polexia
Don Corleone
keep bleeding love...
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Post by polexia on Jun 24, 2009 17:48:30 GMT -5
i once saw Kristi Yamaguchi buying a CD!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2009 17:52:39 GMT -5
i once saw Kristi Yamaguchi buying a CD! I met her once, and did my best to hit on her. I failed.
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Mac
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by Mac on Jun 24, 2009 18:53:46 GMT -5
I think I have the greatest celeb encounter story ever.
When I was 7 or 8 we were getting on an airplane from Los Angeles to NYC and in line I noticed a familiar face. Johnny Friggen Lawrence from Karate Kid. Billy Zabka was in line. In my youthful ignorance I walked up to him and told him I didnt like him and he chuckled with the girl he was with and made a fist and smiled. I just walked away and told my parents and they told me it was just a character.
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Cavs for Mavs Mafia
Dennis Stamp
U may h8 rebecca black, but she luvs u!gronemeyerJakeGronie
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Post by Cavs for Mavs Mafia on Jun 24, 2009 19:02:23 GMT -5
I was in the same bowling league as Matt Cappotilli. I was within 3 ft. of LeBron James when I worked for the Kent St. women's basketball team and we were playing at the Gund.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2009 19:17:35 GMT -5
John Smeaton and Doug Williams both bought me a pint in the same night. After a big wrestling show that Smeaton was a special guest at, due to my connections I ended up in the VIP area. When I went to the toilet I noticed Doug was practically cornered by some obnoxious smark that no-one in the industry likes. On my way back, I wrapped my around Doug and we started chatting like old buddies on our way into the VIP room. He said he'd owe me one for life for getting him away from that guy, and bought me a pint.
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Grendel
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
But ... why is all the rum gone?
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Post by Grendel on Jun 24, 2009 19:56:04 GMT -5
Mark Harmon, the guy who plays Gibbs. Well, he is Leroy Jethro Gibbs ... Actually, I got to meet Bret Favre years ago at a bar in Green Bay. If I had known he was going to turn out to be such a douche, I woulda said something back then. But it was preseason the start of the Superbowl year, so he could do no wrong in my eyes ... What a difference a decade makes. And I once got into a long conversation with Buck "Rock and Roll" Zumhofe. Funny thing was, there were only 2 people in the bar who knew who he was when he walked through the front door. And this was in AWA Territory. Sure, it was long after the AWA had folded, but he was a nice guy with a great sense of humor. Not that he's famous, but I hold a special place in my heart for most of the AWA guys from the old days. ;D One of the best "meet a celebrity" stories I've heard was from my old buddy Joel. Years ago (before some of you were born, I'd wager) he was in Colorado for business, and he had stayed in this hotel across from a bar for a month. The place had open mic night on Thursday nights, and that's when he hung out there. They had a bunch of stuff set up on stage, so you could basically just walk up and play something, if you want. One Thursday he was sitting at the bar and this cool looking dude came walking in. He sat at the bar and had a couple of drinks and saw it was open mic night. He left after awhile and showed up with a group of guys. He talked to the bartender, then they got up on stage and the guy got behind the drum set. They started belting out some Molly Hatchet and Joel said that it was pretty snorking good. After they played a few songs, they came to the bar to get a drink. Well, Joel bought them a round of shots and toasted them, telling them that they sounded just like Molly Hatchet. After the shot, the drummer said, "That's because we are Molly Hatchet." Turns out they were between dates and were stopped in town for the evening before moving on, and he saw what was going on in the bar and went and got the rest of the guys. Now you may call bullshit on this story, I called it myself when he first told me. But he swore on the life of his daughter that it happened, so I take him at his word. I myself have only met one celebrity that I thought was cool. Many years ago (again, I'm old, let it be) I went to see some buds of mine perform one night. We get there and at the door they charge me a 20 dollar cover charge. When I ask them what the snork was going on, they told me that Johnny Van Zant was there that night too and was going to play. So my bud's band played the opening set, and then Johnny Van Zant and his band got up to play. Here we were in the middle of nowhere in Northern Wisconsin, and Johnny Van Zant was performing, I couldn't fathom it. He explained to everyone that they had a couple of days between concert dates, and this little biker bar was in between towns, so they decided to play this place between dates for fun. I got to shake his hand that night.
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Professor Chaos
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Bringer of Destruction and Maker of Doom
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Post by Professor Chaos on Jun 25, 2009 2:15:48 GMT -5
I wrestled John Cena in UPW in 01. I had on jean shorts, a jersey, tennis shoes, a bowl haircut, and wigger gimmick. He had a surfer gimmick and was in bright yellow pants with bleach blonde spiked hair, basically he was late 80's Sting. I've said for years the guy stole his entire gimmick from me and that's why he makes me sick everytime he walks out to the ring. Chaos, I'd be tempted to believe you, but I can't. Why? When Cena first started wrestling in 2000, he was The Prototype: a half-man, half-machine gimmick. He kept the gimmick until he debuted in the WWE in 2003. I blame TLC for giving me that insight. His name was Prototype, I don't remember any half-machine aspect to him but that would fit the name. He was dressed in tights and had the blonde spiked hair and just reminded me of Sting. This wasn't some big event it was just a training session and I was in the ring with him for a bit in front of maybe 50 fans that came to watch. I did this for 2 Saturday's and was like eh I suck this isn't for me or worth the drive (took me over an hour to get there in OC). I know jersey, jeans shorts, tennis shoes, wigger isn't an uncommon look or anything, but I always wondered if he got that idea from me.
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Post by Sero on Jun 25, 2009 3:04:07 GMT -5
I went to summer camp with Tommy Dreamer and Raven...
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Post by cruiserfan on Jun 25, 2009 11:08:44 GMT -5
I served beers to Jensen Button. OK, so maybe it wasn't him, but it sure LOOKED like him.
Maybe it WAS him... but he was just putting on that Czech accent and hanging around with other people with Czech accents in order to hide from the spotlight...
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