# Any of you Straight Dopers a bona fide celebrity? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641 "2003-11-11T18:24:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/41 "2003-11-12T12:50:52Z")
I know someone who claims to have been sold drugs by the son of the man who played Bungle The Bear in British kids tv show Rainbow. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/42 "2003-11-12T12:52:46Z")
My ex-hubby went to school for five years with Hugh Grant. I used to know Charles Sturridge, back in the 70s before he became a relatively famous film/TV director. Honor Blackman swept past me in a little seaside bric-a-brac shop once, and said “hello” (that voice!). When I was five I met Miss Rosalyn of Romper Room fame (Kids’ programme, Anglia TV, East Anglia region, UK). Please form an orderly queue for autographs … 😃 Julie ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/43 "2003-11-12T12:55:07Z")
I know a man who shagged Tinky Winky. Aside from that, though, 40 responses and the answer is still a fairly resounding **NO** , isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/44 "2003-11-12T12:57:21Z")
I once did a crossword with Zammo off of Grange Hill, and I used to share a house with the lead singer of Tygers of Pantang. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/45 "2003-11-12T13:02:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by deb2world \* > \*\*Numerous celebrities have tried to run me down. Really. \*\* Paparazzi! Run for it! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/46 "2003-11-12T13:21:52Z")
I got you all beat. One of the dopers here is the daughter of … wait for it … Elvis’ Pilot! She’s also my wife, but she tries to HIDE that little bit of info about herself, for WHATEVER reason. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/47 "2003-11-12T13:42:22Z")
I’m a legend in my own mind and once had an origional thought, but I can’t remember it now so don’t ask. I also once met someone who I think was famous, but I don’t know who it was. Sorry. I couldn’t help myself. ---
**Author:** ![Zardoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a8b319/32.png) [@Zardoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zardoz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/48 "2003-11-12T13:42:45Z")
Ok, fun thread, but not QUITE what I had in mind. My great-great-great (more?) grandfather was the first person to cross the Irish Sea in a hot air balloon. I’ve met Charlie Sheen, Lou Ferrigno, and Magic Johnson. And Forrest J. Ackerman, if you know who he is. I’ve met Bill Clinton three times (we come from the same flyspeck–Hot Springs, AR). Once when he was running for governor (early 80’s, I was very young), once when he was governor (he came to visit my high school (we share that, too)), and the last was when he was President. Ate pasta at the same restaurant (Rocky’s Corner, yo!) None of this makes me a celebrity. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/49 "2003-11-12T14:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Author Cal Meachum goes by the sneaky Doper name of Cal Meachum Actually: 1. It’s **CalMeacham** 2. I’m not a celebrity, except in my own mind. But I’ll keep trying. ---
**Author:** ![mrbuddylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@mrbuddylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrbuddylee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/50 "2003-11-12T14:06:58Z")
When I was 5 I was on a local birthday TV show (Peggy Mitchell Show). It lasted exactly 15 minutes. I was also an extra in ‘A League of Their Own’. Somewhere in the stands, I’ve never watched the movie though. So no, I’m no one famous and I wasted my only 15 minutes. Life can be hard sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/51 "2003-11-12T14:07:28Z")
My sister went to **U2’s** private Christmas party last year - does that count? ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/52 "2003-11-12T14:10:24Z")
p.s. with a name like YoudNeverGuess I really _should_ be an icognito celebrity. Sorry to disappoint but maybe someday … :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/53 "2003-11-12T14:54:47Z")
Back in the 1920’s, I was involved in the development of a weapon that emitted a kind of “ray” which after a short time of exposure would cause death. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/54 "2003-11-12T15:06:24Z")
I wasn’t kidding about Eumeces anthracinus. I really am the world’s foremost authority on their courtship and mating behavior. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/55 "2003-11-12T15:26:19Z")
No one here doubts you, **Ilsa**. But _everyone_ knows that the coal skink mates in winter and early spring in Georgia, lays a clutch of about 6-11 eggs in April-June; the eggs hatch in about 5 weeks; and the female attends eggs during incubation. In Georgia, the skink is sexually mature in 2 years, and first reproduces at 30-32 months (Hotchkin et al. 2001). I think I learned that in 3rd grade. Didn’t everyone? So, do you have any salacious gossip to tell us about the randy coal skink? ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/56 "2003-11-12T15:38:28Z")
Well, back in 1998 I had my 15 minutes of fame. I timed it --exactly 15 minutes. I was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, quoted in the New York Times, besieged by thousands of e-mails from adoring fans, the works. Now, sadly, nobody has a clue who I am. I still have the little figurine, though, to keep me company. I keep it on my desk above my computer… Barry ---
**Author:** ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/57 "2003-11-12T15:47:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \* > \*\*I met Alexander the Great once. I told him to get out of my sun. > \*\* I once heard someone say this exact same thing to a pedophile. ---
**Author:** ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/58 "2003-11-12T15:57:47Z")
Oh, and I live in the unit directly opposite [this](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm1132812/) guy. He slid a letter under our door at 2am last week, asking us to keep the noise down. We replied with a sorry letter, which prompted a thank you letter, that was delivered with a 6 pack of beer. The lesson I learnt was… if I make too much noise to the point that it upsets my neighbours, they will give me free beer. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/59 "2003-11-12T15:59:01Z")
My great Grandfather invented the 1920s style death ray…does that count? ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641/60 "2003-11-12T16:09:49Z")
Wasn’t **ianzin** on the telly lately? Presenting something for Channel 4? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-straight-dopers-a-bona-fide-celebrity/212641.md?page=4)