The most random celebrity you've met or have seen

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  • bigbadbill
    bigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    I was an extra on the movie Get Shorty in April of 1995, and I during the day I actually walked by Gene Hackman and shook his hand. You're not supposed to look at or communicate with the leads, but no one else was around/or paying attention. Oh, Danny Devito is very short, hence the title "Get Shorty."
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  • Jo
    Jo Posts: 2,098
    CJMST3K wrote:
    have had gwen steffani, bob weir, rob wasserman, kevin bacon, billy corrigan, james iha, d'arcy, tricky, bruce hornsby and more in my old minivan. other than that, have conversed either long or short or bumped into stephen tyler, howard stern, ben harper, ed ved, pj harvey' jennifer lopez, madonna, metallica, backstreet boys, dean butterworth, the state comedians, diana ross, and a bunch of others.

    Yea....well, is that all?... your one lucky Dude, or is it your just so cool to hang around? :D

    When I was 9 years old, I was a big fan of the British TV show 'The Professionals', and loved " Bodie" played by Martin Shaw.
    I was involved in a drama group and we were doing a show and donating money for Telethon.
    I met him in front of the cameras on live TV, and some girls with me told him I " LOVED " him, and so he singled me out of the group and I got to kiss him on the cheek.....on telly.

    So I'm guessing that's all the celebrity encounter I'm gunna get this life.
    Who else gets to peck thier hero on TV? :P
  • Got a hard hard head
    Got a hard hard head Posts: 638
    I met Ian Rush once - a legend!
    It's gonna be a glorious day...
  • Heatherj43
    Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    Joe Namath tackled me and I didn't know it was him until later. Long story.
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Met the Harlem Globertrotters as a kid...my mom still has autographs somewhere
    Interviewed Charlie Daniels....on the phone
    Interviewed Johnny Bench
    Interviewed...damn...can't remember his name.....played for Tampa Bay Bucs and was from Florida
    Met Carrie Underwood
    Met and drank a beer with Archie Manning
    Met blues-rock guitarist Corey Stevens and talked for quite a while....that's pretty damn random considering maybe two people here would know who he is....so maybe he doesn't count as a celebrity???
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

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  • 81
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    At our company outting, we ran into Bernard Berrian. He signed a bunch of autographs for people. I didin't ask for one since i prefer to leave peopel alone.

    Had dinner across the room from Brian Urlacher at Mortons.

    GF and I were strolling thru Ceasers in Vegas. Pete Rose was there signing. GF aslso noticed some rapper walking around(i forget who it was)

    Vedder sat a couple of suites down at wrigley from us. I didn't realize until later. Girl from the office got some pics with him.

    I suppose if hung out in the city more, i might see a few more. :lol:
    81 is now off the air

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  • Kidcloudkicker
    Kidcloudkicker Posts: 428
    I've run into a few random low level celebrities. Most have happened in Las Vegas. One time i was walking down the strip and literally almost ran into Ron Jeremy. He was wearing an unbuttoned Hawaiian-type shirt and track/sweatsuit pants and had some hot chick on his arm. I so wanted to ask for a picture but unfortunately I was with my mother and sister at the time and would have felt awkward explaining who he was.

    Then one time I was in vegas at the little outdoor cafe at the Paris hotel and Matthew Lesko walked by. He's the guy from the Get Free Stuff from the government informational. He also wears suits with question marks all over him. And he in fact did have a gray suit with questions marks on. Unfortunately, no one i was with knew who he was. Apparently, I watch too much tv.

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    One of my favorites encounters took place in a random restaurant bar type place near times square in new york. I was sitting at a table near the door with my back to the door. I hear the door open and hear a voice that is unmistakable. I turn and just over my shoulder in waks Beetlejuice from the howard stern show. It was hilarious but again the people I was with didn't really know who he was. He is even smaller than he looks on TV.

    Lastly, I saw Flavor Flav in the vegas airport a number of years back, and he was definately wearing his wall-clock necklace thing.
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  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    edited February 2010
    Jo wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    have had gwen steffani, bob weir, rob wasserman, kevin bacon, billy corrigan, james iha, d'arcy, tricky, bruce hornsby and more in my old minivan. other than that, have conversed either long or short or bumped into stephen tyler, howard stern, ben harper, ed ved, pj harvey' jennifer lopez, madonna, metallica, backstreet boys, dean butterworth, the state comedians, diana ross, and a bunch of others.

    Yea....well, is that all?... your one lucky Dude, or is it your just so cool to hang around? :D

    oh, I forgot Dave Matthews, Sonic Youth, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Elton John, Mean Gene Okerlund (and a ton of wrestlers), Vince McMahon, Sarah Brightman, Harry Connick Jr, Ricky Martin, Joe Pesci, Doug Pinneck, and Candlebox.

    Edit: Add Joey Ramone (reminded by the post below)

    Edit 2: I guess it counts watching Gene Simmons and a coworker having a heated discussion outside the backdoor of the Hammerstein, but didn't list it since I was just observing.
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  • markin ball
    markin ball Posts: 1,076
    Mike McCready on 16th Street in downtown Denver!
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    I'm not sure if it's random or not but I remember being at the Roseland in NYC back in the late 90s and Joey Ramone walked past me and my friends. That was pretty surreal.
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  • Hammerdonkey
    Hammerdonkey Posts: 550
    I touched George Harrison with my stomach as he walked past me at a funeral.

    Fuck all of you. I touched a Beatle.
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    My Beatles moment. Ringo Starr at a party, I was too shy to say anything, but I had this great old camera with him (it was my dad's) and he asked me about it and we had a conversation about my father's camera and I am such a moron - I DIDN'T take a photo.

    Living in LA you see a lot of 'em - most recent was Jaqueline Bisset at the dentist office. I don't know how old she is, but she looked great.
  • TK15685
    TK15685 Posts: 39
    Gene Simmons having breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel in NYC. He is very tall and oddly attractive. Very well groomed and seemed gracious and polite to the hotel staff.

    Best sighting...Sean Penn at Ed's acoustic show in Chicago getting in to his limo. Very gracious to those of us who said hello.
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    saw stone casually walking the street twice but im not sure he's a real celebrity ;)

    met jeff in a lobby


    i don't know why they always visit that same towns i'm in. weird.
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Work in midtown Manhattan and lived all over the city. Happens all the time.

    always in NYC and always running into them.
    Tim Robbins on broadway on my way to see SSSC.
    Mikee twice in San Fran (first china town then haight/asbury)
    Eddie in Darby
    sat with the strokes at the letterman concert
    ny ranger players all the time
    sat in front of Tom collichlio (top chef)
    ran into moby at a duran duran concert
    tim Robbins at a rangers game last year. We talked about Eddie and I told his son he was fucked up for grabbing Eds harmonica out of his younger brothers hand in jersey. (happened in front of my friend and I)
  • MrMerkinball
    MrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    I have been a hotel manager for 10 years now and I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of celebreties. In 2007 I was working at a 5 diamond hotel, and my job title was Director of VIP Services. Basically my job was to be the go-to guy for our VIP's and celebreties.

    I am not going to bore you with name dropping etc etc...but my absolute favorite story of all time (and one that I tell to my staff) is my encounter with Flava Flav.

    Mr. Flav was staying in my hotel and claimed he requested a 2pm wake up call which he never got, and he slept past 2pm and missed an event (was at Canadian Music Week).

    He came down to the lobby with his posse (about 10-15 huge dudes, and some nice looking ladies).

    In the middle of the lobby he was going crazy and his Posse was starting to yell at me as well.

    At one point (I swear this is true - you can't make this shit up) Flava Flav said to me "Do you know what time it is"? - I found this reaaly funny - because I think "Do you know what time it is" was a name of one of his songs.

    I responded by saying "yes, Mr. Flav, going by the time on the GIGANTIC CLOCK around your neck, it is 3:15. Maybe you should have set your alarm on that clock, and we wouldn't be in this mess"

    Most his entourage started killing themselves laughing, and one guy even said "Flav - you just got owned by that white boy". Then they all left.

    Swear to God - True story
  • Claireack
    Claireack Posts: 13,561
    Alvin Startdust
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    MrMerkinball wrote:
    I have been a hotel manager for 10 years now and I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of celebreties. In 2007 I was working at a 5 diamond hotel, and my job title was Director of VIP Services. Basically my job was to be the go-to guy for our VIP's and celebreties.

    I am not going to bore you with name dropping etc etc...but my absolute favorite story of all time (and one that I tell to my staff) is my encounter with Flava Flav.

    Mr. Flav was staying in my hotel and claimed he requested a 2pm wake up call which he never got, and he slept past 2pm and missed an event (was at Canadian Music Week).

    He came down to the lobby with his posse (about 10-15 huge dudes, and some nice looking ladies).

    In the middle of the lobby he was going crazy and his Posse was starting to yell at me as well.

    At one point (I swear this is true - you can't make this shit up) Flava Flav said to me "Do you know what time it is"? - I found this reaaly funny - because I think "Do you know what time it is" was a name of one of his songs.

    I responded by saying "yes, Mr. Flav, going by the time on the GIGANTIC CLOCK around your neck, it is 3:15. Maybe you should have set your alarm on that clock, and we wouldn't be in this mess"

    Most his entourage started killing themselves laughing, and one guy even said "Flav - you just got owned by that white boy". Then they all left.

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  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    LIVING IN NYC ..its more like who haven't we've seen


    however meeting stone and jeff in a nyc DANCE CLUB was pretty weird

    talk about outta place :lol:
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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Rick Mahorn from the infamous bad boy Detroit Pistons and the 76ers. Saw him just cruising through an empty mall in the middle of the afternoon one time while in college.
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