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Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 12:11 PM
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GO.
Wilbur's:
1 - Muhammed Ali
2 - Jimmy Buffett
3 - Huey Lewis/LL Cool J (tie)
4 - Sperm Thurmond/Earnest Hollings (tie)
5 - Danny Ford
6 - Roger Milliken
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 12:13 PM
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 12:14 PM
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1) Slash
2) Roy Jones Jr
3) Strom Thurmond
3) Frank Howard
4) Lord Steven Regal
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You win for #1. Thanks errbody else for playing.***
Oct 18, 2017, 12:19 PM
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Random run-in at the airport in Atlanta
Oct 18, 2017, 12:22 PM
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One of those "Oh ####, you're Slash, how ya doin?"
Wasn't sure from a distance, cause small hat on, no top hat. But got closer, still had Slash hair, was positive.
My man had a FIIIIIIINE looking trashy blonde on his arm as they were traveling to where ever they were going.
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I was glad to have met Pat Conroy. Not super famous, but
Oct 18, 2017, 12:15 PM
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one of my heroes.
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The water runs
Oct 18, 2017, 12:17 PM
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boring
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YOU'RE A LIIIIAAARRRRRRR***
Oct 18, 2017, 1:14 PM
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I wore a Henry Rollins tshirt to Foo Fighters last night.
Oct 18, 2017, 1:22 PM
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Does that count? I met him (very) briefly after a Spoken Word show. One of my frans from Clemson got Hank to sign his arm in Sharpie, then got it tattooed on the next day. He still has it, since that's how tattoos work.
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Rock Defender [53]
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Were you at the one in Asheville several years back?***
Oct 18, 2017, 1:28 PM
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Nah, I wish. Think I've seen him 4 times, but the most
Oct 18, 2017, 1:31 PM
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recent was in AZ prior to having kids. My oldest is 9, so it was a minute ago.
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Several years back, Mrs. Tig was the faculty sponsor of the
Oct 18, 2017, 2:21 PM
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high school Philosophy Club, and took a group of her students to see Henry Rollins spoken word show at Tremont Music Hall. After the show, they were hanging around and got to chat with him, and he mentioned how cool it was that Mom had chaperoned kids to her show. The kids told him that she was their high school teacher, and while talking, he found out that he graduated high school the same year as Mrs. Tig (and myself). She said when he found that out, he got real chatty and they talked for almost an hour. When I saw him with Black Flag at the Milestone around 1980 or 81, he was neither friendly nor chatty offstage.
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Was that Spoken Word in 2003?
Oct 18, 2017, 3:08 PM
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Acause I was at that one. I mighta seen Mrs. Tig and not even known it.
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Sounds about right.
Oct 18, 2017, 3:15 PM
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I couldn't go because I was busy molding the youth of America through sports coaching.
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Oculus Spirit [79201]
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Define met
Oct 18, 2017, 12:16 PM
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We talking been in the same room, just said hey to, had a convo with, or tongue kissed?
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 12:23 PM
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Charles Barkley - we got hammers together in Raleigh. Good times.
Phil Knight - golf course in Vegas
Dabo - got to spend a lot of time with him a the Hyatt pool in Orlando last year.
Probably my top 3.
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 12:25 PM
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VPOTUS Spiro T. Agnew
Art Lanklettuh
Dave Odumb
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 12:35 PM
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Robert Duvall
Nicole Kidman
Dominique Wilkins
Bill Elliott
Cale Yarborough
"Ragin' Bull" Manny Fernandez
Danny Koker (Counting Cars)
Lewis Grizzard
Gretchen Polhemus (Miss USA-1989) in 1989
Dabo
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Ohh, Ohh, Ohh I got 2 of those!
Oct 18, 2017, 1:06 PM
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Lewis Grizzard - Met him on a flight from CLT to CHS. He wouldn't have remembered, he was drunk as a skunk.
Gretchen Polhemus (Miss USA-1989) in 1989 - Got a picture to prove it!
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I got Cale and Nicole off his list***
Oct 18, 2017, 1:14 PM
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Hall of Famer [20571]
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Gretchen
Oct 18, 2017, 1:16 PM
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I have copies of 3 postcards she handed me to mail out for her. Yes, that's stalkerish. Fight me.
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 12:39 PM
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in terms of current popularity and fame, Jennifer Lawrence, tho i would personally rank her somewhere in the middle of my list
Phil Simms (had dinner w/ him...charity thing through my rich cousin, not Make-a-wish. This was in the 80's, so he was still hot shizz)
Lawrence Taylor & other Giants (local charity bazketbawls game)
Ozzie Guillen (F that guy)
Almost knocked over Ben Stiller walking in NYC. Neither of us stopped
Another Ben, Ben Folds @ the symphony in Nasvhille...went up to him and completely nerded out. I was about 35ish at the time.
(probably my personal fav) had an impromptu piano jam w/ Stevie Wonder @ Sam Ash music store in NYC (same day that I saw SCW, Obed, so you can prob imagine why i liked that video yesterday). Was awesome for me, but he probably couldn't point me out now.
Skied with Glenn Plake and Phil Maher, that was awesome.
John Popper & Brendan Hill (Blue traveler's drummer) few years after the height of my BT fandom, but still cool
Hung out on the set of the 4th Hunger Games movie for a day (hence Jlaw above), so whoever was in Jlaw's character's crew...Thor's brother, whatever his name is. But the coolest part was that one of the actors is Diana Ross's kid, so she was there hanging out behind the scenes where I was....easily the coolest part of that day
Hung out with Josh Ritter (IB4 Three's Company jokes) a few times which was cool because i was a fan before having a mutual frand in common. There may be 4 people in here who know who he is, but I dew recommend
i can't think of anymore, but i'm sure i'm forgetting a bunch
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TIL that DGUAR
Oct 18, 2017, 12:42 PM
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leads a much more interesting life than me
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we're trying to get Jenn (we're on a nickname basis*) to
Oct 18, 2017, 1:07 PM
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come on our next big ski trip. Started out as a joke with less than 0% chance of it happening, but now we're actually up to around a 1.5% probability....I'll keep you poasted
*jk, no we're not.
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You're trying to get my wife to go on your ski trip?
Oct 18, 2017, 1:14 PM
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Hmmmm, seems she would have mentioned that to me.
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maybe she did
Oct 18, 2017, 1:32 PM
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she's always saying you don't listen.
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this is the 2nd time I've seen something about her & a snake
Oct 18, 2017, 2:12 PM
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what'd i miss?
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I see the mod trap you're laying, and I ain't falling in.
Oct 18, 2017, 2:17 PM
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But if you google "Jennifer Lawrence Snake", you'll find out.
Seductive Vanity Fair spread, not as impressive as unauthorized photographs released in previous years, but not bad.
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I posted that pic last week and got
Oct 18, 2017, 2:41 PM
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reprimanded by B-Meist.
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remembered a few
Oct 18, 2017, 2:35 PM
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Spotted Bobby Hurley for a dumbell press sets. Dude's weak AF
Worked out near Ray Liotta. His face looks like it was on fire and someone tried to put it out with a fork
Played Blackjack w/ Mugsey Bogues (nice guy) and The Amazing Kreskin (awhole) - not at the same time
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I once spent a night getting drunk with the 3rd bassist from Gwar.
Oct 18, 2017, 12:41 PM
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He gave me tips on how to play the bass and score with chicks.
None of his advice worked out for me as I was already married and had no desire to play bass anymore. But I appreciated the free drinks.
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was he dressed up??
Oct 18, 2017, 1:04 PM
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'cuz that'd be cool.
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Jerry Clower***
Oct 18, 2017, 12:41 PM
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Jelly.
Oct 18, 2017, 2:04 PM
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Hawwww!
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I often wonder if Zettner was at the game
Oct 18, 2017, 2:47 PM
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where Jerry's story about the time they played Clemson came from.
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I thought about Jerry Clower when Etienne said he'd
Oct 18, 2017, 3:18 PM
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nevr seen a Clemson game be fore. He played in the first Clemson game that he ever saw.
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Gunther from Friends was in my basement
Oct 18, 2017, 12:43 PM
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so technically we met
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 12:50 PM
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In no particular order just how they popped into my head
1. Hank Williams Jr - we both bought boots at Latigo Corners one time
2. John Glenn - got to spend about 30 minutes with him after he spoke at Furman (I was born the day he went into space)
3. Danny Ford - stood in line with him to pick up laundry many a Thursday afternoon
4. Carol Campbell - he spoke at the Clemson College Republicans 3-4 times
5. Sharon McCrumb - a very good author I've met several times and was trying to keep this from being a sausage fest
6. David Beasley - he spoke at the Clemson College Republicans 3-4 times
7. Ronald Reagan - shook his hand in Greenville during a campaign stop
8. Butch and the Buckheads - they crashed on our floor in Thornhill one night after playing at Edgar's
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Forgot about NASCAR folks
Oct 18, 2017, 12:53 PM
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Godfather was on Buddy Baker's pit crew so I got to hang out in the infield with just about all the drivers from the mid 70's to late 80's
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Heisman Winner [135579]
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Butch was always a pretty cool dude.
Oct 18, 2017, 3:04 PM
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I worked a couple of those shows at Edgar's. I'm now 100% sure I served you a beer back in the day.
On a side note, Butch Evans had an original 1967 Gretsch G6123 Monkees edition hollow body guitar. I would KILL for that axe.
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 1:07 PM
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Cale - grew up with his kids
Jimmy Buffett - drinking at the Rain Day Inn when I was in 9th grade
Nicole Kidman - Helped a friend deliver her rental car when she filmed Days of Thunder.
Nancy Humphries (odel) Was in central spirit with her. She was also the second person I met when I got to clemson. I dated the first person I met for 2 years. Had Nancy only been 2 minutes earlier......
Alabama - the band - friends with the Bowery house band when they had their reunion there
Mickey Spillane - we got our hair cut at Donahue's in MI all the time (when I had hair) We also shopped at the same grocery store (A&P)
Nikki Haley - tailgating
Mark Sanford - CHS airport, no he wasnt on his way to Argentina....his son was with him.
Strom Thurmond - spoke at Fraternity anniversary
Lindsay Grahamnasty - still want to wash my hand every time I think of that.
Phebe Cates - she did not get to meet me but was within 5 feet of me, when they filmed Shag.
Truett Cathy - had dinner with him in DC at a convention
Pat Riley - No hookers were involved. but spoke to him at a trade show / convention
Kat Cole - President of Cinnabon. (HOT)
I wonder how many of them would have ME on their list?
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The Fabulous Moolah.
Oct 18, 2017, 1:41 PM
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I can't think of anyone else, except southern gospel singers, who aren't that popular.
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I know more infamous people than famous people.***
Oct 18, 2017, 1:53 PM
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Wow, in-famous?
Oct 18, 2017, 2:13 PM
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In-famous?
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I've met the devil on a few occasions.***
Oct 18, 2017, 1:57 PM
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Oh, no. No, sir. He's white, as white as you folks, with
Oct 18, 2017, 2:00 PM
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empty eyes and a big hollow voice. He likes to travel around with a mean old hound. That's right.
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What'd the devil give you for yore soul, robertn?***
Oct 18, 2017, 2:04 PM
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Well he taught me to be a mediocre message board poster
Oct 18, 2017, 2:10 PM
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real good.
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Grammar is a funny thing..........
Oct 18, 2017, 2:17 PM
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The way you wrote it, it looks like it's the message board that's mediocre.
On second though, I guess it works either way.
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Oculus Spirit [85323]
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Well
Oct 18, 2017, 2:19 PM
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bye
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My genius is lost on you people.***
Oct 18, 2017, 2:30 PM
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You People ???***
Oct 18, 2017, 2:42 PM
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I heard he went down to Georgia
Oct 18, 2017, 7:55 PM
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Looking for a soul to steal. He was in a bind
Cause he was way behind and he was willin' to make a deal.
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RH Tig***
Oct 18, 2017, 2:03 PM
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I met Mumbo last year in the Daniel HS parking lot
Oct 18, 2017, 2:23 PM
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He gave me tickets to the Pitt game. Last one we lost at home.
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See if I ever give you any more tickets.***
Oct 18, 2017, 2:38 PM
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All-In [47750]
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But you're famous now...
Oct 18, 2017, 2:48 PM
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And Sharty sure hasn't come through
Oct 18, 2017, 2:51 PM
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which BTW Shorty , Imma need 4 tickets, club level, catered with stadium front parking for the FSU game.
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 2:18 PM
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In no particular order of importance:
1) Warrick Dunn (great guy, great charity and I could tell he was really passionate about it)
2) Larry Izzo (same USO tour as Dunn, but he was a d-bag)
3) Charles Bolden (former astronaut and director of NASA. When I was in 3rd grade, came to Fort Jackson school where my mother worked)
4) Lindsay Graham (came to visit SC Soldiers in Afghanistan, as well as do his AF Reserve time)
5) Nikki Haley (during the flood of 2015, she was at the EOC in Horry County where I was a liaison for the Guard. Ironically, my 9 year old and estranged wife ran into her coming out of a store in downtown Clemson on homecoming the next year. She was very nice to my son and didn't try to rush away)
6) But my greatest failure in celebrity meetings was brushing past Vince Vaughn on my way into the dining facility in a base in Iraq, not realizing who he was because it was 6 am and I was half asleep, and only realizing it when I was asked a minute later if i'd just run into Vince Vaughn, to which I replied "that's dumb, of course not". It was him apparently.
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In order of importance, the most famous people I have met
Oct 18, 2017, 2:29 PM
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1. Carrot Top
2. Jesus
3. RH Tig
4. Sid Bream
5. Santa Claus
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 3:11 PM
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Elton John: very cool
Jimmy Buffett: even cooler
Clint Eastwood: very cool
Eddie Murphy: ok
Bryant Gumbel: kind of a jerk, I thin we was just having a back day
George Strait: cool, very laid back
Robert Downey Jr: total jerk but I think he was doing the drugs at this time
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Re: Most famous person you've met? dashibbit's
Oct 18, 2017, 3:13 PM
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Lucas Glover (played a round of golf with him)
Danny Ford (had lunch with him and he spoke at our company)
Lynn Swann (met at the Masters)
Perry Tuttle (came to our office and hung out)
CJ Spiller (ran into him at Rick's Deli)
Richard Peck (author - met him at a speaking engagement)
all true stories
seems like I am forgetting someone.
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 3:45 PM
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Will only include those I actually had a conversation with....
1. Clint Eastwood - in Carmel eating at his restaurant The Hog's Breath Inn. We didn't talk long, because a lot of people were coming up to him at the bar, naturally. But he didn't seem to mind, he was chatting with everybody. He walked over to the piano and played a couple songs... he's very good.
2. Tom Selleck - in line behind him in a parking garage in L.A., hadn't noticed who he was until he spoke to the valet and I heard his voice. This was at the peak of Magnum PI. Damm he's tall... gotta be like 6-5. Very friendly, we talked for a few mins until they brought his car.
3. Elliot Gould - he walked right past me on the sidewalk in Chinatown and went into a jewelry store. I stood outside the store and waited for him to come out, like some hayseed tourist. He knew I recognized him, and just gave me a big grin, like OK, you got me. Said he was in town to read over a ###### with Whoopi Goldberg, I guess they were in a TV show or movie together.
4. Greg Rolie - got upgraded to first class on a flight from the west coast and sat right beside him. Had no clue who he was until other people started talking to him. He was in Journey then, but I was fascinated with his stories about the early days of Santana... Woodstock, living in the Haight with Janis, Jimi & Jerry, etc. I know I bugged him to death with questions, but hey, how many chances do you get to spend 4 hrs with a guy like this. I just kept buying him beers... (yes that's a joke)
5. the Woz - Steve Wozniak was at a company dinner I attended. I was working for Steeleye Technology and his company was called Fusion-IO... found out later he was there because there were some merger/acquisition discussions going on. Big dinner, probably 50 people, so I just got to meet him briefly. A lot of big egos in that room jockeying for attention...
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 5:08 PM
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dark side - my Clint story is kind of the same. ms midland and I were at the Bing Crosby golf tournament in the late 80's. There was a rain delay and somehow I ended up in the same tent with Clint and Bryant Gumbel. We chatted awhile. Clint was cool but Bryant seemed to be having a bad day. Fast forward a couple of months and I'm at Clint's restaurant. I walk up and tell the story about meeting him at the Bing Crosby and asked if he remembered me. He tilted his head back and gave me a squint and said "Yeah kid I remember you". I doubt he remembered but he acted like he did.
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Re: Most famous person you've met?
Oct 18, 2017, 5:55 PM
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You know what's odd... I would've thought that Woz would be the coolest, but he was the least friendly of the bunch, by far. The rest of the ones I mentioned are huge celebrities, but at least they earned their notoriety by being extremely talented over a long period of time. Woz just happened to be in the right place at the right time and hit it big, almost like winning the lottery... and he was the one who acted like he was too good to talk to anybody else. Based on that, I bet the stories about Steve Jobs being the biggest ### on the planet are true...
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Lemme see...
Oct 18, 2017, 4:04 PM
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Nick Faldo
Nick Price
Danny Ford
Hugh Acheson
RH Tig
Shorty
#ohmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Re: Lemme see...
Oct 18, 2017, 4:11 PM
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Re: Lemme see...
Oct 18, 2017, 4:59 PM
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ohhhhh henry..
#themostimportantJunger
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You forgot Eldrick giving you a candy bar. ******
Oct 18, 2017, 5:46 PM
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saw where he's been cleared to give it a go again***
Oct 18, 2017, 5:51 PM
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Yeah and he might sneak in and win another..........
Oct 18, 2017, 6:01 PM
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Major. But the golden days are over. Loved watching him play.
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I'm the man
Oct 18, 2017, 5:32 PM
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that met Andy Griffith.
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Excluding Clemson people..............
Oct 18, 2017, 5:58 PM
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and all the golfers and more Kelli listed.
In no order and will forget someone I'm sure.
George Takei aka Sulu
John McCain & Nikki Haley I guess she's famous. Oh yeah Strom.
Digger Phelps
That bastage Pete Rose
The Nature Boy Woooooooooo
Jim Koch, Greg Koch, Adam Avery and Hildegard van Ostaden (beer geeks will know these people)
Corso & Blackledge
Giada De Laurentiis
Emmitt Smith
But the best and I've posted before so won't do Germans. Having breakfast with Henry Aaron and Pops Stargell in Atlanta as a youngster.
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wow ... Hammerin' Hank is top shelf...***
Oct 18, 2017, 6:39 PM
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bart starr***
Oct 18, 2017, 6:06 PM
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and johnny bench***
Oct 18, 2017, 6:58 PM
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