# Celebrities you've seen on the subway **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532 "2003-03-11T13:01:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/1 "2003-03-11T13:01:54Z")
Not long ago I saw Anna Pacquin in the subway in NYC. She looked just like…Anna Pacquin. She has a beautfilul mouth - that’s what caught my eye. (Note - am married mother of 3) What celebrities have you seen on the bus or the subway or the train? ---
**Author:** ![Thurgood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Thurgood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thurgood)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/2 "2003-03-11T13:48:13Z")
I’ve only seen one celebrity on the subway. I was so excited, and it made my day. It was Ron Jeremy. ---
**Author:** ![Sparrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Sparrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparrow)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/3 "2003-03-11T14:29:30Z")
On the London Underground, travelling to and from work, I’ve seen Glenda Jackson a few times. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/4 "2003-03-11T15:48:06Z")
Do planes count? I saw (the guy who plays) Tony Almeda (from _24_ ) on a flight from Dallas to Orange County. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/5 "2003-03-11T15:56:20Z")
I was behind Kristin Scott Thomas in line at a DC Starbucks. I sat next to comedianne Carol Leifer in first class on a trip from LAX to LaGuardia. ---
**Author:** ![greenphan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@greenphan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenphan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/6 "2003-03-11T16:10:21Z")
I bumped into Jake “The Snake” (the old-school wrestler) at an airport when I was about 5 or 6. I didn’t ask for his autograph cause I was afraid. I do remember that he carried his big suitcase on his shoulder, much in the same manner as I carry steal I-beams when I work construction _cough cough_ Hehehe. –greenphan ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/7 "2003-03-11T16:11:14Z")
If planes count, mebbe airports do: I’ve seen Salman Rushdie in some _really_ small provincial Canadian airport (too long ago to remember which one, but it was at the height of the fatwa and I remember being quite glad that we were catching a different plane) and the ever-perky Kylie Minogue at Charles de Gaulle. [sub]Boy, she’s short.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![IrishRideGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b4bc9f/32.png) [@IrishRideGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrishRideGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/8 "2003-03-11T16:44:20Z")
On the subway, I saw Gregory Hines. On the PATH aka tubes (like a subway only it goes between NYC and Jersey City/Hoboken NJ) I sat across from John Kapelos (Det. Schanke on “Forever Knight”) which was a thrill because I am a big fan of the show. Celebrity sightings in NYC though are too numerous to mention, lol. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/9 "2003-03-11T16:46:55Z")
**"Subway Elvis"** (it’s a Toronto thing) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/10 "2003-03-11T17:01:08Z")
None on the subway, but a lot in airports/planes/hotels. And they were mostly sports people. Mike Ditka, Phoenix, PHX Robert Culp, Ontario, CA Randell Cunningham, PHX Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LAX Al McGuire and Dick Enberg, PHX Ahmad Rashad, PHX Vanessa Williams, PHX Chuck Berry, St. Louis Sen. Ted Kennedy, Salt Lake City Terry Bradshaw, DFW Phil Simms, PHX Lisa Bonet, Garden City, NY Mike Krukow, PHX Reginald VelJohnson, LAX ---
**Author:** ![Wyld\_Stallyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Wyld\_Stallyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyld_Stallyn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/11 "2003-03-11T17:13:16Z")
As a wide-eyed young wrestling fan, I spied “Macho Man” Randy Savage on an airplane in full gear, with the lovely Miss Elizabeth, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Wyld\_Stallyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Wyld\_Stallyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyld_Stallyn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/12 "2003-03-11T17:18:33Z")
Oh, and also, Artie Lange from the Stern show on the PATH train to Hoboken. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/13 "2003-03-11T17:19:55Z")
I sat opposite Dom DeLuise on a shuttle bus at O’Hare airport. Just last week I meet and talked to Bam Magera from Jackass on A Dublin street. They were here for the premiere of the movie and seemed like they were rather enjoying themselves. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/14 "2003-03-11T17:37:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wyld Stallyn \* > \*\*As a wide-eyed young wrestling fan, I spied “Macho Man” Randy Savage on an airplane in full gear, with the lovely Miss Elizabeth, as well. \*\* Was he snacking on a Slimjim? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/15 "2003-03-11T17:40:13Z")
I lived down the street from Bam Margera and my brother was in his class in grade school, so I rode the school bus with him…does that count? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/16 "2003-03-11T18:07:06Z")
On the Subway Tony Randall On a plane Liza In movie theatres Harrison Ford, Alan Rickman, Goldie Hawn, David Schwimmer and others. ---
**Author:** ![Wyld\_Stallyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Wyld\_Stallyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyld_Stallyn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/17 "2003-03-11T18:39:35Z")
**World Eater** Since this was in the mid-80’s, a more apt question would be: Was he snackin on some 'roid pills? I’m assuming there were other wrasslers on the airplane, but Macho Man was the only one wearing his “costume”. It must be hard _not_ sticking out while sporting full fluorescent attire. ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/18 "2003-03-11T19:15:54Z")
I saw Arlen Specter (Senator from Pennsylvania) getting off an Amtrak train - does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/19 "2003-03-11T20:00:37Z")
I _almost_ saw Christine Todd Whitman while locked in a bathroom tied to a chair and dressed as a clown. Long story. ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532/20 "2003-03-11T20:15:40Z")
**Apos** , I think you may need to start a thread to tell that story! I saw Tim Robbins on the commuter rail from New Haven to NYC. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-seen-on-the-subway/160532.md?page=2)