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Miscellaneous => General Chat => Topic started by: Vidgmchtr on November 23, 2007, 05:26:49 PM
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Anyone have interesting stories about meeting a certain celebrity or famous person?
The earliest one I can remember was when my family met Danny Tamberelli and Mike Maronna (The two guys who starred in The Adventures of Pete & Pete).
My mother wanted their autographs because she liked the show (as did my brother and I). When she got them, she read it, saying "From Danny and Mike". She looked at my brother and I, and then back at them, and this little bit of dialogue ensued:
Mom: Wait, aren't you supposed to put YOUR names on it?
Maronna: Uhh, those ARE our names.
This confused my mother quite a bit, as those happen to be the names of my brother and I as well. Then she laughed, and explained to them how it confused her, as those were our names as well, and then she looked down at us and said the same thing. Our reactions were like "....k".
I also recall my father giving Tamberelli a noogie. I thought that wasn't very kind, but it didn't seem to annoy him. Later, my brother got to play laser tag with them (This whole thing occured at a laser tag + arcade place), but I was too young to join them.
I also met the former governor of New York, but except for a handshake, there's nothing interesting there.
So, do any of you have interesting stories?
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Good thread but... I can't think of any personal stories for it. :(
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I met Neil Gaiman at the San Diego Comic-Con a few years back. I met Lou Ferrigno at the same convention. Earlier this year, at Wizard World Chicago, I played pool with Paul Jenkins.
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I met Albert Ghiorso last summer and have a signed periodic table to prove it. He was and still is a brilliant man. I hope I'm half as nimble, social, and cognitive as he is when I'm his age. That is, if I live that long. It's amazing he's even alive, not to mention 92 years old, considering the radiation exposure he got while working on the Manhattan Project.
The Albert Ghiorso Wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ghiorso) is severely inadequate. For more info see http://www.lbl.gov/today/2005/Jul/11-Mon/ghiobio-jump.html
If anyone is interested let me know and I'll see if I can get a copy of the video and/or slide show from the talk he gave that I attended.
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Oh. If we're going by as "famous" as random comic book authors and scientists, I've met plenty of that caliber.
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And actors?
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"... of that caliber."
Are you implying that random comic book authors and scientists are of a higher or lower caliber than actors?
I would range their caliber this way:
Scientists > Random Comic Book Authors > Actors
If you are simply referring to how famous they are to the general public then you can probably reverse the above. There are a few notable exceptions such as Albert Einstein and Richard Feynman.
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I met Frank Gorshin before he died. And I've met Peter Mayhew, talked to Bruce Boxleitner, and other people. Those are the three that I can think of right now as far as "famous" famous people go.
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Well, my grandma manages entertainment at the local fall fair--and my dad sometimes does security--so they've met loads of celebs. I, though, think that all the people of note I've encountered are Joan Jett (at said fair) and ex-prez Clinton (not directly, of course--I went to a rally at about age five... forgive me, nation, I chanted "four more years"...).
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My Mother met Walt Disney once. She was a little girl at the time, and my grandfather was an entrepenurial. I don't exactly know why my grandfather and Disney had a meeting, but they did, and my ma got to meet him.
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Well, my grandma manages entertainment at the local fall fair--and my dad sometimes does security--so they've met loads of celebs. I, though, think that all the people of note I've encountered are Joan Jett (at said fair) and ex-prez Clinton (not directly, of course--I went to a rally at about age five... forgive me, nation, I chanted "four more years"...).
Why are you asking for forgiveness? I though Clinton was a pretty good president.
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My family met AC/DC in a Best Buy, while I was playing Pokemon Stadium in the back.
I'm still kicking myself about that.
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...and ex-prez Clinton (not directly, of course--I went to a rally at about age five... forgive me, nation, I chanted "four more years"...).
Ah dude, I loved president Clinton when I was a 5, for no reason other than he looked like a pretty nice guy. I was too young to know about politics, so I just picked to guy that looked best. :P
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I met Mark Kistler (the Imagination Station drawing dude) at this thing when I was about eight, I think. He's what inspired me to start drawing, which is ironic, since I currently consider him the corniest thing since creamed corn.
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I met Ray Park at a sci-fi expo. I also met the group Hanson a couple of weeks ago, my mom has been friends with their mom since high-school.
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My friends and I once unknowingly interviewed John Carmack at the Game Developers Conference one year... but I think that's about it.
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I have never actually met (been introduced to, shook hands, etc) anyone really famous that I can remember... but I have gotten close.
Before I tell that story, I wanna say these things: My friend at school recently had dinner with Robin Williams. My parents stood in line behind Vanna White at a movie theater in LA a long time ago. I was pretty close (distance, not personally) to Brett Favre when I went to the Denver/Green Bay football game about a month ago. My grandma has seen Tiger Woods up close at an airport. My parents saw Mike Myers in a Vegas casino once. A kid at my school's parents know the Bush family pretty well (yeah, George Bush, the president).
Now the big story: My marching band took a trip to Indiana last year, and we were in Denver International Airport flying out to Chicago. We were waiting at the gate, all 150+ of us, for our plane to dock and get cleaned so we could board. I was sitting with my back to the wall looking out at the other gates across the movable walkway.
All of a sudden a monster walked very swiftly across my field of view, helped along by the moving walkway. All I really had time to see were his black bandana covering his golden hair and the giant muscles on his arm. ...And his trademark shades and golden pointy 'stache.
And I said "Whoa, is that Hulk Hogan?"
My two friends decided to chase him down, no easy task for a man moving so fast. We weren't sure if it was actually him until they caught him and stopped him. They asked him if he was Hulk Hogan, and he confirmed the statement (apparently in a voice so low they could barely understand him) and they asked what he was doing in DIA. He muttered something unintelligible (thanks to the voice) then asked why they were there. They quickly said stuff about our marching band going to nationals and he said something along the lines of "oh cool, I love music" and handed them both 20 bucks out of his pocket and kept moving.
They said afterwards that they were scared he would squish them with his massive muscles and strength.
I was the one that saw him first. He was our idol for the rest of the trip.
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Hulk talked in an unhearable voice and randomly dished out $20 to each friend...?
Must have been on drugs.
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Aw dude, the things I'd do to meet Hulk Hogan.
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My brother also met Robin Williams a few years back when he was in the city.
My brother was leaving a certain building I forget the name of, and Williams was stepping out of his limo. They crossed paths, my brother let out a "Hi", and Williams apparently replied as they passed each other, "Hello, how's it going?". My brother looked back in the other direction a few seconds later, and saw everyone making a huge scene with people shouting "Robin Williams!".
We also had the opportunity to meet Melissa Joan Hart, but we were apparently too shy (this was before we met Tamberelli and Maronna).
My uncle Ronnie's wife, Donna's maiden name is Sparagano. Her brother is a man named Paul Sparagano, a guy who has produced a few episodes of various cartoons. She's related to another person, Diane Sparagano (I'm unsure if they're sisters, or in-laws with Paul, I forget), a woman who has a few animation credits on the same cartoons, as well as Beavis & Butt-Head. Last time I met Diane was at my grandfather's wake last month.
So somehow I can be connected with Mike Judge in four degrees of separation. =|