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Kali

(55,025 posts)
89. met and ate lunch with cast of Young Guns II
Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:51 AM
Nov 2022

some scenes were filmed here on the ranch. took my copy of Repo Man for Emilio Estevez to sign. he was amused.

there have been others but that one just came to mind when I read some of the other replies.

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
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