small-time name-dropping

my grandparents were undergrads at College of the Pacific (now University of the Pacific) when Dave Brubeck was an undergrad there and got to know him a bit.

I met Andrew W.K. once through a friend of mine whose band was opening for him. I think it was only because the band name was "Iron Pizza". Didn't get to chat much but he was super nice. What stuck with me is how HUGE he is. he's like 6' 3" and incredibly muscular. no wonder he got to marry Kat Dennings.

I ate cheeseburgers with Rob Lowe's brother

omg @ Michael Stipe and Natalie sighting that's a big one

i told Helena Christensen i love her work!

Gloria Estefan is a very distant relative, the niece of my godmother. Her son went to my elementary school. As the Miami Soind Machine exploded she still attended the bigger family parties. I remember her as a good mimic and after a couple glasses of wine as a person with a bawdy humor.

stop that's too good

I once shook hands with a shirtless Stipe, but I don't consider that "insignificant" or applicable (as both he and I were working, and we all know that celebrity sightings only "count" if the celeb is not "on the job"...)

(sorry, "small-time," not "insignificant"... had to scroll up)

There is a Michael/Natalie track called ""Photograph" that has been key for us; as far as I can see it mainly appeared on a pro-choice compilation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaSUguPOMGo

I ate cheeseburgers with Rob Lowe's brother

Only astronauts edition:
I rode in a limo with John Glenn but I’ve got no recollection where we were going or where we came from or even what US state we were in. Best guess is Ohio.

I also met Judith Resnick at an event when I was 9. It was definitely in Ohio.

RIP to both of them.

I once shook hands with a shirtless Stipe, but I don't consider that "insignificant" or applicable (as both he and I were working, and we all know that celebrity sightings only "count" if the celeb is not "on the job"...)

― Hippie Ernie (morrisp), Wednesday, March 6, 2024 10:37 PM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

SNACK

Did you pick up a shirt that said Wear A Condom and say “Sir, you dropped this.”

Ha ha ha

I ate cheeseburgers with Rob Lowe's brother

Once I was asked on a small regional flight with a 1-2 configuration to switch my seat from the single seat to the aisle side. I did so without asking (a short flight) and only took this because the passenger was sleeping and I figured it wouldn't hassle them.

https://imgur.com/a/9NuePsE

Oh shoot, well flag away. It was Rob Lowe.

i shared some drinks and conversation once with clifton collins jr and monica keena.

xp That was worth the right-click!

I once shook hands with a shirtless Stipe

I went to the same pavement show as stipe at the 40 watt in Athens. It was the brighten the corners tour. Didn’t notice him until exiting.

Wow that's cool. Did they play "Camera" or "Picket Fence"? They did at this '94 show there (which happens to be one of the best live shows I've ever found online, by anyone)

my life ☹️

Rob lookin' fine as per usual!

Comics and sf cons can make this sort of hobnobbing pretty easy. I chatted with Stan Lee for a few minutes in Atlanta in '78, chatted with Jack and Roz Kirby in Dallas in '86, and Isaac Asimov sat next to us at the costume contest at Worldcon '89 in Boston. My wife chatted with him briefly before the show started and got his autograph. There's a similar thread to this one somewhere because I've told these stories before but not in this thread.

My father took me to a horror movie convention once when I was about 12 or 13 and I got to talk to Tom Savini. He (my dad) made fun of me later because while I was deeply engaged in talk of horror movie makeup, I was standing about two feet away from Elvira, who didn't even cross my radar.

I’ve told this story before on here – one night, in the late ‘90s, I ran into a music writer / musician I knew, coming out of a bar in the West Village. I asked him if he was going to the Yo La Tengo show down the street… he paused and introduced me to James, the bassist, standing next to him (he was hanging with the band pre-show).

love that

Marcia Cross liking my tweet once is better than ANYTHING in person in my life TBH

Did they play "Camera" or "Picket Fence"?

No clue I was about 18 and drunk.

I also worked and was friends with Bill Doss, one of the elephant 6 founders. One of the nicest people I’ve ever met.

I've met Julia Louis-Dreyfus' father. My dad knew him.

Clare Torry, who sang on Pink Floyd's "Great Gig In The Sky", spent the night at our house, years before we moved in (it used to be a B&B).

great vocal

Hate it (controversial music opinion alert).

that’s awesome Heez, in every photo of Bill Doss I’ve seen he looks like the happiest friendliest dude.

my back surgeon (a friend of my parents) was Townes Van Zandt's first cousin

Marcia Cross liking my tweet once is better than ANYTHING in person in my life TBH

lol what did she do to piss off Chachi?

Mike Score of A Flock of Seagulls was extraordinarily rude to me (and several other people) while waiting for an interview to start in 1988. Actual quote: "Don't you KNOW WHO I AM?".

Ivan Novak of Laibach was extraordinarily nice to me (and several other people) while waiting for an interview to start a few years later.

Rob L on a plane v good. Reminded me that I flew on a similarly small plane from CT to NYC with Michael Richards during peak Seinfeld which seemed huge at the time.

One of my high school history teachers cousin is Dr. Frank from the Mr. T Experience.

NO

Oh wait i thought you said Dr Frank was your teacher lol.

That is still very cool though! I was a big fan when I was in high school.

heh, it was a catholic high school and my history teacher was very conservative so he seemed a bit sheepish about the association, but he did once hook up a classmate who was a superfan with some merch and signed CDs.

sometime around 2008-2009 a friend an I were looking to rent an apartment together in Boston and we found this listing around Union Square. We arrive about 10 minutes before our showing and are just sitting outside on the stoop as the property manager is finishing up showing the place to another potential renter. The manager and the client are making some small talk within earshot of us and we both hear the manager asking the client if they watch television. The manager starts going on to this incredibly sweet story about how one of his children is on television and how proud they are. The client asks what show and the manager says "her name is Amy and she works on this show Saturday Night Live." My friend and I, who had been going to the Del Close Marathon for years now at that point, suddenly give each other this look of "wait, that's Amy Poehler's dad!"

We didn't end up getting the place, but I've always been touched by how genuinely sweet and proud her father was at bringing her up to complete strangers he was showing an apartment.

lol what did she do to piss off Chachi?

I took a film class from a dude who worked on the California Love video

Why am I calling him a dude, that is so disrespectful. He’s a scholar ffs.

One of my school acquaintances did hair and makeup for the Wonder Woman movies

One of my former co-workers worked on a High On Fire music video when she was in college. She was very surprised that I knew who they were and was a fan as she thought they were just some nobodies. Apparently Matt Pike was surprisingly charming but smelled bad.

that was apparent to me already!