Almost Famous
We’ve all had our run-ins with famous people. I don’t know why it is I can remember every celebrity enounter I’ve had but can’t remember a single meeting with anyone one from any of my classes at BYU. So, in the tradition of self-indulgence, I will share with you some of my most memorable “famous people meetings”.
Probably the one that comes to mind first was the few minutes I spent with movie producer Micheal Bay at a school in California a few years ago. I had taught his daughter in a class during a summer camp where I worked. He came to “Parents Day”. We met briefly and he even gave me a hug. It was cool. Even though he makes pretty crappy movies.
Sad that that encounter comes to mind before the half hour almost private meeting I had with former Secretary of State Madeline Albright. It was back when I was doing reporting and attended a press conference at Sundance on a new book she was publishing. Not many other reporters showed up so it was just her and I, and a few other n00bs for about 30 minutes.
I sat next to Al Roker on an airplane coming back from San Fransisco. It was right after his fat-person surgery so I didn’t recognize him. I told my mom afterwards that I sat next to a skiny black guy that looked like that fat black guy on TV. She squealed and told me the Today’s Show had been in San Fran filming a show. I was mad I hadn’t told him that NBC needed to get rid of Meridith Viera. She’s so smug.
Once, while vacationing with the family in Sun Valley, Idaho, we sat a table away from Clint Eastwood at a restaurant. My dad about passed out. I was pretty young but knew the name. Had it been now I would have punched him in the face just to say I’d punched Clint Eastwood in the face.
Dave Matthews once waved at me and a friend from his tour bus after a concert. I know it was his hand. I just know it.
Well, there’s more but they get pretty obscure and specilative. (I thought I might have triped Pamela Anderson in airport once…). Other members of my family have had much more significant famous people ecounters. I.E My brother once caught Harrison Ford when he slipped on the ice in Alaska. Cool story. I’d like to hear if any of you have any significant meetings. I love American royalty!
May 13th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
I once saw Charles Barkley walking around the mall in Denver.
Also, I was at a club and David to the Hasselhoff was at the bar mack’in chicks. Speaking of which, that same night Brett Dennon gave me a high five (I still haven’t washed my hands).
I met MXPX and had them sign a burned CD. The singer guy just laughed and signed it and then his drummer was like “WTF IS THIS!?” and I told him it was a backup copy and not to worry, he nodded and signed!
Oh yeah, and Ive seen tons of famous people on tv!
May 13th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
I saw Regis crossing the street to go to work one morning in NY.
Brandon & I saw Willie Nelson at Smith’s one day, and his very decorated van was in the parking lot.
Lavell Edwards said hi to us at the post office.
I met a football hall of fame guy when I was in high school at some business seminar thing. I have no idea what his name was.
And since I’m going to be famous one day, can I count myself?
May 15th, 2009 at 10:56 am
I know myself, and I’m awesome.
May 17th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
I vouch for awesome Sam. And Becca. So that’s two more to my list.
May 21st, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Man, I so have you guys destroyed on the “awesome celebs I’ve met” stories. Okay, so I once cut a key copy for none than Dan Pope the weatherman!
And Super Dell — yeah, I used to spar him in martial arts class.
Okay, this next one will blow your mind. I was river rafting the Snake River and none other than William Shatner — yep, James freakin’ T. Kirk — was the one steering the raft. Guess he was studying for a role or something. Our raft tipped over and out we all flew. Shatner was all flailing about and I swam over and saved his butt from drowning. Then he said, “Thanks Spock. I owe you one!”
Okay, that last celebrity encounter was a lie. But cool, right?
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:48 pm
glad that i found your blog off of facebook.
mine all seem to be airport athlete sitings. kristy yamaguchi was on my friend’s plane and i saw her at baggage claim. i saw danny ainge wandering around the delta terminal. the last one is unconfirmed, but i am almost positive that i saw victor petrenko at the salt lake airport as well.
evidence? it was during the olympics, he was wearing a turtleneck and ridiculously tight pants, he had large bags that athletes carry their gear around in, he was coughing a lot (easy to get a cold when you spend all that time in ice rinks), and lastly, he looked just like victor petrenko.
May 30th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Dude, I spent an hour and a half in a studio with Tommy Lee…best of all the celebrity interviews I’ve done. He’s actually very cool!
Also, Lajon Witherspoon, the singer for Sevendust, not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES invited himself into my private places…that sounds worse than it was…he would’ve liked it to be worse.
Then there was the time that my boyfriend was working on that film, and I forgot how to talk in front of David Fincher, and my friend Melody forgot how to talk in front of Brad Pitt. We still laugh.
Oh yeah – and then there’s that time that I knew that kid that was in people magazine once…I think he was called “Bren-bob”?