Who's the most famous person you've ever met?

[CubsFan1982]

Me: Barack Obama and Ted Kennedy in Boston during the convention. I'd post the picture w/Obama if I remembered how I did it before.

If you have pictures with the celebrity, please post them!

edit: Figured out the pic. I'm on the left (obviously).

[livinginphotographs]

1. Jesse Jackson and Don Beyer.

I don't meet many famous people, so I'm probably the wrong person to ask.

Oh yeah, and I also met Pat Robertson once. Ugh. I was at work, so I resisted the urge to spit on his stupid ass.

[sweetladybug]

6. President and Mrs Al Gore & Senator and Mrs Joe Leberman

Ex Governor of Kentucky, Julian Carroll (actually he grew up with my mother and they are still great friends)

[livinginphotographs]

45. I did meet Gov. Martha Collins in when I was in elementary school

In Lexington. She helped to bring the Toyota plant over to Kentucky, and a lot of my friends were Japanese that came over to work for them. A good Democrat, she was...

[okoboji]

26. here's my three

Christine Lavin
Red Grammer
Randy Armstrong (from the group Do'a)

[Menshevik]

2. big dawg

in 1994 at a golf tournament..he was playing with George bush sr and gerald ford...what a group...lol

[redsoxliberal]

3. pedro martinez or dennis kucinich or john conyers.

[coloradodem2005]

4. Howard Dean, John Kerry, Wesley Clark, John Edwards.

[oregonjen]

5. John Denver-backstage after a concert in 1988 in Japan

Huge fan of his. Don't remember what I said to him, probably nonsense. Shook his hand and had a picture taken. He was a gentleman.

[two gun sid]

7. Timothy Leary

[miss_kitty]

8. Todd Rungren

but I did not do him or anything.

[JimmyJazz]

14. Sure you didn't!

:P

[miss_kitty]

23. actually, i didn't

he was quite the gentleman, as were his roadies, who got me drunk, then took me home. I wasn't even puking or anything

[XNASA]

145. I've met Todd too.

Had lunch with him in fact. Funny guy.

[miss_kitty]

154. His face was half painted blue

for some reason. They were looking to rent fishing poles because they were staying in the Edgewater Inn, home of the famous 'Mudshark incident' Zappa wrote and sang about.

[XNASA]

160. When I met him he was wearing sweats and looked like he just got up.

They had played the night before and he stopped by where I worked. We were a mixing console manufacture and Todd at the time had one of our consoles installed at Bearsville. He was shopping for a new one, which he did indeed buy.

We went out to lunch and talked about what options he was interested in, etc....

[miss_kitty]

162. i think he was extremely high when I met him

just a guess, though. :P

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

9. Bono

in 2001

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

108. or Willie Nelson

they're probaly about at the same fame level

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

109. or Bill Cosby

but I think he's level below them

On a related note, Jello Pudding Pops are being made again by Popsicle. Hallelujah!

[NightTrain]

10. Valerie Harper.

[NYC Liberal]

11. God only knows how many.

I did get to meet the Big Dog though!

[Leftist78]

12. Lots of musicians

but that's just part of being one

Greg Allman
Chuck Levell
Warren Haynes
Jay Farrar
every member of the (old) Marshall Tucker Band (they're from my home town)
Hank Williams III
Steve Earle
Ryan Adams
Derek Trucks
Susan Tedeschi

I'm sure there are others that I can't think of right now.
The one that will always be the most special to me is Greg Allman, now if only I'd gotten to meet his brother

[Floogeldy]

25. Same here

Huey Lewis, Brian Setzer, Michael McDonald, Steve Perry, Neal Schon . . .

[livinginphotographs]

48. Well if we're talking musicians...

I've met plenty of them.

The guitarist from Marilyn Manson (I think his name was Zee Zee or somethin, gave me a light)
Bruce Hornsby (a real prick)
The keyboardist from Aloha (we talked synthesizers for a little while)
Interpol (Nice guys, I even watched the bass player kick someone's ass at pool)
MC Chris (aka MC Pee Pee Pants from Adult Swim, and I have a picture)
The bassist for Gregor Samsa (you'll have heard of them in about a year, I guarantee it)

And I've met Nikki Giovanni, which was pretty cool.

Sorry, I thought we were just talking political people.

[Floogeldy]

54. Those people you mentioned aren't famous

Heh. Sorry.

[livinginphotographs]

60. Bah.

Sure they are, ya bastard.

[Floogeldy]

61. Well, maybe Hornsby

I know your photographs are great enough to make them famous.

[livinginphotographs]

135. Hornsby was a jerk.

He tried to sneak into the employees-only bathroom where I worked, and when we tried to kick him out, he got all I'm-a-rockstar on us.

Sorry, it said "Employees Only," not "Employees and Washed-Up Musicians Only."

Thanks for letting me share.

[pres2032]

13. you mean saw, or actually talked too, shook hands with?

I shook hands with John Kerry. I've also met Mario and Michael Andretti.

[CubsFan1982]

22. Let's call it within a 5 foot radius of.

nt

[pres2032]

28. haha, ok

then those three, plus Rick Mears and other Indy Car racers.

[regnaD kciN]

129. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel...

This was after their years as a duo, when they were doing a "meet-and-greet" for some Columbia Records reception in S.F. (which I crashed).

[CubsFan1982]

15. dupe

dupe

[Buck Turgidson]

16. Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, Diane Feinstein...

...together, on a dinner cruise on Lake Washington. Barbara is really short.

[Shredr]

17. Madonna

I was working security backstage at the AIDS Dance-a-thon in 1990. This scruffy little blonde with no make-up in a t-shirt and jeans shorts with no shoes came up to the woman next to me and just basically said, "Let me in." She didn't recognize her, so she said no. I looked over and saw it was Madonna, so I ushered her right to her dressing room. She said "Thanks."

[UrbScotty]

18. Jennifer Granholm

On her third day as Governor of Michigan.

[two gun sid]

24. That is cool.

I really like Jenny. She has done a hell of a job in my opinion. Engler and the repugs left her with a damn mess. I voted for her and I will vote for her again.

[LynneSin]

19. Political: Howard Dean, Non-Political: Rich Gannon

Met Howard Dean at a Private fundraiser in Philly. No one warned me he was only 5'8 and I showed up with 3in heels (I'm already 5'10")

Rich Gannon is from the Philly area and use to be a regular visitor the hot spot du jour out in the suburbs back in the late 80s. Actually would hang out with him and drink, but at the time he was like a backup backup QB for Minnesota.

[Shredr]

20. Oh, true story...

I sat next to Ah-nold at a fancy Beverly Hills salon, 2 or 3 years before he ran for governor, while he was getting his gray chest hair dyed. I didn't really meet him, though.

[merh]

198. He dyes his chest hairs?

My god, what an ego!

[LSdemocrat]

21. Al Gore

[Feathered Fish]

27. Juliette Lewis or Geddy Lee

depends on your opinion of 'famous'.

[CubsFan1982]

29. Pro sports, federal politicians, actors, musicians, the like.

Obviously not your local state representative or your cable guy who also has a band. :P

[NoSheep]

143. At first I thought you weren't sure which one of them you had met...HAH!

[jdots]

30. I met Barney at a kid's birthday party

it was strange,he went to his car and drank from a paper bag .

[CubsFan1982]

31. That must've been an eye-opener for you.

:D

[Thor_MN]

32. I exchanged smiles with the Duchess of Marlborough

Circa 1982, as she took a child out of the restaurant in the castle at Disney World for the third time. I had no idea who she was at the time, but I noted that she seemed for some reason, very refined and Britsh - just an impression that I had. I was quite surprized to see them later in the day as the Grand Marshalls of a parade, where I found out who they were.

[jilln]

33. Alicia Silverstone, Elton John, James Cromwell, Rikki (read on...)

Rocket (Poison), Linda Blair, Tom Scholz (Boston), Susan McDougal, Paul Watson (Sea Shepherd), Bobby Seale and David Hilliard (Black Panthers) and Howard Lyman (dude who got sued with Oprah).

[Blue_In_AK]

34. Jerry Garcia n/t

[Dervill Crow]

35. I need to get out more.

Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders and Warren Entner and Rob Grill of the Grassroots.

God, I'm old. That was like 40 years ago.

[TOhioLiberal]

36. Mostly Trek related...

...and mostly just getting autographs. I shook Jimmy Doohan's hand when he was here for a Convention in 1993. Nice guy, signed autographs until everyone who wanted one got one.

[sleepyhead]

37. Barry Scheck.

(His wife is a client). I also got within handshaking distance of Spiro Agnew once (our high school band was playing at the dedication of our new airport and he was officiating) - declined to shake his hand though.

[sundog]

38. Tracy Chapman, Cheech, Debbie Harry, Danny Glover

working at Whole Foods in Pacific Heights, SF was definitely a cool experience :7

[shesemsmom]

39. Lucky You I love O Bama

I guess mine would be Don McLean * American Pie* a few Governor's and Senators, Congressmen. But Don is my pick

[CubsFan1982]

43. That was the highlight of my whole trip.

This was at the post-convention party for the Illinois delegation, just after John Kerry finished his acceptance. He walked in and me and my whole College Dems contigent bolted across the ballroom to get pictures. And not two months later, I met Obama again when our College Dems chapter hosted a press conference for him on campus. That was awesome, we had 300 people packed into the room to see him and ask questions.

[shesemsmom]

63. I would love to talk to him

why can't Indiana have an Obama?:shrug:

[CubsFan1982]

72. We're just lucky, I guess.

:D

[eyesroll]

40. Hmm...

Politicians: Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards, Russ Feingold, Herb Kohl, half of Wisconsin's Congressional delegation (three D, one R) and all of its constitutional officers, Rep. John Lewis...

Others: Michael Moore, Alton Brown

I'm probably missing somebody.

[Carni]

41. The singer from the counting crows

Is he even famous anymore? In any event I met him.

[JimmyJazz]

42. I changed my mind...I don't wanna tell.

[AuntiBush]

44. Lucky you!

I remember as a child meeting Barry Goldwater. Don't ask. My family just wanted me to touch someone "famous," for whatever it was worth. I forgave them in my adulthood.

[WindRavenX]

46. John Kerry (twice)

He loved my Boston College Superfan shirt :evilgrin:

[CubsFan1982]

51. I've got a Kerry story.

There were about 85,000 packed in the streets for the October rally in Madison, WI, and initially, I was stuck in line waiting to get into the rally. Well, I met up with these UW-Madison guys behind me who were going to try to sneak over to a friend's apartment.

Basically, we're one block over from the street where the stage and everything is, and the apartment house is on the street, about 100 feet to the left of the stage. So we start to cross, get stopped by a plainclothes Secret Service guy, turn back, then when the dude's not looking, run like hell to the house.

We made it to the top floor and watched the rally from the balcony. We saw Dave Grohl and Springsteen play, which was awesome all by itself. After the rally was over, me and the other 20 or so people on the balcony started screaming for Kerry to look up and wave at us. As he made his way toward us, we kept screaming louder and louder and waving our placards. Finally, he looked up, made eye contact, gave us a huge grin, pointed at us, and waved. We went fucking nuts!

After that, when Kerry was getting ready to get on the bus, we raced out of the house, past the quarantine area where they had the Young Freepers penned in, and hugged the police barricade trying to get Kerry to come over. We kept yelling and yelling, and Jim Doyle, the Governor of Wisconsin walks by. I yell out, "Hey Governor Doyle!" He looks at me with a smile on his face, and then I yell, "Could you bring Kerry over here?" and he shoots me this death glare. That was hilarious. Kerry waved and called out to us, but his Secret Service detail wouldn't let him come over.

Anyway, that's my long-winded Kerry story. :D

[WindRavenX]

55. OMG

AWESOME.
I would've KILLED to see The Boss with JK!!!:hi:

[CubsFan1982]

57. It was FUCKING AWESOME!!!!

I believe you folks in Boston would've called it wicked pissah. :D

[WindRavenX]

58. hahah

I don't say "pissah", but I do say "wicked" like every other word :hi:
I'm originally from Jersey- yo!

[CubsFan1982]

59. Hell, I was only there a week...

And people told me when I got back I was speaking with more than a hint of a Boston accent. Figure that out!

Jersey, eh? That explains the MFYankees flag on your sig line. No sane Bostonian would be caught dead, even on the Internet, with anything Yankee-related! :D

[WindRavenX]

62. Damn you man!

You will bow down to the MF Yankees!
BOW DAMN YOU!!!
This is the year the Empire Strikes Back!

[GalleryGod]

68. I'm Bettin NORTH Jersey

was your former zip code?

Above Exit #10 ?:toast:

[WindRavenX]

103. Fort Lee baby

BERGEN COUNTY REPRESENT!!! :bounce:

[CubsFan1982]

69. Never!

2000!

2000!

2000!

:evilgrin:

[WindRavenX]

104. I WENT To the 2000 WS

Game 1. Bleacher seats. Fuckin' SWEET!

[CubsFan1982]

105. Never been to a World Series.

Duh, look at the screen name. But I'd sure like to. Hopefully to one with the Cubbies in it, sweeping four straight from the Yankees. :D

[WindRavenX]

106. You know

Being swept in the WS to the Cubs would have been highly, highly prefered to what happened in the 2004 ALCS x(

[CubsFan1982]

107. Hehehehe...

We'll try our best to make that happen for ya. :evilgrin:

[Withywindle]

110. OMG! I was at that rally too! I probably saw you, 'cause

I got into the press pen section 'cause the friend I was with shoots concert pics for Billboard and other places and made up some cock and bull story about a piece they were doing on rockers in politics, etc. (Actually he did get some good Bruce shots and sold 'em, so it turned out true after the fact). (I work for a certain venerable fishwrap weekly and probably could've done something similar but I was content to be the +1 this time.)

The man himself (Kerry, I mean) passed within three feet of me by some freak of fate. He smells nice.

[CubsFan1982]

111. I was on the left hand side of the street.

In the house on the corner. You probably heard (if not saw) us toward the end of the rally. :D

[Withywindle]

113. Left facing which way, silly?

Towards the capitol? I'm sure I looked straight at you. I was even up on the press riser behind the stage for a little while until the "real" journalists showed up and kicked us off.

[CubsFan1982]

115. Left, facing away from the Capitol.

I was probably looking right at you at one point. Saw Brokaw and John Nichols of the Nation up there, too.

[Lorien]

116. Jimmy Carter, Kerry, Gore, Michael Jackson

lots more, but It's time for bed so I'll leave it at that. :hi:

[Liberal In Texas]

47. Many, many over the years.

Off the top of my head in no particular order (and apologies if I murder anyone's spelling)...
George McGovern
Gerald Ford (VP)
Ross Perot
Russell Means
Dick Cavett
Jerry Lewis
Ed McMahon
Garrison Keillor
Chip Davis (Fresh Aire)
Carl Sagan
Vincent Price
Arthur C. Clarke
Isaac Asimov
Clive Cussler
William Condon
Gordon McCrae
Gary Busey
Lorne Greene
Harold Sakata (Oddjob-Goldfinger)
Bill Daily
William Shatner
Marcia Wallace (Newhart)
ooh, and edit for Ann Richards (super person!)
...and a host of others, sports figures, musicians, journalists...

(from a long career in TV)

[driver8]

49. Slash from Guns n' Roses

I used to work at a recording studio that Guns n' Roses used a lot. Slash was in working on his Snake Pit album for a few weeks and we got to know him pretty well. He is very down to earth and one of the nicest people I ever met.

One night, Slash and his bandmates brought a couple of strippers back to the studio. One of them tried to drink with Slash and got hammered. She is laying on a couch and she starts to puke. I grab a trash can and put it by her and Slash is worried about her hair getting puke on it, so he is holding her hair. I thought, "If my friends could see me now...they will never believe this story."

When Slash finished recording, he was getting ready to leave and was saying goodbye to everyone. I stuck out my hand and he grabbed me and gave me a big hug. He said, "I'm going to miss you guys!"

[MrScorpio]

50. This archived thread tells my story

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2384824

[bearfan454]

52. Luis Aparicio

at White Sox Park. A LONG time ago.

[Amaya]

53. Robert De niro

my son played with his sons at a playground once. Very very nice man.

[frogbison]

56. The Happy Warrior

Hubert H. Humphrey, and lawyer Gerry Spence. (Not at the same time.)

[no name no slogan]

193. My great-grandfather used to know HHH

My great-grandfather ran for city council in Minneapolis a couple of times in the 30s-40s, the same time HHH was around town. In fact, my grandfather used to get Christmas cards every year from HHH until HHH passed in 1978.

I myself have met a bunch of Minnesota politicians, including Paul Wellstone (worked on a campaign w/ him in 1988), Mark Dayton (met him in '88, working for Dukakis), Skip Humphrey (HHH's son), and Martin Sabo (D-MN 5th). When you work on campaigns, that just sort of happens. :dunce:

I've also met Mike Dukakis a couple of times, and most recently had the pleasure of hanging around with Dennis Kucinich several times before the election.

In fact, here's a photo of me and the Kuch taken last February at when he was in Minneapolis:

[Shopaholic]

64. Maya Angelou, Stevie Nicks, and Vanna White

How's that for diversity?

[PartyPooper]

65. I met Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody!

:D

:hi:

[immoderate]

66. Andy Warhol, Nelson Rockefeller, David Dinkins, Bob Graham.

In college, I performed with Joe Morton and Susan Sullivan. Over the years that I lived in New York I was active in arts and performance. So, if you twist my arm, maybe I get to drop some names.

People I spent some time with either performing or as a writer/photographer or hanging out:

Elvis Costello, Jimi Hendrix, Dizzy Gillespie, Sun Ra, Bonnie Raitt, Greg Hines, Art Blakey, Clark Terry, Billy Crystal, Martin Mull, Athur Taylor.

Penn Jillette, George Wendt, Norman Mailer, Ray Davies, Joe Cocker, Van Morrison, B.B. King, John Sebastian.

[Bombero1956]

73. mostly sports related

Dale Earnhardt Sr.
Dennis Eckersley
Jim Rice
Carl Yaztremski
from Godsmack Sully Erna and Tony Rombolo
Bill Cosby
Bill Elliott
Steve Park
Matt Kenseth
Willard Scott
Cam Neeley
Kyle Petty
John Kerry
Ted Kennedy
Joe Namath
The Three Irish Tenors Anthony Kearns,Finbar Wright and Ronan Tynan
Caroline Rhea

[GalleryGod]

67. Bobby Kennedy,Ted Kennedy,Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter

and I escorted Catherine Oxenberg to the premiere of "Hoffa" :bounce: where I had a long chat with Kevin Costner and Mrs. Costner #1:evilgrin:

[CubsFan1982]

71. Dayum.

I'd definitely take the first four you mentioned. What a lineup!

[ornotna]

70. Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely , Butch Hancock.

Ronny Elliott and Phil Esposito.

[TahitiNut]

74. Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Margaret Thatcher, Gerald Ford, ...

... Soapy Williams, Walter Reuther, and I was a sideboy for JFK.

[CubsFan1982]

76. Wow.

What were the circumstances for the royals and JFK?

[TahitiNut]

90. I was a cadet at the US Coast Guard Academy.

Summer training cruise to Edinburgh, Antwerp, Canary Islands, and back to the US. It was the Fourth of July in Edinburgh which coincided with the Trades Festivals, so the Queen and the Prince were in residence at Holyrood Castle. Phillip reviewed the ship and stopped to ask me some questions. (Thankfully, I could answer them. He knows his sailing ships. It was the USCGC Eagle.) We were invited to Holyrood for a reception and went through the receiving line. Thus, the Queen.

Nearing the end of the cruise, en route from Antwerp to the Canarys, we received a radiogram from the White House that JFK wanted to review the ship. (Coincidentally enough, I was standing watch that night, so I got to wake the Admiral and give him the radiogram.) So, we got back a bit early (with a whole lotta preparation) and docked at the Navy Yard in DC. I was the last sideboy on his left.

Gerald Ford was in a rope-line. Margaret Thatcher was outside 10 Downing Street. (Governor) Soapy Williams and (AFL/CIO President) Walter Reuther were family friends.

(She didn't have the racing stripe when I was on her. The Eagle, not the Queen.)

[Left Is Write]

75. I've met a lot of famous people. Hard to say who was the "most famous."

Most of them were country music stars.

[HEyHEY]

77. Warren Moon

[pres2032]

78. most members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra

I saw them live twice and got their autographs both times. the first time, I had a conversation with the keyboardist and founding member on the possibility of beethoven's last night. The second time, I had a conversation with one of the singers about fighter jets after he remarked that he liked my blue angels jacket.

[koneko]

79. a few

Brian Setzer in 92 backstage @ a concert in Japan

James Spader (he has a house in the town next to me)

Christopher Reeves (he also had a house in the town next to me)

Sam Waterston (he has a house in my hometown)

David Duchovny & Tea Leoni (she has a house a couple of towns away from my hometown)

Geraldo Rivera in my hometown (he has a house in the town next to me)

[yellowdogintexas]

80. Al Gore (before he was famous, and later when he was just

getting to be well known, but not famous yet)

and Former Speaker of the House of Representative Jim Wright, who goes to my church so I manage to see him several times a year. He is a dear sweet man, I just adore him.

Oh Yeah, I met Earl Scruggs many years ago when I lived in Nashville. He is also a very nice person.

I got to shake hands with Ann Richards once too.

My ex husband went to grad school with David Stockman, and I met him once or twice.

[MissMillie]

81. Yes

I won front row seats to their concert last May. Here's my sis and I with the band.

[progmom]

82. Jesse Jackson, Amiri Baraka, Ella Fitzgerald, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis

Dizzy Gillespie
Sting
Henry Rollins
Loretta Lynn
Joss Stone
Jeff Daniels
Kevin Bacon
Sally Ride
Sheri Lewis
Peter Paul & Mary
Sarah Vaughan
Lionel Hampton
Wynton Marsalis
Debbie Stabenow
John Engler (blech)
k d lang
Bob Mould
Ray Davies
Chris Isaak
Stevie Nicks
Olsen Twins
Kenny Rogers
Joan Jett
Dionne Warwick
Judy Collins
Rickie Lee Jones
Barenaked Ladies
Diana Krall (aka Mrs Elvis Costello)

many many more, which I am sure I will think of once I hit the post button...

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

84. Courtney Love.

[pres2032]

86. wow! do you live in hollywood?

[progmom]

89. nope !

I just used to get out a lot more before I had a kid. :)

[pres2032]

94. haha, lucky you

the only ones i've met are those that either are literally my neighbors (Mario and Michael Andretti) or have come to my area (John Kerry, the Trans-siberian Orchestra)


edit: add Governor Ed Rendell, who came to my college town and then to the campus.

[blonndee]

83. Matt Damon, in an airport bar. n/t

[kiraboo]

88. *sigh* lucky you! n/t

[yvr girl]

85. Princess Diana

She had an enormous head - it was huge. I'm surprised her neck could hold it up.

[Susang]

87. Chris Farley vomited on me

Or at least he tried, my reflexes were far better than his and I was able to get out of the way. :D

I've met a lot more famous people than Farley, but vomit always makes the people look. }(

[immoderate]

93. Fine example of negative name dropping, Pay attention, everyone!

Excellent work Susang.

--IMM

[Susang]

102. And every drop a truth.

Why bother with the good stories? Nobody wants to hear those! :evilgrin:

[immoderate]

123. I know it hurts sometimes. Like Roger McGuinn hates me!

(If he remembers me.)

--IMM

[Susang]

163. Doesn't hurt me a bit

In fact, I'm rather proud of that little story. Though my friend has a much better Chris Farley vomit story that involves psychedelic mushrooms. Now that's a story about vomit! :D

Don't feel too badly about Roger McGuinn. Tim Allen hates me, and probably doesn't remember me either. Hmmmm, I guess the comparison isn't really quite fair, is it?

[immoderate]

166. Seems fair enough to me.

Anyway, I'm not too terribly upset since most celebrities are best admired from afar.

--IMM

[mitchum]

91. Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby

[CubsFan1982]

95. What brought them into your path?

[Penndems]

92. Nice photo! O.K., here goes:

Former Presidents Clinton, Reagan and Carter
Former Vice President Gore
Senator Gary Hart
The late Robert Matsui, Congressman, California
The late John Kennedy, Jr.
Senator Ted Kennedy
Former Attorney General Janet Reno
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich
Former Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary
James Carville
George Stephanopolis
Mike McCurry
Richard Clarke
Elliott Richardson
Strobe Talbot and Lawrence Eagleburger, former Deputy Secretaries
of State
Chuck Robb, former U.S. Senator
Jim Moran, Congressman, Virginia
Northern Virginia Democratic members of the Virginia House
of Delegates
Governor Mark Warner of Virginia (he was running for the Senate at thet time)
Former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Don Beyer
Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania
Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll of Pennsylvania
The late Rajiv Ghandi, Prime Minister of India
Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.
The late King Hussein of Jordan
Warren Christopher and James Baker III, former Secretaries of State
Richard C. Hottelet, former U.N. correspondent for CBS News
Numerous foreign correspondents of major U.S. media outlets

. . . and so on and so forth.

[CubsFan1982]

96. That's impressive!

[Penndems]

97. But I haven't met Senator Obama, and you have

Now THAT'S impressive!

[CubsFan1982]

98. Nah, that was luck more than anything.

The trip to Boston fell into my lap, and I happened to be friends with his field director where I am, so we got him at my college. Pure luck. :D

[Kire]

99. Tom Hayden sat around "jawing" with us College Dems, for over 2 hours.

Founder of the Peace Corps, ex-husband of Jane Fonda, state legislator in California. All around cool guy.

He was great just to sit and jaw with. He's got some great stories about Martin Luther King, Jr..

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

100. Many musicians but most famous was George Harrison

He was buying a guitar he used to own back from a friend who was a collector.

[Sgent]

101. I've actually met the following

Woopi Goldberg -- My dad did summerstock 30 years ago with her male lead in her recent Broadway play. When we saw the play we went backstage and had coffee with him (and her).

Adam Corrolla -- Me and and buddy were walking around during Mardi Gras and stumbled in the the W Hotel Bar to relax. He was there (king of one of the floats). The three of us actually proceeded to get drunk and hit on chicks...

Guy who was Bill Cosby's dad in "The Cosby Show" -- was at my University doing a poetry reading. I used to hang out at the bar which was located in his hotel. He came down later that night and had some drinks, signed autographs, etc.

[sakabatou]

112. Darth Vader's VA

forget his name though...

[intheflow]

114. Bob Weir, Joan Baez, Helen Hunt, John Cryer, Arlo Guthrie, Dan Wasserman

I met Bob Weir b/c my friend's friend is his brother, so we got backstage passes once.

I dated a guy who worked camera on a Joan Baez concert documentary, so got in backstage there.

I met Helen and John when we were all child actors in NYC.

I met Arlo Guthrie when I worked at a PBS station that produced a concert of his.

And I met Dan Wasserman when he was a guest on some news program at that same PBS station.

[DemBones DemBones]

126. Love the cartoon! It's oh, so true,

take it from someone who taught biology for years.

[Fed Up]

117. Baseball players, Jerry Garcia.

I didn't really meet Jerry Garcia, but I was standing at a concert and he was standing around 10 feet away (not on the stage) with other people. I wouldn't have known what to say anyway.

Baseball players I've talked to personally were Tony Kubek of the Yankees, whom I ran into on a street corner. He was then the NBC baseball analyst.

[MrSlayer]

118. I guess the most famous would be Bill Clinton.

But I have met a few movie stars and more than a few rock stars.

[drumwolf]

119. I've met several celebrities while working at Tower Records.

I've personally rung up purchases for Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich of Metallica. Ulrich was pretty uptight about people approaching him because of his celebrity status, but Kirk was more relaxed. I've also met Danny Glover too.

When I was working at Tower in NYC in the mid-'90s, Rush Limbaugh and Mayor Rudy Giuliani both used to come and shop in periodically, and I dealt with both of them. Neither of them were actually unpleasant individuals to deal with in person. Giuliani was kind of stiff and uptight, but still polite nonetheless. Rush was actually kind of shy and went out of his way not to attract any more attention to himself than he already did.

Oh, and my sister's roommate during her first semester of freshman year at Tufts was the daughter of Rita Moreno. According to my sister, Rita's daughter was a slob, but they got along okay. They split up the following semester, not because they didn't get along but because they were friends with another set of roommates who didn't get along. I met Ms. Moreno briefly when we helped my sister move in -- she was nice enough, just another normal college student's parent as far as I could tell.

[Hardrada]

120. The Democratic Candidates before the Iowa Caucuses

Numerous senators and congressmen, poet Robert Bly (who critiqued one of my poems), Ted Berrigan, Jack Vance (SF writer) and Fred Pohl (who wrote an intro to one of books),Julius Lester. I sat two rows back for a Martin Luther King. Jr speech in Miami in 1961 but was not alert enough to go up and get his autograph. (some folks did).

[Withywindle]

121. Allen Ginsberg, John Cage, Michael Moore, Ray Davies, Clive Barker...

Michael Moore was the commencement speaker when I graduated college in '92. (The film department was the biggest graduating class that year, they won. :)) First time he'd ever been asked to do it.

The others were in various contexts over the years.

Also tons and tons of indie-rock musicians of various levels of fame, 'cause that's connected to what I do. The most famous ones now are surely R.E.M., though they weren't that famous yet when I (briefly) met them.

[MnFats]

122. Mick Jagger, Jerry Garcia, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Also: George Plimpton, James Cotton, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee.

[chicagojoe]

124. Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick,

and Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath.

On edit: I almost forgot about J. Dennis Hastert. He's a prick, but I put that aside when I met him, as it was at a wake. He's a family friend of some in-laws. I actually thought it was good of him to show up.

[maveric]

125. JFK, but I was 4 and dont remember. I do remember meeting Popy bu$h.

In 1979 when he was campaigning against Reagan in NH. His handshake was limp, cold and clammy.

[hfojvt]

127. does it count that RFK came to my hometown

I am pretty sure I saw him, but I only remember waiting in the crowd, and of course he did not "see" me. I should ask if my older sister remembers being there.
Depending on your view of fame, I had lunch with Bill Dugger, and saw Marc Tool, Walter Neale, and another economist/author whose name escapes me. Professor Coen, father of the infamous Coen brothers signed my minor program.
I got an autograph of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for my brother's birthday present, and I have a picture of me with Michael W. Smith and Kathy Trocolli.
I played intramural college football and Randy Brewer was on the other team (is he famous? He is over seven feet tall and played in the NBA for a time. Imagine the fun we had trying to guard him). I went to grade school with a guy who played quarterback for the NY Giants (okay, he was a scab during the strike season). Also went to school with a guy who was on the US olympic team in 2000. As far as famous atheletes, I have a cousin who did the Ironman race in Hawaii twice. If she is not "famous" I think she ought to be.
Politically, I have met Tammy Baldwin, Tom Vilsack and Kathleen Sebelius. Dale Schultz too, although since, happily, he lost to Ron Kind, he is non-non-non famous. We went to DC in 1974 and went to Senator McGovern's office, but I do not remember if he spoke to us.

I guess the short answer would be Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

[kayleybeth]

128. Bill Clinton. n/t

[ronzo]

130. Colonel Sanders.

You've heard of him, right?

[CubsFan1982]

168. The KFC guy?

Of course!

[ContraBass Black]

131. Edwards, Clark

During their primary season appearances at VT and Radford.

[Freebird12004]

132. Donald Trump ~ before he became " the Donald"

way back in 1972

[Brewman_Jax]

133. Wally Amos

yup, the cookie guy. He's really nice in person.

[HughBeaumont]

134. Geddy Lee (Rush), Mick Foley, Les Claypool

but not all at the same time. Also met Jeff McInnis, Drew Gooden (Cavs) and Plaxico Burress (Steelers) outside of Gund Arena. Zydrunas Ilgauskas of the Cavs lives like, just down the street from me.

Lots and lots of musicians as well . . . Scott Ian, all the Nuclear Assault guys, Mastodon, Billy Milano, Hank Rollins, Kerry King from Slayer, High on Fire, etc.

Also saw Mo Rocca in our area at the Inaugural parade.

[sniffa]

136. jeff gannon - and he didn't Leave marks

onLy impressions.

[dr.strangelove]

137. Politics: President and Senator Clinton, Entertainment: Howard Stern and

Business: Bill Gates

[Goathead]

138. Harry Connick Jr, Angie Dickinson, Bob Woodward, Martha Quinn

Harry and Angie were staying at a lodge I was working at in Wyoming. Harry, I said 'hello' to in the mens room, Angie I actually had a long conversation with. Bob was staying at the lodge with the governor of West Virginia at the time and their wives, seemed like there was some weird stuff going on there, early morning, going from room to room in their underwear kinda stuff. I have also been to a Phish show with Justin Henry, Oscar nominee for Kramer vs. Kramer, he was also in Sixteen Candles, my best friend from childhood went to college with him.

[FarLeftRage]

139. Ozzie Osbourne

and the rest of the original members of Black Sabbath and all of the guys in Blue Oyster Cult(Eric Bloom, Allen Lanier and others)...

I had backstage passes that Donald Roser(sp?)AKA Buck Dharma's Aunt gave me for the 1979 "Black & Blue" Tour in Pittsburgh...

Met the roadies, the groupies and others... it was interesting.

[fit4life]

140. Ray Liotta & the members of Quiet Riot

I met Ray at a restaurant here in Springfield (his brother-in-law owns it if I'm not mistaken), and I met Quiet Riot in Peoria. I never realized how tall Kevin Dubrow was until then. I'm 6'5" and he made me feel like a runt!

[mondo joe]

141. I gave Howard Dean a tour of my non profit - Patty Murray too

The best thing was bringing my kids down to work to meet Howard Dean!

[Bertha Venation]

142. Rodney Slater, Tom Siebert, Ben Ginsberg, Penny Marshall

Slater: Former Secretary of Transportation (Clinton)
Siebert: Former Ambassador to Sweden (Clinton)

My favorite of these four: absolutely no queston, Secretary Slater. What a guy.

Amb. Siebert got me some GREAT tix to Angels v. Orioles at Camden Yards.

Penny Marshall is a cool cookie. Met her after a preview of "The Natural."

[AngryAmish]

144. Ditka or Arnold Palmer

Many many pro golfers.

[XNASA]

146. Ali.

nt

[almostfamous74]

147. A whole lot of them

I have met a large number of people over my short 30 years...Many were due to working at 2 different Hollywood studios...Here's a list off the top of my head.
Sir Paul McCartney
Sir Elton John
Harrison Ford
Mark Hammill (shopping for pasta at the Malibu Ralph's!)
Bill Clinton
Steven Spielberg
Eddie Murphy
Beck
Bill Gates
Will Smith
Don Knotts
Nancy Reagan
Vince Vaughn
Ah-nold
Tom Cruise

I'm sure there are more but I can't think of them now...

[LoZoccolo]

148. Ron Jeremy

He signed my copy of Porn Star. I told him that the first porno movie I ever saw had him in it, and he reccomended another installment in the series, even describing what the cover looked like so I would recognize it.

[Mr. McD]

149. More infamous than famous

Jim Jones. :shrug:

[midnight armadillo]

150. Noam Chomsky

Even shook his hand, it was after a talk he gave in Boston a few years ago.

[Skidmore]

151. Molly Ivins....

a great lady.

[eek]

153. only counting folks I have actually spoken with

U2 (various times)

William S. Burroughs (been to his house)

Allen Ginsberg (several times)

Brian Eno (he was in my office! sat in my chair! played with my rubber band ball)

Kevin Spacey (talked about theatre for about 10 min)

REM (a couple of backstagey things and talked to Buck about jewelry whilst at a end-of-tour party)

Wesley Clark (at a Q& A. sked a question on-air then talked tto him after. Fell in love.)

Howard Dean (made a Dr Is In banner for a pridefest parade. he said he hoped I'd use it often)

Derek Jacobi (he was so nice. had just seen him in Uncle Vanya. Met him again at some weird reception)

Alan Rickman

Lotsa other British stage folks that mean much to me but are not "famous" famous unless you are a theatre geek

Julian Cope (*huge* deal to me but you either care deeply about him or have no idea who he is)
Bowie
Iggy
Joey Ramone -friend of friends
Jim McNeil (McNeal-Lehrer)
Patti Smith
Elvis Costello
Billy Bragg (he let me and my friend take his hotel room since we were at this folk-music festival in Belgium and had nowhere to stay. he bunked in with another bandmate. Bumped into him and band pover the years)
Richard Thompson (several times and once saw im in his underwear when we popped backstage to say hi)


Wow - I should appreciate my life more. Fun to think of this stuff in a clump rather than randomly.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

152. Jay Z/Thurston Moore

I worked on the crew of a hip-hop movie right when I first moved to NYC. It was being directed and produced by Damon Dash, Jay Z's producer.

I got to meet a bunch of celebs working on it, but the biggest was definitely the very last day of shooting when the Hova himself dropped in to say hi to folks for about 10 or 15 minutes.

Unfortunately, the movie was never released, so I never got to see my name in the credits. :-(

Shortly thereafter, I was working in the Rare Book department of a bookstore when Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) dropped in to get some things (rare stuff of film/art/etc.). I ended up helping him and sharing an elevator down to the cashier/payment area of the store. Very friendly and VERY tall.

[loudestchick]

155. My favorite was Bill Clinton while he was governor of Arkansas--Others

Dolly Parton
Jeff Foxworthy
All the members of INXS
All the members of Sawyer Brown
Don Cheadle
Hillary Clinton
John Ashcroft (EWWWW)

[x-g.o.p.er]

156. Hubert Humphrey and Carl Eller, former Vikings player.

And Keshia Knight-Pulliam of the Cosby show.

[Lavender Brown]

157. lionesspriyanka and liontamer

:)

[huskerlaw]

158. Sandra Day O'Connor...

John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry.

Non-political: Most of the cast of Days of Our Lives

[Emops]

159. John Glenn

I was in DC on a ROTC trip and he agreed to meet us, since we were from the Dayton area. Man, I miss having a respectable Democratic Senator.

I've shaken the hands of John Kerry, John Edwards, Wes Clark, Al Sharpton, Colin Powell (back before his "war criminal" days) and Pete Rose. Also, at a Yes concert last year, Jon Anderson came down into the audience, and he gave me a high-five.

[Mrs_Beastman]

161. Annie Sprinkle and George Voinovich

[dryan]

164. King Hussein...

President and Mrs. Carter

[CubsFan1982]

165. More famous people...

Non-political include:
Sammy Sosa
Mark Grace
Andre Dawson
Jackie Chan

Political:
Dick Durbin
Richard M. Daley
Russ Feingold
Herb Kohl
Gov. Jim Doyle (Wisconsin)
Gov. Rod Blagojevich (Illinois)

There's some others I can't think of off the top of my head, but I'm loving all these answers! Very eclectic group!

[GCP]

167. Richard Nixon

He and Pat used to hand out favors at Halloween when they lived in Upper Saddle River in NJ.

[brentspeak]

170. We used to go to Bowie Kuhn's house in Ridgewood on Halloween

former MLB. But it was always someone else at the door.

[GCP]

182. We lived in Ridgewood for 14 years

I never knew where Bowie Kuhn lived!

[brentspeak]

183. The very,very end of N.Murray n/t

[B Calm]

169. Dick and Jerry VanDyke

[CatBoreal]

171. I nearly knocked...

Walter Koenig on his but at Toronto Trek VII.

He's really short.

[4_Legs_Good]

172. Michael Jackson at the jury selection...

which luckily I got out of!

Well, I guess I didn't actually meet him, though he was there in the courtroom.

david

[radwriter0555]

188. I worked with MJ for 2 months while he rehearsed for a tour in

1992.... I held his hand a couple times a day leading him from cue to cue.

He's the least of the lot really... you just can't imagine.

[Padraig18]

173. Paul Simon and John Malkovich

[New Earth]

174. I met 311

i know SOME people have to know who they are.....they are my favorite band of all time and i met them back in um.....'95 or '96, i forget what year it was....

and if anyone here can guess who this is (also from a band) i will give you a cookie:




ps) i was really drunk and i look like shit, so don't look at me, look at him!

[SmileyBoy]

175. Walter Mondale

I met him at my little brother's old junior high before he was about to perform in a band concert. Walter said his granddaughter was playing in a basketball game in the other gym.

I was ecstatic when I met him, but tried to stay cool, and with a calm demeanor. I met his son Ted, too.

[hippiechick]

176. Several , mostly politicos ,,,

Al Gore
Hillary Clinton
Howard Dean
Evan Bayh

The Unknown Comic
Chuck Mangione
Eric Heiden
Ray Lamontagne (Will be famous soon)
The Violent Femmes (Before they were famous)

[trof]

177. Jimmy Carter, I guess.

[hfojvt]

181. I had a friend who said she went to a Habitat groundbreaking

and was standing right next to him without even knowing it. She said he did that alot, which makes me wonder if he was at the one I went to in Lincoln, Ne and I never knew it.

[SmileyBoy]

178. Here's a list of the others:

Rich Gannon
Mike Tice
Kevin Garnett
Flip Saunders
The entire band of "Trapt"
Kirby Puckett
Cris Carter
Carl Eller
Jim Marshall

And there's still more I can't think of this moment...

[Bzzzz]

179. Baby Face (Kenny Edmonds)...

sat next to him on a delayed flight from Chicago to Indy (what an absolute sweetheart and gentleman), Bill Russell(very distinguished), and Birch Bayh (I sang to him when I was 6 years old).

[da_chimperor]

180. Two of the members from CCR, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford

Didn't meet John Fogarty though, but from what I heard about him from the other two guys, I wouldn't want to meet him either. Very cool guys. :D

[CBHagman]

184. Shook the Big Dog's hand.

I didn't get introduced, though. It was the dedication of the site for the World War II Memorial, and there was a crush of people seeking handshakes.

I've met lots of authors and media types due to my job. Molly Ivins, for instance, who is just as warm, brassy, and funny as you would dream she is.

On edit: I also have met at least one Cabinet member (Donna Shalala) and a number of politicians, including new DNC Chair Howard Dean!

[Carson]

185. Ken Keasey nt

[luvLLB]

186. Los Lonely Boys..

They were really nice to me and my kids

[Nailzberg]

187. I have a few famous friends.

And I've worked with many other famous people.

I've worked in politics and television, so I could fill sheets with the people I've met through work. I also did concert security when I was in college, so there are tons of musicians I could name, too.

The thing is, there is no awe of "celebrity" because these people are my friends or people I either worked with or worked for.

I think the only person I met during work that awestruck me was Paul McCartney. I worked on his tour DVD. But there was a very unprofessional moment when I met him were I just starred. I mean, the guy is a friggin Beatle!!

[radwriter0555]

189. I used to run into Julian Lennon all the time with various other

miscreants I was running the streets with. The son of, you know? SO I know.

Met Jane Fonda last week on a movie shoot actually. LOVELY woman, I just didn't know what to say to that icon of all modern women... **sigh** She looks fantastic!

[Xithras]

190. Most famous? Probably Michael J Fox, but I've met many famous people

I've met: Patrick Stewart, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Michael Dukakis, the Governator (back when he was just an actor), Gary Condit, Tony Coehlo (old time Dems should remember him from the 80's, and younger Dems should remember him as one of Al Gore's campaign advisors, but I dated his neice for a while), Margot Kidder, and a handful of others.

Oh, and I once had lunch with Gray Davis (with about 10 other people).

Edited to add: I can't believe I forgot this one! I've met George Lucas three times, I know his sister on a first name basis, and I once turned down a job offer from him to work at Skywalker Ranch.

[baba]

192. Hey, I met Patrick Stewart too!

He is probably the most famous person that I have met. As far as the most famous political person-Gary Locke, governor of Washington until recently.

[Xithras]

195. I met him while they were filming Star Trek: Insurrection

Many of the outdoor mountain scenes in that movie were filmed around Mammoth Lakes California in 1997, and I happened to be over there hiking while they were filming. Stewart, some of the film crew, and a guide were apparently going to do some hiking themselves when I met them in while getting some supplies in the town.

Interestingly, I also met Gropenator while hiking, but I bumped into him as he was hiking with a group on the JMT south of Yosemite. That was back in his Terminator days when politics wasn't even an issue.

[baba]

201. Cool!

I met him in a Hollywood pizza place. I didn't recognize him at first, but my friend did. She was so excited! He was very nice.

[VelmaD]

191. Lady Bird Johnson...

Barbara Jordan and Ann Richards. I met them all while I was at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT. All great women. :)

[drm604]

194. Probably the overall most famous were

Penn and Teller. It's not hard to do, they like to hang out in the theater lobby after their live shows to meet their fans (at least they did back then, I'm not sure what they're doing these days). I told Penn how great the show was and he seemed extremely grateful to hear it: "Thank you. Thank you very much". I got the impression he wasn't pleased with that particular performance for some reason. So I guess I made his day!
Politically, the most famous I've met is Joe Hoeffel but overall he's probably not as well known to the general public as P&T.

[Logiola]

199. Wesley Willis: not most famous, but most memorable

Wesley Willis..

He was sitting at a table eating bananas and milk.. he even gave people head butts..

[madinmaryland]

196. Christopher Shays

at the norwalk oyster fest and at the train station several times.

Al Hunt from the capital gang.

John Anderson, presidential candidate in 1980.

James Lovell from Apollo 13 (not tom hanks).

Arnold and his wife getting onto an elevator as i was getting off it (he was short).

[merh]

197. John Grisham -- and he is gorgeous!

He is so good looking, I couldn't speak when first introduced to him!

I also went on a boat trip to the barrier islands with Ralph Waites in the '80s. (Dad on the Waltons)

I don't consider politicans I have meet to be famous or worthy of including in this post. (Mississippi politicians :puke:)

On Edit: Texas politician that I met and spoke with was John Connally. He was such a gentleman and even though he was reluctant to discuss Nov. 22, 1963, he did tell me he did not believe the lone gun theory.

[coreystone]

200. Gary Hart, Beau Bridges, Angela Lansbury, Liona Boyd,......

When I was very young, my father was head of the music department in a small Vermont college. He contracted the performers for what was called the "Celebrity Series". Giuseppe DeLuca, the Metropolitan Opera's Baritone was the first, though I have to say that my "how dee doos" were from my mother's womb. :-) Over the course of the 12 years that followed, there were others, but, I was too young remember their names.

Later, in the early seventies, the group Aerosmith used to play 5-6 night gigs at the local "bird and bee". This was before they made it to "big time"! I still can remember drinking $.50 Budweisers on a Sunday night listening to many of the songs which would be premiered on their their first album. So add those guys.

In the early eighties I was working as "night auditor/night manager" in a Burlington, Vermont hotel. When Senator Gary Hart of Colorado was testing the grounds for a presidential bid, I met him as he was checking out of the hotel on a very dreary morning. At the same hotel I met Beau Bridges at about 2 AM as he was checking in after a "night in downtown Burlington"; its a party town with the U of VT. I never asked why he was there, but, I still wonder wonder sometimes.

At the same hotel in Burlington, there was a Christmas movie being produced. I can't remember what the name of the "for TV movie" was, but, one night Angela Lansbury approached the "front desk area" with a reasonable, but, quite understandable agitation regarding the failure of the hotel to repair the telephone service in her room. The service had been dysfunctional for several days. So....I let her into the office area to allow to use the phone to call her husband located in England.

I wish I had had the opportunity to have met Giuseppe DeLuca! My father is a baritone and briefly studied with DeLuca in 1949, when he had performed at the college. It was his last performance, as he had died about a year later. He gave my father an "A+", and said, "You sing'a just'a like me". That is the only one that I really wished that I had met.