[minor hijack] I swear, the first time I read this I thought it said: “I held back and let the man eat his wife in peace.” :::snort!::: [/minor hijack]
StoryTyler
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”
While I was in college, I worked in the office that provided campus entertainment, which allowed me to meet several celebrities. I got to take Leonard Nimoy to the airport after his lecture; met Bob Hope backstage before his show; participated in a group dinner with Kurt Vonnegut; met Jay Leno when he was an up-and-coming comic; and met Robert Klein backstage between his shows.
I’ve also spotted Geena Davis at the Planet Hollywood in Costa Mesa, CA; spotted Ed Begley Jr. at the California Pizza Kitchen in the Beverly Center, Los Angeles; saw Bruce Hornsby in the Houston airport; and sat two rows in front of Troy Aikman at the Judds concert in Dallas last month.
My SO used a payphone next to JFK, Jr. in the Newark airport once, which occurred right after a flight on which MTV VJ Kennedy was also a passenger. We refer to this trip as the “Kennedy Experience”.
Hey Tyler, not that kind of restaurant!
“Waiter, but I’ll have what the astronaut is having…”
Although with the confusion between illicit and elicit, I may want to rethink this thread.
Damn my spell-checker!
All this brushing with greatness, and neither greatness nor any of the rest of you take the time to floss.
See. I floss! 
You should tell the truth, expose the lies and live in the moment."-Bill Hicks
“You should tell the lies, live the truth and expose yourself.” - Bill Clinton
I’ve met a few musicians…
the meeting that was the most ‘by chance’, would have been the time that I was standing outside an office building in Moncton, when I saw a couple white limo’s outside a hotel next door. I said to my buddy, who was with me, “shit, that must be Metallica heading back to the airport!” (this would have been the day after the ‘pit tour’ concert, if you know what I mean) so, we started boogying it toward the door they were coming out of, and my buddy grabbed a sheet of looseleaf out of his bookbag, tearing it in 2 and handing me a piece. we got there, and as I was looking around, I saw Jason N. walking past, but he was too far away for me to get eye contact. but I got the autographs of the other 3 members…
I also got the autograph of Def Leppard’s drummer, about 6 years ago, and 4 of the 5 members of Ugly Kid Joe (the singer’s an asshole), and a couple guys of Sven Gali. (this last bunch, from Def Leppard to Sven Gali, were all in one night, at a tailgate party before a huge concert in Shediac one summer)
there are also a few somewhat lesser autographs I got, like Haywire, Jan Aarden, Moxy Fruvous…
I don’t suffer from insanity…
I enjoy every minute of it!
I have a couple of instances to mention, one of which I already added to an earlier thread.
I went to elementary school with Catherine, the blonde girl on Loveline. She was a model before she landed that job. I didn’t really know her, because she was about six years older than I was.
My dad used to work with Mario Andretti’s sister. Also, my dad, in a state of intoxication, managed to corner David Brinkley at some dinner and introduce himself. I don’t think David Brinkley cared much.
I used to work with Edwin McCain’s sister.
I was on a plane once (in coach) when this lady walked down the aisle on her way to the restroom. I was in the window seat, and a man was sitting in the aisle seat of my row. He basically blocked the aisle so this lady couldn’t pass, and started gushing about how much he loved her on some soap opera or other. I looked up, even though I don’t know anything about soap operas. It was Judith Who’s the Boss Light. She was very gracious.
Dean Cain.
I was at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas with a couple other guys and we were playing Blackjack and decided to go over to a Pai Gow table. There was only one guy playing at the table so we all sat down and much to our surprise it was Dean Cain. We didn’t say anything at first. But he was friendly enough and there were hardly any other people around. We didn’t even mention his celebrity status in front of him. Though we did address him as “Dean.” Yeah so anyway I guess he was new to Pai Gow and I got to help him setup his hand a couple times. I am also not 21, so I was lucky that I didn’t embarass myself in front of him and get carded.
Funny story about why we were even in Vegas. We were at dinner with some girls and I had mentioned offhand about going to Vegas that night. Its 5-6 hour drive from San Diego but we’ve done it before. Anyway the girls weren’t really interested and gave excuses about having to study for midterms. So us 4 guys piled into the car and drove to Vegas just like that after we dropped the girls off. So those girls regret not coming with us as they fawn over Dean Cain.
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