Ever met, or know anyone famous?

**Big Rush** · 10-23-2002, 12:41 AM

i was talking to one of my friends the other day and it turns out he knows/has met several "famous" people....deion sanders, will clark, archie manning....i thought it was pretty cool...i've never met any famous people...the closest i have gotten was the lead singer of the band "flaw" and the guitar player for the band "3rd strike"....

**RON** · 10-23-2002, 12:55 AM

I've met a ton. Living in Cal its kinda hard to miss them. The most famous in my eyes was Bob Hope. Some others were Prince, Percilla Presley, Eazy E, Magic, Nicole Kidman, Elton John, Paula Abdoul (sp?) . I had a huge crush on Paula at the time too but I kept my cool. A ton more too. Weird Al was very cool too. We talked for quite a while. I almost got in a fight with Mr "Ice Ice baby" and a couple of his dancers. He's a punk ass. A few others but that gives you an idea

**RON** · 10-23-2002, 12:57 AM

BTW I'm not saying I know any of them. I've just met some ran into others

**RON** · 10-23-2002, 01:12 AM

His dancer was being a punk and he steped in. We were face to face bout to fight (him 4 of his dancers me and 2 of my bro's) and a couple of his people pulled them away.

**RON** · 10-23-2002, 01:26 AM

Jim Kelly is a God. IMO one of the best ever. I'm a huge fan. I grew up in L.A. a huge Bill's fan. Who would have guessed

**tt333** · 10-23-2002, 03:15 AM

Ive met just about everybody in the WWE. They always come to the gym to workout when there in town.

**palme** · 10-23-2002, 08:55 AM

Well dont know if you could call them famous. But i know the Swedish champions in boxing...they are aiming for Athens 2004.
Ive also meet a couple of Swedish music artists but not anyone in Vanilla ice´s leauge

**Big Rush** · 10-23-2002, 09:56 AM

Originally posted by Diesel
Let's see:

Played ball with Barry Foster (flash in the pan with Pittsburgh), Steve Atwater (All-pro Safety for Denver, now retired). I played against Troy Aikman in the Cotton Bowl, got a couple good shots at him.

Met Emmit Smith on vacation one year. He was in the house next door and invited my new wife and I over for drinks. Very nice guy.

Went to school with Aaron Lewis (lead singer for Staind). Dated Bridget Moynahan (The black hair bitchy one in Coyote Ugly).
Met the members of the group Korn, they were looking for weed. (No I don't sell weed or anything else)

Kid Rock, he is truly trailer park trash. (However, I still buy his records.)

There are more but these are the first that come to mind.

D

Diesel, you dated that chick from coyote ugly??? bro, i want some details on that shit...lol...i'll bet aaron lewis was a wierd mofo in high school

**Carlos_E** · 10-23-2002, 09:59 AM

I was friends with and hung out with Sean Puffy Combs in college. That was way before he became Puff Daddy or whatever he's called now.

I exchanged words with Julia Roberts. She was coming out of the Armani store as I was coming in and she bumped into me and spill coffee on my white shirt. She didn’t apologize or say excuse me so I called her a rude bitch. She just stood there and shrugged her shoulders.

**Epic01** · 10-23-2002, 10:25 AM

Just last weekend was hanging out at a strip bar in West Palm with my girlfriend and some other friends and met Kid Rock, he was in town for a concert. Seemed pretty cool he shook our hands and talked for a few minutes and then went off to the VIP room. Well then he sends over some dork to invite my girl into the VIP room but I'm not invited. WTF, I almost strangled his little piece of shit messenger.

**David B.** · 10-23-2002, 10:38 AM

Oh no, it's time for me to trot out my college story again.

It was October, 1974, I was a freshman living in the dorm at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. 1974 was a mid-term election year.

One Saturday morning I got up, stumbled across the hall into the communal showers, showered, and stumbled back to my room to dry off and get dressed. Suddenly there's a knock on the door, so I wrap the towel around my waist and answer, and there stands Bill Clinton with his hand out. He was running for Congress against a well-intrenched Republican incumbent. He asked me if I was registered to vote, and I answered "yes." He then asked if he could count on my vote in November, and I regretfully informed him that I was registered in another congressional district back home and couldn't help him. He shook my hand again and left.

So that's how I met Bill Clinton while soaking wet wearing nothing but a towel.

In my line of work as a live sound tech guy, I work with famous, soon-to-be-famous, and formerly-famous people all the time. A short list would include: Joan Baez, Ritchie Havens, Janis Ian, Richard Thompson, Frank Black, Henry Rollins, Leftover Salmon, Son Volt, Ian Moore, Chris Duarte, Johnny Winters, Soulfly, Puddle of Mudd, Three Doors Down, Alex Chilton, Monte Montgomery, Maria Muldaur, North Mississippi Allstars, Asleep At The Wheel, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Tone Loc, Pat Green, BR549, etcetera etcetera...

--dnb

**partyboynyc** · 10-23-2002, 10:40 AM

i'm not explaining every senerio.i'll be here all day.here's what comes to mind.
britney spears
nsync
pink
puff daddy
j-lo
damon wayans
micheal jordan
drea dematteo
james gandolfini
lauraine bracco
"pauly" forget his real name.whoops
"big pussy"
dominic chianese "junior"
eminem
d12
tyson beckford
jenna jameson
bunch of other porn stars who i have no idea who the fuck any of them were.i don't watch porn
shit load of playmates,again, no fucking clue who any of them were.one i remember was the only girl to pose in both playboy and penthouse.ooooooooo, so she's a career fuckign skank!!!!!
fuck i can't think.no one really sticks out.nothing impresses me so they are just liek normal perople to me.give me a few.my friends and family remember more of who i've met than i do,haha

**FaTbAcK** · 10-23-2002, 10:47 AM

Had good luck in this area:

I hung out more than a dozen times with:

DAve Williams (R.I.P.) - lead singer of Drowning Pool
Dimebag Darrell - Pantera
David Drainman - Disturbed
Lars Ulrich and the boys - Metallica
Jerry Cantrell - AIC

Went to a football combine and chatted with:

Al Davis
John Gruden
Bill Parcells
Bill Walsh

Caught a ball or 2 from Tommy Maddox, John Elway, Brett Favre, when I was little.

Played against Michael Vick, Josh Heupel, and the rest of the graduating class of 2001-2002.

Currently playing against the younger Vick and others......

I hope its not over yet.......hopefully you guys will one day say, HEy I knew him......

**woodsy169** · 10-23-2002, 11:23 AM

Well, I have met a couple...

Bob Barker, who I had wanted to meet since I was a little kid watching the Price is Right
Stone Cold Steve Austin, so happened he stayed in the same hotel we did when we were in NYC. Met him outside the hotel waiting for his limo, he is really a cool bro.
Played against Steve "Air" McNair when I was in college.
Gambled in Vegas with Dennis Rodman before he got thrown out for rubbing the dice on his nutts after he was told to keep the dice over the table.
Met Hulk Hogan and Brutus the Barber Beefcake at a company function.
Met Steve Atwater also and had him autograph two of his football cards for me.
That's about it...

**FaTbAcK** · 10-23-2002, 01:47 PM

I thought he went to school in Europe or am I off base here?

**trimunex** · 10-23-2002, 01:57 PM

My girlfriend is a 'professional' actor but that is all I'm saying for that!

Otherwise, my only .02 on this topic is .. move to NYC, everyone here thinks they're famous!

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**Butch** · 10-23-2002, 03:13 PM

Originally posted by trimunex
My girlfriend is a 'professional' actor but that is all I'm saying for that!

Otherwise, my only .02 on this topic is .. move to NYC, everyone here thinks they're famous!

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Yeah eat dinner anywhere in LA and and I guarantee you your waiter is a actor/actress...

I agree with Ron "living in the land of stars" you meet and run into a grip of stars.

For the most part they are cool...but some are real assholes...it's cool to hang with them...but in reality they are people just like us...my highlights are having a beer and speaking with my hero Ronnie Lott at a bar....playing basketball with Will Clarke and the Giants when he (Will)played for the giants....and Jenifer Love Hewitt...probably the biggest highlight...

**Big Rush** · 10-23-2002, 03:51 PM

god i'm such a bumpkin'....lol....i haven't ever really seen any famous people in person other than rock stars with thousands of other poeple seeing them as well...oh wait, when i was 10 yrs old i saw julia childs at the new orleans airport...lol

**King Samson** · 10-23-2002, 05:00 PM

I met and talked to Roy Jones Jr. at a Wal-Mart.

**kreper69** · 10-23-2002, 07:24 PM

i met a bunch of movie stars when i worked at the museum of modern art. lots of different bands, and i don't know if this counts but jon bon jovi lived like 2 blocks away from me with dave sabo.
i used to chill with bobby blitz, znd dd verni from overkill all the time
met pete steele, rob zombie, ozzy,rob halford, tom araya, phil anselmo, LOA bunch more.

**MR PHATT ASS** · 10-23-2002, 07:55 PM

some other names in WWF in early to mid 90's when i did my thing...and gotta a chance to meet and talk with JAMIE FOX in 2000. i was even at his house after a nite in the clubs in LA...very friendly guy and very down to earth.

**FaTbAcK** · 10-23-2002, 10:22 PM

Diesel, Im not doubting ya, somewhere I heard they were from Great Britain or some shit, STAIND that is.....I dont know, guess not, but I would considered Mass. in another world, lol, its so far away from where I am........

**Fooboy** · 10-23-2002, 11:32 PM

Disclaimer: I don't know any of these people personally. But I have met them, had a meal with them, or just "bumped" into them.

Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz at a spa in LA; lunch with Michael Douglas in Santa Barbara; shook hands with Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, and Steven Spielberg at the Vienna Film Festival (Cruise was not very popular at the time); Former President of Taiwan, PM of England Tony Blair at an informal diplomatic banquet in Shanghai - this I give credit to my grandpa, the Presidential dentist

; a bunch of people at concerts and benefits...but they don't count cuz i paid to see 'em. ooh yeah, lunch with Penny Marshall, Ang Lee, Chow Yun Fat, and Zhang Zi Yi. - One of my mom's best friends is famous producer and film critic, Peggy Chao. She hooked me up. hehe. Zhang Zi Yi is looking freaking good. She was in Crouching Tiger and Rush Hour 2...for those not knowing who the hell im talking about.

**Fooboy** · 10-23-2002, 11:35 PM

Originally posted by Canes4Ever2

Ahhhhh, Vanilla Ice.....he lives in Miami now and is a real estate agent. Lost all his money and had to get a real job finally.

Is that true about our old friend Vanilla???? HAHA...that's funny...and interesting

**David B.** · 10-23-2002, 11:58 PM

Originally posted by Canes4Ever2

Janis Ian -- "At Seventeen", I identified with this song so strongly when it came out.

Maria Muldaur -- "Midnite at the Oasis" one of my all time fav songs....

Janis Ian is a truly great lady, and a consummate professional. She really has her shit together. She knows what she wants, and how to get it. It doesn't hurt that she can sing, write songs, and play some mean guitar too...

Muldaur was a total primadonna, and her voice is pretty much gone.

--dnb

**kiro** · 10-24-2002, 01:26 AM

Originally posted by kreper69
i met a bunch of movie stars when i worked at the museum of modern art. lots of different bands, and i don't know if this counts but jon bon jovi lived like 2 blocks away from me with dave sabo.
i used to chill with bobby blitz, znd dd verni from overkill all the time
met pete steele, rob zombie, ozzy,rob halford, tom araya, phil anselmo, LOA bunch more.

hey kreper,
is Pete Steele a nice guy? Does he have anything to do with his music?
kiro

**Big Rush** · 10-24-2002, 10:50 AM

who the hell is Pete Steele?

**kreper69** · 10-24-2002, 04:54 PM

Originally posted by Big Rush
who the hell is Pete Steele?

lol he's the singer for Type O Negative. Kiro he looks alot bigger in person he's like 6' 6" don't know what he weighs, but he's a freak. he was cool to chill with, but yeh he was a little freaky like there music.

**Big Rush** · 10-24-2002, 05:46 PM

oh shit, hell ya typeO'negative rox....the dude sounds like he has 3 testicles or some shit

**rick1979** · 10-24-2002, 07:39 PM

Originally posted by Canes4Ever2

Ahhhhh, Vanilla Ice.....he lives in Miami now and is a real estate agent. Lost all his money and had to get a real job finally.

your a little misinformed bro, ice did a concert on july 4th. here in NC. He did a radio interview and said he his playing shows in small venues and still has more than enough money.

**bronzebeefcake** · 10-24-2002, 09:21 PM

James Brolin *sp*, Margo Hemmingway (just b4 she passed), Andre Agassi and just the other day "The Rock" in 24 hour fitness here....Well didnt actually get to meet him but did get to run on treadmill next to him LOL...

**kiro** · 10-25-2002, 12:42 AM

Originally posted by kreper69

lol he's the singer for Type O Negative. Kiro he looks alot bigger in person he's like 6' 6" don't know what he weighs, but he's a freak. he was cool to chill with, but yeh he was a little freaky like there music.

kreper,
thanx for the pic man,
Peet's the man
peace

**maguilagorilla** · 10-26-2002, 11:56 AM

i dont know anybody famous but i do know alot of wanted people! is that the same??

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ok off the top of my head

my hero JIMMY SNUKA thru the business and..

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