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What famous people have you met?

posted 4 years ago by Adam60z (3750)
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I've met quite a few at celebrity events and such.
Just a few:
Martin Landau.---2015 in L.A. I had breakfast with him and he was yelling at the waiter: "No good, no good, this egg isn't hard enough, I need a HARD boiled egg. Now PLEASE!" So over the top, obviously still acting. He was funny. Later he went outside for a smoke. I guess when you're in your 80s you can do whatever you want. But had he quit he'd probably still be alive.
Barbara Eden- 2014--Chicago-- Just asked how her dog Djinn Djinn was and stuff.
Ed Asner-2017 Chicago.-- Met him while he was eating lunch: a tamale. He's funny too.
A few others:
Chuck Negron (of 3 Dog Night)
Kim Darby
Lesley Ann Warren
Robert Clary (Lebeau)
And 1994: Jay Leno interviewed me in the NYC subway for a segment for the Tonight Show that never aired. I don't really like him anyway (he's not as bad as Letterman though, but so far below Carson).
1994-- Sarah Silverman in NYC before she was famous handing out flyers for a comedy club. I said I wasn't interested. Then she started a kind of comedy bit at my expense (if you know her type of humor). I should have gone, oh well.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

I was introduced to Johnny "The Wild One" O'Keefe in a NSW RSL Club back in the day. He was dressed in a bubble gum pink suit and didn't say a word.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Dave Matthews
David Crosby
311 (no p-nut)
used to get my herbals from bonz, stuck mojo
Iron sheik
Dusty Rhodes used to come by my work but he was an ass
Motocross- Kevin windham, Ricky Carmichael, chad reed
Webster was behind me at the bank once.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20477) 4 years ago

Webster? Do you mean little Webster? What was the name of the dad in that show?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Popinopalopagus.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20477) 4 years ago

Yes!

[–] Adam60z (3750) 4 years ago

Love David Crosby. Unfortunately his and Melissa Etheridge's son just died.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20477) 4 years ago

Oh, one other good one: at the end of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), the Truck driver who threw the wrench in Leatherface’s face was at Frightmare also. I got a cap from him that says Black Maria Trucking. 😀

[–] exithereplease (3553) 4 years ago

My stake to claim is D- material:

I once rode up an elevator with Bob Balaban in Las Vegas.

[–] micbarry (125) 4 years ago

Balaban is awesome. Nice!

[–] 102000 (6134) 4 years ago

I've been at cocktail parties with the following people:

Linda Evans
John Forsythe
Claudia Schiffer
Elle Macpherson
Hallie Berry

[–] Kawada_Kira (7269) 4 years ago

I've talked to George Galloway, the British politician, online. Well, exchanged comments is more like it; it wasn't a long in-depth conversation. He made a post about something, I commented something in response, and he replied to my comment and agreed with me. Unfortunately I don't remember what the subject was lol. This was several years ago.

That's about it I think. I don't live in an area where I would see well-known people face-to-face. I did once see a guy who looked exactly like Quentin Tarantino, but I'm... reasonably sure it wasn't actually him.

A friend of mine has seen Kim Jong Un in person though. Not met him exactly, they didn't talk, but he's seen him in person.

[–] Vastuntitled (5497) 4 years ago

I answered this with no names 2 months ago, just thought it was too many...

I’ll give details if kindly requested...

I probably missed some, but here”s what I remember...I’ll add if I remember more...

I don’t count sightings....I spoke to these people, some briefly, some were conversations...

Regulars/semi-regulars

Dustin Hoffman
Al Michaels
Roger Corman
Luke Wilson
Don Diamont -some soap opera guy
Judd Apatow
Robert Rodriguez
Reese Witherspoon
Angie Harmon
Magic Johnson
Tommy Chong
Michael Keaton
Michael Cimino - RIP
Charlie Steiner - sports broadcaster
Henry Winkler

Others I saw at least once

Patrick Dempsey
Ed O’Neill
Ray Liotta
Lionel Richie
Michael Strahan
John Larroquette
Julia Roberts
Ben Affleck
Neil Peart - RIP
Kamala Harris
Gloria Allred
Tom Hayden- RIP
Alyson Hannigan
Robert Downey
Gavin Rossdale
Natalie Morales
Jeremy Piven
Daphne Zuniga
Juliette Binoche
Todd Bridges
Robin Wright
Anthony Kiedis
Blythe Danner
Frank Luntz - political pollster
Chris Connelly
Jaclyn Smith
Clint Eastwood
Jimmy Smits

[–] Adam60z (3750) 4 years ago

Are you in the biz or live in Hollywood?

[–] Vastuntitled (5497) 4 years ago

No, I’m not in the industry...I live on the westside of L.A., I previously owned and operated a few businesses and they were customers...

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 4 years ago

How were your interactions with Robert Rodriguez and Michael Keaton?

[–] Vastuntitled (5497) 4 years ago

Rodriguez was cool, he was definitely a regular and loved his film magazines, and was quite the cook if his selection of food magazines was any indication....just a cool guy and a bit quiet, would talk if I engaged him a bit on his reading material...told him I liked his interview show “The Director’s Chair” on the El Rey Network (the shows with Stallone, Tarantino and Luis Valdez were very good) and he was appreciative, and always wore his signature black cadet hat...

I was hoping no one would ask about Keaton, lol....let just say, well, uh....I liked him in Mr. Mom....no, really, he was okay, but one time he may have been in a hurry and suggested he would be appreciative of some preferential treatment...No “do you know who I am” stuff, just mildly suggested he was in a hurry....other times he was fine, and other employees have told me the same, so maybe he was in a hurry that day....like it’s said sometimes, maybe it’s best not to meet your heroes, though he’s not a hero of mine and celebrities don’t do that for me, but you catch my drift....but Keaton did have a reputation around the village where my business was located, and some people at a local coffee store said he could be demanding or difficult, to put it kindly....such a nice, everyman type guy in some movies I like with him, just recently rewatched The Paper (1994), he was great in that flick...

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 4 years ago

Shame about Keaton. I guess people are people. No one has to be cool. It'd just nice to think an actor you like might be something like what ya see. Other than Batman, I've liked Keaton in pretty much everything he has been in. The Paper was great. Ever see his little cameo in Out of Sight?

[–] Vastuntitled (5497) 4 years ago

Yes, and thanks for reminding me...I’ve watched Out of Sight probably twice and it’s been awhile, time for a rewatch....

[–] jriley555 (7051) 4 years ago

dr. masters of masters & johnson
robin williams
elvin bishop
spent some time w/ antonio fargas (huggy bear)
ran into red foxx w/ 2 hookers at a diner in the ca desert
( he was tired, i left him alone)
a few of the st louis blues