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Recent celebrity sighting (here's mine, add yours) ...

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Claws for Concern, Jan 6, 2007.

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  1. Claws for Concern

    Claws for Concern Active Member

    Attended Sunday's round of the Nissan Open.

    In addition to the top golfers in the world, I briefly chatted with Johnny Mathis, an avid golf fan and one of the best singers of all time.
     
    Claws for Concern, Feb 19, 2007
    #145
  2. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    The day after the New Jersey Devils defeated Dallas to win the 2000 Stanley Cup, I was flying home to Toronto and this stunning blonde was in line just in front of me.

    When we got onto the plane, she struggled to get her bag into the overhead compartment. I pulled the old, "Excuse me, let me give you a hand with that." She smiled, holy shit was she good looking -- very natural too. I get to my aisle set three rows down and across from me is this 75-year-old woman.

    She smiles and delivers one of the funniest lines I've ever heard: "Smooth move, young man. But you've got no chance with her."

    I laugh. "Probably not," I say, "But how come you're so sure?"

    The woman looks at me and says, "You mean you don't know who she is?"

    She told me the name, and I didn't know who it was. It turned out she was flying to Toronto to do a live show on MuchMusic (our MTV). A few weeks later, I saw her on the cover of Maxim and her career took off.

    Jessica Simpson.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, Feb 20, 2007
    #146
  3. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Uh-oh. IJAG could have a new target.

    ;D ;D ;D (*ducking*)
     
    Sam Mills 51, Feb 20, 2007
    #147
  4. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    I know of a guy who rode the subway with Neil Young.
     
    slappy4428, Jan 7, 2008
    #148
  5. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    That guy didn't happen to enjoy spaghetti sauce, did he?
     
    mike311gd, Jan 7, 2008
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  6. Chi City 81

    Chi City 81 Guest

    Yep. Straight from the Betsy Crocker cookbook.
     
    Chi City 81, Jan 7, 2008
    #150
  7. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    I heard that's a good sauce. Someone could make a fortune on it and then sell it to a gold-digging bitch before they get sued, teaching that little Punky a lesson. Hypothetically speaking, of course.
     
    mike311gd, Jan 7, 2008
    #151
  8. DougDascenzo

    DougDascenzo Member

    Saw Ivan Lendl at a golf tournament recently.
     
    DougDascenzo, Jan 7, 2008
    #152
  9. jmm1412

    jmm1412 Member

    Saw Gabriel Byrne at a pub in Lexington, KY. (I'm a huge Miller's Crossing fan, so this was something for me.)
    Saw Katie Holmes (pre-Cruise, pre-legal, in fact) at a club in Vegas once. Reggie Miller was in the same club. And Hunter Thompson was yelling into a cell phone in the lobby of the hotel. Fun trip.

    Sat in front of Carrot Top on an Orlando-Charlotte flight.
     
    jmm1412, Jan 7, 2008
    #153
  10. Appgrad05

    Appgrad05 Active Member

    Not even six months after I got into the biz, I thought I killed him.
    It was Duke-Carolina, at Carolina. Anyone who has been in Chapel Hill's press box knows the bathroom is in the media room, and opens up into the room.
    I am coming out, not thinking about what I am doing and throw the door out like I am in a neighborhood saloon and head out.
    Before I could look up, the door and me were hitting Vitale square-on. Turns out he had been next in line.
    He still looks great in TV, but can look frail at times, in person.
    I immediately apologized. He just laughs, pats me on the back and says "It's ok Baby, We're all excited. It should be a good one."

    Saw him a year later, he comes up, pats me on the back again and asks me how I am doing.
     
    Appgrad05, Jan 7, 2008
    #154
  11. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Ha! I saw this thread was revived and remembered the time my buddies and I went to Pizza Hut and saw Ivan Lendl and his family eating dinner in a booth.
     
    BYH, Jan 8, 2008
    #155
  12. Gutter

    Gutter Well-Known Member

    Missed this thread earlier ... I sat next to Jennie Finch on a nine-hour plane ride this summer.

    I've had worse trips.
     
    Gutter, Jan 8, 2008
    #156
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