Celebrities I have met

[2LaneCruzer]

In about 1955, my best guitar playing buddy and I won an amateur contest, and our prize was an appearance on a local TV show, "The Prissy Thomas Show". We played our couple of songs, and much to our surprise, the next guest was Fess Parker. He was a tall, handsome dude, and as I recall, had on his Davey Crockett outfit. He was interviewed, and afterward, she asked him to sing "Davey Crockett". He said he didn't bring his guitar, so as fate would have it, he borrowed my buddy's guitar. We were eventually introduced, and got to shake his hand. I noticed that he had a huge scar on his jawline on the left side of his face. I though he had been injured on the movie set, but after some research, here's what I found:

Fess Parker: Handling the Curves

The turning points in life that lead to fulfillment and happiness often come clothed as bitter disasters. Former Hollywood star Fess Parker of Disney's Davy Crockett fame met his

www.thefencepost.com

 

[Molalla1]

I've met quite a few during my 3 tours in SEA got to see 5 or 6 USO shows and I was commissioned so was in the good seats I remember one where Raquel Welch grabbed my hand when she was walking off and took me back stage to meet others.

 

[k0ua]

From that same era I met Clint Walker the star from the TV series "Cheyenne", and talked with him a bit when he was visiting his parents store in my hometown.

A little more memorable was chatting with Barbie Benton when I was about 16. She was drop dead gorgeous and very friendly and nice.

 

[JPRambo]

I've meet two actors
John Hillerman, Higgins on Magnum P.I.
Jeffery Jones of Ferris Bueller's day off.

 

[scaredychicken]

The first part of my note disappeared, oh well. I've met a few people over the years, and many not listed (don't want another computer glitch here in my note)

Hockey:
Wayne Gretzky ... in a local shoe store
Ryan Walter ... in my Christian Bookstore, autograph session, and selling his line of greeting cards
Ryan Smith ... at Church
Darcy Rota ... in my uncle's van, after a game, to a restaurant
Paul Henderson ... Winning Goal, '72 Summit (Can - Russia) at a marriage enrichment seminar
Danton Heinen ... (Bruins, now Ducks) - my cousin

Musicians:
Bob Seger
Burton Cummings
Ron Tabak (late)... Prism - same church denomination as me, washed his car at a fundraiser once

Christian Musicians:
Twyla Paris
Rich Mullins (late) ... Awesome God song
Mark Heard (late)
Andy Landis ... great Country singer, I still have a photo of the two of us, that was in the local paper
Ashley Cleveland ... my favourite musician, WOW can she Rock
Geoff Moore with the Distance
Michael W Smith
Amy Grant
Kenny Marks ... autograph session in store. sent us a wedding gift 25 yrs ago (had invite, but was on tour)
DC Talk
NewsBoys
Peter Snambrook ... at 1995 Promise Keepers in Seattle

Baseball:
Larry Walker - in my hometown, pick-up baseball games with my cousins and friends, in our early teens

Car Racing:
Greg Moore (late) ... grew up in my hometown, younger than me, local hero

 

[herm0016]

worked in a theater as the head rigger/ lighting/stage manager in college. lots of well known comedians Jeff Dunham, Gallagher, Wayne brady, John Oliver has a very funny bit about the upper peninsula and his show at the place I worked. lots of smaller bands like reel big fish, they might be giants, others. a few movie people at Sundance film fest like Allision Janning and Ed Helms the year cedar rapids was debuted there.
my most prized interactions were with Alan Parsons and his band Alan Parsons Live Project. we did a few concerts with them and they were artists in residence for a month or so. a great and fun group of people. also did the lighting design for a Mary Chapen carpenter concert, confederate railroad, and worked at dollywood for a summer, and got to see dolly up close. she was great, the people around her were jerks. she was doing a presentation in the theater i was in charge for lighting for.

 

[dougtrr2]

Not me, but my son. He was stationed in Iraq as a crew chief on a Blackhawk helicopter. His unit ferried Trace Adkins around to the small bases where he gave concerts. It was aired as a TV special on the Country Network (I think). I have a copy of it and there is a scene where Trace Adkins is shaking hands with my son. We assume it is my son, he has his flight helmet on. But how many 5'2" crew chiefs are there? The difference in height is rather comical.

Doug in SW IA

 

[fried1765]

I've met quite a few during my 3 tours in SEA got to see 5 or 6 USO shows and I was commissioned so was in the good seats I remember one where Raquel Welch grabbed my hand when she was walking off and took me back stage to meet others.

I was commissioned Navy, flying out of Danang, but for only a few months.
Raquel never showed while I was there.......Dammm!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

From that same era I met Clint Walker the star from the TV series "Cheyenne", and talked with him a bit when he was visiting his parents store in my hometown.

A little more memorable was chatting with Barbie Benton when I was about 16. She was drop dead gorgeous and very friendly and nice.

Nice? I'll say!

 

[ranger danger]

My dad was one of John Wayne's body guards while he was fillming The Shootist. I met him, Jimmy Stewart, Ron Howard and Lauren Bacall. I also met Bill Cosby, The band Heart, Linda Lovelace and Pierce Brosnan.

 

[George2615]

I have met Danielle Colby (American Pickers), Erik Estrada (Ponch from CHIPS), Doc Severinson (Band leader from Johnny Carson), One of Doc's daughters was in my High School graduating Class, his other kids were behind or ahead of me in school.

 

[MoKelly]

My best celebrity story is Richard Gere.

Back in the day, I was at the Beverly Hills Hotel for a Board meeting. I went to the gym to run before dinner.

I’m running along on the treadmill when a guy gets on the one next to me and starts running. This gym has mirrors everywhere - including in front if the treadmills. We are the only 2 humans in the gym.

I look at him while running and decide I recognize him from somewhere. Can’t remember. 10 minutes later it dawns on me!

So, we run for about 30 minutes and he stops. I also stop.

We are just standing there toweling our faces so I say cleverly - “you’re Richard Gere”!

He looks at me and says “yes”.

He doesn’t walk away or anything. Just stands there looking at me. So, I say “can I ask a silly question“? He smiles and says “sure”.

I ask -“why in the world would you divorce Cindy Crawford”? (Now, keep in mind I had a huge crush on Cindy Crawford ever since the Pepsi Commercial days).

He starts laughing. Not a chuckle but a real laugh. Then he looks at me and says “for you, Cindy is the most beautiful woman in the world. And she is beautiful. But in Hollywood, there is always someone more beautiful. Always. Always. The temptation is irresistible”.

I say “can you introduce us”?

He asks “what do you do”?

I say “I’m an accountant”.

He says “nope” and walked to the showers.

MoKelly

 

[jaxs]

Funny you bring this up when I have tickets to see Gee Watson in Greenville Tx next week. We were never pals but crossed paths many times growing up near Paris Tx. You knew Gene was around by the swarm of girls. In addition to injoying his music phrases,places and names in his songs bring back memories of growing up.
Employers usually ask what was your favorite job to which I said bell hop at the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel in mid 60s. Some people were so different in private you might fail to recconize them but a few projected the same persona making them hard to miss. Brother Dave Garner had his coon hound on a leash and spoke in the familar way that made him famous. Tex Ritter was one of my childhood heros and I almost went off to hide and cry when he came in with a young man barly out of his teens. The two spoke and behaved in a fashion that demonstrated effection and love for one another and the youngster came accross a bit feminine. That really bugged me until,,,,,,,,,I saw Three's Company and realized why Old Tex was so fond of his young sidekick. I was relived but ashamed of myself at the same time. That experience has alowed me to be a little less judgemental of folks.

 

[Citydude]

I met Pete Rose in Vegas, he was scheduling a signing of autographs in a small sports clothing store. I was the only person in there besides the manager at the time. Pretty cool guy as he wanted to know what part of Wyoming I was from and he recognized it. He never stopped smiling.


Martin Short in Denver Co at a cigar bar in the Brown Palace hotel. The guy oozes happy.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Daisy Duke, Boss Hogg, Rosco P Coltran,,
Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, Jeff Cook of group Alabama,

 

[Alan W.]

Punkin Brown, works for the water dept. Hey hes got a following on snap chat.
Got a cousin, Steve Burton, plays on General Hospital. Unfortunately we have never met.

 

[Grumpycat]

Read it and weep!

 

[Menagerie-Manor]

Had a nice chat with Neil Armstrong at a seminar in Hawaii and was also BS'ing with a guy waiting for a room to open the same location only to find out it Jean-Michel Cousteau. Also met Wally Schirra several times during Project Mercury at my Grandfathers home in Schirra's home town.

 

[goeduck]

Bill Gates (Microsoft)
Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
Jim Sinegal (Costco)

All when their then small local businesses were getting started.

 

[Grumpycat]

Had a nice chat with Neil Armstrong at a seminar in Hawaii and was also BS'ing with a guy waiting for a room to open the same location only to find out it Jean-Michel Cousteau. Also met Wally Schirra several times during Project Mercury at my Grandfathers home in Schirra's home town.

That reminded me I used to work for Owen Garriott when he was VP of Space Programs at TBE. Met weekly in his office.

Also met Greg Gutfeld at a book signing.