Dr.Rumack said:

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Emotional Support Cobra said:

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Met Goldberg at a Dennys restaurant in Mobile, Alabama while driving to Texas.

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Rube?

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LOL no the pro wrestler

Several for me while living in NY.

Saw Michael Emerson walking his dog. Went up to him just tell him I loved Lost. Didn't plan to ask for a picture but my friend did, so I figured I'd ask for one too. Nice enough to take about 3 pictures with us.

Was sidestepping a halal cart or something in Hell's Kitchen and almost crashed right into Jesse Eisenberg, who was walking in the opposite direction. We were both seemingly in a hurry to get someplace.

Saw Al Pacino walk past me on the sidewalk in Chelsea. It was dark and there was nobody around, so I didn't want to bother him or creep him out. Kept it moving but really would've liked a picture or just to tell him I'm a fan.

I once got on an elevator in Atlanta, and Boomer Esiason was in it. So, I asked him a question about his days as a QB in the NFL. He finished answering just as the elevator arrived at his floor, and as he was exiting, he said, "Why don't you ask John?"

And in walked John Elway.

Peed next to Ric Flair at IAH. He is short. No other length info available…

So, after my sophomore year of college, I went home for the summer, worked a meaningless job for 3 months, and goofed around with my brother, who was finishing up an alt certification program to teach. This is in the 90s by the way.

One day, he's got a job interview at a school, but he needs a ride to the job interview because his wife is using their car to go to work. He asks me to give him a lift and I oblige.

On the way over there is when he mentions that the job interview will last probably 3-4 hours. I have a book with me, but still, 3-4 hours!

So I'm sitting in the totally empty hallway of this school while he goes into the library for the interview. About 3 hours in, I hear a door open way at the other end of the hallway - I've seen no one in the school to that point and a man starts walking down this long hallway towards me.

By the time he's in range, I feel like I have seen this guy before, and when he's within 20 feet, I'm about 95% sure it's Chuck Norris, as bizarre as that sounds to every fiber of my being.

He walks up and says, "Hi, do you know where the vending machines are?" and I stammered out that I didn't because I didn't work there, but I was just there because my brother had a job interview today.

He says no problem and turns to leave and then I just couldn't stand it so I blurted out, "Hey, uh, are you Chuck Norris?" He turns back and confirms he is and shakes my hand and asks how I am. I am still trying to figure out what's going on and ask him what he's doing there.

He explains that he had filmed a movie in Houston a couple of years before (Sidekicks) and had had a big karate camp while filming, and had come back the next summers to have another one.

At this point, the library doors open and the principal and other admins emerge, followed by my brother, who is exhausted and just ready to get out of there.

I point and say, "Hey look, man! It's Chuck Norris!"

Chuck Norris holds out his hand to my brother and says, "Hey! How'd the interview go?"

Well? How'd the interview go?

About 20 years ago I took a red eye from Los Angeles to Houston. The plane was held up for a few minutes to let some last minute passengers on, turns out it was a band . The drummer sat next to me ( introduced himself as Swiss Chriss). He introduced me to the lead singer sitting behind me , I shook his hand and said hello, that was the extent of the conversation. A couple of years later I saw the lead singer performing on the Super Bowl pregame show. It was John Legend

Sat at a bar with BachmanTurner Overdrive for a couple of hours listening to stories in Shreveport, LA. One of the guys ex lived there and they were still friends. Nice guys.

Had a drink with Clint Black at a bar in River Oaks in Houston. Had two blondes with him and big smile on his face. We spoke for maybe 5 minutes - he was busy.

Met Reba McEntire at a wine bar off Broadway. I advised her not to get the wine she was thinking about but she tried it anyway and when it was obvious she didn't like it the sarcasm and laughs kicked in. We talked for a couple of hours about exes and divorce. She is incredibly sweet and sincere. Ran into her at a restaurant in Highland Park a few months later and she ran up and gave me a hug.

Played shuffleboard with Leslie Nielsen and two friends for a couple of hours. Great guy, very dry wit.. At one he said "I'll be back" he went back to his room and brought autographed pics for one of my friends who said he and his kids were big fans. Man drank vodka on the rocks.

Met Nicole Kidman while The Firm was being filmed in Memphis on Beal Street. A friend and I snuck on the set and when we were about to be kicked off when she told them "let them stay, they aren't bothering anyone."

Met Arnold Palmer at the bar of the Colonial in F Worth. He was very unpretentious and very funny. We spoke for about 15 minutes when a rather attractive young lady sat down on the other side of him. :-))

Met Rod Stewart and his daughter and Benihana in Memphis. One of the women in our party was too shy to go to his table in another room but he came over and said hello anyway. Nice, nice man.

Met some others who were nice and a couple not so nice.

nai06 said:

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Well? How'd the interview go?

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Plot twist, they gave the job to Chuck Norris.

Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

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Tommy Lee Jones told me to leave him alone, he's eating dinner in Alpine, I was like 10

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Was this at The Hut or Casa Blanca?

Redd Fox at the White House 1972- he was dressed very flashy and ostentatious and had a lady on each arm- all very nice and friendly though. I remember that he was Real smiley.

I was with my cousin- she was 7 and I was 9. Back then you could get separated from your parents, run around the White House and nobody worried about it. We were in a hallway ( separated from my aunt and uncle ) and it was just us and them as far as we could see.

I was presented with an award in the top floor of the Enron building by none other than Ken Lay himself. That was probably the peak of my career. It's been a soul-crushing slide down since then.

BoomGoesThe said:

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Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

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Tommy Lee Jones told me to leave him alone, he's eating dinner in Alpine, I was like 10

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Was this at The Hut or Casa Blanca?

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Dang Ragnar isn't that old is he?

got to meet Tim Tebow, Roger Creager, and Gary Sinise in the sidelines at various Aggie football games when I was in the band.

Caddied in a group with Gene Cernan in 1973. In 1972 he was the last man to walk on the moon. I was caddying for Ron Widby, Cowboys punter at the time.

Opened the door for Loni Anderson at a restaurant in San Antonio.

I was in line behind Randy Rogers and his family a few weeks ago in Pleasanton. We did the head nod at each other.

Jack Nicklaus' caddie bonked me in the head with one of his clubs at the 1993 US Open. Scored an autograph out of it.

I once had Willie Nelson's harmonica player try to sell me cocaine in a bar in Westwood, ca. Apparently he didn't want to carry it in their next stop, which was in Canada.

I've met a couple of celebrities in my life but the most random was me and my mom walked into an Arby's in Wichita KS in 1978. It was mid afternoon because there was only one other person in there standing there looking at the menu before ordering. It was none other than John Denver. It was classic 70's John Denver with the bowl haircut and round glasses.

Dang. He was huge back then.

Some of Lonesome Dove was shot around Del Rio.
A buddy of mine, from Del Rio, told me that TLJ could easily drink a case of beer every day, and did not want to talk to anyone.

bdp514am said:

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I once had Willie Nelson's harmonica player try to sell me cocaine in a bar in Westwood, ca. Apparently he didn't want to carry it in their next stop, which was in Canada.

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If true, the winner so far. It has a little of everything for everyone. No telling what's in a bag of 'coke' nowadays.

I met Clyde Tombaugh as a kid and then Billy Joe from Green Day when I was older. Told him he might not want to get out at the ground floor. There was a few hundred people waiting for him. Indianapolis, IN 2005.

Met Roger Clemens at his house in the late nineties. We took care of the aquarium in his office. His MIL was a real piece of work, she ran the house.

HillCountry15 said:

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got to meet Tim Tebow, Roger Creager, and Gary Sinise in the sidelines at various Aggie football games when I was in the band.

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Fall '89, Roger Creager was my fish. He was not a great cadet with respect to shoe shining, shining his brass, etc. But, I count him as a legit BQ. I'm glad to see he's gone on to success.

I was lucky enough to meet all the guys from the 1980s Dio lineups. Ronnie James Dio was very nice. Jimmy Bain the bass player was one of the most unreliable musicians I've ever met when it came to being punctual. But he was a great player and such a sharp wit, you just had to love him.

A few weeks ago, after a show at The Whisky, I had a late night dinner at The Rainbow and sat at the table next to Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P. He was a very nice guy and pretty damn articulate. With musicians, you never know what you're going to get when you have a conversation.

Biggest horn dog I ever met was Spencer Davis who was in his 60s, throwing his old Welsh game at chicks who were 40 years younger. It must have worked for him sometimes. 2nd place on the horn dog podium was Rex Brown from Pantera followed in 3rd place by Sully Erna from Godsmack.

Rode in a limo with Lee Majors. My sister kept a milk carton he drank out of. Eww!

Sat down in a bar in Houston and chatted with Paul Riser for a 15 - 20 minutes. Super nice guy.

Got near Nolan Ryan at a WS pregame party.

Was waiting for an elevator in an Austin hotel and Van Halen got off and walked past us. Pretty sure my mouth was wide open. David Lee Roth Van Halen…

Watched fireworks with Pat Green after a show somewhere in Arkansas when he stumbled out of his bus and just stood there with us for 10 min or so.
He did not strike me as an intellectual.

Nearly got T-boned by Nolan Ryan driving his Mercedes in West Dallas in the late 90s.

Various politicians in the airport lounges in DC. Always amusing to watch their handlers hover over them like they're getting ready to do some spy ninja assassin move.

January 2017, I was in LA with my wife and son and some of her family. I had to fly back to Houston a few days before them since I was running the Houston Marathon that weekend, and decided to upgrade myself to first-class (it was fairly cheap and I wanted to relax). Plus I got to hang out in the nice lounge at LAX beforehand.

I get on and have a window seat. A few minutes later, a large African-American man sits down next to me, holds his hand out and says "My name's Anthony." I shake his hand, say, "Hi Anthony, my name is Jackal99." Part of me is thinking, great, a talker. General boarding starts, and several people say hi to the guy next to me, he shakes hands, asks people how they're doing. I have no idea who this guy is, not sure if he's someone famous or just happens to know a lot of people on the flight.

Flight attendant came around for drink orders, he ordered a screwdriver, then said, "I really don't like flying, so this will help me." Great, a talker AND he hates flying. Anyway, we got to talking more and more, and spent most of the flight talking. We talked a lot about football (t.u. had just fired Charlie Strong; the Rams and Chargers had just announced moves to LA, which he didn't think would work with the fan base there; and about Michigan/Michigan State, since he said he was from Saginaw, Michigan and we have a family place up there).

He said he was going to be in Houston for over two weeks. I asked where in Houston he was going and he said, "I don't know. Wherever the crew takes me." Now this was about two weeks before the Super Bowl in Houston, so I'm thinking maybe he's with the NFL and is coming to cover it or something.

Anyway, we land, and he asks me where baggage claim is. I tell him to follow me, and we chat as we walk. Then we get to baggage claim and he says something about how "all those actors over there who were on the plane" would be disappointed that I didn't recognize them. Then someone (who looked familiar) walks up and thanks him for the lounge pass he gave them at LAX, and walks back to his wife. He turns to me and says, "You know Eric Roberts? Julia Roberts' brother? That's Eric Roberts." And Eric Roberts and his wife were sitting across the aisle from us on the plane. At this point, I start to think, holy crap, who have I been talking to. I ask him if he's there to make a movie and he says "Yeah, some sort of action movie." Then I have to go out to meet my ride, so we say our good-byes, shake hands, and he thanks me for talking on the plane and wishes me good luck in the marathon.

I get home, do some detective work, see a news story on a movie filming in Houston that week, and realize I was sitting next to Anthony Ray Parker, who played Dozer in "The Matrix." The movie they were in town to film was called "The Candidate," later changed to "Lone Star Deception." Sure enough, he and Eric Roberts were the two leading roles in it.

Best: Neal McCoy (THOF), Josh Duhamel (Transformers set), Chuck Norris (THOF and KSK)--all were super nice

MEH: Michael Bay and Tyrese Gibson <although they had a funny exchange> (Transformers set), Bucky Richardson (THOF), Rod Bernstein (high school) -- didn't really interact with was just around

Absolute Worst: Mark Chestnutt (Bronco's Bar and Grill)-- total drunken jack wad

Back in 92, a coworker needed to work late and ask me to fill in for her as a ticket taker (free admission but you had to have tickets) to President George Bush pre-election night rally. I went over directly from work wearing my suit. The event started and I was still hanging out waiting for late arrivals when an lady noticed me asked me if I was willing to stay longer and help as a seat filler. I assume since I was in a nice suit. I agreed as I had nothing else going on.

She proceeded to lead me to a seat behind and to the left of the podium. I sat directly between Mary Lou Retton and Bob Hope. Behind me was Ted Williams and Arnold Palmour. Directly in front of me was Lee Greenwood and the Judds. When I sat down, Arnold was speaking on stage in front of me. I have other a few other brushes but nothing compares to this one.

They were probably all thinking "Damn, I should know who this guy is but I can't place him" as you were seated.

Did Paul Riser try to sell you long distance service?

Or an atmosphere generator for asteroids?

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In about 2004, I was living in New Orleans just bumming around. I worked with a bunch of black dudes from the hood who talked me in to going to a club with them. I was one of 2 white guys there, the other one was wearing an unbuttoned Hawaii shirt. Wacky. Anyways, mystikal was walking around and I lightly shoulder checked him when we walked by each other. He did not get angry, much to my surprise. Probably because he was confused by my presence.

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Just be glad you didn't bump him against the wall.

beanbean said:

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I've met a couple of celebrities in my life but the most random was me and my mom walked into an Arby's in Wichita KS in 1978. It was mid afternoon because there was only one other person in there standing there looking at the menu before ordering. It was none other than John Denver. It was classic 70's John Denver with the bowl haircut and round glasses.

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He was my dad's college roommate at Texas Tech. He lived with my grandparents for awhile in Houston while he was getting his career going.

At the end, they all cleared out to go on stage so I didn't actually get to talk to any of them. It was funny, Bob Hope was waiting for me to go up to the stage so he could exit the row. I told him I wasn't supposed to go and he shook my hand and I moved back to let him by. If there was video, you would have seen me sitting completely by myself behind the President and all the celebrities on stage while Lee Greenwood sang, "God Bless the USA"