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Your Connection to Fame (1 Viewer)

Hmm, I am recalling more...

I hung out with Zach Gilford (Saracen) and Jesse Plemons (Landry) from Friday Night Lights for a few hours at a UT tailgate maybe 6 years ago. Cool guys.

 
I met Evander Holyfield at a bowling alley in Fayetteville, GA when I was a kid. He signed an autograph with a reference to that John 3:16 Bible verse. Then, several years later after the Tyson ear-biting incident, I raced Evander's son in a 400m dash while Evander watched from the stands wearing a purple "Real Deal Holyfield" tracksuit. I won my heat and beat Evander's son in the final sprint to the finish line. Who's the real deal now, Holyfield?

 
Almost hit Dave Rozema in the head with a line drive

Got a bear hug from Magglio Ordonez

Sold my house to Tomas Holmstrom

At least shook hands with:

Howard Cosell

Ernie Harwell

Tom Izzo

Al Kaline

Jaun Marichal

Nicklas Lidstrom

Johan Franzen

Lance Parish

Steve Kemp

Dan Petry

Kirk Gibson

Johnny Damon

Sparky Anderson

Chris Berman (doosh)

Ken Rosenthal

Joe Lombardi

 
I've also accepted awards in person from President George W. Bush and former President Jimmy Carter. My conversation with President Bush was pretty brief as we posed for pictures, but I at least managed to make him laugh. President Carter was incredibly nice and sat around talking to me and about seven other people for a full hour or so at the Carter Center in Atlanta.

 
I hung out with W a couple times after the 2000 election. I worked at the state house and my boss was the ranking member of the party so George would come in to hide from the press mob every once in a while.

That's the biggest. Spent some time with some other celebs at parties or events but nothing worth bragging about compared to the soon-to-be President

 
I used to have a connection to Gym Class Heroes. My buddy managed them while we were in college. Hung out with them more than a few times and they were all pretty cool guys. Sucks for my friend as they left him in the dust, but I don't think they had a choice as he had his own agenda and they wanted bigger and better things. Unfortunately I only hung out with them before Travis dated Katy Perry.

 
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In high school I worked for a security company. One morning we get a fire alarm signal at the monitoring place. They send me over to check it out, and it was Roger Craig's house. His wife burned his pancakes and set off the alarm. He asked me if I wanted a pancake.

 
wife's best friend is an actress who did a bunch of 80s/90s movies- we see her a couple times a year.

went to HS and hung out a little with Courtney Thorne Smith and China Slick (Kantner), but missed Tupac. One of my oldest and closest friends is a somewhat successful writer and "cultural critic". She was also in So I Married an Ax Murderer in a bit role. One of my good friends in college became a writer for early Jon Stewart, The Simpsons, King of the Hill.

one of the mom's from my daughter's mommy-and-me preschool was this victoria's secret model. sucked the air out of my lungs every time I saw her. plus- super nice and really nice husband.

eta: fixed the link

 
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El Floppo said:
wife's best friend is an actress who did a bunch of 80s/90s movies- we see her a couple times a year.
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Megan Ward, yeah? I watched PCU a few days ago. :wub:

Say hi for me. :oldunsure:

Edit: Oh, and mention I have a tattoo... so, ya know, I'm easy. :excited:

 
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Delivered papers to Woody Hayes, post coaching days.

Shook Sugar Ray Leonard's hand on a plane, he and I both flying coach.

 
If we're moving into the meet someone category I shook hands last week with someone who was on death row for like 17 years.

-QG

 
I once sold a half pint of macaroni salad to baseball great Joe Morgan.

I also waited on Bill Romanowski and Rich Gannon's wives. Mrs Romanowski was every bit the doosh Bill was and Mrs. Gannon was a horrible pain in the ### as a customer. Apparently their kids have some sort of gluten/hormone/MSG intolerances and everytime it was "can you check what's in that or thisand how trhey make this and OMFG shut the #### up already".

 
Scoresman said:
I once sold a half pint of macaroni salad to baseball great Joe Morgan.

I also waited on Bill Romanowski and Rich Gannon's wives. Mrs Romanowski was every bit the doosh Bill was and Mrs. Gannon was a horrible pain in the ### as a customer. Apparently their kids have some sort of gluten/hormone/MSG intolerances and everytime it was "can you check what's in that or thisand how trhey make this and OMFG shut the #### up already".
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Jane Fonda was the same way. Super picky, and brought her own herbal tea in a goat-skin bag.

 
I used to occasionally flyfish at the secret brook trout pond of the "Anatomy of a Murder" writer Robert Traver.

 
ex-ghost said:
Delivered papers to Woody Hayes, post coaching days.

Shook Sugar Ray Leonard's hand on a plane, he and I both flying coach.
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I was a gas pumper in high school, Woody came in one night. I got his autograph, but forgot to put his gas cap back on. Kiss that scholarship goodbye.

 
In my career in media I have met countless athletes and media people. I have at least shaken hands with hundreds. These people I have at least had a conversation with:

Football

Archie Manning--I introduced him at an awards banquet. Very nice.

Sean Payton-I went to college with him at EIU and he watched me play a video game at a bar. I was racking up high scores and he and a friend stood and watched in amazement.

Terry Bradshaw-I spent about two hours with him when he made a promotional appearance at a local store. I was his gopher.

Tom Osborne-Met him at a Nebraska game in the press box. He visited with me and my crew for about five minutes. Incredibly classy.

Eddie Robinson- He was already in the throes of dementia, but he spoke to us for several minutes. His wife came and made him leave.

Hockey

Dennis Maruk-I worked with Pee Wee in minor league hockey. Had many beers with him.

Garry Unger-My childhood hockey idol! I sat next to him at a banquet I emceed.

Dennis Hull-Same Banquet, he was the guest speaker. Hilarious, but a doosh.

Ken Hitchcock-Me and a couple of other guys spoke with him for about an hour when he was the coach of the Stars.

Baseball

Alvin Dark-His niece lives next door to me. I saw him there a couple of times. Back in the early 90s he gave me a couple of golf lessons.

Jace Peterson-I broadcast his college games and interviewed him a few times.

Pat Rapp-Lives in my town. Always says hi to me.

Ray Fontenot-I did some work with him.

Basketball

Joe Dumars-I interview him every year or so. He always comes and visits me and my partner when we broadcast games at McNeese. He gave my group a tour of the Pistons facilities a few years back. Nobody classier.

Media

Bob Costas-He appeared at a radio event when I was in my 20s. My friend and I talked to him for a bout 20 minutes afterward. We talked about the Spirits of St. Louis and Strat-O-Matic baseball.

Dan Dierdorf- I met him at KMOX radio in St. Louis and then decades later at a Saints game he was broadcasting. Kind of an intense guy.

Jack Buck- Another time at KMOX. He introduced me to his son Joe, who was maybe 20 at the time.

Milo Hamilton- I spoke with Milo on about a half dozen occasions and every time we spoke he brought up his hatred of Harry Caray. Milo is a jerk.

Musicians

Bob Seger-Met him back stage and he talked to us for 20 minutes. Incredible.

Darius Rucker- The Blowfish were playing a show at the arena where I worked. They came in for the soundcheck. and we spoke to the whole band for about 15 minutes. They wanted to find a Cracker Barrel and a golf course and we gave them directions.

Warren Zevon- I spoke to him after a show in Houston. My Musical hero but a mess.

I know lots of other pro athletes from Louisiana. Some you might have heard of, mostly you wouldn't know them.

 
Forgot this one.

I briefly met George HW Bush at a Chinese Resaurant in Arlington, VA. He and some extended family were eating in an area blocked off by some moveable walls.

When they were leaving, they had to move through the restaurant, and people were asking for autographs. A woman at a table next to us asked him to sign the back of her shirt. I made some sarcastic quip about this which he heard and laughed at. He was like "yeah, I don't get it either."

Way to ruin your shirt for a one termer, lady.

 
Bruce Dickinson said:
Pretty good friend from high school won The Amazing Race and had a brief run of fame after that.

Played in the AAU national tournament as a middle schooler against a few future NBA players. Intentionally fouled a current NBA commentator late in a game while way behind.

Once gave up a tape-measure home run to a guy who would go on to win the Heisman Trophy a few years later.

A couple of national spelling bee champions are friends of the family.
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So who were the guys? Why post if your are not going to drop names ?

 
bigbottom said:
Bruce Dickinson said:
A couple of national spelling bee champions are friends of the family.
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This is fascinating to me. I can see being friends with one national spelling bee champion, but more than one? Unless they were related and from some crazy good spelling family.
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It's the latter. The two champs are sisters, one who won it in 2009 and the other a couple weeks ago. We live in the same neighborhood, kids go to the same schools.
 
Reading more of these I remember more....

Interviewed Larry Coker (via phone) for a magazine I was writing for in Austin when he took the UT San Antonio football job. Seemed fairly nice but just threw out a bunch of coachisms and that was that.

Sat next to Brent Musberger at the gate waiting for a flight. Totally whiffed on talking to him (he appeared to be prepping for a game)... especially considering my dad went to grammar school with his wife in Chicago. Would have easily had tons to talk about. Had a first class seat that flight (yeah, look at me!) and sat kitty corner from him and still whiffed. Talk about a huge ragret. :(

 
Wooderson said:
Talked to flava flava at grocery store.

Lived next to Aaron Rogers girlfriend. Saw AR a few times.
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flava flava :lol:

I was walking down the street in Fort Greene/Bedstuy Brooklyn around 1990... saw two huge guys and a smaller guy in a pink sweat suit, big glasses and a clock around his neck walking towards me. He asked me "excuse me, my brothah... do you know where Pratt is at?". After I told him, he had his bodyguards beat the crap out of me.

 
I played high school basketball with Tupac's half-brother. Obviously met the dad many times as well as a result.

 
Spent an hour talking to Charlie Hayes at an UnderArmour Showcase in Plano in 2013. We were just talking baseball, and I didn't realize who he was until his son struck out. He said something akin to "dammit boy", and I asked him if that was his son. He said yes. Then he asked where my son was, and I told him, "He's on the mound."

Ke'Bryan Hayes just got drafted in the first round.

 
Have been close friends with Alan Parsons for many years. Through this relationship have met and conversed with several musicians including John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Todd Rundgren, Ann Wilson, Christopher Cross, Al Stewart, Rod Argent and Colin Blunthstone to name just a few...

 
El Floppo said:
Wooderson said:
Talked to flava flava at grocery store.

Lived next to Aaron Rogers girlfriend. Saw AR a few times.
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flava flava :lol:

I was walking down the street in Fort Greene/Bedstuy Brooklyn around 1990... saw two huge guys and a smaller guy in a pink sweat suit, big glasses and a clock around his neck walking towards me. He asked me "excuse me, my brothah... do you know where Pratt is at?". After I told him, he had his bodyguards beat the crap out of me.
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What the hell happened....Flavor Flav!!!

He came flying around the corner pushing his cart backwards. Slammed into my cart. He let out a big Ohhhhhhh!! Said sorry and we talked beer for a minute. We were by a beer display. It was awesome.

 
Dangit, guess I should have thought longer about this... more I read, more I remember... :wall:

A buddy of mine ... well let's just say he had some interest in an Arena Football League team ... invited me to a big press conference and there were plenty of ex-NFL'ers, current AFL'ers, etc.

Stood next to fairly unassuming guy for a bit, chatting it up.... finally figured out it was Billy Bates. Nice guy.

Crap - same time... met Jeff Blake (kind of a d0oshnozzle) and Lincoln Kennedy (mammoth of a man)

 
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Wooderson said:
El Floppo said:
Wooderson said:
Talked to flava flava at grocery store.

Lived next to Aaron Rogers girlfriend. Saw AR a few times.
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flava flava :lol:

I was walking down the street in Fort Greene/Bedstuy Brooklyn around 1990... saw two huge guys and a smaller guy in a pink sweat suit, big glasses and a clock around his neck walking towards me. He asked me "excuse me, my brothah... do you know where Pratt is at?". After I told him, he had his bodyguards beat the crap out of me.
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What the hell happened....Flavor Flav!!!

He came flying around the corner pushing his cart backwards. Slammed into my cart. He let out a big Ohhhhhhh!! Said sorry and we talked beer for a minute. We were by a beer display. It was awesome.
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did he say Ohhhhhhh!! followed by "HaHa" and then do his smedley laugh?

I still :lol: at his "do you know where pratt is at" rhyme.

 
Have had Sunday lunch with Ryan Miller (now with the Canucks) and his family a few times in the past. Good friends with Torey Krug (Bruins)

 
Worked a job in High school at a Holiday Inn with Diron Talbert, former Redskin badass.

Played blackjack with a naked Kenny Stabler in the Saints locker room in 1983. That's not why he was nicknamed "Snake".

Used to bowl with Edie Brickell and her band, the New Bohemians in Dallas before they signed with Geffen. They often played at a club that I worked at.

Did a wrestling commercial with the Honkytonk Man and Jimmy Hart in that same club.

Helped George Strait fix the saddle on his roping horse once. Used to pay $5 to see him play at clubs with his band, Ace in the Hole around New Braunfels before he made it big. (Crystal Chandelier, Bluebonnet Palace, Gruene Hall, The Corral, El Fiesta...)

Met and talked with Blake Griffin at a football game tailgate in Norman, OK in 2013.

 
Peyton Manning used to come in to my bar (managed/bartended) in when we were both going to Univ of Tennessee in the 90s. He would sit at the end, mostly by himself. He was very cordial (moreso than most other players), and a fun guy to BS with. At the time he definitely knew who I was, but I'm sure that acquaintance is long past registering. Once went sledding/tubing with him (and a bunch of other folks) down the big hill at the entrance of the college park apartments up there. He wore his football helmet :lol:

Many other players would come in from that era... Al Wilson, Travis Henry, Jamal Lewis, Arian Foster, Leonard Little, Peerless Price, Jason Witten etc. Most were good guys. Raynoch Thompson / Al Wilson were crazy... Jamal and Raynoch almost got their knees taken out by our bouncers via Fire Extinguisher one night for trying to force their way in when we were at capacity (heard this story, did not see it firsthand).

My mom almost got run over by Michael Jordan's golf cart at the FedEx St Jude Classic Celeb Pro Am. :lol:

 
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My cousin went to HS with Brittney Payton (Walter's kid), so sat at the same table as her and her brother Jarrett at cousin's wedding.

 
comfortably numb said:
Wooderson said:
Talked with Ricky Henderson in a dugout for a good half hour.
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Rickey remember Rickey talking to you in the dugout.
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Rickey wasn't the only third-person'er in the MLB. I was buddies with a guy who was in the majors for several years and had the "pleasure" of playing with Lenny Dykstra. He said they jumped into a cab together at the team hotel on a road trip and halfway through the cab ride, Dykstra says to him "you like that?". My buddy, befuddled, says "what the #@&% are you talking about?". Dykstra proceeds to pull his pant leg up to show him some personalized socks and says "Lenny's got fancy socks".

True story. :lol:

 
BroncoFreak_2K3 said:
Have been close friends with Alan Parsons for many years. Through this relationship have met and conversed with several musicians including John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Todd Rundgren, Ann Wilson, Christopher Cross, Al Stewart, Rod Argent and Colin Blunthstone to name just a few...
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So tell about the Rundgren experience!

 
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