Famous people you've met

[ok, ok,....I get it]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

I met Gene Simmons and was on an episode of Family Jewels.

He was a total dick.

are you the fat ubber fan that live with his mom?

[Agamemnon]

I talked to Cuba Gooding Jr. for a few minutes, he was into a co-worker of mine. Saw Arnie Schwarzenegger from about 30 meters away in D.C. getting out of his SUV with his security guys. Wayne Gretzky signed an Archie comic of mine in TD when I was young. I saw Robert Duvall at Eau Claire and watched him walk around for a while.

[ok, ok,....I get it]

Originally Posted by smith12

Well I was fortunate enough to win a trip to the MMVA's a while back so I was able to meet quite a few "stars" while I was there. In attendance at the MMVA's (and those that I talked to) included:

- Avril Lavine
- Nickleback
- Vince Carter
- Iginla & Cassie Campbell
- Nelly Fertado
- Donovan Bailey
- The fat guy from Breaker High (don't remember his name).
- Walked right by Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock but didn't talk to them.
- Swollen Members
- Sean Paul
- Sam Roberts
- Pretty much all the VJ's at the time

There are probably a lot of others that I can't remember right now. Mind you, I was pretty loaded from all the free drinks so I probably don't remember everyone that I actually talked to. I do remember talking to Iginla and his finance (now wife) for about a half hour. It was right after he won the scoring title so it was pretty cool.

I also remember somehow talking our way into the "VIP" afterparty.....great night.

i try to avoid swollen members.....kind of a life rule thing of mine

[Bagor]

Santa Claus (numerous times).

Seamus Heaney (nobel prize winner, literature). Used to go out with his niece when I was about 13-14.

John Hume (another nobel prize winner, peace). We were hiding away smoking in a non smoking part of Heathrow airport. Had a good chat. Got his autograph on my ticket stub, quite nice as it has my name, date and everything on it.

[ok, ok,....I get it]

my list is not very impressive, Jason Leonard, Austin Healy, Pavel Bure, gino odjick, preston manning, Killer, cale hulse, Norm Barryman and a crap load of other All Blacks, Tim Horan,

[Inferno]

- Metallica
- Went to school with Tootoo for a year when he played here before going to the WHL.
- Neil Wilkinson coached here for a few months. Nice guy, ty coach/GM.
- Various other NHL players including Iggy after the Jets & Flames games that I've been to.

[fredr123]

Depending on your definition of "met", I bet Jolinar's list would rule all others.

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

Oh, and I met Gizmo williams at a bar a loooong time ago. He was about 5 feet of drunken midget, trying to get me to buy him a drink because he was "famous".

My girlfriends roommate dated him for a while. I think he was married at the time. I chuckled every time I heard an answering machine message that started out "Hey, it's the GIZ!.".

I peed in a urinal beside John Goodman at Bottlescrew Bills.

[sixpacked]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

Oh, and I met Gizmo williams at a bar a loooong time ago. He was about 5 feet of drunken midget, trying to get me to buy him a drink because he was "famous".

LOL me too. It was at the Hooter's in West Ed. He wasn't as intoxicated as we were. mmmmmmm chicken wings.

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by Frank the Tank

You were on an episode of that show? Details details!!

I was in Whistler last year around April (I think?) hanging out in the hot tub at the Fairmount Blackcomb, or whatever it's called, getting loaded. All of a sudden a bunch of TV cameras appear, and out walks this short old dude with sunglasses on, which just happens to be Gene Simmons. Of course I'm half cut, and being the obnoxious drunk I am I start yelling "YOU'RE THE MAN GENE WOOOOOOO", laughing, trying to get the other girls in the tub to take their tops off, bla bla bla, bantering back and forth with him and his crew. So they start to set up the scene (that ENTIRE show is set up BTW), and in one of the scenes some fat italian guy gets out of the tub, Gene taunts him with a towel, we all "laugh" at him, then he turns to us and says something along the lines of "more whiskey for my friends" or some stupid thing. We were supposed to cheer, I yelled out something annoying (can't remember what it was) and that was the end of the scene. They did it about 5 times, then planted a condom in one of the other tubs, and filmed this italian guy shouting something about us dirty Canadians.

Afterwards I approached Gene, just wanting to tell him I was a fan and shake his hand, and he totally turned away, started chatting to some girl about her t*ts, and had his producer get rid of me. I wasn't being rude or anything, he just wanted nothing to do with anyone who wasn't female.

I haven't watched an episode since. My buddy saw the one I was in, and said they edited pretty much everything out, except for us sitting in the tub laughing.

[millhouse11]

Depends on your definition...as far as meet and talk to, Mike Bossy, Mario Lemieux, Roenick, and Brett Hull were probably some of my favorite hockey players to chat with. Outside of Hockey, Lance Armstrong...the short time I could keep up with him on my bike...still pretty cool. Meeting Amber Lynn and Jill Kelly was pretty sweet. (Not sure if that counts since it cost me $10 to get the polaroids, which my wife threw out). Oh, and I hung out in Maui with Clarence Gilyard (Chuck Norris' sidekick in Walker texas ranger). We went to Planet Hollywood in Lahaina and got free eats.

[simmer2]

Richard Branson - still email back and forth - met in Noosa, Australia
Jim Balsille - Met on a bike trip
Lance Armstrong - same bike trip
Eddie Merckx - same bike trip
Pete Rose
Ty Domi - Met him at the Vanilla Ice concert over Stampede...at Cowboys
Kevin Costner - At Cowboys
Teemu Selanne - told him he sucked for beating us that night. Again, at Cowboys


As for Flames, I met Iggy, Primeau, Kipper, Regehr, Nilson, Friesen, Richie Regehr, Phaneuf, Conroy, McLennan, Huselius....all the same night at Cowboys.


Apparently I met most of the famous people at Cowboys...oh the memories. I'm sure there are other people I've met, just can't think of any right now.

[CaptainCrunch]

To add to mine, since people are telling stories. The wrestlers that I met almost got me killed.

I was working in Winnipeg and staying at the fabulous Polo Park Inn. I had just gotten home from work and I was trying to get some sleep but there was a major party going on. so instead of doing the smart thing, I did the stupid thing and went down the hall and hammered on the door. The door slammed open and I was basically staring at the nipples of a 450 pound King Kong Bundy. the guy had the scowl for the ages, and he took up the whole door. Anyways, my anger faded to pants wetting fear and I asked very nicely if they could keep it down.

He looked at me for a minute and then simply said no.

Then he apoplogized and asked me if I wanted to come in for a beer.

Why not, I'm awake. So I step into this suite, and Macho Man (who truely lived his gimmick) and Hulk were laughing away, . Ultimate Warrior sans makeup had his arm around Lanny Poffo (who had the total look of I'm gonna get raped in his eyes). So they gave me a beer, and I sat down and faded into the couch.

These guys were amazing but in a lot of ways scary, the most level headed guy there was probably Hogan which says a lot. Ultimate Warrior didn't make much sense when he was talking, and Macho was pretty edgy creepy. But it was a fun night.

Until Ultimate Warrior raped Lanny Poffo in front of us.

[habernac]

LOL!

Leaping Lanny was the wussiest looking wrestler on the planet.

I was on the same plane as Lance Storm, he was cool. smaller than I thought he'd be. Walked by Kevin Nash in O'Hare, he was gigantic.

[simmer2]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

To add to mine, since people are telling stories. The wrestlers that I met almost got me killed.

I was working in Winnipeg and staying at the fabulous Polo Park Inn. I had just gotten home from work and I was trying to get some sleep but there was a major party going on. so instead of doing the smart thing, I did the stupid thing and went down the hall and hammered on the door. The door slammed open and I was basically staring at the nipples of a 450 pound King Kong Bundy. the guy had the scowl for the ages, and he took up the whole door. Anyways, my anger faded to pants wetting fear and I asked very nicely if they could keep it down.

He looked at me for a minute and then simply said no.

Then he apoplogized and asked me if I wanted to come in for a beer.

Why not, I'm awake. So I step into this suite, and Macho Man (who truely lived his gimmick) and Hulk were laughing away, . Ultimate Warrior sans makeup had his arm around Lanny Poffo (who had the total look of I'm gonna get raped in his eyes). So they gave me a beer, and I sat down and faded into the couch.

These guys were amazing but in a lot of ways scary, the most level headed guy there was probably Hogan which says a lot. Ultimate Warrior didn't make much sense when he was talking, and Macho was pretty edgy creepy. But it was a fun night.

Until Ultimate Warrior raped Lanny Poffo in front of us.

That's awesome, got to love random stories like that...in Winnipeg of all places.

[ok, ok,....I get it]

Originally Posted by simmer2

Richard Branson - still email back and forth - met in Noosa, Australia.

i am impressed

[kdogg]

Originally Posted by simmer2

Kevin Costner - At Cowboys

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I also told him that 3000 Miles To Graceland "Kicked Ass"
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SandyXX

[habernac]

Originally Posted by kdogg

x2


I also told him that 3000 Miles To Graceland "Kicked Ass"

I thought it was an underrated movie as well.

[Montana Moe]

Too many to name when I lived in New Orleans.

Most famous would have been Schwarzennegger, Shaquille O'Neal, and the Mannings.

Recently, due to work, I've been able to meet Obama, GWB, Cheney, McCain, and Bill Clinton.

[jeffdsilva]

Some years back, I was doing a show at the Loose Moose and the rumor was David Hasselhoff was in the crowd, I was leaving the stage after being eliminated and tripped over a guy's leg...turned to him and went "sorry dude"...got out and a friend told me it was The Hoff's leg I had tripped over. Didn't wash my leg for a week.

Sidebar: He came out of the show during intermission and he seemed like a total ######, I thought he was full of himself.