Everyone knows or has met someone famous, who did you meet or know?

About 20 years ago when I was still involved in Road Racing, met Paul Newman and his wife Joann at Portland International Raceway. Just nice people that really had a love for racing.

Sammy Swindell and Steve Kinser. Two of the greatest Sprint Car racers ever, when the World of Outlaws Tour, came to a track I use to race at.

We have quite a few famous people that live in Oregon, but damned if I've ever seen any of them. Sam Elliott use to have a big ranch about 15 miles from our house.
 
Tom Selleck is my cousin.
He's a good guy, very polite.
He sure knows how to use a .45 1911 style. I wish there could be a shoot, between my cousin and Steven Seagal. I think Seagal would get his butt kicked.
 
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From a previous thread, and have added some more on:

Lotta famous people when I lived in Seattle.

Tattooed: Darren E. Burrows(Ed "The Indian" Chigliak from Northern Exposure), members of Bomb, Members of The Didjits(sp?) Billy Joe Armstrong from Green Day, Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters, Mark Lanegan from Screaming Trees....more rockers that ROCK and you have never heard of than I can remember. Threw George Karl out of the tattoo shop for being a drunk a-hole

Met in Seattle: Jeff Bridges, Matthew Fox, Tad Doyle, Jerry Cantrell, MCA from Beastie Boys, been backstage at Bad Religion, hung with Alice Donut, Biohazard, Wade Boggs, Darryl Strawberry, Jim Leyritz, Tino Martinez, Lars and Tim from Rancid, Drew Barrymore ...whole bunch of others.

SoCal, Shimabukuro Sensei got inducted into the BlackBelt Magazine Hall of Fame, and we met some of the Gracies that night, Linda and Shannon Lee of the Bruce Lee Foundation, Matt Hughes, and a bunch of others. Met both Randy "Duke" Cunningham and Duncan Hunter(California Politicians) at an SCI banquet once.

Saw George Hamilton in NYC walking around once, Reggie Jackson, Mary Gross and Julia Louis Dreyfus.

Helped Lou Graham from Foreigner and Phil Esposito(NY Rangers Hockey player) at the counter when I was a fish monger. Saw Michael Clarke Duncan at the Las Vegas airport.

Have been in the Las Vegas suite of the Sugar Hill Gang while in Vegas for work, met Lil' John, been to private concerts with Dilated Peoples, ate cookies baked in person by Wally "Famous" Amos, hung out with Jerry from Misfits, all kinds of crazy stuff.

The biggies for me thus far: Les Paul on my honeymoon, Colonel Rex Applegate at the OKCA show, "Patches" Watson at the OKCA, and Richard "Dick" Marcinko at a number of knife related events. Was at a USO event last year and the Pledge of Allegiance was led by a Medal of Honor recipient. I had met R.W. "Bob" Loveless on about 4 occasions, had an opportunity to spend about 3 hours talking about his history with Gerber knives, and attended his memorial service...that was a real honor.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
My cousin's daughter was married to Mike Holmes. I don't know if he is famous outside of Canada where he is well-known for his home renovation television programs Holmes Inspection and Holmes on Homes.
 
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My cousin's daughter was married to Mike Holmes. I don't know if he is famous outside of Canada where he is well-known for his home renovation television programs Holmes Inspection and Holmes on Homes.
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Had to go back and reread that first line. I thought you said John Holmes....so when I got to the second line I thought to myself"That`s not what he`s famous for."
 
Met a few- one of the most odd was making coffee w/ Leif Garrett- He was @ the radio station where I was working (for an interview) & I ran into him in the break/coffee room & we made a new pot together. Decent enough guy- but the drugs were not kind to him.
The father of a girl I dated in High School sat on a plane next to Ernest Hemongway. On 2 seperate occasions.
 
Kirk Cameron :rolleyes: and his hot wife have a place on the lake here in town. I've met him once, her on several occasions.

She not quite this hot anymore. :(
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I was fishing for barramundi in the Northern Territory once. Suddenly a 5 metre crocodile ran past, heading downriver, with some kind of madman in hot pursuit, muscles bulging and eyes glowing. I'm pretty sure it was Payette Rucker.
 
One of my friends got hit by Derrick Rose's friend in his Maserati. I met the drummer of Boston when I was 7. Shook hands with Clinton when I was 7 as well. Round-housed Chuck Norris when I was a fetus. When my dad was younger he was offered a signed guitar from Les Paul himself for only $1500 at the time after he did some work in his house. That guitar is now worth a hell of a lot more.
 
Funny, the two folks mentioned by Twitchyblade are on my list, as well.

The drummer from Boston retired to my hometown, and I made him a Pizza at Pizza Hut; cool guy with some weird-ass pants:eek:. I also met Bill Clinton during my 6th grade trip to Little Rock.

Working in Branson I

met The Man in Black (he sat in front of me and my pre-marriage wife during a movie at the local theatre)

Kenny Rogers, saw briefly at his restaurant in town,

Met and talked a bit with Erik Estrada.

Made a chocolate malt for David Crosby at a local restaurant.

Met: Charly Pride, Andy Williams, Yakov Smirnoff, and a few other minor celebrities.

In Kansas City in a hotel downtown met Jesse Jackson. Never realized how tall he is:eek:.

Met and talked with several knife folks at A. G. Russell's knife events over the years.

Grew up with and was in love with a VERY minor actress who went to Hollywood: Missy Crider You can Google her filmography. I bet you've seen her, but wouldn't be able to pick her out of a line-up. I had a crush on her literally from 1st grade through senior high.
 
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A few wrestlers and MMA fighters:
Kurt Angle, The Big Show, Randy Savage, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Wanderlei
Silva, Rich Franklin, Randy Couture, Bam Bam Bigelow before he died, George Gurgel.

Others:
Pete Rose, Mila Kunis, Nutnfancy (yup), Bill Clinton before his Presidency, Marilyn Manson, ICP (both of them), Katherine Heigl, Lynn C. Thompson, Penn Jilette (from "Penn and Teller"), and I even got within feet of then-President George W. Bush when he came to town.

Everybody was very nice, with two exceptions:
Lynn Thompson was very open-minded about Cold Steel, but as soon as the conversation switched to training / fighting, he knew absolutely everything and didn't want to hear others' opinions. Jack Swinton, a 12-year Navy SEAL, tried to talk to Lynn about hand-to-hand fighting, and Lynn told him to wait his turn to talk. This wasn't as a convention either.

Nutnfancy was very mall ninja-ish, but not rude. I don't think he's been in a fight since high school.

Mila Kunis was very polite, and looks better in person than she does in TV.
 
Mila Kunis looks better in person that on tv?. Hows that possible, shes a babe.:eek:
 
I've never met anyone famous :(

The closest to it was basketball player DeJuan Blair from PITT, who know plays for the Kings. I saw him at an American Eagle
 
Tonight I will be meeting Denis Leary. :) :thumbsup:
 
I have met almost every current NASCAR driver even put Kevin Harvick on a back board once during a Busch (now the Nationwide) series race. He was fine and even pretty cool about the whole situation. Most of the drivers are really nice down to earth people even with all the stuff going on around them during a race weekend.
 
Denis will be doing a book signing at the Bookends Book Store in Ridgewood, NJ @ 7:30PM. The good part is that I will get to hang with him beforehand.
 
Some years back, I worked part time at a local health club when the Whalers were in Hartford, CT. The owner of the club shrewdly gave all the players a free membership.

I used to see several of them regularly, Tory Robertson, Ulf Samuelson, and Sly Turgeon were the ones I saw most. Tory was injured then with a horrific ankle injury, so he was at the club a LOT. I used to spot for him on the bench press sometimes. He was small for a "fighter", but he was hard as a rock! It was also cool to see their ladies!

Also a member was Beasley Reece when he was a sports commentator in Hartford. He still looked like he could have been in the NFL and could shoot some hoops! He was a CLASS individual.

One memorable sort of meeting took place in Jackson Hole, WY. Was leaving from a ski trip and took a bump from our flight. When we boarded the next flight, in the front row of 1st class was the MOST gorgeous woman I have EVER seen, with mesmerizing blue eyes. I'm following the line to coach, looking at her and she's looking at me just smiling, and i'm thinking...why does she look familiar? Then I recognize the distinguished guy next to her as John Derek. Bo was incredibly HOT!

Peter
 
I met Fred W. Haise Jr., pilot of Apollo 13, and he graciously came to speak to my boys at our CAP meeting.
Charles Sweeney, pilot of "Bock's Car", the B-29 that dropped the Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki.
Gen.Tom Stafford, flew on Apollo-Soyuz in 1975.
David Crosby, Graham Nash, Steven Stills.
Gerald Ford, various politicians.
 
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