Have you ever met a famous person?

bulldog

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Tell us who and where - and what did they say?

I was sitting opposite Jimmy Dean at the airport. He was reading a book with reading glasses, and when I looked at him in recognition, I smiled and he winked.

I also met Larry Hagman at the 1996 Olympics. He was on the tram with us at the Atlanta Airport. He had had his liver transplant, and was looking pretty healthy. He spoke to everyone who struck up a conversation with him, and I was behind him in line to check my luggage. Very likable and nice.

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zenfisher

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I met Tom Brokaw ..sold him some film. I met Ichiro, showed him a tripod. I met Bill Clinton at his book signing. I met Jerry Doucette waiting to be interviewed backstage.
 

Haggis McBagpipe

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I briefly met - and kissed! - Pierre Trudeau in '68... by 'meeting' I mean to say I was a Trudeau Action Girl and a part of the greeting committee sent to the Vancouver Airport when he arrived to town. We all had to wear our Liberal Action Girl uniforms (bright orange mini-jumper with white blouse and go-go boots). We stopped at McDonalds for lunch before arriving to the airport, and all the girls saved their McDonalds apple pies to give to Trudeau (I wonder what he did with all those pies), but only one in the group was a brazen enough hussy to actually grab a kiss. And damn, I am glad I did. :cool: :cool:
 

Ocean Breeze

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Some "famous " people I have met:

Nana Mouscouri, Harry Belefonte, Roslyn Carter, Margaret Mead, Bill Cosby, John Denver, Frank Sinatra, Ann Murray, Gordon Lightfoot. Andre Rieu, Pavarotti., Bryan Adams. and a few others that escape at the moment.

*met and shook hands with.


Would have LOVED to meet P.Trudeau. ( green with envy) :wink:
 

Haggis McBagpipe

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As a child, I also met the famous - or should I say infamous - W.A.C. 'Wacky' Bennett, Premier of BC (who officially referred to himself as 'Prime MInister' of BC). Only fellow BC mouldy oldies will recall that character, I suspect. Anyway, Trudeau trumped the hell out of that meeting.

Zenfisher, was Clinton as charismatic as I've heard?
 

I think not

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Re: RE: Have you ever met a famous person?

Haggis McBagpipe said:
As a child, I also met the famous - or should I say infamous - W.A.C. 'Wacky' Bennett, Premier of BC (who officially referred to himself as 'Prime MInister' of BC). Only fellow BC mouldy oldies will recall that character, I suspect. Anyway, Trudeau trumped the hell out of that meeting.

Zenfisher, was Clinton as charismatic as I've heard?

He was apparently to Monica Lewinsky :lol:
 

bulldog

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As I thought about it more, I remembered that I also spent a day with Jermaine Dupre, sat in his Bentley, met Janet Jackson - his girlfriend at the time. What a day that was!

Also, I spent a day with John Andretti and met his father and brother. Another spectular day at the Brickyard.

Bull Dog
 

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I lived with joe sakicks sister for like a day when i was younger. My mom's boyfriend is related to william shakespear and my grandfather was related to royalty
 

Extrafire

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Re: RE: Have you ever met a famous person?

Haggis McBagpipe said:
As a child, I also met the famous - or should I say infamous - W.A.C. 'Wacky' Bennett, Premier of BC (who officially referred to himself as 'Prime MInister' of BC). Only fellow BC mouldy oldies will recall that character, I suspect. Anyway, Trudeau trumped the hell out of that meeting.

Zenfisher, was Clinton as charismatic as I've heard?

I've also met the infamous W. A. Cecil Bennett when he was premier. Very outgoing, personable, and friendly, even to a peon like myself at the time. He quite impressed me, even though I didn't much like him at the time and wouldn't vote for him. I also met Phyin' Phil Galiardi about the same time. Didn't like him at all. Short little guy with an attitude. Had delusions of grandeur
 

Haggis McBagpipe

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Re: RE: Have you ever met a famous person?

Extrafire said:
I've also met the infamous W. A. Cecil Bennett when he was premier. Very outgoing, personable, and friendly, even to a peon like myself at the time.

Yes, actually, he was awfully nice... not nearly as kissable as Trudeau, though. :cool:
 

zenfisher

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Yes Haggis Clinton is extremely charisamatic. It was all I could do to hold Edge back from falling all over him. He seemed quite overwhelmed by all the attention.
 

GreenGreta

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Hey Zenfisher I was going to ask who Haggis Clinton was but instead I will ask who Edge is. You have mentioned Edge before. Just Curious
 

Dexter Sinister

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I met Pierre Trudeau. I was surprised by what a small person he was, I towered over him. I found him to be very personable, very knowledgeable, intimidatingly intelligent, and tough as Hell. Handshake like a vise too.

And I met David Suzuki. I was totally underwhelmed. Not a nice man, and I'll just leave it at that, the libel laws being what they are...

I met hordes of academics in my youth who were famous and highly regarded within their fields of expertise but pretty much unknown otherwise, with a few exceptions, because my Dad was one of them and he kept bringing them home for dinner. Generally, however, my life has not had famous people in it, and I'm not famous either, and as Martha Stewart (haven't met her either, and don't want to) would no doubt say, that's a good thing.

But I used to smoke with Ralph Goodale out behind a downtown office tower here. We made fun of Stockwell Day a lot.