Famous people you have met.

[BeauBlues]

I see lots of celebrities at work quite often. I might have an unfair advantage because I work at Disneyland. Anyway, I got to meet Rob Schneider tonight and he's a nice guy. So who else here has met any famous people and how was your experience?

Here is a list of some people I have met:
Robert Patrick
Seth Green
Ron Livingston
Macaulay Culkin
Drew Carey
George Lopez
Hugh Hefner (I didn't actually meet him, but his girlfriends were a sight to behold)
And my personal favorite...
Paul McCartney (Took him out on a private Jungle Cruise tour. Coolest guy ever!!!)

[legion]

Can't say I've ever met anyone famous. And I'm fine with that--I don't go for the celebrity worship thing.

[jmshepard]

Skunk Baxter (Doobie Bros, Steely Dan)

[slodave]

Eh, a number. Living in L.A. lets you meet a lot of people. I really don;t make a big deal out of it. One of my favorites is John Schneider. He is very nice. Great to talk to, of course loves cars and motorcycles. Always nice to go over to his house have a couple of beers, talk and enjoy the food he makes.


This was from a movie he wrote, directed and starred in last year. I have a bit part in it, playing "Sam" the bartender. Shooting the scenes were a blast! Here's a link about it. Does that make me a celebrity? Maybe I should go out and shave my head....

Dave

[nostatic]

my son played dominos with Penelope Cruz a few months back

[SlowToady]

I've changed the oil on a few Bear's players cars. One gentleman, a very large black gentleman, #7, had a red Durango on 22s. Saw him a few months later, and he had a Silver Durango on the same 22s. Ask him what happened, said he "had to trade it in, cause it had too many miles on it." "Oh really," I asked, "how many?" His response? "About 15,000."

Really, really nice guy. Really, really large guy. I'm 5'9 and 145#, he's like....6'4 and a lot more...big friggin guy. Mad nice though.

[tabs]

Some of U have met Me....

[Joeaksa]

More than I can count. Some are ok, most are nice once you get them in private (had them in our airplane) and some are absolute jerks. Majority are regular people who got lucky.

Met Tabs several times but dammit he will not send me any of his Brisket so not sure how I feel about him this week!

Joe

[Drdogface]

This really dates me:
Arnold Palmer
Sam Snead
Bobby Kennedy
LBJ
Justice Tom Clark....U.S. Supreme Ct. in the 60's
J. Edgar Hoover

[9dreizig]

Originally posted by Drdogface
This really dates me:
Arnold Palmer
Sam Snead
Bobby Kennedy
LBJ
Justice Tom Clark....U.S. Supreme Ct. in the 60's
J. Edgar Hoover

Was J. Edgar wearing a dress or a suit ?? LOL
I met Jackie Stewart one day,, Damn those F1 cars must be small!! nice guy though ( and a very tall blonde with him)

[Drdogface]

Oh yeah, forgot Jackie Stewart and Mario Andretti at a Watkins Glen weekend back in the late 60's. Stewart was driving that vacuum car then...what ever it was. It kept sucking up gravel and broke stuff...didn't finish as I recall.

J. Edgar was wearing a cute little poodle skirt and tasteful pumps ;-)

[Drdogface]

Slow to remember some of these:

Maxine Andrews....Andrews Sisters
Gen. Omar Bradley
Pres. Dwight D Eisenhower...how could I forget.
Almost met Lauren Bacall...I know..don't count

[bell]

i've met a bunch.....but also don't really care that they're famous.....if they treat me with respect then they get the same...if not f' em....
i'm doing a big system in antonio pittmans hummer this week....although i never heard of him....he played for ohio state i think....
also did a ton of work for lebron james and about 20 of the cleveland browns when they came back to cleveland....even al lerners louge

[CJFusco]

I have met a lot of famous people, and am definitely not the type to celebrity-worship. I waited on 50 Cent because the manager knew I was the only person that didn't give a crap who he was.

The celebrities that I WAS excited about meeting were Kurt Vonnegut (book signing) and Bruce Campbell (interviewed for a magazine I used to write for). I've also met:

Wes Craven
Nomar Garciaparra
Johnny Damon
Jason Varitek
Trot Nixon
Stewart Scott
Trey Wingo
Kenny Mayne
Jim Calhoun
Roger Clemens
Kevin Spacey

I'm sure there are a few more, but I don't really remember.

[MichiganMat]

I met Andy Dick under some auspicious circumstances one time... heckuva nice guy.

[TSNAPCRACKLEPOP]

Chris Cooper, high school classmate, "Bourne Identity & Supremacy", and that nasty new FBI agent movie, among a bunch of other fine films. Very nice guy.

[WolfeMacleod]

Hundreds and hundeds of them. Mostly Musicians, at the NAMM shows.

Including, but not limited to:
Rick Derringer
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Dick Dale
Jim Marshall
Tito Jackson
Eddie Van Halen
Buckethead
Ronnie James Dio
Steve Miller
..and some dude named "Steve" from England, although I coulnd't put my finger on what band he's from...

..and many more..

[Jims5543]

I was going to say I have never met anyone famous. Like Legion I am not really into the celebrity worship thing. I look at artists, sportsstars actors as just other people with cool jobs.

Then I saw Sam Sneed and remembered I worked for him a couple of times. I remember meeting up with him in his garage (he had a boring car I do not recall what kind) and giving him his surveys and talking about the land he purchased. I do not think we ever talked golf it was purely business. He seemed nice and from what his assistant told me he was very generouse and spends a lot of time raising money for good causes.

My wife and I met some kid actor while in line at Disney Quest a few years ago. We would have never noticed him except for the teenage girls behind us going nuts and him being uncomfortabe. We ended up talking about favorite old school video games and rides at disney. He seemed like a cool kid, he was in Full House and had a part in White Squall.

I cannot recall meeting anyone else but I mgith have and forgot. I met Grogar (Jeremy) on this board, does that count?

Oh I met some well known Jazz musicians over the years through my roomate who was one and I met R&B artists as well through a friend who works in the business. Again, they are just people with c ool jobs and I really cannot recall who they were now. Some were cool some were full of themselves. We are all just people in the end.

[Aurel]

I bump into Bruce Springsteen on occasions. He lives ~5 miles from my house.

Aurel

[David]

Pic from a charity go-kart race a few years ago. I'm the tall guy without a hat who's kind of staring off into space. We won the race by the way.