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LakeArenal

(28,815 posts) Sat Nov 26, 2022, 08:20 PM Nov 2022

Have you met someone famous? [View all]

On another DU thread is President Joe photobombing two kids! What a memory!!

I have a couple:

I kissed Rod Stewart and Ron Wood and was asked to party with them. Which I couldn’t.
I was 19 and had to get my dad’s car back by 1 am. 🙄

Another: I saw Barack Obama from the sixteenth row. Close enough to feel like I had eye contact. Also I sat in the first row in the VIP section for VP Biden. Definitely had eye contact. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Have you met someone famous? [View all] LakeArenal Nov 2022 OP

I tend to cower when faced would someone famous. I would not like to be acknowledged applegrove Nov 2022 #1

I met Wes Clark a few times. elleng Nov 2022 #2

Shook Senator Paul Simon's hand in Chicago; saw candidate Obama in St. Louis and in Atticus Nov 2022 #3

We live in Iowa, so have had the caucuses to draw famous politicians in to the state rurallib Nov 2022 #4

Oh, I'm thinking running the B&B could have been pretty interesting Nittersing Nov 2022 #10

Oh yeah for sure. rurallib Nov 2022 #21

Shook hands with President Clinton and VP Gore - Lake Tahoe 1996 chicoescuela Nov 2022 #5

Yes, if you consider John King from CNN famous. Elessar Zappa Nov 2022 #6

I remember when Fred Gwynne, Corgigal Nov 2022 #7

Too bad your sister won't remember much. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #52

Plot twist: she was 23. ret5hd Nov 2022 #70

Then she'll always remember it. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #84

This message was self-deleted by its author Baked Potato Nov 2022 #8

WOW! LakeArenal, I am super impressed! skylucy Nov 2022 #9

I am lucky with concerts. Saw so many from first rows. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #51

So I hear you are cute, well..so... haha Prairie_Seagull Nov 2022 #112

Was..... The olden days.... Times they have a change-Ed LakeArenal Nov 2022 #114

I asked Paul Newman for his autograph on the New Orleans lakefront Croney Nov 2022 #11

Years ago ( more than 30) FalloutShelter Nov 2022 #12

How freaking awesome was that?? 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 a kennedy Nov 2022 #20

It was freaking awesome! FalloutShelter Nov 2022 #29

My mom would die happy. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Kablooie Nov 2022 #94

Very cool! Mad_Dem_X Nov 2022 #101

Some correspondence with a pair of world class writers Tetrachloride Nov 2022 #13

Only a few. Ocelot II Nov 2022 #14

That's quite a few. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #37

Yeah, lots of them PJMcK Nov 2022 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author skylucy Nov 2022 #16

I had breakfast and a great morning conversation with Sandra Oh at her house FWIW. NT texasfiddler Nov 2022 #17

Cool LakeArenal Nov 2022 #39

What is she like? She seems so interesting and very thoughtful. oregonjen Nov 2022 #62

She is so down to earth and such a nice person. texasfiddler Nov 2022 #67

What a cool story! oregonjen Nov 2022 #68

My claim to fame - I live next door to Benjamin Ferencz. Earth-shine Nov 2022 #18

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. While they were campaigning for governor Glorfindel Nov 2022 #19

Lake ... Diamond_Dog Nov 2022 #22

Haha. Just think of the memory had I gone to that party. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #40

Sports related.....I met and had my picture with Max McGee of the Champion Green Bay Packers..... a kennedy Nov 2022 #23

Mr Lake is a Green Bay native. He's been to Lambeau but never for a Packer game. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #42

👍🏻 ♥️ 💚 💛 too a kennedy Nov 2022 #47

One I will never forget is meeting Ernie Banks, Mr. Cub when I was 10 rurallib Nov 2022 #24

many times working for a hollywood messenger service dealing with entertainment biz only nt msongs Nov 2022 #25

Jesse Jackson, Hugo Chavez (early days) GreenWave Nov 2022 #26

You radical!!! LakeArenal Nov 2022 #43

I used to wait on Federico Pena when he was running for mayor of Denver Nittersing Nov 2022 #27

Yum! LakeArenal Nov 2022 #44

Wow, that's amazing! Quakerfriend Nov 2022 #28

Got blackout drunk with K D Lang before she was a big star Alpeduez21 Nov 2022 #30

Love K D Lang......what's happened to her?? Don't hear of her anymore. Just loved her. a kennedy Nov 2022 #34

Many in Aspen in the 90s. Celebs interacted a lot more than now and hlthe2b Nov 2022 #31

Hi. I hung out in Aspen in the 70s. DURHAM D Nov 2022 #65

Great time to be there no doubt. Not bad in the late 80s and 90s either. hlthe2b Nov 2022 #72

Wow - K. Hepburn. DURHAM D Nov 2022 #75

For some reason, just going about my very ordinary life, I have run into a lot of them. Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #32

Cool LakeArenal Nov 2022 #45

As a child I attended a speech where LBJ and Lady Bird spoke. badhair77 Nov 2022 #33

I liked Lady Bird. Litter and bluebonnets. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #46

A few years ago - walkingman Nov 2022 #35

Loved Ritchie. Couple songs the background music to some great memories. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #48

i shook BILL CLINTON and SEN RON WYDENS hand in my state Trueblue1968 Nov 2022 #38

My friend got into an elevator with Bill. Said he was kinda rude. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #50

Quite a few relayerbob Nov 2022 #41

Jerry Brown. roamer65 Nov 2022 #49

Several... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #53

So interesting. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #54

What I like... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #66

A few. DURHAM D Nov 2022 #55

Wow! LakeArenal Nov 2022 #59

Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Lester Flatt, Steve Miller, Norton Buffalo, the Ramones jojog Nov 2022 #56

Cool LakeArenal Nov 2022 #61

CSN will always be one of my favs... walkingman Nov 2022 #83

Gretchen Whitmer and Walter Reuther. gibraltar72 Nov 2022 #57

I met Gloria Steinem once at a vegan cafe in NYC. Just said a brief hello and thanked her MLAA Nov 2022 #58

I've met a couple of famous people. Different Drummer Nov 2022 #60

Several, due to where I grew up and live again now happybird Nov 2022 #63

I shook hands with Turbineguy Nov 2022 #64

A few; most from sports. rsdsharp Nov 2022 #69

Met the violinist Sayaka Shoji over tea and sweets after a concert. One of the great ones. HUAJIAO Nov 2022 #71

Talked to Karen Carpenter after a concert. Chipper Chat Nov 2022 #73

I like your close leighbythesea2 Nov 2022 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author Stuart G Nov 2022 #79

Gerard K. O'Neill in 1973 ThoughtCriminal Nov 2022 #76

I spent three hours chatting with Freeman Dyson in his office. NNadir Nov 2022 #77

Andy Warhol 1983 Runningdawg Nov 2022 #78

That would be awesome. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #85

I met George McGovern once, only for a few seconds. Shook his hand after a meeting I attended with Stuart G Nov 2022 #80

I knew Katherine Hepburn a little when I was growing up... First Speaker Nov 2022 #81

Famous, and infamous... LudwigPastorius Nov 2022 #82

Quite a variety. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #86

Dre from outcast. Eko Nov 2022 #87

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones! DFW Nov 2022 #104

Here are some famous-type people I have encountered, most in a work-related situation... GReedDiamond Nov 2022 #88

met and ate lunch with cast of Young Guns II Kali Nov 2022 #89

Over a very long period of time... HoosierDebbie Nov 2022 #90

Mel Brooks GoodRaisin Nov 2022 #91

Muhammed Ali Pas-de-Calais Nov 2022 #92

John waters I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #93

Walt Disney Kablooie Nov 2022 #95

John Kerry and John McCain (pre-Palin) AngryOldDem Nov 2022 #96

I have never been a star-struck individual tazkcmo Nov 2022 #97

I've met a few Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2022 #98

I ate birthday cake with Dizzy Gillespie and spent an hour with Jean Shepard MichaelSoE Nov 2022 #99

I met Johnny Depp once, and comedian Hal Sparks 3 times Mad_Dem_X Nov 2022 #100

Sigh. Love me some Johnny. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #103

I was terribly tongue-tied when I met him. Mad_Dem_X Nov 2022 #109

Sigh. For me, as cool as kissing Rod Stewart. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #111

met lorine green and jack lord when i was a boy. AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #102

Gloria Steinem and Barack Obama. zanana1 Nov 2022 #105

Nice! I would love to meet either or both of them! Mad_Dem_X Nov 2022 #110

I was a campaign volunteer for Obama. zanana1 Nov 2022 #120

Nice to hear! Mad_Dem_X Nov 2022 #123

Most are Racing Drivers or involved with the business. That includes Paul Newman. A HERETIC I AM Nov 2022 #106

I guess it depends how famous is famous (or infamous), and I have been around for a long time, so.. DFW Nov 2022 #107

Cantinflas?? Nittersing Nov 2022 #116

I was in Mexico City in 1972 DFW Nov 2022 #119

In 1967 (maybe '68) I danced with an astronaunt. watrwefitinfor Nov 2022 #108

Here's a 1968 photo of 'Dancing Wally' Schirra on the Deck of USS Essex Donkees Nov 2022 #113

Donkees, many thanks for the clue to my mystery astronaut. watrwefitinfor Dec 2022 #126

I'm happy that the dancing Schirra photo helped you in your search ... Donkees Dec 2022 #127

Briefly exchanged greetings with Joe Biden, shook hands with Bill Clinton. Tommy Carcetti Nov 2022 #115

Jon Ossoff, all of the members of rem, George Takei, & Fred Schneider of B52s. CottonBear Nov 2022 #117

Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh Wicked Blue Nov 2022 #118

I met and had dinner with world-renowned fantasist Harlan Ellison. Aristus Nov 2022 #121

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2022 #122

Kevin Bacon, Richard Simmons, Rosemary Harris, Jimmy Carter nolabear Nov 2022 #124

LakeArenal, I want to link to a couple of threads about President Biden and those kids, highplainsdem Nov 2022 #125

I met Michelle Obama when she was collecting signatures for Barack milestogo Dec 2022 #128

We're you the one behind him smiling? I'm sure that was you!!!! LakeArenal Dec 2022 #129

I was in a row of middle aged women who were screaming over him like he was a movie star. milestogo Dec 2022 #131

Jerry Garcia, Robert F. Kennedy (shook his hand when I was a kid), Art Linkletter. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #130

Too many to list.. n/t TeamProg Dec 2022 #132

Nope... never whistler162 Dec 2022 #133

My husband received an award from Ted Kennedy. Later, we had dinner at his table. I could not figure debm55 Dec 2022 #134

Sat on Earl Scruggs' couch while he played the banjo he had just sold yellowdogintexas Dec 2022 #135

I met and enjoyed lunch with Melvin Calvin WestMichRad Dec 2022 #136