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YaYaYaYa Decent.Registered User regular
edited March 2011 in Social Entropy++
So celebrity sightings

We've all got a few stories, I've met, among others, Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku, Stephen Frears, Rob Lowe was at my house for a few minutes, MC Hammer went to the gym near my work one time

But some are different

I drove up to Sydney yesterday with my Dad for some pretty mundane reasons

We're driving back tomorrow night, so we only had one day to do stuff

I find out that Jersey Boys, the musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is in town, and we get some great last minute tickets. I was the only one in my family who hadn't seen it in Melbourne due to some weird scheduling conflict that I can't remember

Before the show I heard rumblings, but then during interval I turn around and there he was, five rows away

I walked up to him, literally shaking
"mr Valli?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you sign my ticket please?"
"sure."

I have, in my hand, an autograph from Frankie Valli, who I met at the musical about his life, on the one day I ended up a ten hour drive from home and in the audience of a show I just happened to have wanted to see

That's a real celebrity story

So what crazy encounters have you had with celebrities guys?

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    this one time i met the queen

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2011
    Wow. That is legitimately cool.

    edit: the frankie valli thing. I ain't interested in beasteh's grandmotherly shenanigans.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I had dinner with a guy who had a share of a Nobel Prize. Not a good one though, it was the Peace one. I can't remember his name either, but he was an Australian chap who wasn't into his booze. That made me a bit sad. It was odd, I'd gone there as a favour for a girl whose pants I was keen on having a gander at, but then everybody bailed and I ended up in a weirdly intimate dinner with this guy.

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  • HyperAquaBlastHyperAquaBlast Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I never understood autographs. Its just an odd request and desire of all things to remember someone you consider special.

    I mean the best thing would probably to ask for a locke of hair or some blood.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Here you go kid

    To: YaYa

    Thanks for being a fan!

    -Langly

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  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    HyperAquaBlast wrote: »
    I never understood autographs. Its just an odd request and desire of all things to remember someone you consider special.

    I mean the best thing would probably to ask for a locke of hair or some blood.

    Celebrities have to be mindful of voodoo.

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    tynic wrote: »
    Wow. That is legitimately cool.

    edit: the frankie valli thing. I ain't interested in beasteh's grandmotherly shenanigans.

    glaring so hard at you right now

    ok other famous people i have met

    simon pegg
    graham linehan
    brandon boyd (so gay for him)
    rolf harris
    swill

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I met steve jackson from steve jackson games at PAX prime last year.

    And I got a wrestling trading card signed by Hawk from the legion of doom.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Langly wrote: »
    Here you go kid

    To: YaYa

    Thanks for being a fan!

    -Langly

    This day just keeps getting better

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  • stimtokolosstimtokolos Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I don't know where the line is drawn on someone being a celebrity.
    I have had the artist-in-residence for Hamburg 1998 in my house. He is a cool dude.
    He has an ear growing out of his arm.
    stelarc_stelios_arcadious_s.jpg

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2011
    Beasteh wrote: »
    simon pegg

    !
    Beasteh wrote: »
    swill

    !!

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  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Bedlam wrote: »
    I met steve jackson from steve jackson games at PAX prime last year.

    And I got a wrestling trading card signed by Hawk from the legion of doom.

    Did you get him to roll dice to see where he has to sing your autograph?

    Because I imagine he has memorize the table for such things.

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I met Big Bird one time. He was alright

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  • DeicistDeicist Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I met Timmy mallett once. At camelot. He hit me on the head with a large foam mallett.

    This probably won't mean much to Americans (or English folk under the age of about 25) but it meant a lot at the time.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Beasteh how did you meet the queen

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Uriel wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    I met steve jackson from steve jackson games at PAX prime last year.

    And I got a wrestling trading card signed by Hawk from the legion of doom.

    Did you get him to roll dice to see where he has to sing your autograph?
    Oh I didnt get an autograph from SJ. He was just hanging out and observing the free play area and commenting here and there. Plus it didnt really seem like a big deal.

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  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Bedlam wrote: »
    Uriel wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    I met steve jackson from steve jackson games at PAX prime last year.

    And I got a wrestling trading card signed by Hawk from the legion of doom.

    Did you get him to roll dice to see where he has to sing your autograph?
    Oh I didnt get an autograph from SJ. He was just hanging out and observing the free play area and commenting here and there. Plus it didnt really seem like a big deal.

    Is he a cool dude?

    I really like zombie dice...


    EDIT: My GURPS joke is ruined.

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    YaYa wrote: »
    Beasteh how did you meet the queen

    she visited the naval academy my dad worked at

    shook my hand, was very nice

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Uriel wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    Uriel wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    I met steve jackson from steve jackson games at PAX prime last year.

    And I got a wrestling trading card signed by Hawk from the legion of doom.

    Did you get him to roll dice to see where he has to sing your autograph?
    Oh I didnt get an autograph from SJ. He was just hanging out and observing the free play area and commenting here and there. Plus it didnt really seem like a big deal.

    Is he a cool dude?

    I really like zombie dice...
    Yeah everything was pretty cool. It was like he was just another dude. It just happened that he knew everything about what everyone was playing.

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I've also met

    Lea Salonga (got all gay excited)
    Edgar Wright
    Tommy Tallarico (actually pretty funny and not a doucher)
    and the guy who voiced the original Speed Racer. He's dead now

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  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I could have met Penn Jillete and Teller one time after seeing them perform.

    But nope..

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I like to think that I once sat on a plane with DJ Bobo, but my sister denies to this day that it was him.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I met Morgan Freeman, he vacations down here.

    But at the time I didn't know who he was.

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  • Evil_ReaverEvil_Reaver Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I've met:

    Michael Chiklis (Work - Beverly Hills)
    Victoria Beckham (Work - Beverly Hills)

    I've seen up close (within a few feet):

    Hulk Hogan (Hollywood)
    Sylvester Stallone (Work - Beverly Hills)
    Anthony Anderson (Wingstop - Santa Clarita)

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I arm wrestled Bruce Campbell.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Weaver wrote: »
    I arm wrestled Bruce Campbell.
    We have a winner.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2011
    my mom met donald rumsfeld

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I'm in Toronto with the gf

    Walking down Queen st I believe.

    I stop at a light.... riiiiiight next to Mos Def...

    we happen to be walking in the same direction, I'm letting him walk ahead of me (I'm considerably taller than him so I could have passed him whenever I wanted, but I wanted to see where he was going!)

    As I'm walking people are turning their heads "Mos def, mos def, etc..." to eachother

    I'm getting pretty excited cause I like Mos Def alot so it'd be cool to say hi to him or something.

    His buddy walks into the adidas store, he stands outside and pulls out his phone
    I only have a couple seconds before that phone conversation starts, so I'd better say something really cool.

    I step like I'm passing him and make eye contact...

    "Mos def?"

    <he nods>

    I'm all "Peace, man..."

    Take one step forward...

    WHAM, right into this lady talking on her phone carrying shopping bags, not paying attention to where she's going...

    UGHHHHHHHH

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Platypus Beirut wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    I arm wrestled Bruce Campbell.
    We have a winner.

    It was at an interview/signing for the launch of Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way

    guy is hilarious

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    One time Tom Green showed up at the arcade I was at and started playing Top Skater

    alot of people crowded around him... it was awkward...

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Stale both of those stories are great

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  • SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2011
    Tallus wrote: »
    I met Timmy mallett once. At camelot. He hit me on the head with a large foam mallett.

    This probably won't mean much to Americans (or English folk under the age of about 25) but it meant a lot at the time.

    Man, wide awake club / wacaday was a larger part of my childhood than I'd like to admit.

    I mean, look at him:

    timmy-mallet-500x641.jpg

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Tallus wrote: »
    I met Timmy mallett once. At camelot. He hit me on the head with a large foam mallett.

    This probably won't mean much to Americans (or English folk under the age of about 25) but it meant a lot at the time.

    I met Timmy Mallet at Butlins once and he told me to piss off fucking annoying kids

    Next year we went to Center Parcs.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Beasteh wrote: »
    YaYa wrote: »
    Beasteh how did you meet the queen

    she visited the naval academy my dad worked at

    shook my hand, was very nice

    I played music for her once.

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Thanks Yaya!

    My girl still won't let me live the Mos Def one down... She still thinks it was my fault that lady crashed into me... I dunno, I wasn't talking on my phone... I guess I should have looked forward instead of looking at Mos Def...

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    #pipe wrote: »
    Beasteh wrote: »
    YaYa wrote: »
    Beasteh how did you meet the queen

    she visited the naval academy my dad worked at

    shook my hand, was very nice

    I played music for her once.

    If I ever meet her I'd tell her I loved her in RED

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I don't think I've ever really met anyone famous.

    Dan Marino would infrequently rent from the Blockbuster I worked at. The only time I ever really spoke to him was when he once asked me if I knew which movie was it that had Ed Norton playing a retarded guy. Other than that he acted like any other customer. Better actually. Patiently waited in line. Payed any fees without complaint.

    The movie was The Score, just in case anyone cares!

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    when I was in junior high I had a autographed glossy of Claire Danes because well it was the 90s and she was hot on my so called life

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I see myself in the mirror every day

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    oh and I got a big hug from Joan Jett

    that lady is tiny

    I think that's it for celebs

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