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@Albatross- Do you have any family in Utah? If your avatar is a picture of you, then you are a dead ringer for a bud of mine that does roller derby here.

Famous people?

Hrm.

I've met Nathan Fillion(hilariously fun to talk to. And as funny in RL as he is on Castle), Michael Durant, and Richard Dean Anderson.

It's a great ol' list of random folks.

But I think meeting MacGyver was the top moment of my life, famous people-wise.

@Relapse - Not in Utah mate, sorry. I DO have family in North Carolina - but none of them are unfortunate enough to look like me!

Relapse wrote:@Albatross- Do you have any family in Utah? If your avatar is a picture of you, then you are a dead ringer for a bud of mine that does roller derby here.

I think Albatross may just have "one of those faces",because he also bears an amazing resemblance to one of my friends at my job.

Nicholas Lyndhurst in a pub and one of the Rolling stones (Keith Richards I think) in a supermarket. My mum lives in the same village where they live (or at least own a house).

And on one of my mother's annual visits Keanu Reeves stepped out of his minivan escort to the Jingmao tower hotel right in front of us. Though my wife vehemently denies it she screamed like a little school girl...and I was in too much shock to really do anything. With The Matrix being my second favourite film of all time I was quite rightly shocked.

Richard Dawkins
Christopher Hitchens
Hillary Clinton
Richard Holbrooke
Fareed Zakaria
Lou Dobbs (sadly, I was unarmed at the time)
Lots of other authors, and relatively famous academics.

Peter Berg
Josh Hartnett
Jessica Biel
Jeremy Piven
Kal Penn
Meatloaf
Kanye West
Twista
K-OS

Impressive list.

G

Why would you brag about meeting Kanye West though?

That's like bragging about getting crabs.

He seemed like a fairly decent guy. He's obviously really egotistical, but that only comes out in the context of his work, or if you happen to be serving him. His public persona is a highly rarified form of his actual self. Based only on my limited knowledge of him, anyway.

Eh. Perhaps. He just comes across as one of "those" celebrities.

I did forget to mention that I met John Travolta once out at the beachfront here in NC, apparently he owns a nice beach house. He really was a great guy. Bought the whole bar a free round when the team he was cheering on scored a gorgeous field goal.

Kanluwen wrote:Eh. Perhaps. He just comes across as one of "those" celebrities.

I suppose its worth noting that I'm not exactly the nicest person in the world. It takes a lot for me to consider someone offensive.

Kanluwen wrote:
I did forget to mention that I met John Travolta once out at the beachfront here in NC, apparently he owns a nice beach house. He really was a great guy. Bought the whole bar a free round when the team he was cheering on scored a gorgeous field goal.

Yeah, I like the celebrities that acknowledge how much excess wealth they have.

dogma wrote:I suppose its worth noting that I'm not exactly the nicest person in the world. It takes a lot for me to consider someone offensive.

I never would have guessed! Truly though, judging by your demeanor on Dakka, I think you would probably be a very agreeable fellow. And who says I can't be nice?

dogma wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Eh. Perhaps. He just comes across as one of "those" celebrities.

I suppose its worth noting that I'm not exactly the nicest person in the world. It takes a lot for me to consider someone offensive.

Kanluwen wrote:
I did forget to mention that I met John Travolta once out at the beachfront here in NC, apparently he owns a nice beach house. He really was a great guy. Bought the whole bar a free round when the team he was cheering on scored a gorgeous field goal.

Yeah, I like the celebrities that acknowledge how much excess wealth they have.

Heh, yeah. Love those

But I mean, those ones also tend to surround themselves with bodyguards and the like and shrug off interaction with us Lowly Folk.

Travolta on the other hand, his only request was "no photos"(as it was shortly after his son died and he was just trying to get away from the paparazzi)--anything else was fair game. He even held a nice little BBQ the following day for anyone who wanted to watch the game that night.

Guns N Roses -- original line up with Steve Adler
Nine Inch Nails
Marilyn Manson
The Prodigy
Kasabian
Liam Gallagher
An old old bands called The Atom Seed
Sepultura, back when Max was still in the group
Napalm Death
Tom Baker
Rik Mayall
The current and two previous Arch Bishops of Canterbury
Peter tatchell
Ex PM John Major
Michael Howard
Peter Mandelson
Anne Widdecombe -- more terrifying in person than you'd believe.

Whole host of other Uk politicans of varying levels of fame.

Ade Edmonson and various other uk "stars" who do pantomine.

EDIT : ....most misleading thread title of the week though I reckon, it promised so much ...

Working in Soho, I often see luvvies (Steven Fry, Leslie Phillips for instance) popping in and out of studios and coffee shops but I haven’t spoken to them.

When I lived in Richmond I often saw some of the celebs who live there, such as Sir Keith Richards and his ex-wife, wandering around. Also half the cast of Primaeval shopping in Waitrose. They were location shooting nearby.

Actually talked to:

All five Spice Girls when they were the Spice Girls
Sir Richard Branson (I’ve seen his knob.)
A couple of big name footballers whom I can’t remember
Aaron Ramsay (Arsenal)
Ken Kutaragi the so-called father of PlayStation
Lawrence Dallaglio, the rugby player
Dan Magness, football freestyler (I don’t know how famous he is.)
Brian May out of Queen – I sold him 15mm Minifigs in the 80s
Sir Patrick Moore
John Hannah
Oliver Postgate

Kilkrazy wrote:Sir Richard Branson (I’ve seen his knob.)

LOL@ "I've seen his knob".

Well, I once saw the current PM outside a hospital...

Does that count?

Cheese Elemental wrote:Well, I once saw the current PM outside a hospital...

Does that count?

Were soldiers avoiding Mr. Rudd as well?

I like our PM. Eh wants emissions trading and doesn't afraid of anything.

George Bush Sr.
H Ross Perot
Pharoah Thutmose III kissed my baby.

Morgan Freeman

fething hell.. All these meetings with the Arch Bishops of Canterbury.. no wonder you fethers arent exactly impartial when i start whinging about the bible!

Son, I knew Thomas A Becket, and You're no Thomas A Becket...

FITZZ wrote:

Relapse wrote:@Albatross- Do you have any family in Utah? If your avatar is a picture of you, then you are a dead ringer for a bud of mine that does roller derby here.

I think Albatross may just have "one of those faces",because he also bears an amazing resemblance to one of my friends at my job.

I agree, when I first saw his avatar I did the "Oh hey its..... oh never mind he lives in Michigan" It happens I guess

Ive met and ate lunch with Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton from fresh prince) at a comicon once. He was a really cool guy.
The voice of adult swims Space Ghost, total asshat.
Ted Nugent
Will Ferral when he shot Semi Pro in Flint. I ran into him on the street and he instinctively did the "sup man" as he passed by. That was cool

And I swaer I saw Morgan Freeman once at a restaurant, but it just had to be his look alike or something lol

BrookM wrote:I almost shook hands with George Baker, but the spanker didn't wash his hands after using the bathroom.

This is hilarious to me because, well, spanking is a term for masturbating.

Jeez, Brook, way to respect people's privacy.

KingCracker wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Relapse wrote:@Albatross- Do you have any family in Utah? If your avatar is a picture of you, then you are a dead ringer for a bud of mine that does roller derby here.

I think Albatross may just have "one of those faces",because he also bears an amazing resemblance to one of my friends at my job.

I agree, when I first saw his avatar I did the "Oh hey its..... oh never mind he lives in Michigan" It happens I guess

I think we'd best hold our thoughts on this because it seems more and more that Al is either some kind of clone experiment, duplicating mutant, or under some kind of witness protection program that keeps him on the move.

In any event, I don't want to end up disappearing over my ill considered statement!

No real A-listers but a couple of cool stories.

I used to train at the same gym as Jane Couch (female world boxing champion) she also used to hang out at the tennis club my mum worked at so we knew each other quite well, I never forget my mum moaning about her boyfriend at the time and Jane offering to "set him straight", he nearly fainted when he found out.

A few years back I ran a bar in the centre of Bristol and we did warm ups for a couple of the local nightclubs, met Roni Size who was a grade a dick, it could have been because he had been in a car crash on his way to the club, but I got the feeling he was a chod in general.

Had a good drink and a few games of table football with the guys from Roots Manuva. they came back a couple of weeks later to do a set at the bar for a bottle of JD.

Bumped into Finley Quaye when I was working at Glastonbury festival, he was stoned of his tits and trying to blag his way into the site even though he had a performers wrist band on!

The nicest famous person I ever met was Beth Gibbons from Portishead, she made the time to talk to everyone she came across and I never heard her complain or have a bad word to say about anyone.

@FITZZ/Relapse/KingCracker - I am everywhere, at all times.


Be good.

squilverine wrote:
I used to train at the same gym as Jane Couch (female world boxing champion) she also used to hang out at the tennis club my mum worked at so we knew each other quite well, I never forget my mum moaning about her boyfriend at the time and Jane offering to "set him straight", he nearly fainted when he found out.

Gyms are great places to be if you want to meet famous people; especially actors, musicians, or others who make money off their appearance. Pretty much every time I come across a person of note, its in the auspices of a gym.