OT - famous people you've randomly seen in public
My list....
John Elway: Hotel lobby of the Amway Grand in GR.
Bug Selig: Amongst a crowd of people while leaving UM at Wisky in 1999. He was incredibly nice and I was suprised that nobody else recognized him.
Nick Nolte: Just before 2 AM in a downtown Pittsburgh pizza joint. He looked rough.
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its not as glamourous as TV makes it out to be, but it can be pretty interesting nevertheless.
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Wish I could say the same. One of my closest friends growing up through HS raped and murdered a 4 year old boy, some years after we lost contact in the 90s. It was big news in Downriver in 2005. You never really know a person.
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Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson: Dining in Los Angeles
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Kinear came into the Brown Jug while I was tending bar and he was shooting a movie in the law quad.
LaVar Burton in the Ugli a few summers ago.
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Legit ran into Barry walking at the Palace. We were both looking in different directions and his head hit my chest. I apologized, but he still seemed irritated. "I'm sorry Mr. Sanders" is all I could think to say.
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Barry Sanders at the Tulsa airport. He checked into the flight 5 minutes before boarding. He sat 2 rows ahead of me on the flight.
I came up with the perfect line, but unfortunately it was a day later.
I was going to ask him "Are you the brother of the famous Northwestern running back, Byron Sanders."
I'm sure that would have brought a smile to his face.
Adrian Dantley at the checkout counter of the original Dunham's at NW & Orchard Lake Rd.
Vinnie Juhnson, Kelly Tripuka, and Jim Northrup in the same night at Ginopolos at 12 mile and Middlebelt.
Talked to Jim Northrup for about 15 minutes. He was lamenting about how little money he made with the Tigers compared to the players of today.
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he was flying coach with his son who was prolly about 10 at the time.
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3 of them random, here in SW Michigan (he had lived near Berrien Center, MI along the St Joseph River for many, many years before moving back to the Louisville area several years ago).
The most memorable encounter I had, though, was at a small sporting event, a Little League Baseball tournament about a dozen years ago. Ali was at Eaton Park in St Joe to cheer for his own son, who played for the Howard Township LL All-Star team; I was there in support of my nephew, who played for the New Carlisle (IN) All Stars. Saw Ali arriving just before the end of my nephew's game (a win), so I stuck around to watch Ali's son's team also win, which set up a head-to-head clash between the two teams the following day.
Because of on-and-off rain, the crowd was pretty small the next day (though word got around at the complex of Ali being there and many fans, parents, and ballplayers came over for a glimpse and/or pictures), so I and my son had the opportunity to meet Ali.
Knowing from the day before that Ali would likely be there again, I dug up an old pair of boxing gloves that had belonged to an uncle who used to box (as a youth, in the Gold Gloves Tournament in Grand Rapids), and brought the gloves along, hoping for an autograph.
Ali seemed to enjoy interacting with the small crowd each day, so I figured it wouldn't do any harm to ask him to sign the gloves (but not until after the game). My nephew's team proceeded to beat Ali's son's team, but Ali stayed around to enjoy the post-game adulation, so I grabbed the gloves out of my car and approached the Champ.
Almost on cue, though, as soon as he saw the gloves and heard me ask him, "Champ, could I please have you sign these?", his eyes got big, he quickly made a scowling face, and bellowed, "Who you calling 'chump'??! You want to box me?! You want me to give you a good whoopin'??!
As he took me by complete surprise, he immediately broke into laughter at my reaction and proceeded to sign the gloves, then posed with me and my son and nephew and the gloves . We then actually talked for a minute or two about the game we had both watched, Ali taking particular interest in wishing my nephew good luck with his baseball career. I was just so impressed that he would take the time; he genuinely seemed to be a nice and wonderful man.
I proudly still own those gloves. And selling them is not an option.
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Rupert Grint (dude who plays Ron Weasley) in the West Village in NYC
Neil Patrick Harris in the lobby of my office in the financial district in NYC
Wally Sczerbiack at a beer garden in Stamford, CT
JR Smith at a bar in NYC
Kal Penn at a cousin's wedding (not quite random but I did talk to him and stuff)
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Al Sharpton on a DCA-LGA flight
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Was JR Smith at a random low key bar or do you mean a night club type of place?
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In town filiming "Five year Engagement" I saw him walking with an theater employee on a Friday afternoon.
August 17th, 2015 at 5:32 AM ^
I'm not making my list yet but speaking of Segal I heard from several people that encountered him at Main Street bars during the filming that a frequent pick up line of his was asking "How do you like my dick?" (since he's shown it in films). What a dick!... er, phrasing...
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Nothing like promoting yourself...I suppose moreso his team, but guess he didn't mind being noticed.
August 16th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^
A-Rod
David Spade
Ken Griffey Jr
Muhammad Ali
Million Dollar Man
Shaq
Kobe
Randy Johnson
DMX
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I could go on and on. I got to talk to to Griffey Jr. and walk him to a restaurant. He was the highest person I've ever encountered.
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Damn, you win - upvote! Follow up questions:
- Which stars tipped the best and worst,
- Who was the nicest and nastiest, and
- Who had the worst car given their celebrity?
August 16th, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^
Mark Grace drove the worst car, I'll never forget him hopping out of an 80's Jag with Illinois plates the year he was traded to the D-Backs. Ashtray full of butts and cigarettes in hand. Great guy!
August 16th, 2015 at 3:22 PM ^
A couple days before Motor City Comic Con this year, my wife and I were walking through Twelve Oaks Mall and walked right past Dean Cain, who was apparently in town early for the convetion.
This one is more a local celebrity, but on storm one time we stopped to eat at the Kerby's near the Lodge and Evergreen and unwittingly sat in the booth next to Channel 7 anchorman Stephen Clark.
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- Gil Gerard in LA having dinner with an attractive woman who was not his wife,
- John DeLorean also in LA in a hotel and looked and walked as if he was really drunk,
- Saif Ali Khan in Ann Arbor outside of Lena on Main Street - got pics with!, and
- Jim Harbaugh in Ann Arbor at the Barton Hills fireworks.
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I saw Drew Barrymore playing pool in the 8 ball about 6 years ago. Was not as curvy as you would think based on the big screen...
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the man gets no respect...
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August 16th, 2015 at 4:01 PM ^
I see you 'respected' his personal space. Good on you. I'm sure he appreciated it.
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August 16th, 2015 at 4:59 PM ^
I used to see him there all the time as well. I lived across the street in the neighborhood and he would eat in there all the time with Salley. Buddy's Pizza was awesome, miss that place.