List 5 (or more) famous people you've either met or have been within a few feet of, but ONE

[red dog 1]

is a lie..then let your friends guess which one they think is a lie.

(From Khashoggi's Ghost @UROCK1 on Twitter)



I'll list 6

Neil Young
Karl Malden
Willie Mays
Alaska Gov. & Secretary of the Interior Walter Hickel
William Randolph Hearst ll
Former Premier & Vice President of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky

[FalloutShelter]

1. I'll play ...

Jackie Mason
Robin Williams
Bill Clinton
Paul Newman
Robert Fripp
John Malkovich

For you I’ll guess Karl Malden.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. Obvious guess would be Bill Clinton since people are kept away from a POTUS

With no other context to go on, it's the logical choice.

But probably wrong

[FalloutShelter]

8. You are correct....

But it was a near miss. I was in the West Wing to deliver a portrait and he had been called way on urgent business. Never got the photo, but did get a lovely letter.

[Trueblue1968]

70. I SHOOK PRESIDENT CLINTON HAND IN PORTLAND OREGON.

[llmart]

318. I also shook Bill Clinton's hand in Michigan.

He wasn't president yet, but I did shake his hand.

[Trueblue1968]

322. clinton and wyden came here to portland in 1996 because of the flooding.

[red dog 1]

92. Nope, I spotted Karl Malden in a health food store in San Francisco..We were only a few feet apart.

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I recognized him immediately; but my brain completely froze, and I forgot his name.
All I could do was stare at him, not wanting to admit to him that I forgot his name.
(He stared back at me, probably thinking I was some kind of weirdo)
The worst part of it is that he was one of my all-time favorite actors.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Okay ...

Bono
Adam Duritz
James Hetfield
Jason Isbell
Tony LaRussa
James Garner
Al Davis

One is a lie. But I still have a decent story about my proximity to them

For you I'll guess ... Neil Young

[LakeArenal]

36. Bono?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

72. Nope that one's real ... high-fived him on The Joshua Tree tour, April 1987 :) nt

[red dog 1]

93. Excellent guess.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. Okay...

Janet Napolitano
LL Cool J
Alice Cooper
Kristy Yamaguchi
Kriss Kross

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. I'ma guess

LL Cool J?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

10. Nope, met him at the Super Bowl in 2008 nt

[LakeArenal]

37. Alice?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

46. Sold him cigarettes at a Walgreens in the late 80s

Said he looked like Alice Cooper, he said, "That's because I am!"

[LakeArenal]

52. Funny

[AZSkiffyGeek]

55. Around the same time I sold Kareem Abdul Jabbar hair removal stuff

The same day he was at my Walgreen's he assaulted a tourist who was trying to take a picture of him in the mall where we were located.
Years later, when I was working at a Borders Books, I found out that one of my coworkers was the wife of the guy Kareem shoved.

[LakeArenal]

56. In Wisconsin?

I saw him at a game. Not close. But man he’s tall

[AZSkiffyGeek]

57. This was in Phoenix

Lakers were in town, and he was at the Mall. I remember he got the shampoo or whatever off the overstock shelf that we usually needed a step ladder to access.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

73. You being from AZ, I knew Alice was not the lie :)

[Scrivener7]

5. Joe DiMaggio, Jack Nicholson, Mika Brzeznski, Richard Nixon, Oprah Winfrey

Brooke Shields, Dr. Seuss.

[al bupp]

17. Richard Nixon?

[Scrivener7]

74. Oprah.

[LakeArenal]

40. I guess Nixon too

[Scrivener7]

75. No. I've never been within 5 feet of Oprah.

Nixon came to my town when I was little. There was a big crowd, so my friend and I figured this was a guy we should shake hands with, and we were 8 so we were small enough to get through the crowd.

My politics wasn't very sophisticated then.

[TrogL]

6. Mostly musicians and politicians

Queen Elizabeth (twice)
Pierre Eliot Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Jean Chretien
Emerson Lake and Palmer (group)
Roger Waters
Procol Harum (group)

[al bupp]

18. Roger Waters?

[TrogL]

63. Nope, was 6 feet away from him in disguise and didn't recognize him

[LakeArenal]

41. I guess Elp

[TrogL]

64. Staked out stage door and caught them sneaking out

Still have the autographed T-shirt

I have big hands. Keith's were massive, wrapped around mine like a baby's.

[Tommy Carcetti]

11. ...

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Bill Clinton
Scott Stapp (of Creed fame/infame)
Hillary Clinton
Cal Ripken
Joe Biden
Pete Rose
Adam Sandler
Janet Reno

[al bupp]

20. Pete Rose?

[Tommy Carcetti]

21. Crossed paths with him at the local Sports Authority.

Back when Sports Authority was a thing.

Didn't say anything to him, but he's unmistakable.

[LakeArenal]

42. Biden?

[Tommy Carcetti]

79. Said hello to him at a Florida Democratic Party dinner circa 2006. nt

[red dog 1]

96. Hillary?

[Tommy Carcetti]

97. Told her my kids were excited about the first female President. Nt

[red dog 1]

105. Adam Sandler?

[Tommy Carcetti]

124. Saw a scene of The Waterboy being filmed

Afterwards he came over right in front of me and spoke to the group of us. Got invited to somebody’s party.

[red dog 1]

142. Janet Reno?

[Tommy Carcetti]

143. Met her twice, actually.

Had a pleasant conversation about our favorite of Florida's natural springs. (We both agreed Ichetucknee was the best.)

[red dog 1]

145. Well, by process of elimination then, it has to be either Scott Stapp or Cal Ripkin

I'll guess Scott Stapp

[Tommy Carcetti]

148. He had personal business in our office once.

Walked right by him sitting in our lobby. He looked fairly short.

Growing up, my all time favorite baseball player was Cal Ripken. Cheered him on every game. Remember everything about his record breaking 2,131st consecutive game. Although he was known to take time signing autographs, I personally have never met him face to face. Closest I came to it was at a speaking engagement, but even then he was no closer than 20 feet to me.

[Aviation Pro]

12. Added one to make it harder

Condolezza Rice
Bill Bradley
Shaquille O’Neal
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Natalie Merchant
Dennis Ross

[Harker]

94. Dennis Ross?

I'll go with him because I don't know who he is.

[red dog 1]

98. Ha!

You cracked me up with that one, Hark

[Tikki]

13. These: all at the restaurant, half way between L A and Santa Barbara, where I waited tables.

Michael Parks. very nice customer
Anthony Quinn..nice customer
Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw...shy customers
Hal Linden..no comment
All of the above actors were never bothered at all while they were in the restaurant..

OMG...A wrestler named Goliath came in the restaurant for brunch
and everyone there went crazy to meet and greet him.
I had to hustle him and his family into the back part of the restaurant,
which was closed at the time, so they could eat in peace and then I
had to help form lines after he was through with lunch so his fans could
stop by his table to say hello.
The parking lot had fans waiting for him.

This was in the 70's...can you imagine if there had been cellphone cameras back then.

Tikki

[brush]

14. Here are mine.

Michael Bloomberg
Bill Bratton
Reggie Jackson
Angela Davis
Bobby Seale
Jessie Jackson
Grover Washington Jr.
Barack Obama
Miles Davis
Julius Irving (Dr. J)
Jerome Bettis (the Bus)

[red dog 1]

194. Miles Davis?

[brush]

196. At LaGuardia airport back in the day.

[Harker]

277. Jerome Bettis.

I'm guessing you just barely missed The Bus.

[brush]

278. It was at Michael Jordan's golf tournament in Vegas where...

I monitored a hole. He's a good golfer.

[Harker]

280. I like your list.

I'll be interested in seeing it play out.

[wishstar]

15. Here are mine:

Queen Elizabeth
Jane Fonda
George McGovern
Hillary Clinton
George HW Bush
Christopher Reeve
Andi MacDowell
Gov Jim Hunt (NC)
Sen. John Edwards (NC)
Joe Biden
John Prine
Eva Longoria

For you I'll guess William Randolph Hearst

[red dog 1]

95. William Randolph Hearst ll

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(Grandson of William Randolph Hearst)

He and I were friends back in the 70's.
We played music together on several occasions.
I was a drummer back then, and he played guitar
(He was an excellent guitarist, probably still is)

[al bupp]

16. Without reading any of the comments, I'll guess the one from your list, then give my own

From your list, I'll guess the one is, Karl Malden.

Here's my list:

Jane Curtain
Carlos Santana
John Kerry
Wavy Gravy
Robert Reich

[ificandream]

38. Met Wavy Gravy.

I was walking the halls at the newspaper I worked for and he was sitting in the lobby waiting to do an interview holding an invisible dog leash. Typical him.

[al bupp]

50. I actually met him twice

The first time at a Rainbow Gathering in Montana, where he presided over a psychedelic communal ceremony. The second time was when he came to Boston in to meet a group I was in that had put together a pretty successful fund-raiser for the Seva Foundation. He's the real deal when it comes to living up the ideals of the Hippy Dream and more importantly a really kind and loving person.

[red dog 1]

100. No, it wasn't Karl Malden (See reply # 92)

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Speaking of Wavy Gravy..
After graduating from college, I worked on a fundraiser for "Ethiopian Famine Relief" at the Berkeley Community Theater and chatted with Wavy Gravy briefly backstage. (I think he was the emcee for the event)

Lenny Bruce was his manager, and he was the one who suggested to Wavy that he should move out to California from the East Coast.

And you're right...he is a kind, sweet guy.

[mia]

19. A few were from childhood.

John F. Kennedy
Johnny Unitas
Jim Palmer
Mama Cass
Bebe Rebozo
Jimmy Buffet
Hillary Clinton
Bill Clinton
Janet Reno
John Edwards

For you, I'll guess Karl Malden.

[sinkingfeeling]

47. Mama Cass?

[mia]

80. An early Saturday afternoon in a small DC bar, late 1960s.

I was there with classmates from high school. I had just turned 18 and was happy to be able to buy my first legal beer. We were the only group in a very small place with just a bartender on site. As we were enjoying our brews, in walked Cass Elliot with 2 male friends. She was smiling and made eye contact with us. They sat at a nearby table and were very animated and talkative with one another.


I was never in the same room with Bill Clinton. I spoke with Hilary at a book signing event.

.

[red dog 1]

149. No, it wasn't Karl Malden - (see reply #92)

[hedda_foil]

22. Okay, here's mine.

Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
Howard Dean
Al Gore
Robert Culp

[LakeArenal]

26. I'll guess Al Gore?

[Glorfindel]

23. Willie Mays? Here's my list

President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam
Journalist Joseph Alsop
Christine Baranski
Jimmy Carter
Rosalynn Carter
General William C. Westmoreland
Retired Five-Star General Omar Bradley

What a clever game!

[LakeArenal]

34. Jimmy Carter but did see Roslyn?

[Glorfindel]

60. No, both of them. I'm from Georgia

The Carters had (maybe still have) a weekend cabin in the county where I live. But I met them when he was a state senator running for governor.

[red dog 1]

101. When I was very young, my Dad took me to the NBA All-Star game at the Cow Palace in

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San Francisco, and after they announced that Willie Mays was there (at court-side) I immediately ran down with my autograph book..
As I crouched down behind him to get his autograph, a large man sitting next to him said to me:
"Son, leave Mr. Mays alone" but Willie, one of my all-time heroes, just took my autograph book and signed it "Best Wishes, Willie Mays.
A truly nice, classy guy.

[red dog 1]

103. Nguyen Van Thieu?

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[Glorfindel]

115. No, that one actually happened.

I was at a very high-level headquarters in Vietnam.

[sinkingfeeling]

24. Here's my list .....

Sally Field
Bill and Hillary Clinton
George H. Bush
Prince Charles
Paul McCartney

[ificandream]

29. Sally Field.

[sinkingfeeling]

39. Ate dinner, a few tables over from her, decades ago in a Columbus, Ohio restaurant.

[LakeArenal]

31. Prince Charles?

[sinkingfeeling]

43. Saw him entering Westminster Abbey in London.

[LakeArenal]

44. Cool

[LakeArenal]

45. McCartney?

[sinkingfeeling]

48. I did see him, live, with the Beatles in 1964, but not up close.

[LakeArenal]

53. So he's the fib?

[sinkingfeeling]

67. yeah

[LakeArenal]

78. I saw him too. From nose bleed.

[LakeArenal]

25. Okay. Edit: for Red dog. Willie Mays?

Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Keith Richards
Rod Stewart
Ronnie Wood

[ificandream]

28. My guess...

Barack Obama.

[LakeArenal]

30. Nope saw him in Milwaukee from tenth row

[sinkingfeeling]

49. Ronnie Wood?

[LakeArenal]

54. Actually kissed him. He asked where the party was? I had no party to offer.

[red dog 1]

104. Nope, it wasn't Willie Mays (See reply # 101)

[ificandream]

27. My list.

Michael Nesmith
Johnny Cash
Paul McCartney
Jerry Lee Lewis
Ringo Starr

[LakeArenal]

32. Nesmith?

[ificandream]

35. Not Nesmith. Met him.

[yankeepants]

247. I loved him. Genius.

[ificandream]

262. He really was.

If not The Monkees (though I think they should be), Nez should be in the Rock Hall of Fame.

[ificandream]

355. Answer was Johnny Cash.

[ificandream]

33. Second list

Bill Clinton
Bobby Kennedy
Sun Ra
Brian Wilson
Ringo Starr

[Emile]

353. Ringo Starr

[ificandream]

354. No. Met him.

[Emile]

356. Brian Wilson

[ificandream]

357. Answer: Bobby Kennedy, although I wasn't more than 50 feet from him.

Saw him at a campaign rally the night before he was shot. I had to stand on a bush to see him. I remember a spotlight right behind him in back of his head. So my memory of that is like a photograph.

[avebury]

51. I will play

Jane Goodall
Maria Von Trapp
Mark Harmon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hank Aaron
Duke of Kent

[Emile]

352. Duke of Kent

[avebury]

358. He walked right by me.

I was waiting to see a special museum exhibits and they allowed him in early. He is the only royal that I have seen in person.

[Emile]

359. LBJ

[avebury]

362. Actually was on the same plane with

him when he was VP. In fact he and his entourage took the seats of my mother, 2 siblings and myself. My mother was not pleased. Years later she said that she should gotten his autograph for us three kids.

[Shrek]

58. Here we go

Bob Dole
Kevin Nealon
Colin Powell
Joe Theismann
Salma Hayek

[red dog 1]

286. Joe Theismann?

[Shrek]

287. Sat next to him at a New Orleans restaurant

Salma Hayek is the one I’ve never seen but wow would I like to

[First Speaker]

59. OK...my list:

Cary Grant
Katherine Hepburn
Isaac Asimov
Earl Weaver
Louis Armstrong

[red dog 1]

193. Earl Weaver?

[First Speaker]

219. Hall of Fame manager of the Baltimore Orioles...

...I met him a few times in the 70s. He's not the "never met the guy" on my list...

[ruet]

62. OK

Sean Penn's parents
Anthony Kiedis' dad
Nichelle Nichols
Gary Danielson
Vincent Damon Furnier

[red dog 1]

192. I guess I'm really dumb, because Sean Penn is the only one of them I know

[ruet]

209. Lol.

Sean Penn's parents=Director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan
Anthony Kiedis= Lead singer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nichelle Nichols= Uhura on Star Trek
Gary Danielson= Former Quarterback for the Detroit Lions
Vincent Damon Furnier= Lead singer for Alice Cooper. (may have changed his name to Alice Cooper not too long ago)

[Totally Tunsie]

65. My playlist:

(Met many others, but these are people I've actually spent time with.)

Joan Baez
Frank Sinatra, Jr.
Russell "Rusty" Schweickert
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Tom Brady
Drew Bledsoe
Klaus Obermayer
Sen. Prescott Bush
Sen. Chris Dodd
Mayor Richard Daley

Which one is my lie? Hmmm...

My guess for red dog's list: Alaska Gov. & Secretary of the Interior Walter Hickel

[Harker]

76. Joan Baez...

but you really wish you did.

Right?

[Totally Tunsie]

84. I have, in fact, met and chatted with the wonderful Ms. Baez

when she was appearing in Hyannis, MA, many years back. A group of us waited after her show, hoping for an autograph. After an hour or so, most of the group dissipated, but my two friends and I hung in there. Suddenly her trailer door opened and there she was. She chuckled at our determination and rewarded us, not only with an autograph, but with a conversation that lasted about half an hour. I was in fandom heaven!

[Harker]

90. I'll bet!

Fun times.

[ificandream]

87. Me too. It's been a long time, but I talked to her at a concert.

[red dog 1]

150. While in college, I took a job as a limo driver, and one day spent five hours driving

then-Secretary of the Interior Walter Hickel around to all the San Francisco Bay Area TV stations.

I was thinking to myself, "Man, this guy is wealthy..I should get a good tip from him"

(Later, when I dropped him off at his hotel, all he gave me was a handshake)

[Totally Tunsie]

155. AAARRGGHH! I hate when that happens!

Well, in that case, I'm sorry you have met and were stiffed by Walter Hickel.

So, what's your connection to William Randolph Hearst? Enquiring minds want to know...

[red dog 1]

168. William Randolph Hearts ll

Grandson of William Randolph Hearst

We were friends in the '70's.

I played drums back then, and he played guitar, so we jammed a few times.

I met his beautiful wife, Jennifer, and his two beautiful children.

In 1975, he moved to Massachusetts, and we lost touch with each other.

He was one of the best guitarists I ever played with.

[Emile]

66. Richard Nixon

David Eisenhower served in USN with him
Julie Nixon Eisenhower David's wife
Steve McQueen
Dick VanDyke. I grew up in their old neighborhood
Jerry VanDyke
Gene Hackman

[Emile]

162. Guess I'm the winner!

[skypilot]

68. Kevin Bacon...

Tony Goldwyn
Kathleen Turner
Jesse Jackson
Mel Gibson
David Strathairn

[Harker]

77. Kevin Bacon.

I'm guessing you led off with the plant.

[skypilot]

128. Nope.

I actually waited on him years ago at a place I worked in Philadelphia.

[Emile]

360. Kathleen Turner

[skypilot]

361. Nope.

I met her when I worked at Borders bookstore back in the late 90s. I think she was in town to play Maggie the Cat in
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

[Trueblue1968]

69. MINE ALL TRUE. President Bill Clinton - Senator Ron Wyden & Senator Wayne Morse

[Harker]

71. Okay...

1. Roger Ebert
2. John Denver
3. Molly Ivins
4. Joe Perry
5. Warren Zevon
6.John Elway

[red dog 1]

110. Roger Ebert?

[Harker]

126. Roger Ebert shopped at the secondhand bookshop where I worked

in Boulder, CO every year when he was in town to present and discuss a film at the annual Conference on World Affairs.

We chatted amiably on many occasions.

[red dog 1]

111. John Elway?

[Harker]

127. Thanks to "Wood", I heard the sound of 75,000 people's

jaws dropping open in amazement.

I managed to acquire Broncos season tickets at face value for his first two seasons, 1983 and 1984.

Got to see a lot of great players and some good games, but never met him!

[red dog 1]

146. You mean I got one right?

[Harker]

152. Yes, you did!

Closest I ever got was the upper deck of the north stands at Mile High.

[Generic Brad]

81. Here goes nothing

Garrison Keillor
Arnold Schwarzennegger
Walter Mattheau
Ron Howard
Betty White

[Harker]

82. Ron Howard.

I have my reasons. When I figure them out, I'll let you know.

[Generic Brad]

85. Amazing

Your instincts are infallible!

[Harker]

89. Not if you ask Joan Baez...

[AZProgressive]

83. John McCain

Came out of the auditorium at a high school in Flagstaff shortly after 9/11. He was within several feet coming out.

I also met Cardinals football players in the late 90s. Jake Plummer, Rob Moore, Frank Sanders, Aaneas Williams, etc

[yellowdogintexas]

86. here ya go - I have more than I thought and I thought it would be hard. But I am old after all

1. Speaker of the House Jim Wright
2. Vice President Al Gore
3. Earl Scruggs
4. Chet Atkins
5. Stenny Hoyer (at Speaker Wright's funeral)
6. Cecile Richards
7. Beto O'Rourke
8. Loretta Lynn
9. Debbie Wasserman-Schulz
10 Ann Richards
11 Ethan Hawke
12 Wendy Davis
13 Molly Ivins (from 8 feet away where she gave a speech)
14. Governor Howard Dean (same event)
15 Jim Hightower (same event)
16 Ruth Buzzi
17. Kinky Friedman
18. George "Spanky" McFarland stood a couple of feet from him in the church hallway
19 VP Kamala Harris - sat in 2nd row right in front of her at a campaign event

A number of these folks were present at candidate fundraisers.

[red dog 1]

191. So one of them is a lie?

[yellowdogintexas]

317. yes. one of them is a definitely lie nt

[red dog 1]

363. Chet Atkins?

2nd choice - Ruth Buzzi?

[nolabear]

88. In late but always willing!

Jimmy Carter
Richard Simmons
Kevin Bacon
Michael Jordan
Maya Angelou
Rosemary Harris
Brad Pitt

[Harker]

91. Kevin Bacon.

He's the red herring.

[GReedDiamond]

99. I have a few more than five...

...and these are all people that I worked on various projects they were involved in, like movies, concert tours, comic books or web site development (which I no longer do, hated it).

Two of the following I have never met:

Dr. Timothy Leary
Leo DiCaprio
Jack Herer (cannabis icon)
Val Kilmer
Dewey Martin (drummer, Buffalo Springfield)
Kanye West
Danny Elfman
Cheech Marin
Madonna
Brad Pitt
Henry Rollins
Aron "The Pieman" Kay

[Harker]

106. I'll go with the two that have parenthetical descriptions.

Just because.

[GReedDiamond]

108. No dice. In 1978. The first band I was in...

...had Dewey as the drummer. When Dewey left the band he sold me his Camco kit which he used on the B Springfield records, including "For What It's Worth."

And I used to hang out with Jack Herer while he was still writing his "Emperor Wears No Clothes" book which became the Cannabis Bible, so to speak, upon its release.

[Harker]

144. I sold a lot of copies of that book in Boulder.

A whole lot.

[GReedDiamond]

147. It's a pretty good book...nt

[red dog 1]

158. Kanye West?

[GReedDiamond]

161. You got one...

...I had to do some artwork for West Designs, but fortunately I missed meeting Yeasty or whatever he calls himself.

[Upthevibe]

107. I live in L.A. so there's a lot but I'll stick to your request:

George Clooney
Tom Hanks
Brad Pitt
Jody Foster
Diane Keaton
Bill Clinton

Many more - But one of these is a no......

[red dog 1]

112. It wasn't my request, it was Khashoggi's Ghost over on Twitter that said "List 5"

But she is the one who thought this up....Genius of an idea, imo.

[red dog 1]

113. Bill Clinton?

(I'm guessing him because all the others are Hollywood actors, and you said you live in L.A.)

[Upthevibe]

178. Red Dog....No...I met Bill Clinton and shook his hand

as I was at his book signing (the one he wrote after leaving the White House).

[red dog 1]

179. Jodie Foster?

[Upthevibe]

249. red dog 1...No...I was just a couple of feet away from her when

a friend and I got into the Golden Globes parties in 1995. She's sooooooooooo petite!

[mnhtnbb]

109. Ok, I'll play

Lindsay Wagner
Lucille Ball
George Clooney
Richard Chamberlain
Walter Matthau
Jamie Farr
Gary Burghoff
Diane Wiest
Joan Baez
Chris Hayes
Phyllis Diller
Richard Thomas
Peter Bogdanovich
Bob Kerrey
Molly Ivins
Ted Sorensen

One person on that list I did not meet or was in the same room or space during a casual encounter.

[red dog 1]

190. Walter Matthau?

[mnhtnbb]

199. He's actually one I had a conversation with

at the bank one day. I was there (Pacific Palisades, CA) with my not yet 2 year old son who kept trying to escape my side while I was trying to deposit several checks at the window with a teller. Mr. Matthau was sitting at the bank manager's desk in the open lobby of this small branch bank, chatting with him. As I ran to grab my son who was heading to the front door, Mr Matthau said, " he's quite a Dennis the Menace, isn't he?"

I thought it was kind of an odd comment, but less than a year later the Dennis the Menace movie was released with Walter Matthau playing Mr. Wilson. Looking back, he had probably just finished shooting the movie when my son and I encountered him that day in the bank.

[Solly Mack]

114. ...

Guy Clark
Dick Gregory
Coretta Scott King
Dale Earnhardt
Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.
Peter Frampton
Sandra Bernhard
Pro golfer Tommy Aaron
Muhammad Ali

[red dog 1]

189. Dick Gregory?

[Solly Mack]

206. Nope.

Met him in 1987.

[Mr.Bill]

116. Okay, I'll play.

John Lee Hooker
Muddy Waters
Elvin Bishop
Albert Collins
BB King
Johnny Winter

[red dog 1]

188. Muddy Waters?

[Mr.Bill]

195. No, I actually met him.

I was 1985, I think. Not belong before he died. It was a concert at a winery in Saratoga overlooking Silicon Valley. They had built an amphitheater there and it was about a 1,200 seat venue. I had worked on some of the graphics and production of posters of the event, and the promoter gave me two all access passes. There was a swimming pool on the property near the amphitheater and there were tables around it with wine set up on the tables. Me and my guest arrived early and sat at one of the tables and Muddy Waters came in and sat at one of the tables next to us. I introduced ourselves and then sat back down, and left him with his entourage and just took it all in.

Johnny Winter, who was playing with him, unanounced, that night stopped by and talked with Muddy for awhile. I was so starstruck I can't remember anything that was said the whole time.

[red dog 1]

250. Have you seen "Cadillac Records"?

if you haven't, you might want to...It's about Leonard Chess & the early days of Chess Records.
The actor who played Muddy Waters was outstanding, as well as the rest of the cast.

[Mr.Bill]

254. I've never heard of that one.

I'll have to check it out. Thanks.

[red dog 1]

268. It's a great film, imo.

Even though it's not totally accurate.

e.g. It gives the impression that Leonard Chess founded Chess Records by himself, with no mention of his brother.

[Mr.Bill]

272. Many years ago I saw an interview with Keith Richards.

He talked about when the Rolling Stones paid a visit to Chess Records in the 60s. He said they walked into a room and there was this old black man who was painting the ceiling. It was Muddy Waters. It seems his new album at the time had not made enough money to cover his advance, so he was working it off. Keith said that was a real eye-opener. That's when they decided they needed to own their own record label.

[red dog 1]

285. In "Cadillac Records" The Rolling Stones are shown getting out of their limo and Muddy Waters

helps them with their guitars etc.
Mick Jagger tells him "We're big fans of yours, Mr. Waters..We named our group after one of your songs!"

I heard that story about their visit to Chess Records in the 60s before, where Muddy Waters was painting the ceiling.

The producers of "Cadillac Records" should have included it in the film.

[Harker]

288. I'll go with B.B. King.

I saw him at Red Rocks, and saw Elvin Bishop in Denver. I took my mom to see Albert Collins at the now defunct Peggy's Hi-,Lo, a Country &Western venue on the outskirts of Boulder.

[Mr.Bill]

290. Correct!

I did see him in concert in '91. In fact, that was my first evening date with my now wife. Elvin Bishop is a really nice guy and was very approachable back in the day. Probably still is. It was not unusual if he was playing at a club for him to come out to the bar and mingle with the crowd before the show. He's even bought me a few beers.

[Harker]

291. Good times, Mr. Bill!

Nothing beats the blues like the Blues.

[red dog 1]

151. Welcome to DU!

[oasis]

118. Hillary Clinton, Jonnie Cochran& O.J. Simpson, Jim Nabors, Sidney Poitier

Olympian, Tommie Smith. Deepak Chopra.

[GReedDiamond]

119. Your post reminded me that I met OJ's infamous Bronco driver...

...Al Cowlings.

Within a year of the incident.

Some garment company in Los Angeles contacted me to do a web site for them, and when I went to their office to discuss the project, Al was there.

Weird moment in time.

[oasis]

120. Al Cowlings, what a guy. I met O.J. twice, 30 years apart. nt

[GReedDiamond]

121. This stupid garment company hired Al...

...as their corporate "spokesperson."

Because what better way to promote you company using OJ's getaway driver?

I was totally creeped out by the guy when we shook hands.

On edit: I forgot, I wanted to ask what were the circumstances of meeting the throat-slasher 30 years apart?

[oasis]

122. I doubt if Cowlings really knew how the Nicolle/Goldman went down.

He was helping out his friend (OJ) whom he believed was on the brink of suicide.

[GReedDiamond]

123. OK, that makes sense...

...not being a follower of football, I did not know at the time their relationship to each other.

I suppose, under the circumstances, I could see where AC was concerned about his friend/teammate's wellbeing.

That said, I still think that hiring Al to be your spokes-hack was a bad move.

They're long gone.

[littlemissmartypants]

125. Ready...?

1) Elizabeth Taylor
2) Ronald Reagan
3) Pernell Roberts
4) Henry Kissinger
5) François Mitterrand
6) Gerald Casale*
7) Mark Mothersbaugh*
8) Bob Mothersbaugh*
9) Bob Lewis*

Fun post. Thanks, red dog 1.

❤




* AKA DEVO

ETA:

10) Paul Stanley
11) Gene Simmons
12) Ace Frehley
13) Peter Criss

AKA KISS

[red dog 1]

159. You're welcome

I wish I could take credit for the original idea; but after seeing Khashoggi's Ghost's post on Twitter, I felt that it would be perfect for the DU Lounge.

[littlemissmartypants]

167. No doubt that you are right as it is very popular. But...

Don't you have any guesses for me? ❤

[red dog 1]

172. Ronnie Reagan?

[EarlG]

129. Ooh I'll play :)

Bill Clinton
Tom Morello
Barack Obama
Courtney Love
Jackie Chan

[highplainsdem]

136. Courtney Love?

[EarlG]

154. Nope

[red dog 1]

157. Jackie Chan?

[EarlG]

160. Guess again

[red dog 1]

165. Well, then it has to be Tom Morello

[EarlG]

166. Oooh

Close but no cigar

[red dog 1]

186. I know which one of the two that are left is a lie, but I'll let someone else guess it

[highplainsdem]

232. I guessed Clinton was the one he hadn't met, but no response.

But then I'd already gotten one guess wrong.

[red dog 1]

252. Yeah, I thought it was Clinton too

(Most of my guesses were wrong)

[highplainsdem]

163. Bill Clinton?

[highplainsdem]

130. Have been trying to decide whether to play...

A few names...one of whom I never encountered:

Bobby Kennedy
Richard Avedon
Bob Kerrey
William Shatner
Frank Herbert
Paul Kantner
Grace Slick

[Harker]

133. Shatner.

He's the sore thimb.

Sort of.

[highplainsdem]

135. Nope. Met him.

[Harker]

138. How'd that go? n/t

[Wicked Blue]

131. Here goes

Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Pig Pen
Al Gore
Elvis Costello
Nancy Sinatra
Roy Rogers
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Rev. Al Sharpton
Pete Seeger
Arlo Guthrie
Allen Ginsberg
Bruce Springsteen
Al Pacino
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Paul Krassner
Abbie Hoffman

[red dog 1]

187. Pig Pen?

[Ain't nothin' for the head like the good ol' Grateful Dead"]

[Wicked Blue]

204. Incorrect

I listened to Pig Pen weep about the death of Janis Joplin a long long time ago. Backstage.

[red dog 1]

267. Backstage at the Fillmore Auditorium?

Or Fillmore West?

[Wicked Blue]

270. Bucknell College, PA

A friend went to Bucknell and let me and two friends in free. Someone in our dorm went to high school with one of the roadies, so we were invited backstage. Fall of 1970, if I recall. Invited backstage again at Princeton a couple of weeks later, and then at a concert with other bands in Central Park NYC. Met some members of the New Riders at that one too but can't recall names. Lots of nice acid.

[red dog 1]

284. Outstanding!

Last edited Sun Feb 13, 2022, 01:00 AM - Edit history (1)

I assumed it was a venue in S.F.

[cemaphonic]

132. Here's mine

Peter Frampton
Secretary of State Warren Christopher
Sir Neville Marriner
Ichiro Suziki
Dan Savage
Dale Chihuly

[red dog 1]

185. Warren Christopher?

[cemaphonic]

245. Nope

I was an intern at NATO HQ for a couple of summers in the 90s, and he visited a few times in the preparations for the Dayton Accords. Didn't have a chance to talk to him at all, but he was in and out of the office I worked in for a day or two.

[red dog 1]

259. Frampton?

[cemaphonic]

263. No, that one's legit too.

Company I used to work for hired him to do an infomercial of all things, and he came by the office a few times.

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

325. Dan Savage?

[cemaphonic]

326. Our old neighbors worked for his newspaper, and were friends with him

He came to quite a few courtyard cookout parties in the building we lived in at the time. Unsurprisingly, a very entertaining party guest.

[Harker]

137. Round 2...

1. Odetta
2. Stan Brakhage
3. Pappy Boyington
4. Fess Parker
5. Suzanne Vega
6. Pema Chödrön

[red dog 1]

184. Fess Parker?

[Harker]

205. Nope. I went out to get some beer, and to my surprise, he was sitting

on a folding chair behind a card table, promoting the products of his winery.

[sky_masterson]

139. k

Dave Foley-Kids in the hall
Scott Shriner - Bass player for Weezer.
Mindy Kaling - The Office
James Doohan - Star Trek
Mel Gibson - Actor

[red dog 1]

182. Mel Gibson?

[sky_masterson]

197. got it

bravo

[red dog 1]

140. Here are five more

Paul Anka
Charles Bronson
Bob Cousy
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Rudi Gernreich (fashion designer)

[Harker]

141. I'm betting you never drank Sanka with Paul Anka. n/t

[red dog 1]

156. No, but I did get his autograph.

[red dog 1]

171. I'm betting you never drank Pepsi with Dizzy Gillespie

I know...you didn't list him, but I couldn't resist.

[Harker]

177. Love it!

[CottonBear]

153. OK. I'll play:

Michael Stipe
Sonny Perdue
Paul Newman
Brian Kemp
Fred Schneider

[red dog 1]

183. Paul Newman?

[CottonBear]

201. Nope! Paul Newman walked right past me at Road Atlanta sports car race.

He was racing his Porsche sports car that day. He was very slender and not tall, but definitely had movie star looks.

I’ve never had the misfortune to have met Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, but I did meet former Gov. Sonny Perdue at a BBQ event when he was running for office.

Perdue asked for my vote and I told him that I never voted for Republicans and politely wished him luck in his campaign.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

169. OK I'll try

Ted Kennedy
Hulk Hogan
Jim Lonborg
Michael Dukakis
Donald Trump

[red dog 1]

181. Trump?

[Just_Vote_Dem]

203. You got it!

Just before he started running-I think 2015-a coworker went to a party where he was at and got a pic with him, she was smiling and he looked totally disinterested. She was an older lady, so i guess he didn't care, such a creep

[Marthe48]

170. I'll play

Tim Conway
Ghoulardi
Senator Sherrod Brown
Connie Schultz
Jorma Kaukonen
Kent Tukulve
Bob Feller
george voinovich

[red dog 1]

180. Jorma Kaukonen?

[Marthe48]

212. No, not Jorma

His Fur Peace Farm is about an hour from our town. We went there several years ago for a winter fair and got to watch him and one of his friends jamming. That was special There wasn't a big crowd,and we were pretty close to where he was playing.

[Harker]

207. I think including Kent Tekulve was pretty underhanded...

but I'll go with Ghoulardi for laughs.

[Marthe48]

213. Not Ghoulardi

I grew up near Cleveland, Ohio, where Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson) broadcast his show. Our school arranged a charity touch football game with WJW employees and Ghoulardi played. I got his autograph. Another link-he and my Mom went to the same high school

[Harker]

215. Fun!

Everyone on your list has strong Ohio connections.

[Marthe48]

216. Oh yes

Born in Cleveland, life-long resident of Ohio.

[NurseJackie]

173. That's a very high threshold. How many of us actually know FIVE (or more) famous people?

I guess I just don't run around in those social circles. And if I did, I'm not entirely certain that this is the way I'd choose to boast about it.

I'd have to play this game IN REVERSE. One real famous person and 5 fake ones.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

174. Well, the poster qualified " a few feet"

So you could be, I don't know, at a movie theater or an amusement park, and pass by someone you might recognize?

I'll tell about one of the ones I posted-I worked for Barney Frank in the 80's. They took a bunch of us on a bus to a local amusement park for a rally, and Mike Dukakis walked by the bus and gave us a wave and a little chitchat. I figured by the parameter of the original post, that counted

[NurseJackie]

175. Even then, I still don't travel in circles where I'd be that close to a celeb.

I've been a few dozen yards away from Michael Buble in concert at the Verizon Center (now Capital One arena). I was in the 25th row for Victor Victoria... so I was kinda close to Julie Andrews.

I worked for Barney Frank in the 80's.....

That's very cool.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

176. There you go, you got 2

As I remember, they expanded Barney's area to SE Massachusetts, and I was eager to help him beat Margaret Heckler, a Repub known for wearing gaudy hats and doing little else to help our area. Barney won

[Marthe48]

243. My cousin was in Hawaii many years ago

There was a cheering competition her daughter was in and it was part of the Hula Bowl events. She said a good looking guy walked past where she was sitting in a restaurant and smiled as if she should know him. She gave him a blank stare and he walked on. When she told her husband, he showed her a pic of Joe Montana. She had no idea. Her husband couldn't believe she had missed a chance to talk to a famous quarterback.

My nephew used to work in a coffee shop in LA. The staff was instructed to treat famous people as normals. He saw many celebrities, but he's more into music than television. Some of the famous tv actors seemed put out he didn't know them on sight. But he said Jodie Foster was nice.

[mnhtnbb]

200. I lived in L. A. from 1969-88

where it was quite possible to randomly encounter a lot of Hollywood personalities just going about your day. Others on my list were encountered in NY, and still others from attending or hosting Democratic fund raising events when we lived in Lincoln, NE.

[NurseJackie]

202. That's very cool.

[DFW]

198. Lemme see, there have been a few over the years

Nelson Rockefeller
Bobby Kennedy, Sr.
Bonnie Raitt
Sidney Poitier
Everett Dirksen
Groucho Marx
Richard Nixon
Salvador Dali
Johnny Winter
Gerald Ford
Lady Bird Johnson
Michelle Obama

Those who know me well will spot the ringer immediately, but for the rest, have at it!

[Harker]

208. Michelle Obama?

I don't know you well but, like Lon Chaney, I'll go with a hunch.

[DFW]

210. Better seek sanctuary, then!

I have met Michelle Obama several times.

[Harker]

211. I'll go make tea.

I vaguely reasoned that you might have been bustling about Europe.

[DFW]

217. I'm ALWAYS doing that

Coming to you live and in color from the 14:25 train from Sprout City back to Germany (just crossed the border). I was in Paris yesterday, though not in Quasimodo’s arrondissement.

When I get home, there will indeed be some hot tea in my immediate future. Black, spiced with orange rind, clove and cinnamon, sweetened with HFCS-free apricot marmalade.

[Harker]

218. There you go!

I'm moving on from early morning Da Hong Pao to a 14-year-old Pu'er.

I've been reading lately of using fruit preserves as a sweetener, and think I'll try it with a slightly smoky Russian blend I got from Harney & Sons.

[DFW]

220. Sweetening tea with fruit preserves is an old Russian tradition

My wife, used to my various idiosyncrasies, thought I had made that up until one day, when we had some Russian friends over for "coffee" and pastries. When asked, they said they preferred tea. Just to show me up, she asked them if they wanted sugar, honey or marmalade. When then instantly said marmalade, I got the "sorry I ever doubted you" look.

[Harker]

227. Ah, that look.

I've heard of it...

[DFW]

265. My wife is a very honest, straightforward person.

She makes so few mistakes, she has no problem admitting the few she does make.

I understand completely that it is a look that many never get to see in person.

[Harker]

214. Round 3... The final countdown!

Anne Waldman
Anselm Hollo
Alan Ginsburg
Robert Bakker
Terri Nunn
Patti Smith

[Paladin]

221. Here you go:

Aaron Copeland, Hubert Humphrey, John Connolly, Andre The Giant, Norman Mailer.

[Harker]

222. I'll take a flier... Hubert Horatio Humphrey?

[Paladin]

223. The Vice President himself! Charming man.

And I actually met him. Taught him the "Hook 'Em Horns!" hand sign when I was a student at UT.

[Harker]

225. Nice!

He was one of two for whom I didn't pick up an obvious Texas connection. Not that it should've swayed my pick.

[highplainsdem]

231. Terri Nunn? Making that guess only because I think you

posted something about working in a bookstore (great place to work - and apologies if I confused you with someone else here), and the other 5 people in your list have all written books, though Smith's better known for her music.

[Harker]

234. Terri Nunn came into the news & smoke shop where I worked...

(prior to my beloved bookshops) and bought several cartons of cigarettes for the Berlin road crew prior to a concert at Folsom Field in Boulder. Very kind, fun, colorful hair... she took my breath away.

Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye showed up at a secondhand bookshop while I was working. I barely had time to say howdy before the owner, a big fan of hers, came barreling toward the counter. I excused myself, and got out of the way. Lenny Kaye asked me what I was playing on the stereo (John Fahey's anthology "American Primitive, vol. 2&quot , which we discussed briefly. I was very pleased to have the opportunity to thank him for putting together his own anthology series "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968.

No apologies needed... we're fine HPD!

[red dog 1]

293. Patti Smith?

[Harker]

299. No go, Red. See 234. n/t

[frogmarch]

224. My list

The Smothers Brothers
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller & his wife Happy
James Arness
John Wayne

[Harker]

226. I'll go with the Smothers Brothers...

but I bet you ran into the Smothers Brothers' sister Sherry.

[frogmarch]

230. They have a sister?

I actually just came close to meeting Tom and Dick Smothers. I was 18 and was with my Aunt Helen at the Albany NY airport to buy a ticket to go home to Nebraska after a month-long visit with her at her home in Troy. Auntie had a premonition or a vision or something that the plane I'd be on would crash, so she pulled me out of line and explained why I shouldn't buy a ticket. Just then, who should walk up and stand in line, but the Smothers Brothers. Tom caught my eye and smiled and winked at me. I smiled and looked down, probably blushing. This went on back and forth for a minute or two, and then, pulling a little notebook and a pen out of his shirt pocket, he walked toward me. Aunt Helen suddenly grabbed my arm and whisked me away. She was well-built woman - tall and strong - and I think my feet were flying as we went to her Cadillac. As we left the parking area and headed onto the highway, she looked in the rear-view mirror and said something like, "Well, I never! They are following us!" I looked back and saw that Tom was hanging out the passenger side window of their car up to his waist, blowing kisses at us. Auntie ordered me to stop looking back, but I couldn't help it. With their horn honking and Tom blowing kisses, they followed us almost to Troy before turning around and going back toward Albany.

I did really meet then-Gov. Rockefeller and his wife Happy. Auntie and I were having lunch at an Albany restaurant one day, and the governor and his wife stopped by our table to say hello to her. Auntie introduced me as her niece from the Nebraska sticks and asked me to say some of my hickish Nebraska things for them that she thought were hilarious. Before I could, the governor asked me if I lived near the Sandhills (I did) because, he said, he had always wanted to go there. Mrs. R began visiting with me too, and a bit later as they were leaving, they both gave my shoulder a little squeeze and said how nice it was to meet me, and then Mrs. R murmured by my ear, "Stay strong."

In the 60s I watched a episode of Gun Smoke being shot in the Black Hills and got James Arness's autograph.

I never met John Wayne. My mom thought she did once, but it turned out it was John Payne.

[Harker]

233. That's terrific!

You must've made quite an impression... sounds like he was smitten.

Your memories make for some very vivid images.

Thanks!

[red dog 1]

251. John Payne, John Wayne..what's the difference?

[frogmarch]

256. That's what Mom wondered too. :)

When the movie The Student Prince came to town, she was concerned that my sister and I might want to go see that vulgar hip-swiveling rock and roll singer, Edmund Purdom. She didn't mind when we went to see Love Me Tender.

[Harker]

275. They both hadda pee at one time or another.

[red dog 1]

294. I'll bet they both weren't afraid of horses.

[wryter2000]

228. Here you go

Julia Child
Morgan Freeman
Luciano Pavarotti
Henry Fonda
Howard Dean

[Harker]

229. I'll bet a tenner on Pavarotti. n/t

[wryter2000]

235. Nope

I kissed Luciano at an autographing session.

[Harker]

236. How sweet... what were you signing? n/t

[wryter2000]

244. LOL

He was autographing a poster for us.

[milestogo]

237. 7 for me

All 4 Beatles

Al Gore

Bill Clinton

Michelle Obama

John Kerry

George H W Bush

Joe Biden

[Harker]

238. If I keep guessing Michelle Obama, I'll eventually be right.

So... Michelle Obama?

[highplainsdem]

239. LOL!

[Harker]

241. ...

[milestogo]

240. I met her in front of a grocery store in 1999.

It was raining. She was collecting signatures for her husband to run for our Congressional seat in Chicago. We talked, I signed, and I voted for him. He lost. Bobby Rush, the incumbent, won.

Years later I realized meeting her was a big deal. But it wasn't at the time.

[Harker]

242. That's beautiful...

They are quite a team.

[milestogo]

246. Apparently when he lost the race for Congress Michelle was hoping

that he had gotten politics out of his system.

He won everything he ran for after that, including the Senate and the Presidency.

[July]

248. Some real . . . at least one not

Tony Bennett
Carlos Fuentes
Bobby McFerrin
Adam Gopnik
Tina Turner
Queen Sofia of Spain
Kevin Bacon
Steffi Graf
The Eagles
Peter Falk
Dolly Parton

[red dog 1]

253. The Eagles?

[July]

255. Real.

I was one of a gang of fresh(wo)men at a restaurant near our university when they came up to our table and tried to talk us into going to their concert with them. They were just on the cusp of fame, and none of us recognized them. Memorably (shout-out to Judy K.), one of us said to them, “Hum something you play.”

[red dog 1]

257. Did they hum something?

[July]

260. No, LOL, I'm pretty sure they were offended.

What did we know? We did check afterward to see if a band by that name was playing in town. They were.

[red dog 1]

258. Then it has to be Tony Bennett

[July]

261. No, walked right past him in a hotel lobby in NY.

If my husband hadn’t pointed him out to me, I would have missed him, a recurring theme in several of my “Brushes with Greatness,” as Letterman used to call them.

[Harker]

273. I was in San Francisco briefly in the late 80s...

I'm not sure, but I think I walked past Tony Bennett's heart... ❤️

[Raven]

264. Michelle Obama, Ted Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Muhammud Ali, Gov.Ed King,

Indira Ghandi.

[red dog 1]

266. Hubert Humphrey?

[Raven]

271. He was VP under LBJ and ran for President against Nixon. I knew him when

he was running against Nixon in 1968.

[Harker]

274. I'm locked in on guessing Michelle Obama every time I see her name.

So... Michelle Obama?

[Raven]

281. No, I actually did meet and was able to talk to her. She was just amazing. We talked

about our respective kids. Very grounded woman!

[Harker]

282. That's great!

She strikes me as an all-around fine person.

[red dog 1]

269. I'll list 6 more, all writers and one cartoonist

K.W. Jeter
Marc Laidlaw
Michael Shea
Trina Robins
Pat Murphy
Harlan Ellison

[Harker]

276. Since you didn't put Michelle Obama in there...

Michael Shea?

[red dog 1]

283. No, I knew Michael

[Vinca]

279. Bernie Sanders, Peter Asher & Gordon Waller, George Carlin

and Malcolm Evans (Beatles road manager). Heck, I'll add a few more - Chevy Chase, Rudolf Serkin and Ken Burns.

[red dog 1]

295. George Carlin?

[Danmel]

289. Here goes

Bill Clinton
Jimmy Carter
Patti Smith
Alex Trebek
Pete Townshend

[red dog 1]

296. Alex Trebek?

[Danmel]

298. Nope

I was on Jeopardy in 2007. Didn't win but didn't embarrassing myself

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

292. As #6 would say, "That would be telling."

[niyad]

297. My list:

Gloria Steinem
Bella Abzug
Z Budapest
Starhawk
Janet Evanovich
Sen. Ted Kennedy
Charo
Jack Klugman
Helen Reddy
Vincent Price
Arnold Schwarzeneger
Paul Revere
Liberace
Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon
B. B. King
Jim Nabors
Jim Hightower
Julia Child
Dean Martin
Frank Sinatra
Brule
Jefferson Starship
Sonny Turner (The Platters)
Engelbert
Bob Hope
Betty Friedan
Phyllis S hlafley

[Harker]

302. Which Paul Revere?

[niyad]

303. Both of them.

[Harker]

304. Okay, then I'll go with Phyllis Schlafly! n/t

[niyad]

307. Sorry. She and I had a number of exchanges during the fight for the ERA.

[Harker]

309. I'm losing my knack.

Fun list you have!

[niyad]

311. Some of them were a lot of fun.

[Harker]

312. I'll keep tabs as the red herring gets sniffed out. n/t

[consider_this]

300. My humble list

Anne Wilson
Kim Kardashian
David Lowery
Chris Matthews
Charlie Daniels
Joe Satriani
Ron Reagan
Gene Taylor

[Harker]

319. Chris Matthews... Eh? n/t

[consider_this]

320. Nope, that one's real

he was taping a show outdoors during the 2004 Democratic convention.

[Harker]

321. My streak continues! n/t

[VGNonly]

301. Jackson Browne

John Kerry
Sir Edmund Hillary
Billy Joel
Kerry Kennedy
John Glenn
Jamie Farr
Al Kaline
Maria Muldaur

[Harker]

305. Sir Edmund? n/t

[VGNonly]

308. I met him

at a Sierra Club function in Cincinnati in 86. Shook his hand, a fine gentleman.

[Harker]

310. That's great.

My father was a sporting goods buyer for Sears in Chicago, and he met him and spoke kindly of him, too.

[tavernier]

306. ...

Barack Obama
Charlie Pride
Nancy Pelosi
Freddie Mercury
Chuck Barry

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

313. Chuck Berry?

[tavernier]

314. No.

1965 Kalamazoo, Michigan

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

315. Pelosi?

[tavernier]

316. I met Nancy at state Convention.

Talked to her for a minute and I had my picture taken with her, which the girl with the camera happened to lose. Aargh!!!! I kickmyself every time I think of it.

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

323. Then it has to be Freddy Mercury

[tavernier]

324. Yes.

Freddie is my spirit guide. I never met him live but he’s given me a lot of courage and support since my husband passed away. Through his music. I’m not totally nuts.

[wnylib]

327. Ok. Old thread, but I'll give it a shot

if anyone's still reading it.

Natalie Merchant
Bob Woodward
Hillary Clinton
Barry Manilow
Tom Ridge
Neil Diamond
Hubert Humphrey

[Harker]

328. Barry Manilow...

unless you came and you gave without taking.

[wnylib]

329. Met him and his guitarist

when they came into a restaurant in Toledo, Ohio.

[Harker]

330. My streak of errant guesses rolls on. n/t

[wnylib]

332. Aww. Look at it as establishing

a record in a unique category.

A clue: The lie is someone I would like to have met.

[wnylib]

331. PS - He was not shaking and I did not kiss him.

[Harker]

333. I usually don't go for two, but I'm going to take a second guess...

Hubert Horatio Humphrey?

[wnylib]

334. Shook hands with him when I was 15.

He was visiting my city and his motorcade passed by my high school on its way from the airport to the center of town. The principal allowed us to leave early so we could join the people who were standing on the sidewalk and reaching out to shake hands.

Very brief and I was young, but it fits the OP criteria.

Congratulations on maintaining your record.

I met Hillary twice when she campaigned in NY for Senator. Had a brief chat with her.

Some years ago, I went to a small town summer folk festival where a group of people formed a circle to try a dance that someone was showing us how to do. A woman took my hand to join the circle. When I Iooked up, it was Natalie Merchant.

Saw Bob Woodward when he gave a talk and Q & A about his book, Fear, which he autographed for people afterward.

Tom Ridge is from my home town, Erie, PA. He was my divorce attorney when he was a young man, before he became the mayor, then governor, and later, the first Secretary of Homeland Security.

[Harker]

336. Thank you! You're very kind.

My late aunt and uncle had a rowboat named "Sweet Caroline" in which I plied the shoreline of Pistakee Lake on the Fox River as a lad.

It's nice that you rekindled this thread, as the anecdotal remembrances have been fun, sometimes poigniant, and historically interesting.

Thanks for yours.

[wnylib]

337. I think that a lot of us ordinary folk

like to mention brushes with famous people. Don't know why, except that it is something out of the ordinary in our everyday lives. Doesn't "rub off" on us, but sometimes does affect our views and lives, for better or worse.

For me, I learned that Hillary is very approachable, pleasant, and genuinely listens to people. Made it easier to support her in NY and in her presidential run.

My experience with Tom Ridge showed me early on that I would never support him for any office, even if he had not been a Republican.

[Harker]

338. Well put. A little something out of the ordinary.

For me, always for the better, but I do still have regrets about selling an armload of Marlboros to Warren Zevon in 1980.

[wnylib]

339. Checked his specific cause of death

to see if it was related to those Marlboros. I'm sure that smoking did not help, but, according to Wikipedia, his type of lung cancer is associated with asbestos exposure.

A little less regret for you, perhaps.

[Harker]

340. I'll go a little lighter henceforth, thanks.

He was a thoughtful, wry one.

[malaise]

335. Bob Marley

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Rita Marley
Ziggy Marley
Stephen Marley
Michael Manley
Harry Belafonte
Sidney Poitier
Dizzy Gillespie'
the Three Ws (Worrell, Walcott and Weekes)
Brian Lara
IVA Richards
Clive Lloyd
Rohan Kanhai
Michael Holding
Chris Gayle
Michael Atherton
Stephen Fleming
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Bob Woolmer
Johnnie Cochran
Maya Angelou

As you can see I know a lot of cricketers from the Caribbean and have met many from across the globe. This is a short list - which person on this list is the lie?

[red dog 1]

343. Johnnie Cochran?

[malaise]

345. No I actually met him in a luxury box at Kenington Oval in

Barbados. He was at a test match (cricket). My mouth dropped open when I realized that he was really short.

[red dog 1]

346. I hate to admit it, but I don't know many of the celebrities on your list

But, to play the game, I'll wild guess one of them..........Brian Lara?

[malaise]

347. Most are international cricketers from the Caribbean

Forget the cricketers - I know all the Caribbean ones quite well.
Look among the others.

[red dog 1]

348. Not Dizzy Gillespie?

[malaise]

349. You solved it

Hahahhaha - would have loved to meet him. Fun thread

[red dog 1]

350. Thanks for playing!

[lucca18]

341. Famous People:

.Jimmy Carter: After he was President, visited the company where I worked in San Francisco.

. Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Shook hands with her and her husband at a Broadway play.

.Johnny Mathis: Got his autograph at the airport.

.Rodney Dangerfield: Shook his hand at a restaurant in NYC.

. Gerry Garcia: Stood near him at a Memorial Day parade in Mill Valley, CA.

. Joan Biaz: Saw her at the Fairfax Festival in Fairfax, CA.

. Barry Bonds: Sat a row behind me at a Giants game in San Francisco

[marie999]

342. Tony Bennett

Jerry Bruckheimer
Ted Williams
Senator Feinstein
Joan Baez

[red dog 1]

344. Ted Williams

[marie999]

351. No, He was a friend of my father's boss.

He had box seats behind the dugout and introduced me to Ted. His company was right behind Fenway Park, just an alleyway between them. I went to games every chance I had. I loved filling out the scorecard. I joined the army after high school and, I don't know why, I never went to another baseball game. I didn't do a lot of things after the army.