Meeting Celebrities?

Sittin at the Bar with a bunch of Bengal players at camp in Wilmington Ohio,. Pete Rose many times, TV news people from Cincy, WH press sec., Skeeter Davis, Geo. Foreman, Johnny Bench, All the Cincy area coaches. and many bands and members. I could go on with names from racing, builders etc.

Tiger Woods in Ft Worth a week after his first Masters win. Was coming out the front door of our hotel for dinner when his Cadillac pulled up. He opens the passenger door and we were face to face. Shook his hand and congratulated him on his win

Harrison Ford when he landed at our FBO for fuel for his airplane. Gave him some company hats and asked him to wear one in his next movie. .. . I know. .. cheesy :laugh:

Paul Senior and Mikey of American Chopper when they stopped to fuel their plane. Had them sign a display case with a model of their Snap On chopper build that was being auctioned for United Way

Tim the Tool Man when his aircraft was in for service

Toby Keith when his aircraft was in for service. Gave us twenty tickets to the concert he was performing before he left town

Had a beer with Larry The Cable Guy at a cigar bar when he was in town for a Nebraska game

Tom Sellek - Back in mid 80's I and my then GF were playing a nine hole course in Grand Parrie , TX. We were about to tee off when this tall guy wearing a Detroit Tigers hat, ask if he and his buddy could join us. I knew the minute I looked up who he was. My GF was star structed. We talked the whole nine holes. He then invited us to lunch. He said he needed some down time and thats why he was in the area. Oj course I offered to pay for lunch, but He paid for lunch, we thanked him and they drove off. Nice guy, and loves Golf and Tigers.

Several over the years. Most famous I guess would be either Gene Simmons or Ali.

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Originally Posted by geodebasser

Rod Stewart was next to us on the beach at the Four Seasons in Maui. He had an entourage of fine women.
Christine Lahti elevator at Grand Wailea Resort Maui In elevator
I met and talked to Kevin Bacon at the Phoenician in Arizona . He likes to fish and love’s country music and Nashville
Tony Curtis at Spagos restaurant in Hollywood. He tried to flirt with my wife.
Jack Lemon getting into his car with golf clubs Belair
Gene Wilder passed out facedown in a plate of food at Trader Vic’s in the Beverly Hills Hotel
Whoopie Goldbug Trader Vic’s in the Beverly Hills Hotel
A guy who played on Three’s company at a bar at the Beverly Hills Hotel at Golden Globe awards. Can’t remember his name, No I wasn’t invited to the Golden Globe awards
I had a coworker who was Julia Roberts first cousin, She kept saying she would introduce me to Julia but never happened.
Carlos Santana at a frat party after he performed while I was a student at Auburn.
Vanilla Ice on a flight to Winnipeg .
Jeff Cook of Alabama. We had a mutual friend.
Pat Upton of the Spiral Staircase who was in a supper club with us in Guntersville Alabama. He had one hit. “I love you more today than yesterday “ He once had a club in Guntersville that was the last gig his friend Ricky Nelson every played at before his infamous plane crash after taking off from the Guntersville airport. He told us a lot about Ricky.
John Denver’s wife Annie who was the sister to a VP for a company I worked for at a function at the Biltmore at Phoenix .
Pat Robinson at the Century Hotel in Century City. He had an entourage like an oil Sheik
Numerous pro fisherman and got to spend a day fishing at Wheeler with Roland Martin thanks to my BP oil distributor friend.
Ray Scott once while participating in his famous three pound test tournament. I am glad I got to meet him. Nice guy
Numerous editors and writers like Hall for BASS.
The past President of BASS whom I became friends with. He saved BASS.
Lee Iacocca at a company meeting in the eighties. He was our inspirational speaker. I got to meet him.
Last but not least my dad was on Werner Von Braun’s team as a telemetry engineer. We used to go to picnics at his lake house at Guntersville. I remember having a crush on one of his daughters. Dr. Von Braun was all business and a bit intimidating.


I never set out to meet celebrities or run into them. I was just fortunate enough to hang out in the kind of places they went to.

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Travis, is that you? Seriously though, what was your occupation before retiring?

Put the windows in Robert Vaughn's house when I lived in CA.
Wilt Chamberlain, Terry Bradshaw, Bobby Lane, Hank Parker, Jimmy Houston came up to me at ICAST and shook my hand and said " Oh, I thought you were someone else", LOL.

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Originally Posted by Rich1

That would mean Billy Joel graduated HS at age 50? Born 1949

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That is correct.

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Originally Posted by geodebasser

Or he could have met him in Cheech and Chong’s van.

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Played a Pro-Am with Paula Creamer, she was awesome!
Shot hogs with Blake Shelton in TX. Met Miranda too, but she had to rush to Dallas to fill in for George Straits opening act who came down sick.
Gary Morris (singer, actor) and his wife sat next to me in the SLC airport on their way to Idaho, I was heading for an elk hunt. We talked for hours mostly about hunting.
A ton of ball players, Lefty Grove (he was my great uncle), Al Kaline (mother went to school with him), Brooks and Frank Robinson, Sudden Sam McDowell, Bill Mazeraski and othersi. Ton of hockey players.
Saw Shania Twain before she got famous.
Was in a deer camp in KS with Foxworthy in his early days.

Chuck Norris at his induction into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame. My 1st cousin was being inducted at the same time. Billy Gibbons Frank Beard and Dusty Hill. Bill Dance many times. He has babysat my oldest son. Roland Martin a couple times. Mark Zona.Gerald Swindle. Several fishing pros that I was introduced to.

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Originally Posted by Axkiker

Several over the years. Most famous I guess would be either Gene Simmons or Ali.

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Tell us about meeting Ali.

Saw him once. 2012 West Regional in Phoenix. The entire arena stood and cheered as he walked courtside to his seat. He could barely walk. I was sad and happy at the same time.

Some of these encounters are really cool. It's insane how many celebs some of you guys have met. Keep em coming.

Calvin Borel lived down the street from my mom for awhile after his insane derby win on Mine That Bird. He was a character!

My cousin is kind of a celebrity. If you're older and know anything about horses, you might recognize the name, John Lyons.

When I was a child, Wes Unseld used to carry me around on his shoulders after games and when we would go to Bob's Big Boy in Fern Creek. My dad coached his State Champ High School team. Dad remained friends with Wes and was especially close to his brother George until he passed.

Taught Teddy Mellencamp to ski when she was 4-5 yrs old at a little place in IN where I worked on weekends. Got to meet and talk to John Mellencamp ncamp when he would pick her up from her lesson. He was a decent guy and tipped very well.

Got to meet and get an autograph from A. J. Foyt at a sprint car race.

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Originally Posted by 86 inches

Tell us about meeting Ali.

Saw him once. 2012 West Regional in Phoenix. The entire arena stood and cheered as he walked courtside to his seat. He could barely walk. I was sad and happy at the same time.

Some of these encounters are really cool. It's insane how many celebs some of you guys have met. Keep em coming.

Calvin Borel lived down the street from my mom for awhile after his insane derby win on Mine That Bird. He was a character!

My cousin is kind of a celebrity. If you're older and know anything about horses, you might recognize the name, John Lyons.

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Goodness this was probably 30 years ago. I have / was in some form of martial arts and competed since I was a young kid. One of the events out in west Louisville was a small hole in the wall event. Was out there doing our thing and all of a sudden in pops Ali. Apparently someone knew someone etc and he paid a visit. Time had already started to take its toll but he was still able to throw out some jabs etc. I think ive got pics at my parents somewhere. Royce Gracie would be another guy I met from martial arts.

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Originally Posted by 86 inches

Tell us about meeting Ali.

Saw him once. 2012 West Regional in Phoenix. The entire arena stood and cheered as he walked courtside to his seat. He could barely walk. I was sad and happy at the same time.

Some of these encounters are really cool. It's insane how many celebs some of you guys have met. Keep em coming.

Calvin Borel lived down the street from my mom for awhile after his insane derby win on Mine That Bird. He was a character!

My cousin is kind of a celebrity. If you're older and know anything about horses, you might recognize the name, John Lyons.

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Did you get a chance to watch the procession for Ali through the streets of Louisville. That was something to see.

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Met Evil Kneivel at a truck stop in the middle of the night coming back from a Boy Scouts fishing trip at lake of the woods. He seemed nice and gave us all a bunch of signed stuff.

met Sondra Bullock at the navy fleet landing while she was filming Speed 2 in Saint Martin. Her ferry boat dropped her off at our fleet landing while I was the Shore Patrol Officer. She sat in out tent while she waited for a car service to pick her up. I actually thought she was way more beautiful in person then on screen.

also Met Robin Williams in a bar in Cannes, France he was just as funny in person and wouldn’t let any of us pay for our drinks while he was there which was about 4 hours.

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That’s cool John especially meeting Robin

Played basketball with and against Magic Johnson. We went to the same Jr. High, Dwight Rich, and then he should have gone to Hill High School, but with Sports Politics, he went to Everett.
He was a good stand up guy.

Lived in California in my 20's and worked at a grocery store in Malibu. Celebrities that shopped there were numerous.
Liberace
Charles Bronson
Michael Landin
Pamela Anderson
Dustin Hoffman
Bruce Jenner before the change lol
Kathy Ireland she had to have vanilla and peanut butter Häagen-Dazs
DICK Clark
Margo Kidder eating raw hamburger in line!
Sam Kinison
Cindy Crawford
Brook Shields
Just the few that come to mind not to mention all the girls heading to the beach! :pimp:

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Originally Posted by Axkiker

Did you get a chance to watch the procession for Ali through the streets of Louisville. That was something to see.

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TV only. Last time I was home we were gonna go over the Cave Hill but just just didn't get around to it.

Met a bunch, but the best was a missed beaning jello pudding man in the temple by inches.....with a lacrosse ball in college....he ran our track all the time...the track went around the lax field...