Rubbin' Elbows

[Sarojaede]

I loved her books set in West Virginia--Big Stone Gap, was it? It's been a while since I read them.

Yes, Big Stone Gap. My parents actually live about 40 minutes from Big Stone Gap. If you have read the first book-entitled Big Stone Gap--the woman who is the mobile library lady is actually a character modeled after the RL mobile library lady.

 

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[Cathleen]

I've met Santa Claus a few times, The Lone Ranger (I won't even tell you what he does with that horse), sort of met Rip Van Winkle (he was asleep again ) and Snow White (I'm pretty sure she wasn't wearing underwear)

You're wicked nuts.

I was told my perfect match was Jack but he's up the beanstock and I'm afraid of heights.

 

[EJFan]

I've met Santa Claus a few times, The Lone Ranger (I won't even tell you what he does with that horse), sort of met Rip Van Winkle (he was asleep again ) and Snow White (I'm pretty sure she wasn't wearing underwear)

awwww... waggles... you drinkin' again?

 

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[EJFan]

There is a time in my life for which memories might exist but I am not aware of them. It's possible I might have met someone famous during that time.

tim leary or mr. oswalt perhaps?

oswalt's the name, right? if i have that wrong, the joke is ruined.

 

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[bobsgirl]

You're wicked nuts.

I was told my perfect match was Jack but he's up the beanstock and I'm afraid of heights.

did he try to show you his "magic beans"?

 

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[EJFan]

I don't know anything about oswalt.....I'm keeping my mouth shut on Dr. Leary

the guy i'm trying to think of is the fellow who manufactured lsd in san francisco... he had a whole business around it and supplied the monterey festival. the laws prohibiting/governing illicit drugs were named for him as well. i just can't seem to convince myself i have the name correct.

 

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[Leah57]

Closest I can get to "celebrity" is that 2 of my cousins grew up playing hockey with a good bit of the guys that were on the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team (Eruzione sticks in my mind as one of them for sure).

 

[carrie-on]

the guy i'm trying to think of is the fellow who manufactured lsd in san francisco... he had a whole business around it and supplied the monterey festival. the laws prohibiting/governing illicit drugs were named for him as well. i just can't seem to convince myself i have the name correct.

Timothy Leary??

I've met Joe Diffie,Ricky Van Shelton,John Kay and Steppenwolf and others. Hubby and I used to own a music store and lots of folks come in who are just regular people.
When i was a teen,I saw Paul Lynde coming out of a known gay bar in my hometown.
My Hubby is a radio celebrity here where we live now and i know him quite well!

 

[EJFan]

don't know or can't remember...not sure which

it wasn't oswalt... it was owlsley (or owsley or however it's spelled). i knew i had something wrong.

 

[Quoll]

this reminds me of the story of how don johnson lost his virginity to his babysitter. lit rules prevent me from mentioning his age as it was 6 years below the requirement if i remember the story correctly.

Aaah yes, a most memorable range of videos and "products".

 

[someplace]

I posted this about a year ago. My life is much more quiet now. We've met some fairly famous and accomplished people (in music circles) recently while hanging out with unclej, but that is about all.

I attended junior high and high school with many child actors. Danny Bonnaduchi (?) was a class behind. The lead child of a 70s sitcom "Nanny and the Professor" was as well. My sister used to ice skate with the girls from the "Brady Bunch."

A family friend was the actor who played the county agent on "Green Acres." There were usually familiar faces from the television at their house when we visited. Where I grew up, it wasn't unusual to run into actors at the grocery store. I remember my mother pointing out Buster Keeton, and Dale Rogers. Angie Dickenson's brother married at my parents home. She was married to Burt Bachrach at the time. My fairy godmother was Walt Disney's personal secretary for three decades. I once spent the night at one of the Disney daughter's home. That night I had an interesting discussion with John Barrymore Jr. Another of my parents' many friends was one of Jacques Cousteau's divers who loved showing off the horrible scar he received after some kind of large eel bit him. *yuck*

I have met many politicians and know dozens of members of congress and senators, cabinet level officers, a handful of governors, and presidential candidates. I've spent several hours with our current president, accompanying him on a tour and series of meetings. I've met his parents. I've also met Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford. I hosted a reception for Marilyn Quayle and a luncheon for Barbara Bush. I was once a driver for Bob Dole. I once insulted Bob Bennett. I once escorted Henry Kissinger and he insulted me. I once had a serious argument with the man who is the current governor of Texas. A woman I've known a long time may very well end up being the next Texas governor. I've met a bunch of ambassadors and was once given place of honor at a dinner at the British consul-general's home. I've met 3 Prime Ministers: one Australian and two British. I was once related to someone fairly high up in British government, who is now a Lord. I've been a guest in both the Oval Office and Downing Street. Though my parents have met Prince Charles, I have met the Princess Royal and the Dutchess of York.

In this current lifetime I've met, hung out, talked with, had dinner with etc., bunches of professional musicians. This is why I took up knitting again at about the same time. There is only so much gear talk and rehearsing a sideliner can take...

Probably my most bizarre celeb moment was in a Dallas hotel elevator. My best friend was staying with me there while I attended a political convention. She ran into some friends of hers from L.A. They chit-chatted and she introduced us. The friends invited us to come to their hotel room and party with them. We were all staying on the same floor. Sadly we had to decline the invite because we were just running to change clothes before going out on the town with Newt Gingrich. The people who's invitation we declined? The members of the group AC/DC. It was a very strange juxtaposition.