I got to Race Jeff Gordon in Simulators, Same with Bobby Labonte.
I Also met Micky Mantle in a Card shop who told us some funny Jokes.
:-)
2006-08-09 14:25:43 · 25 answers · asked by D B 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I chatted with "SWEET BABY JAMES" (Taylor) over TEA and LATTE' in the cafe of an "outdoor shop" ...about 'FIRE and RAIN'...and how "MUDSLIDE SLIM" got me and FRIENDS thru a summer in FRANKFURT, GDR.
We talked as if "old-friends" were singing "ISN'T IT NICE TO BE HOME AGAIN". I was visiting,...and he WAS HOME!
Favorite song by JT....from my FRIEND "Ricky"...."MACHINE GUN KELLY" - "Watch out Machine-Gun...don't let it git'cha DOWN...don't let a woman put you six-feet in the GROUND!
The only thing missing...A 'POT-BELLIED' STOVE.
ONE of my FAVORITE DAYS IN LIFE...so far!
2006-08-09 14:48:48 · answer #1 · answered by abe4_thewileyctr 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely hands down it has to be Big Bird!
I met the gentleman who plays Big Bird at Ashford Castle in Ireland! His name is Caroll Spinney. He was vacationing there with his wife.
I don't normally approach famous people since I really think they deserve their space. But I had my then 8 month old son with me and I just could not resist. He did the Big Bird voice for him too.
I was most interested to ask him what it had been like to work with the late Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets. His face lit up describing how much fun they had had over the years. Traveling the world with the Muppets who were much beloved by everyone. (Who can forget the image of Big Bird walking on the Great Wall of China!)
I suppose you'll pick someone who met a famous rock star or sports figure but I'll always cherish my, and my son's visit with this tall gentle man.
2006-08-09 21:47:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was 12 when I got to meet Nelson Rockefeller and Spiro Agnew. Agnew was campaigning and visited Upstate NY. My mother was a "die-hard" Republican (shudder) and I was recruited to don a "Nixon/Agnew" poncho and stand on the platform as Agnew swept by with the then Governor of NY, Rockefeller. My mother was in 7th Heaven and I was wishing I was home watching The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family.
2006-08-09 23:23:24 · answer #3 · answered by nu_shashita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Cowher, head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, along with half the 1995-1996 team. It was AWESOME!
Omarosa from The Apprentice Season One in downtown Cleveland after the cavs lost in the playoffs
2006-08-09 21:32:59 · answer #4 · answered by supermodel_in_ohio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Queen of England who I had lunch with by accident,she is a lady,Jill Anderson(who was great)David Duchovny(who wasn't) Tommy Lee Jones who was gruff but spent fifteen minutes signing autographs and posing for pictures. John Turner, Pierre Trudeau, Lenard Cohen,Pierre Berton, Milton Acorn
2006-08-09 21:37:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived next door to a retired U.S. Congressman for 4 years.....in an Apartment Building in Glendale California... I didn't know until later that President Regan came and stayed the night... most likely partying... also have met ..... Al Gore.. Gerald Ford.
2006-08-09 21:34:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got to meet Alex Trebek, from Jeopardy, and shake his hand back in the mid '90s when Jeopardy had try out for the Teen Tournament in Philadelphia, PA.
2006-08-09 21:31:20 · answer #7 · answered by sanguis_draco 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I met Ozzie Guillen when he was just a player for the Chicago White Sox. Met Clyde Drexler when I was waiting tables in a restaurant once.
2006-08-09 21:49:47 · answer #8 · answered by morris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Clinton, 2 times
2006-08-09 21:32:47 · answer #9 · answered by Scott E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brian Howe former Bad Company singer.Rudy Sarzo and the other guys from Quiet Riot.
2006-08-09 21:40:30 · answer #10 · answered by jewelz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I shook hands with Little Richard, I went to jr high school with Tia and Tamara Mowry (Sister Sister), and made chicken sounds with "Screech" from the original "Saved By the Bell"
2006-08-09 21:34:53 · answer #11 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋