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At my university you'll probably see George HW Bush at least once in your stint here. My roommate actually met him and his wife today.

On the same note I met Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday after Muster. I wanted to ask him about the changes in the defense budget but it was a little inappropriate at the time. Being after Muster and all.

I got to talk to Mark Hamill for a few minutes way back at Gen Con '95. He's a really nice guy and I remember asking him about voicing the Joker in the Batman cartoons. He wouldn't do the voice for me, but he said he really enjoyed voice-acting.

Later on, I stood in line to get an autograph from him (again) but this time he was there to promote the Wing Commander CCG. The security was passing out cards of his character and that was the -only- thing he was going to sign. No Star Wars stuff, period. Well of course everyone kept out their SW stuff and Mark was happy to sign it. The guy in front of me had a header card from the original 1977 store display that had most of the main actor's signatures on it. Mark geeked out when he saw it and gladly signed his name.

Just made me smile to see one of my childhood heroes be just as much of a geek as I am

I wish I knew what an anecdote was.

Bloody Australian education.

At a Concert a while back i got to go back stage and i met metallica, all pissed off their heads drunk. had the weirdest conversation with Lars and i couldnt make out a word of it

Also i'm not sure if this counts but iv met (and had my ass kicked at unreal turnament by) Fatal1ty at a Gaming tournament in Sweden.

I have a Wiggle CD signed by Murray. Goddamn that was an awesome day... (12 or so years ago )

Met assorted Canberra sports players and radio hosts, but that's about it.

I am related to some englich cricketers, but I don't/Didn't know them ( I think one died...)

I'll throw in the tiny bit I have on me...

General E. Lee (the confederate general from the Americal Civil War) is my uncle eight times removed. And I'm also related to George Washington, though don't ask me what the exact relation is, I can never remember the right wordage.

I also met Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, at different times. For the record, Bush's breath is DISGUSTING and Clinton looks fake in person.

After graduating high school, I worked at the same department store that George Clooney worked at. Of course, he was already in Hollywood by that time...

For those of you familiar with the movie Rain Man, the part after they leave the airport and come upon an auto accident and Dustin Hoffman's character gets out of the car and walks alongside the highway was filmed just a few miles away from where I grew up. Oddly enough, I've never seen the rest of the movie beyond that point.

On the gaming side, being here in Cincinnati means I know a few people from Ral Partha. I still bump into Golden Daemon Slayer Plaque (yes, plaque) winner Jeff Wilhelm occasionally and John Winter was a regular at the FLGS where I started playing 40K. I even have a Dwarf Anvil of Doom and Standard Bearer that John painted.

Hmmm... not that I've ever used it, but before Jason Richards became a Multiple Golden Demon award winner for his painting (some of his work is in the 2005-2006 and 2007 GW big catalogs), he had heard about me through mutual friends and asked if he could come find out more about miniature painting from me...

... after seeing his work a few months later, I think it was to find out how not to do it.

-Vilegrimm

MagickalMemories wrote:

two_heads_talking wrote:We even yelled out the barracks window at mark who was sitting in his chair with his BDU shirt wide open and a white t-shirt. He gave us all the finger.. lol

I hear better things about him now but, back in those days, he was a TOTAL pr*ck. He let his own high opinion of himself go to his head.
Eric

Yeah, flipping off 60 soldiers isn't exactly a smart move, especially when the 3 drill sgts are the ones that started the 'button up your blouse slouch' comments.. He was young and as you mentioned full of himself.

Gaming related:

I've played Magic with Tom Wham (an early Dragon magazine contributor who wrote all sorts of crazy games like King of the Tabletop, Snit's Revenge, The Awful Green Things from Outer Space, etc), Peter Adkinson, Richard Garfield, and others (what happens when you get into a game when it's first released), and have most of my Beta set of cards signed by the artists...

Other Celebrities:
I've met Terry Pratchett (who was most amused by the camera-watch I had at the time), Douglas Adams, and Rev. Billy Gibbons at various book signing events.

Ran into the guitarist and drummer for Motorhead circa 1991ish, in a Toys-R-Us while they were looking for RC cars to play with backstage. They recognized our accents (my family are English ex-pats living in the States) and came and said hello to us.

Have met Pratchett a few times and have several books signed by him.

See John Blanche, Alan and Michael Perry, Aly Morrison, Rick Priestly and several others at Warhammer World all the time but am too polite to go and bother them (despite wanting too.... I may need to buy Mr Blanche a drink one day...).

Attended Nuala and Warwick Kinrades wedding, and have the Taros Campaign signed by Warwick, but then again they did live about 5 doors up the road from us.

Met Larry Elmore many years ago and a Gen Con.

Talking of Pratchett I've met the real Hodges Arge.... a guy called Dave Hodges.

Met Simon Pegg and Nick frost spoke to Grace Jones on way out of Heathrow Airport.....bleh

Lorgar's_Blessed wrote:I'll throw in the tiny bit I have on me...

General E. Lee (the confederate general from the Americal Civil War) is my uncle eight times removed. And I'm also related to George Washington, though don't ask me what the exact relation is, I can never remember the right wordage.

I also met Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, at different times. For the record, Bush's breath is DISGUSTING and Clinton looks fake in person.

One of my great, great, great, etc Uncles was on the boat with GW when he crossed the Delaware. We should hang out, do some boating or something.

I've chatted with several guys from GW: Dave Taylor, Jervis, etc.

mattyboy22 wrote:

Lorgar's_Blessed wrote:I'll throw in the tiny bit I have on me...

General E. Lee (the confederate general from the Americal Civil War) is my uncle eight times removed. And I'm also related to George Washington, though don't ask me what the exact relation is, I can never remember the right wordage.

I also met Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, at different times. For the record, Bush's breath is DISGUSTING and Clinton looks fake in person.

One of my great, great, great, etc Uncles was on the boat with GW when he crossed the Delaware. We should hang out, do some boating or something.

I've chatted with several guys from GW: Dave Taylor, Jervis, etc.

Hmm sounds fun. Now all we'd have to do is find Ulysses S. Grant's nephew and go ahead and throw down fistecuffs. (Note: I do NOT have an opinion on either general. The civil was was in the past, and I feel I shouldn't be effected.)

I didn't meet him but Peter Jackson came into my game store today I don't know why he is in Portland today but he bought a bunch of stuff and left in a limo with a security guard.

I used to work in the Jobcentre shown in 'The full Monty'.

Also used to live about 100 yards away from where the fastest steam train in the world was built.

Gaming: I have appeared in White Dwarf.

Ooh ooh I met Kylie Minogue and we had a random conversation about David Beckham and Sharpie markers. Have met Teddy Sheringham, Les Sealey, Peter Shilton, Martin Keown and a few other footballers. Saw Aldo Zilli picking his nose while serving up food at a prty, gf still has the pic lol
Went to the same school as Christine Ohurugu and my headmaster was a fairly famous author.
Wow don't all of these seem so random! And none gaming related what so ever!

Oh yeah and wore Nicole Cooke's olympic gold medal round my neck and asked her whether she thought it was a bit disrespectful that it isn't solid gold, only plated. She didn't look impressed lol.

Mine are all canadian political figures

I met Jean Chretien (former prime minister),and Rick Hillier (canada's former top general). In person I've seen Jilles Ducepe(politician), Jack Layton and His wife Olivia (both politicians).

Thats all i got

I think I have most of you beat here.
How many of you have met a famous serial killer? I have.
I met Kenneth McDuff back before he got released from prison the last time. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Allen_McDuff)
Back when I first went to work for the prison system he was doing time on my unit and worked in our laundry depatment. I didn't pay him much mind as he wasn't famous yet and as just one of 2250 inmates on the unit, he really didn't stand out. It was only after he had been arrested and the big media coverage did I see his face on TV and say "Damn..I know that guy!".

As to more normal celebs I have met:
-I met Charles Manson prosecutor Vincent Buglosii at a book signing back in the mid '90s.
-I've met both Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity at book signings.
-I had the recently deceased porn star Marilyn Chambers sign a copy of "Insatiable" for me at an apearance she did in 2003.
-I got Gary Gygax to sign my first edition Dungeon Master's guide at a gaming convention in 1992.
-I met Col. Danny Mcknight (the guy Tom Sizemore played in "Blackhawk Down") at a big airsoft game a few years ago.
-Finally, I've met quite a few Texas political figures when they have come to tour one of th prisons I've worked at over the years including George W Bush when he was the governor.

TR

TR

When I was at college in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, we hung out at a game store called Cerebral Hobbies. One day, we were sitting there, BSing about 40K, D&D, and other things, and in walks Robin Williams, the comedian/actor. He was in town filming part of the movie Patch Adams. He bought several blisters of heavy weapons. He plays Dark Angels. He didn't stay to talk but he did sign a friend's codex.

captain.gordino wrote:I'm having a bit of a fight with Angelina Jolie right now, but you've all probably read about it...

I just lost SO much respect for you, Mr. Jolie. Guess you shoulda kept offa (or outta, whatever) the hired help, eh?

Trench-Raider wrote:
-I've met both Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity at book signings.
-I had the recently deceased porn star Marilyn Chambers sign a copy of "Insatiable" for me at an apearance she did in 2003.

Good to know you put Rush and Sean on the list first.

I periodically go back to Jacksonville Florida to visit family and friends. I get in a game with an old friend at his house. I'm commenting on the absolutely beautiful terrain and armies that's he's accumulated. Lo and behold, Fred Reed moved into the area and games at my buddies house. My buddy commissioned Fred to paint up some of his armies. Sadly, I still haven't met Fred. I've loved his stuff since 2nd edition.

Brother Captain Andrecus wrote:

Trench-Raider wrote:
-I've met both Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity at book signings.
-I had the recently deceased porn star Marilyn Chambers sign a copy of "Insatiable" for me at an apearance she did in 2003.

Good to know you put Rush and Sean on the list first.

Actually there is no order. It was just random as the occurances popped into my head.

Honest.
TR

sunofruss wrote:I didn't meet him but Peter Jackson came into my game store today I don't know why he is in Portland today but he bought a bunch of stuff and left in a limo with a security guard.

hancock.tom wrote:When I was at college in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, we hung out at a game store called Cerebral Hobbies. One day, we were sitting there, BSing about 40K, D&D, and other things, and in walks Robin Williams, the comedian/actor. He was in town filming part of the movie Patch Adams. He bought several blisters of heavy weapons. He plays Dark Angels. He didn't stay to talk but he did sign a friend's codex.

So both Peter Jackson and Robin Williams are gamers? Interesting. Jackson I could totally see. Williams, however, I have hard time believing he'd shut up long enough to actually play a game. Can you imagine playing him in a tourney and he starts in with his gay Cuban hairdresser bit?

Jack of all games wrote:
So both Peter Jackson and Robin Williams are gamers? Interesting. Jackson I could totally see. Williams, however, I have hard time believing he'd shut up long enough to actually play a game. Can you imagine playing him in a tourney and he starts in with his gay Cuban hairdresser bit?

Robin Williams has been confirmed as a gamer for over a decade now. You'd gotta love a game between Vin Diesel, Stephen Colbert, Robin Williams, Peter Jackson.

Swordguy wrote:
Robin Williams has been confirmed as a gamer for over a decade now. You'd gotta love a game between Vin Diesel, Stephen Colbert, Robin Williams, Peter Jackson.

I'd pay to see that.

Swordguy wrote:Robin Williams has been confirmed as a gamer for over a decade now. You'd gotta love a game between Vin Diesel, Stephen Colbert, Robin Williams, Peter Jackson.

Nice! The other two I can definitely see as well. Where did you find out they were gamers? Not disbelieving, just curious.

Jack of all games wrote:

Swordguy wrote:Robin Williams has been confirmed as a gamer for over a decade now. You'd gotta love a game between Vin Diesel, Stephen Colbert, Robin Williams, Peter Jackson.

Nice! The other two I can definitely see as well. Where did you find out they were gamers? Not disbelieving, just curious.

Vin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlUsiKfeDfo

Colbert: http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/dungeons-dragons-online/537989p1.html

Six Famous D&D Players: http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/8708/Fun++Games/Famous+DD+Players.aspx