Jul 22, 2008
Ten-Word Tuesday.
By the way—do you know who this is?
On Sunday morning in a diner in San Francisco, this man was interrupted while eating, and he was asked to stand and pose in a photograph with three artsy types in their mid-twenties.
This excited Bossy to no end, since she is something of a celebrity whore. And as luck would have it, Bossy was seated only one table away from this famous person and watched the whole thing unfold.
Bossy happened to be in the perfect place at the perfect time because she was in the middle of consuming a plate of grease with some grease on the side. She had gone out to eat with several blogger friends, such as Mocha Momma and her daughter and Her Bad Mother and Redneck Mommy and Assertagirl and Mimi on the Breach and Motherbumper and Dirt to Dish.
Which is what today’s ten-word challenge is all about: In exactly ten words, can you please tell Bossy about a celebrity encounter you had—or someone you thought was a celebrity but wasn’t?
Because the man pictured here? He wasn’t anyone famous. The artsy twenty-somethings asked him to pose because they thought he looked like Jimmy Fallon if Jimmy Fallon were playing a man in a diner eating a burger with a fork.
Yeah.
In San Francisco. Saw Tommy Chong. Was some other stoner.
A two-fer, Ritz Carleton, best friend’s bridal shower: Sean Penn & Tim Robbins.
(Sean Penn is really tiny and Tim Robbins is really really tall. I think they were filming Mystic River at the time. And a certain someone who I won’t name had her jaw on the floor after seeing them.)
Michael Keaton of Batman fame at the time. Totally nice.
Stephen Hawking once ran over my foot with his wheelchair.
College: Invited Guster home for post-concert party. They came.
At Cesars in Lake Tahoe – a friend and I were playing slots and Bruce Willis was playing blackjack not even 10 feet away from us. Casino security wouldn’t let us get any closer than that though
Little Richard went by me on one of those golf carts at the airport once. By the time I thought, “I think that is Little Richard,” he was gone.
Kinkos 6th Ave, Deacon from King of Queens…
Bubby’s one Saturday John Stewart and family.
On movie set with Oprah. We are on Screen together.
Not one celebrity ever! Boohoo!!
Universal Studios Orlando, OH WOW, YOU’RE HIM – um, The Commish!
You know, one of those really awkward moments when you know you know him, but his name will not come out? Michael Chiklis.
Red Sox Game, Kevin Millar, so sweet! Pics prove it!
Blake Shelton, fellow okie, at a local press event.
BTW, Jimmie Fallon, really? Cause I was so thinking it was Pee-wee Herman.
Outdoor market on Maui Stephen Tyler of Aerosmith – the dude is seriously short and thin.
At a conference, I met this woman named Bossy.
And it was AWESOME.
Me, USN petty officer, stationed with USN Lieutenant, Montel Williams.
At a conference, I met this woman named Bossy.
And it was AWESOME.
Knocked over in New York by fast walking Eric Roberts.
Yes, my guess was Pee Wee too!
Ran into Spike Lee on the street in NY. Literally.
How in the world does that guy look like Jimmy Fallon? Whatever.
Did meet Tom Cruise once. He’s short.
John Cusack. Late 80’s. Nightclub. Wasn’t hugely famous yet. Nice.
hassler hotel, rome: tomkat, suri: didn’t pay for my $26 kir royales
Met John Ritter when I was five, don’t remember though.
Yelled at Dr. 90210. Met Dr. Baily from Grey’s same day.
(Dr. 90210 was an ass. He kept standing right in front of me… not a good idea when I am the lifeguard at the pool. Dr. Baily was super nice and smaller than she looks on tv)
Too many to list! A sampling:
Spalding Gray
Michael J. Fox
Billy Dee Williams
Harry Belafonte
Robert Redford
Julie Harris
Bob Dylan
John Gotti (for realz)
On my honeymoom. OJ and Nicole, before he killed her
#1
Art Linkletter said my folks
would know who he is.
(I was a Brownie, on a trip to Hersheypark, and he was there for some reason, signing autographs. We were all, whatever, the grown-ups say he’s famous, here, please sign this!)
Live in the middle of Nebraska. Nobody famous comes here.:(
David Duchovny. When he liked living in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Asked OJ a question after he was aquitted. He’s GUILTY.
Thought it was Tom Selleck. Swooned. It was Mark Malone. Sad.
OK – that’s 11 words, but the sad part was important.
I swear in the mountains outside L.A. Jay Leno brokedown.
Me: nobody
Hubby: lots (he worked security for Clinton’s inaugeral party in LR and had the misfortune of having to deal with Barbra Streisand)
Ron Howard’s brother in elevator at horror convention with husband.
Ran into Eric Wedge. Coaches the Cleveland Indians. Go Tribe.
William Fichtner tried to take me home in the 90s.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001209/
Keifer Sutherland, Atlanta, said “you look very lovely tonight”
Miss Cleo (“psychic”) – told Olivia: “always listen to your mother”
John Travolta. Malibu 1978. Filming Moment By Moment with LT.
Sat next to Rodney Dangerfield at Ceasar’s Palace Pool. WRINKLY!!!!
Hallie
http://wonderfulworldofweiners.blogspot.com/
President Clinton. Oval Office. 7th grade class trip. Took pictures, shook hands, no Monica.
Jason Alexander from Seinfield. For real. Was working in Yellowstone.
Terence Trent D’Arby in elevator at Peabody Hotel – not tall.
John Michael Montgomery, company picnic, drove him on golf cart
Anthony Hopkins smiled. I ran from Cartier on Rodeo Drive.
Had dessert with “Weird Al” Yankovic at Independence, MO Shoney’s.
Jon Bon Jovi handed me bottle of Jack. Only 14.
Garth Broks, Troy Aikman(danced with him at a bar), Clint Black, Brooks and Dunn (Dunn licked my friend’s face. Gross.) And, no, I’m not a country music fan. Go figure.
Pilot nephew flies celebs often. Confidentiality agreement keeps him mum.
Jon Stewart after children’s theatre performance in Tribeca. He’s Hot.
Cashiering, I yelled at Bjork, “Ma’am are you gonna pay?”
10th grade, circus of the stars. Malcolm-Jamaal Warner. NICE.
Recently was fortunate to meet Michelle Obama. Lovely, articulate, TALL.
Live in LA so way too many but some good ones:
Julia Roberts (2X)
Dustin Hoffman (2X)
Courtney Cox
Ashley Simpson, Pete (whatever his name is)
David Arquette
Nicole Kidman
Eddie Murphy
Ringo Starr (last three in the same restaurant at once!)
Btw, those people in the diner needed glasses – JImmy Fallon? Jeez.
REM in the famous restaurant NOLA (get it, New Orleans, LA) .
Only ten words?! I live in Los Angeles so I can’t play this game today. BOSSY would check her comments and I’d still be answering three days from now. Celebrities are everywhere out here.
I am my own celebrity. People recognize someone I am not.
…. my degree is not a mathematical degree either!
Worked next to four seasons Philadelphia – Madonna, Genesis, Duran Duran…
Does “seeing Melissa Joan-Hart’s shoulder at Disneyland (‘99)” count?
Patricia and Rosanna Arquette at Billy Bragg concert, very petite.*
*This was about 20 something years ago, and I was a smallish zygote smuggled in my cousin’s pocket, as I was soooooo under age (maybe). Those two sisters were so petite, I swear they were pixie chicks. Oh, and oh so beautiful….
Watched Don Dokken concert with hair band Warrant when 13.
Found Kiss’s hotel at 13 and got autographs.
Played remote race cars with Morbid Angel, same day.
On Oprah at 19, telling teens to wait for parenthood.
Photo taken with Ron Jeremy; met some less famous pornstars, too.
Met Blue October a few months ago with my son.
Helped Monica Lewinsky when I worked at Barnes and Noble.
Waiting at intersection, made eye contact with TINY Patrick Swayze.
AND…
Richard Simmons. LAX. Fro? Check. Tiny shorts? Check. Tanktop? Check.
Dinner ‘with’ Alan Alda and Cate Blanchett. Bob Geldof didn’t book and was turned away. Bwahahahahaha.
totally thought that was Paul Reubans AKA PeeWee Herman.
still totally think it looks like him.
Pretty sure I saw Ghengis Khan at Starbucks. Not him.
In a bar, Woody Harrelson asked me, “how you doin’?”
Ted Nugent sans guns, bullets, bows, arrows.
Hardware store. Texas.
I met Elvis Costello. I told him he smelled good.
Met Tim McGraw, got invited to Tug’s in Philly. YES WAY!
NYC…stopped to buy bandaids in drugstore…saw Smokey Robinson.
Chicago…went to Oprah taping…front row seat…within inches.
LA…Rod Stewart…parking lot..I waved…he waved back.
I think the guy in the photo is Sammy Pep, son of Moe Pep who is the middle guy in the pep boys ad. As for famous people, the only ones I met that I really liked were,
Robin Zander from Cheap trick who let me put my beers on his tab in 1977 in a philly bar, and DR J (julius Erving) who paid me the biggest compliment on my honeymoon by telling me he liked my black Chuck Taylors.
Steven Tyler( we got our one year chip together) and the rest of Arosmith. Angelina Jolie ( I knew who she was but yelled hi Julia and She gave me the finger.)
Ted Kennedy at my uncles party on Cape Cod (no he didn’t leave with any young women)Bill Clinton on the golf course on Marthas Vinyard(He was shooting 200 under par). Gordon Clap from Hill street blues( I dated his sister) Danny Del Rossi a famous DJ from Texas. Babe Ruth( no wait that was an acid flshback) Never mind…
Chicago…Oprah taping…front row seat…she stood by me.
LA…Rod Stewart…parking lot..I waved…he waved back.
NYC…stopped in drugstore to buy bandaid…saw Smoky Robinson.
I waited on Jerome Bettis. He’s on my laminated list.
One summer at Telluride Bluegrass festival I met:
Johnny Cash
Lyle Lovette
David Crosby
Michael Learned hit me with her purse. Not on purpose.
My mother and I got drunk with Pat Paulsen once.
Met Goo Goo Dolls Lead Singer in Airport, drooled lots.
1999, student & barista; spill
D.V. Dyke’s coffee, say “ohhh Rob!!!”
I lit Sharon Stone’s cigarette. Only my friend recognized her.
Spoke with Richard Burton before seeing him perform in Equus.
Joe Theisman bought me a drink in LA last weekend. But I didn’t realize it was he until I was flipping channels in my hotel room at midnight and saw him on an infomercial.
True story! And he was a guest at the same hotel. I checked.
Mexico resort: Dennis Rodman, Angie Everhart, Corbin Bernson, Mark Curry.
(They were filming “Celebrity Mole: Yucatan.”
It really messed with our vacation! We didn’t see the others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mole_(U.S._Season_4)
Drew Barrymore thought SHE knew ME.
I let her.
Oh, and I waited on both Robin Williams and Ricki Lee Jones once (not at the same time).
Marched with Gloria Steinem, met Will Ferrell. Prouder of Gloria.
Bill Murray, on a flight to Minneapolis. Don Ameche, Scott Valentine, Easy E in LAX. Sat next to Jesse Ventura on the night he was elected Gov of MN.
Also, attended junior high with Melissa Joan Hart. Before “Sabrina.”
Met Johnny and June Carter Cash ….saw John Boy (from the Walton’s) on the street in NYC
I met this blogger once who looked just like me.
(But with better skin. And skinny arms.)
(The extra words don’t count when they are in parenthesis.)
Seated by Kelly McGillis in her restaurant in Key West.
Sat on Billy Joel’s lap when I was only twelve.
Melissa Etheridge, NYC backstage after her show at the Beacon.
Skeet Ulrich dropped off his twins in person every morning.
Al Pacino’s too old to have a kid that young.
Kate Beckinsdale is not quite as pretty in real life.
Michael Chiklis is as tall as he seems on tv.
(I worked at a camp that catered to kids of rich people, could you tell?)
rose mcgowan on my flight from la to austin – not happy she had middle seat
Brought Hootie & the Blowfish beers during local gigs-before they were super famous (I was 14)
Partied for a week in the FL keys with Mr Jimmy Buffet (college buddy lived next door)BEST SPRING BREAK EVER!
Christopher Reeve just after Superman came out. Still my hero!
Ha! I totally see it. Jimmy Fallon, with a receding hairline and mustache. What ten words? Oh right.
Saw Lorie Morgan flashed her panties, but we didn’t meet.
Robert Goulet misheard my name. He called me Duckie. Sigh.
Read Cool Broads act like Sammy Hagar in an airport.
http://www.thatcoolbroad.com/2008/04/14/cool-broads-act-like-sammy-hagar/
xoxo
tcb
Was extra in movie with Robert Forrester and Richard Roundtree.
(In Ref: Mike Delfino’s dad on Desperate Housewives and Charles Deveaux on Heroes respectively, as well as a very long list of movies.)
Madness dad knows Arnold Swartzenhoweveryouspellit .. and Bossy has commented at the MadLands.
P.S. Thank you for the HAIR SHOT FINALLY.
Love,
Madness
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Asked hockey player to autograph player card…that wasn’t his.
Silly Bossy! That’s Sonny Bono, can’t you tell?
Grumpy Sean Penn chain smoking on a non-smoking patio.
My coworker made out with half the Padres team members.
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Mistook Orson Bean for Hugh Hefner. Could happen to anyone.
high school: part of panel interviewing Jimmy Carter on TV
Adam Sandler at country club where I used to work.
(His parents were members so he was there now and then…)
Got Hooters (band!) autographs after concert in 1985 age 12.
Ani DiFranco at Osaka Sushi, Buffalo, NY. Super nice.
Brian Keith ran up to me asking what flight I just got off in MIA.
Sat next to Dick Enburg on a CLE-DFW flight in the early 1990’s…he got drunk, very entertaining to watch.
George Strait when I was young and immature!
Captain Kangaroo,signed autograph, Fabio, signed autograph, Jason Gedrick, nothing!
(Captain Kangaroo when I was six, in Minneapolis, Fabio in LAX, leather jacket, no shirt, 10 years ago – ugh, but my friend Ray almost died – Jason Gedrick in a car on Wilshire, he revved his engine while looking over at us – exciting!!
And then he turned…rats.)
Oh crap – forgot Dennis Miller and Dana Carvey – both short.
I kissed Jimmy Osmond on the cheek at a concert.
We saw Carrot Top in LAX. He’s cut. Who knew?
Met Chris Matthews at my old job. No different IRL.
Jon, Kate, plus 8 showed up at our playground Saturday.
http://flickr.com/photos/exase/2660891899/
I see handsome and famous every day. Good morning mirror.
You were the only celebrity I met this last weekend.
Kevin Spacey and Lawrence Fishburne in Vegas playing blackjack: cool.
(I’ve got a million of these. I will never win the lottery, but if someone is destined to make an ass out of themselves in front of celebrity…it is me)
Crosby, Stills, Nash, Bob Weir, Ziggy Marly, Johnny Rotten: Music
Danny DeVito?
No
It was just a short, fat guy.
In Nashville, met Garth Brooks
Shook his hand, said good-bye.
Mel Gibson screams illegal left turn COPS SIREN Ticket Sad
boy from “Once,” nyc cafe, checked me out.
(as if)
/count
glad to have an url to put with all the fab ladies from breakfast. there were big IQ points at that table and plenty of stick-to-your-ribs conversation.
Dan Marino at airport. He hit on me. Yes way.
1984 Donny Osmond, kid on shoulders, wife entering Radio Shack…..(in a mall in Kitchener, Ontario)
Soho, through cafe window, eye contact with Johnny Depp. Yaaahaaaaw!
Sang with Dicky Barrett of the Bosstones in Asbury Park. (that was awesome)
like Jan)
Waited on Jack Palance at Olive Garden in W-B Pa. (he was very nice and liked to drink tomato juice)
Jimmy Buffett waved to me and my husband before concert. (I would rather have partied with him
Went to high school with Ron Powlus former Notre Dame quarterback. (nice guy)
the judds, tim mcgraw, young biddy, tears from sheer excitement
John Waite during meet-n-greet. Rubbed my back. Nice guy. PURRrrr.
Have done phone interviews with Linda Ronstadt (unbelievably smart), Emmylou Harris (sweet as the day is long), Pat Morita (a delight, and I met him in person here in Hawai`i in 2002).
Met the amazing Yvonne Elliman here, too. Richard Grieco flirted with me in a Honolulu club ten years and a million pounds ago.
My dad’s celeb encounters are way more interesting. His parents did a lot of sailing at Catalina and were friends with Humphrey Bogart. Dad remembers the bloody fights between Bogie and his first wife, Mayo Methot, and then being a tongue-tied teenager around Lauren Bacall, who was most amused.
I went with Bill Murray to a Chicago Cubs game.
I have several
#1. Almost had THE JORDANAIRES convinced to come to our house for chocolate cake after seeing them perform with ELVIS. I was in the 6th grade at the time. It got nixed because my brothers had the mumps.
#2 (the best) On vacation in Mexcio staying at a high end hotel. I was very fit, tanned, and at my peak. Arnold Schwarsenager(how do you spell that??) and his wife Maria were staying at the same hotel. It was during the filming of Conan. I walked by him while he was in the pool and he CHECKED OUT MY BUTT the whole time. I like to remember that in my current pale and jiggly state.
Hugh Jackman after Broadway show 2004, quite handsome up close.
MDP- BA- Argentina: Diego Maradona signed my English final paper. I’m friends with a very famous Italian soccer player.
OH! and i stood next to Ty Pennington and this gay guy who now has this show how to look good naked. both were at the MCO airport.
WNBA player Diana Taurasi came to my daughter’s softball game.
River Phoenix, already ruined by drugs one year before death.
Brooklyn Bridge watching a movie being shot. Who was she?
Saw Tim Kazurinsky (Sweetchuck) in grocery store. . .was not exciting.
A table full of people at a restaurant had a bet that I was Laura Dern. I wasn’t.
More than 10 words. Sorry. Not feeling very succincty today.
Gary Busey is my great uncle, one really weird guy.
so many here in CA, funniest was weird al yankovich
I shared a plane ride with John Corbett from SATC.
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Ok, for me it’s 10 word Tuesday twice.
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I also took his picture in his bar in Seattle.
lollapalooza ‘92, eddie vedder sat behind me, shook his hand
Matt Damon’s sweaty tatoo on treadmill. Google? It’s not him.
(those are my 10 words of celeb sighting I thought was him but wasn’t – I could go on and on about actual sightings and meetings with real celebs, but that wasn’t the point, right?)
Al Sharpton not once, but twice, in airports.
I thought he looked like Paul Rubins.
Bought Adam Sandler a beer after his show.
Gary Busey – or was it Nick Nolte? – SLC hotel elevator.
I think it was Nick Nolte – but I often get them confused. Even after that freaky Being Gary Busey reality show. Sorry Nick.
Also:
Shook hands with Nelson Rockefeller at 17th & JFK, 1980ish.
Just finished bloghere. Blog celebs I know at my house.
Tiger Woods. PFChang’s Vegas. Ten years ago. Total egotistical jerk.
I know the parents of the girl that was murdered on a California Beach 4 years ago.
That’s about as famous as it gets.
Nomar Garciaparra. Taylormade Golf’s Lunchroom. Short, nice, polite, large nose.
Prince William, Scottish pub, had been camping I looked awful.
Margaret Cho, after performing at my college. Loved meeting her!
Kissed Happy Days’ Potsie at record signing; I was 9.
worked security @ airport in college screened Alice Cooper and Meatloaf.
Will meet Trace Adkins 8/8/08 with backstage passes. Very Excited!!!
On set of “American Flyers” — Kevin Costner, Rae Dawn Chong.
Turned to find John Amos standing behind me. Dude’s built!
Young newlyweds Kirk Cameron and Chelsea Noble at Buffalo-area TGIFridays.
Katee Sackhoff at O’Hare. “Starbuck” is gorgeous. Didn’t tell her.
Almost fished Paul Newman and race car from gravel trap. (Long story.)(Parenthesis don’t count, do they??)
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Posed for picture with driver’s-suit clad Patrick Dempsey. Yummy.
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Hung out with Sha-Na-Na on Martha’s Vineyard.
Shade and Sweetwater,
K (No, I can’t follow the rules, not one little bit.)
I’m always staring off into space and miss the celebrities.
Carrot Top at the gym. Funny even doing leg presses.
Tom Petty: salad bar at the NYC Hard Rock Cafe.
Can’t do it in 10 words.
Keri Russell
Dennis Quaid
Sarah Jessica Parker
Justin Timberlake
Tara Reed
Gwyneth Paltrow & mom
Sean Combs
Heather Graham
Glenn Close
Samuel L. Jackson
Charlize Theron
Dennis Hopper
Christina Ricci
Thomas Haden Church
Felicity Huffman
Patricia Clarkson
Phelicia Rasad
Oh there’s more…I’m such a bragger!
I love Sundance Film Festival!!
Ran with the cast of “Dallas”, summer after high school.
(because my mom worked for the Dept of the Treasury and was teaching auditing classes in Dallas at the time. I went up and stayed at her hotel for about a month. Oh, we also met Red Fox, Billy Crystal, Kris Kristofferson, and Air Supply-I was in the pool with them!! It was a fun summer.)
Sang with The Carpenters in 6th grade, Karen’s now dead.
Conan O’Brien walking down Sixth Avenue. Me: “Hi Conan!” Geek.
Drinks with Ginger from Gilligan’s Island in Vail, CO.
Spring Break. Greece. “Boner” from Growing Pains. Pathetic celebrity wannabe.
Dated Marg Helgenberger… And Julia Louis Dreyfus… Married BOSSY!
Go figure!!!
Lawrence Fishburne and Kevin Spacey playing blackjack in Vegas: winning.
Loser posting twice because can’t figure out blogging rules = me.
Father pointed out Walter Matthau – Bossy only saw his back.
Steve and Terri Irwin, pre-Bindy & Bob. Totally real.
I saw Ice Cube in Long Beach in the 90’s! (does that count?)
Met Josh Hartnett at my favorite bar in Spokane. Tall.
sat behind pee wee herman in a movie theater, he was acting very odd and making funy noises
Kevin Bacon walked by me (and gave me a hello nod) in Central Park. Bonnie Raitt and Bruce Hornsby sat at the same table as me and ate their dinner.
This guy looks like a preppy Pee Wee Herman, frankly.
I could make a very long list, too, because I live in LA and I have a family member in the biz…but since this is only supposed to be 10 words and I’ve already maxed out, I’m only going to tell about two:
1. Met Jackson Browne and was so excited that I couldn’t speak. I’m sure he though I was retarded.
2. Met George Clooney in the pre-sound stage room on the ER set. No one could leave the closet size room until the red light went off. What a tragedy. (Noah Wiley was in the room, too.)
Doc from the Love Boat on airplane – essence o’Ben Gay.
Pee-Wee Herman, TOTALLY!
Met lots of UFC fighters with Husband.
An actor friend lives in the same building as Al Pacino in midtown Manhattan.
We shared an elevator with AP, who I am nuts about. I didn’t recognize him – he had long hair for a stage role.
My friend laughed at me for a solid hour because I was SO pissed off about it.
Used to design opera in Aspen – Jack Nicholson brought his 3-year old to Madama Butterfly and got mobbed during intermission, so the stage manager let him hang out with us in the booth.
We were drinking Patron, he didn’t want any.
PS: Uma Thurman looks totally different in person.
Henry Winkler is super tiny.
John DeLancie is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet.
I was in a bathtub with huey lewis, sort of.
Do you want to go there? Oh…you didn’t say “sleep with”.
same restaurant as Bob Costas, Robert Wuhl, pedestrians peeping in
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, Starbucks, Nashville, around Thanksgiving 2005
Ate dinner with Tom Batiuk China Town, NY.
Bela Fleck. Victor Wooten. Nicest guys ever. Damn fabulous musicians.
Dumb Me: what is the famous Alice Walker famous for?
Got autographs from every single musician on Acoustic Planet Tour.
And Dar Williams’ as well, but that was another time.
Jonny Depp rolled me some sushi. Go read today’s post.
i spilled something on buddy hackett once. yeah-huh.
on an elevator
in an airport
ed mcmahon farted
loudly
parade … dressed as bear …. touched david hasselhoff, grand marshall
Was an extra in a music video of Kathy Mattea’s.
Bill Murray: “Would you bring me some sugar, Sugar?” Sigh.
Sat at a bar in Birmingham with Larry Bud Melman.
My toddler runs into James Carville’s legs at O’Hare. Sorry!
cutie pie jimmy fallon was at my first broadway opening.
Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo 1971, waving from palace balcony…Banzai!
Last month walked behind Usher pushing baby carriage on 5th Avenue.
Ivy Restaurant LA. Elton John on left, Simon Cowell right.
Sat in front of Elton John on a flight – atl to la – when we boarded he was messing with some luggage looking down, and I thought he was an old woman at first..
Difficult to describe and encounter in 10 words…
Cheers,
NGG
Leno, 1980s, college dive, asked me which line for fries
Thought neighbor was Doc Severenson’s son. Turns out: just a junkie.
Oh my God – feared this was Bossy’s San Francisco husband!
Amy @ http://prettybabies.blogspot.com
3 weeks ago we met Dick Cheney at a small Republican Party gathering. I have pics to prove it. He took pics with my kids.
Also, I took care of Dustin Hoffman’s dad in the hospital. Dustin came often.
Kelly S.
Annual meetings in DC
with Senators and VP.
Switched careers.
There’s only so much hot air one girl can take!
I cleaned Linda Hamilton’s and Peter Horton’s hotel rooms.
Children of the Corn….Iowa, 1984.
(I know. More than 10 words)
This weekend took pictures with Richard Hatch and John Hertzler (Star Trek).
Saw the voice of Mufasa eating salmon for lunch. Seattle
Towered over Colin Farrell at drugstore, felt lustful, and tall.
Liam Neeson. On Broadway. The Crucible. Gave me only autograph.
Greg Brady (wow!) Knocked over table, cokes…goofy teenaged girls.
Jessica Biel. My cash register. Surprisingly short. Paid in cash.
Mario Lopez hit on me in a hotel swimming pool.
Gave Janet Reno a tour of the USAFA Cadet Chapel.
Dan Marino. Putting groceries in car. Wanted me, I’m sure.
Running on the treadmill. There’s Carrot Top. Is he real?
Met Bill Nye Last Week. I know his nephew’s wife.
Harry Connick Jr. Extra in his movie. Straight to video.
(BTW, I totally thought that was Pee Wee Herman, too.)
Ya, I’ve pretty much never seen or talked to anyone famous up close. Unless you count the lead singer from the 1980’s Christian rock band “Whiteheart”… I was hugged by him and his bandmates, they gave me a tee shirt, and I got to sing on stage with them. The ironic thing was that I had barely even heard of them before that night. I just went to the concert with a friend. Why couldn’t that have happened with U2?
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I thought the Jimmy Fallon guy looks like Dov Charney, the creepy guy who runs American Apparel. **shivers** (That wasn’t a good shiver.)
(Now I feel bad because the gentleman in the red sweatshirt is probably very nice.)
Linda Evangelista wanted my husband. That’s according to my husband.
Gwynth, Chris, Apple and Moses (in utero) in my Target.
That guy doesn’t look like Jimmy Fallon; he looks like Pee Wee Herman.
Henry Winkler ASKED to sit next to me for lunch.
The Fonz had been the keynote speaker at USC when my daughter got her Masters.
Got the pictures…lots of them.
annie lennox frontstage, me in the background, both making vocals
Dick Van Dyke at local Safeway. I said, Oh! Hi!
Erin H
DMC of Run DMC (down to earth)
Phyllis Diller (nice)
Maury Povich (way tall)(very rude)
Drew Carey (super nice)
Roberta Flack (killing Me Softly) I told her to sit down~ (very gracious)
David Copperfield, magician (had someone talk for him)
Nick Nolte (great smile, but drunk)
and I could go on and on. 10 LINES Tuesday
Burying Bill Murray’s nightly Grape Nehi in concessions ice, summer-seventy-seven.
Hulk Hogan on my plane. Black bandana. Arms like treetrunks.
Dude! Isn’t that guy like the older brother from “Napoleon Dynamite?”
John Astin. Sean Astin. Daughter. John teaches at alma mater.
I was a guest on Oprah’s Book Club in 1999!
Tom Selleck heard me throw up once. It frightened him.
Oh! Wanted to add: Robert Downey Jr. skiing at Solitude in SLC. (For some reason I couldn’t stop giggling).
James Earl Jones gave us directions to a PA mall.
(he was standing outside a restaurant, and it totally didn’t hit us it was him until after we had driven away. This was way back, before The Lion King and the verizon ads came out)
Radar O’Reilly but I didn’t meet him my son did.
1987: Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon. Tiny, obnoxious, resorter asshole.
Looking up in Westminster Abby, bumped right into Pearl Bailey.
Older sister went to high school with Miss Diane Wiest.
Last night, valet stand – where’s our car? Look, Owen Wilson!
My supermarket, aisle six, Jamie Lee Curtis buying spaghetti sauce.
In 2002 I met Jackie Mason at a penthouse cocktail party in Toronto…even got a photo with him. Later his body guard came up to me and asked me for my name & # b/c he said Jackie Mason loves me.
of course, he never called…still playin’ the field, I supppose. hehehehehe
also…celbrity once removed…sat next to Tim Allen’s brother on an air plane in 2002. Did you know that “allen” is Tim’s middle name…their family name is “dick” so most of the sons go by their middle names for their last names. Huh?
i met jackie mason (and posed for a photo with him) at a penthouse cocktail party in toronto in 2002. later his body guard came up to me and got my info…he said that jackie said he loves me. but, just like a guy, he never called! hahahaha
also…celeb once removed…i sat next to tim allen’s brother on a plane also in 2002. did you know that allen is tim’s middle name…his family name is ‘dick’ but he and all go by their middle names for their last. huh, who knew?
In a car – almost ran over Danny DeVito in Memphis.
Have photo of me and Patrick Duffy in Hawaii, 2005.
In San Antonio at Planet Hollywood, Tom Arnold
Bruce Willis. Ritz Carlton Georgetown lobby. Great ass.
gave glass of water to the dalai lama at AMNH.
ignored tom waits, backstage, high school musical. i was spooked.
Lunch in Brentwood. Sean Connery at the next table. REALLY!
Seeing Dustin Hoffman’s actual height during filming in old town.
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Waited in line at bookstore to get “Growing Up Brady” signed by Barry “Greg Brady” Williams. Signed my book “You’re groovier than Marcia.”
Bill Clinton spoke at my college commencement (was president at time). Front row seat! Snipers everywhere.
Met “Luke Duke” (Tom Wopat) when he was performing in “Chicago” the musical. At intermission was selling his CDs and he signed my program. He also said I looked “lovely.”
1964 Forth Road Bridge opening, saw top of Queen’s car.
William Hurt, knock knock knocking at my door. Roomie = niece.
Stephen Hawking, most mornings, early 80s – me fast, him sedate.
Coolio, a flight from Chicago- he boarded singing aloud “Roxanne”.
Wrestlers Booker T & Bobby Lashley at BWI airport. Big guys!
Las Vegas airport, me about 7 months pregnant. Mike Tyson sits down next to me and says he wants ‘to send a special blessing to that baby’ Creepy as hell
The year was 1983..I was at a play on Melrose Ave in L.A….who is this very short man seated next to me? Well YEAH it was William Shatner!! Again..it was 1983 and he was sort of in celeb-purgatory not so famous anymore and before he became the Priceline Negotiator!
Saw Adam Sandler back when he was “The Stud Boy.”
Saw Morgan Freeman. Giggled like a dork. Was so embarrassed.
Forrest Whittaker in SF airport restaurant on Monday.
Leg jiggler.
Muhammed Ali, at airport going on 10th grade DC trip.
Bill Murray, top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia. 2006
It was a celebrity-filled vacation.
You had brunch with my girls! Sob. I was already half way home by then.
Nice chatting with you! (I’m the baby-faced one that still gets CARDED)
Recently went to a Haus party. Met many famous BlogHers.
bossy came up and hugged me at blogher. she’s famous.
Sold Gladys Knight(minus Pips)restaurant lights at Home Depot. (in Atlanta-more than 10 words, drat!!!)
I was thinking he looked more like PeeWee Herman from that angle! And I sure wouldn’t want a picture of that man. Blech.
Robert Fripp. At various guitar courses ‘87-’89.
Long Beach comic creator Stan Lee crossing street with me.
Long Beach comic creator Stan Lee crossed the street with me.
Jimmy Fallon on the eve of the Boston Marathon 2005!
Ummmm….is that Pee Wee Herman???
My brother met Rob Lowe (yeah, I could have killed him for not kidnapping him and bringing him home) in a resurant in Fayetteville, AR when Mr. Lowe was there filming “Frank and Jesse”. Does that count?
O.J. flirted heavily with me on an airplane. Huge hands!
He of Grease fame ate beside me – rather, signed napkins
Stephen Hawking??!!! Am green, green, green with envy.
Wrote short book for Desmond Tutu after class with him.
Oops – and Mister Rogers and married Donny Osmond (look-a-like).
He looks like my college boyfriend plus 20 years…famous?
(to me!)
Michael. Young and the Restless. Talked to him on plane.
Yesterday. Berlin. Barack Obama and Christiane Amanpour. Photographed and blogged.
Kato “alibi” Kaelin. In a bar. Me? Not drunk enough.
Classmate with Shalane McCall. Brad Pitt’s first on-screen kiss.
Pierce Brosnan (before Bond) kissed my hand, asked my pardon.
First dye job = magenta (oops), whoopi says You go, girl!
Sarah Evans in bathroom handed me toilet paper under stall
Rodeo in Idaho about 12 years ago. Bruce Willis stepped on my foot.
And that is my claim to fame.
Elisabeth Shue-waited on her at a restaurant. Lou Diamond Phillips-came into my bar. Liv Tyler-street. James Garner-in hotel lobby where I was at a stop smoking hypnosis thing.