When I was in college in the early 70s, I worked at a boys camp in western Massachusetts as a nature counselor. Basically, I got paid to hike through the woods. When I showed up the second year, I walked up to the nature cabin to start cleaning up the place before the campers arrived. When I walked in, the camp director was talking to a gentlemen and his son about the different day hikes and backpacking trips that we took. Bert looked at me and said "Jack, I would like to introduce to our backpacking leader." Turns out it was Jack Klugman who was starring in The Odd Couple on TV. Since I didn't watch much TV, I had no idea who he was so I didn't say or do anything foolish. However, a few hours later when I went down for dinner, several of the staff were very excited about having seen Jack Klugman. I stated that I had shook his hand and could someone tell me why he was famous. Needless to say I got a hard time for not getting his autograph!
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