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- Ianbolton3
I met Darth Vadar at some special shop opening event when i was 5. He was so terrifying and massive I cried, so my mum had to take me home
- Don't feel bad. When we saw ANH in the cinemas when I was 4 in '77, the opening scene with the Star Destroyer terrified me so much, I freaked out, and mum hadContinuity
- ... to take me to the toilets to calm down.Continuity
- MrT4
I was an extra in Memphis Belle (in the hangar dance scene at the end).
I interviewed George Lucas (via phone) in the early '90s for my uni dissertation.
I was on Jim'll Fix It, not as the fixee but because I played clarinet in the school orchestra with the kid that got to be Mayor of Bridlington for the day. I was not fingered.
MrsT was at school with Tim Minchin and he came to our do when we left London for Sydney.
These are for late on at the pub when everyone's a bit pissed all the good stories have been rinsed...
- Morning_star3
On a family trip to Brighton we parked in an underground car park and got all confused about the most appropriate exit for The Lanes.
I stopped a nearby older gentleman and enquired. He pointed to the nearest exit and said "That's your best bet, hope you have a wonderful day". We thanked him and headed to the door.
Well readers, that helpful gent was none other than Ken Barlow (actor William Roache) of Coronation Street fame.
Wanting to seem all cool, we never acknowledge who he was but i got the vibe that he was a little disappointed because we didn't.- this would have been even better had the gent been sethans_glib
- doggydoggdog2
All these stories are about being near famous people.
- mathinc1
Pissed next to James Brown.
I went to high school with, and had a crush on actress Beth Riesgraf (she drunkenly told me once she was crushing back, swoon). She had a kid named, Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf Lee, with Jason Lee.
My grandparents were friends with Dennis Quaid. Used to go out to dinner with him and his girlfriend, and have them over from time to time.
My dad went to a David Bowie concert right before he got big.. said there were 40 other people at the concert.
My pops also once mentioned, "In college, I sold t-shirts at this concert once for a band called the Red Hot Peppers or something. Weird guys." He had no idea they became famous.
Worked in a restaurant where a lot of celebrities came in.. but the coolest part was when they shot Oceans 11 at the hotel I worked at. So I saw Pitt, Clooney, etc. walking in the tunnels below the casino.
Oh, and design-related I ended up hanging out for hours with Michael C Place (Build) and Joshua Davis. Being a design/flash nerd at the time I was awestruck.
When I was 10 or so my mom dropped me off at the 49ers training camp and I chased down Joe Montana for his autograph. I literally popped out from behind a column in a restricted area where me and another kid were hiding. He tried to pedal away on his bike but I caught him.
I think that's it.
- Morning_star2
The band I was in during the 90s supported Devin Townsend's Strapping Young Lad on their first UK tour. He showed me a yoga technique to use on the toilet that encouraged those stubborn 'tour' poo's to vacate one's body quicker and more easily. It works a treat and I use it to this day. Thanks Devin.
The band also stuck hardcore porn on a pillar in front of the stage at Northampton Roadmenders. It was very distracting. However in a cruel twist if karma, when Kerrang review the Underwolrd show they gave our band 5 stars and "the most rocking moment".
- “Some people never got over Vietnam or the night their band opened for Nirvana.” – Robnb
- Tru dat.Morning_star
- bainbridge2
Everyone here is posting that they once met someone kinda famous once.
- Yeah. I don’t get that. How is that claiming fame?monospaced
- It's not a literal claim to fame - more tongue-in-cheek brushes with The Great - "A bit of one upmanship but essentially true".Nairn
- I see.monospaced
- Morning_star2
Smoking weed with rock stars #2
--------------------------------...I was in a band in the mid nineties and we supported Agnostic Front at a show in Birmingham. It was attended mostly by uber-judgemental straight edge hard-core kids from the West Midlands being all puritanical about drink and drugs.
It was a fucking riot of a show and after it was over we hung out with Vinnie Stigma and Roger Miret and smoked olympic quantities of some really nice resin. They both regaled epic stories of NYHC in the early days, mostly featuring Harley Flanagan.
Post Script: I asked them about the straight edge no drink, no drugs attitude lots of the fans had and Roger replied "Fuck all of them. We get wasted".
- shapesalad3
I was an extra in a Gaspar Noé movie.
- mrAtor1
Magnus Magnusson gave me my degree
- uan3
I called Albert Hofmann at his home in 1995 and asked about LSD and if I could visit him. It was right before Xmas and he told me to ask again in spring, which I didn't.
- Melanie3
I went to Elon Musk's birthday party about 10 years ago. It was weird.
- _niko3
Since this is no longer claim to fame but cool stories of bumping into celebrities, here’s mine:
Was walking home one night with my brother and we pass by a late night grocery store and he looks inside and says “holy shit that’s gene simmons!”
I look and see a tall, very tanned long haired, well dressed gentleman standing in line at the checkout. At this point, this was before his reality show so most people, me included only knew him with full kiss makeup. So I say “no it isn’t” he says “of course it is, I’ll bet you anything” I say ok you’re on.
We walk in and approach him, we notice he’s standing next to what looks like an 18 year old prostitute of the run away variety.
I say “excuse me, can you settle a bet for us?” He looks at me and says “ that depends, what’s in it for me?”
I look at him puzzled, and he goes “I want a piece of the wager, what did you bet?”
Thinking quickly I say “ we bet a smack in the head, you can have one too if you’d like”
He laughs and then says go ahead, what is it?
I say are you gene simmons? He says yes, we say nice to meet you and shake hands and begin to walk off. He calls out to us as we’re leaving:
“A piece of advice kid, never do anything for free!”
We glanced back and chuckled and walked out into the night.
- doggydoggdog1
I've been on TV before.
- When, where, how. SPILL IT.Morning_star
- Being arrested on Cops doesn't count.zarkonite
- duckseason3
I helped Andy Roddick buy a speaker for his iPod back when I worked at an Apple store – he went with a Bose.
I was returning to work, with a burrito bowl from Chipotle, and caught an elevator with Sam Rockwell and his german shepherd and he said, "Chipotle, huh?" To which I replied, "Yup." and then got off at my floor.
I was at a party in a bar sponsored by Kangol and drunkenly started talking to the dude next to me while waiting for my free drinks, turns out he was the manager for DJ Quik and I said I was a fan. He told me Quik would love to hear that and pointed to the person at the end of the bar leaning against the wall. I stumble over and say, "Hey! I love... (cue drunken brainfart) that one song..." I proceed to start humming the tune to "Tonite" and say, "Yeah..." He told me he wished he were as drunk as me. I informed him that it was an open bar and that he could be if he wanted. We laughed and I stumbled away.
I was at my old local spot having a beer after work when someone sits next to me, orders a beer, and says, "What a day..." to which I replied, "Tell me about it." We subtly raise glasses, and he walks off to make a phone call. The bartender excitedly came and asked if I knew who that was. I didn't see his face but the voice sounded familiar. She informed me it was H. Jon Benjamin.
- rootlock2
I once sold Dale Carnegie a pen.
- BusterBoy3
I've met Barbara Eden (I dream of Jeannie)
- autoflavour2
Vantagepointradio.com is my current one.. then I name drop Ron English, Tristan Eaton, Nychos, 1UP crew..
or if im talking to people in Australia about electronic music or hiphop I casually drop im friends with Hermitude, Urthboy and a bunch of the elefant trakkers since 20 years at least.
- or that I have VJ'd for EL-P, Blackmilk, Grooverider, Noisiaautoflavour