Who have you met in person?

[blackdiamond]

I don't believe I have seen a similar thread, so...

Who is the most famous person you have met?

When I was a kid I met Marcus Allen and O.J. Simpson at a breakfast diner in California.  Marcus was friendly, but O.J. was a bit of a jerk (shocker).

Also, as a kid, I had the opportunity to meet James Irwin from Apollo 15 and is one of only 12 people to every walk on the moon.  I have been watching the series "When We Left Earth" and the show "In The Shadow of the Moon" on the Discovery channel and have again become fascinated with NASA.

I saw George W. Bush at an Air Force Academy graduation, but it was from a long ways away.

I think that's about it for me.

[Shamb]

ppssh.. easy... Marlin..


Marlin is the greatest man I have ever meet!   

[Duffil]

Bubba Paris from the Niners...Teppei Teranishi from Thrice...Marlin Czajkowski...MiniSimp...BigMike...WHITETRASH

uhm...I think that's it.

edit: Shamb beat me to it.

[*** YELLER ***]

What ever..... I met Duffil and that guy is awsome (not  ) nice (when drunk  ) polite (when asleep  ) kind of a jerk  (when awake  ) I remember it like it was 6 hours ago ( oh wate it was  ) he was standing behind the counter of NAPA auto parts smiling at me like he already knew me and then he spoke  ......... "WTF are you doing here I have a restraing order and you have to be 100 yards away at all times" I explained that I was just in the neighborhood and thought I would stop by and say Hello but to no avail he was rude and unpersonable  parts guys huh 

[79coyotefrg]

Marlin   cant think of anyone  more famous than him, (besides WillyMammoth ) well that i knew anyways

[Toymin8r]

I've worked in bars for about 15 years so I've met lots of local celeberties, which in St. louis thats mostly sports figures

Baseball
Cy Young award winner Chris Carpenter, Albert Puhljols,  Mark Mcgwire -at a pizze place at 3:00am

Football, Marshall Faulk,

Hockey. Brett Hull, Wayne Gretsky - both at a strip club, Tony Twist

John goodman - S#$tface drunk at his alma matter fraternity party at SMSU

[abnormaltoy]

I've met a whole load of people, mostly athletes (Dallas Cowboys) and a few olympic gymnasts (Svetlana Boginskaya) a few politicians (LBJ), but the most remarkable person I met was Ronaldus Magnus in Des Moines.

[bigarms23]

the three for me was marlin, redgreen. and don johnson which i thought was to full of himself

[WHITE_TRASH]

I've met many in the drag racing world, Ed "the ace" McCulloch, John Force, Don "the snake" Prudhome, Tom "the mongoose" McEwen, Kenny Bernstein and Cruz Pendregon to name a few.  Cruz was a puttz but Kenny was the biggest assclown I've ever had the disservice to meet.  I have most of their autographs due to my cousin being a big wig with National Dragster magazine.


I've had the pleasure to meet most of the bigger rock crawling teams.  I have yet to meet anyone that isn't super nice and a pure pleasure to hang out with.  The websters are by far THE COOLEST people I've had the pleasure to hang out with for any length of time...  Guess it pays to be friends with the guys that own and work at Crawl Mag...  


Off of the board I have met Duffil, Prismo and many others that don't frequent this board much any more... 

[crawlerdan]

ive met super sonics foreward detlyph schrimp ...i spelled that wrong

eric clapton and bb king at the same time

and vllade divac, kevin johnson, when they where both with the phoenic suns

and marlin about a dozen times


a few weeks ago john mccain

[jimbo74]

marlin
chuck norris
don blue


maybe some others but i forgot

[Toymin8r]

but the most remarkable person I met was Ronaldus Magnus in Des Moines.

Most people on this forum probably aren't old enough to remember him.  Great American.   

[Hammerhead]

Marlin and Christine... 

...and of course the Marlin Rock Crawling Team




...and from my motorcycle racing days

Malcolm Smith
Steve McQueen
Cal Rayborn
Mert Lawwill - 3 time Grand National Champ
Scotty Parker - 9 time Grand National Champ
Bill Werner - Scott Parkers Tuner
richard Mann - Grand National Champ
Jay Springsteen - 3 time Grand National Champ
Bubba Shobert
Kenny Roberts - 2 time Grand National Champ and World Champ
Wayne Rainey
Brad Lackey
Bob Hannah
Jeremy McGrath
...etc. etc....

[mikerob]

Iv met a lot of the Oakland A's and the San Jose Sharks,  Some of the old 49ers,  and MC Hammer

[fordh8r]

I've met Howie Mandel
Penn & Teller (for anyone who doesn't know Penn is one really big dude!  )

Jay Leno

We also had one of the guys from ZZ Top sit right in front of us when we were at the Jay Leno Show.

Blue Man Group (those guys are cool)

and not to mention our beloved Marlin and Christine  and that Big Mike guy  as well as several
people from here on the forum (you know who you are  ).

I have also met some of the Oakland Raiders and some of their cheerleaders (being that one of
them is someone I know  ).  Even got to go to their training facility in Alameda and
ate BBQ there too. 

[DTB]

I sat next to MacGyver at a bar in Hawaii.....


but I was too shy to say hello 

[crawlerdan]

ooo tall chevy remied me.


one of the blue man group was my art tearcher as a freshman in high school (before he was blue)

[fordh8r]

ooo tall chevy remied me.

He hasn't even posted in this thread yet...

one of the blue man group was my art tearcher as a freshman in high school (before he was blue)

Cool, nonetheless! 

[abnormaltoy]

Marlin and Christine... 

...and of course the Marlin Rock Crawling Team




...and from my motorcycle racing days

Malcolm Smith
Steve McQueen
Cal Rayborn
Mert Lawwill - 3 time Grand National Champ
Scotty Parker - 9 time Grand National Champ
Bill Werner - Scott Parkers Tuner
richard Mann - Grand National Champ
Jay Springsteen - 3 time Grand National Champ
Bubba Shobert
Kenny Roberts - 2 time Grand National Champ and World Champ
Wayne Rainey
Brad Lackey
Bob Hannah
Jeremy McGrath
...etc. etc....

Wow, some of those bike riders bring back some memories! Steve McQueen...to bad he died, he oozed cool...back in the day. Kenny Roberts: an absolute wildman on a bike!

[crawlerdan]

ooo then it was you (im easily confused..and distracted...oooo!! a penny!)

[Lady Di]

the three for me was marlin, redgreen. and don johnson which i thought was to full of himself

Redgreen! How cool! I loved that show!

Of course we have met and shared quite a few meals with Marlin, Christine and BigMike.
When I worked at a pizzaria in San Mateo a lot of 49ers would come in there, I didn't know most but Joe Montana and his wife were in one night, I didn't actually meet them but Joe did come to the counter to use the phone (pre-cell phone days, I guess!)

My god father is an excutive producer for Aaron Spelling Prod., E. Duke Vincent. But I don't watch any of the shows he produces (WB type crap)

Can't think of anyone else off hand.

[fordh8r]

ooo then it was you (im easily confused..and distracted...oooo!! a penny!)

People confuse us all the time they often think were brothers. Apparently were even mistaken on line.    

[Lady Di]

People confuse us all the time they often think were brothers. Apparently were even mistaken on line.    

haha I thought you were brothers for some reason

[Tallchevy]

I have met a few MC Hammer, Pablo Huffaker (Grave Digger monster truck driver) Chuck Jordan Survivor monster truck owner/driver), Raider cheerleaders, Marlin & Christine. I have even worked on some vehicles owned by celeb's, E40 (rapper), Johnny Cash tour bus, Grave Digger's (18 wheeler that hauls the monster truck), Survivor (18 wheeler that hauls the monster truck), Alex Spanos (18 wheeler that hauls horses) the owner of the San Diego Chargers & Joe Montana's truck that hauls horses.

ooo tall chevy remied me.

Um...........ok, I think  

He hasn't even posted in this thread yet...

That's what I thought  

People confuse us all the time they often think were brothers. Apparently were even mistaken on line.    

This is true.

haha I thought you were brothers for some reason

You know that saying............."They all look alike to me!"

[Rocksurfer]

Just about everyone in offroad racing, we used to race against them, in fact for a while Brian Stewart (Ivan's son) was a part of our team and we used to test with Cal Wells out at Stoddard Wells and at Devore.

Then on the other side my father was a Tennis pro and I've pretty much met most of those people too, and since he was an instructor for many years in Beverly Hills/Bel Air I've met a lot of stars.

Then since I did some Limo/security work I've met a lot of stars that way too. We also did a lot of work for basketball and I've transported team members and player reps. for both LA teams, Sacramento, and Golden State. I've been to the Mansion and met the girls I've seen Heff but never met him. My brother dated a Playmate Of The Year for years before and during her reign.

When I worked for AAA and National Auto Clubs in the Bel Air/Beverly Hills/Malibu I would run into them on a daily basis.

When I worked for LAPD downtown we'd be involved with them too, during that stint I even met Mark Furhman, and Christopher Darden before O.J. when Furhman was doing a 20/20 report on car theft in which I drove a towtruck in with a stolen car on it (all staged of course), and I was set to testify on a case that Darden was handling. I've met the real chief of LA, Daryl Gates.

Like I said as a child from my dad I ended up meeting a lot of stars on the courts and never even realized it and in some instances have even been in their homes not knowing who they were. About the best one I can think of was I had a friend in Pacific Palisades that I used to hang out with and one day we were at his friends house swimming and his mom was watching us swim turns out his mom is Rachel Welch, but I was just a kid and she was just another mom.

My mother was a nurse at St. John's hospital and she had a side job caring for James Garner's mother. I had a van and at one time Mr. Garner had accidentally run over one of his white German Sheppard's leg so I was enlisted to cart the dog to the set since the dog always went with him. Met a bunch of people that way.

I also majored in Media in school so I sat on a bunch of sets watching how it's done and went to school with kids that are current stars and were in those classes with me.

I think this may be why I see them as who they really are, just people like you and I. They take a crap just like you and I too, they just have a better toilet. I don't get excited or even care that they are around me, I think it kinda freaks them out that I may acknowledge them but don't go all goo goo over seeing them. In fact I think that this may be the reason I don't watch movies that much since I'm not all crazy to see my favorite stars since I don't concider them anything other than another person just like me.

[Duffil]

What ever..... I met Duffil and that guy is awsome (not  ) nice (when drunk  ) polite (when asleep  ) kind of a jerk  (when awake  ) I remember it like it was 6 hours ago ( oh wate it was  ) he was standing behind the counter of NAPA auto parts smiling at me like he already knew me and then he spoke  ......... "WTF are you doing here I have a restraing order and you have to be 100 yards away at all times" I explained that I was just in the neighborhood and thought I would stop by and say Hello but to no avail he was rude and unpersonable  parts guys huh 

that's because I could smell you as soon as you were outta the car.

[fordh8r]

haha I thought you were brothers for some reason

We are......2 brothers from seperate mothers. 

[mudguts]

I met the cast from Happy Days(when Joni had her fro) and shook hands with Arthur Fonzarelly  I also met Jonathan Winters while I was in the Corps,(He was a Marine fighter pilot)  I met Windel Miller at a funeral(Brother of Roger Miller(King Of The Road). I received a letter from Jimmy "The peanut" Carter. I also met the drummer from the J. Giels Band 

but the most remarkable person I met was Ronaldus Magnus in Des Moines.

I wish I could have met him. x2 on the great American

[*** YELLER ***]

Tonight at the FFC and BLINGIN wedding I had the PLEASURE and HONOR of meeting MARLIN and his family and I have to tell you I'm 41 years old and he is the nicest man I have ever had the honor of talking to we spent at least an hour or more just talking about my job and offroading it was truly my pleasure and honor to have meet him and his lovely wife Cristine and  um    who was the other guy there  .... I think his name was "LIL MIKIE"   whatever.... he had a very nice wife though, oh yea WERMY was in da house too with his lovely girlfriend and she was a blast.

[MiniSimp]

In Florida a couple of years back I get on the Monorail at O-Dark-Thirty on my way to D-World and there is another family already on it. It was Danny Glover! I just smiled at him and he smiled back, I didn't want to bug him for anything since he was obviously on vacation with his family, but it was cool to see a celeb out in the real world.