Claim to fame
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- imbecile8
I met and enjoyed drinks with Jevad when I lived in Hong Kong.
- Nairn2
Who was it here whose mum was boffed by a former Ozzie PM?
That's one of my All-Time favourite QBN stories.
- Fax_Benson6
My grandma was friends with the mother of a former darts World Champion.
- 180!Morning_star
- I say friends...Fax_Benson
- Lol. I love this.Melanie
- bainbridge0
Is a claim to fame that you're an actor or athlete?
Or what if you designed something that became well known?
- That’s called talent and you should share. It’s all good, so let’s hear it.Morning_star
- bainbridge0
I've had people call me a rockstar designer before.
- you've not made it till someone calls you design ninja.pango
- Nairn0
My Great-Uncle was on the very first Scottish TV broadcast.
- Or, at least - first evening's TV.Nairn
- (story sounds better if i imply his mug was the very first one seen..)Nairn
- Did you post this in another thread? Rings a bell for some reason.Fax_Benson
- He died last year. I think I posted a link to an old B&W Youtube of an intro to one of his showsNairn
- Ah yeah. I remember the vid. Nice story.Fax_Benson
- grafician0
First rule of working with celebrities: you do not talk about celebrities.
- And if you want them to like you, you treat them like anyone else.bainbridge
- ^that's the way the cookie crumbles my deargrafician
- Fax_Benson1
I'm related to former Major League All Star pitcher "Moon Man" Greg Minton.
- What in sweet shit is going on with his lower lip? Was he hit in the face with a baseball?Nairn
- Easy.Fax_Benson
- haha, sorry - a family trait?Nairn
- Thukof Naahnm.Fax_Benson
- doggydoggdog1
I've been on TV before.
- When, where, how. SPILL IT.Morning_star
- Being arrested on Cops doesn't count.zarkonite
- omahadesigns-3
Everyone is famous these days and if you ever go to NYC or other cities, chances are you'll have a famous client and befriend someone famous.
- Exactly, this thread should be jam packed full of interesting tales. Unlike your post with does not make the grade. F.Morning_star
- _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.
- fooler2
I was having dinner in NYC and Cindy Crawford was sitting at the next table away from us. Some of our table had worked with her before and we exchanged pleasantries. I went to the bathroom and one my way back noticed someone sitting in my seat. Just as I was approaching the table the waiter was also approaching with an entire entree of sea bass and tripped and spilled it all over the guy sitting in my seat. He was wearing white pants and made a huge diva fuss. I walked up in between Cindy Crawford's and my old seat and said "Well, I'm glad I'm not sitting there anymore"
She laughed and I got my seat back.
This is probably my biggest celebrity interaction besides the time I shared an Elevator with Henry Rollins and my insecure girlfriend mentioned to him "if I had know I was going to bump into you I would have dressed better" and Henry just said " darlin' you look fine"
- CyBrainX2
Not my celebrity meeting but someone I worked with and her friend got into an elevator with Andre the Giant. The friend asks "How's the air up there?". Andre replies "Why don't you stick your head up my ass and find out."
- scarabin1
I set up email on lou ferigno’s phone. He’s pretty deaf so we were yelling at each other a lot. He’s also terrible with technology. He has a son who at the time was a kid of jackass stoner. Met him through work
- pango1
Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal hugged me
- YakuZoku0
I bused Uma Thurmans table around the time she filmed Pulp Fiction, she left a big fat mess.
- deathboy0
Just being me
- Gardener6
OK, I have to confess to a claim that is not related to anyone famous, I am unique with this skill which I have never been called upon to use for money although I once performed it on a TV gameshow - footage is on Youtube but am not linking it.
This skill is now sadly totally useless as the item I can do an impression of is sadly no longer in general use, but there was a time it was very popular so I one am a dying breed. I have never met anyone else with this skill indeed I may be the last person on earth with it, ladies and gentlemen, I am...