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Marej

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 02:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had business in St. Paul today & drove past where the Mondale/Coleman debate had been. Hours later as i drove by; i could see the satellite trucks and there was Anderson Cooper of Fox News doing a stand up outside. Such a hottie.

Goddessatlaw

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 02:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OOOOOOoooooo!!! I am so ENVIOUS! He is a little hottie, although I'd rather see Brian Kilmeade.

Marysafan

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 02:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anderson Rocks! You are lucky lucky gal!

Marej

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 02:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oops. I think he works for CNN now. ???

Twinkie

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 02:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
He does Marej. And you are soooooo lucky!!!!!

Marej

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 02:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I couldn't slow down because I had a green light & there was a ton of traffic--but I saw the trucks & could see the TV lights on & there he was--he was talking to the camerman or somebody else with him & they were fixing the lights and. It's been a few hours, but...(deep exhale). :-)

Jagger

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 03:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That's great that you saw him Marej, I bet traffic in St. Paul was a nightmare about that time. You didn't stop in for the debate between the two?

Squaredsc

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 03:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
wow good for you marej, did you circle the block dozens of times? lol.

Vixeninvegas

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 03:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That does sound like fun Marej - I think he is a total QT.

I have met Howie Mandell (at a Mexican Resturant on Ventura Blvd), Englebert Humperdink (or how ever the heck you spell it - I was dating a country western singers son & he introduced me backstage after his concert here a couple of months ago), Pauly Shore (@ his mom's Comedy Club in Hollywood), Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage (Macho Man) (these 2 were hanging out at a local strip club one night after the Halloween Havoc) & my favorite brush w/ a semi-famous person was, of course Big Tom from Survivor.

Its always fun to run into someone that you have seen on TV :)

Spygirl

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 03:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anderson is a hottie

Meggieprice

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 04:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Too bad you didn't have time to roll down the window and yell "Please go back to The Mole!"

Yumm.

Hippyt

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 07:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
WHAT??????? Holy Cow!!! I would have abandoned my car!!!! I would have parked eight blocks away taken off my shoes and sprinted back there! If I ever get within a mile of Anderson,we're talking restraining orders! Holy snikies!!! It's not fair,not fair,arrrgh!!!

Kstme

Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 05:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
STILL thinking about Marej seeing Anderson and NOT stopping!

Thekid's new job has some perks with it...LOL IF you want to call them that! This week she's met Shannon Doherty (sp?) and said she was NICE?!

Last night, it was Kid Rock. She said both he and his friend were a hoot and VERY NICE! She was extremely surprised.

In thekid's job, if someone is winning, they usually have to stop by to cash out their chips. As she was saying the other day...she probably wouldn't recognize ANYONE if someone else didn't say something...LOL

Twiggyish

Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 05:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I met Phil Donahue in Miami, when he did a show in or around 1980. He had Bella Abzug as his guest. After the show, he shook hands with everyone.

Monkeyboy

Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 06:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I met Jerry Springer! I dont know thats something to brag about. LOL

Twinkie

Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 06:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Its ok Monkeyboy as long as you weren't on his show! LOL

Katlady53

Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 07:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I met Victoria Jackson, formerly of Saturday Night Live, at the St. Louis airport years ago when she was in town to promote something. We stood around chatting while we waited for our baggage. She was nice, but I was surprised by how much makeup she was wearing!

I also met the old wrestler, Iron Sheik, at the airport many years ago when my kids were little. He was really nice and gave the kids autographed pictures.

That's about the extent of my celebrity sightings, other than seeing Jimmy Carter and Warren Beatty at pep rallies in the early 70's. Lol

Zeno39

Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 11:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I've met Jimmy Carter too, when he came to McGuire Air Force Base. Watched Air Force 1 land and security was tight. The security searched our purses. He walked by where the ropes stopped people, and shook my hand, and patted my young daughter on the head. I've also seen Bob Hope, Gerald McCraney(shook his hand also), Jack Jones and numerous others. I was lucky to be married to an Air Force career man, and got to see a lot of stars. Seen a lot of famous musical bands and personalities also. Not bragging, just that it was exciting.

Pamy

Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 01:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We were at a club in LA and a bunch of tv/sport stars were there. I don't know much about sports but I knew who Magic Johnson was. I went up to him and congratulated him on just winning the penant. He started laughing and my friend grabbed me with embarrasment. I now know that you win the penant in baseball not basketball! He was very nice and said I gave him the best laugh of the day.

Max

Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 09:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I met Lily Tomlin at a fundraiser. Got my pic taken with her. She's very gracious and kind.

I've shaken hands with Robin Williams. He's short and, of course, quite hairy.

I was in the audience for a Liza Gibbons talk show and my friend asked a question, so I was close. :) She's VERY tiny.

Sat in the front row at a Harry Anderson show in Reno once. I got to "help" him with a trick. That was cool. :)

Mosessupposes

Monday, November 18, 2002 - 12:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was walking along and saw Debbie Reynolds in the airport in Las Vegas. She was all by herself (no entourage). I immediately recognized her. I tried to pretend like I didn't know she was a celebrity. I didn't even turn my head to look at her. Anyway, she looked directly at me, gave me a great big smile, and waved at me.

I just sort of figured that maybe she thought I was someone she once met in the past.

Then I got on the monorail tram that takes you from one terminal to the other for baggage pickup. I got in an empty tram car, and she got in and set in the seat directly across from me. She didn't say anything, but she kept on smiling.

Now whenever I see her on TV, I always think of what a nice friendly person she is.

Goddessatlaw

Monday, November 18, 2002 - 07:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Met Ronald Reagan and George Bush (41) while interning for a congressman on Capitol Hill (the congressman went on to become Bush's Secretary of Agriculture). Ran into Ted Kennedy on the subway that links the Capitol with the congressional office buildings - he looked awful (this was back in his drinking days, I think). Met Robert Redford (short, very nice, liberal) up there too while he was lobbying environmental issues.

Met Hal Holbrook, Elizabeth Montgomery and Jane Seymour while my mom was making a mini-series with them (mom played Montgomery's best friend). All very, very nice - came to a party mom threw for the cast. Also saw Robert Preston, Rosemary Harris, Glynnis O'Conner, Ben Murphy, Jimmy Van Patten and Brian Kerwin during a mini-series my sister made with them. Honestly, I was too young to give a damn at the time.

Alot of stage stars while mom was doing theater - including Monte Hall, of all people, who has a very nice voice and Barry what's-his-name (Greg Brady), Ann Jeffries. Robert Alda came in to play Ben Franklin in 1776 and was absolutely wonderful and a very nice man, too boot.

Bill Johnson, the downhill skier (went out with him a few times the year after he won his gold), Hootie and the Blowfish (all of them) and Edwin McCain - met at an after-hours concert during their big tour like in '95 or somewhere abouts (McCain is an acquaintance of my sister). His Hootiness was a bit full of it, but all others were a ton of fun. George Clinton and P-Funk, too. Got to dance with George during a concert.

Saw Liza Minelli in a movie theater bathroom once, this was about 1992 or so - she was on tour here. Very, very tiny and kind of scary without makeup. She looked like she'd just come from rehearsal or something.

Alot of sports starts, because my cousin is an mlb pitcher, and mom now runs an LPGA tournament. Nancy Lopez, Annika Sorenstam, and Gregg Maddox are the biggies for me. Martina McBride sat next to me at a baseball game right after she sang the national anthem (I was impressed that the crowd left her alone). Jose Lima is a hugely generous personality, lotta fun. John Rocker lives up to his reputation. Most sports stars I've met on a personal level are extremely nice and fun to be around. Jim Abbott was great, met him during the Pan Ams before he became such a national story and pitched a no-hitter. See alot of the Indiana Pacers around town in various spots. Reggie Miller can hide himself in a crowd better than any 6/7 man I've ever met. Dale Davis sang me happy birthday one time - how funny was that? Ran into Mark Jackson in the elevator one day - he is a huge man, much bigger than he appears on TV around all those taller man. There's nothing that describes Rik Smits so much as redwood - same as Patrick Ewing, who is just frightening to meet in person but also a gracious man. I'm 5/7 and hit both of them somewhere around the belt buckle. Have seen Peyton Manning (hubbahubba) and Edgerrin James around town. Michael Andretti and Al Unser Jr., too. Ran into Jason Priestly and another of his 90210 buddies in a bar back in the early 90's (I didn't care, never watched the show).

Ummm - that's all I can remember off the top of my head. Wait - met the Osmond Brothers when I was young (lord, DonnyDonnyDonny - he was my first celebrity). Anyway, I've never met a true celebrity who was truly just a jerk. The mini-celebrities and celebrity wanna-be's are the ones to watch out for.

PS saw Mike Tyson quite a bit while he was on trial here - he's not very tall, but burly and has that fighter's tick in his neck.

Djgirl5235

Monday, November 18, 2002 - 07:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hokey Dinah goddess!!! I don't know if there are anymore celebrities out there!!! You've definitely run the gammet!

Living in Toronto, during the Film Festival is the best time to see celebrities... This past festival (SEptember) we were living right down the street from Yorkville (VERY Ritzy part of Toronto) and my fiance is building a condo building right in the heart of Yorkville... He constantly sees celebrities, but the highlight of his summer was during a time when they had half the street closed off during one afternoon for the construction and were directing pedestrians across the street to pass the building, and he had to help Sean Penn across... Noone could figure out where they were supposed to go. Another time he was walking out of the site office and literally ran into Meg Ryan (who I am told constantly I resemble) and he actually said to her "Oh, I'm sorry... Hey! You look like my girlfriend!"... it was funny. I've only seen Eric Lindros myself - that's my claim to fame - not that it counts for anything since he's such a jerk!

Goddessatlaw

Monday, November 18, 2002 - 08:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, I forgot: met Mike Ditka and Bill Walsh and a bunch of the NFL intellingensia at a party during the big recruiting exercise they do here each spring. Both were dashing, the surprising thing was that Ditka was shy and sort of hung back against a wall. Nice man, though, and chatty after a bit. Everyone else there had personalities (and egos) larger than life, although tons of fun. They're a much flashier lot than the NBA crowd.

One blocked memory: I ran into the entire Bulls starting lineup (minus Dennis Rodman - he went down to the local freak bar, go figure) during the Eastern Conference Championships in Indy during their last championship run. We were all out at Champs - what was funny was, under any other circumstances people here would have been slobbering all over them, particularly Jordan, but the Championships were just agonizing and went into 7 games. To us, they were the enemy and although everyone was pleasant and polite to them, and they back, no one wanted much to do with them. I hate them still.

Pamy

Monday, November 18, 2002 - 08:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Debbie Reynolds really is one of the sweetest people. She used to have a casino in Vegas, she would do shows nightly(with more energy than I had in my 20’s!!) and then kinda hang around after the show talking(and joking, she has a great sense of humor) to people and taking pictures. I was pregnant when we met her, she came and sat at our table and talked to us for a while. She is truly a special person, I was sad to see her casino not make it.

Goddessatlaw

Monday, November 18, 2002 - 08:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Debbie Reynolds has always struck me as a sweetheart - it's great to hear that it's true. Great stories, Pamy and Moses.

Biloxibelle

Monday, November 18, 2002 - 09:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am almost embarrassed to tell about my first brush of fame. Giving the fact I was very young and so was he and not yet famous I will post it. I grew up in Cincinnati and Nick Clooney had a morning talk show. I can remember that his sister Rosemary was going to appear on the show and it was a huge deal to the woman in our neighborhood (of course Rosemary aside I don't remember one mom not swooning over Nick Clooney). My mom called and got tickets for that show. I can still remember what a big deal it was I'm talking hats, matching purses and shoes, gloves the whole nine yards. Plus I was getting to go along with my best friend across the street and her mom. When we got there you sat in chairs around tables. And Nick's whole family was there along with his young son George sitting a couple of tables away from us. I can remember my mom and her friends going on about how beautiful his wife and daughter were and what a darling his son was. I remember this boy close to my age wiggling and wiggling and turn a time or two and waving to Karen and myself as there were not many kids there. But I mean yuck he was a boy not to mention we had already heard a dozen times how "darling" he was. I can remember after the show being out in a big lobby area and this yucky boy walked up carrying something in his hand a ball or some type of toy. He had the nerve to say hi to us at which point we yelled "cooties" and ran off. It might be safe to say Karen and I are the only 2 females on the planet that yelled "cooties" and ran after George Clooney said hi.

Years later I lived in Newnan, Ga. Again before fame struck (I seem to always be to early) we would go to the VFW to hear a band play with a very good lead singer. Yup it was Alan Jackson. It turned out years later when he was just starting out with his first hit his mom worked at my daughters school. My daughter is handicapped with CP. And attended the handicapped program. I went to the school to pick her up one day and the aide from her class came running out and told me Alan and Denise were there visiting the class. I walked back there and talked to then for awhile they were sitting outside with the kids and were very nice. Turns out my daughter is his biggest fan. Unknown to me they were playing his songs to her in class. He would drop by the school often. His mom always brought things to Stephanie from then on. Autographed pictures, buttons and things like that. Until she retired from the school. That was over 10 years ago and Stephanie will still shake her head yes when you ask her if Alan is her friend.

In 1996 Stephanie was in Egleston Hospital in Atlanta with a bowel obstruction 10 days after surgery she had another one and had to have surgery again and was very sick. She was in the hospital for over 2 months. The weekend after her second surgery Wynonna Judd was having a big concert in Atlanta. Before the concert she was going to stop by the hospital unannounced to the media only hospital personal knew. Stef was having a pretty good day that day so the nurse told me about the visit and said we would take Stephanie to the conference room to meet her. When Wynonna arrived she stopped and hugged Stephanie. Not long after that Stef started fussing (she does not talk) and leaning over in her wheelchair. I told the nurse something was wrong and we had to leave. Wynonna had just finished a song when we got up to leave. She came back over to us and asked it everything was ok. We told her no we had to leave. She hugged Stephanie again and then hugged me and told me to let her know if she could do anything. The nurse stopped and paged the doctor and he met us in the room and it turns out Stephanies lung had collasped so he rushed her right back to surgery. While in the waiting room I finished watching Wynonna on the hospital TV. Later that night when we got back to Stephanies room there was an autographed picture of Wynonna on Stephanie bed with a very nice note that she was praying for her. Turns out after she finished she asked around to find out how Stef was and they told her what had happened so before leaving for her concert she brought the picture and note up to Stephanies room so we would have it when we returned.

Jkm

Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 06:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We got to hear Sally Ride speak over the weekend. All the girls could say was "she doesn't look like the woman in the commercial, Mom" Refering to a commerical where a half asleep boy gets asked "who was the first woman in space?" Boy turns around and Sally is sitting in one of the chairs in her nasa jumpsuit pointing at her name tag.

She is a very, very petite woman - with a sense of humor. One of my daughters got to ask her a question. It was cool because my oldest wants to be on the Mars mission in 2028.

She didn't stick around for autographs -- had a plane to catch.

Crazydog

Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 11:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
About five years ago, Oprah Winfrey still had her restaurant here in Chicago, it was called "The Eccentric". Two colleagues from out-of-town were here and being female they were both obsessed with Oprah. So we were at this restaurant, and noticed hordes of waiters going in an out of a private room. One of the girls asked what was going on, and they said it was Steadman's birthday. My co-workers were giddy at the thought that Oprah herself was under the same roof. One of them entertained the thought of hanging out in the ladies room to see if Oprah would take a royal pee. Just as the other one said that she probably had a private toilet upstairs, the door opens, and out came Oprah herself to use the washroom. My co-workers gave a little squeal, Oprah turned and looked right at them, waved and said "hi ladies".

Even I thought it was a little cool. She seemed much shorter than I would have thought and she was in her "fat" stage.

Marysafan

Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 11:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
A couple of years ago, I was at a NASCAR Craftsman truck race in Topeka, Kansas. I was walking along with my hubby, when NASCAR Winston Cup driver Bobby Hamilton walked by. I was totally awestruck and said very excitedly to hubby..."THAT was Bobby Hamilton!" As I turned my head to watch him walk away, Hubby says in a very calm voice..."Mary...." I ignore him as we continue walk...and repeat..."BUT that was BOBBY HAMILTON!" ....and Hubby again says calmly..."Mary....".

Now I am REALLy ignoring him because I KNOW what he is going to say...he is going to tell me to calm down and not to make such a spectacle of myself...but I am excited! So I say AGAIN! "BUT that was BOBBY HAMILTON!!!!"

Hubby stops walking ...so I stop too. I look up at him expecting him to chastise me...when he calmly says..."Look....". There standing right in front of me is RICHARD PETTY!

Richard Petty is the "KING" of stockcar racing. I had watched him race since I was a teenager...and now here he was standing right in front of me with a big ol' grin on his face as he was watching me go GA-GA over Bobby Hamilton!

I quickly told him how great is was too finally see him in person...and he autographed my hat...smiling the whole time...and then we walked away...and I burst into tears! NEVER in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to meet to Richard Petty...not that day or any other.

Fabnsab

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 09:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Two days ago, Rick Springfield came into my restaurant for lunch, then returned a few hours later for dinner. He was nice, so-so tipper though. He isn't aging well. My whole staff was singing Jessie's Girl- a little too loudly. I had to shut them up.

I waited on Derek Jeter once. He was with his agent who was a *ick to me, he waved me away to "dismiss" me. Derek tapped my arm, looked into my eyes, and said, "thank you, Frankie." My heart melted. He was probably accustomed to making up for his rude agent.

Heyltslori

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 10:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Rick Springfield :::sigh:::