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59. I used to own a limousine service and met all kinds of people

Fri Mar 23, 2012, 02:44 PM

Mar 2012

Elvis...three times...a great guy, funny, but Colonel Parker was a jerk
Bob Hope...funny, nice man
Steve Allen...funny, seemed real smart
Van Morrison...he and I went out to eat at a small Chinese resturant before his concert
Bette Midler..funny, friendly, she asked me to zip up her dress in the middle of a concert...went out to eat with her group after the concert
Barry Manilow...very friendly...super nice guy...he always made a point of asking if he could do anything for us(dinner, drinks, etc)
Don McClean...super nice guy...didn't want to ride in the limo, so we walked from his hotel to the concert hall...about three blocks...he carried his guitar on the way over
Boz Scaggs.. nice guy...made sure we helped ourselves to the huge buffet dinner before the concert
Cher...two or three times...real nice..her sister was always with her
Yes...great group, real friendly really into health food
Chicago..nice guys
Three Dog Night...real nice
B J Thomas...good guy...but the concert promoters still owe me money...lol
Moody Blues..great guys
Jefferson Airplane...real friendly
Jerry Garcia...partied with them after a concert
Carole King...real friendly and real funny
Anne Murray...real friendly, went to a movie with her and some of her group
...many more I can't think of now

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CONFESS!!! Who was the first famous person you ever met [View all] LynneSin Mar 2012 OP

Charlie Sexton - back when "Beat So Lonely" was on the charts. Lisa0825 Mar 2012 #1

I loved that song! RiffRandell Mar 2012 #22

John Young Xipe Totec Mar 2012 #2

Richard Nixon, and Steve Perry (Journey) Flaxbee Mar 2012 #3

George Harrison Tabasco_Dave Mar 2012 #4

I'm not sure, but I think it was Alger Hiss Art_from_Ark Mar 2012 #5

INXs with Michael Hutchence dana_b Mar 2012 #6

Heh. I caught that bill in SF. Or Oakland? Robb Mar 2012 #89

In the 60s, when I was 18 frogmarch Mar 2012 #7

sounds like he would have been happy to barbtries Mar 2012 #79

I like to think so. :-) frogmarch Mar 2012 #83

Rex Trailer YankeyMCC Mar 2012 #99

Frank Sinatra. cliffordu Mar 2012 #8

My wife met a few famous people when she worked OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #9

Paul Newman kentauros Mar 2012 #10

Wow! RiffRandell Mar 2012 #48

I know, he was definitely Cool :) kentauros Mar 2012 #58

As best I can remember, it was Bobby Kennedy. RushIsRot Mar 2012 #11

Edson Arantes do Nascimento crunch60 Mar 2012 #12

I met James Garner and C. Thomas Howell, on the set of "Tank." Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #13

If only I knew you then. RiffRandell Mar 2012 #49

Technically? Margaret Chase Smith. bluedigger Mar 2012 #14

Chuck Norris, and Bruce Lee. denbot Mar 2012 #15

Michio Kaku sakabatou Mar 2012 #16

Worked in the Entertainment Industry for a spell, so the question is subjective BanTheGOP Mar 2012 #17

Carl Stokes, the first African American Mayor of a major American city.... WCGreen Mar 2012 #18

1974...Andy Warhol...on my 1st day of Art School... GReedDiamond Mar 2012 #19

Roald Dahl RFKHumphreyObama Mar 2012 #20

Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss in Lums Restaurant in Pittsburgh Pa in 1974 without their ArnoldLayne Mar 2012 #21

Ramones backstage 1988. RiffRandell Mar 2012 #23

"talked" riiiiight. geardaddy Mar 2012 #52

What do you think I did? RiffRandell Mar 2012 #55

lol geardaddy Mar 2012 #56

Yeah, that's a real fun game. n/t RiffRandell Mar 2012 #57

Alice Cooper Inspired Mar 2012 #24

The Dalai Lama dogknob Mar 2012 #25

Here is my list: avebury Mar 2012 #26

I spent an afternoon at Maria Von Trapp's house handmade34 Mar 2012 #86

Phil Collins. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #27

John Lennon. rug Mar 2012 #28

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Three way tie for me... DLine Mar 2012 #30

The Everly Brothers Rambis Mar 2012 #31

Muhammad Ali Wait Wut Mar 2012 #32

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee - I too met Muhammmad Ali,,,,, benld74 Mar 2012 #45

HA! He'd love that! Wait Wut Mar 2012 #46

The guy who hosted the morning kid's show lived behind us when I was a kid. baldguy Mar 2012 #33

Murray Langston Myrina Mar 2012 #34

Are you sure it was him? Maybe it was an imposter with a bag on his head LynneSin Mar 2012 #35

LOL Myrina Mar 2012 #37

Hubert H. Humphrey hifiguy Mar 2012 #36

His granddaughter was born the same day as me in the same hospital geardaddy Mar 2012 #42

George Reeves livetohike Mar 2012 #38

Penny Marshall Bertha Venation Mar 2012 #39

Pat Riley, Lakers player and coach. arbusto_baboso Mar 2012 #40

Dom DeLuise WilliamPitt Mar 2012 #41

Loretta Long geardaddy Mar 2012 #43

George Takei! CottonBear Mar 2012 #44

Sammy Davis, Jr. PassingFair Mar 2012 #47

Not very many. oneshooter Mar 2012 #50

Probably Richard Petty auburngrad82 Mar 2012 #51

I heard Deng Xiao-ping speak live once in Beijing from Tian-an Men. geardaddy Mar 2012 #53

Quite a few. RebelOne Mar 2012 #54

I used to own a limousine service and met all kinds of people RedEarth Mar 2012 #59

Anyone that you didn't think was nice or that was outright nasty? geardaddy Mar 2012 #64

I would guess there were, but none really stand out other RedEarth Mar 2012 #69

Cool. geardaddy Mar 2012 #72

Depends on what you consider "famous" Xithras Mar 2012 #60

The first who was famous when I met him was Timothy Leary. He was also the most interesting. ohiosmith Mar 2012 #61

Ann Arbor circa 1971 GeorgeGist Mar 2012 #62

Who IS that? PassingFair Mar 2012 #102

The FIRST?? DFW Mar 2012 #63

First politician for me that was federal level would probably be Rep George Gekas LynneSin Mar 2012 #66

I never met Castle, but also heard he was a decent guy DFW Mar 2012 #67

Delaware is a closed primaries and we have some serious mouthbreathers in Slower Delaware LynneSin Mar 2012 #70

These two: LWolf Mar 2012 #65

Jim Morrison. And two guys who were in Hollywood movies but forgot their names, so doesn't count. freshwest Mar 2012 #68

Jerry Brown, when he was Attorney General of CA, several years ago... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2012 #71

The first, you say. Then that would be Sen "Sam" Ervin (D), NC. Moondog Mar 2012 #73

I've played very nerdy boardgames with one of the singers Codeine Mar 2012 #74

Dale Ellis, when he was with the Sonics Broken_Hero Mar 2012 #75

Probably 1974, I'm at the Munich Olympic Stadium indoor bicycle track for a concert. MiddleFingerMom Mar 2012 #76

i used to work in hollywood, barbtries Mar 2012 #77

I had a friend in public school whose mother was friends with Margaret Trudeau. I saw her a few applegrove Mar 2012 #78

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Met in person - Desi Arnaz Jr. IDemo Mar 2012 #81

Jimmy Carter at a book signing. He told me my baby daughter was beautiful. n/t LibDemAlways Mar 2012 #82

the last was Michelle Obama handmade34 Mar 2012 #84

Fran Tarkenton. onehandle Mar 2012 #85

I met them before they were ever remotely famous. Then fame happened. kwassa Mar 2012 #87

mostly sports stars Bombero1956 Mar 2012 #88

I so totally love Lynn Anderson. What a voice! stevedeshazer Mar 2012 #90

John McCain! progressoid Mar 2012 #91

Steve McQueen OxQQme Mar 2012 #92

Tom Landry WolverineDG Mar 2012 #93

Dr. Salk emilyg Mar 2012 #94

Stanley Kubrick meti57b Mar 2012 #95

Noel Harrison. madamesilverspurs Mar 2012 #96

mine.. AsahinaKimi Mar 2012 #97

Two nearly back to back Bluzmann57 Mar 2012 #98

Joel McCrea chromotone Mar 2012 #100

Vince Gil Amaril Mar 2012 #101

Harold "Doc" Edgerton, pioneer in high speed strobe photography woofless Mar 2012 #103

Pick Temple Kingofalldems Mar 2012 #104

Mr. Cub himself...Ernie Banks. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2012 #105

Beau Bridges-Dick Van Dyke rustydog Mar 2012 #106

Elizabeth Taylor. CTyankee Mar 2012 #107

Gene Autry and Champion. rurallib Mar 2012 #108

Robert Duval in Tioga Texas Dragonbreathp9d Mar 2012 #109

pistol pete maravitch Danmel Mar 2012 #110