My thrill of a lifetime moment this evening... I so have to share.

[devilgrrl]

Tonight I'm out celebrating my good friend's twelfth annual 39th birthday and go outside for a moment. A group of people were there already, a gentleman offered me a seat which I gratefully declined, as I was comfortable standing up. The guy looked really familiar but I couldn't place the face. As they got up to leave, the gentleman, in a joking manner, instructed one of their crowd not to refer to him as "John Carpenter." :wow: That's who it was!

I don't normally don't do this but I couldn't help myself and blurted, "'They Live' - Great movie!" He says, "Well, the star is right over there!" I say, "Roddy Piper?" He says "Yup." Roddy Piper turns around and says "hello", shakes my hand says all kinds of nice things. It all happened so fast - I was able to complement Mr. Carpenter on 'The Thing' before they split - missed out on 'Dark Star'. What can I say... They were both very friendly and it was totally unexpected and definitely, a pleasant surprise. What a trip.

Thanks for listening.

[huskerlaw]

1. Hey, congrats!

Sounds like we both had great celebrity karma nights!

:toast:

[devilgrrl]

4. Yes!

I have to say, both were super cool... now, I'm like to hugest John Carpenter fan. :7

[The Straight Story]

2. Awesome!

Maybe someday you can meet me too, now that would be amazing :rofl:

[devilgrrl]

8. Too bad Buck Owens died last year...

you'd run into him plenty in Bakersfield. :-)

BTW, I'll be in the area this weekend tubing down the Kern. :-)

[The Straight Story]

9. Sounds like a blast

We need to hook up sometime for some beers and more beers.

I don't think I have ever met someone else who posts on du (except the wife of course).

[devilgrrl]

12. There's a few Bakersfield DUers....

we should have a DU meet up there.... in Freeperville Bakersfield. :evilgrin:

Say, if you and yours enjoy the outdoors, you're in a great place for it. You're close to Lake Isabella, Yosemite, Death Valley, the Coast, etc...

[ET Awful]

24. I'm an ex-Bakersfieldian

Moved in '96 down to LA area, then wound up in Massachusetts somehow :P

[ghostsofgiants]

3. Damn, that's awesome!

[BlooInBloo]

5. motherFUCKER! I *never* meet ANYone! (steaming jealous)

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear devilgrrl!

How fabulous for you!

That is surely the memory of a lifetime!

YOu rock! :yourock:

[REP]

7. Very Cool!

"They Live" is one of my favorites, as is his remake of "The Thing." I wouldn't have been able to help myself, only I would have made an ass out myself, stammering and tripping over my feet.

[devilgrrl]

10. I loved his version of 'The Thing'...

great scary movie. The original with James Arness stands up as well.

[The Straight Story]

11. My wife loves his version of it, is on her list of movies to watch on Halloween

Along with the Fog (the original only) and, of course, the original Halloween movie.

[REP]

13. By The Way

If you have a brother who works for a 'fruity' company, I'm supposed to say :hi:

If you don't, this is not code for anything bad!

[devilgrrl]

14. My brother is a good man - a good man!

Do I know you?

[REP]

15. No, But I Know Him

if he is indeed P who works at A. My husband works there, and I met APW at a Dean thing. They were at our wedding in March.

[devilgrrl]

16. He is P and he does work a A

:hi: :-)

[sarge43]

17. One word - Starman.

He, Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges made that film a joy to watch.

(Double Dutch Apple Pie)

[Lost4words]

18. Who are these folks of which you talk?

John Carpenter?

Roddy Piper?

I dont get out much!

[devilgrrl]

20. info...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Piper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live

[Lost4words]

22. I hate being sent to wikipedia!

you could have said they were movie types! :popcorn: 8643

[Shine]

19. Cool story!!

I also liked the part about going out to celebrate your friend's "12th annual 39th b'day". Too funny. Sounds like a great tradition. :D

:hi:

[devilgrrl]

21. There's a lot Jack Benny jokes too...

we had a great time. :-)

[truedelphi]

23. It is great to know that "They Live!" it up (Still) n /t