Famous people you have meet.....

[memphisbud]

I have just a few:

A couple of players from the John Madden era Raiders, Darryl Lamonica and George Blanda.

I also met Ruth Buzzie at my grandmothers memorial (very good friend of my Aunt)...she's absolutely hilarious!

 

[jtr]

I have met several sports guys from New England. From the Patriots I met Larry Izzo , Ellis Hobbs, Tom Brady and his baby mama Bridget moynahan, and I met coach Bill Bellchick. For The Boston Red Sox I met Mike Timlin, Josh Beckett, Tim Wakefield, Jason Varitek, down at a steak house in Fort Myers (where I consumed a 32oz piece of delicious prime rib).
I met Jimmy Johnson in an airport and Kiefer Sutherland at an airport as well.it's crazy how they are smaller in person.
I also had lunch with Mario Andretti at the Skip Barber race school.
Great thread!

 

[chef jeff tx]

Cool, how long have you been with the club. Worked & played at Raquet & Rink for awhile and at Cantiague Park rink as a kid, met all the guys with the team from about '78-'83. Put a few pucks past Billy Smith at Sunday night puck shooting @ R&R back in the day. Bobby Lorimer lived a couple blocks from me in Bethpage when he was with the club.

Met lots of NHL, NFL & MLB players when I worked charter flights out of LGA in the mid 80's. Met lot's of actors and sports figures at the airport too.

Also got to visit the Met's clubhouse before a game in around 1970. My Uncle was a friend of 1 of the coaches.

Met Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, Georgio Cannialla and other players around '76 when my little bro was a ball boy for the NY Cosmos.

 

[sawyerrt10]

Randy Travis (Concert security over in Italy during USO trip he made in late 80's)
Meet Booker T (The wrestler) while in Iraq Dec 2004

Highlight was providing personal security for Charlie Daniels, when he came to Shaw AFB, South Carolina back in the spring/summer 2005. My boss called it my retirement present. Went downtown to pick him up and road his tour bus back to the base. Figured he would stay in the back. Not so much, he came toward the front and told me to slide on over. We sat and talked while heading to the base.

Was never farther than 15 ft away from him the entire night. He also gave me one of his fiddle bows at the end of the night. Awesome doesn't begin to describe it.

Here is a photo from the newspaper (Thats me standing on the same side of the table as Charlie, leaning against the door)

 

[njmjeep]

In south dakota 3 years ago I met Richard Petty at Crazy Horse. Took pics and talk for few minutes about South dakota and the bike rally. Amazingly nice guy and he seemed to truly enjoy just talking to folks up there

 

[oregonsmoker]

The closest I came to meeting someone famous was about ten years ago I was in Vegas for the first time and we were at the Hilton. I am in the restroom at the urinal doing my business when in walks Mike Ditka, takes up a position right next to me. I look out of the corner of my eye and realized who it was and managed a nervous and uncomfortable "Hi"! I finished up and went out the door where my wife was waiting for me. I told her "you're not going to believe who I just went to the bathroom with"! Just then he comes out and sees the two of us idiots standing there talking about him. He said "Hi" to the both of us and continued on his way. It makes for a funny memory of our first trip to Vegas.

 

[grillin_all_day]

I met Bradley Cooper (actor from The Hangover), DB Sweeney (actor from The Cutting Edge), Don Shula (former coach of the Dolphins), Warrick Dunn (former NFL running back from the TB Bucs and Atl Falcons) and Leeane Tweeden (super hot model and host of Poker After Dark). I met them as a part of the USO show that came through Afghanistan while I was there and all of them them were really cool! DB did some pushups w/ some of the guys that were there, Warrick actually talked with me about some rumors about him and the Eagles last year, Don asked me where I was from (home of the Little League World Series) and talked to me about my hometown, Leeane bitched a guy out for cutting in line (that was funny as hell) and talked to me for a solid 5 mins about my job, and Bradley sat there and cracked jokes with me! All were class acts! Oh and I saw Toby Keith in concert there too. No pic w/ DB...camera died. I also meat Jim Leyland when he was managing the Pirates along w/ a few of the players like Jay Bell when he played.

 

[ozark rt]

But did you meet Billy at McLard's BBQ?

 

[triplebq]

Actually I have met Bill @ Mclard's . He was nice but was surrounded by black coats . We were there when he came in . There are times known only by a few where you can get straight in without any crowd .

But the people I have known and know that are famous I keep private .

The one I can say I knew well was Dale Earnhardt Sr because he is no longer with us. I met him when he was a punk dirt track racer , he had no money , drank like a fish and drove hard as heck . He was broken down on the road and we picked him up . We went to an eating joint where he proceded to get into a fist fight with a fellow driver who he had spun out . After he got famous he quit calling and talking BUT when I would see him at a race it felt nice when he saw me he called me by my name and made the effort to shake my hand. People would just stare . Me and my dad also knew and were friends with Neil Bonnet .

I have met many great drag racers in my life but do not know any of them personnally .

 

[got14u]

pretty good onesI also forgot some of the nascar drivers I met when My step father was head of security for tosco which owns circle K's..back when they were the gas sponsor I had all kinds of perks....let see Ken Schrader, Rusty Wallace (the man), Tony Stewart, and Dale Jarret...I also meet some Formula One drivers and baseball players as well.

 

[desertlites]

was doing a job in San Fran in the early 80's and the gal said she was having a lunch date with sombody she wanted me to meet,in walked a blonde BABE dressed in purple - Loni Anderson,shook her hand & talked a bit.Built pool tables for a while so have met a few pro players and have shot against a couple-lost of course.built Don Poolies (sp) golfer,met him.Have met most of the cast of High Chaparral.

 

[miamirick]

not necessarilly a famous person but right now i am remodeling a house on star island and the owner is on the forbes top 50 list of wealthiest people in america! cant say his name as he wants anonimity

 

[meateater]

Just send smoke signals....

 

[etcher1]

President of India- Dr. Zakir Hussain
Prime Minister of India - Shrimati Indira Gandhi
Richard Nixon
That's about the extent of it.

 

[travcoman45]

Can't say I ever met anybody really famous. Met an served with alota hero's in my day though. The folks in uniform, most of em ain't famous, but they sure are hero's!

 

[fire it up]

Is it Bill Gates?
If so tell Bill his Windows software and the Xbox red ring of death suck!
Have bought 4 360's at this point all because of the RROD!
Shaking my fist in the air right now...

 

[sawyerrt10]

Amen to that!

 

[miamirick]

sorry fire it up i beleive mr gates lives in colorado in that 30000 sf cottage nowhere near miami

 

[mossymo]

miamirick
If it is Bill Gates; while you are remodeling, make sure and install windows he has to update every 2 years !!!

 

[miamirick]

thats tooo funny mossy!!!

ive always said my dream job is to work for the weatherman so when he says will the job be done by friday i can say 20 percent chance of that and when it does not happen i can just say the pattern changed