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Retromaniac Member Since: September 2005 Contributions: 7507 Gold Stars: 153 View User Posts	Famous People You've Met Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:59 pm Central Time Jason Giambi Art Savage (former Sharks owner, current owner of the Rivercats) A's Coaching Staff (incl. Ron Washington) Brent Jones Jim Hall Ken Stabler Various ALMS racers _________________ Oh Gloria, with hair like granite.
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aero80 Member Since: June 2006 Contributions: 549 Gold Stars: 241 View User Posts	Re: Famous People You've Met Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:02 am Central Time Kurt Vonnegut George Dubya Bush Bill Clinton James Taylor Michael Stipe Bob Dylan Reggie White Ted Turner Shaquille O' Neal Jimmy Carter Hey, I just realized that have have met three presidents---one of them a sitting president.
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sbrening Member Since: May 2007 Contributions: 7605 Gold Stars: 235 View User Posts	Re: Famous People You've Met Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:35 pm Central Time Mickey Thomas from Starship Mark Slaughter and band from Slaughter Randy Bachman from BTO Mark-Paul Gosselaar from Saved By The Bell I'm sure there have been more, just can't recall. _________________ www.hauntingheather.com DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to sell anything, just spreading the word.
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mwsmedia Member Since: September 2009 Contributions: 214 Gold Stars: 4 View User Posts	Re: Famous People You've Met Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:28 pm Central Time We could spend a lot of time defining "famous," but here goes... Robert Englund Nicholas Cage Ian Ashbury (lead singer, the Cult) (All of the above were customers - frequent, in the case of Englund -- at Fahrenheit 451, a bookstore I used to work at in Laguna Beach, CA. I sold Nick Cage a big driftwood sculpture of an elephant's head. Ian Ashbury came in with an entorage, left a mess, and didn't tip the coffebar after buying fifty dollars worth of stuff, the jackhat.) Dave Alvin Exene Cervea D. D.J. Bonebrake (These three are all members of the bands The Blasters and X -- my band opened for them and I joined them onstage for a song when they played as The Knitters.) John Westley Harding - musician and author; I ran sound for him when he performed at the Borders Books I worked at. Chris Anderson - editor in chief, Wired Magazine. He joined us for lunch at my last job and gave us an impromptu talk about his latest book, "Free." Michael Stackpole - author of many Star Wars novels; fellow podcaster. We met at DragonCon in 2007 and have a great many mutual friends. James Patrick Kelly - award-winning author, fellow podcaster; he's been an interview guest of mine and, like Stackpole, we swim in a lot of the same ponds. Tracy Hickman - author best known for co-creating the Dragonlance series; fellow podcaster; mutual friends, etc. We've never met in person but we've had an online chat or two -- these days, that's as good as meeting someone. Ray Bradbury - hosted him at two booksignings. Jovial, polite, slightly strange man. I love him. Robert J. Sawyer - award-winning author and creator of the "Flash Forward" TV series. Met briefly at a party; I've always liked his writing. Ben Bova Gregory Benford (These two are both award-winning authors and science advisors for several administrations -- I moderated a panel with them at Borders years ago. Raymond Feist was there, too.) This is a weird thing... feels like name dropping since some of these people are more than casual acquaintances or one-time meetings. Bottom line: in my experience, everyone is "just plain folks" and whatever level of celebrity others assign them is usually irrelevant when you just sit down and talk. On the other hand, if they adopt that mantle of celebrity as part of their persona... again, in my experience, they're not worth sitting down to talk with. I've met a few people like that, too -- not going to mention them here because they don't deserve the attention. By the way -- this thread was moved to Wordplay, Lists and Fun Stuff because no one was adding any context to the lists of people they've met. If you feel like it, go back in if you've already posted and add some memory of the occassion when you met the folks you listed. Cheers, _________________ Matthew Wayne Selznick Chief Evangelist http://www.retroland.com
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HardyGirl66 Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 4041 Gold Stars: 550 View User Posts	Re: Famous People You've Met Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:20 am Central Time Shaun Cassidy David Cassidy Patrick Cassidy Shirley Jones Billy Mumy Liliana Mumy David Jolliffe Miguel Ferrer Bruce Davison Johnny Whitaker Marcia Wallace Shari Belafonte Charlottte Rae Nancy Dussault Rip Taylor _________________ Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
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Mikey Member Since: February 2006 Contributions: 10561 Gold Stars: 7046 View User Posts	Re: Famous People You've Met Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:43 am Central Time Mr. T Reggie Williams
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historyfreak Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 819 Gold Stars: 1 View User Posts	Re: Famous People You've Met Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:14 pm Central Time In Person: Ron Chapman, local DJ in Fort Worth, Texas (this was in 1984, so I was 8, and it was at a radio concert where The 4 Seasons were headlining. Mom flagged down Ron and said, "Mr. Chapman, this is my little girl and she's one of your biggest fans!" He kissed my hand. I never forgot it.) Jamie Farr, "Klinger" from MASH when I was 11. He was appearing as The Devil in Damned Yankees at a local theatre. Several local Fort Worth actors (I used to ride the bus with one of them often, and mutual friends thought this was hysterical as I was one of the few people who could get him to actually converse in public. See, I have ways of making people talk!) Cyndi Lauper, when I was living in Florida. I didn't much want to go, but some girls I knew dragged me along. The Christian writer, Max Lucado, when I was in college during the 90s...he came to speak on campus. The children's writer, Sue Macy (when she was at the Fort Worth Public Library promoting her book about Annie Oakley; I just happened to be at the library that day and went to say hello) The children's writer, Virginia Hamilton, at a book signing at a Borders Store back in the 90s. I barely remember it; I was in high school. I owned one of her books about African folk tales so she signed it. Online: Rullirendo, a singer/bandleader/conductor from Lima, Peru...one of the sweetest men I ever met online even if his command of the English language leaves little to be desired. Lazslo Aradszky, the Hungarian Sinatra. He was thrilled that somebody in America who wasn't Hungarian and barely knew a few words in his language loved his music. Sarolta Zalatnay, pretty much the queen of Hungarian pop during the late 60s. I talked to her daughter first and then she got me in touch with her famous mum. Sarolta was kind but thought it was strange that an American liked her singing. If you ever hear Sarolta, you will never think about singing in the same way again...her voice is that incredible. Jiri Korn, the Czech king of pop. He was happy to meet me, and sent me a CD/DVD set, autographed, for free. It came all the way from the Czech Republic, and I had almost forgotten about it when the postwoman brought it to our door. Joseph C. Pereira. I don't know if you'd call him "famous," but he is the pop guru of Singapore. He knows all there is to know about Singapore pop, especially oldies. He's written a book (which I own, autographed) and critiques almost all websites dealing with Singapore pop, so most of those folks know who he is. The children's writer, Carol Weston, who wrote the Melanie Martin series. Nice lady. Pip Granger, a British writer known for her books about London during the 50s. Another nice lady. Diana Gessler, an artist who writes travel books filled with her own pictures. Yet another nice lady.
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