Celebrities You Have Met

Derrick Adkins used to stop by my hometown's track every once in a while and talk to my old high school coaches. His and mine were friends when he was a young runner. I've also met his father, a really nice man.

I met Marcus O'Sullivan at running camp.

I met Howard Dean once, too, but we just shook hands and exchanged brief pleasantries.

i met rikki hacker

this guys a stud, long hair, no job (or college degree), but soon he will have the olympic trials qualifier which is better than any damn degree.

on the other hand, no he wont, hell continue to run as slow as jon little

I've met the only one that really matters to me:

NAOKO TAKAHASHI.

I worked 6 months in LA after the earthquake in 94 and running into celebs was a common occurance. I ran into Jamie Lee Curtis and Arnold about 5 minutes before the world premier of True Lies but I wouldn't say I "met them".

Standing in line to get an autograph is not what I would call "meeting someone". The last time I stood in line for an autograph was at a department store in Boise Idaho to "meet" Jerry West....about 32 years ago.

I almost got beat up by Jesse Jacksons bodyguards before a Whitesox game in Chicago for harrassment, does that count?

Sorry I don't travel in very glamorous circles :)

When I was really little, my big sister had this huge crush on Danny Bonaduche (Danny on the Partridge Family). She made me stand in line for over an hour to meet him and get his autograph at our local mall.

OK. Enough. I think there should be official celeb criteria. Half these jerkoffs I've never heard of.

Rule Proposal: If you have to list where they're from, (e.g. Sammy Hagar's bassist, Matlock episode 86, 131st richest guy in Paducah, Ky., etc.) then they're not a celeb. Pure name recognition should be plenty. If they're so old that they aren't remotely relevant in pop culture - that also does not count.

Example: Listing Fred Gwynn (Munsters) is null & void on both criteria.

Thank you. That is all.

PS - the Jesus H Christ post nearly made me piss my pants. Thanks.

Mandingo wrote:

In defence of txRUNNERgirl; a lot of people don't recognise famous people when they see them. I'm not even trying but I, probably like RUNNERgirl, have strong facial recognition abilities! True, most people don't care or couldn't be bothered. I ran past Eugene Levy on a run last week and recognised him right away. I went to a starbucks in Malibu after a track workout at Pepperdine three years ago. I saw Ryan O'Neil, Gary Busey and Heather Graham. Was on the same flight as Jack Palance once. Met Mr. T. in a bar. I just realized my list won't be recognised by anyone under 35.

You must have great facial recognition capabilities. How on earth did you recognize Mr. T? By any chance, was he chucking midgets?

I was Jon Voight's intern in the summer of 2003. That's the only real celebrity that I would consider myself having met.

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You must have great facial recognition capabilities. How on earth did you recognize Mr. T? By any chance, was he chucking midgets?[/quote]

Since you asked, I will embarrassingly admit I went into the lobby bar of hotel we thought George Michael was staying at, after a concert. Lots of celebs like Madonna, Stones etc stay there. In the bar we say Mr. T. Easy to recognise, same mohawk. He signed my sisters jean jacket on the shoulder and said in his trademark voice ," Now you can tell everyone Mr. T. was on your back!" He was actually pretty nice and was kind of apologising for not being in a buff state. we did not see George Michael.

Of my family, my sister and I truly have very strong facial recognition abilities. She will go up to people and say stuff like, " you took the subway two weeks ago and wore a blue sweater" to someone. THey think about it, then they agree!

I bought a coffee maker at a hardware store, lost the receipt and went to return it a month later. The same checkout girl who was singing along with a country song the first time through was there again. When I mentioned this she took it back no problem!

Wish I could count cards in Vegas instead!

I think I saw the dad from 90210 at the 7/11 the other day. Does that count?[/quote]

Of course it does. James Eckhouse was the man. He was the master of the half turn in the opening credits. After that he contributed very little to the show. I did not hear he was back from the business trip to Hong Kong[quote]celebspotter wrote:

I met Salma Hayek at my old job. She is as stunning in person as she is on-screen. 5'3" and BUILT LIKE A BRICK ****HOUSE.

I met Stevie Wonder at my polling place once. I think he was recording down the street and thought he could go anywhere to cast his vote. The little old ladies who ran the place said "your name, please?" They had no idea who he was.

I managed to get all-access passes to a James Brown show, but it turned out half the audience did too and I never got near him. Got to party with his band though. He had some kid guitarist. Could you imagine being a teenager and jamming every night with James Brown?

I just met the guy from Roseanne the other day at the local sub shop. John Goodman. Nice guy.

I met Little Richard at Roscoe's in Hollywood. He was handing out sermon booklets for his church. That's a crazy looking dude.

The only athlete I've ever met is Marcel Dionne.

.... and how was the magical Elisabeth Shue?

Was he still riding for Credit Agricole? Did you meet Stuart O'Grady too?

Ralph Sampson

Mark Price

Tyrone Williams

I bought a car I thought Jon Voight once owned!!!

Vince Vaughn

Whitney Houston

Bobby Brown

Kevin Federline

Britney Spears

I don't consider most runners celebrities. People who are worthy of being gossiped about in US Weekly are celebrities, in my opinion.

Billy Blanks (Taebo)

Ray Allen (NBA All-star)

Frank Shorter

Elva Dryer

Uta Pippig

Bill Rogers

Billy Blanks (Taebo)

Ray Allen (NBA All-star)

Frank Shorter

Elva Dryer

Uta Pippig

Bill Rogers