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One I had the displeasure of meeting a few times -- Bing Crosby. My best friend in high school and I had the pleasure of working the host tent for the Crosby Pro-Am three years in a row. Crosby was not only rude to everyone but other major celebrities, he actually slapped his son, Gary, hard enough to knock him down for dropping a plate. Talk about someone who was the exact opposite of his image!
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Katy Perry maybe. Justin probably not. Britney is a question mark. I'm trying to imagine The Red Hot Chili Peppers here.
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I saw Bob Crane in 1977, about six months before he died at the Showboat Dinner Theater in St. Petersburg. It was in a play he had performed many times all over the country, in fact he was performing the play in Arizona when he died. "Beginner's Luck" was a cast of two guys and two girls, Bob's partner was very buxom lady. After the play he came out and sat on the edge of the stage and talked and answered questions for along time and then went to the lobby for autographs and photos. This probably went on six days a week for months.
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Went to see Vanilla Fudge last night in Melbourne, Vince Martell, Carmine Appice, and Mark Stein were very gracious. They came out front of the venue and shook hands and signed autographs, talking to everyone.
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I picked up a new release of theirs about 2002, can't remember the name of the album, they had a different singer but he was good. Just like in the beginning when they broke out covering the Supremes, on this newer one they did an NSYC cover, although I had never heard the song before and thought this is a really good song. They also did Rod Stewart "Do you think I'm Sexy', pretty good version of that as well. |
My dad knew a few well known people. He was in a wedding party where Errol Flynn was also a guest. Errol came with a woman on each arm. He was charming to everyone.
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Once saw Fred Rogers in a restaurant and had the waiter as him if it would be OK if my young (at the time) son came over to meet him. He couldn't have been nicer and even came to our table to say 'good bye' as he was leaving.
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My husband and I were at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, CA years ago. We were in the hotel's restaurant/cocktail lounge and Warren Beatty (before he got married) was sitting in the next booth. He acted like a jerk. He didn't talk to his date at all. He ordered the waiter to bring the phone (before cell phones) to his table. The waiter brought the phone to the table and it just sat there all evening. No one called.
Jill St. John was also at the hotel...and when we went out to have the Valet bring our car around, she was standing next to us, wearing a fur coat. We exhanged words..."Nice day isn't it" "wonderful hotel isn't it" etc. and she was very pleasant. I told my husband that Jill St. John was standing next to us and chatting with us and he didn't believe me...he said " just how do you know that!". When the Valet brought down her Mercedes, the plate said "St. John". |
Living in NYC in olden times I saw many, many celebrities. I would never have had the temerity to approach them when they were going about their own business. Just seeing them was enough. But I did once have lunch with Ricky Nelson once when we were both about 6 years old.
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I was flying home from a business trip through Chicago O'Hare and was sitting at the bar in the American Airlines Admiral Club when Glenn Campbell sat next down to me. We watched the Cubs vs. Mets on the TV and talked baseball for about 15 minutes. Great guy. He had on a light blue western suit that must have cost $2-3K. On another occasion my wife (now ex) and I were in Chicago, flying to Hawaii via Los Angeles and were waiting for the cabin door to close for takeoff when I heard a very familiar laugh coming down the jet way. Ed McMahon and his wife came on board and took the two seats right in front of us in First Class. After takeoff he got up and talked to just about every person within earshot - he is probably the most gregarious person I've ever met. He wanted to know what we did for a living, and had all kinds of questions about our lives. He seemed really interested. His wife, an attractive blonde woman about 20 years younger then him, spent the entire flight working on financial spreadsheets, never talking to anyone. Apparently old Ed just needed someone to talk to . . . . .
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