JCC The "So I met a celebrity" thread.

He was probably underused.

 

PG do you live in LA? Ron Perlman is everyyyywhere here. Also Ron Jeremy.

Which reminds me, to add to my list: Ron Jeremy + Kat Von D

 

I need to move out of Minnesota and start meeting these people.

 

You sure it wasn't an escaped gorilla?

 

Jim Gaffigan said hello to me yesterday.

 

Jerry Springer was at my show a few weeks back. It was hilarious watching some woman throw a fit because she couldn't sit in the reserved seats (which were in the shade and she had to sit in the sun) and then how all super nice and polite she got when he showed up.

 

I once caught a flight on an airline which Clint Eastwood frequented.

 

I saw Tom Cruise in person when he filmed 'The Last Samauri' not far from my home town.

Makes me wonder if the mountain we have here is the one that blew the aliens round the world Is it just me or are the stories from a galaxy far, far away a little more believable than Mr Cruises religion?!

 

Aside from knowing several of the football players when I was an undergrad at Notre Dame, I used to see quite a few celebrities when I was working in Manhattan, right next door to the Waldorf, most notably Will Ferrrell, who was dressed up in his full Elf costume right in front of the building I worked in.

Ender Sai, you'll probably enjoy who I didn't meet more: when they were filming "Serendipity" next door at the Waldorf, the crew, tired of answering questions, hung a sign on the back of one of the trucks: "The movie we're filming is called "Serendipity" and it stars John Cusak and some British actress". If only she'd stayed so anonymous.

 

Sure, let's make fun of the guy because of how he looks. You are so shallow, Evan.

 

I saw Stephen Merchant in the Finchley Road Waitrose once upon a time.

 

I saw Fergie from Black Eyed Peas in an airport once. She was ironically browsing in a music store. Obviously didn't approach her, due to respect as a person who would obviously want to be left alone ... I hate travel, and I assume 'celebrities' hate it just as equally.

 

Got to go out for beers once with Dave King (Flogging Molly) and his wife. Others I've met include Bruce Campbell, Michael Moore, Jonathan Demme, Spike Lee, and Bob Ueker.

Spike Lee seemed a bit condescending but was still personable. Mike Moore and Bruce Campbell were the nicest.

 

Duh.

 

Granted I met him at a book signing but Bruce Campbell was super nice.

 

Just today, director Stephan Sommers (of such classics such as Van Helsing and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Crap) was outside of my classroom. He also went to SJU once upon a time.

 

Shook hands with Gerald McRaney when I refueled his plane while he was on a USO tour during Desert Shield. Delta Burke was on the plane too, but she was trying to recover from airsickness, so I never saw her.

Also said hi to Dean Cain on a USO tour in Kuwait.

 

I saw a very minor, local "celebrity" eating in a restaurant once and I didn't go over. I tend to think these people must never get left alone. Let the guy enjoy his meal in peace, right?

 

Oh, well, if we're doing offspring, I once worked a merchandise stall at a science fiction convention with Kenny Baker's son.

 

Nick Cage bought me a drink at the Viper Room in the late 90's.

 

You are the luckiest person alive on the interwebs.

 

I would tell you what the conversation I had with him was about if I could remember it. I think I told him I like his role in Raising Arizona. LOL