Celebrities

[Midway Hawker]

No.

 

 

[-D-RocK-]

Wow Softlifter,

 

Now that's "Old Time Hockey" if I ever heard. Great memories I bet!

[Rush!]

QUOTE (Necromancer @ Nov 21 2006, 07:46 PM)

Wrestling: JUST ABOUT ALL OF THEM. Very personal connections with... Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, Chyna, Ivan Putski, Andre the Giant, Ultimate Warrior (TOTAL ASSHOLE ), Ric Flair, Jesse "the Body" Ventura, The Samoan Swat Team and Afa, RVD, Tommy Dreamer, prolly more but I can't remember them all. Nash was twice actually.

As a huge pro wrestling fan, that is really, really cool. Especially Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, & Mick Foley. 3 of my favorite wrestlers. You know Necro, there's a DVD out about The Ultimate Warrior's wrestling career called "The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior". It came out last year I'm pretty sure, I don't own it though but I want it. A lot of people commented on him being an asshole, Triple H I think said he acted very unprofessional. BTW Necro, you say you forgot a few, ever meet The Rock, Steve Austin, Triple H, Kane, or my favorite wrestler: The Undertaker?

[rushengal]

I've met Dan Akyroyd back when he did a citizenship court in Kingston in 2000 (my mom worked at them back then so my family always went, nice way to pass Canada Day).

I've met Ron McLean when he was here as part of FebFest (downtown, lots of hockey)

And my brother was lucky enough to have his picture taken!

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/rushengal/1.jpg

 

I'm behind the lens.

[PW_Guitarist]

Wow, some pretty cool stories here, mine are pale by comparison...

 

I met Kim Mitchell in 1999 when my old band opened for him. He was a really nice guy and a class act, we chatted a bit.

 

I saw Stevie Wonder at Sam Ash in NYC in 1998, but I am pretty sure he didn't see me

 

I also saw Dan Akroyd at the Cocamo in Kingston when we played there in 2003. He asked our singer's then-girlfriend for a drink at the Blues club next door. Our singer didn't object, and Dan was a gentleman.

 

I never met Rush, but the closest I've been was behind the press cordon at the ceremony when they were inducted in the Order of Canada in 1997.

[GeddyRulz]

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Nov 22 2006, 12:20 PM)

Bill Bruford and Adrienne Barbeau.

And those were both recently!

[circumstantial tree]

QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Nov 24 2006, 03:50 PM)

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Nov 22 2006, 12:20 PM) Bill Bruford and Adrienne Barbeau. And those were both recently! No, I met Bill Bruford around 2002. I met Adrienne over a month ago.

[goose]

Martin Short, in Vegas

 

Jack Lemon via my sister (she was sweater supplier to the stars, for while)

 

Had dinner a few times with Lute Olsen, back in my coaching days (grills a mean burger)

 

Shawn Estes, MLB

 

Several ex-NFL are friends

 

This may be the first time I've ever really thought about this. None of them seemed "famous", just very, very nice.

 

 

[rushgoober]

 

I took Robin (my wife) to the airport today (she's visiting her family for Thanksgiving). While waiting on line for her flight (that got cancelled, btw, causing us to go through an extremely long wait to get her rebooked on a later flight ) we saw none other than Ron Jeremy!

 

Ron Jeremy, for those that don't know, has supposedly been in more porn movies than like anyone, ever - well over a thousand. I know him from The Surreal Life (the same season that featured Erik Estrada, Vanilla Ice, Tammy Faye Baker, etc.).

 

A couple of things were noticably funny about the situation. First of all, what was he doing in Medford, Oregon? Secondly, he looked so like an ordinairy guy who was as flustered as everyone was trying to re-book a flight and running back and forth between various airline counters in a small airport trying to work things out. For a mega porn star, the guy is really pretty short and ordinairy looking, which was also funny. Apparently he's "gifted" in other ways than his stunning good looks that give him his success.

 

He didn't have an entourage, had very un-fancy looking luggage and was wearing a t-shirt and sweatpants. If we hadn't recognized him from that show, he would've looked like any other regular shlub.

 

Acutally, he looked very approachable and friendly, if understandably flustered. If circumstances were different, we might have said hello.

 

Anyway, it was cool to have a celebrity sighting here. It doesn't happen very often since I left the L.A. area...

[anagramking]

We met Bobby Flay at a book signing at Borders here in Chicago recently.

[ReRushed]

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Nov 18 2007, 04:33 PM)

I took Robin (my wife) to the airport today (she's visiting her family for Thanksgiving). While waiting on line for her flight (that got cancelled, btw, causing us to go through an extremely long wait to get her rebooked on a later flight ) we saw none other than Ron Jeremy! Ron Jeremy, for those that don't know, has supposedly been in more porn movies than like anyone, ever - well over a thousand. I know him from The Surreal Life (the same season that featured Erik Estrada, Vanilla Ice, Tammy Faye Baker, etc.). A couple of things were noticably funny about the situation. First of all, what was he doing in Medford, Oregon? Secondly, he looked so like an ordinairy guy who was as flustered as everyone was trying to re-book a flight and running back and forth between various airline counters in a small airport trying to work things out. For a mega porn star, the guy is really pretty short and ordinairy looking, which was also funny. Apparently he's "gifted" in other ways than his stunning good looks that give him his success. He didn't have an entourage, had very un-fancy looking luggage and was wearing a t-shirt and sweatpants. If we hadn't recognized him from that show, he would've looked like any other regular shlub. Acutally, he looked very approachable and friendly, if understandably flustered. If circumstances were different, we might have said hello. Anyway, it was cool to have a celebrity sighting here. It doesn't happen very often since I left the L.A. area...

The Hedgehog in person!

[J0N]

Er, have met and spoken to all of Ash and Devildriver, and Gordon Ramsey, all of whom came to my town either to make a tv show or play a small set at a music shop near me (for some reason they attract big bands there) Saw mr Ramsey in a coffee shop, and hes actually quite a nice bloke.

[rushgoober]

QUOTE (ReRushed @ Nov 18 2007, 03:54 PM)

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Nov 18 2007, 04:33 PM) I took Robin (my wife) to the airport today (she's visiting her family for Thanksgiving).  While waiting on line for her flight (that got cancelled, btw, causing us to go through an extremely long wait to get her rebooked on a later flight  ) we saw none other than Ron Jeremy! Ron Jeremy, for those that don't know, has supposedly been in more porn movies than like anyone, ever - well over a thousand.  I know him from The Surreal Life (the same season that featured Erik Estrada, Vanilla Ice, Tammy Faye Baker, etc.). A couple of things were noticably funny about the situation.  First of all, what was he doing in Medford, Oregon?  Secondly, he looked so like an ordinairy guy who was as flustered as everyone was trying to re-book a flight and running back and forth between various airline counters in a small airport trying to work things out.  For a mega porn star, the guy is really pretty short and ordinairy looking, which was also funny.  Apparently he's "gifted" in other ways than his stunning good looks that give him his success. He didn't have an entourage, had very un-fancy looking luggage and was wearing a t-shirt and sweatpants.  If we hadn't recognized him from that show, he would've looked like any other regular shlub. Acutally, he looked very approachable and friendly, if understandably flustered.  If circumstances were different, we might have said hello.  Anyway, it was cool to have a celebrity sighting here.  It doesn't happen very often since I left the L.A. area... The Hedgehog in person! Yep!   I was talking to my friend Bill (Grandpa Grizz) about this, and he had heard he was in town from a co-worker. I looked it up online and he had done a book signing for a couple of nights at some huge adult store in Medford. Now I know why he was here!

[pt2112]

QUOTE (D-13 @ Nov 22 2006, 02:05 PM)

Martin Gelina (former Calgary Flame) When I was going to TO he was sitting a row back on the plane...then after we were like...hey...can I have a pic? and then he started talking to us for like 5 mins! that was cool.

That's pretty awesome.

 

I have met Wendal Clark at the ACC. Got an autographed picture of him too.

[Ancient Ways]

I've run into a ton of football players and other sports stars including:

Ricky Bell, Richard "Batman" Woods, Leroy Selmon, Warrick Dunn, Ryan Nece, Fred McGriff, Chris Gratton, Rodney Marsh, Mamadou Diallo, Carlos Valderama, Vince Naimoli, Vinny Testaverde and more.

 

Wrestlers: Big Show, Dusty Rhoads, Hulk Hogan, Edge, and a bunch more I can;t think of now.

 

Some odd ones: Morgan Fairchild, Big Pun.

 

There's a bunch more but I don't have a list or anything....

[Slime]

I met Bret Hart at a flea market in Nova Scotia when I was about 11. It was cool.

[Magnus]

[Jack Aubrey]

GhostGirl, George C. Scott, Roy Scheider, and Jay Leno.

[GhostGirl]

QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Nov 19 2007, 03:26 PM)

GhostGirl, George C. Scott, Roy Scheider, and Jay Leno.

 

[ALifeson85]

Most of the celebs I have met were at Horror conventions, lol - but it was cool! Iv'e met...

 

Shawnee Smith (SAW 1-3, The Blob 1988 remake, and TV's Becker) Met het TWICE, in fact, hehe

 

Tobin Bell (SAW 1-4, and TV's The Kill Point)

 

J. LaRose (SAW 3) Met HIM twice, as well! VERY cool dude.

 

Noam Jenkins (SAW II, and TV's The State Within)

 

Tim Burd (SAW II, Resident Evil:Apocolypse)

 

Tony Nappo (SAW II, Four Brothers)

 

Leigh Whannell (SAW, The Matrix Revolutions)

 

Danielle Harris (Halloween 4-5, Halloween 2007)

 

Doug Bradley (Hellraiser series)

 

Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters 1-2, The Crow)

 

Kathleen Kinmont (Halloween 4, Bride Of Re-Animator)

 

Courtney Gains (Childern Of The Corn, Halloween 2007)

 

Sid Haig (The Devil's Rejects, Jackie Brown)

 

Tony Todd (Candyman, Final Destination)

 

...and now a couple celebs I met, but NOT at horror convemtions...

 

comedian Bill Burr (Comedy Central Presents, HBO Half-Hour Comedy Special, and a few episodes of Chappelle's Show)

 

Scotti Hill (guitarist for Skid Row) I met him one night when my friends' band opened up for them a couple years ago. Really cool guy, too.

 

 

 

 

[Ya_Big_Tree]

Let's see how many I can remember...

 

Carl Palmer - meet and greet

Tony Levin - meet and greet

The Trailer Park Boys (Ricky, Julian and Bubbles) on 2 occasions

Geddy Lee - a private function

Jay Gordon (he actually followed me around to a few stores, then I finally approached him, it was weird)

Gale Harold (I literally bumped into him on the set of Queer as Folk )

Chris O'Donnell (Him and Micheal Keaton filmed a movie around my old house)

Trent Reznor (too weird to even explain how that happened)

Father Goose

Kim Mitchell

Joey and Corey from Slipknot

Rick Mercer

Brian McCabe

Kent Manderfield

Wendel Clark

Doug Flutie

A few of the Toronto Argos I forget which ones

A few Blue Jays

Quite a few of the old Leafs

 

 

ahh there is more: brain not functioning

 

 

 

Sightings:

Samuel L. Jackson

Billy Bob Thornton

Richard Geere

Kos

TV on the Radio

Weird Al Yankovic

Dali Llama

Chad Micheal Murray

Paris Hilton

Elisha Cuthbert

Neil Peart

Alex Lifeson

Howard Stern

Billy Corgan and all the Pumpkins

Meg and Jack White

 

And loads more, especially durring TIFF.

 

 

 

[pt2112]

QUOTE (Ya_Big_Tree @ Nov 19 2007, 06:42 PM)

Let's see how many I can remember... Carl Palmer - meet and greet Tony Levin - meet and greet The Trailer Park Boys (Ricky, Julian and Bubbles) on 2 occasions Geddy Lee - a private function Jay Gordon (he actually followed me around to a few stores, then I finally approached him, it was weird) Gale Harold (I literally bumped into him on the set of Queer as Folk ) Chris O'Donnell (Him and Micheal Keaton filmed a movie around my old house) Trent Reznor (too weird to even explain how that happened) Father Goose Kim Mitchell Joey and Corey from Slipknot Rick Mercer Brian McCabe Kent Manderfield Wendel Clark Doug Flutie A few of the Toronto Argos I forget which ones A few Blue Jays Quite a few of the old Leafs

Quite an insane list.

 

What was McCabe like?

[Sark]

A few Minnesota Vikings in the early/ mid 80's

 

Kent Hrbek of the Minnesota Twins (a few years ago)

 

Hawk and Animal of the Road Warriors (wrestlers)

 

Joe Satriani

 

[Ya_Big_Tree]

QUOTE (pt2112 @ Nov 19 2007, 06:50 PM)

QUOTE (Ya_Big_Tree @ Nov 19 2007, 06:42 PM) Let's see how many I can remember... Carl Palmer - meet and greet Tony Levin - meet and greet The Trailer Park Boys (Ricky, Julian and Bubbles) on 2 occasions Geddy Lee - a private function Jay Gordon (he actually followed me around to a few stores, then I finally approached him, it was weird) Gale Harold (I literally bumped into him on the set of Queer as Folk  ) Chris O'Donnell (Him and Micheal Keaton filmed a movie around my old house) Trent Reznor (too weird to even explain how that happened) Father Goose Kim Mitchell Joey and Corey from Slipknot Rick Mercer Brian McCabe Kent Manderfield Wendel Clark Doug Flutie A few of the Toronto Argos I forget which ones A few Blue Jays Quite a few of the old Leafs Quite an insane list.   What was McCabe like? He's huge!   I met him at a Tool show in Hamilton. I was sitting right behind him for the whole night. He's a nice guy, but just a wall!

[Frankie7]

Roger Hodgson, that's it.