Okay, I've led a somewhat interesting life for a relative "nobody".... here are the folks I either know or have met:

Mike Skupin (from "Survivor", Season 2) ....brother-in-law

Steven Spielberg .... played video games with him and his son at GameWorks

Chris Gore (formerly had a show on FX, contributes to "Rank" on E! and edits "Film Threat" magazine) ....my Uncle

Ice-T (Rapper/Law & Order:SVU star)....Vegas, baby! Vegas.

Jake Plummer (Quarterback for Denver Broncos)....used to run into him at nightclubs in Phoenix area - had casual "hey! wazzup?" relationship (now we both moved, damn)

Travis Claridge (Atlanta Falcons) - lived down the street from me growing up

The following I was fortunate enough to meet through the good graces of a few friends of mine who are DJ's....

Johnny Rzeznic and Rob Takac (of the Goo Goo Dolls)

Alice Cooper

Mark McGrath & the rest of "Sugar Ray"



Well, that's all I can think of right now.

Sorry, i did search for a similar thread before I posted but couldn't find one. Thanks for the link.

In my industry, I've met literally dozens of stars - predominately "mid-level" movie/TV stars. A few have been extremely arrogant, but most are okay. Some that I was extremely impressed with are Edward James Olmos, Courtney Thorne Smith, Chuck Norris, John Candy, Kevin Smith, and Michael Madsen. Very nice people, and all very down to earth, what you see is what you get people.

Interestingly, most of the uber-jerks have been athletes. Deion Sanders and Pete Rose at the top of that list...

I don't know if a model from Playboy's Women of Wal-Mart pictorial is quite famous... but I do know Kristi of that pictorial. She's awesome.

I though that the "Women of WalMart" was not out yet...damn, Im gonna have to find that on the net somewhere...

Check the Titty Board.

With my buddy Jay, I've met DJ Tiesto, the two-time (and current) #1 DJ in the world, and Ferry Corsten, currently the #6 DJ in the world. Man, both those guys are cool as hell. Just doing what they love. We plan on meeting the other 8 in the top ten at some point.

I do not know any famous people, but I know tond of people who deserve recognition.

Thats the kind of people I like to be with, in the end.

Yay looks like I'm the only guy here who's met a suprmodel. I was fortunate to meet and talk to Sarah Ohare, who also was in the movie 'Head Over Heels' and in an episode of Friends("The one with Ross's Library Book") (wife of Lachlan Murdoch, Ruperts son) at of a all places McDonalds. She had been doing a press thing for a Hospital that she raises money for (where I had an appointment to have my eye's examined) and I was sitting alone in Maccas and notice her come in and being a true gentlmen kindlly allowed her to share my table (the place was full) she was alone so we sat and talked for about 15 minutes. A very beautiful and down to earth woman (who can devour a big mac and fries as fast as anyone I have ever seen).

Also I've met many sporting champions past and present, some olympic champions (I was a competive swimmer for many years and my coach was an Olympic Gold meadalist at the 1956 Olympics she introduced me to many swimmers - Dawn Fraser, Kieren Perkins, Grant Hackett etc.). Met Steven Bradbury (first Australian winter olympic gold meadalist) my sisters Ice Skating coach prior to moving to Australia had coached many Olympic champions for Russia and the Soviet Union, her mother in law still is the top coach. Ummm... I know most Australian V8Supercars drivers and I trade emails with Aussie F1 driver Mark Webber often and have also met Alan Jones. Oh and my Mum met Sprinter Marion Jones. Also met a few Australian cricketers, including Shane Warne.
I saw Russell Crowe and his wife days after their wedding, said G'day.
Thats all I can recall at the moment... others will come back to me soon. Oh yeah a relative of mine is a reporter and occasional co-anchor for CNN Europe.

mark on home improvement i forget his real name

I met Sam Walton a time or two. Nice guy, very friendly. You don't meet a lot of famous folks in the backwoods of Oklahoma.

I met Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti, and Richard Petty a couple of weeks ago. All of them were cool people. I met the Barrel Man for the Denver Broncos once, he lives in the same neighborhood as my parents.

Merrill Streep.

I have met a few famous people but I can't remember many of them. Let's see:

Kathy Ireland, MC Hammer, Evander Holyfield (back when I got to fly 1st class) All nice and Kathy Ireland is MUCH prettier in person than most celebs.

Kevin Smith (Silent Bob) and Jason Mews (Jay). And Jason is really Jay so there isn't much else to his 120lbs. to see.

Patrick Stewart, Johnathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, William Shatner, Deforest Kelley, James Doohan (all at shows, all very friendly)(no I am not a Trekkie, but a fan)

Alley Baggett, Who I must say was one of the most UN-attractive people I have ever met. You would not even look at her twice if you saw her on the street (except that she is so short) She was also not nice at all. Meeting her proved TONS about the airbrushing that Playboy does to their photos.

Sammy Hagar, Nightranger, John Cougar Mellencamp, James Taylor and a few other bands and members. Hagar was the coolest of the bunch, Mellencamp the most laid back, regular guy.

Tons of artists and painters from 20 years in the comics field.

I can't remember any more right now.

Met alot of musicians over the years and in my experiences, they've all been great. You always get the odd one who's an asshole, but in this biz that usually means they are stupidly brilliant or on their way out the door,..fast.

Got some good friends coming over for dinner and to do some jamming two weekends from now. They had about a dozen top 10 songs in Billboard and atleast that much in the top 100 in the 70's.They hate it when I call them rockstars.

Thanks for the reminder, jw!!!

I also met Stephanie Seymour (former Victoria's Secret model)...she's the cousin of a friend of mine.

Bjorn Borg (former Tennis star) - also cousins with a different friend of mine. Super nice guy!

alright.. im jus gonna do a list....

Hale Irwin
Tiger Woods
Mats Wilander
Willie Nelson
Robin Williams
Jamie Lee Curtis
Arnold Swarstinwhatever
Bruce Willis & Demi Moore(both live in my town)
John Laraquette(from Night Court)
Clint Eastwood(that guy drive around a beat up rusty ford pickup)

and i think that rounds off the list... if i remember anymore.. i will be sure to edit this post

Kapil Dev-one of india's most well known and respected cricketers

I met Jack Nicholson at Tires Inc when he was filming About Schmidt. I was on my way to off campus PE and I got a flat.

I met Matthew Broderick while filming Election. I was an extra.

I met all of NoFX. Big whoop, I don't even like them.

I met Bad Religion- my mom was asking them if they had seen me.

I met Reel Big Fish- lead singer's fish is not real big- he was coming out of the pool at the DoubleTree.

I met Jeremy Roenick once. I was mad at him for going to the Phoenix Cyotes, though, so I didn't say anything nice or ask for an autograph.

I once ALMOST met John Cleese, my future husband. I saw him in New York City, and tried to run after him. It failed. At least, I think that was him...

I met Sandra Bullock once. Very nice person. Also Loretta Switt of M*A*S*H fame before all the plastic surgery. She was a little odd but very polite.

Kid Rock at LAX going from LAX to DET. Didnt say anything, we were boarding at the same time (10 minutes late =\) and I just saw a guy with greasy hair, gucci sunglasses, a really nice watch + bracelets on, and a giant detroit tigers 'D' on his arm. I didnt realize who it was until after we were on the plane (coach, he was 1st class, of course).

Sniff, Sniff, I have only become tilted recently, alas, I cannot check the "Titty Board" That was a mean comment. :( Now I am really depressed

i met archie manning at an ole miss football game

meh i lead a boring life
i met gweneth paltrow and dennis quaid....also once sorta-met gary sinise....
dunno who else

Burton C Bell (Fear Factory)
Killing Heidi
Three Doors Down
Third Eye Blind (idiots)
Peter Jackson
Andy Serkis
Orlando Bloom
Viggo Mortensen
Quite a few NZ Politicians

magic johnson
screech (save by the bell) lol
johni black (porn star)
james worthy
kareem abdul jabber
tim brown
stu lantz
byron scott
kobe bryant
shaq
gary payton
james worthy
michael cooper
robin williams
yasmine bleeth (baywatch)
asia carrera (porn star)
chick hearn (the great one)
aurora snow (porn star)

gotta love those porn stars

i met Vincent Price in Canada at Expo '86. that was cool. really nice guy.

I've seen Dennis Rodman around a few times. A bunch of pro athletes live near me. John Wayne's house is down the street from me, I used to see him alot when I was a kid.

I'm just a kid so i haven't gotten around much, but apparently a customer at the Dry Cleaner i work at whom i've helped numerous times is Yolanda King, MLK Jr's firstborn daughter.

i've met quite a few, being involved in a number of different areas of research in los angeles. most were pleasant and honest, but that might be because I showed a sincere interest in their work (from Tom Holman of THX to Howard Schultz of Starbucks)

I've met lyle lovett, Vincent from the WWF, Matthew Mcaughnehy, and the lead singer from savage garden

AWESOME! I remember him from my childhood lmfao. Bulk and Skull. hahaha good times.

But yeah me and JStrider met Ron Jeremy a week ago and that was pretty bad ass. We got his autograph and a picture with him. He's a real cool dude and funny. And contrary to supposed popular belief, he doesn't smell, at least not that I could tell; lmfao.

Noone...sadly :(

famous people you've seen/met
 

seen:

george h. w. bush
jesse jackson
george w. bush
steve forbes
john kerry
john mccain
eriq lasalle
beau bridges
tim russert
chris matthews
george foreman
larry flint
bill maher
red headed skateboarding kid in mountain dew commercials
black guy who plays president on '24'
all of no doubt except for gwen at a starbucks


handshake:

alan keyes (ha!)
the governator


edit: thanks maleficent for merging this for me.

I've "met" Wilford Brimley (Our House, Cocoon, Quaker Oatmeal guy) several times; I grew up near where he lived and he shopped at the same grocery store as us. He was a dick.

I used to work at a movie theater that was frequented by several Utah Jazz basketball players, I remember serving Jeff Hornacek, John Stockton, and Greg Ostertag popcorn :)

Also met Lyle Lovett, pre-Julia. It was at a bluegrass concert when I was a kid, probably 8 or 9. He and my dad talked for a long time; my dad said he was really nice. I don't really remember, I just wanted my dad to hurry up so he'd buy me an ice cream cone.

Thats about it.

i was in New Orleans for the bowl game and saw richard simmons at the mall. he still has his fro and was wearing a sweatshirt with those spandex shorts. i said to my friends "dude, it's richard simmons" and he just looked at me and tilted his head like dogs do. he didn't say anything, he just kept walking.

i played darts at a bar in coppell with derian hatcher (hockey player) and richard matvichuk (hockey player) left a message on my answering machine telling me that he would "help" a friend of mine with a paper. i was supposed to help her. i don't think she ever wrote the paper. they were both very nice.

does mooning george foreman's house when I was in Houston count?

aside from that I've met Scott Hamilton (ice-skating great), and Shawn White (pro-snowboarder).

it depends, did he see it? :D

Sat behind Liv Tyler on a flight from Newark to Chicago... at 6am, with no makeup, hair up in a clippy thing, she was still gorgeous... (hate her! :) ) She was so nice, even to the people who insisted on bothering her, though the woman she was with (I think her mother) was a high maintenance uber bitch)

Got stuck in an elevator with Meatloaf for about an hour - had no idea who it was until I got off the elevator, We chatted a bunch, and he was a really nice guy.

Rode an elevator with kate Jackson

Was on a flight with Dan Quayle and a bunch of his "staff", not sure it was security or just worker bees.

There was the "mystery Middle-eastern" a few years back.. I was on the metroliner back from DC to NY - in the middle ofa snowstorm. I had gotten an upgrade to first class and when i walked to the end of the car, I was stopped by a earphone wearing, pretty big ass gun toting person who stopped me from entering that portion of the car.
I settled in where I was, and asked the car attended who was back there, he said he wasn't at liberty to discuss, but it was someone I had definitely had heard of.

Was in a luncheonette in NYC, and at the next table, was Ann Curry, of the Today Show on NBC.

Back around 1988 or so, we were heading up the NJ turnpike to NYC in our little Plymouth Colt, when I happened to look to the right and see this red Ford pick-up with just 'Freehold, NJ' in small script on the door. I looked at the driver to see Bruce Springsteen at the wheel. I turned to my husband, pointed to the truck cruising next to us and when Bruce saw me point, he hit the gas and zoomed away. :(
Last year, waiting for my flight at the Knoxville airport, I saw this very goodlooking man with a little girl in a stroller. He had on a Yankee shirt and hat and dark glasses and was standing against the wall talking to a maintenance man. I thought he looked very familiar and could not take my eyes off him. Then I heard his voice. I have had the drools for this man for 20 years, since his movie "Independence Day' (NOT the Will Smith one) was out. He played the best friend of Richard Gere's character who kills himself in "An Officer and a Gentleman'. And NOW, he was on MY little plane to Cleveland!!!
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