Famous people you know or have met

[Camaro_94]

Thought this would be a cool thread. If you have met anyone famous, post it up! Whether it was just a simple handshake, or talking to them, it doesnt matter.. It all counts.

I've met:

- Bill & Hilary Clinton
- J-Mac (The autistic basketball player that scored 18 points in 4 some-odd mins.. I was actually at that game since it was at my high school.. I was sitting next to the kid filming it, he was one of my friends and a neighbor)
- Tedy Bruschi (New England Patriots MLB)
- Doug Flutie (Buffalo Bills QB/TV announcer)
- Lou Gramm (The singer of Foreigner, hes a local and attents many of the local car shows. He bought my fathers 67 Corvette a few years back too.)
- Brian Gianta's parents (Their son plays for the New Jersey Devils, I helped my dad out with a summer job a few years back cleaning the outside of the house and doing the windows)
- Majic Johnson
- Ryan Miller (Buffalo Sabres Goalie/Rochester Amerks old goalie which was the Sabres farm team)
- Cal Ripkin Jr (met him when I was like 5, but I didnt know who the hell he was. :laugh:. My father used to work for Kodak and they would sometimes give away box seats to employees to watch a local minor league baseball team called the Red Wings which was the farm team for the Oriolos and they would sometimes play them. Later that game he hit a foul ball that almost hit me and could have done some damage. He put a crack in the seat next to me which nobody was sitting in. I still have the ball somewhere.)

Thats all I can think of now.. Who has everyone else met?

[TCGiRL220]

Hillary Will
Angelle Sampey
Ashley Force
Melanie Troxel
Peggy Llewlyn
Angie McBride
Karen Stoffer
John Force
Tommy Johnson Jr.
Kenny Bernstein
Brandon Bernstein
Justin Humphreys
Mike Neff
Matt Smith
Kurt Johnson
Girl that does the voice for Bart Simpson
There's more I just can't think of them all

[Camaro_94]

Hillary Will
Angelle Sampey
Ashley Force
Melanie Troxel
Peggy Llewlyn
Angie McBride
Karen Stoffer
John Force
Tommy Johnson Jr.
Kenny Bernstein
Brandon Bernstein
Justin Humphreys
Mike Neff
Matt Smith
Kurt Johnson
Girl that does the voice for Bart Simpson
There's more I just can't think of them all

A girl does the voice for bart simpson???

[Cyanydem28]

A girl does the voice for bart simpson???


Lol ya its crazy. FF to like 1:30

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[TCGiRL220]

Lol ya its crazy. FF to like 1:30

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yup that explains it :laugh:

[Counted Out]

I meant some of the Power Rangers when I was a kid.

Oh, and when I went to the movies with my girlfriend we saw Stephen Baldwin. He was with his kids but my girlfriend decided to bother him anyway - he was a pretty nice guy.

I've partied and hung out with quite a few pro baseball players too - my friends dad rents them houses and condo's when they come down here for spring training.

[paul95z]

Royce and Henzo Gracie. My mma instructor was trained by them and they came here for a visit and we got to have a few sessions with them. Amazing time.

[bricez28]

ive met alot, not many cool ones, my brother is one of the highest requested job cameramen in the country. he shot dick clarks rockin new years eve and stuff. ive met slash justin timberlake, the jonas brothers, miley cirus, theres alot more its just 6:30 in the morning lol.

[ksmyss]

i grew up and now live in the town were chuck berry lives. i have meet him a few times and he is kind of an ass. when my dad was young he used to hang out with him and his rock and roll buddies all the time.

howie mandel- met him right after his movie "walk like a man" at the floating mcy ds in st. louis. got our picture taken with him then he found us and sat down and ate dinner with us.

pretty much all the drag racers in the nhra, ihra and super chevy in the early - mid 90s. i worked for bill kuhlmann (summit racing pro mod camaro and vette). i knew many on a personal level and ate dinners with some alot. eddy hill, don garlits, john force, doug herbert, scotty cannon, sonny lenord, larry morgan, all the big wigs at summit racing and had dinner a few times with the owner.

larry nance - met him through racing and he is the most ginuine (sp) and nicest person you could ever meet. he used get me to play nerf basketball with me all the time. supper great guy and i saw him again in probably 02 or 03 and he walked right up and said hi and knew who i was.

jr granitelli - the founder of paxton supper chargers son. great guy.

i used to be good friends with jerry bickels son and daughter. went to school with them and hung out at his shop a few times back in the day. he used to have a killer bus and helicoppter.

george link - used to be a big foot driver, i think one of the first hired driver. he also used to make most if not all the wild bodies that you see out there today. he is friends with my parents and he actually got me my first graphics art job way back when.

tory holt and ricky proehl - they had shirts made for their foundations. ricky came in 3-4 times and is supper nice. he pulled up a chair and bsed with me for 20 minutes or so. i had his jersey autographed. the rams should have never got rid of him.

ozzy smith, vince coleman, greg matthews, willie mcgee, white herzog - my mom used to be a manager at a bank that they banked at. they would all enter through back doors and walk right through my moms office. i got lucky a few times and was there when they would come through. i got a ton of stuff signed, letters and note to me somewere.

chris pronger and brett hull - i met them when chris first started plating for the blues. chris dated 2 girls i went to school with. i met them at 1 of the girls house. me and a buddy stopped by and they were sitting on the couch

devon allman - greg allmans son. he used to play in a band that bill kuhlmanns son was in.

i'm drawing a blank right now.

[BLOWNDFIZ]

Mike Neff


When I purchased my first house I bought it off of Mike Neff and his ex-wife Michelle. Little bit of useless knowledge there....

I've met too many to list in the auto/racing industry. Probably the two I enjoy the most were Vic Edelbrock Jr. (actually had a meeting with him at the Edelbrock faclilities). He took me and a mfg rep on a tour of all three facilities and Vic's Garage. I hung out with and had a few drinks at the SEMA show with Larry Dixon. Larry, Brad Fanshaw (owner of Bonspeed Wheels), and I sat at the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas and watched the crazy people on Halloween. I sat with Mario Andretti at an open house at Magnaflow. I love my job!

As far as celebrity type people:

Jenny McCarthy
Daisy Fuentes
David James Elliott
Simon Rex
Peyton Manning (just out at a bar here in Indy)
Rob Zombie

[grn95t/a]

i've meet and chatted with the man!


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[Pony_Killer]

Well as a kid had some friends across the street that started a group called "Puddle of Mudd"..Met Rappers Tech N9ne and the Rouge Dog Villians a few times at parties..I've met almost every nascar driver that's raced at Kansas speedway...I've also met and got autographs from ex boxers Tommy morrison and Ali...Most of the Chiefs and Royals players but prob the coolest was Dwayne Bowe And I think that's about it...but my dad prob has me beat on meeting famous people him and his friends hung out with Dick Harrell back in day at his shop..even one of my dads good friends still has a 69 427 camaro that they all built together that's still sits in his garage today.

[Standard-Z]

Same here for the drag racing drivers
John Force
Kenny Bernstein
Brandon Bernstein
No one else famous yet.

[Camaro_94]

i've meet and chatted with the man!

Thats soo awesome! Hes probibly my favorite racer ever.

I'm pretty sure my father met him before, but i'm not 100% on that. Hes got a ton of pictures though.

[LT1RUNNER]

I met Danny Bonaduchie!!!:claps:.......................wait... ...............FAIL! :rolleyes:

I did see former Phienix Suns players Cliff Roinson and Andrew Lang at a Phoenix mall!! :claps:..................wait....................F AIL X2! :(



I need to get out more often.

[Brandon]

I've met Doug Kalitta because my dad used to work for Kalitta Charters.
Jack White from The White Stripes.

I'm sure there are some others, but those are the only two that I can remember right now.

[941le]

I live on the same street that movie producers the Farley Brothers grew up on. Also Richard Jenkins (Something about Mary, Me myself and Irene, Outside Providence) and Mike Cerrone (Kingpin, ME myself Irene, Outside providence) live next door to me. I was a extra in Dumb and dumber so i met the whole cast there since some of the movie was filmed in my town. Pretty much any1 else who was in those movie too.

[BLK95TA]

I met Danny Bonaduchie!!!:claps:.......................wait... ...............FAIL! :rolleyes:

I did see former Phienix Suns players Cliff Roinson and Andrew Lang at a Phoenix mall!! :claps:..................wait....................F AIL X2! :(



I need to get out more often.


:jest:

he's pretty funny on "the smoking gun presents....the worlds dumbest"

[1hottcamaro]

Well as a kid had some friends across the street that started a group called "Puddle of Mudd"...


That is soo cool!! so you knew them before they made it big!! I like them!

Anyways I dont know if anyone has heard of ''red jumpsuit apparatus'' they arent that cool but they are semi popular, I was at a concert with several different bands, and they were one of them, and a guy asked ''do you wanna come and meet red jumpsuit apparatus?'' So I was like 'okay sure' and i went back and met them all.

[Camaro_94]

I saw Lou Gramm again today. I was out getting lunch with a few of my friends, and he was there too. Nice guy.. But he sold my fathers Corvette though! :shame:

[SSSC]

Waylon Jennings . in limon co at a truck stop about 4:00 am in the morning him and the crew was having breakfast. No one bothered him at all. he would nod his head to ya when you walked by. When i left to go pay for my meal.Was told he payed for everyones meal that morning.
Shirley muldowney in her hay days at edgewater. Was floored how nice she was to everyone and soo upbeat and a winning heart for sure.
Don gartlis pretty much the same and this guy had a Focus on raceing.
Warren Johnson .This guy was still is 1 in my book.Down home layed back loved to talk about his semi truck back in the day and raceing big time. If you ever get to chat with this guy and he has time. do it

[jaysz2893]

I sat back stage at a Korn Concert in Philly .. My ears are still ringing.. LOL
And met all of Green Day at a little club called Kahunaville (now gone) in Delaware..

All of the dudes from both bands were super nice.

[Pony_Killer]

That is soo cool!! so you knew them before they made it big!! I like them!



Yup yup ..watched them go from being kids playing out of the garage to getting their first gig at "Neniers" this hole in the wall bar that was up the street from us to them making it on the radio..only Wess made it big time tho...wess made a deal with Fred Durst of Limp Bisket that he would put them on his label if Wess kicked the rest of the guys off the band so fred could use some friends of his that needed work..and from what I was told those guys aren't even with the band anynmore cuz my buddy travis that was the original drummer got a call asking to come back and he told Wess to F*ck off lol

[Transamman25]

Vic Edelbrock Jr. , Kenny Bernstein , John Force and George Bush himself !

[IronOutlaw]

I think I need to get out more, Ive never met anyone famous.

[SSSC]

I think I need to get out more, Ive never met anyone famous.
Go to a NHRA National event get to see and talk to a lot of the drivers. If your into that kind of stuff

[TCGiRL220]

Waylon Jennings . in limon co at a truck stop about 4:00 am in the morning him and the crew was having breakfast. No one bothered him at all. he would nod his head to ya when you walked by. When i left to go pay for my meal.Was told he payed for everyones meal that morning.
Shirley muldowney in her hay days at edgewater. Was floored how nice she was to everyone and soo upbeat and a winning heart for sure.
Don gartlis pretty much the same and this guy had a Focus on raceing.
Warren Johnson .This guy was still is 1 in my book.Down home layed back loved to talk about his semi truck back in the day and raceing big time. If you ever get to chat with this guy and he has time. do it

Didn't you get to meet Dale Earnhardt too?

[SSSC]

Didn't you get to meet Dale Earnhardt too?
Yes and jeff gordon and dale jr. Those ones i posted were the ones that were the most interesting to me .

[CamaroZGuy]

a few years back i helped with security at the opening season race at Pomona. and got to meet just about all the drivers there;
Tony Schumacher
Larry Dixon, Jr.
Rod Fuller
Hillary Will
Brandon Bernstein
Kenny Bernstein
the late Scott Kalitta
the entire Force racing team
including a signed pic with all 3 daughters
and a signed pic of Eric Medlen
met a hole bunch more but just too many to name!

[LT1RUNNER]

SNAPS!! I almost forgot!! I met Andy Grabyourbelly, I mean, Andy Granitelli when I attended UTI many years ago. dAYUM HE'S WAS HUGE!! Is he still alive?:|

[1hottcamaro]

ohh yeah you guys know Carlton off of Fresh Prince of Bel air? I met his brother and he told me the jeep he was driving was Will Smiths old jeep, so I touched it.

[Camaro_94]

ohh yeah you guys know Carlton off of Fresh Prince of Bel air? I met his brother and he told me the jeep he was driving was Will Smiths old jeep, so I touched it.

Carlton is the man.. I learned all my dance moves from him.

YouTube - Famous Carlton Dance (a compilation)





Kidding!!! :laugh:

[TCGiRL220]

^^ oh heck yeah lol

[NebWS6]

some of you guys have met a ton of people....
Now me....nobody... haha

[1hottcamaro]

Carlton is the man.. I learned all my dance moves from him.

YouTube - Famous Carlton Dance (a compilation) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKlxjbhB9HE)





Kidding!!! :laugh:


LMAO!! you know you werent kidding!

I hope I get to meet him someday lol.. I think his brother that I met was actually gay. I am not for sure, but I am pretty sure.. and he had a friend with him.

[Camaro_94]

LMAO!! you know you werent kidding!


When I was like 8, I seriously thought thats how people danced. I will admit, I did try to copy him a few times watching the show when I was a kid. I was "bustin a move" in the living room. :laugh:. Not sure if my mother ever got it on video though (I'll have to ask her). I was horrible at it, but my older brother got a kick out of it, so I would do it.. If she does have it on video tape (shes got a whole freakin collection stored somewhere of just random videos of me and my bro as kids), I'll see what I can do. ;)

[1hottcamaro]

When I was like 8, I seriously thought thats how people danced. I will admit, I did try to copy him a few times watching the show when I was a kid. I was "bustin a move" in the living room. :laugh:. Not sure if my mother ever got it on video though (I'll have to ask her). I was horrible at it, but my older brother got a kick out of it, so I would do it.. If she does have it on video tape (shes got a whole freakin collection stored somewhere of just random videos of me and my bro as kids), I'll see what I can do. ;)


Lmao!!:claps: its so funny how people think when they are children! well good thing you now know that carltons dancing moves are not cool ! Lol!

so are you going to post a vid of you dancing like carlton if you find it? or will you chicken out and not post it lol

[Camaro_94]

I havent decided yet. Depends on how bad it is. :laugh:

[1hottcamaro]

I havent decided yet. Depends on how bad it is. :laugh:


well the rule is, if u talk about it you have to post it no matter how bad it is.

[Camaro_94]

well the rule is, if u talk about it you have to post it no matter how bad it is.

Damn it.. I shouldnt have said anything yet. :laugh:

I ask her if shes got it (I did it on more than one occasion, so she probibly has it on video tape with all the other random crap shes got too).

If we can find it, I'll be a good sport and post it since I brought it up.

[1hottcamaro]

Damn it.. I shouldnt have said anything yet. :laugh:

I ask her if shes got it (I did it on more than one occasion, so she probibly has it on video tape with all the other random crap shes got too).

If we can find it, I'll be a good sport and post it since I brought it up.


lol good, I am glad your have decided to follow the rules

[Ponyhntr]

Just like KSmySS, I used to work on NHRA Nitro Funny Cars, so I know a LOT of drivers and crewmembers, even more than just meeting them. I've worked with and hung out with most.

Cruz Pedregon
Tony Pedregon
John Force
Austin Coil
Bernie Fedderly
Del Worsham
Phil Burkart, Jr.
Gary Scelzi
Jack Wyatt
Larry Dixon
Brandon Bernstein
JR Todd
Morgan Lucas
Erica Enders
Antron Brown
Tony Schumacher
Jason Line
Warren Johnson
Greg Anderson
Gary Densham
Don Garlits
the list goes on and on!

I did that for 2 years, and I also still work in the Performance industry, so I've also met:

Chip Foose
Mario Andretti
The Tuttles
Jessie Combs
Lou Santiago
Courtney Hansen
Mike Galley
Jessie James
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
John Lingenfelter (was working for him when he had his accident)


I'm sure I've met more, but I can't remember them all.

You get the idea! :)

[ksmyss]

hey josh, did you know garlits personally? he used to hang out at our trailer when he was out "on tour" one year with his swamp rats and the way he is towards fans is not how he was/is when they are gone. i guess some people are that way when people hound you all the time. i know it got old for me by the time the summer was over and i was getting ready for school again.

[Ponyhntr]

hey josh, did you know garlits personally? he used to hang out at our trailer when he was out "on tour" one year with his swamp rats and the way he is towards fans is not how he was/is when they are gone. i guess some people are that way when people hound you all the time. i know it got old for me by the time the summer was over and i was getting ready for school again.

No, I never knew him personally, just been around him a little bit. I take it he's getting grouchy in his old age?

[ksmyss]

No, I never knew him personally, just been around him a little bit. I take it he's getting grouchy in his old age?

he was in the early 90s LOL