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Our pastor mentioned this in his sermon and it's too fun to pass up.

 

Who do you know that's famous? I know Gothic Girl has someone famous in her family.

 

My parents knew Bear Bryant. This is only cool if you're a Southerner or a huge football fan. Although he did not come to our wedding he did send a gift.

 

I know Sela Ward. (the actress in Sisters) We were sorority sisters. She was a senior when I was a freshman. I remember sitting on her bed and watching her get ready for a date with the U of A quarterback. She was majoring in business. She was one of my heroes, mainly because she was just as pretty inside as out. I imagine she still is.

 

My sister is cool. She has met/or knows a lot of entertainers. Harrison Ford,

Rick Springfield, Huey Lewis. She knows Kenny Rogers, he left her a wild message once. And she was a roady for Van Halen. She's full of stories.

 

Who do you know or have met?

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My son's father is a comic, so I met a few comedians when he was doing clubs. His daughter (my son's half sister) was in Spawn and 13 Going on 30.

 

When I was 11, I met Patrick Duffy. They were filming Dallas in front of our subdivision. Um, let's see...I met Shelly Winters while on the Queen Mary. They were filming a movie and I can NOT remember which one it was. This was in the late 70's, early 80's. I also met Chad Everett and if memory serves, it was at the same time.

 

My parents met Ricardo Montalban while in Hawaii. I have a snapshot of him signing an autograph for my dad to give me. He signed it, "Michelle, go to bed on time! Ricardo Montalban" My dad told him I insisted on staying up to watch Fantasy Island when everyone else had gone to bed! LOL

 

A good friend from high school's father was a part time actor on shows like MASH, Alice and some others. His name was Ted Gehring. I think he's passed away now. And, I lived behind the girl who married Steven Johnson (Patch on Days of Our Lives). She was 3 years ahead of me in high school. He drove a black BMW, so I always knew when he was there! I was told I could come over and meet him any time, but I was always too embarrassed. She and I weren't really friends (she was always nice and gracious, though) so I felt goofy knocking on the door and saying, "hey, can I meet your fiance?"

 

I saw Danny DeVito driving through town once. I thought, "hey, that man looks like Danny DeVito!" Sure enough, in the paper the next day was an article about how he was in town for something or other.

 

Oh, and a guy I went to high school with (and was good friends with at the time) became a g*y p*rn movie maker, how's that for noteriety! :rolleyes:

 

OH, and I almost forgot! I met the actual astronaut the Million Dollar Man was based on. My dad works for NASA, so I've met a few other astronauts, too, but embarrassingly, I can't remember which ones other than that one.

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One of the guys who ended up in the R&B group 'Color Me Badd' liked me.

 

He gave me some jewelry, and my mom made me give it back, lol. Possibly because she thought it was too much, possibly because I really just liked him as a friend; he was quite a bit overweight, and I think he figured that was why, because years later, I saw him at a club (before he was famous), and he was thin and cute, and he took great pains to call my name and make sure I remembered him. ("Remember? I used to be real fat?")

 

Needless to say...I think it all turned out for the best. ;o)

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We know three semi-famous people.

 

1.Dh used to do legal work for Fay Vincent, the former commissioner of baseball. He and his wife, Christina, came to dinner at our house a couple of years ago.

2.The actor who played the Viet Nam vet who told Forrest to go onstage in the Washington Monument scene in "Forrest Gump" dated my college roommate. He spent a lot of time at our apartment at Old Dominion University.

3.David Brown, the former host of Marketplace on NPR, is a friend of ours. He went to law school with DH.

 

Lisa

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We count a number of professional athletes and coaches among our good friends (one of my favorite NFL players just stopped by this afternoon). Another of our favorite people in this world is a stage and TV actor and director. We spent part of our honeymoon with him and his wife at their home.

 

Those with whom we've had dinner, or simply shook hands, exchanged names and chatted for a few minutes include astronauts (Neil Armstrong, Bonny Dunbar) and a former NASA flight director (Gene Krantz); politicians (John McCain, Washington Governor, Chris Gregoire); golfers (Fred Couples, David Eger, Curtis Strange, John Daly).

 

Gosh, we have photographed so many great events at which we've had the opportunity to meet some amazing people. I wish I could remember them all.

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Wow, Sela Ward! I really like her acting. She seems like she would be a neat person too!

 

I don't know anybody famous nor have I had a brush with anyone, that I can recall. My mom knows the guys from Montgomery Gentry, the country group. She manages a super Lowe's in Lexington, KY and they shop from her a lot and have become friendly with her. I think she might have met a famous driver for the Lowe's car in track racing too but I can't recall the name.

 

Oh wait, I know Howard Carpenter! He and my MIL are tight. He is the father of John Carpenter the film maker (I haven't been in town at the same time that John has yet). But Howard is quite well-known in certain circles with music. And he has worked with tons of big names in the past: Johnny Cash, for ex. I saw his albums with pictures of those he backed with music. Quite amazing!

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I was a suite mate freshman year with the girl who married a guy from Night Ranger (the band).

Gee, that's kinda pathetic, huh? lol

 

Dh has a letter from Jonathan Demme. His dad went to our church (dh was a priest there) and Jonathan gave dh a copy of a movie he made, "My Cousin Bobby." It was about his cousin (obviously) who was a Catholic priest. Good movie.

 

I saw Neil Sedaka at the airport when I was a teen. He was already old by then.

 

Oh--My husband invited Robert Ballard (discoverer of The Titanic wreckage) to SMU, and my son got to meet him. We asked him how it went, and he said, "well, what do you think, when you get to meet your hero?"

 

That's about it--other than Bishops from Africa and stuff like that.

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Went to High School with Steve Conrad (wrote The Pursuit of Happyness, the Weatherman, and Wrestling Ernest Hemingway) and dated his older brother for a year or so. I secretly had a huge crush on Steve, however, and so did my best friend. He was into sports and was actually pretty quiet. He and his friends used to annoy old people in the mall (there were plenty of them in S. Fl.) Not known for being fabulous in Writing or English at the time. It's so funny to sit there and watch him talk on the special features section of the DVD and think, "hey, I remember that happening!"

 

I don't know Bruce Springsteen, but a family we were really close to back in FL are cousins. They get to go back stage and stuff. Bruce looks like a Frevola, especially when he was younger.

 

You know you're getting old when you've lived long enough to see someone random on TV and say, "hey, I went to school with him/her!" Really impresses the kids :D

 

Barb

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Not that this is very exciting, but it's all I've got to contribute!

 

I used to babysit for the man who played the admiral's aide on Magnum, PI (he was my next door neighbor).

 

My dad flew Pappy Boyington (the Marine the series "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" was based on) into town for the Marine Corps ball when I was a little girl, and I got his autograph. For years, I thought that was really cool. Then I learned that Pappy Boyington had a reputation as a drunken sot who went around pushing his autograph on people!

 

Buzz Aldrin came and spoke to my class when I was in 1st grade (I'm dating myself). My teacher knew him.

 

I think that's it. Los Lonely Boys are hometown boys and I know people who know them, but I don't know them myself. Same with Colby Donaldson (from Survivor) -- seems everybody I know, knows him. Oh, and my dh knows Pierce Holt (retired NFL player).

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My husband's best friend all through high school and best man at our wedding is Julie Hagerty's (Airplane) brother.

 

William Petersen (CSI) bought me oj one night at a bar in Chicago. That same night I met Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne) and John Malkovich.

 

My daughter's soccer coach is really good friends with David Pollock (Bengals).

 

Umm...I'm on the same chat board as Pioneer Woman!!

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I think that's it. Los Lonely Boys are hometown boys and I know people who know them, but I don't know them myself.

 

Saw a documentary about a custom guitar made for one of these guys. They seem so genuine and all about family. Is that true? They really impressed me.

 

Barb

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I've seen a handful. But, KNOW and famous? No one really. I acted with a guy named Terrence Mann who has had some sensational roles on Broadway (Les Mis, Cats, etc.). He's also been on a couple of t.v. programs here and there. Once upon a time, I did some special Red Cross projects with Terry Labonte and the Petty boys (Richard and Kyle) of Nascar fame.

 

My husband has built furniture for the Cheney's and the former governor of MD, so he "knows" them...but not really. And, he went to school with Boomer Esiason (NFL Football Announcer and former player for the Bengals.)

 

I've sold farm produce to Julieanne Moore.

 

And, I'm distantly related to Thomas Jefferson.

 

But, that's about the best I can do. :-)

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Saw a documentary about a custom guitar made for one of these guys. They seem so genuine and all about family. Is that true?

 

They sure seem to be. They've done several free concerts here and have done quite a few benefits for different people in need. Also, it seems like there's something about one of the body shops here in town -- they own it, or they partially own it, or something, and are always doing something there for the benefit of somebody -- but I can't think of the details right now.

 

One time when they won some award (this shows how much attention I pay to things like this) I parked next to a proud relative at Wal-Mart the next day. She had "Congratulations LLB! Your Auntie _____ loves you!" written all over her car. It was cute.

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I babysat for Richard Carpenters kids when i was about 15 yo. His mother-in-law (well it was really his aunt, kinda.....because....he married a first or second cousin...something like that???) lived two doors down from me. I watched them when he and his family were in town for a wedding. His children were beautiful, he was really nice and he paid really really good! I didnt know him from adam as being famous, but ooooh boy,,,,my mom sure did!:D

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Don't know anyone famous but I did dance next to Corey Feldman at Disneyland back when Videopolis was open :D

No Way! Corey Feldman! I had pictures of the "Coreys" (Haim) all over my room when I was a teenie bopper!

 

I use to work in Christian music in Nashville so I got to meet a lot of the artists. In fact, it was my job to host the artists in a suite full of food during the Christian Book Association convention.

 

We also attended a church where a lot of Christian artists go...Steven Curtis Chapman, the DC Talk guys, Jars of Clay...

 

Still keeping my eyes peeled for Nicole Kidman and her hubby.

 

Oh, and Abraham Lincoln's son saved my (I forget how many "greats") grandma from drowning.

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I knew Edward Norton (actor in American History X and Fight club) in high school. We took acting classes together. I had this big crush on him and used to attend his baseball games. Don't let the media fool you. He was the first base coach, not a player. However, he is a brilliant man.

 

James Rouse, who was Edward's grandfather, and a city designer, builder, and philanthropist, went to my church growing up. (If you have ever been to Fanuiel Hall in Boston, the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Columbia, MD, or the Waterfront in VA Beach, he designed all of those. Well, the Faneuil Hall remodel, not the original.)

 

A good friend of mine from grad school (she threw my first baby shower) is astronaut Sandy Magnus, and she is going to the space station this summer for a few months.

 

Jesse Jackson spoke at my high school; and, as part of the SGA, I got to have breakfast with him.

 

Caroline

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They sure seem to be. They've done several free concerts here and have done quite a few benefits for different people in need.

 

LLB is one of my favorite bands! Nice to know they are as genuine as they seem.:) My dog is named after JoJo.

 

I don't know anyone famous, but I met a good many pro athletes when I was writing sports. (My least favorite was David Justice, if you care.) I also covered Chris Hanson (New England Patriots) and Keith Brooking (Atlanta Falcons) when they were in high school.

 

DH met and talked to Paul McCartney, which was really cool. I don't think they keep in touch now. :D

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While in college I dated someone that played highschool football with John Elway. They were pretty good friends. I spent one summer with my boyfriend at his parents home in California. We went to several parties that John Elways was also attending. The things I most remember about the parties is everyone is very curious about my Maryland accent.

I met Barbara Bush at an officers' wives dinner in Hawaii. It was went Millie was going to have puppies. She found out that I bred dogs and had several questions for me. I told her some on my favorite puppy whelping hints. When the book came out about Millies pups I was thrilled to see she had used at least one of the ideas.

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My dad is a classmate of John McCain (USNA 1958). I've met him. I had a long talk with Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David Eisenhower at a Navy function. Dh and I are friends w/ Bob Amos (bluegrass singer). I've met Tom Clancy, too.

 

Ria

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I've just got a bunch of "almosts."

 

I competed against Mary Lou Retton when she was an up can coming gymnast. I went to ankle rehab with the same trainer as Willie Stargell (Pirates baseball player). I attended the same high school as Lisa Schue (Leaving Las Vegas) She graduated the year before I went to that school. I did inhereit her gymastics team warmup suit though lol.

 

When I was newly pregnant with my first, I was "escorted" by secret service agents from the side of some building (where I thought I was safe to throw up because I wasn't going to make it anywhere else) - they were diverting some motorcade. The agents were very nice and one of them gave me a stick of gum.

 

When I had the three older boys in a giant stroller, I smashed right into Shaquille O'Neal. Ooops. He was very nice about it and even showed me the entrance for "regular" people.

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When I had the three older boys in a giant stroller, I smashed right into Shaquille O'Neal. Ooops. He was very nice about it and even showed me the entrance for "regular" people.

 

Did he just point the way, or did he at least open the "regular people's" door for you? ;)

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I knew Edward Norton (actor in American History X and Fight club) in high school. We took acting classes together. I had this big crush on him and used to attend his baseball games. Don't let the media fool you. He was the first base coach, not a player. However, he is a brilliant man.

 

 

 

 

 

Caroline

NO WAY!!! I have a major movie star crush on him!!

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You mean other than the LOST Baby...LOL. I'm such a loser.

 

I hung out with San Antonio's David Robinson when he was at the Naval Academy.

 

I've met Mia Hamm. Can't say I "know" her.

 

There are the artists from my reggae groupie days. Some Marleys.

 

I've met the least popular Charlie's Angel. LOL. What was her name? Kate something? I had to google-- Kate Jackson. She lived down the street from my cool aunt in Pensacola FL.

 

Of course I've cycled through some famous people while waitressing at a nice place in Winter Park, FL. But I don't really think they count.

 

But my favorite famous person was my uncle. He was an actual WWII Ace and the replica of his plane with his name is hanging in the Air and Space Museum at Dulles. We called him Uncle Red because he had striking red hair. They even have a model plane for sale that has his name on the side. I think it was a Hellcat something. He taught me how to wind surf when he was in his seventies. :)

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I've met most of the (secondary) actors in Star wars - original trilogy. And many even knew me by name!

Anthony Daniels (C3PO)

Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) whose wife is one of those who convinced me to homeschool! In fact I still have her on my AIM account!

Angus MacInnes (Gold leader) who paid me a few too many glasses of wine at Dragon Con....

David Prowse (Darth Vader)

and Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett)

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(The dorms had two rooms, connected by a bathroom. So you had a roommate, and suitemates.) My suitemate was Paige Davis (Trading Spaces). She is exactly like you see her on TV, 24/7. I still have two sweaters that I sort of forgot to return to her.

 

 

I've met several musicians/rock stars. And I once breakfasted in the same room with Omar Torrijos.

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I danced with Troy Aikman at a honky tonk before I knew who he was. He told me he was a Cowboy and I kinda snorted, looked around and said, "Who isn't?"

 

 

 

 

ROFL.

 

I used to work at a Victoria's Secret in Dallas, and he came into our store. I didn't win the race to wait on him, though.

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I was about 18, flying from L.A. to Toronto.

Since my dad was the captain aboard, I got seated in first class. During the flight, a small 'commotion'. Everyone was asking the guy next to me for an autograph. Hmm. Ok.. We'd been chatting for at least an hour, and I didn't know he was supposed to be famous.

Turns out he was an actor in a big TV show. But I never really watched TV. I didn't even know of his show! He told me he had been on Carson's show that week. Carson who? I had no clue! (was it Jimmy Carson? I'm not even sure! LOL)

 

Anyway, he liked that I didn't know of his fame, I guess, cause he asked me for my phone number. Wanted to take me out for dinner, etc.. I turned him down.

 

Still to this day, I have no clue who he may be.

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I used to work for IRS Records as an assistant to Miles Copeland, the founder of the co. and brother to Stewart Copeland, the drummer of The Police. This was after The Police broke up.

 

I met a lot of artists that way. I did meet Stewart many times -- each time more firmly squelching any crush I'd ever had on him. I also met Sting, who was just as I'd expected he'd be. I met Henry Rollins once then (I think he was still with Black Flag) -- he was very cool. I met all of the Go-Gos except Belinda Carlisle.

 

Hands down, the nicest person I'd ever met while working there was Ian Copeland, who was just a marvelously fun and lively person, but very compassionate at the same time. When I heard he'd passed away a couple of years ago, I really cried. He was the best of the bunch by far.

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