name your experiences w/ famous people

[moose eater]

Oohhh...speaking of scumbags you wouldn't want to shake hands with...can't forget dickie...back in '91
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Few of us have had the opportunity to stand near a bonafide war criminal and sociopath, rob.

Imagine if the photo op had taken place at 5,000 ft. next to the door of a Blackhawk. The opportunities.

Good thing you weren't hunting birds with him.

 

[subrob]

Few of us have had the opportunity to stand near a bonafide war criminal and sociopath, rob.

Imagine if the photo op had taken place at 5,000 ft. next to the door of a Blackhawk. The opportunities.

Good thing you weren't hunting birds with him.

The old time travel question....lol
That whole "bird hunting" story just never sat right.

 

[Hammerhead]

My Great Unkle

 

[Ca++]

Is @Gypsy Nirvana a famous person?

Never met him, but I feel I might lol


I'm pretty sure I talk to famous people regularly. If they were royalty I would remember. Though I would probably need telling. It's sports stars mostly.

Maj Ramsey's daughter spent years telling us who she was. Nobody cared, but it turned out to be true.

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Is @Gypsy Nirvana a famous person?

Never met him, but I feel I might lol


I'm pretty sure I talk to famous people regularly. If they were royalty I would remember. Though I would probably need telling. It's sports stars mostly.

Maj Ramsey's daughter spent years telling us who she was. Nobody cared, but it turned out to be true.

I wouldn't say I'm really so famous - perhaps infamous - to those denizens of the cannabis counter-culture - who might have heard of me - growers and breeders alike - most people wouldn't have a clue - since the only mass mainstream media exposure I have ever had - has been due to me getting into trouble over distributing cannabis seeds - worldwide -

 

[Gry]

Gypsy, you made it possible for more people to have better access in a time when it was difficult to do.

 

[subrob]

Does being in a famous 80s movie count?

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Does being in a famous 80s movie count?

Ahh - yes - I did have a small part in a few Hong Kong made martial arts/action movies back in the 1980's - 'Bloodsport' being the most known of them all - and 'Bionic Ninja ' the least known - but I wouldn't say either of them made me famous - lol

 

[El Timbo]

In the 90s 12 of my photographs were made into a calendar - Jimmy Boyle phoned me and came round to my house to buy some to give as Christmas presents. Seemed like a nice chap.

 

[Capt.Ahab]

Mary Travers was a close friend of my mom's.
I remember her singing Puff the Magic Dragon to my baby sister while she sat on her lap in the back yard .

 

[tobedetermined]

Speaking of a Bogart . . .

In 1985, I was a partner in a higher end hifi store. We sold to the Toronto audio crowd – Anne Murray, Oscar Peterson etc . . . and the late Gordon Lightfoot. One day his management called and asked us to send someone to Gord’s house in ritzy Rosedale because his hifi had stopped working. So I drove over to his beautiful Victorian mansion on a ravine.

He was home alone and answered the door. The hifi was in a bookcase in a large entrance hall that opened into the sunny great room with a white Steinway grand, with the kitchen off to the right. He pointed out his hifi gear – a cheap ass Harman Kardon receiver and a pair of bookshelf somethings with a Dual turntable. I was not impressed. Then he wandered off into the kitchen while I checked the receiver (the speaker wires had fallen off btw). A couple of minutes later, he came back smoking a joint and said: “Ha ha. Don’t tell anyone.”

And he didn’t offer me any . . .

 

[shithawk420]

I used to party with Macho man randy savage for YEARS when I lived in Tampa. hit the strip club at 11, then at 3am it turned into a rave party until 8am. then went back to his house with all his "hoes" and partied until who knows when. dude used to like his white powdery substance. dude was NUTS when he did a lot of c0k3.

met just about every WWF wrestler about 20 yrs ago. my uncle was a limo driver, so we got back stage passes to every event in florida for many years. when your 12 yrs old, those wrestlers were HUGE.

ran into Robert dinero when my buddy and I went snowboarding/heliboarding in Jackson hole about 10 yrs ago. he bought our dinner. we just nodded at him as wel didn't want to intrude on his dinner. our tab was 150.00 (nice 65.00 filet and beers and shots of jager for 2)

Supposedly my dad's ex girlfriend was neighbors with macho man in Westmont or somewhere in DuPage county IL.and yeah the stories I heard were crazy.i would of loved to do drugs and get buff with him for a little while.probably break my neck giving me a pile driver during a slim Jim commercial

 

[shithawk420]

Speaking of a Bogart . . .

In 1985, I was a partner in a higher end hifi store. We sold to the Toronto audio crowd – Anne Murray, Oscar Peterson etc . . . and the late Gordon Lightfoot. One day his management called and asked us to send someone to Gord’s house in ritzy Rosedale because his hifi had stopped working. So I drove over to his beautiful Victorian mansion on a ravine.

He was home alone and answered the door. The hifi was in a bookcase in a large entrance hall that opened into the sunny great room with a white Steinway grand, with the kitchen off to the right. He pointed out his hifi gear – a cheap ass Harman Kardon receiver and a pair of bookshelf somethings with a Dual turntable. I was not impressed. Then he wandered off into the kitchen while I checked the receiver (the speaker wires had fallen off btw). A couple of minutes later, he came back smoking a joint and said: “Ha ha. Don’t tell anyone.”

And he didn’t offer me any . . .

Didn't he just die very recently? Like less than a week ago? He's got a $200,000 Steinway,with a cheap ass Harmon and didn't even offer a puff of the joint? Can I ask if he even paid you? Lol

 

[shithawk420]

Gates McFadden at a convention, lightly attended, got to chat with her for some time.
Said she thought the show would be canceled after the the first season, who knew.

Barry White at MIA airport bar, nice guy, paid my tab, talked about gardening and scoring chicks. His conversational voice was warm and inviting.

Carl Sagan at a symposium in MIA, chatted about the big bang singularity and the lack of a center to the universe, nice guy, smelled like garlic, lol

Tony Bourdain lower Manhatten sushi bar c2006, solo trip to the city,
had some sashimi and house saki, he joined my invite, a stranger to me.

We talked like for a long time about line work and stress management.

Tab was a couple hundred bucks, we went back and forth about the tab.
I paid and he invited me to his restaurant for lunch.

Never went.

Learned later about his celebrity, so sad about his ending.

Karen Summer, stripper at Tootsies, MIA. She was glad to know I
recognized her from early porn, handie in the VIP room, nice girl.

Brian Dennehy, MIA , at Miami Seaquarium, with Michael Talbott of Miami Vice.
Cool dude, laid back and talked about his kids, three girls. Nice guy

I've been told I bring out the best in people, and all my celebrity encounters were
memorable in that regard.

Woah Carl Sagan? I don't care how smart or famous he thinks he is I would of picked his brain as long as I can.thats like meeting next generation Einstein.
My uncle played battle of the bands in Chicago.got first place.dont know what year.but he played with Buddy guy and who knows who else.
My grandpa used to work at NBC5 Chicago for 30 40 years won an emmy.i saw his autograph of Bob hope.he has the best autograph I've ever seen.he sighns it with a Sideview of his face with a huge nose.wish I could met the guy.he also knew Letterman a little bit.i don't remember who else.
I met the goalie from the US women's soccer team.i got to hold her gold medal.
If there are others I was either too young or too drunk and stoned to remember.awesome thread

 

[shithawk420]

I got to meet the original Bozo the Clown as a kid, and years later, in front of the stage at the Lowell Showboat in Lowell, Michigan, perhaps about 1975 or 1976, I handed a fine joint of Colombian Gold (my last joint, if I recall correctly) to Michael Murphy of REO Speedwagon, which he promptly walked away with it, with a towel around his neck as Gary Richrath was engaged in a guitar solo at that moment.

Murphy never handed the joint back. Bogart. (The guy you learn from experience not to invite to a party...)

Hey! I got my picture with Bozo! I think it was the second one though.i was just a toddler.ill see if I can get my mom to find the picture and I'll post it.if I remember right bozo was a huge alcoholic.and so was cookie

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Waaay back around 1980 - I was working as security/roadie/general dogsbody for The Clash on a USA tour - I had known them from the London club/pub scene in the mid to late 70's - when they were not so famous - and in 1977 got wed to an American gal - then left England - went stateside and got a green card - due to being married - 3 years or so later The Clash were playing The Warfield theatre on Market Street in San Francisco - and so I went to see them - queuing up outside - waiting to buy a ticket - when Joe Strummer and Mick Jones from The Clash saw me - recognised me from years before in London - and gave me a free pass to see the show - they invited me backstage and asked me what I was currently doing in the USA -

- The week before this chance meeting - I had walked into the U.S. Marine Corps recruitment depot on Kearney Street in S.F. - and decided that I wanted to join up - went thru a physical/mental check over at Oakland Naval Base - and was due to be sworn in - then taken down to San Diego for 13 weeks basic training on the following Monday
- The Clash were playing on the Sunday - and I told them backstage that I was joining the US Marines the following day - and they all thought that it was not a good idea - and asked me why I was doing this - and I said ' It's $700 per month pay - and all the food and exercise I would need - plus a roof over my head - (I was just about to get evicted from my little apartment on the corner of 2nd and Clement St - and was really down on my luck at that time financially) -

In front of a journalist from Rolling Stone magazine Mick Jones said that The Clash would hire me for $700 per week - if I would not join The Marines - and come work on this tour for them - so it was a no-brainer for me - and I agreed - and that night flew down to Los Angeles with the band to play the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium -

- Then onto Detroit - where I worked at backstage security - and met some fella who told me he was famous called Ted Nugent - who was determined to jam with The Clash on stage - and tried to get past me into their dressing room - to ask them if it was OK to do so - he was so full of himself - pushy and rude to me - saying stuff like 'Do you know who I am!' - 'Detroit is my town!' - blah-blah-blah - shouting at me - with a very condescending attitude - full of nasty expletives - he looked like Jesus - on meth -

- So I told him to quieten down - and then I would ask The Clash if they would like to meet him - knocked on their dressing room door - and was let in to tell them that 'Some very rude bloke called Ted Nugget - is insisting that he should jam with them on stage' - I had never heard of him before - and that he looked like some sorta freaked out Jesus - kinda aggressive - and demanding - so Mick told me to tell him to fuck off - he wasnt wanted - which I happily did -

Ohh his entitled self got even more pissed off - and as he was ejected/left the back stage area - he threatened to come back with a machine gun - and shoot me - lol - which never happened - what a silly sod -

 

[shithawk420]

Waaay back around 1980 - I was working as security/roadie/general dogsbody for The Clash on a USA tour - I had known them from the London club/pub scene in the mid to late 70's - when they were not so famous - and in 1977 got wed to an American gal - then left England - went stateside and got a green card - due to being married - 3 years or so later The Clash were playing The Warfield theatre on Market Street in San Francisco - and so I went to see them - queuing up outside - waiting to buy a ticket - when Joe Strummer and Mick Jones from The Clash saw me - recognised me from years before in London - and gave me a free pass to see the show - they invited me backstage and asked me what I was currently doing in the USA -

- The week before this chance meeting - I had walked into the U.S. Marine Corps recruitment depot on Kearney Street in S.F. - and decided that I wanted to join up - went thru a physical/mental check over at Oakland Naval Base - and was due to be sworn in - then taken down to San Diego for 13 weeks basic training on the following Monday
- The Clash were playing on the Sunday - and I told them backstage that I was joining the US Marines the following day - and they all thought that it was not a good idea - and asked me why I was doing this - and I said ' It's $700 per month pay - and all the food and exercise I would need - plus a roof over my head - (I was just about to get evicted from my little apartment on the corner of 2nd and Clement St - and was really down on my luck at that time financially) -

In front of a journalist from Rolling Stone magazine Mick Jones said that The Clash would hire me for $700 per week - if I would not join The Marines - and come work on this tour for them - so it was a no-brainer for me - and I agreed - and that night flew down to Los Angeles with the band to play the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium -

- Then onto Detroit - where I worked at backstage security - and met some fella who told me he was famous called Ted Nugent - who was determined to jam with The Clash on stage - and tried to get past me into their dressing room - to ask them if it was OK to do so - he was so full of himself - pushy and rude to me - saying stuff like 'Do you know who I am!' - 'Detroit is my town!' - blah-blah-blah - shouting at me - with a very condescending attitude - full of nasty expletives - he looked like Jesus - on meth -

- So I told him to quieten down - and then I would ask The Clash if they would like to meet him - knocked on their dressing room door - and was let in to tell them that 'Some very rude bloke called Ted Nugget - is insisting that he should jam with them on stage' - I had never heard of him before - and that he looked like some sorta freaked out Jesus - kinda aggressive - and demanding - so Mick told me to tell him to fuck off - he wasnt wanted - which I happily did -

Ohh his entitled self got even more pissed off - and as he was ejected/left the back stage area - he threatened to come back with a machine gun - and shoot me - lol - which never happened - what a silly sod -

i think i remember in an interview back in the day ted nuggent denied using drugs or a naive friend of mind said Ted never used drugs.i cant remember.i called bullshit then and im calling bullshit now.you could tell he was sweating up a drug bullet storm when he did cat scratch fever

 

[TheMan13]

I met and chatted with Marion Berry at a scientific conference in DC back in the 90s. Few know that he was an organic chemist before going to law school, getting into politics and infamously trouble. Brilliant man.

 

[tobedetermined]

Didn't he just die very recently? Like less than a week ago? He's got a $200,000 Steinway,with a cheap ass Harmon and didn't even offer a puff of the joint? Can I ask if he even paid you? Lol

Yes, he died last week. He didn't pay me on site, we billed his management company. Every celeb I had contact with in audio typically just wanted free goods . . . Stevie Wonder was the exception. He always visited us during the AES show (audio engineering) or NAMM and whenever we sent him a sample of whatever he wanted to hear, he bought. At my last AES, a week before I retired he came by to hear our new headphones. A very nice soft spoken man.

 

[moose eater]

Yes, he died last week. He didn't pay me on site, we billed his management company. Every celeb I had contact with in audio typically just wanted free goods . . . Stevie Wonder was the exception. He always visited us during the AES show (audio engineering) or NAMM and whenever we sent him a sample of whatever he wanted to hear, he bought. At my last AES, a week before I retired he came by to hear our new headphones. A very nice soft spoken man.

In my opinion, Stevie Wonder was always a class act.