Have you ever met a celebrity and ....

[TIME TO MAKE $$$]

shook their hand or said hello? Who was it?


I met Pamela Andesron about 4 years ago when she came to Toronto for a Hot Rod carshow. The sight of her was just too much........

DROOLS

 

[Skinar]

Muhammed Ali, Louisville, KY Oct 31 1980 or so. He had just finished his last fight with Larry Holmes, was sitting at table next to me in Hall's cafeteria, Story Avenue. I waited until he finished eating, then walked over said hello and asked for an autograph, it was my birthday. I still have the autograph, he has the biggest hands of any human being I've ever met, I'm not small, 6'2", but his fingers practically wrapped all the way around. Nice guy. Very polite and took the time to speak to me for a couple of minutes.

 

[Palmetto Pimp]

Lets see...I met DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith on a class trip lol.
I also met Lou Pinella awile back with my dad. The funny part was that we met him at the horsetrack a couple of days after Pete Rose got busted for gambling

 

[Gmarco]

I have an unfair advantage, I run a restaurant where I have met many famous people. Recently, Lou Farigno (sp) "incredible hulk", Ed Snider owner of Flyers, Bill Barber coach of flyers (several times), Mariano Rivera Yankees, was in a week after World Series lost this yr w/ family for his anniversary, Dick Vermeil has been in several times, had dinner w/ Axel Rose w/ a group of eight of us last year after Sixers lost to Lakers in game 3. (We were at at restaurant in Phila, where Todd MacCollough was next to us at a table, Peter Vescey & family at another, Kevin Johnson & PJ Carlesimo at another.)
When I was about 16 yrs old, the Flyers used to do a pre-season game against police atheltic league at the U of Delaware, , and I used to deliver the pizzas to the team buses after the game. One time I sent an empty pizza box around the bus so the team could sign it, well usually they bring a lot of minor leaguers, but Mike Ricci, Tocchet, Mellanby and few other notables signed it. (Two years later my mother cleaning out my room threw it out.)

 

[THE KOD]

Roberto Duran - I was flying home from Vegas in the 80s and it was the day after his fight with Hearns. He came onto the plane with about 10 people and some sat back in coach. I was talking to my friend that it was him and I mentioned hands of stone.

Before the flight was over he came back and shook hands with me. His hands were puffy. He lost the fight if I remember correctly.


Scott-Atlanta

 

[admin]

when i was the starter at the country club (16-18 year old) they had a pro/am/local celebrity tournament. there i met:

willie richardson (wide receiver, colts) this guy played every week and always tried to tee off without paying for his cart and green fees. one of the only guys i had to check his ticket every time.

johnny unitas-- stiffed me when i got his cart ready and rode him to his car for his clubs. wouldn't even talk to me when i tried making conversation. a real prick.

skip feldman (bullets trainer) great guy.

lee elder

Jack Marin bullets forward

carol mann

jack nicklaus... met and shook hand at the first tee at hobbits glen

arnold palmer... same as above.

met redd fox in the mgm poker room

met cal ripken at a card show. have a pic of my son sitting on his lap

met eddie murray at pimlico race track

boog powell-- yee haa, huh?

wes unseld at the columbia mall

that's all i can think of now.

 

[ferdville]

Have met many, mostly sports guys, throughout my life. Probably the most interesting "quasi" celebrity I ever met was Heidi Fleiss. Iwas at Hollywood Park on a Friday night. Noticed that the young girl sitting in box next to me was getting visited every minute or two by tv people and local athletes. My curiosoty got the better of me and I started eavesdropping when a local tv guy came by and found out it was Fleiss. Struck up a conversation with her during the night. She was actually polite, funny, and friendly.

 

[Simply In The Red]

do you see a pattern

do you see a pattern

Some of the people I've met,
1. Sean Elliot of the Spurs: during their championship run, met him in a strip club. We talked for awhile about cars.
2. Michael Jordan : outside of a strip club restroom, I said hello but didn't want to shake hands for obvious reasons. He was there with Dennis Rodman.
3. Jim Carrey : sat next to him at a strip club. He naturally makes a lot of facial expressions when he talks. Waitress said he wasn't a great tipper for the money he makes.

There are a few more, but some of them acted like assholes so I usually forget their names.

 

[thunderdoll]

Bruce Springsteen, in an elevator. He was a great guy. I thanked him for his music. He held elevator door open and we talked a bit. He seemed sincerly interested. Nice guy.

Larry Holmes and his wife in the airport in Las Vegas. Wife was very nice.

Bill Clinton. I will never live this down. Met him the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel in Cleveland. OK, I admit it. I must be the only female he ever met in a hotel lobby and didn't get an invite upstairs.

The Doll

 

[Mags]

Involved in some fantasy contests where the winners flew to Vegas to party with some sports legends - basically about 5 hours of eating, drinking, and drafting playoff teams with these guys - actually a great time, a lot of time to talk one on one with these greats of the game:

Hoops - Sidney Moncrief, Dennis Johnson, Artis Gilmore and Kyle Macy.

Baseball - Luis Tiant, Gaylord Perry, Lee Smith and Al Hrabosky

All those guys are fun - the baseball guys were the best!

Also got to meet and hang with Mary Lou Retten and Bella Karolyi at a gymnastics convention in New Orleans. Didn't spend a lot of time with Mary Lou, but did hit Bourbon street with a group of folks led by Bella - he was buyin' and it was a good time!

 

[Phil Turcotte]

When I was about 7 or 8 I was visiting my grandparents in Ft. Lauderdale. My grandfather took me to the Yankees training camp (as a SOX FAN!) and introduced to his friend, who no joke, was an old guy named Joe Dimagio (not the real guy). Anyway this Joe D. ran all the concessions at the park and takes me in to meet Billy Martin. 9am, this guy is swilling Miller Lites and took 60 seconds out of his life to talk to me.

Well Joe takes a picture and three weeks later I get it in the mail. Me and Billy Martin, and Billy had signed it "To Phil, thanks for hanging out for the morning, Billy Martin."

My most treasured sports possesion to this day

 

[dawgball]

Met Mark Cuban the other day at a Hawks game. He was very friendly. He was completely into every play of the game. We sat two rows behind him. The first time I ever asked to get a picture taken with a celebrity was that night. Having a small business of my own, he has served as some sort of an example for me to try and live up to. Hopeless but harmless.

Used to hang out with Jamal Mashburn, Walter McCarty, and Tony Delk some in college.

Met John Mellencamp at my aunt and uncle's house a long time ago.

Mia Hamm during the Olympics in Athens. Me and my friends volunteered to work security for the games and got to go to a victory party with the whole team.

Dick Vitale--A friend from high school landed a job as his assistant that passed him the little cue notes during games. He was pretty funny.

Rick Pitino--my hometown priest was UK's team chaplin when Pitino was there. He brought Pitino down to the sports bar that I used to manage. Pitino was a very nice person.

 

[Bandit HVG]

Fernando Valenzuela, played for my dad's team in mexico, he gave me some presents...

Julio Cesar Chavez was eating in a sea food restaurant next my table, so i shook his hand




The Bandit

 

[bigbagrat]

Years ago I worked in a sporting goods store in Anaheim Hills in Orange County, CA. Several baseball players lived close to the store. Angel Brian Downing and the Dodgers' Bill Russell were regulars. Nice guys. In Phoenix I helped build a couple of golf courses designed by Ben Crenshaw. He would go out of his way to talk to you. Great guy!

I've met other celebs and they all seem to be regular types as long as you don't gawk over them.

..............there is one exception...Jack Nicklaus. That guy is a dick! If you weren't the big cheese, he wouldn't give you the time of day.

 

[hellah10]

Al Gore here in Toledo
George Bush here in Toledo
President of Mexico....something Fox here at the Univ of Toledo
Jerry Stackhouse fan fest here in Toledo

Thats about it....what a boring life....

I met alot of kickers....but obviously they are far from celebrities

 

[ctownguy]

I, also could name many many baseball celebrities or stars as I was an Umpire. So I won't go there, but as other celebrities to me would be like the baseball stars to others are:

Jackie Gleason having lunch in LV at the Starboard Tack Rest. He was at a table all by himself in a closed section and knowing the bartender, I was able to go over a say hello as long as I didn't ask for an autograph or would make a fool of myself which they knew I wouldn't. Very friendly but could tell he didn't really want to be disturbed, but he was very gracious, knowing how much I was enamored with talking to him.

Kurt Russell having breakfast at Whiskey's Petes (just outside of LV, this was when it was just a little casino in the middle of nowhere) at 3am one morning. I was working the graveyard shift.
He was with a girl, but not Goldie, but this was in 1979, don't know if they were "together" yet.

Bob Hope on the casino Floor at the Rivera. I was dating the ciggerette girl and he walked up to her, she knew him from the hotel and I got introduced. He is so short, but very nice, think he like the cig girl also, she was a knockout.

Frank Sinatra on the casino floor at Caesars. (Didn't shake his hand but got pushed out of his way by his body guards as he passed by and they weren't very gentle about clearing the way)

Hal Linden once again at Whiskey Petes. Just to say hello and shake his hand on his way to his car.

Ed Nelson, character actor, (once again at Whiskey Pete's) who I had quite a conversation with on Sunday afternoon after he stopped for lunch on the way back to LA. Told me all about his career and his changing agents. He was really impressed that I even knew who he was.

Kristy McNichol on my first night in Vegas at Caesars. I was in the Keno room, yes Caesars did have Keno and she was sitting right in front of me with 3 or 4 other little girls and I mean little girls, Kristy could not have been more than 14 years old and she was playing Keno and smoking like an old pro. I leaned over the row and asked her how she liked acting in "The Family" (didn't know what else to say) and she said great and just went back to giggling with her girlfriends and then they got up and ran off. Amazing how young she looked and probably was.

 

[Wheelz]

Joe Torre at a golf tournament - super nice guy

Eric Lindros - doesn't say much, keep to himself type of guy

John LeClair - super nice guy (actually ran into him in an airport bathrrom - he was pising in the staw next to me) he was on my flight

Dale Jarrett - probably the coolest NASCAR driver - hung out with him in a bar before the Pocono race last year. Spent time with everyone he met, signed everything.

 

[Investment Executive]

Dan Aykroyd ....next door neighbour.....

 

[JEFF]

I met Mike Tyson outside a hotel in Bethesda, Md. a few years ago. I was at a wedding party and word got to the ballroom that he was downstairs.So me and my buddy went downstairs and he had moved outside, all the little kids were standing by the door too scared to approach him.

We went outside with the girl doing the video for the party, both of us in suits and holding beers cuz we had forgot to put them down in the rush to get out there, went up to him. Mind you, this could not have been more than amonth after he got out of jail.

I asked him when he was going to fight again, he said soon he hoped, shookhis hand, made smalltalk for a minute, then the video girl asked him to give a wedding wish for the camera.

He said,and I quote, "someones getting married...ohhh, thats some tough shit." That is an exact quote!

Overall, he was pretty approachable, although these days I might be a little more scared that he would attempt to "make me his bitch", "take my heart" or "eat my (nonexistant) children".

 

[hellah10]

Ohh I might Charles Barkley and Deion Sanders too!! Cant believ I forgot that!

Barkely was here for a golf tounry thing...hell if I knwo what it was

Dieon was here 2 summers ago when he played for the Louisville AAA team. Luosiville came up to Toledo to play the Mud Hens and he signed my freinds Florida St helmet. He was pretty cool.