Interesting People You Have Met Thread

[phork]

So in light of NDinLA, soon to be SB, meeting up with Neuheisel, I thought we could share any kind of brush with fame you might have had in the past.

I'll start with Rosa Parks, met her on a plane from Arkansas to Memphis. Very sweet lady, se even hugged me after our chat. Will never forget it.

George Clinton, yes that George Clinton. Waiting for a flight from Detroit to Dallas. Again, very nice dood, could have chatted all day about music.

When I was but a wee pup my Dad would take me to Detroit Tiger games. This one particular day we were getting autographs near the field when Kirk Gibson walked by. There was probably 5 or 6 kids in a group, me included, who were calling for him to drop by and drop some autographs and hand shakes. This group included one special needs boy who had been waiting a few years to meet his idol Kirk. He walked right by us, less than 4 feet away, without a single acknowledgement.
Luckily for me Buddy Bell of the Texas Rangers happened to be finishing batting practise, I called him over, my Dad snapped some pictures, we got his autograph and chatted for about 10 minutes. Later on my Dad had sent a blown up picture to Buddy care of the Texas Rangers to see if he would autograph it and send it back, he did. One of my favorite people to this day.

 

[RubberSoul]

Jeff Gordon
Al unser
Bobby unser
Ricky craven
Marshall faulk
Kyle petty
Rick flair
Barbara mandrel
Dwight yoakam
Lee greenwood
Talked to don king on the phone
My bro met mike tyson and rik smits

 

[Pa Golden Tate Fan]

I met Jack Lambert today. Ive also met Jimmy Carter and Jerome Bettis. Ive had the pleasure of meeting Rocky Bleier.

 

[NDFANnSouthWest]

Bob Davie (today)
Dan Quail (don't laugh)

Guys I played against/met.
Ty Detmer
Marshall Faulk
Emmit Smith

 

[ShakeDown]

Rick Flair, that's awesome. I don't really have a long list but I will play.

Joe Montana -daughter graduated same year as I did, she was actually in one of my PE blocks.
DickyV - owns The Broken Egg chain down in Sarasota where I live.
Vinny Paz - 5x world champion boxer, came in to help out the boxing team.
Brett Keisel - lived in the same complex as a friend of mine in PA.
Teddy Atlas - world class boxing trainer/held a gun to Mike Tyson's head. Again, came into the boxing room.
SaltyND - haha.

Feel like I might have more but I'm blanking.

 

[Irishnuke]

Met Mike Myers at a Gap in Seattle

 

[ShakeDown]

Bob Davie (today)

EVERYONE'S A LOBO!

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

Guys I played against...

Derek Jeter
Johnny Damon
Matt Beaumont (Team USA pitcher and Posu player)

Others:

Ken Griffey Jr.
Gary Danielson (Went to Cavs game with him and my dad)
Dwayne (Dog) Chapman
Beth Chapman
Bernie Kosar
Ozzie Newsome
Brian Sipe (He and Kosar were playing with my baby sister at the practice facility in Berea, Ohio while Kosar's now ex-wife (Babbett) was rolling her eyes sitting in his Whip.
Joe Charboneau ('81 AL ROTY)
Gerry Faust (A fine man to be sure. Put both of my kids in his lap talking about his grandkids.... I about had tears.) Took pic with him holding my little daughter. Sat with him for almost an hour.
Pete Rose Total D!ck
Kory Minor Stayed with one of the ND punters back in the day for a game with a buddy.... He came to the room in a onesie made of longjohn material looking for beer. It was funny. Excellent guy.
Paula Abdul: When she was hot. lol

Many others...Just drawing a blank right now.

 

[Old Man Mike]

I debated quite a while before deciding to post this, but the evening is slack, so...

When you're on the high side of seventy you have met a lot of people. Whether they were "interesting" or not goes to taste, I suppose, so it is with humility that I tender this list:

1). The only Hollywood type I've met is Shirley MacLaine, Say what you will, she is/was stunningly entrancing;
2). The most famous sportsperson I've met is Jerry West --- as great a guy as he was a basketball player; and of course Nick Buoniconti was on my floor and intramural BBall team at ND;
3). I've known three billionaires. Two were quite upright nice folks: Laurence Rockefeller and Hans-Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein. The Prince offered to meet me and Mother at the Palace and "For her, I will wear my crown";
4). The Dalai Lama --- one of those brief post-talk pass-by hellos;
5). The theoretical physicist, and buddy of Einstein's, David Bohm --- he put up with my amateur ideas about quantum physics for a surprisingly long time;
6). The greatest scholar of "distant healing" in the world, Dr. Larry Dossey --- who is now a friend;
7). Dr. J.Allen Hynek, the USAFs scientific advisor on the UFO phenomenon for twenty years --- uber-interesting;
8). Dr. Robert Jahn, dean emeritus of Princeton Engineering, who has proved that on a microscale we can influence sub-atomic particles with our minds. This research, by the way, shows how you and I can have free will;
9). almost all of the heavy-hitters researching anomalistic phenomena --- this by being a member of the Society for Scientific Exploration;
10). several Nobel Prize winners. Some were nice; some just over-inflated a**holes;
11). Hal Puthoff, who ran the CIA Black Project trying to see if they could use clairvoyance as a means to penetrate Soviet high-security installations. The Soviets had their own project;
12). John Schuessler, the guy who headed NASAs project to repair the Hubble Space Telescope;
13). Carl Sagan --- more open-minded when no microphone was around;
14). a friend who worked in the National Security Agency --- I will not name him;

--- well, a lot more. My life has been long and has dwelt in interesting topics and researches. Being good at what you do also attracts other interesting productive people to you. And moments-to-remember happen frequently.

But "interesting" and "important" or even "fine" do not necessarily go together. The "interesting" person that I've met who best personifies also "important" and "fine" was ----



Notre Dame's Ted Hesburgh. THAT is a man.

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

I debated quite a while before deciding to post this, but the evening is slack, so...

When you're on the high side of seventy you have met a lot of people. Whether they were "interesting" or not goes to taste, I suppose, so it is with humility that I tender this list:

1). The only Hollywood type I've met is Shirley MacLaine, Say what you will, she is/was stunningly entrancing;
2). The most famous sportsperson I've met is Jerry West --- as great a guy as he was a basketball player; and of course Nick Buoniconti was on my floor and intramural BBall team at ND;
3). I've known three billionaires. Two were quite upright nice folks: Laurence Rockefeller and Hans-Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein. The Prince offered to meet me and Mother at the Palace and "For her, I will wear my crown";
4). The Dalai Lama --- one of those brief post-talk pass-by hellos;
5). The theoretical physicist, and buddy of Einstein's, David Bohm --- he put up with my amateur ideas about quantum physics for a surprisingly long time;
6). The greatest scholar of "distant healing" in the world, Dr. Larry Dossey --- who is now a friend;
7). Dr. J.Allen Hynek, the USAFs scientific advisor on the UFO phenomenon for twenty years --- uber-interesting;
8). Dr. Robert Jahn, dean emeritus of Princeton Engineering, who has proved that on a microscale we can influence sub-atomic particles with our minds. This research, by the way, shows how you and I can have free will;
9). almost all of the heavy-hitters researching anomalistic phenomena --- this by being a member of the Society for Scientific Exploration;
10). several Nobel Prize winners. Some were nice; some just over-inflated a**holes;
11). Hal Puthoff, who ran the CIA Black Project trying to see if they could use clairvoyance as a means to penetrate Soviet high-security installations. The Soviets had their own project;
12). John Schuessler, the guy who headed NASAs project to repair the Hubble Space Telescope;
13). Carl Sagan --- more open-minded when no microphone was around;
14). a friend who worked in the National Security Agency --- I will not name him;

--- well, a lot more. My life has been long and has dwelt in interesting topics and researches. Being good at what you do also attracts other interesting productive people to you. And moments-to-remember happen frequently.

But "interesting" and "important" or even "fine" do not necessarily go together. The "interesting" person that I've met who best personifies also "important" and "fine" was ----



Notre Dame's Ted Hesburgh. THAT is a man.

That's all great and all........ But I said I met Dog the Bounty Hunter. What the hell?

LOL... I kid. That is one impressive list.

 

[D-BOE34]

Justice Smith and Dan Gable


I don't get out much.

 

[gkIrish]

Jennifer Garner
Sandra Bullock
Joe Montana
Dickie V and Digger
Tim Brown
Tim Robbins
Joe Pataki

Almost forgot
Jack Nicklaus
Jim Nance
Nick Faldo

Not too many but I'm young

 

[IrishinTN]

Stan Lee. Pretty nice guy but can be grumpy if you **** him off.
Keith Alberstadt. Up and comedian on Letterman last night, is a friend if mine.
Ross Browner. Met him at a cub scout event. I had no idea he would be there but wore a notre dame sweat shirt. Needless to say when he saw that i got extra time with him. Great guy and does a lot of charity work in Nashville.

 

[ACamp1900]

Dave Attell--- The host of Insomniac ( I was on the show in Vegas)
Snoop Dog-- met him for a few in SD during the week of the super bowl(forget which year)
Jack Osbourne-- same thing as Snoop except I had drinks with Jack and hung out with him for a portion of the night...
Evander Hollyfield
Pete Rose
Magic Johnson
Wanye Gretzky- each athlete was brief
Many different Senators and representatives... the one I have spent the most time with would be Buck McKeon

 

[General Colon Bowel]

Colt McCoy - waited on him at IHOP
Wilford Brimley (of the Diabeetus fame) - Waited on him at IHOP too
Steve Yzerman
Niklas Lidstrom - played against his son in a hockey game, got his autograph on my jersey afterwards

 

[NDFANnSouthWest]

OMM is a Legend. I want to meet that guy!

 

[Irish4Life09]

Newt Gingrich(spoke at my class in 5th grade when he was Speaker of the House)
Jamie Moyer(lived in my neighborhood in South Bend growing up)
Mike Rosenthal(former ND great and NFL player...his mom was my math teacher,and his family lived in my neighborhood as well...got lucky to have him join a neighborhood football game of a group of my friends and I.nice family.)
Blink182
Smashing Pumpkins
Buddy Marucci(lost to Tiger Woods in finals of US Amateur Championship;I was a standard-bearer for 1998 PGA Tour Championship;pro-am)
Bob Tway(86' PGA Champion,same tourney;Pro-Am;was the absolute nicest guy)
John Huston(same tourney;1st round)
Davis Love III(97' PGA Champion;same tourney,1st round)
Jim Furyk(03' US Open Champion,same tourney,3rd round final group,very nice guy,also met him again at 2008 Ryder Cup)
Vijay Singh(98',04' PGA Champ,2000 Masters Champ;same tourney,3rd round final group,huge douchebag)
Ian Poulter(1 PGA win;2008 Ryder Cup)
Paul Casey(1 PGA win;2008 Ryder Cup)
Lee Westwood(#2 in world rankings;2008 Ryder Cup)
Justin Rose(4 PGA wins;2008 Ryder Cup)
Miguel Angel Jimenez(2008 Ryder Cup)
Graeme McDowell(2010 US Open Champion;2008 Ryder Cup)
Nick Faldo(6 majors including 3 Masters;2008 Ryder Cup(European Captain))
Brandt Snedeker(3 PGA wins;2011 PGA Championship)
Rory McIlroy(2011 US Open Champ;2011 PGA Championship)
Darren Clarke(2011 Open Champion;2011 PGA Championship)
Lucas Glover(2009 US Open Champ;2011 PGA Championship,kind of a d-bag)
Sean O'Hair(4 PGA wins;2011 PGA Championship)
....and last but not least,
Scott Stallings(2011 Greenbrier Champion; met him several times through a good friend of mine that is really good friends with him; met him a couple times and played a round of golf with him,also hung out with him at PGA Championship)
*lucky to have signed flags from these tournaments

yes i know that was a long list....anyone that read it,thanks.I've been very lucky in my young life to have been given some great opportunities with athletics,namely golf, with my dad.i'll never be able to forget it.

 

[BobD]

That's all great and all........ But I said I met Dog the Bounty Hunter. What the hell?

LOL... I kid. That is one impressive list.

Met him or he picked you up on a warrant? : )

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

Met him or he picked you up on a warrant? : )

hahahahahaha.... met

 

[BobD]

I debated quite a while before deciding to post this, but the evening is slack, so...

When you're on the high side of seventy you have met a lot of people. Whether they were "interesting" or not goes to taste, I suppose, so it is with humility that I tender this list:

1). The only Hollywood type I've met is Shirley MacLaine, Say what you will, she is/was stunningly entrancing;
2). The most famous sportsperson I've met is Jerry West --- as great a guy as he was a basketball player; and of course Nick Buoniconti was on my floor and intramural BBall team at ND;
3). I've known three billionaires. Two were quite upright nice folks: Laurence Rockefeller and Hans-Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein. The Prince offered to meet me and Mother at the Palace and "For her, I will wear my crown";
4). The Dalai Lama --- one of those brief post-talk pass-by hellos;
5). The theoretical physicist, and buddy of Einstein's, David Bohm --- he put up with my amateur ideas about quantum physics for a surprisingly long time;
6). The greatest scholar of "distant healing" in the world, Dr. Larry Dossey --- who is now a friend;
7). Dr. J.Allen Hynek, the USAFs scientific advisor on the UFO phenomenon for twenty years --- uber-interesting;
8). Dr. Robert Jahn, dean emeritus of Princeton Engineering, who has proved that on a microscale we can influence sub-atomic particles with our minds. This research, by the way, shows how you and I can have free will;
9). almost all of the heavy-hitters researching anomalistic phenomena --- this by being a member of the Society for Scientific Exploration;
10). several Nobel Prize winners. Some were nice; some just over-inflated a**holes;
11). Hal Puthoff, who ran the CIA Black Project trying to see if they could use clairvoyance as a means to penetrate Soviet high-security installations. The Soviets had their own project;
12). John Schuessler, the guy who headed NASAs project to repair the Hubble Space Telescope;
13). Carl Sagan --- more open-minded when no microphone was around;
14). a friend who worked in the National Security Agency --- I will not name him;

--- well, a lot more. My life has been long and has dwelt in interesting topics and researches. Being good at what you do also attracts other interesting productive people to you. And moments-to-remember happen frequently.

But "interesting" and "important" or even "fine" do not necessarily go together. The "interesting" person that I've met who best personifies also "important" and "fine" was ----



Notre Dame's Ted Hesburgh. THAT is a man.

Wow, what an amazing list of people! I envy you OMM and would like to be lucky enough to meet you one day.

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

Wow, what an amazing list of people! I envy you OMM and would like to be lucky enough to meet you one day.

herehere.... Put me on the list.

 

[notredomer23]

Pitbull at the airport.
Digger phelps walking around the lakes at nd. He was with his wife.
I'm friends with a few d1 players at schools such as florida state and Boston college if that counts?

 

[CTIDANDREW]

Coach K

Coach K

Attended Duke basketball camp as a 14 year old, met Coach K and was honestly speechless. Was an absolute fantastic guy!

 

[Rudy89]

Stan Lee. Pretty nice guy but can be grumpy if you **** him off.
Keith Alberstadt. Up and comedian on Letterman last night, is a friend if mine.
Ross Browner. Met him at a cub scout event. I had no idea he would be there but wore a notre dame sweat shirt. Needless to say when he saw that i got extra time with him. Great guy and does a lot of charity work in Nashville.

OMG OMG OMG! I envy you so much I hope to one day meet him he's responsible for creating many things that have led to happiness in my life. I need more details on that, man, excelsior!

Anyway my list is rather lame unless youre a wrestling fan

Nature Boy Ric Flair- WOOOO nice guy was startstruck meeting him.
Kurt Angle- Antoehr nice guy admired him because I wrestled in high school and he was a gold medalist before becoming a pro wrestler
CM Punk- cordial but not sup friendly
Randy Orton- Really nice guy surpirsingly
Charlie Haas- Former WWE wrestler now wrestling in a smaller promotion called ROH. I only mention this meeting becasue he saw that I was wearing an ND shirt and we chatted for about 15 minutes about ND football after the show. We were holding out for hope that we would spoil Andrew Luck's senior night....damn still a cool moment.

Other than Minnesota coach Jerry Kill came and talked to my team during summer football camp before my senior year back when he was still with SIU. Though I didnt really get to meet him one on one or shake his hand because he said that was a violation and he could only talk to us as a group. Still I dont care what anyone says about him he's a remarkable and I hope he can find some kind of success with the gophers.

 

[BobD]

Here are some of mine. After OMM's list, mine seems kind of lame.

Ronald Reagan
Johnny Carson
Bob Hope
Jerry Rice
Jerry Garcia
Willie Mays
Tommy Lasorda
Willie McCovey
John Madden
Neal Schon (Journey)
Brian Wilson (SF Giants)
MC Hammer
Chris Isaak
Tony Dungy
Dwight Freeny
Larry Ellison
Tony Stewart
Danica Patrick
Joe Gibbs
Joe Montana
Reggie Jackson
Johnny Bench
Kenny Stabler
Billy Joel
Gary Player


I'm lucky to be able to list many NFL, NBA and MLB players, coaches and owners as past and present customers.

 

[johnnykillz]

You ****ers are way too Big League.

I have met no one famous.

But then again, I live in the vastly un-populated regions of the southwest US.

I met a bad *** horny toad.

I met Buck Owen's grandson and drank a ton of beer with him. Dave Owens was my crew boss at the JAC/WFAP in Sacramento. He also hailed from Bakersfield, like his grandfather.

I'm fourth cousins with Glen Campbell. I was actually related to his late wife. Billie Jean.

I brained Kendra Wilkinson's husband in highschool football.

I am fairly good buddies with Cody Ross of the Boston Red Sox, former NLCS MVP and World Champion San Fran Giants. "Ross is boss."

And I tebowed in front of a "Tebow's" store in the Amarillo Mall last Thursday.

Pics are inbound... lol.

 

[Irish4Life09]

You ****ers are way too Big League.

I have met no one famous.

But then again, I live in the vastly un-populated regions of the southwest US.

I met a bad *** horny toad.

I met Buck Owen's grandson and drank a ton of beer with him. Dave Owens was my crew boss at the JAC/WFAP in Sacramento. He also hailed from Bakersfield, like his grandfather.

I'm fourth cousins with Glen Campbell. I was actually related to his late wife. Billy.

I brained Kendra Wilkinson's husband in highschool football.

I am fairly good buddies with Cody Ross of the Boston Red Sox, former NLCS MVP and World Champion San Fran Giants. "Ross is boss."

And I tebowed in front of a "Tebow's" store in the Amarillo Mall last Thursday.

Pics are inbound... lol.

reps for the awesome tebowing.

 

[AdmiralBackhand]

Is there a mannequin tebowing inside the store? Brilliant.

 

[johnnykillz]

Is there a mannequin tebowing inside the store? Brilliant.

There was.

Lol.

Damn you are observant.

 

[AdmiralBackhand]

There was.

Lol.

Damn you are observant.

I was only trying to figure out if this place sold lingerie. For dudes. Don't ask questions.