to college with Bruce Willis.
I saw Kirsten Dunst at D&B, and Adam Sandler at Hy's Steakhouse
That's it lol.
That's it lol.
My late father was a theatrical publicist, so I've met a number of famous people throughout my life. However, perhaps the most memorable was when I was a little boy. My father took me backstage after a performance by the famous mime Marcel Marceau. I'm one of the few you'll ever meet who has heard him speak, apart from the single word he uttered in Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie".
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Had a friend in the music biz in the 90s (road crew).
Got to hang out and talk guitars back stage with Mick Ralphs and Ted Nugent.
Got to hang out and talk guitars back stage with Mick Ralphs and Ted Nugent.
Ah, my brush with fame but no uber-fortune. As a kid I met Joe DiMaggio and saw Bob Hope with Jane Russell in a USO show at Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico. I also met Moses (i.e. Charlton Heston) at an NRA function plus western artist Olaf Wieghorst at his studio.
Worked at an upscale restaurant when I was younger and served Ann Jillian.
Got to chat with the late Stuart Adamson after a show in a small club and got a CD cover autographed.
Played some pickup basketball with Isaac Austin when he was still playing with the Miami heat and also with DeShawn Stevenson right after he was drafted by the Utah Jazz.
Got to chat with the late Stuart Adamson after a show in a small club and got a CD cover autographed.
Played some pickup basketball with Isaac Austin when he was still playing with the Miami heat and also with DeShawn Stevenson right after he was drafted by the Utah Jazz.
Back in '89 I worked (briefly) on the Rolling Stones North American Tour.
Favorite memory: Shea Stadium, sound check - much of the cast of Saturday Night Live (circa '89) showed up to hang out and gawk
Favorite memory: Shea Stadium, sound check - much of the cast of Saturday Night Live (circa '89) showed up to hang out and gawk
I became friends over the phone with one of my customers, and when we finally met some months later I found out he is the brother of that guy who played Forrest Gump. He was the running double for the scenes where Forrest is running across the USA, and has done lots of the "after-movie" voice work for "Woody" of Toy Story. Nice family too.
My cousin was the screech singer for the metal band Three Inches of Blood, they are fairly well known now. A few years ago he had to quit because he was destroying his vocal cords.
Mine was all presidents (Clinton, bush 43, and Obama), tons of senators and congressional leaders, heads of state. I do seem to have a weird way of getting physically hit by movie/tv celebs though. I was in NYC and got shouldered real hard by Matthew Perry (he apologized) and I was in DC and was completely knocked over by James Cromwell. He picked me up and brushed me off with a very kind apology. I was on the DC metro in 2004 and had Samuel L Jackson ride a couple of stops. Lastly, when I was a kid my dad and I were at Oshkosh '97 and was walking around a Corsair when JFK jr and Caroline strolled past us. Other than all of that I grew up with aviation. Legends like Chuck Yeager, Neil Armstrong (twice) and Buzz Aldrin (many times), etc.
Back in 1990 I was driving around Venice Beach Ca and almost hit a guy walking his dog. I stopped and yelled out the window "Sorry guy I did not see you" He came over and said no worries. After taking a second look I said hey I know you, he then replies allot of people know me I'm an actor it was William Hurt.
i've seen Jimmy Buffett (2x), Kenny Chesney, and George Strait in concert. I didn't have the best seats but i could tell it was them. that's as close as i've come.
oh wait! my dad, my bro, and i were at the Naperville, IL Cadillac dealership back in 2002 and saw Kenny Williams, the Chicago White Sox GM. My bro recognized him, had some small talk about the team, he said he was buying his wife a Cadillac.
oh wait! my dad, my bro, and i were at the Naperville, IL Cadillac dealership back in 2002 and saw Kenny Williams, the Chicago White Sox GM. My bro recognized him, had some small talk about the team, he said he was buying his wife a Cadillac.
Ended up sitting next to Jerry Augustyniak, the drummer for 10,000 Maniacs at a tavern/lunch counter. We talked about music for about 20 - 30 minutes. Nice guy.
On TV in college twice, both times "misbehaving" at a football game, both times being escorted somewhere by security, both times spotted by my parents.
I worked in telephone customer service for a bank. I spoke with Jill Trenary (figure skater) and M.C. Hammer. I referred to him as "Mr. Hammer" throughout the phone call. 
Now that's funny.
I had lunch with Colonel Sanders back in the mid 60's when I was going to college in Louisville. A couple of us went into a near-empty restaurant one afternoon (not a KFC, but one that served KFC) and he invited us over to his table to eat.
If you have a copy of the movie Road Trip, you can see me in 3 different scenes as an extra.
As a result of my work as an extra on the film I also got called to do stand-in work for Sean Williams Scott for a few scenes. This is what they call the "second team," we would go through all of the position blocking for the different camera shots so they could set up focus and lighting. Once ready to film they call in the actors and shoot it. Basically got paid to hang out with the main cast and crew all day.
As a result of my work as an extra on the film I also got called to do stand-in work for Sean Williams Scott for a few scenes. This is what they call the "second team," we would go through all of the position blocking for the different camera shots so they could set up focus and lighting. Once ready to film they call in the actors and shoot it. Basically got paid to hang out with the main cast and crew all day.
My best friend was the assistant stage manager of a local dinner theater, I had dinner with Ceasar Romero (the original Joker) and partied many times with Doug McClure. Ceasar Romero was the consummate gentleman.
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