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[Hollywoodaction]

One of my friends from university used to be a host on Much Music.

I know this doesn't count...(deleted).

[mole]

[Hollywoodaction]

[gdimension]

I was a "background artist" (cough) on Mel Gibson's first hand at directing a film, which was shot near my house. I was in a group with the producer's son, who knew Mel, and so he came over and introduced himself.

Impressions?

Short. Not extremely so, but after watching Mad Max, you'd think he was a huge, tough guy.

A bit off the wall. He jumped up on a picnic table for no apparent reason while we were talking to him.

I've also met Stephen King a number of times, as he's from my hometown and his son went to my highschool for a year. He would come to pick up his son after school in ratty jeans and bright pink Converse high-tops, and they would walk around the block together reading books. Cool.

[Ya-ta Boy]

My sister and I met and talked to Bill Clinton and Tipper Gore during the campaign of '92 at Strawberry Point, Iowa. Bill stopped on the rope line to talk to us because we were holding my sister's kids. He stayed and chatted with us because we are both teachers (and voters). We talked education policy. He's quite tall and very personable.

Tipper stopped because someone had told her that my sister was wearing a big button that said, "Al is a hunk!" She laughed about it and agreed. Then she took a picture of us. Said photography is one of her hobbies.

(Al and Hillary were down at the other end of the line, so we never met them.)

I met George McGovern once by accident. I wrote about it on the Eugene McCarthy thread. My only impression was that he seemed professional.

I also met Uncle Woody, host of the afternoon kiddie cartoon show on KTVO, Ottumwa, Iowa. He was kind of creepy.

[peppermint]

I met James Cameron a few years ago, extremely down to earth. WE ere walking in opposite directions along St. John's harbour, and said hello in passing. I spent half the day wondering why that guy looked so familiar.

It wasn't until I noticed the blurb in the paper about him being in town and getting ready for another trip to the Titanic and saw the pic of him that I put it together.

[Leslie Cheswyck]

I met D*ck Vermeil, then freshly retired head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.






Mr. Vermeil had bought himself a 19" color TV at my department store and I had the honor of loading it into his car. I pretended not to know who he was...until I asked for his "autograph". Yeah, he liked that. (He had to sign for it).

My impression: polite, gentleman, mensch, regular guy, none of this "do you know who I am!" about him.

[joe_doufu]

[joe_doufu]

[uberscheisse]

kirk hammett of metallica. my impression? mellow, friendly, polite. i talked to him in a record store for about 10 minutes. we talked about guitars. he seemed like he really listens to fans who randomly talk to him. nice guy.



james hetfield (metallica). my impression? aloof yet tolerant. he was walking with his girlfriend and probably didn't want to listen to some 18 year old metallica nerd (me) gushing to him about how WICKED RAD HIS BAND IS.



henry rollins. i got a real "don't bother me" vibe from him but he was personable enough and answered all my questions politely.



jon lovitz. a rude jerk.


dana carvey. less rude than jon lovitz.



gillian anderson. she got pissed off and left the arcade we were in because people were ogling her too much. much hotter in person.



john travolta. man that dude is fucking tall.



brad whitford (aerosmith). i got his autograph for my best friend who is a raging aerosmith head. he ripped a page out of his dayplanner and wrote "dear jenni, keep on rockin' with aerosmith" and drew the aerosmith logo and signed his name. friendly dude. very thick boston accent.

[joe_doufu]

Speaking of Gillian Anderson...
In college my friends and I lived across the street from the Shrine Auditorium in LA where the Oscars and other awards shows are often held. Once I staked out a position on the second floor of the parking garage, directly above the side entrance where the SAG Awards red carpet entered the building. I appeared directly over the head of Gillian Anderson. The "ET" hosts interviewing her didn't notice me, but she did, looked up and smiled. I caught a picture, but it's unfortunately not of the smile, just a moment when they were talking.

[merlot]

here's a few anyway...



Jimmy Buffett --met in his bar in Key West (Margarittaville) bought me a Bud longneck --nice guy, free concert





Jim Palmer (Baseball Hall of Famer) --Met in North Palm Beach, Florida--tried to sell him a 300ZX convertible, nice guy





Alan King --met at work in Florida, took time to crack some jokes with us--really funny guy





Ted Kennedy--spilled a drink on me in Bradleys (Palm Beach) I'm not kidding





Stevie Ray Vaughn--met many times in the early 80s in Austin at the bar on 6th st. he played in a lot, and at a few parties; also met his brother Jimmy





Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) met at a bar called Juan Goldsteins in Austin--said hello is about all





Wayne Gretsky--met in a resturant in Florida--just said hello--nice guy





Cling Longley (former Dallas Cowboy quarterback)--friend of mine from Texas, we worked together some years ago, total wild man; can't share stories but here's an interesting one from The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spe/2004/pasttense/longley.html





Neil Armstrong -- he was in our bird hunting party in the valley (South Texas) many years ago when I was a kid -- nice guy





Bugs Bunny -- saw him the same time I met "Sid" -- Texas 1970s

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