Jennifer over at Playgroups Are No Place For Children had a post today asking about brushes with the great or near great. I've had a couple, so I thought I'd share.
I worked at a hotel near Pebble Beach when I was in college, so I “know” a lot of famous people.
1. I told Bill Murray to stop being an ass when he was riding on the hood of people’s cars.
2. I had to take Helen Hunt’s undies to the laundry. She only wears boxers. Weird.
3. Cameron from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off bought me an ice cream sundae when I managed to find his lost luggage after 2 hours on the phone with the airlines. He also gave me a nice tip. And he has the sexiest phone voice ever. No foolin’.
4. I had to run out at midnight to buy a hairbrush for Ally Sheedy. It was made from natural bristles and cost $75!
5. The director from Twister made us rehang all the pictures in his room 3 inches lower, and sent me out for fresh flowers. They had to have tuberoses. I still don’t know what those are.
6. I met all the figure skaters from Stars on Ice. Brian Boitano is really nice, Nancy Kerrigan is a b*$@h
7. Clint Eastwood told me “cute smile.”
8. I made dinner reservations for Tom Hanks. He tipped the front desk staff $400 when he left.
9. Bob Hope stood in line like everyone else, and introduced himself as Robert Hope. He seemed genuinely flattered that I knew who he was.
10. Tom Petty invited my coworker and myself up to his hotel room along with the band to "smoke one". We didn't go.
11. I met the Jonas Brothers on a recent trip to Tulsa. They took pictures with my daughter and her friend, were lovely boys, and gave the girls backstage passes because their bodyguard thought the baby was cute.
12. I made lunch for Rosalind Moss (Catholic author and TV personality). She has weird dietary requirements. She liked it so much that she hugged me and asked for the recipe.
13. I met Jesse Jackson when he came to Oklahoma City after the bombing. He wasn't very friendly to "regular" people. He was really nice to the mayor.
14. Former Congressman J.C. Watts gave #1 his autograph when she was 5. She knew him from Fox News. She still has the autograph.
I guess that's it for now. I've met a bunch of other famous folks like George Strait and Doris Day, but I'm tired of typing now, so I'll have to blog about them another time. So, who do you know?
6 comments:
WOW, very neat!
I have met "the FONZ", Bill Clinton, Heather Locklear (we did GYMBOREE together in CA), John Laroquette (saw him in Toys r'Us), and a few other visuals while I lived in CA.
My husband worked for The Ritz Carleton in St. Louis (almost 15 years ago) and met several people. Mrs. Brady and Phylis Diller (a bit of a drunk) were very "snooty". Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver)was super nice (and normal).
Clint Eastwood told me “cute smile.”
...Wow, Mr. Eastwood had more of a residual effect than I knew...my knees actually went week at that.
Utterly shocking.
I found #9 to be so...utterly fitting. God bless him and keep him.
BTW- closest I have is Then-Running-For-Governer Reagan winking at my grandmother-- thus charming the woman I thought could NOT be charmed by any human(grandfather was inhumanly charming)-- and Baxter Black speaking at the fair when I wasn't old enough to know, but winning my folks as fans. Oh, and a LOT of the old country western singers had second homes around my dad's cousins when he was growing up, so he got to know them.
What a list! I'm most impressed with Robert Hope. What a class act! *sigh*
I used to wait tables near Orlando, Florida, and waited on several "lesser" Magic players. Only one I ever really knew (and it was after the table had left) was Scott Skiles. He was kind of nice, I guess. An average customer. He went out on a couple of dates with one of the hostesses. I'd seen "Tree" Rollins and a friend of mine waited on Shaq. (He was a VERY good tipper, since they often tried to close off the server's section to keep crowds away from him.) I wished I could have waited on him, but oh, well.
My list is nowhere near as cool as yours, though. ;)
I met a few famous people when I worked at Steak & Ale restaurant in OKC during the oil boom days (early 80's). I met Mickey Mantle and Lynn Anderson (country singer) and I guess I have blocked everyone else out!
Oh, I met Tim Matheson back in 1982when I was looking at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX. He was their guest star in the university's performance of "Taming of the Shrew". We actually chatted for a while as we were the only ones in the theatre! He was very nice (and handsome).
Love, Suzanne
You are WAY more famous than me! Cool encounters!
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