Have you ever met anyone famous?

Ok, sorry if this has been posted before....

Have you ever met anyone famous? I mean, have you spoken to a famous person for more than a few seconds? If so, who? How were they?

I must admit, the only famous person I have actually met was Boy George, at a book signing.

I almost met Phyllis Diller once, but my sister was driving and she wouldnt wait around.

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Brier Patch on July 22, 2008 at 8:37am: I had a few beers with Alec Baldwin several years ago. I taught at Southampton College and he was involved in teaching a summer theater course there. I was surprised at how funny he was (this was pre-30 Rock). He kept putting on different voices. But mostly he wanted to talk about environmental concerns in the Hamptons when he found out I was an environmental scientist.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on July 22, 2008 at 8:46am: I had a few beers with Alec Baldwin several years ago

Did he tell you how he managed to get so fat?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brier Patch on July 22, 2008 at 9:18am: Beers, scotch, and lots of Schweaty Balls.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by spiderpig on July 22, 2008 at 10:33am: LOL! I love that SNL skit (tied for favorite with the "More Cowbell" skit).

"Tell us about your balls, Pete!"; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The Real Uncle Bob on July 22, 2008 at 11:08am: I used to edit Fangoria, so I met too many movie guys to count, I was always annoyed that I never met Spielberg, though.

music guys I met just from hanging out in nyc------
David Johanssen before the New York Dolls (way before "Buster")
Johnny Ramone
Joey Ramone
Deedee Ramone
Pat diNizio & the Smithereens
Ben Vaughan (3rd Rock From the Sun twangy guitar theme)
Cheetah Chrome
Johnny Thunders
Richard Hell
Scott Ian & Anthrax
Sonic Youth
John Oates
Paul Schaeffer
jazz great "Philly" Joe Jones
Todd Rundgren
Jimmy Page
Paul McCartney
the Scorpions' bassplayer

the best musicians I knew never made it. Folkie singer-songwriter Todd Oza Kelley was too insane, once a year would smash his 12-string Gibson and not have the funds to replace it for months.

Jerry Bernardinello, a virtuoso technician who saw lead guitar as mathematics, and frequently helped the Dolls with their guitar playing, went back to college and became an economist,

Free jazz pioneer Giuseppe Logan, a reed player, pressed a couple of historic disks in the early 60s, then all the world lost track of him. I knew him for a while in the late 60s. still alive apparently.

Passed Bob Dylan in the street a couple of times
John Lennon and Yoko once. They smiled nicely at me.

I saw Ricky Nelson on Macdougal Street in 1967. His eyes were way dilated, and two friends were holding his arns as if guiding him. Seemed to be tripping.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Microwaved on July 22, 2008 at 11:11am: UB, I wish man, I really wish...

The next religion I'm starting is based on you.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The Real Uncle Bob on July 22, 2008 at 11:57am: Probably the sweetest celebrity contact I've had was with Kurt Vonnegut. He lived very close to Doubleday's office in NYC, and one of my first jobs in publishing was as a reader at Doubleday, where I also wrote paperback jacket copy. Vonnegut and I often passed in the street, and he couldn't have missed that I was always carrying a buttload of books to or from the vicinity of DD's offices. He would always give me a friendly nod as we passed one another.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by beeswax on July 26, 2008 at 11:12am: A neighborly nod from Kurt Vonnegut is better than a Christmas bonus. Nice perquisite.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Microwaved on July 26, 2008 at 4:35pm: I see a Hawkeye amongst us.

Does Gabe's Oasis ring a bell?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on July 22, 2008 at 11:13am: Jimmy Page
Paul McCartney

Wow! True Greatness! I'd be honored to shake your hand that shook their hands!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The Real Uncle Bob on July 22, 2008 at 11:32am: didn't shake Macca's hand. I was sharing an office with Danny Fields, and was kicked out so Paul could visit with Danny alone.

Danny and I were co-editors of a music magazine. Danny is a tremendously likeable guy, but the magazine failed because he kept undermining my efforts. Still, I can't gloat over his current troubles.

Others are certainly celebrating though ... Danny did have a rep for offering to help bands that would help get him laid (though the stories I heard did not suggest he was a pedo).; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by clockwork983 on July 27, 2008 at 8:25pm: I would probably make an active effort to remove the hand that shook Jimmy Page's hand, but don't worry Bob, I'm sure we'll never meet face to face...

*akward silence; ▶ Reply to This