Brush with greatness

[Jshep34 2308]

Enjoyed the previous discussion.  

Mine is all Astros related.  Other brush with "fame" is my ex-wife. 

https://www.denverpost.com/2010/02/24/hospital-tech-who-spread-hep-c-via-drug-thefts-gets-30-years/ 

This 5 years after our divorce. 

[Jimbaround 975]

4 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

Enjoyed the previous discussion.  

Mine is all Astros related.  Other brush with "fame" is my ex-wife. 

https://www.denverpost.com/2010/02/24/hospital-tech-who-spread-hep-c-via-drug-thefts-gets-30-years/ 

This 5 years after our divorce. 

Yikes, good thing you cut bait. 

[KaiserSoze 998]

This thread seems gay, but whatever. I posted the full story on the old board but the short of it is that I introduced myself and shook hands with Prince William and then got him to take a pic with my wife and MIL... who prior had mocked me for the idea. I'm divorced now and fuck them, but I made it happen.

[Radical Larry 28621]

I can vibrate through walls. 

[chikin23 384]

If the story doesn't involve Matt Bullard then you didn't have a brush with greatness.

[KaiserSoze 998]

FACT

[KaiserSoze 998]

The calvacade of stars I've met and/or interviewed for work over the last 8 years is pretty ridiculous... it'd be unfair to unload the stories here. Matt Bullard is a fucking ICON 

 

FWIW I'm high as balls right now and it feels beautiful

Edited March 27, 2018 by KaiserSoze

[markstanco 12577]

Same humble brag from the old thread. 

 

Drank wine with Lou holtz and dan Quayle in crows nest at Augusta when I played there. 

[Shoxthemonkey 1981]

Same one as before. Neil Armstrong's brother is a golf buddy. I have had the honor to play a couple of holes with them. Made a birdie and got a "nice putt" from NA.

[uoftorange 1386]

I ran over Bill Gates coming out of a bathroom at Dell once.  His handlers weren't happy with me but he was really cool about it 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

I live 3-4 minutes away from Matt Cullens house

[Art Vandelay 1712]

I got to give Cameron Crowe a tour of my company's offices, which he was scouting for a film location. Really cool, down to earth dude.

[Baboontyme 2812]

I sat with Tyler Ulis' Mom, Dad and Grandma at an NBA game. Still starstruck. They were very nice. 

[Caver60 395]

One night I was eating dinner at Bohanans with my ex-wife. I started noticing a few burly dudes around the bar area who were wearing suits and earpieces, so I leaned over and told her, "There's about to be somebody important up in here." Sure enough, a couple of minutes later Vicente Fox walked out of the elevator.

My ex is latina and she sorta had a thing for him, so she was giving him the hard stare and smiling at him. He handled it perfectly - he noticed her and then looked directly at me, walked up to our table and shook my hand. Then he shook hers too. He was pretty slick about the whole thing.

Strange, but I've also met Ernesto Zedillo. I haven't ever met an American President.

[lateshow 1304]

I got a handjob from your mom.

[jimmyjazz 45957]

15 minutes ago, lateshow said:

I got a handjob from your mom.

Coulda had a bush with greatness.

[The Dude 1244]

I’ve been fishing with Sammy Kershaw

 

And to just go ahead and get this out of the way:

I did in fact go near the water

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

14 hours ago, chikin23 said:

If the story doesn't involve Matt Bullard then you didn't have a brush with greatness.

Do Rudy T and Sophie drinking at Volcano stories count? 

Edited March 27, 2018 by ShaggyBevo RIP

[Amos Moses 795]

I’ve run into and chatted with:

Arnold Schwarzenegger at a Cavenders in Austin;

Roger Clemens at a bar in SA;

Larry Bird at the United Club in Newark;

Bill Belichick on Bourbon Street.

[Chad Fuck 17682]

I met Chuck Berry and he signed a record for me.

I met Bo Diddley after jumping onstage and going behind the curtain after a show.

I opened for Junior Brown once.  

I stood inline behind Kenny G at airport security in Tokyo.  Didn't speak with him, but he gave off the air of an entitled douchebag. 

 

 

[Reagan1k 3024]

Went to a wedding in VA...bride was a college friend of my wife.  Community was pretty exclusive and they had booked a small restaurant for the rehearsal dinner.  Restaurant was closed to the public for the party and they had locked the door once all the guests arrived.  During the cocktail hour I was standing by the door and heard someone pulling on it and knocking on the glass.

I walked over, looked through the window and saw Robert Duvall trying to get in.  I told him..."Sorry, they're closed.  Private party."  He thanked me and left. 

We used to eat at Michaels in Vegas when it was in the Barbary Coast.  There were always celebs in there.  Sat next to Don King once.  Another time I passed Dean Smith and Roy Williams leaving  as we walked in.

[HouTex 1867]

I was about 4 feet away from The Great One at last year's Dell Match Play.  His wife belongs in the over 40 NSAA thread.

[Art Vandelay 1712]

Another one....I met BB King in about 1988/89 in an airport and had him sign my cassette tape of U2's Rattle & Hum, which he appeared in. He was cool.

[Ogie Ogilthorpe 639]

Just found out a few months back I live 4 doors down from Chris Sale. Keeps to himself, very modest house for someone with his contract

[Scary Stranger 1715]

Went out drinking with the band Pavement one night in London.  Played pinball with Stephen Malkmus, got a gyro with the guitar player and had the drummer tell me how the CIA was trying to kill him.  That dude was super high. 

[ulukinatme 1763]

I was on an episode of What Would You Do? back in the day.  Mark Summers, yes, THE Mark Summers came up to me and asked me to do something funny for the show, but my 9 year old crossed eyes routine wasn't worthy and so he moved on.  We weren't even supposed to be part of the studio audience, but someone traded tickets with us before the show started.  

Other B-list celebrities I've met are Bruce Campbell and Shawn Michaels.  I marked out when meeting HBK....and sadly I was in my early 20s.  

[wild_turkey 3159]

Chatted with John Wooden at a diner in Encino. 

Held the door open for Heidi Klum at a little shop in St. Barth. 

[Chet Steadman 940]

I hung out with Don King and Ricky Schroeder at a small private event during W’s second inauguration.  Had no idea who Ricky Schroeder was but his wife was hot.  Seemed like a cool dude.  

Also hit Bill Russell with an errant shot off the tee box on a course in California.  I did not apologize.  

[HouTex 1867]

13 hours ago, Chet Steadman said:

I hung out with Don King and Ricky Schroeder at a small private event during W’s second inauguration.  Had no idea who Ricky Schroeder was but his wife was hot.  Seemed like a cool dude.  

Also hit Bill Russell with an errant shot off the tee box on a course in California.  I did not apologize.  

could you see him when you hit? 

[South Austin 52509]

Mine are unremarkable.

Sat in Matthew McCaughnay's box at DKR in 2007. He wasn't there, but I got to hang out with his mom, who is one cool gal.

Ricky Williams' daughter was on my daughter's volleyball team a couple years ago. He came to one of the games and couldn't hide his boredom, but let's face it, neither could any of us. Fourth graders suck at volleyball. I sat a few chairs from him, but left him alone because I didn't want to be annoying fanboy.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I don’t know if these are great, but fall under the famous category. 

Worked in the studio with:

beyonce, weezer, lil keke, pinkus from butthole surfers, exchanged a few letters with Henry Rollins, almost ran over Ian mackeye as he came out of the Black Cat in DC, went to mrs fields with Chaka Malik of Orange 9mm (probably too obscure for this list), worked with Porcell (Judge, Youth of Today, Shelter, etc).

need to think, there might be a few others. 

[Chad Fuck 17682]

I jammed in my drummer's garage with the Revered Horton Heat.  He used to live next door to the drummer.  I've since crossed paths with him via the drummer numerous times since then.  He's a really great guy.  

[HornPhD 1368]

Met Earl Campbell in the Five Guys on Guadalupe in 2010. Other than his friend and my son (who was 3), we were the only customers. Said hello and shook his hand. 

[Richter 2260]

Had a few at the airport over the years.

Saw both Mack Brown and Steve Patterson on different occasions.

Almost ran into Dax Shepard (pretty sure) in the area by the Salt Lick taco stand.

Sat down one day in one of those more comfortable chairs and looked to my left and I'm sitting right next to Benicio Del Toro.  His thighs were massively fat.  Dude must have glandular issues.

Not in Austin, but was sitting across from Scott Frost one day in Dallas but I had to Google the Oregon coaching staff to figure out which one it was.

[lateshow 1304]

Talked to Jerry Jones and Barry Switzer at a bar in Stuttgart, AR at Duck Gumbo. They were, of course, surrounded by a throng of smokin hot blondes in their early 20s. 

Took shots with Rob Zombie's guitarist in a dive bar in Mountain Home, AR, his hometown. His name escapes me. Probably from the Jagr shots.

[jimmyjazz 45957]

Love the Ricky Williams volleyball story.  My daughter went to elementary school with his son Prince.  You could tell Ricky was super uncomfortable at every school event.  He'd lurk off to the side and was clearly hoping nobody would chat him up.  (Pretty much nobody did.)  Bo Davis (UT defensive line coach) also had a son there.  That kid was sweet on my daughter, which was hilarious, because he was already about 6' tall and sounded like James Earl Jones.

[Lou 264]

Met Tom Landry once when he came and gave an FCA talk.  Wish I still had his autograph.

[RPM 26321]

45 minutes ago, lateshow said:

Talked to Jerry Jones and Barry Switzer at a bar in Stuttgart, AR at Duck Gumbo.

You had the chance to take them both out at the same time and did nothing?

 

Negged.

[Art Vandelay 1712]

2 hours ago, Richter said:

Had a few at the airport over the years.

Same. In addition to the BB King autograph I mentioned earlier, which happened in an airport, I've seen Lyle Lovett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Junior Brown, Craig Way and RC Slocum in airports and/or had them on my flight. I've also sat next to Tom Penders and Kelly Willis on flights.

Penders was hilarious. This was when he was still coaching at UT. He came on board with a bag of Taco Bell and was slamming jack & cokes. Nice guy. He was more interested in hearing about what I did for a living than talking about himself. Kelly Willis was sweet but she slept most of the flight (or pretended to?)

EDIT: didn't mean to imply Penders was "greatness" (or RC and Craig Way for that matter)

Edited March 28, 2018 by Art Vandelay

[Angry Gorilla 1768]

Played pool with Ron Jeremy
Sat next to Herman Cain while playing blackjack.  He drank white wine the whole time.
Rode the elevator up with Urijah Fabor
Walked past Guy Fieri in airport
Met Durant in Northpark Mall when the Thunder were playing the Mavs in the playoffs
 

[ulukinatme 1763]

28 minutes ago, Angry Gorilla said:

Played pool with Ron Jeremy
 

I'll bet he was pretty good with the stick

[Ogie Ogilthorpe 639]

Airport encounters:

Matt Hoffman - Chicago

Edge and the Hurricane (wrestlers) - Minneapolis

Kevin Nealon - on my flight - Ft Myers

Kenny Omega (wrestler)- Winnipeg

Dennis Franz, Billy Baldwin - Calgary

Undertaker - Austin

Def Leppard - Sat in front of the Minneapolis to Winnipeg - drummer had 2 arms at the time

Terrell Owens - Atlanta (he was eating Popeye's)

Others:

Played street hockey with Dale Hawerchuk as a kid, he lived next to a friend

Sat beside Sandra Bullock at Shady Grove

 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

On 3/27/2018 at 1:35 PM, Reagan1k said:

We used to eat at Michaels in Vegas when it was in the Barbary Coast.  There were always celebs in there.  Sat next to Don King once.  Another time I passed Dean Smith and Roy Williams leaving  as we walked in.

Was one of my favorite places in the world to eat--probably been a dozen times or more. Always felt like a mobster was going to get whacked there.

Edited March 28, 2018 by Cheeseweasel

[Poolflood 845]

Keep seeing this thread and reading it as "BUSH with greatness". 

[ulukinatme 1763]

1 minute ago, Ogie Ogilthorpe said:

Airport encounters:

Edge and the Hurricane (wrestlers) - Minneapolis

Kenny Omega (wrestler)- Winnipeg

Undertaker - Austin

 

WWE was in town one night and some of my buddies happened to go out to a bar that some of the wrestlers were at.  Edge was there, along with JBL, Finley, some other dudes I don't remember, and Hornswoggle.  As my buddy is havin' a drink, a glass mug narrowly missed his head and shattered against the wall next to him.  He immediately got up all pissed, not sure where the mug came from, until he realized that Hornswoggle was the one who threw it.  Given the company he was sitting with, my buddy decided to sit back down.  The wrestlers were cool though, they paid their tab and then quickly got the hell out of there.

[lateshow 1304]

Jerry Springer and I were at the same terminal at O'Hare

[Ldogg53 514]

In HS we used to play pickup games of hoops with Rodney Hampton when he was playing for the Giants. 

Hung out with Joe Rogan at a bar one night.

Worked for UT Athletics my last year in Austin(1997-98) so got to meet tons of people there as well as our athletes. Too many to list.

Know Leland Sklar and his wife fairly well.  Enough so that we've been to each other's homes. (he's one of the most famous bass guitarists)

 

Otherwise I've met a bunch just randomly in life.  Dustin Hoffman, George W Bush,  Chelsea Clinton, Heather Locklear, Robert and Jonathon Kraft(and a bunch of 2001 Patriots), Dennis Miller, Boomer Esiason, Lamar Lathon, Jack Pardee, Bryan Cox, Warren Moon, Craig Biggio, Moises Alou, Vinny Castilla, Jose Cruz, Billy Gibbons, Willie Nelson

[lateshow 1304]

2 hours ago, RPM said:

You had the chance to take them both out at the same time and did nothing?

 

Negged.

I know. I'm an asshole. 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe 639]

Was in Austin airport once and Nick Saban was paged.

[FizzleFish 137]

Took a piss next to Emmitt Smith at some movie theater on riverside back when the cowboys had training camp at St Ed’s (or where’re it was).