Post by: djb1986 on April 07, 2003, 06:46:08 AM
Post by: Ian Sane on April 07, 2003, 07:28:29 AM
Aside from that I've only encountered famous people in situations where I'm supposed to see them like at an autograph signing or something.
Post by: nolimit19 on April 07, 2003, 08:44:04 AM
Post by: nitsu niflheim on April 07, 2003, 09:35:10 AM
I also met Brookes Robinson when I was little, I have a baseball and glove both autographed by him as well from when I met him.
Post by: thecubedcanuck on April 07, 2003, 10:09:09 AM
I have also spoken to Chris Pronger on several occasions as he and my wife are old school friends.
Also once when getting groceries we saw Kim Bassinger in the store (she was in town filming a movie), we never approached her however.
Post by: PIAC on April 07, 2003, 10:17:07 AM
the day after that i walked past him on the way home
Post by: Joshums on April 07, 2003, 10:23:18 AM
Post by: mouse_clicker on April 07, 2003, 11:21:17 AM
He married my mom's sister, has two kids, and lvies in Alpharetta, Georgia. Through him, I've met Jay Leno, Paula Abdul, John Smoltz (when shark fishing with his son and him), and Bill Engval.
Post by: rpglover on April 07, 2003, 11:53:11 AM
oh yeah- larry bowa- the greatest person!
other than those teams and stuff not really but i feel good about seeing them and getting their autographs
Post by: manunited4eva22 on April 07, 2003, 12:03:32 PM
Post by: Chasefox on April 07, 2003, 12:58:16 PM
Post by: The Omen on April 07, 2003, 01:40:23 PM
I also met Michael Keaton years ago, during the making of 'Clean and sober'. The house in the movie was in my development in southern Jersey. He was real cool, and signed a bunch of stuff.
Also, Allen Iverson hangs at TGIF in Philly, so I walked up to him once, ..once. He had alot of big dudes with him, but he too, was extremely cool. Thats about it for me. Oh wait, I was on the 'Al Albert show'(if anyone knows what that is) when I was like, 4. I lost the joke contest, so i hate mr. Albert.
Post by: Termin8Anakin on April 07, 2003, 04:04:27 PM
She is VERY tall though.
I actually saw Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen at Bondi. I was on the bus though. So it would have been really something to put on my website!
He's not really famous, but Tim Bailey, the weather man (when he was still a presenter for Totally Wild) came to our school when I was in year 5, cause my teacher's son was a magician who worked with animals (Totally Wild is a show about wildlife and such).
Oh, and let's not forget me, Mario and Infernal Monkey with Jade Gatt and Ryan Lapp from Cheez TV a couple of weeks back!
Post by: GoldShadow1 on April 07, 2003, 05:01:00 PM
The only famous person I've ever met is Susan Fletcher, who nobody has heard of anyway - I have a signed copy of her book, Dragon's Milk.
Post by: dafunkk12 on April 07, 2003, 05:25:54 PM
I think the photographer/camera men make an effort not to get us score-sign-holders in the shot because I watched the tourney on TV and looked at pics in the newspaper and didn't see any of the other people. However, people tell me that I did manage to make it in to a shot on ESPN.
Post by: Tman on April 08, 2003, 12:34:11 AM
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on April 08, 2003, 01:50:47 AM
i saw Allen Border at my school once. even footballers worked there as teachers. and i've met heaps, including Wayne Carey (years ago, it wasn't hard to know he was a jerk!)
i saw michael klim once. heck, he went to my school (i think, better ask my sister)
Post by: oohhboy on April 08, 2003, 04:56:36 AM
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Post by: Gamer1982 on April 08, 2003, 05:44:54 AM
Post by: aoi tsuki on April 08, 2003, 11:25:51 AM
...sold Joe Dumars (ex Detroit Pistons player) a computer.
...ran into Jeff Bridges. He looked like a bum (not meaning to be an insult), but he seemed to be a nice guy.
...almost sold Snoop Doggy Dogg some Dreamcast games. One of his bodyguards tried to get some free (and unreleaed) games off of me.
...actually sold some games to an NSYNC member. i didn't know who he was until one of my coworkers told me.
...talked to Tim Allen about some games. He hand't shaved and looked pretty rough. i guess i was expecting the "Tim" from Home Improvement...
...saw Eminem in our store (then Babbages) back in 98 (?). i didn't know who he was, and when someone told me, i still didn't know.
Post by: Bloodworth on April 08, 2003, 11:35:21 AM
Post by: DevilishDude on April 08, 2003, 11:46:40 AM
Post by: thecubedcanuck on April 08, 2003, 12:04:47 PM
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I've met Vinny Lecavalier and Khabibulin. but i doubt anyone here knows who they are.
As a former Winnipeger and huge Jets fan I saw Khabibulin get his first NHL shut out. Reminds me, I was drunk at a party with Keith Tkchuck (he has totaled btw)
Post by: Termin8Anakin on April 08, 2003, 01:49:17 PM
Thats cause he went to my school.
Post by: aoi tsuki on April 08, 2003, 02:35:31 PM
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Wow Aoi, where do you work? I wanna get a job there too
i used to work at a Gamestop in Dearborn, Michigan. Dearborn is right next door to Detroit, and so a lot of celebrities are in and out of the area. The mall where Gamestop is is the closest to Detroit, so i assume they come there from downtown Detroit, where a lot of events are held. Also, celebs like Tim Allen and Eminem are Michigan natives, so it's not completely odd to see them there.
Before working at Gamestop i worked at a Best Buy, but there weren't near as many famous (and near famous) people there as in the mall.
As bitter as irony is though, i don't really care to meet any of these "famous" people. i'd rather meet Tetsuya Mizaguchi, Shigeru Miyamoto, or Yuji Naka. Or members of this forum, Rick Powers, Louie the Cat, etc. There's really very few people in the mainstream US media that i care to meet.
Post by: Joshums on April 08, 2003, 08:42:24 PM
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Post by: Michael_82 on April 09, 2003, 08:38:29 AM
Post by: Bloodworth on April 09, 2003, 10:55:33 AM
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Billy is nuts you know that right? I mean I like Nintendo and all. But he scared me.
Billy's not all that nuts in comparison. IMO: Billy < TYP < Ty < Our contest entrants
Post by: ruby_onix on April 09, 2003, 02:34:00 PM
I got an autograph from Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1) when they were filming across the street from my house.
I saw Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang from Smallville) at the same place (it's very popular) signing some autographs, but I didn't stop for one because I was on a form of autopilot and walked right past her. I figure if I wasn't on autopilot I would've forgotten to breath or someting equally embarrassing. I have to get her autograph next time!
Nicole deBoer (Ezri Dax of Star Trek DS9) was presumably filming The Dead Zone in that same spot, but I didn't know anything about The Dead Zone at the time, and didn't go see what they were up to.
Post by: BrianSLA on April 09, 2003, 09:41:01 PM
BUT the coolest memory is Scott Glen ( played FBI director in Silence of the Lambs, firefighter in Backdraft, etc.). I saw him in Westwood while waiting in a long movie line.... I saw him walking toward me, I couldn't remember his name but I knew it and as he passed I remembered and whispered to my friend ' hey thats Scott Glen ' in a small whisper.... he was like 12 feet away and he turns slightly around and gave me a smile and kept walking. He was cool.
Post by: Marcus Arillius on April 10, 2003, 07:43:08 PM
Post by: oohhboy on April 11, 2003, 04:22:35 AM
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Billy's not all that nuts in comparison. IMO: Billy < TYP < Ty < Our contest entrants
But you must admit at the end of the day Billy and probalily everybody else working for PGC is more nuts than your contest entrants. I mean you run the site everyday. You guys are tha pinicale of Nintendoism(Term used loosely). PGC goes through financial, food, server, navigation, langauge, Xbox/PS2/Nintendo fanboys, plain old fanboys, celebs and other unimaginable problems so I can turn on the computer and say "Hey Louie the cat wrote something". But out of you guys he must be the most nuts.
Post by: ruby_onix on April 11, 2003, 11:55:02 AM
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I'm kind of related to "Uncle Jesse" from full house, ya know John Stamos. My cousin married his nephew. We met him at the wedding. He was nice. Well, he doesn't really count as a celebrity, because, well, its full house. I don't even know why I told you this. I'm ashamed.
Dude, it's because you're saying it wrong.
You're related to Rebecca Romaijn-Stamos.
Post by: Bloodworth on April 11, 2003, 02:21:18 PM
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Originally posted by: Bloodworth
Billy's not all that nuts in comparison. IMO: Billy < TYP < Ty < Our contest entrants
But you must admit at the end of the day Billy and probalily everybody else working for PGC is more nuts than your contest entrants. I mean you run the site everyday. You guys are tha pinicale of Nintendoism(Term used loosely). PGC goes through financial, food, server, navigation, langauge, Xbox/PS2/Nintendo fanboys, plain old fanboys, celebs and other unimaginable problems so I can turn on the computer and say "Hey Louie the cat wrote something". But out of you guys he must be the most nuts.
I stand by my previous assesment. Trust me many of the contestants are far more obsessive about this stuff than many of us. You'll see soon enough.
