[Arizona 911]

My ex wife and I were eating at a sandwich shop here in Tucson in the 1980's. Michael Landon and 1 of his sons walked in. My ex didn't recognize him until I told her who he was. It started raining and his car was parked next to ours with the windows down. I went over and said " Excuse me Mr. Landon but it's raining and your windows are down". He thanked me, went out and closed his windows. When he came back in, he came over and signed a napkin for my ex. What was surprising to us was that it was a small rundown sandwich shop that you wouldn't expect a celebrity to walk into.
It was common to see Lee Marvin shopping at the grocery store that I used to shop at also in Tucson. He used to drive a ratty old pick up truck.
I used to work for an elderly couple doing yard work and running errands. They had a picture on their bookshelf of a guy I recognized but couldn't place. I asked them who he was and it turned out to be the guitarist Marty Freidman who at the time was playing for Megadeth. He was their great nephew. They called Marty's mom and she hooked me up with backstage passes for the Megadeth concert when they played Phoenix! Marty's birthday was coming up so the aunt and uncle gave me a birthday card for Marty. Suicidal Tendencies was opening for them. What a great show! I met Marty, Dave Mustaine, Dave Ellefson and Nick Menza. I still have the autographed t-shirt that I had made into a poster.